Patents by Inventor Kota Henmi
Kota Henmi 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).
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Patent number: 11261970Abstract: A sealing device has a seal ring in a groove having a step, a first backup ring at the step in the groove, and a second backup ring, in the groove, between both rings offset from the step. The first backup ring includes a bottom-surface-side peripheral surface facing the step's bottom surface, an end surface facing the step's non-sealed-fluid-side side surface, a peripheral surface adjacent to the other member and facing the other member, and a slope facing the second backup ring. The length of the bottom-surface-side peripheral surface is equal to or smaller than the length of the bottom surface of the step. The second backup ring includes a peripheral surface facing the bottom surface of the groove, an end surface facing the non-sealed-fluid-side side surface of the groove, a slope facing the slope of the first backup ring, and a sealed-fluid-side end surface facing the seal ring.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventor: Kota Henmi
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Patent number: 11187325Abstract: A sealing device in which diameter expansion of an inserted first back-up ring is suppressed. The sealing device includes a seal ring mounted in a rectangular mounting groove, the first back-up ring, and a second back-up ring. The first back-up ring has an end surface contacting an opposing-sealing-fluid-side side surface of the mounting groove. The second back-up ring has an end surface contacting the seal ring. A contact surface in an inner peripheral end of second back-up ring is perpendicular to the axis to contact an opposing-sealing-fluid-side side surface of the mounting groove. The inner diameter of the first back-up ring is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the contact surface portion of the second back-up ring, and the outer diameter of the first back-up ring is set to be smaller than the inner diameter of a housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji Yoshitsune, Kota Henmi
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Publication number: 20200173560Abstract: A sealing device has a seal ring in a groove having a step, a first backup ring at the step in the groove, and a second backup ring, in the groove, between both rings offset from the step. The first backup ring includes a bottom-surface-side peripheral surface facing the step's bottom surface, an end surface facing the step's non-sealed-fluid-side side surface, a peripheral surface adjacent to the other member and facing the other member, and a slope facing the second backup ring. The length of the bottom-surface-side peripheral surface is equal to or smaller than the length of the bottom surface of the step. The second backup ring includes a peripheral surface facing the bottom surface of the groove, an end surface facing the non-sealed-fluid-side side surface of the groove, a slope facing the slope of the first backup ring, and a sealed-fluid-side end surface facing the seal ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventor: Kota HENMI
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Patent number: 10344865Abstract: A sealing device has a seal ring, a first backup ring and a second backup ring. The first backup ring is formed into a triangular cross section while having an axially vertical end surface portion, a cylindrical peripheral surface portion, and an inclined surface portion intersecting the end surface portion and the peripheral surface portion. The second backup ring is formed into a triangular cross section while having an axially vertical end surface portion, a cylindrical peripheral surface portion, and an inclined surface portion in correspondence to the inclined surface portion of the first backup ring. A cut portion is provided in a corner portion where the end surface portion and the inclined surface portion in the first backup ring intersect, and a corner portion where the peripheral surface portion and the inclined surface portion in the second backup ring intersect.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Kota Henmi, Makoto Hatano, Shuji Yoshitsune
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Publication number: 20180372223Abstract: A sealing device in which diameter expansion of an inserted first back-up ring is suppressed. The sealing device includes a seal ring mounted in a rectangular mounting groove, the first back-up ring, and a second back-up ring. The first back-up ring has an end surface contacting an opposing-sealing-fluid-side side surface of the mounting groove. The second back-up ring has an end surface contacting the seal ring. A contact surface in an inner peripheral end of second back-up ring is perpendicular to the axis to contact an opposing-sealing-fluid-side side surface of the mounting groove. The inner diameter of the first back-up ring is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the contact surface portion of the second back-up ring, and the outer diameter of the first back-up ring is set to be smaller than the inner diameter of a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji YOSHITSUNE, Kota HENMI
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Patent number: 10107401Abstract: A sealing structure suppresses possible damage to a seal ring because of a backup ring. The sealing structure is characterized in that a cut portion 150 that is cut in a planar shape is formed in a backup ring 100 at one position in a circumferential direction, the cut portion 150 is configured such that a cut surface 153 is oblique to a central axis of the backup ring 100, an acute angle of angles between a surface on the high pressure side of the backup ring 100 and the cut surface 153 is set to not less than 15° and not more than 30°, and the backup ring 100 is formed of a resin material having Rockwell hardness of 100 or less, durometer hardness of 70 or less, and elastic modulus of 1.0 GPa or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Monma, Mitsuo Watanabe, Shuji Yoshitsune, Kota Henmi
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Publication number: 20170292607Abstract: A sealing structure suppresses possible damage to a seal ring because of a backup ring. The sealing structure is characterized in that a cut portion 150 that is cut in a planar shape is formed in a backup ring 100 at one position in a circumferential direction, the cut portion 150 is configured such that a cut surface 153 is oblique to a central axis of the backup ring 100, an acute angle of angles between a surface on the high pressure side of the backup ring 100 and the cut surface 153 is set to not less than 15° and not more than 30°, and the backup ring 100 is formed of a resin material having Rockwell hardness of 100 or less, durometer hardness of 70 or less, and elastic modulus of 1.0 GPa or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki MONMA, Mitsuo WATANABE, Shuji YOSHITSUNE, Kota HENMI
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Publication number: 20160356381Abstract: A sealing device has a seal ring, a first backup ring and a second backup ring. The first backup ring is formed into a triangular cross section while having an axially vertical end surface portion, a cylindrical peripheral surface portion, and an inclined surface portion intersecting the end surface portion and the peripheral surface portion. The second backup ring is formed into a triangular cross section while having an axially vertical end surface portion, a cylindrical peripheral surface portion, and an inclined surface portion in correspondence to the inclined surface portion of the first backup ring. A cut portion is provided in a corner portion where the end surface portion and the inclined surface portion in the first backup ring intersect, and a corner portion where the peripheral surface portion and the inclined surface portion in the second backup ring intersect.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Kota HENMI, Makoto HATANO, Shuji YOSHITSUNE
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Publication number: 20120043331Abstract: In a water-proof structure for an opening of a device case, which includes a packing installed in a peripheral groove around a cover and compressed between the inner periphery of the opening and the groove when the cover is inserted into the opening, the packing is configured to have a flat contact surface in contact with the bottom of the groove and have a cross section having a width larger than the height, and the cross section of the packing also has a flat bottom or an inner side to fit the groove bottom that is also flat in a cross section while the outer side has a convex shape so that the whole cross section has a D-shaped form, in order to prevent degraded sealing capability or improper installation due to twist of the packing in the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hideto Nameki, Kota Henmi