Patents by Inventor Takayoshi IWASAKA

Takayoshi IWASAKA 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: 9416818
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a dust cover for a ball joint which can suppress generation of a so-called mouth opening phenomenon in a small-diameter opening portion even under a low-temperature atmosphere, can effectively inhibit a seal performance from being lowered in the small-diameter opening portion and inhibit the sedimentation or the garbage from entering into a dust cover from an external portion, and has a good sealing performance. For this purpose, in a dust cover for a ball joint having a spherical head portion, a shaft, one end large-diameter opening portion, the other end small-diameter portion, and a film portion, concavo-concave engagement is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the rigid ring and an outer peripheral surface of a retainer having a cylindrical portion which is fitted and retained to an outer peripheral surface of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Hosen, Takayoshi Iwasaka
  • Publication number: 20160053804
    Abstract: A dust cover for a ball joint is structured such that a spherical head portion formed in one end of a ball stud is retained within a socket, a shaft in the other end of the ball stud is fastened and fixed to a knuckle, a one end large-diameter opening portion having an embedded reinforcing ring is fixed and retained to an outer peripheral surface of the socket, the other end small-diameter opening portion having an embedded reinforcing ring is retained to the shaft, a film portion connecting the large-diameter opening portion and the small-diameter opening portion is provided, and the dust cover is made of an elastic material. A maximum inner diameter of the film portion is larger than an inner diameter of the reinforcing ring which is embedded in the one end large-diameter opening portion. Therefore, a functional advantage and an assembling advantage can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Takayoshi IWASAKA, Junichi ISHIMORI, Toshikazu KUMAZAWA, Hiroshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150337893
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a dust cover for a ball joint which can suppress generation of a so-called mouth opening phenomenon in a small-diameter opening portion even under a low-temperature atmosphere, can effectively inhibit a seal performance from being lowered in the small-diameter opening portion and inhibit the sedimentation or the garbage from entering into a dust cover from an external portion, and has a good sealing performance. For this purpose, in a dust cover for a ball joint having a spherical head portion, a shaft, one end large-diameter opening portion, the other end small-diameter portion, and a film portion, concavo-concave engagement is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the rigid ring and an outer peripheral surface of a retainer having a cylindrical portion which is fitted and retained to an outer peripheral surface of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro HOSEN, Takayoshi IWASAKA