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1.

TENSION BALANCER

      
Application Number JP2024031845
Publication Number 2025/074805
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-05
Publication Date 2025-04-10
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Tasho Yohei

Abstract

This tension balancer is provided with first through n-th cylindrical members, first through (n − 1)th coil springs, a first hook that is attached to the first cylindrical member, a second hook that is attached to the n-th cylindrical member, and a scale that is attached to the n-th cylindrical member. The scale extends in a first direction that is parallel to a central axis of the first through n-th cylindrical members, is located outside the n-th cylindrical member, overlaps with the n-th cylindrical member in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and can expand and contract in the first direction. The first through n-th cylindrical members are disposed so that each (j + 1)th cylindrical member selected from among the first through n-th cylindrical members is surrounded by the j-th cylindrical member. The cylindrical members and the coil springs mutually alternate. n is a natural number of 3 or greater, and j is a variable selected from natural numbers and at least 1 and no more than (n − 1).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60M 1/26 - Compensation means for variation in length
  • F16F 3/04 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction composed only of wound springs
  • H02G 7/02 - Devices for adjusting or maintaining mechanical tension, e.g. take-up device

2.

TERMINAL CONNECTION PORTION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE

      
Application Number 18985392
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-18
First Publication Date 2025-04-10
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yamada, Yukie

Abstract

A terminal connection portion for an electronic device includes a first terminal of a wiring portion. The wiring portion includes a base insulating layer, conductors formed on the base insulation layer, a cover layer which covers the conductors, and the first terminal which is formed at an end of each of the conductors and is integral with each of the conductors. The first terminal includes a base portion including a first surface fixed to the base insulation layer along the base insulation layer and a second surface opposite the first surface, a bent portion reversed in a thickness direction of the base portion from an end of the base portion towards the second surface, and an overlapping portion extending from the bent portion in a direction along the second surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers
  • H01R 12/65 - Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal

3.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARMATURE

      
Application Number 18832039
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-11-18
First Publication Date 2025-04-10
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi, Dai
  • Hirota, Yuji

Abstract

This production method produces a stator that includes a plurality of segment coils that are annularly arranged in a plurality of layers that overlap in the radial direction of a stator core. The production method involves a tool that has teeth being moved by a robot manipulator and the teeth being inserted between the ends of leg parts of the layers. The ends that engage the teeth are thereby bent so as to be substantially crank-shaped. Before the teeth are inserted between the ends, a restraining jig is inserted between bend parts of the segment coils of the layers and an end surface of the stator core that is on one side in the axial direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/24 - Shaping or compacting winding heads
  • B21D 11/06 - Bending into helical or spiral formForming a succession of return bends, e.g. serpentine form

4.

SPRING MEMBER

      
Application Number JP2024034589
Publication Number 2025/074947
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-27
Publication Date 2025-04-10
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tajima, Norihiro
  • Nishimoto, Shigekazu
  • Shimizu, Daisuke

Abstract

A spring member according to the present invention is disposed between two bodies to be pressed and applies pressure to said bodies to be pressed. The spring member includes a support portion, a plurality of band-shaped spring portions each having a portion thereof curved in an arc shape, and a plurality of first connecting portions that extend in a first direction and connect the support portion and the spring portions. The support portion and the plurality of first connecting portions are located on a same plane parallel to the first direction. From among the plurality of spring portions, the spring portions located closest to each other are disposed at positions where the spring portions partially overlap each other in the first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction on the plane.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 3/02 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction

5.

