Patents by Inventor Shinya Nakaoka
Shinya Nakaoka 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: 11333247Abstract: A metal gasket includes: a straight section provided with a bolt hole; a bead section raised from an inner peripheral edge of the straight section toward one side of the direction of the thickness of the gasket; and a bent section bent from an outer peripheral edge of the straight section toward the other side of the direction of the thickness of the gasket. When metal gasket is compressively sandwiched by a pair of housings, bead section elastically deforms to decrease height, and straight section elastically deforms, whereby the inner peripheral edge of the straight section contacts one of the housings, the outer peripheral edge of the straight section contacts the other housing, and the bent section contacts the one of the housings. A gasket installation determination projection is part of the periphery and provided on the outer peripheral edge of the bent section or of the straight section.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Kazuya Aihara, Isao Tanji, Shinya Nakaoka, Ryoko Saito
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Patent number: 10670032Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealing structure for a casing that can reduce the number of used gaskets and achieve further weight reduction, with the sealing function of the gaskets secured. The object is solved by including: a case 2 having an opened top; a cover 3 attached to the top of the case 2 to form a fluid flow path therein; a center plate 5 interposed between the case 2 and the cover 3 and partitions an inner space into the side of the case 2 and the side of the cover 3; and a gasket 4, which is disposed between the case 2 and the cover 3, and forming the center plate 5 so as to have a size that is within an inner peripheral side relative to a sealing line 41 of the gasket 4 and stacking this center plate on the gasket 4, and attaching the cover 3 to the top of the case 2 with the stacked gasket 4 and center plate 5 sandwiched there between to compress the gasket 4 with the mutual butting surfaces between the case 2 and the cover 3.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Isao Tanji
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Publication number: 20200032904Abstract: Provided is a gasket formed by coating rubber on both surfaces of a metal plate. In order to suppress stress relaxation, the gasket is provided with: a base formed by a flat plate-like metal member; and a seal portion including as a base body a seal base that is formed to a thickness smaller than that of the base and formed by a flat plate-like metal member having a rubber-like elastic material layer on a surface thereof. The seal portion is provided with a bead formed in a bent shape. The base and the seal portion are formed in, for example, annular shapes having different diameters. The base and the seal portion are coupled to each other by a coupling portion in such a way that the base and the seal base are positioned in the same plane and that the bead protrudes from a plane including at least one surface of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Isao TANJI, Shinya NAKAOKA
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Patent number: 10544794Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a sealing structure for a casing that suppresses the deformation of a center plate of a laminated gasket on a partition wall and ensures the compression amount of a bead on the partition wall, without the center plate being thickened.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Isao Tanji
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Patent number: 10520088Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a metal gasket capable of limiting the loss of axial bolt fastening force even if a peripheral creased section is formed as an anti-saline intrusion measure; and a metal gasket, which has relatively small curved sections with a radius of curvature of not more than 20 mm on the outer edge and which is capable of limiting loss of axial bolt fastening force even when a peripheral creased section is formed over the entire perimeter of the metal gasket as an anti-saline intrusion measure. Said problem is solved by a metal gasket, which is disposed between the abutting surfaces of two members and has, on a metal base plate: bolt holes into which bolts are inserted; a bead that is to the inside of the bolt holes and is for sealing between the abutting surfaces; and a peripheral creased section configured by bending the perimeter of the metal base plate in one direction so that no gap in which saline can accumulate is formed between the abutting surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Ryoko Saito, Isao Tanji, Shinya Nakaoka
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Patent number: 10371160Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealing structure for a casing that can reduce the number of used gaskets and achieve further weight reduction, with the sealing function of the gaskets secured. The object is solved by including: a case 2 having an opened top; a cover 3 attached to the top of the case 2 to form a fluid flow path therein; a center plate 5 interposed between the case 2 and the cover 3 and partitions an inner space into the side of the case 2 and the side of the cover 3; and a gasket 4, which is disposed between the case 2 and the cover 3, and forming the center plate 5 so as to have a size that is within an inner peripheral side relative to a sealing line 41 of the gasket 4 and stacking this center plate on the gasket 4, and attaching the cover 3 to the top of the case 2 with the stacked gasket 4 and center plate 5 sandwiched there between to compress the gasket 4 with the mutual butting surfaces between the case 2 and the cover 3.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Isao Tanji
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Publication number: 20190072101Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealing structure for a casing that can reduce the number of used gaskets and achieve further weight reduction, with the sealing function of the gaskets secured. The object is solved by including: a case 2 having an opened top; a cover 3 attached to the top of the case 2 to form a fluid flow path therein; a center plate 5 interposed between the case 2 and the cover 3 and partitions an inner space into the side of the case 2 and the side of the cover 3; and a gasket 4, which is disposed between the case 2 and the cover 3, and forming the center plate 5 so as to have a size that is within an inner peripheral side relative to a sealing line 41 of the gasket 4 and stacking this center plate on the gasket 4, and attaching the cover 3 to the top of the case 2 with the stacked gasket 4 and center plate 5 sandwiched there between to compress the gasket 4 with the mutual butting surfaces between the case 2 and the cover 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: NOK CorporationInventors: Kazuya AIHARA, Shinya NAKAOKA, Isao TANJI
