Patents by Inventor Toyohisa Yamamoto

Toyohisa Yamamoto 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: 11916296
    Abstract: An antenna device, for a mobile body, of this disclosure includes an antenna configured to be installed in the mobile body, and a reflector having a reflection surface configured to change a beam direction of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaro Miki, Suguru Yamagishi, Takanori Fukunaga, Ichiro Kuwayama, Toyohisa Takano, Hiroki Hirai, Norichika Oomi, Kosuke Sone, Yasuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160223019
    Abstract: There is provided a rolling bearing used in a liquefied gas environment or in an extremely low temperature, wherein an inner ring and an outer ring are made of steel material which is any one of bearing steel, stainless steel, high-speed tool steel and cemented steel, and a rolling element of the rolling bearing is made of ceramic having a coefficient of linear expansion of 70% to 105% of a coefficient of linear expansion of the steel material forming the inner ring and outer ring. A liquefied gas pump including the rolling bearing is also provided. Further, there is provided a cage which contains PTFE, a fibrous reinforcing material and a solid lubricant, and which is suitable for the above rolling bearing or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Masachi Hosoya
  • Patent number: 8016490
    Abstract: A thin-wall bearing, comprising a retainer (4) formed in a divided type having a plurality of resin plate-like members (5), (5), . . . curved along an inner ring (1) and an outer ring (2). The retainer (4) comprises pockets (6) opening to the axial end part thereof and rollingly holding balls (3). Slit-like through holes (14) extending in the axial direction and opening to the axial end part where the opening parts (7) of the pockets (6) are positioned are formed at the center parts of pillars (10) between the pockets (6) and (6) adjacent to each other. As a result, the thin-wall bearing can have excellent lubricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Masachi Hosoya, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Saitou, Hiroyuki Itou, Yasushi Tomizuka, Toyohisa Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070297705
    Abstract: A thin-wall bearing, comprising a retainer (4) formed in a divided type having a plurality of resin plate-like members (5), (5), . . . curved along an inner ring (1) and an outer ring (2). The retainer (4) comprises pockets (6) opening to the axial end part thereof and rollingly holding balls (3). Slit-like through holes (14) extending in the axial direction and opening to the axial end part where the opening parts (7) of the pockets (6) are positioned are formed at the center parts of pillars (10) between the pockets (6) and (6) adjacent to each other. As a result, the thin-wall bearing can have excellent lubricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Masachi Hosoya, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Saitou, Hiroyuki Itou, Yasushi Tomizuka, Toyohisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7188542
    Abstract: A liner motion device has a liner motion element fitted on a shaft and moving straight along the shaft; a plurality of balls which are retained in a rolling element groove formed on the inner side of the liner motion element and roll over between the rolling element groove and the shaft; a separator interposed between the rolling elements; and, a circulating path formed in the liner motion element through which the rolling elements are circulated from one end of the rolling element groove to the other, wherein the separator is a product of a synthetic resin containing a lubricating oil in an amount of 3 to 25% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yabe, Hiroyuki Ito, Tuyoshi Saito, Toyohisa Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050166695
    Abstract: A liner motion device has a liner motion element fitted on a shaft and moving straight along the shaft; a plurality of balls which are retained in a rolling element groove formed on the inner side of the liner motion element and roll over between the rolling element groove and the shaft; a separator interposed between the rolling elements; and, a circulating path formed in the liner motion element through which the rolling elements are circulated from one end of the rolling element groove to the other, wherein the separator is a product of a synthetic resin containing a lubricating oil in an amount of 3 to 25% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yabe, Hiroyuki Ito, Tuyoshi Saito, Toyohisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6874942
    Abstract: A guide rail 13 is formed of a ceramic material having a specific strength of 2×107 mm or more and has a planar part with a surface roughness of 0.5 ?mRa or less. Further, the guide rail 13 has a recess 18 for avoiding interference with a part to be attached in which the corner 18a of the recess 18 is formed with a radius of curvature of 0.1 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Norifumi Ikeda, Kouichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6869222
    Abstract: A full complement angular ball bearing with no cage and having a contact angle from 10 to 45° and an increased number of balls for use under severe conditions. The life is extended by defining the surface roughness of the inner ring and the outer ring, defining the roughness ratio of them relative to the rolling element, defining the Cr content in the alloy steel for the rolling element, forming the rolling element with oxide ceramics, or providing a dense nitride layer on the surface of the rolling element, avoiding the presence of particles with a mean diameter in excess of 3 ?m on the raceway surfaces of the outer ring and the inner ring, or coating a film of a hardness higher than that of the raceway surface of the outer ring and the inner ring on the surface of the rolling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Okita, Kazuo Sekino, Toyohisa Yamamoto, Susumu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ito, Akira Uchida, Kazuhiro Fujiu
  • Patent number: 6854351
    Abstract: A liner motion device has a liner motion element fitted on a shaft and moving straight along the shaft; a plurality of balls which are retained in a rolling element groove formed on the inner side of the liner motion element and roll over between the rolling element groove and the shaft; a separator interposed between the rolling elements; and, a circulating path formed in the liner motion element through which the rolling elements are circulated from one end of the rolling element groove to the other, wherein the separator is a product of a synthetic resin containing a lubricating oil in an amount of 3 to 25% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yabe, Hiroyuki Ito, Tuyoshi Saito, Toyohisa Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20040170347