PRESSURE SPRING, PRESSURE SPRING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRESSURE SPRING

      
Application Number JP2024035651
Publication Number 2025/075161
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-04
Publication Date 2025-04-10
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sano Takamichi
  • Uetsuhara Saiji
  • Imamura Masaru
  • Suzuki Takuto

Abstract

Provided is a method for manufacturing a pressure spring comprising a first plate spring and a second plate spring that extend in a length direction, wherein both end parts in the length direction of the first plate spring are stacked in a plate thickness direction on and joined to both end parts in the length direction of the second plate spring, intermediate parts in the length direction of the respective first plate spring and second plate spring face each other in a state of being separated from each other in the plate thickness direction, a length of the intermediate part of the second plate spring along a surface of the second plate spring as viewed from a plate width direction is shorter than a length of the intermediate part of the first plate spring along a surface of the first plate spring as viewed from the plate width direction, and, in the intermediate part of the first plate spring, a stress in the direction of stretching along an outer surface of the first plate spring as viewed from the plate width direction is applied to the outer surface side that is the opposite side to the second plate spring along the plate thickness direction. The method performs a joining step for joining both end parts in the length direction of the first plate spring to a long second plate spring material configured by integrally connecting a plurality of second plate springs in the length direction, and a cutting step for cutting at least the second plate spring material to obtain a pressure spring, in this order.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 1/18 - Leaf springs
  • F16F 1/20 - Leaf springs with layers, e.g. anti-friction layers, or with rollers between the leaves

6.

JIG AND DEVICE FOR STATOR TWISTING

      
Application Number JP2024033829
Publication Number 2025/070346
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-24
Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Otsuka Motoyuki
  • Kobayashi Dai
  • Chiba Yuto

Abstract

Provided is a jig for stator twisting, with which it is possible to easily suppress radial-direction deformation of a projecting portion of a segment coil that projects from a stator core during twisting. A jig 9A for twisting a stator 1, in which projecting portions 7A that include coil ends 7a of a segment coil 7 held by a stator core 3 are bent in a circumferential direction by twisting, comprises: a twisting member 13 having a grasping portion 17 that grasps and displaces the coil ends 7a in an axial direction and a circumferential direction relative to the stator core 3 so as to bend the projecting portions 7A; and a restraint wall 31 which is supported so as to be movable in an axial direction on a radially outer side with respect to the twisting member 13 and which restrains the projecting portions 7A on the radially outer side during bending in the state of projecting in an axial direction with respect to the grasping portion 17.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/085 - Forming windings by laying conductors into or around core parts by laying conductors into slotted stators

7.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING ROTOR

      
Application Number JP2024033832
Publication Number 2025/070349
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-24
Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Kameda Yohei

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for producing a rotor which can suppress the occurrence of a defect such as damage on an inner periphery of an annular member when the annular member is attached to an outer periphery of a rotor core. Provided is a method for producing a rotor 1 in which an annular member 5 is attached to the outer periphery of a rotor core 3 obtained by layering a plurality of plate-like core pieces 9, wherein the rotor core 3, the outer periphery of which is fitted to the annular member 5, is obtained by: disposing, in the annular member 5, the plurality of core pieces 9 in a curved state in which the plurality of core pieces 9 are curved to have a smaller outer diameter; and pressing the plurality of core pieces 9 in the curved state through openings 5a on both sides of the annular member 5 so that the plurality of core pieces 9 each have a flat plate shape.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/035 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies having permanent magnets on the rotor
  • H02K 1/276 - Magnets embedded in the magnetic core, e.g. interior permanent magnets [IPM]

8.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING LAMINATION CORE

      
Application Number JP2024034268
Publication Number 2025/070537
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-25
Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Kawarabayashi Tomohiro

Abstract

Provided are a method and a device for producing a lamination core, which make it possible to predict occurrence of weld cracks and further facilitate prevention of the weld cracks. The method is for producing a lamination core 1 in which a plurality of core pieces 7 are laminated, and involves welding by applying pressure to the lamination core 1 in the lamination direction, and setting the cumulation of the compression amount of the lamination core 1 by application of the pressure, the contraction amount of the lamination core 1 in the lamination direction at a welded portion, and the spring back amount of the lamination core 1 by release of the pressure, to be within the compression limitation of the lamination core 1.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/02 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies

9.

