Patents by Inventor Wataru Tokunaga
Wataru Tokunaga 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).
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Publication number: 20240122413Abstract: A membrane unit includes: a cross-flow membrane filter; a cylindrical casing housing the membrane filter; a cap provided with an inflow port that allows water to flow into the casing, a first discharge port that discharges, to outside of the casing, permeated water obtained as a result of water that flows into the casing from the inflow port permeating the membrane filter, and a second discharge port that discharges, to the outside of the casing, concentrated water obtained as a result of water being concentrated as a result of the permeated water permeating the membrane filter, the cap detachably occluding the casing; and a positioning member which is fixed to the cap taking the first discharge port as a reference, and which defines a position of the membrane filter inside the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: WOTA CORP.Inventors: Satoshi TOKUNAGA, Ryo YAMADA, Wataru WATANABE
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Publication number: 20200309267Abstract: A dust seal which causes a spring to function with stability to improve sealing performance. A seal main body 120 has an outer annular portion 121 which is fixed to an inner peripheral surface of a reinforcing ring 110, and an inner annular portion 123 which has a lip portion 123a which is slidable on an outer peripheral surface of a shaft 200. An annular spring 130 is installed on a sealed space side (O) of the seal main body 120, the spring 130 having an outer pressing portion 131 which presses an inner peripheral surface of the outer annular portion 121 radially outwardly, and an inner pressing portion 132 which presses an outer peripheral surface of the inner annular portion 123 radially inwardly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventor: Wataru TOKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20200292080Abstract: The annular dust seal includes a circular annular dust lip, the annular dust seal being formed of an elastic material, being supported by a housing, and bringing a surface of the dust lip into contact with an outer peripheral surface of a reciprocating shaft that is disposed in the housing and includes a tip end side protruding toward an atmosphere side. In a longitudinal section of the dust lip, an average radius of curvature of a surface having a convex curvature on an inner side of the housing from a top portion of the dust lip is larger than an average radius of curvature of a surface having a convex curvature on the atmosphere side from the top portion of the dust lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru TOKUNAGA
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Patent number: 10605367Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes an annular lip member made of a resin material, and an annular spring member made of a metal material. The lip member includes a lip base portion, an outer-periphery-side lip, and an inner-periphery-side lip. The spring member includes: a spring base portion having an annular shape about an axis; an outer periphery pressing portion for pressing the outer-periphery-side lip; and an inner periphery pressing portion for pressing the inner-periphery-side lip. The spring member is accommodated in an accommodating groove. The outer periphery pressing portion includes a plurality of outer periphery pressing pieces, and the inner periphery pressing portion includes a plurality of inner periphery pressing pieces.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Wataru Tokunaga
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Publication number: 20180335145Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes an annular lip member made of a resin material, and an annular spring member made of a metal material. The lip member includes a lip base portion, an outer-periphery-side lip, and an inner-periphery-side lip. The spring member includes: a spring base portion having an annular shape about an axis; an outer periphery pressing portion for pressing the outer-periphery-side lip; and an inner periphery pressing portion for pressing the inner-periphery-side lip. The spring member is accommodated in an accommodating groove. The outer periphery pressing portion includes a plurality of outer periphery pressing pieces, and the inner periphery pressing portion includes a plurality of inner periphery pressing pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventor: Wataru TOKUNAGA
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Patent number: 9388705Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Patent number: 9309973Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Patent number: 9157530Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Publication number: 20150204204Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Publication number: 20150108720Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Publication number: 20150048574Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Patent number: 5182676Abstract: A retractable turn-over type rearview door mirror in which angular adjustment of the mirror member can be effected by manually operating an actuation lever. By using a certain linkage mechanism, a favorable correspondence is achieved between the direction of movement of the actuation lever and the direction of movement the mirror member. The use of a clutch unit permits the adjusted state of the mirror member to be conserved, even when the rearview door mirror is retracted and restored, by minimizing the influences of the retracting movement upon the linkage mechanism. This can be accomplished by applying a suitable amount of friction to the linkage mechanism, but, by using a lock lever which fixes the angular orientation of the mirror member when the rearview door mirror is retracted, the angular orientation of the mirror member may be kept fixed without requiring such a friction and it allows the operation of the actuation lever to be performed with a small force.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1991Date of Patent: January 26, 1993Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Honda LockInventors: Noriyuki Iwai, Kimito Sasaki, Masaru Yano, Fumiyoshi Wakimoto, Wataru Tokunaga, Masaru Shirakura