Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Itadani
Masatoshi Itadani 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).
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Patent number: 11739844Abstract: Two conflicting functions of sealing and lubrication of sliding faces are achieved for a long time. The sliding face of a rotating-side seal ring 3 is provided with dynamic pressure generation grooves 11 configured to communicate with the circumferential edge on the inner peripheral side of the sliding face and not to communicate with the circumferential edge on the outer peripheral side. A spring 7 is provided on the back side of a stationary-side seal ring 6 for pressing the stationary-side seal ring 6 against the sliding face of the rotating-side seal ring 3. A spring holder 8 is provided between the back side of the stationary-side seal ring 6 and the spring 7.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventors: Hikaru Katori, Keiichi Chiba, Masatoshi Itadani, Tadahiro Kimura, Akira Yoshino
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Patent number: 11608897Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a slide component that can exhibit sealing performance and lubricity regardless of rotating direction. A pair of slide components 4, 7 that slide relative to each other have sliding faces S that slide relative to each other, and a sealed fluid-side periphery 16 and a leakage-side periphery 15. The sliding face S of at least one slide component 4 of the pair of slide components 4, 7 includes: a fluid introduction groove 13 in communication with the sealed fluid-side periphery 16; a first pressure generation mechanism 12 of which one end is in communication with the fluid introduction groove 13 and the other end is surrounded by a land portion R1; and a second pressure generation mechanism 11 of which one end is in communication with the leakage-side periphery 15 and the other end is surrounded by an annular land portion R2.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Inventors: Tetsuzo Okada, Masatoshi Itadani, Takeshi Hosoe, Yuki Sasaki, Keita Kajihara
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Patent number: 11549589Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mechanical seal whose axial dimension can be reduced without impairing sealing performance. In a mechanical seal including a rotating-side sealing ring 11; a stationary-side sealing ring 21 provided within a case 22 and sliding on the rotating-side sealing ring 11; a biasing member 24 for biasing the stationary-side sealing ring 21 to the rotating-side sealing ring 11; and an engagement means 25 for restricting the rotational relative movement between the case 22 and the stationary-side sealing ring 21, the biasing member 24 is arranged radially outside the stationary-side sealing ring 21.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventors: Tadahiro Kimura, Masatoshi Itadani, Akira Yoshino
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Patent number: 11543033Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a mechanical seal for sealing a fluid flowing outwardly radially from sliding surfaces S where a stationary ring 221 and a rotating ring 211 slide against each other, includes: a bellows 222 interposed between the stationary ring 221 and a stationary wall 226; a case member 223 for holding an outer cylindrical part 222c of the bellows 222 to the stationary ring 221; and a holding member 224 fitted to an inner cylindrical part 222a of the bellows 222, and having an axial length substantially equal to a length fitted to the inner cylindrical part 222a, wherein the bellows 222 has a curved part 222b between the outer cylindrical part 222c and the inner cylindrical part 222a, and the case member 223 is provided with a wall part 223a covering the entire periphery of the radial outer side of the curved part 222b.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Yuki Sasaki, Keiichi Chiba, Kenji Kiryu, Tetsuzo Okada
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Patent number: 11402023Abstract: A mechanical seal capable of preventing charge accumulation on a rotary shaft includes a fixed sealing element which is held at an inner periphery of housing members of machines to be installed and has at least a fixed seal ring, and a rotating sealing element which is held at an outer periphery of a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the housing members and has at least a rotating seal ring. A conductive element is provided between the fixed sealing element 10 and the rotary shaft or a rotary shaft member fixed to the rotary shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Inventors: Tadahiro Kimura, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Masamitsu Sanada, Masatoshi Itadani
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Patent number: 11221071Abstract: Provided is a sliding component with less fluid leakage. A sliding component has a pair of sliding members at least one of which has positive pressure generation mechanisms and negative pressure generation mechanisms formed at a sliding surface of the sliding member. The negative pressure generation mechanisms are arranged on a low-pressure fluid side with respect to the positive pressure generation mechanisms. Adjoining two of the negative pressure generation mechanisms in a circumferential direction overlap with each other in a radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventors: Yuki Sasaki, Tetsuzo Okada, Masatoshi Itadani, Takeshi Hosoe
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Patent number: 11221074Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mechanical seal in which a stationary-side sealing ring can follow the movement of a rotating-side sealing ring to provide reliable sealing properties and by which the entire device can be made compact. A mechanical seal in which a rotating-side sealing ring 13 attached to a shaft 2 and a stationary-side sealing ring 21 attached to a housing 3 slide relative to each other and seal between the housing 3 and the shaft 2 includes a case 22 which is attached to the housing 3 and which contains the stationary-side sealing ring 21, and a seal member 23 which is disposed between the case 22 and the stationary-side sealing ring 21, and the case 22 includes a holding part 22d which regulates the seal member 23 from moving to both sides in the axial direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiro Kimura, Hikaru Katori, Masatoshi Itadani, Takeshi Hosoe, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Tomoko Yamaki
