Patents by Inventor Kunio Higuchi

Kunio Higuchi 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: 8226298
    Abstract: This sealing device has an annular metal core portion and an annular elastic portion. The elastic portion has a thick portion and a thin portion which extends from the thick portion in an axial direction of the elastic portion and has a thinner thickness in a radial direction than the thick portion. A fixed lip is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the thick portion, and a sliding lip is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the thin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Ryouhei Hosaka, Kunio Higuchi, Masahide Sunagawa
  • Publication number: 20090257699
    Abstract: This sealing device has an annular metal core portion and an annular elastic portion. The elastic portion has a thick portion and a thin portion which extends from the thick portion in an axial direction of the elastic portion and has a thinner thickness in a radial direction than the thick portion. A fixed lip is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the thick portion, and a sliding lip is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the thin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Ryouhei Hosaka, Kunio Higuchi, Masahide Sunagawa
  • Patent number: 7001258
    Abstract: A polishing jig of a hydraulic integral system is improved to increase efficiency. A polishing jig 1 for bearing for use in back-up roll of rolling mill including a shaft member 2 on which an inner ring 104 of a bearing 100 for use in back-up roll of rolling mill is fitted; and a pressure-oil chamber 12 operative in association with the feeding of a pressure oil into the shaft member 2 to protrude an outer circumferential part of the shaft member 2 radially outwardly, the polishing jig includes an inner-ring fixing portion 16 for axially fixing individual inner rings 104 of a plurality of the bearings 100 fitted on the shaft member 2 as axially arranged, wherein a plurality of the pressure-oil chambers 12 are formed internally of the shaft member 2 in correspondence to the plural bearings 100 fixed on the shaft member 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunio Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6942556
    Abstract: A polishing jig of a hydraulic integral system is improved to increase efficiency. A polishing jig 1 for bearing for use in back-up roll of rolling mill including a shaft member 2 on which an inner ring 104 of a bearing 100 for use in back-up roll of rolling mill is fitted; and a pressure-oil chamber 12 operative in association with the feeding of a pressure oil into the shaft member 2 to protrude an outer circumferential part of the shaft member 2 radially outwardly, the polishing jig includes an inner-ring fixing portion 16 for axially fixing individual inner rings 104 of a plurality of the bearings 100 fitted on the shaft member 2 as axially arranged, wherein a plurality of the pressure-oil chambers 12 are formed internally of the shaft member 2 in correspondence to the plural bearings 100 fixed on the shaft member 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunio Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20050136815
    Abstract: A polishing jig of a hydraulic integral system is improved to increase efficiency. A polishing jig 1 for bearing for use in back-up roll of rolling mill including a shaft member 2 on which an inner ring 104 of a bearing 100 for use in back-up roll of rolling mill is fitted; and a pressure-oil chamber 12 operative in association with the feeding of a pressure oil into the shaft member 2 to protrude an outer circumferential part of the shaft member 2 radially outwardly, the polishing jig includes an inner-ring fixing portion 16 for axially fixing individual inner rings 104 of a plurality of the bearings 100 fitted on the shaft member 2 as axially arranged, wherein a plurality of the pressure-oil chambers 12 are formed internally of the shaft member 2 in correspondence to the plural bearings 100 fixed on the shaft member 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Kunio Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20040198201
    Abstract: A polishing jig of a hydraulic integral system is improved to increase efficiency. A polishing jig 1 for bearing for use in back-up roll of rolling mill including a shaft member 2 on which an inner ring 104 of a bearing 100 for use in back-up roll of rolling mill is fitted; and a pressure-oil chamber 12 operative in association with the feeding of a pressure oil into the shaft member 2 to protrude an outer circumferential part of the shaft member 2 radially outwardly, the polishing jig includes an inner-ring fixing portion 16 for axially fixing individual inner rings 104 of a plurality of the bearings 100 fitted on the shaft member 2 as axially arranged, wherein a plurality of the pressure-oil chambers 12 are formed internally of the shaft member 2 in correspondence to the plural bearings 100 fixed on the shaft member 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventor: Kunio Higuchi
  • Patent number: 4674080
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in a disc player comprises a loading and unloading mechanism for performing selectively a disc loading operation in which a disc inserted into the disc player through an opening for disc insertion is carried to and loaded on a disc rotating device and a disc unloading operation in which the disc is unloaded from the disc rotating device, returned to the opening, and positioned therein with a portion of the disc protruding through the opening. If the disc is accompanied by a protective disc case engaged in the opening, the portion of the disc protruding through the opening is received within the case. If the disc is not accompanied by a disc case, the portion of the disc protruding through the opening is exposed to the outside of the disc player and may collect dirt, become damaged, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Higuchi, Shunichi Miyazono, Tsutomu Toyogucyi