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Publication number: 20180335142Abstract: A metal gasket includes: a straight section provided with a bolt hole; a bead section raised from an inner peripheral edge of the straight section toward one side of the direction of the thickness of the gasket; and a bent section bent from an outer peripheral edge of the straight section toward the other side of the direction of the thickness of the gasket. When metal gasket is compressively sandwiched by a pair of housings, bead section elastically deforms to decrease height, and straight section elastically deforms, whereby the inner peripheral edge of the straight section contacts one of the housings, the outer peripheral edge of the straight section contacts the other housing, and the bent section contacts the one of the housings. A gasket installation determination projection is part of the periphery and provided on the outer peripheral edge of the bent section or of the straight section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Kazuya AIHARA, Isao TANJI, Shinya NAKAOKA, Ryoko SAITO
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Patent number: 10041595Abstract: In order to prevent gaps from occurring in corner sections in a section where three surfaces are joined together, comprising the combination of a housing, grommet and cover, or the like, thereby improve sealing, a seal structure, which is provided with a housing in which a notch-shaped grommet-mounting section is disposed, a grommet, a cover and a metal substrate gasket, is provided, wherein the grommet is provided with a seal projection, and the seal projection forms a protruding section due to a portion of the seal projection protruding toward the metal substrate gasket when the seal projection makes intimate contact with the inner surface of the grommet-mounting section. The metal substrate gasket is provided with two seal lines and a groove-shaped recess between the seal lines. When nipped, the protruding section of the seal projection is tightly compressed inside the groove-shaped recess in the metal substrate gasket.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Yuki Takao, Kuniaki Miyake, Shinya Nakaoka, Noriyuki Shinbo
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Patent number: 9885418Abstract: In a tabular metal gasket having a plurality of bolt holes, a seal bead is provided between bolt holes which are adjacent to each other, one end of the seal bead is connected to the one bolt hole and the other end of the seal bead is connected to the other bolt hole. The seal bead is formed into a gradually changing shape in which a width is the narrowest at the center portion between the bolt holes and the width is gradually enlarged from the center portion between the bolt holes toward the bolt holes, and satisfies the following expression (a): D>d?W1 in which D is a diameter of a head seat surface of a fastening bolt which is inserted into the bolt hole, d is a diameter of the bolt hole, and W1 is the maximum width of the seal bead.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Isao Tanji, Shinya Nakaoka
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Publication number: 20180023705Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a metal gasket capable of limiting the loss of axial bolt fastening force even if a peripheral creased section is formed as an anti-saline intrusion measure; and a metal gasket, which has relatively small curved sections with a radius of curvature of not more than 20 mm on the outer edge and which is capable of limiting loss of axial bolt fastening force even when a peripheral creased section is formed over the entire perimeter of the metal gasket as an anti-saline intrusion measure. Said problem is solved by a metal gasket, which is disposed between the abutting surfaces of two members and has, on a metal base plate: bolt holes into which bolts are inserted; a bead that is to the inside of the bolt holes and is for sealing between the abutting surfaces; and a peripheral creased section configured by bending the perimeter of the metal base plate in one direction so that no gap in which saline can accumulate is formed between the abutting surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: NOK CorporationInventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Ryoko SAITO, Isao TANJI, Shinya NAKAOKA
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Publication number: 20180003300Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of enabling an amount of compression of a bead part to be ensured and sealing properties to be improved in a gasket that is supported on one side with a bolt hole provided only on one side of the bead part. A gasket (1) is provided that has an opening (103) to be sealed, a bead part (12) provided along a circumference of the opening (103), and a bolt hole arranged on one side of the bead part (12). The gasket (1) is arranged between a case (101) and a cover (102) and is fastened with a bolt to seal the opening (103) while being supported on one side by the bolt (200). A height adjusting part (14) is provided in a side edge portion (1a) that is located on the opposite side of the bolt hole from the bead part (12). The height adjusting part (14) regulates a gap between the case (101) and the cover (102) during fastening with the bolt and serves as a fulcrum to press the cover (102) into contact with the bead part (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: NOK CorporationInventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Isao TANJI, Shinya NAKAOKA
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Patent number: 9841103Abstract: An object is to provide a metal gasket that can form a wide contact width for a counterpart sealing face and that can achieve excellent sealing properties even when a blow hole is generated in the counterpart sealing face, and the object is achieved by a metal gasket having a bead portion to be in contact with a counterpart sealing face to form a sealing portion, formed on a gasket main body. The bead portion includes an arc portion that is convex toward the counterpart sealing face and hem-rising portions that each obliquely rise from the gasket main body toward the arc portion, on both hems of the arc portion. A connection portion between the arc portion and the hem-rising portion is formed to be convex toward a convex side of the bead portion. Plastic distortion for an overall width of the arc portion is lower than that of the connection portion. A contact pressure distribution in the arc portion in a compression state has a shape that is flat and wide in a width direction of the arc portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Kazuya Aihara, Isao Tanji, Shinya Nakaoka