COVER, RECORDING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COVER

      
Application Number 18833185
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-02-02
First Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Araki, Toshimitsu
  • Miyazaki, Wataru
  • Takahashi, Shuji

Abstract

A cover is provided with a connection portion on an outer peripheral portion for conducting fastening. The connection portion is provided with a fastening face that is fastened by a bolt on a top face and a connecting face that is connected to the base on a bottom face, and the connection portion is formed into a stepped shape with steps that form a recessed shape on the top face and a projected shape on the bottom face with respect to the outer peripheral portion. The steps are set to have dimensions less than a thickness of a plate material. The stepped shape is provided with an outer face of the step and an inner face of the step that do not overlap each other in a planer direction of the connecting face.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 33/02 - CabinetsCasesStandsDisposition of apparatus therein or thereon
  • G11B 33/12 - Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules

10.

OPERATION MEMBER FOR GUIDE WIRE

      
Application Number JP2024024013
Publication Number 2025/069631
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-03
Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Uetsuhara Saiji
  • Nakazono Miho

Abstract

The present invention comprises a first cylindrical member which extends in the longitudinal direction, a second cylindrical member which extends in the longitudinal direction, and an outer cylinder which is externally mounted to the first cylindrical member and the second cylindrical member so as to be rotatable around an axis extending in the longitudinal direction and which extends in the longitudinal direction. The first cylindrical member and the second cylindrical member are provided in a state in which relative movement in the longitudinal direction is possible and relative rotation around the axis is restricted. The outer cylinder is provided to one cylindrical member among the first cylindrical member and the second cylindrical member in a state in which movement in the longitudinal direction is restricted. A first guiding part is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the outer cylinder and on the outer circumferential surface of the other cylindrical member of the first cylindrical member and the second cylindrical member, said first guiding part allowing the other cylindrical member to move longitudinally relative to the one cylindrical member such that the distance between a fastened body and the front end of a supporting tube of a guide wire changes with the relative rotation of the outer cylinder and the other cylindrical member around the axis.

IPC Classes  ?

11.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING STATOR

      
Application Number JP2024033830
Publication Number 2025/070347
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-24
Publication Date 2025-04-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi Dai
  • Chiba Yuto

Abstract

Provided is a method for manufacturing a stator with which it is possible to easily form a power line by bending of protrusions. In the method for manufacturing a stator by which protrusions 9 of a segment coil 7 held by a stator core 3 are bent, the tips 10a of the protrusions 9 are displaced to the radially outer side of the stator core 3, the protrusions 9 are bent so as to be positioned at first positions, the tips 10a of the bent protrusions 9 are displaced to the radially innter side thereof, and the bent portions 12a and 12b of the protrusions 9 are bent back so as to be positioned at second positions further to the radially outer side than the initial positions before the bending.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/085 - Forming windings by laying conductors into or around core parts by laying conductors into slotted stators

12.

DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION

      
Application Number 18896917
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-26
First Publication Date 2025-03-27
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hanya, Masao
  • Ando, Toshiki

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a suspension includes a load beam having a dimple portion and a flexure having a slider mounting portion. The dimple portion has a convex surface in contact with the slider mounting portion. The slider mounting portion is swingably supported by a gimbal component member. The radius of curvature of the convex surface is less than 0.15 mm. The flexure pitching resistance acting on the contact portion when the slider mounting portion swings in the pitching direction is 0.005 N or less. The phase delay of the slider mounting portion in the pitching direction relative to an undulation of a rotating disk is 200 or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers

13.

LAMINATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND LAMINATE MANUFACTURING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024030715
Publication Number 2025/062977
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-28
Publication Date 2025-03-27
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mizuno, Katsumi
  • Watanabe, Toshinori
  • Shimomura, Kohei
  • Toga, Takashi

Abstract

This laminate manufacturing apparatus (10) is used when a pre-compression laminate (1A), in which a metal base substrate (2), a semi-cured resin composition (3A), a circuit pattern (4) with thickness of at least 0.8 mm, or a circuit body (C) which is a mounting body in which an electronic component is mounted on a circuit pattern (4), are laminated is to be heated and pressurized in a chamber (50). The laminate manufacturing apparatus (10) is provided with a base jig (11) to which the pre-compression laminate (1A) is attached, a film (13) that covers at least the resin composition (3A) and the circuit body (C), and a cover jig (12) that grips the film (13) between the base jig (11) and itself. The base jig (11) comprises an exhaust port (11e) that ventilates the interior of the film (13) that covers the resin composition (3A) and the circuit body (C). The cover jig (12) comprises an opening section (12a) that exposes an entire covering portion (13a) of the film (13) which covers the resin composition (3A) and the circuit body (C).

