Patents by Inventor Yoshiyasu Nakano

Yoshiyasu Nakano 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: 8136420
    Abstract: Provided are a gear in which oil film formation between the tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high speed can be effected to a sufficient degree, in which generation of pitting, abrasion, and scoring is prevented, and which helps to prevent an increase in temperature and wear to achieve an improvement in durability, and a gear drive unit. A multitude of minute concave recesses are provided at random on a tooth surface, and an average area of the recesses is set to a range of 160 to 740 ?m2. Accordingly, the tooth surface can obtain a high oil film forming capacity. Thus, even under a low-viscosity/thin-lubrication condition in which the thickness of the oil film is extremely small, it is possible to achieve a long service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Satou, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Katsufumi Abe
  • Patent number: 8024989
    Abstract: Provided are a gear and a gear drive unit which allow oil film formation to a sufficient degree between tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high-speed and which help to prevent generation of pitting, abrasion, and prevent scoring, temperature rise, and wear to thereby achieve an improvement in terms of durability. A tooth surface is provided with a multitude of minute recesses arranged at random, in which an axial surface roughness parameter Ryni of the surface thus provided with the recesses is set to a range: 0.8 ?m?Ryni?2.3 ?m. As a result, the tooth surface is endowed with a high oil film formation performance, and it is possible to attain a long service life even under a low-viscosity/thin-lubrication condition in which the oil film is extremely thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Satou, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Katsufumi Abe
  • Patent number: 7896557
    Abstract: A needle roller bearing comprises an outer ring having a split part in a circumferential direction, a plurality of rollers which can roll along an inner diameter surface of the outer ring, and a cage holding the plurality of rollers. The outer ring has an engaging click protruding inward along a diameter at a width-direction end thereof to prevent the cage from moving in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignees: NTN Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Nakano, Shinji Oishi, Katsufumi Abe, Yugo Yoshimura, Noriaki Fujii, Keiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7896556
    Abstract: A needle roller bearing comprises an outer ring having a plurality of outer ring members split by split lines extending in an axial direction of the bearing, a plurality of needle rollers arranged on an orbit surface of said outer ring so that they can roll thereon, and a cage holding the needle rollers at intervals. The outer ring member has a projection serving as a positioning engaging part which engages with a housing for positioning, and an engaging click protruding from an axial end of the outer ring member inward along a diameter to prevent the cage from moving in an axial direction, in positions shifted from its circumferential center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignees: NTN Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Nakano, Shinji Oishi, Katsufumi Abe, Akihiko Katayama, Yugo Yoshimura, Noriaki Fujii, Keiko Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100071495
    Abstract: Provided are a gear in which oil film formation between the tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high speed can be effected to a sufficient degree, in which generation of pitting, abrasion, and scoring is prevented, and which helps to prevent an increase in temperature and wear to achieve an improvement in durability, and a gear drive unit. A multitude of minute concave recesses are provided at random on a tooth surface, and an average area of the recesses is set to a range of 160 to 740 ?m2. Accordingly, the tooth surface can obtain a high oil film forming capacity. Thus, even under a low-viscosity/thin-lubrication condition in which the thickness of the oil film is extremely small, it is possible to achieve a long service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Satou, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Katsufumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20100000356
    Abstract: Provided are a gear and a gear drive unit which allow oil film formation to a sufficient degree between tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high-speed and which help to prevent generation of pitting, abrasion, and prevent scoring, temperature rise, and wear to thereby achieve an improvement in terms of durability. A tooth surface is provided with a multitude of minute recesses arranged at random, in which an axial surface roughness parameter Ryni of the surface thus provided with the recesses is set to a range: 0.8 ?m?Ryni?2.3 ?m. As a result, the tooth surface is endowed with a high oil film formation performance, and it is possible to attain a long service life even under a low-viscosity/thin-lubrication condition in which the oil film is extremely thin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Satou, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Katsufumi abe
  • Publication number: 20080181549
    Abstract: A needle roller bearing comprises an outer ring having a split part in a circumferential direction, a plurality of rollers which can roll along an inner diameter surface of the outer ring, and a cage holding the plurality of rollers. The outer ring has an engaging click protruding inward along a diameter at a width-direction end thereof to prevent the cage from moving in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Nakano, Shinji Oishi, Katsufumi Abe, Yugo Yoshimura, Noriaki Fujii, Keiko Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080131041
    Abstract: A needle roller bearing comprises an outer ring having a plurality of outer ring members split by split lines extending in an axial direction of the bearing, a plurality of needle rollers arranged on an orbit surface of said outer ring so that they can roll thereon, and a cage holding the needle rollers at intervals. The outer ring member has a projection serving as a positioning engaging part which engages with a housing for positioning, and an engaging click protruding from an axial end of the outer ring member inward along a diameter to prevent the cage from moving in an axial direction, in positions shifted from its circumferential center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Nakano, Shinji Oishi, Katsufumi Abe, Akihiko Katayama, Yugo Yoshimura, Noriaki Fujii, Keiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6598571
    Abstract: The cam follower with roller according to the present invention includes a cam follower body having a roller supporting portion integrally formed therein, a supporting shaft of which both ends are fixed to the roller supporting portion, and a roller rotatably supported to the supporting shaft with a plurality of needle rollers interposed. At least one of the supporting shaft, needle roller and roller is formed of heat-resisting steel, and the both ends of the supporting shaft is caulked to be fixed to the supporting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Harimoto, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Masaru Kitagawa, Nobuhiro Kasahara
  • Patent number: 6460498
    Abstract: It is aimed to prolong the life of a rocker arm in which rollers are housed in a full type form between a ring and a pin from a viewpoint completely different from the idea of improving the material. It is proposed to suitably control the relation between clearances in circumferential and radial directions for the rollers housed in a roller housing space formed between the outer peripheral surface of the pin and the inner peripheral surface of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Harimoto, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Nobuhiro Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20020000214
    Abstract: It is aimed to prolong the life of a rocker arm in which rollers are housed in a full type form between a ring and a pin from a viewpoint completely different from improvement in the material. It is proposed to suitably control the relation between clearances in circumferential and radial directions for the rollers housed in a roller housing space formed between the outer peripheral surface of the pin and the inner peripheral surface of the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Harimoto, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Nobuhiro Kasahara