Patents by Inventor Kazuya Aihara

Kazuya Aihara 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: 20240083518
    Abstract: A floor mat arranged in a working machine includes a floor portion, a wall portion arranged on a circumferential portion of the floor portion, and an opening portion arranged on a part of a connecting portion of the wall portion, the connecting portion connecting to the floor portion. The floor mat includes a mat main body arranged on the floor portion, a covering portion configured to cover the opening portion, and an connecting portion configured to connect the covering portion flexibly to a circumferential portion of the mat main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro AIHARA, Shota SAKAMOTO, Akihiro ICHIHARA, Kazuya OI, Yoshiki TAKIZAWA, Kenichi SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20230235820
    Abstract: A gasket is provided to reduce a reaction force in an attached state and suppress deterioration of sealing performance due to a corrosive foreign matter such as salty water and a snow melting agent. A gasket includes a metal base plate made of metal, and a covering layer formed of an elastic body that covers at least a part of the metal base plate. The metal base plate includes a pair of an upper face and a lower face that are back-to-back to each other, a bead portion protruding toward a side facing the upper face, an inner periphery portion extending from an inner periphery edge of the bead portion, and an outer periphery portion extending from an outer periphery edge of the bead portion. The outer periphery portion extends toward a side facing the lower face, in an oblique manner with respect to a protruding direction of the bead portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Kazuya AIHARA
  • Patent number: 11499635
    Abstract: An upper gasket member includes an upper base portion of an annular flat plate, an upper outer periphery portion diagonally extending to an upper side from an outer periphery edge portion of the upper base portion, and an upper outer periphery side annular portion of an annular flat plate extending in an extension direction of the upper base portion from an outer periphery edge portion of the upper outer periphery portion. Further, a lower gasket member includes a lower base portion of an annular flat plate, a lower outer periphery portion diagonally extending to a lower side from an outer periphery edge portion of the lower base portion, and a lower outer periphery side annular portion of an annular flat plate extending in an extension direction of the lower base portion from an outer periphery edge portion of the lower outer periphery portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Aihara, Isao Tanji
  • Patent number: 11333247
    Abstract: A metal gasket includes: a straight section provided with a bolt hole; a bead section raised from an inner peripheral edge of the straight section toward one side of the direction of the thickness of the gasket; and a bent section bent from an outer peripheral edge of the straight section toward the other side of the direction of the thickness of the gasket. When metal gasket is compressively sandwiched by a pair of housings, bead section elastically deforms to decrease height, and straight section elastically deforms, whereby the inner peripheral edge of the straight section contacts one of the housings, the outer peripheral edge of the straight section contacts the other housing, and the bent section contacts the one of the housings. A gasket installation determination projection is part of the periphery and provided on the outer peripheral edge of the bent section or of the straight section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Kazuya Aihara, Isao Tanji, Shinya Nakaoka, Ryoko Saito
  • Patent number: 11248704
    Abstract: A metal gasket exhibiting an excellent seal effect on external foreign matter, such as salt water, and having low reaction force when required sealing pressure is low. The metal gasket, which is sandwiched between a pair of housings to seal the internal space of the housings and prevent entrance of external foreign matter between the housing and the gasket, has a straight portion, where the entire surface from an inner peripheral edge portion to an outer peripheral edge portion is a planar shape. A bent bead portion, directed obliquely outward and contacting one of the housings, is integrally provided in the outer peripheral edge portion of the straight portion. The bent bead portion functions as both an inward seal sealing the internal space and an outward seal preventing the entrance of external foreign matter between the housing and the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tanji, Takeshi Watanabe, Kazuya Aihara
  • Publication number: 20200240520
    Abstract: An upper gasket member includes an upper base portion of an annular flat plate, an upper outer periphery portion diagonally extending to an upper side from an outer periphery edge portion of the upper base portion, and an upper outer periphery side annular portion of an annular flat plate extending in an extension direction of the upper base portion from an outer periphery edge portion of the upper outer periphery portion. Further, a lower gasket member includes a lower base portion of an annular flat plate, a lower outer periphery portion diagonally extending to a lower side from an outer periphery edge portion of the lower base portion, and a lower outer periphery side annular portion of an annular flat plate extending in an extension direction of the lower base portion from an outer periphery edge portion of the lower outer periphery portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya AIHARA, Isao TANJI
  • Patent number: 10670032
