Patents by Inventor Koushirou Fujimoto

Koushirou Fujimoto 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).

  • Machine component with IC tag attached thereto
    Patent number: 7471198
    Abstract: To provide a machine component with an IC tag affixed thereto, in which with the IC tag having an increased storage capacity, the IC tag can be mounted with no difficulty and, also, reading or writing of information from or in the IC tag, respectively, can be facilitated. A plurality of IC tags 2 are attached to a machine component, which forms a part of a rolling bearing assembly 1, or to a machine component and an accessory with division made therebetween. Those plural IC tags 2 have different information stored therein. Where the machine component is a retainer incorporated rolling bearing assembly 1, those plural IC tags are attached to a roller retainer 5 at respective locations symmetrical with each other about the axis O of rotation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Naota Yamamoto, Ken Horiuchi, Koushirou Fujimoto, Yoshihisa Shibuya, Makoto Muramatsu
  • Machine element part with ic tag
    Publication number: 20060289620
    Abstract: To provide a machine component with an IC tag affixed thereto, in which with the IC tag having an increased storage capacity, the IC tag can be mounted with no difficulty and, also, reading or writing of information from or in the IC tag, respectively, can be facilitated. A plurality of IC tags 2 are attached to a machine component, which forms a part of a rolling bearing assembly 1, or to a machine component and an accessory with division made therebetween. Those plural IC tags 2 have different information stored therein. Where the machine component is a retainer incorporated rolling bearing assembly 1, those plural IC tags are attached to a roller retainer 5 at respective locations symmetrical with each other about the axis O of rotation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Naota Yamamoto, Ken Horiuchi, Koushirou Fujimoto, Yoshihisa Shibuya, Makoto Muramatsu