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Publication number: 20210364034Abstract: A pair of slide components (4, 7) have sliding faces (S) sliding relative to each other, and a sealed fluid-side periphery (16) and a leakage-side periphery (15). The sliding face (S) of at least one slide component includes: a fluid introduction groove (13) in communication with the sealed fluid-side periphery (16); a first pressure generation mechanism (12) of which one end is in communication with the fluid introduction groove (13) and the other end is surrounded by a land portion (R1); and a second pressure generation mechanism (11) of which one end is in communication with the leakage-side periphery (15) and the other end is surrounded by an annular land portion (R2). The fluid introduction groove (13) and the other end (12e) of the first pressure generation mechanism (12) include overlapping portions (Lp) overlapping circumferentially. The slide components can exhibit sealing performance and lubricity regardless of rotating direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Tetsuzo OKADA, Masatoshi ITADANI, Takeshi HOSOE, Yuki SASAKI, Keita KAJIHARA
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Patent number: 11143029Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a sealing member 11 is provided between a rotating body 5 rotating while whirling within an accommodating chamber 4 partitioned by a housing and a side wall 3 of the accommodating chamber 4 and has a sliding surface S sliding on the side wall 3, and the sliding surface S includes a first lubrication mechanism 21 arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction, and a second lubrication mechanism 22 arranged on the other side in the longitudinal direction and exhibiting lubrication performance in a sliding direction different from that of the first lubrication mechanism 21, thereby improving sealing performance of the sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Yuichiro Tokunaga, Masatoshi Itadani, Akira Yoshino
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Publication number: 20210156478Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mechanical seal whose axial dimension can be reduced without impairing sealing performance. In a mechanical seal including a rotating-side sealing ring 11; a stationary-side sealing ring 21 provided within a case 22 and sliding on the rotating-side sealing ring 11; a biasing member 24 for biasing the stationary-side sealing ring 21 to the rotating-side sealing ring 11; and an engagement means 25 for restricting the rotational relative movement between the case 22 and the stationary-side sealing ring 21, the biasing member 24 is arranged radially outside the stationary-side sealing ring 21.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Tadahiro KIMURA, Masatoshi ITADANI, Akira YOSHINO
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Patent number: 11009130Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a sliding component includes an annular stationary side seal ring 5 fixed to the stationary side and an annular rotating side seal ring 3 to be rotated together with a rotating shaft, in which by relatively rotating opposing sealing faces S of the stationary side seal ring 5 and the rotating side seal ring 3, a silicate-containing sealed fluid present on one side in the radial direction of the relatively rotating sealing faces S is sealed, wherein an amorphous carbon film 8 formed by using a hydrocarbon gas containing no silicon compound is provided on at least any one of the sealing faces S of the stationary side seal ring 5 and the rotating side seal ring 3, and content of silicon of the amorphous carbon film 8 is 1.5 at % or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignees: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sunagawa, Tetsuzo Okada, Keiichi Chiba, Kenji Kiryu, Tadahiro Kimura, Akiko Koga
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Patent number: 10954790Abstract: An oil seal member is provided at an outside surface of a member performing whirling motion such as a rotary engine rotor. A sliding face of the oil seal member that slides relatively to a stationary-side member is provided with a step extending circumferentially, and has a relatively high surface formed on one radial side with respect to the step and a relatively low surface on the other radial side. The high surface is provided with pumping grooves to pump oil tending to leak from the high surface side into the low surface side, into the high surface side by sliding relatively to the stationary-side member.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Inventors: Yuichiro Tokunaga, Masatoshi Itadani, Akira Yoshino
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Publication number: 20210080006Abstract: Provided is a sliding component with less fluid leakage. A sliding component has a pair of sliding members at least one of which has positive pressure generation mechanisms and negative pressure generation mechanisms formed at a sliding surface of the sliding member. The negative pressure generation mechanisms are arranged on a low-pressure fluid side with respect to the positive pressure generation mechanisms. Adjoining two of the negative pressure generation mechanisms in a circumferential direction overlap with each other in a radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Yuki SASAKI, Tetsuzo OKADA, Masatoshi ITADANI, Takeshi HOSOE
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Publication number: 20210003221Abstract: A mechanical seal capable of preventing charge accumulation on a rotary shaft includes a fixed sealing element which is held at an inner periphery of housing members of machines to be installed and has at least a fixed seal ring, and a rotating sealing element which is held at an outer periphery of a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the housing members and has at least a rotating seal ring. A conductive element is provided between the fixed sealing element 10 and the rotary shaft or a rotary shaft member fixed to the rotary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Tadahiro KIMURA, Yasuhiro IKEDA, Masamitsu SANADA, Masatoshi ITADANI