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealing structure for a casing that can reduce the number of used gaskets and achieve further weight reduction, with the sealing function of the gaskets secured. The object is solved by including: a case 2 having an opened top; a cover 3 attached to the top of the case 2 to form a fluid flow path therein; a center plate 5 interposed between the case 2 and the cover 3 and partitions an inner space into the side of the case 2 and the side of the cover 3; and a gasket 4, which is disposed between the case 2 and the cover 3, and forming the center plate 5 so as to have a size that is within an inner peripheral side relative to a sealing line 41 of the gasket 4 and stacking this center plate on the gasket 4, and attaching the cover 3 to the top of the case 2 with the stacked gasket 4 and center plate 5 sandwiched there between to compress the gasket 4 with the mutual butting surfaces between the case 2 and the cover 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Isao Tanji
  • Patent number: 10544794
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a sealing structure for a casing that suppresses the deformation of a center plate of a laminated gasket on a partition wall and ensures the compression amount of a bead on the partition wall, without the center plate being thickened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Isao Tanji
  • Patent number: 10371160
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealing structure for a casing that can reduce the number of used gaskets and achieve further weight reduction, with the sealing function of the gaskets secured. The object is solved by including: a case 2 having an opened top; a cover 3 attached to the top of the case 2 to form a fluid flow path therein; a center plate 5 interposed between the case 2 and the cover 3 and partitions an inner space into the side of the case 2 and the side of the cover 3; and a gasket 4, which is disposed between the case 2 and the cover 3, and forming the center plate 5 so as to have a size that is within an inner peripheral side relative to a sealing line 41 of the gasket 4 and stacking this center plate on the gasket 4, and attaching the cover 3 to the top of the case 2 with the stacked gasket 4 and center plate 5 sandwiched there between to compress the gasket 4 with the mutual butting surfaces between the case 2 and the cover 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Isao Tanji
  • Publication number: 20190072101
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealing structure for a casing that can reduce the number of used gaskets and achieve further weight reduction, with the sealing function of the gaskets secured. The object is solved by including: a case 2 having an opened top; a cover 3 attached to the top of the case 2 to form a fluid flow path therein; a center plate 5 interposed between the case 2 and the cover 3 and partitions an inner space into the side of the case 2 and the side of the cover 3; and a gasket 4, which is disposed between the case 2 and the cover 3, and forming the center plate 5 so as to have a size that is within an inner peripheral side relative to a sealing line 41 of the gasket 4 and stacking this center plate on the gasket 4, and attaching the cover 3 to the top of the case 2 with the stacked gasket 4 and center plate 5 sandwiched there between to compress the gasket 4 with the mutual butting surfaces between the case 2 and the cover 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya AIHARA, Shinya NAKAOKA, Isao TANJI
  • Publication number: 20180347699
    Abstract: A metal gasket exhibiting an excellent seal effect on external foreign matter, such as salt water, and having low reaction force when required sealing pressure is low. The metal gasket, which is sandwiched between a pair of housings to seal the internal space of the housings and prevent entrance of external foreign matter between the housing and the gasket, has a straight portion, where the entire surface from an inner peripheral edge portion to an outer peripheral edge portion is a planar shape. A bent bead portion, directed obliquely outward and contacting one of the housings, is integrally provided in the outer peripheral edge portion of the straight portion. The bent bead portion functions as both an inward seal sealing the internal space and an outward seal preventing the entrance of external foreign matter between the housing and the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao TANJI, Takeshi WATANABE, Kazuya AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20180335142
    Abstract: A metal gasket includes: a straight section provided with a bolt hole; a bead section raised from an inner peripheral edge of the straight section toward one side of the direction of the thickness of the gasket; and a bent section bent from an outer peripheral edge of the straight section toward the other side of the direction of the thickness of the gasket. When metal gasket is compressively sandwiched by a pair of housings, bead section elastically deforms to decrease height, and straight section elastically deforms, whereby the inner peripheral edge of the straight section contacts one of the housings, the outer peripheral edge of the straight section contacts the other housing, and the bent section contacts the one of the housings. A gasket installation determination projection is part of the periphery and provided on the outer peripheral edge of the bent section or of the straight section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Kazuya AIHARA, Isao TANJI, Shinya NAKAOKA, Ryoko SAITO
  • Patent number: 9841103
    Abstract: An object is to provide a metal gasket that can form a wide contact width for a counterpart sealing face and that can achieve excellent sealing properties even when a blow hole is generated in the counterpart sealing face, and the object is achieved by a metal gasket having a bead portion to be in contact with a counterpart sealing face to form a sealing portion, formed on a gasket main body. The bead portion includes an arc portion that is convex toward the counterpart sealing face and hem-rising portions that each obliquely rise from the gasket main body toward the arc portion, on both hems of the arc portion. A connection portion between the arc portion and the hem-rising portion is formed to be convex toward a convex side of the bead portion. Plastic distortion for an overall width of the arc portion is lower than that of the connection portion. A contact pressure distribution in the arc portion in a compression state has a shape that is flat and wide in a width direction of the arc portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Kazuya Aihara, Isao Tanji, Shinya Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20170343000
