Patents by Inventor Kentaro Hikomoto

Kentaro Hikomoto 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: 20230184291
    Abstract: A motion guide apparatus is provided which can prevent a ball from contacting an edge of a ball rolling groove of a track member when the ball transfers from a rolling surface of the inner peripheral side of a turn-around path (an inner peripheral-side component) to the track member. The motion guide apparatus includes: a track member (2) including a ball rolling groove (2a); and a moving member assembled to the track member (2) in such a manner as to be movable relative to the track member (2). The moving member includes: a moving member body having a loaded ball rolling groove facing the ball rolling groove (2a), and a return path substantially parallel to the loaded ball rolling groove; and a lid member having a turn-around path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Tsunoda, Kentaro Hikomoto, Hiroyuki Kishi
  • Patent number: 10082174
    Abstract: A movement guide device comprises: a support body formed with two roller rolling grooves in each of two side surfaces thereof; a moving body assembled onto the support body to freely move along the support body, and having a load roller rolling groove provided opposite to the roller rolling groove to form a load path together with the roller rolling groove; rollers arranged such that lines forming a contact angle with respect to the roller rolling groove intersect at a position outside the support body; and a roller retaining member arranged between two row of rollers, the moving body comprises a main moving body and cover bodies mounted at two ends of the main moving body; in the movement guide device, the roller retaining member comprises a roller retaining portion, formed in a plate shape extending in a length direction of the support body, and orthogonal to the length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Meile Wang, Kentaro Hikomoto, Guangming Guo
  • Publication number: 20180031036
    Abstract: A movement guide device comprises: a support body formed with two roller rolling grooves in each of two side surfaces thereof; a moving body assembled onto the support body to freely move along the support body, and having a load roller rolling groove provided opposite to the roller rolling groove to form a load path together with the roller rolling groove; rollers arranged such that lines forming a contact angle with respect to the roller rolling groove intersect at a position outside the support body; and a roller retaining member arranged between two row of rollers, the moving body comprises a main moving body and cover bodies mounted at two ends of the main moving body; in the movement guide device, the roller retaining member comprises a roller retaining portion, formed in a plate shape extending in a length direction of the support body, and orthogonal to the length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Meile Wang, Kentaro Hikomoto, Guangming Guo
  • Patent number: 9574605
    Abstract: A motion guide device includes a plurality of rolling element guide members provided along the entire length of a rolling element rolling surface so as to guide the unloaded side of a plurality of rolling elements that perform a rolling movement under load between the rolling element rolling surface and a loaded rolling element rolling surface. The rolling element guide member includes a beam member an outer member including a rolling element guide surface for guiding the unloaded side of the rolling elements, and the beam member and the outer member are insert-molded. Such a structure provides the motion guide device including the rolling element guide member that enables low cost manufacturing of a complex shape and capability of secure installation and guidance of the rolling elements with no deflection and can be adapted for use in various types by optionally selecting a connecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ikegami, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Fumiaki Morita, Manabu Sato, Kentaro Hikomoto, Mitsumasa Wada, Takuya Horie
  • Publication number: 20150093055
    Abstract: A motion guide device includes a plurality of rolling element guide members provided along the entire length of a rolling element rolling surface so as to guide the unloaded side of a plurality of rolling elements that perform a rolling movement under load between the rolling element rolling surface and a loaded rolling element rolling surface. The rolling element guide member includes a beam member an outer member including a rolling element guide surface for guiding the unloaded side of the rolling elements, and the beam member and the outer member are insert-molded. Such a structure provides the motion guide device including the rolling element guide member that enables low cost manufacturing of a complex shape and capability of secure installation and guidance of the rolling elements with no deflection and can be adapted for use in various types by optionally selecting a connecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ikegami, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Fumiaki Morita, Manabu Sato, Kentaro Hikomoto, Mitsumasa Wada, Takuya Horie
  • Patent number: 8511896
    Abstract: A rolling device having high silencing effect and requiring no positional alignment working to the seal is provided. The rolling device includes an inner member, an outer member and a number of rolling members disposed between these inner and outer members to thereby allow the outer member to carry out relative rotational motion with respect to the inner member. In such rolling device, an end plate 24 is mounted to each end portion of the outer member. This end plate 24 is provided with an end plate body 24a, a packing member 24c disposed on an abutting surface to the outer member and a seal member 24b slidably contacting the inner member with substantially no clearance. The end plate body 24a, the packing member 24c and the seal member 24b are integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: THK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeki Shirai, Soshi Miyahara, Hideki Fujii, Kentaro Hikomoto
  • Publication number: 20100192711
    Abstract: A rolling device having high silencing effect and requiring no positional alignment working to the seal is provided. The rolling device includes an inner member, an outer member and a number of rolling members disposed between these inner and outer members to thereby allow the outer member to carry out relative rotational motion with respect to the inner member. In such rolling device, an end plate 24 is mounted to each end portion of the outer member. This end plate 24 is provided with an end plate body 24a, a packing member 24c disposed on an abutting surface to the outer member and a seal member 24b slidably contacting the inner member with substantially no clearance. The end plate body 24a, the packing member 24c and the seal member 24b are integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeki Shirai, Soshi Miyahara, Hideki Fujii, Kentaro Hikomoto