Patents by Inventor Shizuo Itani

Shizuo Itani 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: 9279491
    Abstract: Gear-shaped resin sheets Sa are laminated such that tooth portions 2b are aligned in an axial direction, thereby preparing a spur gear-shaped net-shape body 4. Tooth portions of the resin gear formed in a lower die 12 are pressed in a helical tooth-shaped molding space to deform the tooth portions 4a of the net-shape body 4 into a helical tooth tilted relative to the axial direction, and the direction of reinforcement fibers at the tooth portions 2b of the molded resin gear 1 is tilted relative to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shizuo Itani, Shigeo Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 9162379
    Abstract: A resin rotating body 1 is configured by a ring-shaped resin ring 2, and a metallic bush 3 which is fitted to an inner circumferential surface 2a of the resin ring, and projections 3a as rotation preventing means that connects the resin ring and the metallic bush so that the resin ring and the metallic bush do not rotate with respect to each other are provided on an outer circumferential surface of the metallic bush. Projections of the metallic bush are further provided at positions eccentric forward in a press-fitting direction of the metallic bush from a center in the axial direction of the metallic bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shizuo Itani, Shigeo Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20130139630
    Abstract: Gear-shaped resin sheets Sa are laminated such that tooth portions 2b are aligned in an axial direction, thereby preparing a spur gear-shaped net-shape body 4. The net-shape body is accommodated in a net-shape body holder 14 having a spur gear-shaped holding space 14a. A spur gear-shaped pushing member 15a provided in an upper die 15 is lowered to heat and compress the net-shape body 4, while tooth portions of the resin gear formed in a lower die 12 are pressed in a helical tooth-shaped molding space to deform the tooth portions 4a of the net-shape body 4 into a helical tooth tilted relative to the axial direction, and the direction of reinforcement fibers at the tooth portions 2b of the molded resin gear 1 is tilted relative to the axial direction. A resin gear that hardly causes peeling off of resin by a load applied to a tooth surface can be obtained, and a production apparatus suitable for producing such resin gear is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Shizuo Itani, Shigeo Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20130047767
    Abstract: A resin rotating body 1 is configured by a ring-shaped resin ring 2, and a metallic bush 3 which is fitted to an inner circumferential surface 2a of the resin ring, and projections 3a as rotation preventing means that connects the resin ring and the metallic bush so that the resin ring and the metallic bush do not rotate with respect to each other are provided on an outer circumferential surface of the metallic bush. The resin ring is molded by heating and compressing an element body in which a plurality of sheet-shaped resins manufactured by sheet making are stacked in layers in an axial direction and a diameter of the inner circumferential surface is formed to be substantially the same diameter as the outer circumferential surface of the metallic bush, and the metallic bush is integrally connected to the resin ring by being press-fitted to the inner circumferential surface of the element body along the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Shizuo Itani, Shigeo Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 5360219
    Abstract: The exhaust manifold gasket according to present invention consists of a pair of beaded plates provided with beads extending along the circumferences of exhaust holes therein, and a piled plate assembly inserted between these beaded plates. The piled plate assembly consists of a pair of flat plates, and a refractory sheet member disposed between these flat plates and containing a core plate therein. The refractory sheet member is formed out of a material having a high thermal resistance, excellent heat insulating characteristics and a high compression resiliency at a high temperature, such as a mica material. Accordingly, this exhaust manifold gasket has an improved compression resiliency at a high temperature and an improved sealability at a high temperature, and is capable of properly cutting off the transfer of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Okuda, Kazuhiro Nomoto, Kenji Kubouchi, Shizuo Itani, Sadao Isomura, Einosuke Suekuni