Patents by Inventor Makoto Shiranami

Makoto Shiranami 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).

  • Publication number: 20160023274
    Abstract: Provided is a gear (1) (machine part), including a sintered compact obtained by sintering a green compact of raw material powder (10) that contains as a main raw material iron-based alloy powder containing molybdenum and has 0.1 to 0.8 mass % of carbon powder blended therein, the gear (1) (machine part) including a hardened layer (8) formed through heat treatment after the sintering, and having a true density ratio of 97% or more and less than 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko MOURI, Takehiro MATSUDUKI, Shinichi NANBU, Makoto SHIRANAMI, Fuminori SATOJI
  • Publication number: 20150217372
    Abstract: Provided is a gear (1) (machine part), including a sintered compact obtained by sintering a green compact of raw material powder (10) that contains as a main raw material iron-based alloy powder containing molybdenum and has 0.1 to 0.8 mass % of carbon powder blended therein, the gear (1) (machine part) including a hardened layer (8) formed through heat treatment after the sintering, and having a true density ratio of 97% or more and less than 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Toshihiko Mouri, Takehiro Matsuduki, Shinichi Nanbu, Makoto Shiranami, Fuminori Satoji
  • Patent number: 7059052
    Abstract: The porous oil-impregnated bearing 1 comprises a bearing body 1a made of a porous material, and oil retained in the pores of the bearing body 1a by impregnation with lubricating oil or lubricating grease. The inner peripheral surface of the bearing body 1a is formed with a bearing surface 1b opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft to be supported, with a bearing clearance defined therebetween. The bearing surface 1b has a first region m1 in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in one direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, a second region m2 which is axially spaced from said first region m1 and in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in the other direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, and an annular smooth region n disposed between the first and second regions m1 and m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Isao Komori, Natsuhiko Mori, Makoto Shiranami
  • Patent number: 6789320
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered oil retaining bearing that secures the stability of an oil film and achieves high running accuracy through management to exclude a variation in the size of surface openings in the bearing surface, particularly the presence of large holes, while making use of such advantages as the mass productivity, low noise and low cost features of sintered oil retaining bearings. In a sintered oil retaining bearing 11 having a bearing body 19 that is composed of a porous body formed of a sintered metal, that is formed with a bearing surface 18 opposed to the outer peripheral surface of a rotary shaft 1 through a bearing clearance and that is impregnated with lubricating oil or lubricating grease, it is arranged that surface openings in said bearing surface 18 are substantially uniform in size and that when the area of a single such surface opening is converted into the area of a circle, the diameter of such circle does not exceed 0.05 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Natsuhiko Mori, Kazuo Okamura, Makoto Shiranami
  • Patent number: 6533460
    Abstract: The porous oil-impregnated bearing 1 comprises a bearing body 1a made of a porous material, and oil retained in the pores of the bearing body 1a by impregnation with lubricating oil or lubricating grease. The inner peripheral surface of the bearing body 1a is formed with a bearing surface 1b opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft to be supported, with a bearing clearance defined therebetween. The bearing surface 1b has a first region m1 in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in one direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, a second region m2 which is axially spaced from said first region m1 and in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in the other direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, and an annular smooth region n disposed between the first and second regions m1 and m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Isao Komori, Natsuhiko Mori, Makoto Shiranami
  • Patent number: 6513980
    Abstract: The porous oil-impregnated bearing 1 comprises a bearing body 1a made of a porous material, and oil retained in the pores of the bearing body 1a by impregnation with lubricating oil or lubricating grease. The inner peripheral surface of the bearing body 1a is formed with a bearing surface 1b opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft to be supported, with a bearing clearance defined therebetween. The bearing surface 1b has a first region m1 in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in one direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, a second region m2 which is axially spaced from said first region m1 and in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in the other direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, and an annular smooth region n disposed between the first and second regions m1 and m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Isao Komori, Natsuhiko Mori, Makoto Shiranami
  • Publication number: 20020085775
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered oil retaining bearing that secures the stability of an oil film and achieves high running accuracy through management to exclude a variation in the size of surface openings in the bearing surface, particularly the presence of large holes, while making use of such advantages as the mass productivity, low noise and low cost features of sintered oil retaining bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuhiko Mori, Kazuo Okamura, Makoto Shiranami
  • Publication number: 20020048418
    Abstract: The porous oil-impregnated bearing 1 comprises a bearing body 1a made of a porous material, and oil retained in the pores of the bearing body 1a by impregnation with lubricating oil or lubricating grease. The inner peripheral surface of the bearing body 1a is formed with a bearing surface 1b opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft to be supported, with a bearing clearance defined therebetween. The bearing surface 1b has a first region m1 in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in one direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, a second region m2 which is axially spaced from said first region m1 and in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in the other direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, and an annular smooth region n disposed between the first and second regions m1 and m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Isao Komori, Natsuhiko Mori, Makoto Shiranami
  • Patent number: 6357920
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered oil retaining bearing that secures the stability of an oil film and achieves high running accuracy through management to exclude a variation in the size of surface openings in the bearing surface, particularly the presence of large holes, while making use of such advantages as the mass productivity, low noise and low cost features of sintered oil retaining bearings. In a sintered oil retaining bearing 11 having a bearing body 19 that is composed of a porous body formed of a sintered metal, that is formed with a bearing surface 18 opposed to the outer peripheral surface of a rotary shaft 1 through a bearing clearance and that is impregnated with lubricating oil or lubricating grease, it is arranged that surface openings in said bearing surface 18 are substantially uniform in size and that when the area of a single such surface opening is converted into the area of a circle, the diameter of such circle does not exceed 0.05 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Natsuhiko Mori, Kazuo Okamura, Makoto Shiranami
  • Publication number: 20020009242
    Abstract: The porous oil-impregnated bearing 1 comprises a bearing body 1a made of a porous material, and oil retained in the pores of the bearing body 1a by impregnation with lubricating oil or lubricating grease. The inner peripheral surface of the bearing body 1a is formed with a bearing surface 1b opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft to be supported, with a bearing clearance defined therebetween. The bearing surface 1b has a first region m1 in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in one direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, a second region m2 which is axially spaced from said first region m1 and in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in the other direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, and an annular smooth region n disposed between teh first and second regions m1 and m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Isao Komori, Natsuhiko Mori, Makoto Shiranami
  • Publication number: 20020009243
    Abstract: The porous oil-impregnated bearing 1 comprises a bearing body 1a made of a porous material, and oil retained in the pores of the bearing body 1a by impregnation with lubricating oil or lubricating grease. The inner peripheral surface of the bearing body 1a is formed with a bearing surface 1b opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft to be supported, with a bearing clearance defined therebetween. The bearing surface 1b has a first region m1 in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in one direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, a second region m2 which is axially spaced from said first region m1 and in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in the other direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, and an annular smooth region n disposed between the first and second regions m1 and m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Isao Komori, Natsuhiko Mori, Makoto Shiranami
  • Patent number: 6299356
    Abstract: The porous oil-impregnated bearing 1 comprises a bearing body 1a made of a porous material, and oil retained in the pores of the bearing body 1a by impregnation with lubricating oil or lubricating grease. The inner peripheral surface of the bearing body 1a is formed with a bearing surface 1b opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft to be supported, with a bearing clearance defined therebetween. The bearing surface 1b has a first region m1 in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in one direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, a second region m2 which is axially spaced from said first region m1 and in which a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves 1c inclined in the other direction with respect to the axial direction are circumferentially disposed, and an annular smooth region n disposed between the first and second regions m1 and m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Isao Komori, Natsuhiko Mori, Makoto Shiranami