Patents by Inventor Tomoki KAKUKO

Tomoki KAKUKO 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).

  • Bearing cap for bearing device for vehicle wheel with rotational speed detection device, and bearing device for vehicle wheel with rotational speed detection device
    Patent number: 12018717
    Abstract: In a bearing cap in which a sensor support part is formed on a bottom surface section of a cap body and in which an insertion hole for a rotational speed sensor is formed in the sensor support part, a recess that accommodates a tip portion of the rotational speed sensor is formed in the portion of the bottom surface section where the sensor support part is formed. The sensor support part includes a first wall section and a second wall section that are disposed, facing each other across a virtual line L passing through a center axis G1 of the bottom surface section and a center axis G2 of the insertion hole, and that are formed along the circumferential edge of the recess. Protrusions protruding from the bottom surface section are continuously provided on the outer circumferential surfaces of the first wall section and the second wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoki Kakuko
  • BEARING CAP FOR BEARING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE WHEEL WITH ROTATIONAL SPEED DETECTION DEVICE, AND BEARING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE WHEEL WITH ROTATIONAL SPEED DETECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230340989
    Abstract: In a bearing cap in which a sensor support part is formed on a bottom surface section of a cap body and in which an insertion hole for a rotational speed sensor is formed in the sensor support part, a recess that accommodates a tip portion of the rotational speed sensor is formed in the portion of the bottom surface section where the sensor support part is formed. The sensor support part includes a first wall section and a second wall section that are disposed, facing each other across a virtual line L passing through a center axis G1 of the bottom surface section and a center axis G2 of the insertion hole, and that are formed along the circumferential edge of the recess. Protrusions protruding from the bottom surface section are continuously provided on the outer circumferential surfaces of the first wall section and the second wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Tomoki KAKUKO