Patents by Inventor Takefumi KICHIKAWA

Takefumi KICHIKAWA 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: 20240077109
    Abstract: An outer diameter of a claw portion is smaller than an outer diameter of a main portion, a radial width of the claw portion is ½ or less of a radial width of the main portion, an axial width from an upper surface of a connection portion of a pillar portion to a bottom surface of the main portion is ½ or less of an axial width of a crown type cage for a ball bearing, and in the main portion, an opening portion is provided between adjacent pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito MATSUI, Takefumi KICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150298725
    Abstract: According to an electric power steering system of the present invention, a bearing support housing member supporting at least one rolling bearing is preferably formed of a resin which can be continuously used in a temperature environment ranging from ?40° C. to 85° C., which is made of a resin composition containing a fibrous filler ranging from 30% by mass to 55% by mass, which has a coefficient of linear expansion ranging from 1.2×10?5 to 5.5×10?5 (1/° C.) in both a fiber direction and a perpendicular direction to the fiber direction in a temperature range from 23° C. to 80° C., and which has a coefficient of water absorption equal to or less than 4% when being left in water at a temperature of 23° C. for 24 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takefumi KICHIKAWA, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Atsushi MAEDA, Tatsuya ISHII