Patents by Inventor Mineo Oyama

Mineo Oyama 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: 6280095
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bearing device reliable of shielding any material or fluid from moving between a fluid passage within a fluid system housing and an outside of the housing. In the above bearing device, a roller bearing (12) equipped with sealing plates (17) is fitted into a coupling bore (11) in an intake pipe (1) serving as the housing so that the roller bearing (12) can bear a shaft (6) of a butterfly valve disposed in a fluid passage (2) within the intake pipe (1). The outer race (13) and the inner race (14) of the roller bearing (12) are formed with annular grooves (21, 22), respectively, and O-rings (23, 24) are engagingly arranged on the interior of the annular grooves (21, 22), respectively. With the bearing device having this structure, the O-rings (23, 24) can prevent air, etc. from permeating into the intake passage (2) even though clearance (a, b) occurs in the engaged sections due to a dimensional error, difference in thermal expansion, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akimi Furukoshi, Yutaka Daikuhara, Mineo Oyama