Patents by Inventor Takehiro Nakagawa

Takehiro Nakagawa 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: 11287042
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus which seals an annular gap of a hole into which a shaft is to be inserted, includes a sealing apparatus body to be fitted into the hole, and a slinger to be attached to the shaft. The sealing apparatus body includes a reinforcing ring annular around an axis line, and an elastic body portion attached to the reinforcing ring and annular around the axis line. The slinger includes a flange portion extending toward an outer periphery side and annular around the axis line. The elastic body portion includes an end-face lip extending on one side in an axis line direction, contacting the flange portion from another side in the axis line direction, and annular around the axis line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Sakano, Hiroki Matsui, Kokichi Hamamoto, Takehiro Nakagawa, Hisato Yonai, Masahiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 11261968
    Abstract: A sealing device includes an annular reinforcing ring and an elastic body part, and the elastic body part has an annular seal lip, an annular dust lip, and an annular side lip. The side lip extends toward the outer side on an outer periphery side of the dust lip, and includes a distal end portion, a middle portion, and a root portion. The root portion is an annular portion, the middle portion is a portion that is outside of the root portion, and an annular portion that increases in diameter toward an outward side, and the distal end portion is a portion that is outside the middle portion, and an annular portion that increases in diameter toward an outward side. The distal end portion is bent to an inner periphery side from the middle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagahamaya, Kokichi Hamamoto, Masayuki Tanida, Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10711899
    Abstract: A seal device prevents sealing fluid on the inner-machine side from leaking to the outer-machine side between a housing and a rotating shaft inserted into a shaft hole on the housing. The seal lip is attached to the inner periphery of the shaft hole to slidingly contact the seal flange attached to the outer periphery of the rotating shaft. The thread groove, which exerts a fluid pumping action when the shaft is rotating, is provided on the seal flange so as to intersect with a lip end of the seal lip. The thread groove is formed so as to have a relatively small cross-sectional area in a sliding area in the seal flange that the seal lip comes in sliding contact with and have a relatively large cross-sectional area in an inner peripheral side area located on an inner peripheral side more than the sliding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Komyo, Shinichi Ishibashi, Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20200124178
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes a sealing apparatus body and a slinger. The sealing apparatus body includes a reinforcing ring annular around an axis line, and an elastic body portion attached to the reinforcing ring and annular around the axis line. The slinger includes a flange portion extending toward an outer peripheral side and annular around the axis line. The elastic body portion includes an annular end-face lip contacting the flange portion from another side in the axis line direction. At least one groove is formed on the other side of the flange portion of the slinger. At least one circumferential-direction projection is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the end-face lip. The circumferential-direction projection extends in an annular shape around the axis line and projects between the inner peripheral surface of the end-face lip and a surface of the flange portion on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yuya SAKANO, Hiroki MATSUI, Kokichi HAMAMOTO, Takehiro NAKAGAWA, Hisato YONAI
  • Publication number: 20200011423
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus 1 includes a sealing apparatus body 2 and a slinger 3. The sealing apparatus body 2 includes an annular reinforcing ring 10 and an annular elastic body portion 20 formed of an elastic body mounted on the reinforcing ring 10. The slinger 3 includes a flange portion 31 which is an annular portion extending toward an outer peripheral side. The elastic body portion 20 includes an end-face lip 21 which is an annular lip extending toward an inner side and contacts the flange portion 31 from an outer side. At least one groove 33 is formed on an outer side of the flange portion 31 of the slinger 3, on a surface of the end-face lip 21 on an inner peripheral side, a plurality of radial projections 23 are formed side by side in a circumferential direction, and at least one circumferential projection 24 is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Sosuke ITO, Masahiko INOUE, Yuya SAKANO, Hiroki MATSUI, Kokichi HAMAMOTO, Takehiro NAKAGAWA, Hisato YONAI
  • Patent number: 10428947
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a metal ring, a main lip, an annular elastic body, a sliding ring, and biasing means. The metal ring is hermetically fixed to a housing. The main lip is bonded to the metal ring and is slidably in close contact with an outer periphery surface of a rotating body inserted through an inner circumference of the housing. The annular elastic body is bonded to the metal ring on an outer side of the main lip, and stretchable in an axial direction. The sliding ring is provided at an end portion of the annular elastic body on a side opposite the metal ring, and is slidably in close contact with a seal flange attached to an outer periphery of the rotating body. The biasing means is configured to elastically press the sliding ring against the seal flange, thereby maintaining stable sealability over an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20190277403