IPC Classes  ?

14.

VIBRATION REDUCTION DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT

      
Application Number JP2024033100
Publication Number 2025/063167
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-17
Publication Date 2025-03-27
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Saito, Masahiro
  • Iimura, Kazuya
  • Fushikida, Motohiro
  • Seki, Takamitsu
  • Murabayashi, Tomohiro
  • Miyabata, Makoto
  • Mizutani, Natsuki
  • Kawano, Ryota
  • Suzuki, Masashi
  • Seino, Hiroyuki
  • Nonobe, Katsuhiko
  • Yoshida, Shinji

Abstract

In the present invention, a vibration reduction device comprises a weight set to a determined heaviness, and a fixed bag which is formed using a cloth-form member and to which the weight is attached. The fixed bag has an insertion part into which an attachment-receiving portion in the vehicle seat is inserted, and is attached to the attachment-receiving portion in a state in which the attachment-receiving portion is inserted into the insertion part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 2/90 - Details or parts not otherwise provided for

15.

SPRING MEMBER

      
Application Number JP2024031663
Publication Number 2025/057823
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-04
Publication Date 2025-03-20
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayakawa, Jun
  • Suwa, Taisuke
  • Shibata, Yuichi
  • Sugitani, Tomoya

Abstract

A spring member according to the present invention comprises a coil spring formed by a spirally wound wire, and a seat part that is provided at one end of the coil spring and bears the coil spring load. The seat part includes a sheet that covers a portion of one end of the coil spring, an insulator that is provided between the sheet and the coil spring, and an adhesive that bonds the insulator and the coil spring. In the seat part, the position of the adhesive on the edge of the one end side of the coil spring is positioned on the edge end of the coil spring or nearer the other end side than the edge end.

IPC Classes  ?

16.

SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT AND VEHICLE SEAT

      
Application Number JP2024029334
Publication Number 2025/057664
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-19
Publication Date 2025-03-20
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kamiya, Takafumi
  • Ichinohe, Satoshi
  • Fukuda, Takahiro

Abstract

A suspension device according to the present disclosure comprises: a lower member; an upper member; a raising/lowering mechanism; a spring; a characteristic-varying damper capable of adjusting damping force; a first sensor that detects the speed in a vertical direction of the upper member; a second sensor that detects the speed in the vertical direction of the lower member; and a control device capable of controlling the damping force of the characteristic-varying damper. The control device is configured so as to selectively execute a first control mode executed when the first sensor detects a first prescribed speed in the downward direction and the second sensor detects a speed greater than the first prescribed speed in the downward direction, a second control mode executed when the first sensor detects a second prescribed speed in the upward direction and the second sensor detects a speed greater than the second prescribed speed in the upward direction, and a third control mode executed when the conditions for executing the first and second control modes are not satisfied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 2/52 - Seat suspension devices using fluid means
  • B60N 2/90 - Details or parts not otherwise provided for

17.

SPRING MEMBER

      
Application Number JP2024032168
Publication Number 2025/057895
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-09
Publication Date 2025-03-20
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayakawa, Jun
  • Suwa, Taisuke
  • Shibata, Yuichi
  • Sugitani, Tomoya

Abstract

A spring member according to the present invention comprises: a coil spring formed by spirally winding a wire; and a seat part that is provided at an end of the coil spring and bears the load of the coil spring. The seat part has a sheet that covers a portion of one end of the coil spring, an insulator that is provided between the sheet and the coil spring, and an adhesive that bonds the insulator and the coil spring. The insulator forms a shape in which a portion of the surface on the sheet side is notched at the end of the coil spring on the edge end side.