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Publication number: 20170343000Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealing structure for a casing that can reduce the number of used gaskets and achieve further weight reduction, with the sealing function of the gaskets secured. The object is solved by including: a case 2 having an opened top; a cover 3 attached to the top of the case 2 to form a fluid flow path therein; a center plate 5 interposed between the case 2 and the cover 3 and partitions an inner space into the side of the case 2 and the side of the cover 3; and a gasket 4, which is disposed between the case 2 and the cover 3, and forming the center plate 5 so as to have a size that is within an inner peripheral side relative to a sealing line 41 of the gasket 4 and stacking this center plate on the gasket 4, and attaching the cover 3 to the top of the case 2 with the stacked gasket 4 and center plate 5 sandwiched there between to compress the gasket 4 with the mutual butting surfaces between the case 2 and the cover 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: NOK CorporationInventors: Kazuya AIHARA, Shinya NAKAOKA, Isao TANJI
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Publication number: 20170314564Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a sealing structure for a casing that suppresses the deformation of a center plate of a laminated gasket on a partition wall and ensures the compression amount of a bead on the partition wall, without the center plate being thickened.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: NOK CorporationInventors: Kazuya AIHARA, Shinya NAKAOKA, Isao TANJI
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Publication number: 20170227127Abstract: In a tabular metal gasket having a plurality of bolt holes, a seal bead is provided between bolt holes which are adjacent to each other, one end of the seal bead is connected to the one bolt hole and the other end of the seal bead is connected to the other bolt hole. The seal bead is formed into a gradually changing shape in which a width is the narrowest at the center portion between the bolt holes and the width is gradually enlarged from the center portion between the bolt holes toward the bolt holes, and satisfies the following expression (a): D>d?W1 in which D is a diameter of a head seat surface of a fastening bolt which is inserted into the bolt hole, d is a diameter of the bolt hole, and W1 is the maximum width of the seal bead.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Isao TANJI, Shinya NAKAOKA
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Patent number: 9726290Abstract: A seal structure has one metal gasket arranged between a pair of casings. The metal gasket is provided with a planate outer peripheral portion and a bead portion which is formed by rising up from an inner peripheral end portion of the outer peripheral portion, and is arranged so that the bead portion comes into contact with the one casing, and the outer peripheral portion comes into contact with the other casing. The bead portion elastically deforms so as to reduce its height and the outer peripheral portion elastically deforms on the basis of the elastic deformation of the bead portion, when the metal gasket is pinched by the pair of casings, and a leading end of the outer peripheral portion comes into contact with one casing at this time, whereby any gap in which salt water stays is not formed between one casing and the metal gasket.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Kazuya Aihara, Shinya Nakaoka, Masaru Ito, Isao Tanji, Takanori Anzai, Shota Toma
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Patent number: 9581244Abstract: Provided is a seal bead structure of a gasket capable of reducing the reactive force generated in a common bead portion provided between multiple through-holes and thereby capable of achieving a stable sealing function by means of aligning the compression property over the entire bead. In order to achieve this, two through-holes are provided in a row in the flat portion of a metal gasket, with one seal bead provided on the edge of one through-hole, the other seal bead provided on the edge of the other through-hole, and a common bead portion for the both seal beads provided in the intermediate position between the both through-holes, the common bead portion having a two-stage half bead shape in which the half beads are formed on two stage in the same direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Takanori Anzai, Masaru Ito, Shinya Nakaoka, Isao Tanji
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Publication number: 20160305548Abstract: An object is to provide a metal gasket that can form a wide contact width for a counterpart sealing face and that can achieve excellent sealing properties even when a blow hole is generated in the counterpart sealing face, and the object is achieved by a metal gasket having a bead portion to be in contact with a counterpart sealing face to form a sealing portion, formed on a gasket main body. The bead portion includes an arc portion that is convex toward the counterpart sealing face and hem-rising portions that each obliquely rise from the gasket main body toward the arc portion, on both hems of the arc portion. A connection portion between the arc portion and the hem-rising portion is formed to be convex toward a convex side of the bead portion. Plastic distortion for an overall width of the arc portion is lower than that of the connection portion. A contact pressure distribution in the arc portion in a compression state has a shape that is flat and wide in a width direction of the arc portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: NOK CorporationInventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Kazuya AIHARA, Isao TANJI, Shinya NAKAOKA
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Patent number: 9347561Abstract: A seal structure has a metal gasket arranged between a pair of casings. The metal gasket is provided with a bead portion in an inner peripheral side of a planate outer peripheral portion, and a bent portion in an outer peripheral side. When the metal gasket is pinched by a pair of casings, the bead portion elastically deforms so as to reduce its height and the outer peripheral portion elastically deforms on the basis of the elastic deformation of the bead portion, and comes into contact its outer peripheral end portion with one casing, whereby any gap in which salt water stays is not formed between one casing and the outer peripheral portion, and the bent portion comes into contact with the other casing, whereby any gap in which the salt water stays is not formed between the other casing and the outer peripheral portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Takanori Anzai, Isao Tanji, Shinya Nakaoka, Shota Toma, Masaru Ito