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus which seals an annular gap of a hole into which a shaft is to be inserted, includes a sealing apparatus body to be fitted into the hole, and a slinger to be attached to the shaft. The sealing apparatus body includes a reinforcing ring annular around an axis line, and an elastic body portion attached to the reinforcing ring and annular around the axis line. The slinger includes a flange portion extending toward an outer periphery side and annular around the axis line. The elastic body portion includes an end-face lip extending on one side in an axis line direction, contacting the flange portion from another side in the axis line direction, and annular around the axis line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yuya SAKANO, Hiroki MATSUI, Kokichi HAMAMOTO, Takehiro NAKAGAWA, Hisato YONAI, Masahiko INOUE
  • Patent number: 10371260
    Abstract: A slinger of an oil seal has a thread groove carrying out a pumping action toward a diametrically outer side in an external side end surface of a flange portion. A lip seal member has a main lip, a rubber-like elastic dust lip and a rubber-like elastic intermediate lip. The intermediate lip directs a lip end to a machine inner side, comes into close contact with the slinger over a whole periphery with the lip end, and has annular first projections and circumferentially partial second projections in a facing portion to the slinger. The first projection has a structure which makes dust hard to pass through to the lip end by forming a micro gap in relation to the slinger. The second projection has a structure which properly keeps the micro gap under generation of eccentricity in a rotary shaft by having a higher portion than the first projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10208861
    Abstract: A sealing device capable of preventing turnover of a dust lip and damage to a dust lip caused by insertion of a shaft. A bumper portion (125) made of a rubber-like elastic body and reducing an impact that the dust lip (122) receives from the shaft when the shaft is inserted into the sealing device (100) is provided on the side opposite to the sealed area (O) with respect to the dust lip (122), and an inner diameter of a tip of the bumper portion (125) on an inner peripheral side is set to be larger than an outer diameter of a part of the shaft on which a main lip (121) and the dust lip (122) slide and to be smaller than an inner diameter of a part having the largest inner diameter in a portion connecting the main lip (121) and the dust lip (122).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kokichi Hamamoto, Takehiro Nakagawa, Hideaki Nagahamaya, Shiho Sato
  • Publication number: 20180372222
    Abstract: Static leakage is suppressed in a sealing device, where a sealing lip slidably makes contacts with a sealing flange, in which a thread groove exhibits fluid pumping action during rotation. Sealing device performs sealing between a housing and a rotating shaft inserted into a shaft hole in the housing to prevent sealed fluid on a machine inner side from leaking to an outer side. A sealing lip mounted on an inner periphery of the shaft hole slidably makes contact with the sealing flange mounted on an outer periphery of the rotating shaft. The thread groove intersects an edge of the sealing lip. An inner peripheral tube portion is provided on an attachment ring that holds the sealing lip. An inner peripheral lip that slidably makes contact with the inner peripheral tube portion is provided on the sealing flange side on the inner peripheral side of the thread groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro NAKAGAWA, Junichi NODA, Shigeyuki ONO
  • Publication number: 20180259072
    Abstract: A seal device prevents sealing fluid on the inner-machine side from leaking to the outer-machine side between a housing and a rotating shaft inserted into a shaft hole on the housing. The seal lip is attached to the inner periphery of the shaft hole to slidingly contact the seal flange attached to the outer periphery of the rotating shaft. The thread groove, which exerts a fluid pumping action when the shaft is rotating, is provided on the seal flange so as to intersect with a lip end of the seal lip. The thread groove is formed so as to have a relatively small cross-sectional area in a sliding area in the seal flange that the seal lip comes in sliding contact with and have a relatively large cross-sectional area in an inner peripheral side area located on an inner peripheral side more than the sliding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro KOMYO, Shinichi ISHIBASHI, Takehiro NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180209546
    Abstract: A sealing device includes an annular reinforcing ring and an elastic body part, and the elastic body part has an annular seal lip, an annular dust lip, and an annular side lip. The side lip extends toward the outer side on an outer periphery side of the dust lip, and includes a distal end portion, a middle portion, and a root portion. The root portion is an annular portion, the middle portion is a portion that is outside of the root portion, and an annular portion that increases in diameter toward an outward side, and the distal end portion is a portion that is outside the middle portion, and an annular portion that increases in diameter toward an outward side. The distal end portion is bent to an inner periphery side from the middle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hideaki NAGAHAMAYA, Kokichi HAMAMOTO, Masayuki TANIDA, Takehiro NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170314681
