Patents by Inventor Kazuo Akagami

Kazuo Akagami has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040028305
    Abstract: When an inner race 12 rotates at a speed lower than a predetermined speed, a sealing body 27 contacts the sealing face part 21c, but when the inner race 12 rotates at a speed more than the predetermined speed, a contacting pressure to a sealing face part 21c is reduced or the sealing body 27 is isolated so as to form a non-contacting seal, and therefore, for example, at the low speed, the sealing body 27 forms a contacting seal, thereby to compensate a low speed-low sealing ability of the non-contacting seal such as the labyrinth seal, and on the other hand, at high speed rotation, the sealing body 27 reduces the contacting pressure to the sealing face part 21c, otherwise separates therefrom to form the non-contacting seal as the labyrinth seal, whereby it is possible to solve the problem of heating or abrasion at the contacting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Akagami, Tomoyuki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 6623165
    Abstract: When an inner race (12) rotates at a speed lower than a predetermined speed, a sealing body (27) contacts the sealingface part (21c), but when the inner race (12) rotates at a speed more than the predetermined speed, a contacting pressure to a sealing face part (21c) is reduced or the sealing body (27) is isolated so as to form a non-contacting seal, and therefore, for example, at the low speed, the sealing body (27) forms a contacting seal, thereby to compensate a low speed-low sealing ability of the non-contacting seal such as the labyrinth seal, and on the other hand, at high speed rotation, the sealing body (27) reduces the contacting pressure to the sealing face part (21c), and otherwise separates therefrom to form the non-contacting seal as the labyrinth seal, whereby it is possible to solve the problem of heating or abrasion at the contacting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Akagami, Tomoyuki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 6457870
    Abstract: A sealed rolling bearing in which a rolling member is disposed in a bearing space formed between an outer race and an inner race to rotate the outer race and the inner race relatively to each other, and rotation seal members are disposed at both ends of the bearing space in the axial direction thereof while a stationary seal member is disposed on the side of the inner race, thereby sealing the bearing space. The bearing is provided with a vent on the side of the inner race for approximating a fluid pressure in the bearing space to an outside fluid pressure by causing the inside of the bearing space to communicate with the outside when the state of fluid in the bearing space and state of the outside fluid have a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Aizawa, Eiichi Kawamura, Kazuo Akagami
  • Publication number: 20010002939
    Abstract: A sealed rolling bearing in which a rolling member is disposed in a bearing space formed between an outer race and an inner race to rotate the outer race and the inner race relatively to each other, and rotation seal members are disposed at the both ends of the bearing space in the axial direction thereof while a stationary seal member is disposed on the side of the inner race, thereby sealing the bearing space. The bearing is provided with vent means on the side of the inner race for approximating a fluid pressure in the bearing space to an outside fluid pressure by causing the inside of the bearing space to communicate with the outer when the state of the fluid in the bearing space and state of the outside fluid become a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: June 7, 2001
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Aizawa, Eiichi Kawamura, Kazuo Akagami
  • Patent number: 5640769
    Abstract: To provide a ball bearing that insures reasonable endurance and which reduces the necessary torque for rotation while causing less fluctuations in torque, a synthetic resin cage of the ball bearing for retaining a plurality of balls so as to roll freely is impregnated with a lubricating oil having a viscosity of 10 to 150 mm.sup.2 /s at 40.degree. C. in an amount of 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of the cage, a film of the lubricating oil is formed in a thickness of 0.03 to 20 .mu.m on the surfaces of an inner race, an outer race, balls and the cage, and the amounts of the oiliness agent and the rust inhibitor that are to be contained in the lubricating oils are limited to the specified ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: NSK Ltd
    Inventors: Akira Suzuki, Jiami Pu, Magozou Hamamoto, Kazuo Akagami, Michiharu Naka, Masahiro Takahashi, Mamoru Aoki, Hiroyuki Ito, Masao Yamamoto, Emiko Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 5401105
    Abstract: To provide a ball bearing that insures reasonable endurance and which reduces the necessary torque for rotation while causing less fluctuations in torque, a synthetic resin cage of the ball bearing for retaining a plurality of balls so as to roll freely is impregnated with a lubricating oil having a viscosity of 10 to 150 mm.sup.2 /s at 40.degree. C. in an amount of 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of the cage, a film of the lubricating oil is formed in a thickness of 0.03 to 20 .mu.m on the surfaces of an inner race, an outer race, balls and the cage, and the amounts of the oiliness agent and the rust inhibitor that are to be contained in the lubricating oils are limited to the specified ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Suzuki, Jiami Pu, Magozou Hamamoto, Kazuo Akagami, Michiharu Naka, Masahiro Takahashi, Mamoru Aoki, Hiroyuki Ito, Masao Yamamoto, Emiko Shiraishi