Patents by Inventor Tadahiko KARAKI
Tadahiko KARAKI 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: 11898604Abstract: A ball bearing includes an inner ring; an outer ring placed outside of the inner ring; a plurality of rolling bodies intervening between the inner ring and the outer ring; and an annular cage including pockets rotatably holding the rolling bodies in a circumferential direction at intervals determining a rotation axis to be a center. The cage comprises a resin composition comprising a polyetherketone-based resin, graphite, and a carbon fiber. The resin composition comprises the polyetherketone-based resin in an amount of 60% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less, the graphite in an amount of 10% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less, and the carbon fiber in an amount of 5% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less when the entire resin composition is determined to be 100% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Hirotaka Tohyama, Kunihiro Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20210348649Abstract: A ball bearing includes an inner ring; an outer ring placed outside of the inner ring; a plurality of rolling bodies intervening between the inner ring and the outer ring; and an annular cage including pockets rotatably holding the rolling bodies in a circumferential direction at intervals determining a rotation axis to be a center. The cage comprises a resin composition comprising a polyetherketone-based resin, graphite, and a carbon fiber. The resin composition comprises the polyetherketone-based resin in an amount of 60% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less, the graphite in an amount of 10% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less, and the carbon fiber in an amount of 5% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less when the entire resin composition is determined to be 100% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Tadahiko KARAKI, Hirotaka TOHYAMA, Kunihiro MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11131590Abstract: The strain gage includes: a substrate formed from a resin material: a resistor provided on a surface of the substrate; and a fusion layer provided on an opposite surface, to the surface on which the resistor is provided. The fusion layer is a thermoplastic polyimide layer. There is provided the strain gage that has a thickness of as thin as possible and that makes a manufacture process of a load sensor simpler.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Dohaku Inamori, Yosuke Ehara, Tadahiko Karaki
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Patent number: 10746225Abstract: A photocurable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner contains a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring, a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and at least one of zirconium phosphate tungstate and zirconium phosphate.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Hirotaka Tohyama
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Patent number: 10451111Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition includes an epoxy compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1), and a solid lubricant.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Aya Kakegawa, Koichiro Sagiyama
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Publication number: 20190301530Abstract: A photocurable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner contains a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring, a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and at least one of zirconium phosphate tungstate and zirconium phosphate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Tadahiko KARAKI, Hirotaka TOHYAMA
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Patent number: 10308890Abstract: There is provided a thermosetting resin composition including: an epoxy compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1); a solid lubricant; and a dicyanate compound, or the dicyanate compound and a bismaleimide compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Aya Kakegawa, Koichiro Sagiyama
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Patent number: 10167439Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner, including: a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring; at least one of (meth)acrylate having a phosphoric acid ester group and (meth)acrylate having a silane group: a polythiol compound; and a polytetrafluoroethylene resin as a solid lubricant.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Hirotaka Tohyama, Tadahiko Karaki, Yuko Taguchi, Kentaro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 10053645Abstract: There is provided a resin composition for a machinable liner of a sliding member. An ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner contains a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula and PTFE as a solid lubricant. In the formula (1), X is a group which contains an acryloyl group and is composed only of C, H, and O. Y and Z are groups each composed only of C, H, and O. PTFE is contained in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight with respect to a total amount of the ultraviolet curable resin composition. The ultraviolet curable resin composition is suitable for a self-lubricating liner 24 of a spherical bearing 20 having an outer race 22 and an inner race 26.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Koichiro Sagiyama
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Publication number: 20180217016Abstract: The strain gage includes: a substrate formed from a resin material: a resistor provided on a surface of the substrate; and a fusion layer provided on an opposite surface, to the surface on which the resistor is provided. The fusion layer is a thermoplastic polyimide layer. There is provided the strain gage that has a thickness of as thin as possible and that makes a manufacture process of a load sensor simpler.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Dohaku INAMORI, Yosuke EHARA, Tadahiko KARAKI
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Publication number: 20170349851Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner, including: a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring; at least one of (meth)acrylate having a phosphoric acid ester group and (meth)acrylate having a silane group: a polythiol compound; and a polytetrafluoroethylene resin as a solid lubricant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Hirotaka TOHYAMA, Tadahiko KARAKI, Yuko TAGUCHI, Kentaro ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170015923Abstract: There is provided a resin composition for a machinable liner of a sliding member. An ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner contains a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula and PTFE as a solid lubricant. In the formula (1), X is a group which contains an acryloyl group and is composed only of C, H, and O. Y and Z are groups each composed only of C, H, and O. PTFE is contained in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight with respect to a total amount of the ultraviolet curable resin composition. The ultraviolet curable resin composition is suitable for a self-lubricating liner 24 of a spherical bearing 20 having an outer race 22 and an inner race 26.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko KARAKI, Kunihiro MATSUMOTO, Koichiro SAGIYAMA