IPC Classes  ?

18.

VEHICLE SEAT

      
Application Number 18824497
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-04
First Publication Date 2025-03-13
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • SUBARU CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Aoki, Jun
  • Takahashi, Tomoya
  • Ishiyama, Yosuke
  • Morishima, Kota
  • Ono, Taiki

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes: an anchor member, a buckle apparatus, a cushion pad provided with a buckle accommodation cavity, a wire disposed so as to encircle the buckle accommodation cavity and supporting the cushion pad, and a rotation suppression member. The buckle apparatus includes: a coupling member, one end of which is coupled to the anchor member, and a buckle at which a tongue provided at a seatbelt can be removably attached, another end of the coupling member being coupled to the buckle, and the buckle being rotatable substantially in a seat vertical direction. The rotation suppression member is disposed at an upper side of the buckle apparatus, the rotation suppression member is attached to the wire and suppresses rotation in a seat upward direction of the buckle apparatus.

IPC Classes  ?

19.

JIG FOR STAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STAGE

      
Application Number JP2024030685
Publication Number 2025/053019
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-28
Publication Date 2025-03-13
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Komoda Masaki
  • Takahara Go
  • Arimura Minoru
  • Ohtsu Takashi
  • Kisara Yuta
  • Fujii Masahiro

Abstract

This jig for a stage is used in the step of processing a thermal spray coating of the stage, and comprises: a body including a first surface on which the stage is placed, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a third surface connecting the first surface and the second surface; a flow path provided inside the body and through which a fluid flows; a flow path entry portion allowing the fluid to flow into the flow path; a flow path exit portion provided on the first surface of the body and allowing the fluid to flow out of the flow path; and a through hole penetrating the substrate from the first surface to the second surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 21/683 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for supporting or gripping

20.

ROTOR AND DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE

      
Application Number 18292630
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-04-22
First Publication Date 2025-03-13
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kameda, Youhei
  • Matsuda, Tsuyoshi
  • Mineda, Yoshikazu
  • Nakayama, Soichi

Abstract

This rotor includes a rotor shaft, a permanent magnet held at an outer periphery of the rotor shaft, and a magnet reinforcement tube formed in a cylindrical shape and covering the permanent magnet from an outer peripheral side of the permanent magnet. The magnet reinforcement tube includes plural layers layered in a radial direction, and has plural fiber sheets wound individually for each layer, and each fiber sheet being solidified with resin.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 1/28 - Means for mounting or fastening rotating magnetic parts on to, or to, the rotor structures

21.

VEHICLE SEAT

      
Application Number 18783187
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-24
First Publication Date 2025-03-06
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • SUBARU CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yasuda, Kenzo
  • Toyoshima, Kazuhiro
  • Ishiyama, Yosuke
  • Fukushima, Masato
  • Takeuchi, Takahide
  • Koshiishi, Kento

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a pad main body configuring part of seat cushion pad, a slide pad that configures another part of the seat cushion pad and that approaches or moves away from the pad main body by sliding in a seat front-rear direction, and a flow path that is formed at an opposite side of the pad main body to a seating surface thereof, and an air moving machine that moves air inside the flow path. The flow path reaches as far as an opposing face of the pad main body that opposes the slide pad, and a main body groove portion that is in communication with the flow path and that reaches as far as the seating surface is formed in the opposing face. The main body groove portion is formed narrower at a location on the seating surface side than at a location on the flow path side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 2/56 - Heating or ventilating devices
  • A47C 7/74 - Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like for ventilation, heating or cooling

22.

