Patents by Inventor Norihito Kimura

Norihito Kimura 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: 20060155068
    Abstract: A rubber composition containing no reinforcing agent, which comprises (A) 55 to 95 parts by weight of an ethylene-?-olefin-non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber, (B) 5 to 45 parts by weight of a natural rubber, and (C) 0.1 to 15 parts by weight of an organic peroxide, wherein the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight; a process for producing a rubber composition comprising the steps of (1) kneading at least said components (A) and (B), and (2) mixing at least the kneaded product with said component (C); a process for producing a molded article containing a vulcanized rubber composition, which comprises the above kneading step (1), the above mixing step (2), and the step (3) of molding the rubber composition at elevated temperature; and a vibration-proof material which comprises a molded article containing a vulcanized rubber composition produced according to the above-mentioned process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Sadayuki Nakano, Junichi Koshiba, Akio Mase, Norihito Kimura
  • Patent number: 7053155
    Abstract: A vibration damping rubber composition capable of exhibiting an excellent vibration damping property comprising: (A) a diene rubber; (B) a bismaleimide compound represented by the following general formula (1); wherein n denotes an integer of 4 to 12; and (C) a vulcanization accelerator; wherein said rubber composition does not contain elemental sulfur as a raw material for a vulcanizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Kimura, Fumihiko Jinno, Takehiko Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20060061015
    Abstract: A rubber injection molding device comprising: a mold hang a molding cavity therein; an injecting machine including an injection cylinder having an injection chamber for storing a rubber therein, and an injection plunger for injecting the rubber from the injection chamber into the molding cavity by means of an advancement of the injection plunger; a feed machine having a feed cylinder with a feed aperture formed at a tip end thereof and connected with the injection chamber through a feed duct, and being adapted to feed into the injection chamber, through the feed duct the rubber in a mixed state, and a pushing assembly which pushes into the injection chamber the rubber that remains within the feed duct after a feed operation of the rubber by the feed machine. A manufacturing method of a rubber product by using the molding device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicants: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., SANYU INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Inukai, Shigeki Kato, Takahiro Aoi, Norihito Kimura, Takahiro Imai, Yuki Akatsuka, Masami Ono
  • Patent number: 6927244
    Abstract: A heat-resistant vibration damping rubber composition wherein 20-80 parts by weight of a powder of silica having a BET specific surface area of 20-70 m2/g is mixed with 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber material, and a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent and a mercapto-based silane coupling agent are both mixed with the ethylene-propylene-diene rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Kimura, Akihiro Shibahara
  • Publication number: 20050124766
    Abstract: A vibration damping rubber composition capable of exhibiting an excellent vibration damping property comprising: (A) a diene rubber; (B) a bismaleimide compound represented by the following general formula (1); wherein n denotes an integer of 4 to 12; and (C) a vulcanization accelerator; wherein said rubber composition does not contain elemental sulfur as a raw material for a vulcanizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito Kimura, Fumihiko Jinno, Takehiko Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20030220438
    Abstract: A heat-resistant vibration damping rubber composition wherein 20-80 parts by weight of a powder of silica having a BET specific surface area of 20-70 m2/g is mixed with 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber material, and a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent and a mercapto-based silane coupling agent are both mixed with the ethylene-propylene-diene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Kimura, Akihiro Shibahara