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealing structure for a casing that can reduce the number of used gaskets and achieve further weight reduction, with the sealing function of the gaskets secured. The object is solved by including: a case 2 having an opened top; a cover 3 attached to the top of the case 2 to form a fluid flow path therein; a center plate 5 interposed between the case 2 and the cover 3 and partitions an inner space into the side of the case 2 and the side of the cover 3; and a gasket 4, which is disposed between the case 2 and the cover 3, and forming the center plate 5 so as to have a size that is within an inner peripheral side relative to a sealing line 41 of the gasket 4 and stacking this center plate on the gasket 4, and attaching the cover 3 to the top of the case 2 with the stacked gasket 4 and center plate 5 sandwiched there between to compress the gasket 4 with the mutual butting surfaces between the case 2 and the cover 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya AIHARA, Shinya NAKAOKA, Isao TANJI
  • Publication number: 20170314564
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a sealing structure for a casing that suppresses the deformation of a center plate of a laminated gasket on a partition wall and ensures the compression amount of a bead on the partition wall, without the center plate being thickened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya AIHARA, Shinya NAKAOKA, Isao TANJI
  • Patent number: 9726290
    Abstract: A seal structure has one metal gasket arranged between a pair of casings. The metal gasket is provided with a planate outer peripheral portion and a bead portion which is formed by rising up from an inner peripheral end portion of the outer peripheral portion, and is arranged so that the bead portion comes into contact with the one casing, and the outer peripheral portion comes into contact with the other casing. The bead portion elastically deforms so as to reduce its height and the outer peripheral portion elastically deforms on the basis of the elastic deformation of the bead portion, when the metal gasket is pinched by the pair of casings, and a leading end of the outer peripheral portion comes into contact with one casing at this time, whereby any gap in which salt water stays is not formed between one casing and the metal gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Masaru Ito, Isao Tanji, Takanori Anzai, Shota Toma
  • Publication number: 20160305548
    Abstract: An object is to provide a metal gasket that can form a wide contact width for a counterpart sealing face and that can achieve excellent sealing properties even when a blow hole is generated in the counterpart sealing face, and the object is achieved by a metal gasket having a bead portion to be in contact with a counterpart sealing face to form a sealing portion, formed on a gasket main body. The bead portion includes an arc portion that is convex toward the counterpart sealing face and hem-rising portions that each obliquely rise from the gasket main body toward the arc portion, on both hems of the arc portion. A connection portion between the arc portion and the hem-rising portion is formed to be convex toward a convex side of the bead portion. Plastic distortion for an overall width of the arc portion is lower than that of the connection portion. A contact pressure distribution in the arc portion in a compression state has a shape that is flat and wide in a width direction of the arc portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Kazuya AIHARA, Isao TANJI, Shinya NAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20150211637
    Abstract: A seal structure has one metal gasket arranged between a pair of casings. The metal gasket is provided with a planate outer peripheral portion and a bead portion which is formed by rising up from an inner peripheral end portion of the outer peripheral portion, and is arranged so that the bead portion comes into contact with the one casing, and the outer peripheral portion comes into contact with the other casing. The bead portion elastically deforms so as to reduce its height and the outer peripheral portion elastically deforms on the basis of the elastic deformation of the bead portion, when the metal gasket is pinched by the pair of casings, and a leading end of the outer peripheral portion comes into contact with one casing at this time, whereby any gap in which salt water stays is not formed between one casing and the metal gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Masaru Ito, Isao Tanji, Takanori Anzai, Shota Toma
  • Patent number: 7171317
    Abstract: This invention is intended to reduce the cost by displaying the load information of a plurality of circuits with a single display device and transferring one of the two communication units in the measuring instruments from the measuring instruments to the display device to acquire the load information of a plurality of circuits. The display device and the measuring instruments are separated from each other, and the display device includes a plurality of communications units connectable with a plurality of devices, while each of many measuring instruments includes a single communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Aihara, Kazuhiko Kato, Hideki Hayakawa, Tetsunori Watanabe, Toshiko Kimura
  • Publication number: 20060085148
    Abstract: This invention is intended to reduce the cost by displaying the load information of a plurality of circuits with a single display device and transferring one of the two communication units in the measuring instruments from the measuring instruments to the display device to acquire the load information of a plurality of circuits. The display device and the measuring instruments are separated from each other, and the display device includes a plurality of communications units connectable with a plurality of devices, while each of many measuring instruments includes a single communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuya Aihara, Kazuhiko Kato, Hideki Hayakawa, Tetsunori Watanabe, Toshiko Kimura