Patents by Inventor Yoshio Hamajima

Yoshio Hamajima 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: 5264053
    Abstract: A production method for an endless track bushing wherein high-carbon low-alloy steel is selected as a bushing material, the bushing material is quench-hardened without pre-carburizing the bushing material, and then tempered. In the quench-hardening, the bushing material is induction-heated from an outside surface of the bushing material only so that an inside surface of the bushing material is heated to a temperature above and close to a transformation temperature of the high-carbon low-alloy steel, and then the heated bushing material is cooled from the outside surface of the bushing material only so that a residual compressive stress is produced at the inside surface of the bushing material when it has been cooled to an ambient temperature. The thus produced bushing has a high hardness throughout the entire cross section and a high toughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakajima, Hisahiko Kusano, Isao Yoshida, Yoshio Hamajima, Hiroyuki Takeno