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a metal ring, a main lip, an annular elastic body, a sliding ring, and biasing means. The metal ring is hermetically fixed to a housing. The main lip is bonded to the metal ring and is slidably in close contact with an outer periphery surface of a rotating body inserted through an inner circumference of the housing. The annular elastic body is bonded to the metal ring on an outer side of the main lip, and stretchable in an axial direction. The sliding ring is provided at an end portion of the annular elastic body on a side opposite the metal ring, and is slidably in close contact with a seal flange attached to an outer periphery of the rotating body. The biasing means is configured to elastically press the sliding ring against the seal flange, thereby maintaining stable sealability over an extended period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: Takehiro NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170122438
    Abstract: A sealing device capable of preventing turnover of a dust lip and damage to a dust lip caused by insertion of a shaft. A bumper portion (125) made of a rubber-like elastic body and reducing an impact that the dust lip (122) receives from the shaft when the shaft is inserted into the sealing device (100) is provided on the side opposite to the sealed area (O) with respect to the dust lip (122), and an inner diameter of a tip of the bumper portion (125) on an inner peripheral side is set to be larger than an outer diameter of a part of the shaft on which a main lip (121) and the dust lip (122) slide and to be smaller than an inner diameter of a part having the largest inner diameter in a portion connecting the main lip (121) and the dust lip (122).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Kokichi HAMAMOTO, Takehiro NAKAGAWA, Hideaki NAGAHAMAYA, Shiho SATO
  • Patent number: 9618117
    Abstract: An oil seal has a lip seal member, a slinger and a dust cover. The slinger has a thread groove carrying out a pumping action toward a diametrically outer side. The dust cover achieves a dust shake-off action by a centrifugal force at the shaft rotating time, and a labyrinth seal action by forming a micro gap in relation to the lip seal member. The lip seal member has a main lip and a dust lip. The elastic dust lip has a first bellows portion receiving an atmospheric pressure by an inner surface and receiving an internal pressure between the lips by an outer surface, a second bellows portion receiving the atmospheric pressure by an outer surface and receiving the internal pressure between the lips by an inner surface, and a lip end. A pressure receiving area of the first bellows portion is greater than the second bellows portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20160184604
    Abstract: A light emitting device for body hair includes a light source unit that outputs light and a controller connected to the light source. The controller controls output of the light source unit so that output light of the light emitting device resulting from the output of the light source has a main peak region including an output light peak, which indicates maximum intensity, in a wavelength range of 1350 nm to 1550 nm. An integral value of a peak region short-wavelength component, which is a main peak region component at a short-wavelength side of the output light peak, is larger than an integral value of a peak region long-wavelength component, which is a main peak region component at a long-wavelength side of the output light peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Takehiro NAKAGAWA, Shoji FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150285380
    Abstract: A slinger of an oil seal has a thread groove carrying out a pumping action toward a diametrically outer side in an external side end surface of a flange portion. A lip seal member has a main lip, a rubber-like elastic dust lip and a rubber-like elastic intermediate lip. The intermediate lip directs a lip end to a machine inner side, comes into close contact with the slinger over a whole periphery with the lip end, and has annular first projections and circumferentially partial second projections in a facing portion to the slinger. The first projection has a structure which makes dust hard to pass through to the lip end by forming a micro gap in relation to the slinger. The second projection has a structure which properly keeps the micro gap under generation of eccentricity in a rotary shaft by having a higher portion than the first projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20150276059
    Abstract: An oil seal has a lip seal member, a slinger and a dust cover. The slinger has a thread groove carrying out a pumping action toward a diametrically outer side. The dust cover achieves a dust shake-off action by a centrifugal force at the shaft rotating time, and a labyrinth seal action by forming a micro gap in relation to the lip seal member. The lip seal member has a main lip and a dust lip. The elastic dust lip has a first bellows portion receiving an atmospheric pressure by an inner surface and receiving an internal pressure between the lips by an outer surface, a second bellows portion receiving the atmospheric pressure by an outer surface and receiving the internal pressure between the lips by an inner surface, and a lip end. A pressure receiving area of the first bellows portion is greater than the second bellows portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: D802104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagahamaya, Kokichi Hamamoto, Masayuki Tanida, Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: D865134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagahamaya, Kokichi Hamamoto, Masayuki Tanida, Takehiro Nakagawa