Patents by Inventor Takuma HIROTA

Takuma HIROTA 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: 20230380412
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preservation liquid for calcium oxalate dihydrate crystals, which is a solution containing an anionic surfactant or a non-ionic surfactant. Also provided is a method for preserving calcium oxalate dihydrate crystals, the method including preserving calcium oxalate dihydrate crystals in a solution containing an anionic surfactant or a non-ionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuma HIROTA, Atsushi NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20230384199
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure to provide a quality control substance which is used in a urine sediment analyzer, and which is for performing quality control in the analysis of squamous epithelial cells that can be present in urine. The present disclosure achieves the above-described object, by using squamous epithelial cells derived from a mammal as the quality control substance to be used in the urine sediment analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuma HIROTA, Atsushi NAKAO, Shinya NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11598366
    Abstract: A dust cover and a sealing structure for improving sealing performance by stabilizing a posture of a seal section. A seal section 130 includes: an inner peripheral seal part 131 which is slidable with respect to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft part 310; a dust lip part 132 which is slidable with respect to an end surface of a first flange part 340; and an auxiliary dust lip part 133 provided on an radially inner side of the dust lip part 132, and the auxiliary dust lip part 133 is configured to be slidable with respect to a curved surface 310a which connects the shaft part 310 and the first flange part 340 to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuma Hirota
  • Patent number: 11566660
    Abstract: Provided are a ball joint and a dust cover that make it possible to suppress contact of a body portion of the dust cover with the vicinity of a flange portion of a ball stud. A dust cover integrally includes: a deformable bellows-shaped body portion made of an elastic body; a fixed portion made of an elastic body and provided on one end side of the body portion; and a sealing portion made of an elastic body and provided on the other end side of the body portion. The sealing portion includes: an inner peripheral sealing portion configured to be slidable on a part of a shank portion on the opposite side of the shank portion from a spherical portion with respect to a flange portion; and a cover portion that continuously covers, in an outer wall surface of the flange portion, a radially outward tip end portion and a part of a portion that decreases in diameter from the tip end portion toward the spherical portion side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuma Hirota
  • Patent number: 11149784
    Abstract: A dust cover for a ball joint includes a seal structure on a small-diameter opening section that prevents dust lip lift off during compression. The seal structure includes a seal lip and a dust lip that elastically abut against a seal surface located between a knuckle and a stud of the ball joint. The dust lip has an axial length in contact with a sloping part of the seal surface of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm. Further, a tip of the dust lip is axially spaced apart from a tip of the seal lip by 0.5 mm to 1.2 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Takuma Hirota
  • Patent number: 10914379
    Abstract: A dust cover is provided that is attached to a ball joint in which a spherical portion in a stud having the spherical portion and a shaft is accommodated in a socket and a knuckle is fastened into the shaft and is provided with a large diameter opening fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the socket, a small diameter opening attached to the shaft part of the stud, and a film portion connecting the large diameter opening and the small diameter opening. The small diameter opening is provided with a seal portion in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and a contact portion in close contact with the knuckle. In the contact portion, a foreign matter discharge groove discharging external foreign matter which tends to accumulate on the small diameter opening to the outside are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventors: Noriaki Sato, Takuma Hirota
  • Publication number: 20200284290
    Abstract: Provided are a ball joint and a dust cover that make it possible to suppress contact of a body portion of the dust cover with the vicinity of a flange portion of a ball stud. A dust cover integrally includes: a deformable bellows-shaped body portion made of an elastic body; a fixed portion made of an elastic body and provided on one end side of the body portion; and a sealing portion made of an elastic body and provided on the other end side of the body portion. The sealing portion includes: an inner peripheral sealing portion configured to be slidable on a part of a shank portion on the opposite side of the shank portion from a spherical portion with respect to a flange portion; and a cover portion that continuously covers, in an outer wall surface of the flange portion, a radially outward tip end portion and a part of a portion that decreases in diameter from the tip end portion toward the spherical portion side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuma HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20200217356
    Abstract: A ball joint includes a shaft portion 120 of a ball stud which includes an annular concave portion 121 and an annular convex portion 122 that is disposed at a position above the annular concave portion 121 and below a coupling part between the shaft portion 120 and a knuckle 300. An inner peripheral surface side of a seal portion 430 of a dust cover is configured to be slidably in close contact with both of an outer peripheral surface of the annular concave portion 121 and an outer peripheral surface of the annular convex potion 122. An outer peripheral surface side of the seal portion 430 is provided with a clamping member 520 that clamps the seal portion 430 to the shaft portion 120, and a top surface 444 of the seal portion 430 facing the knuckle 300 is constituted by an inclined surface generated by the seal portion tapering down in diameter toward the knuckle 300.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Takuma HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20190226581
    Abstract: A dust cover is provided that is attached to a ball joint in which a spherical portion in a stud having the spherical portion and a shaft is accommodated in a socket and a knuckle is fastened into the shaft and is provided with a large diameter opening fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the socket, a small diameter opening attached to the shaft part of the stud, and a film portion connecting the large diameter opening and the small diameter opening. The small diameter opening is provided with a seal portion in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and a contact portion in close contact with the knuckle. In the contact portion, a foreign matter discharge groove discharging external foreign matter which tends to accumulate on the small diameter opening to the outside are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Noriaki SATO, Takuma HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20190078612
    Abstract: A dust cover for a ball joint includes a seal structure on a small-diameter opening section that prevents dust lip lift off during compression. The seal structure includes a seal lip and a dust lip that elastically abut against a seal surface located between a knuckle and a stud of the ball joint. The dust lip has an axial length in contact with a sloping part of the seal surface of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm. Further, a tip of the dust lip is axially spaced apart from a tip of the seal lip by 0.5 mm to 1.2 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Takuma HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20180372148
    Abstract: A dust cover A for a ball joint includes a cover body 1 made of an elastic material, a stud mounting part 2 that is included in one end of the cover body 1 and into which a stud 4 of a ball joint B is inserted, and a socket mounting part 3 that is included in the other end of the cover body 1 and is mounted to a socket 5 holding a spherical head part 42 of the stud 4. In the dust cover A for a ball joint, the stud mounting part 3 includes a fixed part 22 to be held on and fixed to the stud 4, and the socket mounting part 3 includes a sliding part to be slidably attached to the socket 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Takuma HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20180347621
    Abstract: A dust cover and a sealing structure for improving sealing performance by stabilizing a posture of a seal section. A seal section 130 includes: an inner peripheral seal part 131 which is slidable with respect to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft part 310; a dust lip part 132 which is slidable with respect to an end surface of a first flange part 340; and an auxiliary dust lip part 133 provided on an radially inner side of the dust lip part 132, and the auxiliary dust lip part 133 is configured to be slidable with respect to a curved surface 310a which connects the shaft part 310 and the first flange part 340 to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Takuma HIROTA