Patents by Inventor Kosaburo Niwa

Kosaburo Niwa 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).

  • Patent number: 6557784
    Abstract: The invention provides a mixer for forming a thin oil film on a surface of a drop of water which can effectively form a drop of water with an oil film. A mixer for forming a thin oil film on a surface of a drop of water is constituted by an oil mist forming chamber for forming an oil supplied from an outer portion in a mist shape by an air stream, a drop of water forming chamber for forming a water supplied from the outer portion by the air stream containing the oil formed in a mist shape in the oil mist forming chamber in a drop of water shape so as to form a drop of water with an oil structured such that a thin oil film is formed on a surface of the drop of water, and a top nozzle for discharging the drop of water with the oil film formed in the drop of water forming chamber to an outer portion. In accordance with the structure mentioned above, it is possible to effectively form the drop of water with the oil film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Kosaburo Niwa, Hiroshi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 5636976
    Abstract: One or two submarine gates 23 are located at portions of a mold corresponding to one or both ends of a tip seal to be molded. Synthetic resin is injected through the submarine gates 23. When the mold is opened after the synthetic resin is solidified, a molded product is cut off and separated by shearing from a runner 22 at a tip 23a of each of the submarine gates 23. Thus, no convex portion is formed as a gate trace on the end of the tip seal as a molded product when it is cut off. When the tip seal having no convex portion on the end thereof is inserted into the mounting groove of a scroll type compressor, the tip seal exhibits an excellent sealing property. With the aforesaid method, a tip seal excellent in a sealing property can be easily manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosaburo Niwa, Toshio Egami, Teruo Abe
  • Patent number: 5332317
    Abstract: A small bearing which has the characteristics of a sliding bearing having a small coefficient of friction and of a rolling bearing, includes an outer metallic cylinder, a plastic inner cylinder, rolling elements, and a collar, with a plurality of rolling element holding grooves being provided on the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder. The grooves are formed in parallel with the axis of the bearing, and the rolling elements positioned therein are rotatable. Grease can be applied to the outer peripheral sur#ace of the inner cylinder, which holds the rolling elements, and the entire inner cylinder is covered with the outer cylinder, with the end portions of the outer cylinder being bent toward the axis. By forming the metal components from an austenite-type stainless steel, the problem of corrosion may be overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosaburo Niwa, Hideyumi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5306090
    Abstract: A plurality of retaining grooves for rolling members are arranged in the inner cylinder. The retaining grooves have semicircular bottom halves and top halves having sector-shaped sections diverging radially outwardly. The rolling members are accommodated in the bottom halves of the retaining grooves and grease fills the top halves. Then, the inner cylinder is fit into the outer cylinder. In rotating the bearing, the rolling members are rotated by the bottom halves of the retaining grooves serving as a sliding bearing and rolled on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder. When a heavy load is applied, the rolling members are pushed down to the same level as the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder, thereby distributing and supporting the load by the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder and the rolling members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosaburo Niwa, Hideyumi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5302032
    Abstract: A bearing comprises a metallic outer tube having a flange, a inner tube of resin having a flange, radial rollers, thrust balls and a collar. A plurality of roller receiving grooves are formed on the outer periphery of the inner tube, while a plurality of roller receiving recesses are formed on the flange of the inner tube. The receiving grooves are formed in parallel relation to the bearing axis. The receiving recesses are formed circumferentially in concentric relation to the bearing axis. Each of the rollers received respectively within the receiving groove is rotatable. Grease is possibly apply to an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube body and a flange surface thereof. The cylindrical outer tube covering the entirety has both ends which are bent toward the axis. As corrosion countermeasure, it is preferred to form metallic parts of the bearing with stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosaburo Niwa, Hideyumi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5104303
    Abstract: An internal gear pump includes a casing, a cover mounted to the casing, a pump chamber defined between the casing and the cover, an internal gear slidably arranged within the pump chamber, an external gear rotatably arranged within the pump chamber and rotatingly driven from the outside to engage with and drive the internal gear, a fixed filler for regulating sliding movements of the internal and external gears and for preventing oil leakage from a high-pressure side to a lower-pressure side within the pump chamber, a suction port formed in the cover and extended circumferentially within the angular range of about 90 degrees, an oil pocket device formed in respective sliding surfaces of the casing and cover, on which the opposite side surfaces of the internal gear slide, the oil pocket device having a plurality of taper lands extended within the radial width of from the root of tooth of the internal gear to the outer peripheral surface of the internal gear between the peripheral wall of the pump chamber and t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanae Mori, Kosaburo Niwa
  • Patent number: 4977664
    Abstract: A multi-process simultaneous processing apparatus for plain bearings, comprises a rotatable table unit for index delivery. A plurality of bearing supports are mounted to the table unit in circumferentially spaced relation to one other, for accommodating respectively the plain bearings. A plurality of working units are mounted to a stationary frame at locations facing respectively the bearing supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanae Mori, Kosaburo Niwa