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling element capable of ensuring excellent corrosion resistance, and capable of maintaining a stable performance for a long time even in a case where a slight amount of a solution intrudes into the inside, with no occurrence of dry friction and the like between a rolling element and a raceway groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Norifumi Ikeda, Toyohisa Yamamoto, Kouichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6746157
    Abstract: A retainer constituting a rolling bearing is formed by melt-molding a resin composition containing a polyvinylidene fluoride resin as a main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Takahiko Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 6726367
    Abstract: A rolling bearing 1 comprises a inner ring 2 (as a movable member), an outer ring 3 (as supporter) for supporting the inner ring 2, and a plurality of rolling elements 4 disposed between the inner ring 2 and the outer ring 3. The rolling element are rotated in accordance with the rotation of the inner ring 2. The rolling bearing is to be located in the vicinity of a heat source. The outer ring 3 located nearer to the heat source than the inner ring 2 is composed with a material of a heat conductivity being 40 W/m·K or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Norifumi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20030198417
    Abstract: A guide rail 13 is formed of a ceramic material having a specific strength of 2×107 mm or more and has a planar part with a surface roughness of 0.5 &mgr;mRa or less. Further, the guide rail 13 has a recess 18 for avoiding interference with a part to be attached in which the corner 18a of the recess 18 is formed with a radius of curvature of 0.1 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Norifumi Ikeda, Kouichi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20030138172
    Abstract: A liner motion device has a liner motion element fitted on a shaft and moving straight along the shaft; a plurality of balls which are retained in a rolling element groove formed on the inner side of the liner motion element and roll over between the rolling element groove and the shaft; a separator interposed between the rolling elements; and, a circulating path formed in the liner motion element through which the rolling elements are circulated from one end of the rolling element groove to the other, wherein the separator is a product of a synthetic resin containing a lubricating oil in an amount of 3 to 25% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yabe, Hiroyuki Ito, Tuyoshi Saito, Toyohisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6548454
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling apparatus comprising a movable member which can undergo rotary or linear motion, a support member which carries the movable member, rolling elements which are interposed between the movable member and the support member and which roll with the movement of the movable member, and a lubricant composition which is disposed between the movable member on which the rolling elements roll and the support member, wherein the lubricant composition is a mixture of (1) a thickening agent which is at least one selected from the group consisting of a solid fluoropolymer, a lamellar mineral powder, an ultrafinely particulate organic material, an organic solid lubricant and an ultrafinely particulate inorganic material, and (2) a base oil comprising a liquid fluorinated polymer oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Atsuhiro Yamamoto, Atsushi Yokouchi
  • Patent number: 6432887
    Abstract: The rolling device of the present invention utilizes any one of 1) a lubricant containing a liquid fluorinated polymer oil having a kinetic viscosity at −20° C. falling within a range of between 100 mm2/sec and 3,000 mm2/sec and a vapor pressure at 50° C. not higher than 2×10−4 Torr, 2) a lubricant containing a liquid fluorinated polymer oil having a kinetic viscosity at 40° C. falling within a range of between 10 mm2/sec and 400 mm2/sec and having a kinetic viscosity at 100° C. falling within a range of between 3 mm2/sec and 80 mm2/sec, and 3) a lubricant constituted by a grease composition containing a mixture of a liquid fluorinated polymer oil having a kinetic viscosity at 40° C. falling within a range of between 10 mm2/sec and 400 mm2/sec as a base oil and a thickening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Kenichi Iso, Atsushi Oda
  • Publication number: 20020051596
    Abstract: A retainer constituting a rolling bearing is formed by melt-molding a resin composition containing a polyvinylidene fluoride resin as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Takahiko Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 6367981
    Abstract: A retainer constituting a rolling bearing is formed by melt-molding a resin composition containing a polyvinylidene fluoride resin as a main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Takahiko Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20010036328
    Abstract: A rolling bearing 1 comprises a inner ring 2 (as a movable member), an outer ring 3 (as supporter) for supporting the inner ring 2, and a plurality of rolling elements 4 disposed between the inner ring 2 and the outer ring 3. The rolling element are rotated in accordance with the rotation of the inner ring 2. The rolling bearing is to be located in the vicinity of a heat source. The outer ring 3 located nearer to the heat source than the inner ring 2 is composed with a material of a heat conductivity being 40 W/m·K or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Norifumi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6203207
    Abstract: An inner ring 2, an outer ring 1 and a cage 4 are made of a resin composition comprising a melt-moldable fluoro-resin as a main ingredient, which can provide a rolling bearing capable of maintaining lubricity for a long period of time even when it is used in a corrosive aqueous solution or under a circumstance where mists or droplets of a corrosive solution are present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ito