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Patent number: 10808752Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a sliding member includes sliding faces S configured to slide in relation to one another, at least one sliding face 5 of the sliding faces being provided with a plurality of dimples 11 having multi-sided shapes whose edges are formed without interruption. A pair of the edges A1-B1, A1-C1 of each of the multi-sided dimples 11, extending radially on opposite sides of a radial axis R of the sliding member, are sloped to become farther apart as they extend toward a high-pressure fluid side, and an edge B1-C1, which connects end points B1, C1 on the high-pressure fluid side of the pair of the edges, is formed such that its length is not greater than the lengths of the pair of the edges A1-B1, A1-C1. The sliding member can reduce friction between the sliding faces and improve sealing performance regardless of the direction of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventor: Masatoshi Itadani
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Publication number: 20200278029Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mechanical seal in which a stationary-side sealing ring can follow the movement of a rotating-side sealing ring to provide reliable sealing properties and by which the entire device can be made compact. A mechanical seal in which a rotating-side sealing ring 13 attached to a shaft 2 and a stationary-side sealing ring 21 attached to a housing 3 slide relative to each other and seal between the housing 3 and the shaft 2 includes a case 22 which is attached to the housing 3 and which contains the stationary-side sealing ring 21, and a seal member 23 which is disposed between the case 22 and the stationary-side sealing ring 21, and the case 22 includes a holding part 22d which regulates the seal member 23 from moving to both sides in the axial direction thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Tadahiro KIMURA, Hikaru KATORI, Masatoshi ITADANI, Takeshi HOSOE, Yasuhiro IKEDA, Tomoko YAMAKI
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Patent number: 10704417Abstract: Both conflicting functions of sealing and lubrication of sliding faces are made compatible over an entire period from the time of startup through the time of steady operation. A pair of sliding parts that relatively slide on each other is provided, one of the sliding parts being a stationary-side seal ring, the other of the sliding parts being a rotating-side seal ring, the seal rings each having a sliding face S formed radially for sealing sealed fluid from leaking, at least one of the sliding faces S being provided with fluid introduction grooves 10 configured to communicate with a first peripheral edge of the sliding face S and not to communicate with a second peripheral edge, and being provided with dynamic pressure generation grooves configured to communicate with the second peripheral edge of the sliding face S and not to communicate with the first peripheral edge.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Tokunaga, Keiichi Chiba, Masatoshi Itadani, Hikaru Katori, Wataru Kimura
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Publication number: 20200182356Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a sliding component includes an annular stationary side seal ring 5 fixed to the stationary side and an annular rotating side seal ring 3 to be rotated together with a rotating shaft, in which by relatively rotating opposing sealing faces S of the stationary side seal ring 5 and the rotating side seal ring 3, a silicate-containing sealed fluid present on one side in the radial direction of the relatively rotating sealing faces S is sealed, wherein an amorphous carbon film 8 formed by using a hydrocarbon gas containing no silicon compound is provided on at least any one of the sealing faces S of the stationary side seal ring 5 and the rotating side seal ring 3, and content of silicon of the amorphous carbon film 8 is 1.5 at % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Masatoshi ITADANI, Kazumasa SUNAGAWA, Tetsuzo OKADA, Keiichi CHIBA, Kenji KIRYU, Tadahiro KIMURA, Akiko KOGA
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Patent number: 10655736Abstract: In an embodiment, in a sliding component, a sliding face of a stationary-side seal ring 6 has a fluid circulation groove 10 communicating with a high-pressure fluid side via an entrance portion 10a and an exit portion 10b. A rotating-side seal ring 5 has a larger outer diameter and a smaller inner diameter than the seal ring 6. A groove 15 into which a claw is loosely fitted is provided on an outer periphery of the seal ring 5. A width of the groove 15 is smaller than a distance between the portion 10a and the 10b in the circumferential direction. WMR/WSR is set within a range of 0.75<WMR/WSR<1.4 (WMR is a face width between an inner diameter of the groove 15 and an inner diameter 6b of the sliding face; WSR is a face width of the sliding face).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sunagawa, Yuichiro Tokunaga, Hideyuki Inoue, Takeshi Hosoe, Ryoma Yamakawa, Yuta Negishi, Kenji Kiryu, Keiichi Chiba, Akira Yoshino, Hiroshi Kubota
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Patent number: 10648569Abstract: Provided is a sliding component having sealing face of one of a pair of sliding parts that slide relative to each other provided with a first pumping groove that is open to the high-pressure fluid side but isolated from the low-pressure fluid side by a seal area and also angled to discharge the fluid toward the high-pressure fluid side by sliding relative to the mating sealing face, as well as a second pumping groove that is open to the low-pressure fluid side but isolated from the high-pressure fluid side by a seal area and also angled to discharge the fluid toward the high-pressure fluid side by sliding relative to the mating sealing face, wherein the low-pressure fluid-side end of the first pumping groove is arranged adjacent to the high-pressure fluid-side end of the second pumping groove.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Masatoshi Itadani