VEHICLE SEAT

      
Application Number 18811155
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-08-21
First Publication Date 2025-03-06
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • SUBARU CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yasuda, Kenzo
  • Toyoshima, Kazuhiro
  • Ishiyama, Yosuke
  • Fukushima, Masato
  • Takeuchi, Takahide
  • Koshiishi, Kento

Abstract

In a vehicle seat, a flow path is formed between a pad main body of a seat cushion pad and a seal member, with the flow path reaching to an opposing face of the pad main body opposing the slide pad, and air inside the flow path being moved by an air moving machine. A seat cushion cover includes a porous cover main body portion covering the pad main body, and a movable cover portion that is positioned between the pad main body and the slide pad and that is deformed by sliding the slide pad. The seat cushion cover includes a close-off cover portion that closes off a gap between an end portion on the slide pad side of the seal member and the cover main body portion.

IPC Classes  ?

23.

ROTOR

      
Application Number JP2024030532
Publication Number 2025/047751
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-27
Publication Date 2025-03-06
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Kameda Yohei

Abstract

Provided is a rotor that makes it possible for a magnet to be sufficiently fixed while suppressing magnetic resistance. The present invention comprises: a rotor core 3 that has a magnet accommodation hole 13; a magnet 5 that is provided in the magnet accommodation hole 13; and an elastic body 7 that is provided in the magnet accommodation hole 13 in a gap in the magnetization direction between the rotor core 3 and the magnet 5 and holds the magnet 5 in the magnet accommodation hole 13. The elastic body 7 comprises a magnetic body that is separate from the rotor core 3 and the magnet 5.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 1/276 - Magnets embedded in the magnetic core, e.g. interior permanent magnets [IPM]

24.

MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISK-DRIVE SUSPENSION AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF DISK-DRIVE SUSPENSION

      
Application Number 18951402
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-18
First Publication Date 2025-03-06
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ogaki, Shogo

Abstract

A manufacturing apparatus of a disk-drive suspension including an actuator mounting portion on which a piezoelectric element is to be mounted. The manufacturing apparatus includes a transport shuttle which holds the disk-drive suspension; a drive mechanism which moves the transport shuttle; an adhesive feeding device which applies an adhesive reactive to ultraviolet rays to the actuator mounting portion; a light-irradiation device which irradiates the applied adhesive with ultraviolet rays to thereby increase a viscosity of the adhesive; an element feeding device which arranges the piezoelectric element on the adhesive the viscosity of which is increased; A manufacturing apparatus of a disk-drive suspension including an actuator mounting portion on which a piezoelectric element is to be mounted. The manufacturing apparatus includes a transport shuttle which holds the disk-drive suspension; a drive mechanism which moves the transport shuttle; an adhesive feeding device which applies an adhesive reactive to ultraviolet rays to the actuator mounting portion; a light-irradiation device which irradiates the applied adhesive with ultraviolet rays to thereby increase a viscosity of the adhesive; an element feeding device which arranges the piezoelectric element on the adhesive the viscosity of which is increased; and a heating device which heats the actuator mounting portion on which the piezoelectric element is arranged, to thereby cure the adhesive.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers
  • H10N 30/073 - Forming of piezoelectric or electrostrictive parts or bodies on an electrical element or another base by laminating or bonding of piezoelectric or electrostrictive bodies by fusion of metals or by adhesives

25.

BONDING JIG AND BONDING METHOD

      
Application Number 18724213
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-28
First Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner NHK Spring Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kajigaya, Suguru
  • Fujiwara, Yuuki

Abstract

A bonding jig for crimping and bonding first and second members constituting a damping member to a bonded member includes: a first bonding member configured to hold the first member; a second bonding member configured to hold the second member and cover the first bonding member to crimp the first and second members onto the bonded member; and a switching mechanism configured to switch, in a space where the first bonding member holds the first member, between a first state in which a gap is formed between the first bonding member and a part of a side surface of the first member continuous with a crimping surface with the second member and a second state in which the gap is filled to control a position of the first member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B29C 65/00 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor
  • B29C 65/48 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor using adhesives
  • B29L 31/30 - Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof

26.

