Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Okaji

Yoshitaka Okaji 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: 10648571
    Abstract: A bearing sealing device includes two seals (inner and outer seals) sealing the space between the inner and outer races of a bearing to ensure higher seal performance, and also to reduce the area of the inner periphery of the outer race that needs to be ground. The bearing sealing device includes a ring constituted by a metal annulus, and a rubber part. The metal annulus is formed by cold pressing, and has a seal contact surface kept in contact with seal lips of the outer seal. The rubber part includes a press-fitted portion fixed to the inner periphery of the outer race. The inner race has, on its outer periphery, a cylindrical fitting surface to which the outer seal is press-fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Okaji
  • Publication number: 20190162312
    Abstract: A bearing sealing device includes two seals (inner and outer seals) sealing the space between the inner and outer races of a bearing to ensure higher seal performance, and also to reduce the area of the inner periphery of the outer race that needs to be ground. The bearing sealing device includes a ring constituted by a metal annulus, and a rubber part. The metal annulus is formed by cold pressing, and has a seal contact surface kept in contact with seal lips of the outer seal. The rubber part includes a press-fitted portion fixed to the inner periphery of the outer race. The inner race has, on its outer periphery, a cylindrical fitting surface to which the outer seal is press-fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka OKAJI
  • Publication number: 20130308886
    Abstract: A fixing arrangement for a rubber seal for sealing a rolling bearing is proposed which can be easily mounted in position by press-fitting and which prevents rotation of the rubber seal together with the rotary member of the bearing. A thick-walled fitting portion 3 and a protrusion 4 are formed on the radially outer portion of a rubber seal 1 reinforced by a metal core 2. The fitting portion 3 is press-fitted in a seal groove 22 formed in the radially inner surface of an outer race 21 at each end. The protrusion 4 is brought into elastic contact with a large-diameter cylindrical surface 23 formed on the outer race 21. Thus, the rubber seal 1 is fixed in position and prevented from rotating together with the inner race of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: NAKANISHI METAL WORKS, CO., LTD., NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka OKAJI, Eiichi Urakami
  • Patent number: 8517389
    Abstract: A fixing arrangement for a rubber seal for sealing a rolling bearing is proposed which can be easily mounted in position by press-fitting and which prevents rotation of the rubber seal together with the rotary member of the bearing. A thick-walled fitting portion 3 and a protrusion 4 are formed on the radially outer portion of a rubber seal 1 reinforced by a metal core 2. The fitting portion 3 is press-fitted in a seal groove 22 formed in the radially inner surface of an outer race 21 at each end. The protrusion 4 is brought into elastic contact with a large-diameter cylindrical surface 23 formed on the outer race 21. Thus, the rubber seal 1 is fixed in position and prevented from rotating together with the inner race of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignees: NTN Corporation, Nakanishi Metal Works, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Okaji, Eiichi Urakami
  • Patent number: 8371586
    Abstract: A bearing seal includes a metal core having a radially outer portion engaged in an inner seal groove of a bearing outer race. The core includes a bent portion engaged in the seal groove, a radially outer flange extending inwardly from an end of the bent portion located inside the bearing, a tapered tubular portion having a large-diameter end thereof connected to a small-diameter end of the outer flange and a small-diameter end thereof located axially outwardly of its large-diameter end, and a radially inner flange extending inwardly from the small-diameter end of the tubular portion. A rubber seal is fixed to an inner surface of the metal core that faces the interior of the bearing. The rubber seal includes a thick-walled portion having an inner radial step, and formed with three lips that elastically contact the inner race outer surface. The thick-walled portion includes a small-diameter thick-walled portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: NTN Corporation, Nakanishi Metal Works, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Okaji, Eiichi Urakami
  • Publication number: 20100327538
    Abstract: The bearing seal includes a metal core 1 having a radially outer portion engaged in a seal groove 41 formed in a radially inner surface of an outer race 40 of a bearing at its end portion. The metal core 7 includes a bent portion 2 engaged in the seal groove 41, a radially outer flange 3 extending radially inwardly from an end of the bent portion 2 located inside of the bearing, a tapered tubular portion 4 having a large-diameter end thereof connected to a small-diameter end of the radially outer flange 3 and a small-diameter end thereof located axially outwardly of its large-diameter end, and a radially inner flange 5 extending radially inwardly from the small-diameter end of the tapered tubular portion 4. A rubber seal 11 is fixed to an inner surface of the metal core 1 that faces the interior of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Okaji, Eiichi Urakami
  • Publication number: 20100327539
    Abstract: A fixing arrangement for a rubber seal for sealing a rolling bearing is proposed which can be easily mounted in position by press-fitting and which prevents rotation of the rubber seal together with the rotary member of the bearing. A thick-walled fitting portion 3 and a protrusion 4 are formed on the radially outer portion of a rubber seal 1 reinforced by a metal core 2. The fitting portion 3 is press-fitted in a seal groove 22 formed in the radially inner surface of an outer race 21 at each end. The protrusion 4 is brought into elastic contact with a large-diameter cylindrical surface 23 formed on the outer race 21. Thus, the rubber seal 1 is fixed in position and prevented from rotating together with the inner race of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Okaji, Eiichi Urakami