Patents by Inventor Kouhei Kondou

Kouhei Kondou 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: 9441672
    Abstract: A method for producing a holder in which sagging is suppressed in a bent part to be formed into a flange portion, without using bulge forming and a split mold that restrains the inside of a working target article; and a holder. An upper punch presses and bends one end portion of a working target article inward, whereby a flange portion is formed in the one end portion. A smaller-diameter portion of the working target article is restrained from the inside and outside by a lower punch and split mold portions. Then, a peripheral surface portion of a convex portion of the upper punch receives the end portion of the working target article and applies an outward pressure to the end portion. A bent part is pushed toward a larger-diameter portion restraining part of a split die, so that sagging is prevented from occurring in the bent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiya Mano, Hiroshi Nakahashi, Kouhei Kondou, Hajime Kawamura, Shingo Kinpara, Yasunori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150036961
    Abstract: A method for producing a holder in which sagging is suppressed in a bent part to be formed into a flange portion, without using bulge forming and a split mold that restrains the inside of a working target article; and a holder. An upper punch presses and bends one end portion of a working target article inward, whereby a flange portion is formed in the one end portion. A smaller-diameter portion of the working target article is restrained from the inside and outside by a lower punch and split mold portions. Then, a peripheral surface portion of a convex portion of the upper punch receives the end portion of the working target article and applies an outward pressure to the end portion. A bent part is pushed toward a larger-diameter portion restraining part of a split die, so that sagging is prevented from occurring in the bent part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiya Mano, Hiroshi Nakahashi, Kouhei Kondou, Hajime Kawamura, Shingo Kinpara, Yasunori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110091144
    Abstract: In a step of forming a roller bearing cage (13) including a first roller stopper part (16a) provided on the radial inner side to prevent a roller from escaping to the radial inner side, and a second roller stopper part (17a) provided on the radial outer side to prevent the roller from escaping to the radial outer side, on wall surfaces (16b) and (17b) opposed to a pocket (20), respectively, each of the first and second roller stopper parts (16a) and (17a) is formed by a process only from the one radial side with a jig (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Oishi, Kouhei Kondou