Patents by Inventor Kouichi Morishige

Kouichi Morishige 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: 9261134
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing includes: a synthetic resin-made upper casing; a synthetic resin-made lower casing which is superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis in a circumferential direction relative to the upper casing; a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece disposed in an annular space between the upper casing and the lower casing; and a synthetic resin-made seal member for sealing respective other end portions, communicating with the outside, of a first gap on an inner peripheral side and a second gap on an outer peripheral side in a radial direction between the upper casing and the lower casing, the first gap and the second gap respectively communicating with the annular space at their one annular end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Morishige, Takashi Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 9239081
    Abstract: A sliding bearing 1 includes: a synthetic resin-made upper casing 2 which is fixed to a vehicle body side via a mounting member; a synthetic resin-made lower casing 3 which is superposed on the upper casing 2 and on which a spring bearing surface for a suspension coil spring is formed; a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piece 5 disposed in an annular space 4 between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3; and an annular inner seal member 8 and an annular outer seal member 9, both made of a synthetic resin, for respectively sealing an annular gap 6 on an inner peripheral side in a radial direction X and an annular gap 7 on an outer peripheral side in the radial direction X between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3, the annular gap 6 and the annular gap 7 allowing the annular space 4 to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Morishige, Takashi Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 9194426
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing, a synthetic resin-made lower casing, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece interposed between the upper casing and the lower casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Sakairi, Ryohei Kaneko, Kouichi Morishige, Tsuyoshi Nagashima, Mirai Shida
  • Publication number: 20150316099
    Abstract: A sliding bearing includes: an upper casing; a synthetic resin-made lower casing which is superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis in a circumferential direction relative to the upper casing; a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piece disposed in an annular space between the upper casing and the lower casing; and a synthetic resin-made seal member for sealing respective other annular end portions, communicating with the outside, of a gap on an inner peripheral side and a gap on an outer peripheral side in a radial direction between the upper casing and the lower casing, the gap and the gap respectively communicating with the annular space at their one annular end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kouichi MORISHIGE, Takashi HORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150226263
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing which is fixed to a vehicle body side via a mounting member; a synthetic resin-made lower casing which is superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis in a circumferential direction relative to the upper casing; and a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piece disposed in a space between the upper casing and the lower casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Kouichi MORISHIGE, Takashi HORIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9062708
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing 100, a synthetic resin-made lower casing 200, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece 300 interposed between the upper and lower casings 100 and 200, and the thrust sliding bearing piece 300 has inner recessed portions 306 and outer recessed portions 307 which are formed on its upper surface 304 in two rows including an inner row and an outer row and a lubricating oil filled in each of these inner recessed portions 306 and outer recessed portions 307, the inner recessed portions 306 and the outer recessed portions 307 being arranged with a phase difference of an angle ?1=6°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Morishige, Katsunori Saito, Tadashi Watai
  • Patent number: 9039285
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing 2 which is fixed to a vehicle body side via a mounting member; a synthetic resin-made lower casing 3 which is superposed on the upper casing 2 so as to be rotatable about an axis O in a circumferential direction R relative to the upper casing 2; and a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piece 5 disposed in a space 4 between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Morishige, Takashi Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20150131933
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made bearing body having a hollow cylindrical portion, an annular collar portion, an annular protruding portion, a tubular projecting portion, an engaging projecting portion, and an annular projecting portion; an annular cover having a disk portion, a tubular portion, and an engaging projecting portion; an annular metal plate having an outer disk portion and an inner disk portion; and a thrust sliding bearing which is interposed between the bearing body and an annular lower surface of the outer disk portion of the annular metal plate and renders the annular metal plate rotatable with respect to the bearing body in a direction about an axis of the bearing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi NAGASHIMA, Takashi HORIGUCHI, Kouichi MORISHIGE
  • Patent number: 9028150
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made bearing body having a hollow cylindrical portion, an annular collar portion, an annular protruding portion, a tubular projecting portion, an engaging projecting portion, and an annular projecting portion; an annular cover having a disk portion, a tubular portion, and an engaging projecting portion; an annular metal plate having an outer disk portion and an inner disk portion; and a thrust sliding bearing which is interposed between the bearing body and an annular lower surface of the outer disk portion of the annular metal plate and renders the annular metal plate rotatable with respect to the bearing body in a direction about an axis of the bearing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagashima, Takashi Horiguchi, Kouichi Morishige
  • Patent number: 9004769
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing 12, a synthetic resin-made lower casing 22, a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece 33 interposed between the upper casing 12 and the lower casing 22, an outer elastic seal member 47 having an inner elastically deformable lip portion 43 and an outer elastically deformable lip portion 46, and an inner elastic seal member 54 having an outer elastically deformable lip portion 50 and an inner elastically deformable lip portion 53.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Morishige, Ryohei Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8915648