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Patent number: 9540584Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner. The composition includes a first (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1); a second (meth)acrylate compound different from the first (meth)acrylate compound; a first polytetrafluoroethylene resin with an average particle size in the range of 75 ?m to 180 ?m; and a second polytetrafluoroethylene resin with an average particle size in the range of 1 ?m to 15 ?m, wherein the total amount of the first polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the second polytetrafluoroethylene resin is in the range of 30% by weight to 50% by weight with respect to the entire amount of the ultraviolet curable resin composition; and the second polytetrafluoroethylene resin is contained in an amount of 20% by weight to 75% by weight with respect to the total amount of the first and second polytetrafluoroethylene resins.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Koichiro Sagiyama, Hirotaka Toyama, Kentaro Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9481847Abstract: There is provided a resin composition for a machinable liner of a sliding member. An ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner contains a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula and PTFE as a solid lubricant. In the formula (1), X is a group which contains an acryloyl group and is composed only of C, H, and O. Y and Z are groups each composed only of C, H, and O. PTFE is contained in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight with respect to a total amount of the ultraviolet curable resin composition. The ultraviolet curable resin composition is suitable for a self-lubricating liner 24 of a spherical bearing 20 having an outer race 22 and an inner race 26.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Koichiro Sagiyama
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Publication number: 20160160920Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition includes an epoxy compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1), and a solid lubricant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko KARAKI, Aya KAKEGAWA, Koichiro SAGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20160145527Abstract: There is provided a thermosetting resin composition including: an epoxy compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1); a solid lubricant; and a diisocyanate compound, or the diisocyanate compound and a bismaleimide compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko KARAKI, Aya KAKEGAWA, Koichiro SAGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20150275125Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner. The composition includes a first (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1); a second (meth)acrylate compound different from the first (meth)acrylate compound; a first polytetrafluoroethylene resin with an average particle size in the range of 75 ?m to 180 ?m; and a second polytetrafluoroethylene resin with an average particle size in the range of 1 ?m to 15 ?m, wherein the total amount of the first polytetrafluoroethylene resin and the second polytetrafluoroethylene resin is in the range of 30% by weight to 50% by weight with respect to the entire amount of the ultraviolet curable resin composition; and the second polytetrafluoroethylene resin is contained in an amount of 20% by weight to 75% by weight with respect to the total amount of the first and second polytetrafluoroethylene resins.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Tadahiko KARAKI, Koichiro SAGIYAMA, Hirotaka TOYAMA, Kentaro ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9080605Abstract: A sliding bearing having a metallic outer ring and a self-lubricating liner formed on the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring. The self-lubricating liner has a self-lubricating resin composition consisting of a mixture of 60 to 80% by weight of polyetherketone-based resin, 10 to 30% by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene, 5 to 15% by weight of carbon fiber, and not more than 15% by weight of aramid fiber, a total amount of the carbon fiber and the aramid fiber being 10 to 25% by weight. The inner circumferential surface of the outer ring has a surface roughness in terms of center line average roughness not less than Ra 4.0 ?m and a surface roughness in terms of maximum height not less than Rmax 30.0 ?m; and the outer ring and the self-lubricating liner are unified. A method of producing the bearing is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Kentaro Ishikawa, Motoharu Akiyama, Kunihiro Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20150051123Abstract: There is provided a resin composition for a machinable liner of a sliding member. An ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner contains a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula and PTFE as a solid lubricant. In the formula (1), X is a group which contains an acryloyl group and is composed only of C, H, and O. Y and Z are groups each composed only of C, H, and O. PTFE is contained in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight with respect to a total amount of the ultraviolet curable resin composition. The ultraviolet curable resin composition is suitable for a self-lubricating liner 24 of a spherical bearing 20 having an outer race 22 and an inner race 26.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Tadahiko KARAKI, Kunihiro MATSUMOTO, Koichiro SAGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20140169713Abstract: A sliding bearing having a metallic outer ring and a self-lubricating liner formed on the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring. The self-lubricating liner has a self-lubricating resin composition consisting of a mixture of 60 to 80% by weight of polyetherketone-based resin, 10 to 30% by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene, 5 to 15% by weight of carbon fiber, and not more than 15% by weight of aramid fiber, a total amount of the carbon fiber and the aramid fiber being 10 to 25% by weight. The inner circumferential surface of the outer ring has a surface roughness in terms of center line average roughness not less than Ra 4.0 ?m and a surface roughness in terms of maximum height not less than Rmax 30.0 ?m; and the outer ring and the self-lubricating liner are unified. A method of producing the bearing is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko KARAKI, Kentaro ISHIKAWA, Motoharu AKIYAMA, Kunihiro MATSUMOTO