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing, a synthetic resin-made lower casing, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece interposed between the upper casing and the lower casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Sakairi, Ryohei Kaneko, Kouichi Morishige, Tsuyoshi Nagashima, Mirai Shida
  • Publication number: 20140355916
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing 1 includes: a synthetic resin-made upper casing 2; a synthetic resin-made lower casing 3 which is superposed on the upper casing 2 so as to be rotatable about an axis O in a circumferential direction R relative to the upper casing 2; a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece 5 disposed in an annular space 4 between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3; and a synthetic resin-made seal member 8 for sealing respective other end portions, communicating with the outside, of a gap 6 on an inner peripheral side and a gap 7 on an outer peripheral side in a radial direction A between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3, the gap 6 and the gap 7 respectively communicating with the annular space 4 at their one annular end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Kouichi MORISHIGE, Takashi HORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140355915
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing 100, a synthetic resin-made lower casing 200, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece 300 interposed between the upper casing 100 and the lower casing 200, and the thrust sliding bearing piece 300 has an inner annular recessed groove 306 and an outer annular recessed groove 307 which are formed on an upper surface 304 along a circumferential direction and concentrically with each other on an inner side and an outer side in a radial direction X and a lubricating oil such as grease filled without any gap in each of the inner annular recessed groove 306 and the outer annular recessed groove 307.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Katsunori Saito, Kouichi Morishige, Tsuyoshi Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20140348451
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing, a synthetic resin-made lower casing, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece interposed between the upper casing and the lower casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SAKAIRI, Ryohei KANEKO, Kouichi MORISHIGE, Tsuyoshi NAGASHIMA, Mirai SHIDA
  • Patent number: 8882357
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing includes: a synthetic resin-made upper casing; a synthetic resin-made lower casing which is superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis O in a circumferential direction R relative to the upper casing; a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece disposed in an annular space between the upper casing and the lower casing; and a synthetic resin-made seal member for sealing respective other end portions, communicating with the outside, of a gap on an inner peripheral side and a gap on an outer peripheral side in a radial direction A between the upper casing and the lower casing, the gap and the gap respectively communicating with the annular space at their one annular end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Morishige, Takashi Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20140270609
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing 2 which is fixed to a vehicle body side via a mounting member; a synthetic resin-made lower casing 3 which is superposed on the upper casing 2 so as to be rotatable about an axis O in a circumferential direction R relative to the upper casing 2; and a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piece 5 disposed in a space 4 between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kouichi Morishige, Takashi Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20140248009
    Abstract: A sliding bearing 1 includes: a synthetic resin-made upper casing 2 which is fixed to a vehicle body side via a mounting member; a synthetic resin-made lower casing 3 which is superposed on the upper casing 2 and on which a spring bearing surface for a suspension coil spring is formed; a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piece 5 disposed in an annular space 4 between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3; and an annular inner seal member 8 and an annular outer seal member 9, both made of a synthetic resin, for respectively sealing an annular gap 6 on an inner peripheral side in a radial direction X and an annular gap 7 on an outer peripheral side in the radial direction X between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3, the annular gap 6 and the annular gap 7 allowing the annular space 4 to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Kouichi Morishige, Takashi Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20140225344
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made lower casing 2, a synthetic resin-made upper casing 3 superposed on the lower casing 2, and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece 4 interposed between said upper casing 3 and the lower casing 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi MORISHIGE, Ryohei Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20140199007
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing 12, a synthetic resin-made lower casing 22, a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing piece 33 interposed between the upper casing 12 and the lower casing 22, an outer elastic seal member 47 having an inner elastically deformable lip portion 43 and an outer elastically deformable lip portion 46, and an inner elastic seal member 54 having an outer elastically deformable lip portion 50 and an inner elastically deformable lip portion 53.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi MORISHIGE, Ryohei KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20140185971
    Abstract: A thrust sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made bearing body 16 having a hollow cylindrical portion 4, an annular collar portion 6, an annular protruding portion 8, a tubular projecting portion 13, an engaging projecting portion 14, and an annular projecting portion 15; an annular cover 28 having a disk portion 24, a tubular portion 26, and an engaging projecting portion 27; an annular metal plate 34 having an outer disk portion 32 and an inner disk portion 33; and a thrust sliding bearing means 36 which is interposed between the bearing body 16 and an annular lower surface 35 of the outer disk portion 32 of the annular metal plate 34 and renders the annular metal plate 34 rotatable with respect to the bearing body 16 in an R direction about an axis O of the bearing body 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagashima, Takashi Horiguchi, Kouichi Morishige