MANUFACTURING METHOD AND EXTERIOR BODY OF ACCUMULATOR

      
Application Number 18724700
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-01-06
First Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner NHK Spring Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakano, Naohito
  • Ohta, Daijiro
  • Tsujino, Akira
  • Kurokawa, Tomoya

Abstract

A manufacturing method for manufacturing an exterior body of an accumulator including a bottom, a shell, and a port, includes: press fitting the bottom into the shell; and melting and solidifying a region including a part of a connection portion between the bottom and the shell which has been press fitted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F15B 1/16 - Accumulators using a gas cushionGas charging devicesIndicators or floats therefor with flexible separating means in the form of a tube

27.

STACK MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND STACK MANUFACTURING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024029098
Publication Number 2025/041706
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-15
Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Hirama, Michinobu

Abstract

A stack manufacturing device according to the present disclosure comprises: a supply mechanism capable of supplying a plurality of iron core members each having a first locking part; a squeeze having a plurality of second locking parts and having a conveyance path formed at the center thereof through which the plurality of iron core members are conveyed in a state of being stacked on each other; a rotation mechanism for rotating the squeeze; and a receiving member for receiving the plurality of iron core members conveyed out of the squeeze. The rotation mechanism rotates the squeeze to either a first rotation position in which the first locking part of one iron core member among the plurality of iron core members supplied to the squeeze is locked to the second locking part, or a second rotation position in which the first locking part of the one iron core member is not locked to the second locking part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/02 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies
  • B21D 28/02 - Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrapNotching

28.

PRESSURE-APPLYING MECHANISM AND TESTING DEVICE FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY

      
Application Number JP2024026286
Publication Number 2025/041510
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-23
Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Uchida Takeshi
  • Nakagome Masashi
  • Ogami Jutaro
  • Kodama Masashi

Abstract

This pressure-applying mechanism for an all-solid-state battery comprises: an all-solid-state battery cell disposed inside a fluid chamber filled with a fluid; and a pressure-applying part that has the fluid chamber and applies a predetermined pressure to the all-solid-state battery cell via the fluid. The fluid may be oil. The predetermined pressure may be generated by applying pressure to the fluid chamber. The pressure-applying part may include an upper shell member, a lower shell member, and a metal bellows disposed in a space formed by the upper shell member and the lower shell member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
  • H01M 50/202 - Casings or frames around the primary casing of a single cell or a single battery

29.

LAMINATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND LAMINATE MANUFACTURING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024028817
Publication Number 2025/041666
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-09
Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirama, Michinobu
  • Iida, Takayuki
  • Okazaki, Toshiki

Abstract

A laminate manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a squeeze part capable of conveying an iron core member in a downward direction; a conveyor that has a placement surface supporting a portion of one surface of the iron core member fed from the squeeze part, and can convey, in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the iron core member in the squeeze part, an iron core member placed on the placement surface and another iron core member stacked on that iron core member; and a first positioning mechanism including a movable member capable of moving between a restriction position protruding further to the side where the iron core member is placed than the placement surface of the conveyor, and a release position set back from the placement surface toward the side opposite the side at which the iron core member is placed. The movable member is disposed in a non-support area in which the conveyor does not support the iron core member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/02 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies

30.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING IRON CORE MEMBER

      
Application Number JP2024028818
Publication Number 2025/041667
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-09
Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Hirama, Michinobu

Abstract

A method for manufacturing two kinds of iron core members (10, 20) involves: punching, as a single hole with the use of a first die (141), the contour of a portion intended to serve as a recess or a protrusion for cutting in a rotor core member (10) and at least a part of a portion intended to serve as one slot (23) of a stator core member (20), in a metal plate (2); shaping the rotor core member (10) by punching, with the use of a second die, the contour of the outer periphery of a portion intended to serve as the rotor core member (10), in the metal plate (2) having undergone punching with the use of the first die (141); punching, with the use of a third die, the contour of at least the inner periphery of a portion intended to serve as the stator core member (20), in the metal plate (2) from which the rotor core member (10) has been punched out; and shaping the stator core member (20) by punching, with the use of a fourth die, the contour of the outer periphery of a portion intended to serve as the stator core member (20), in the metal plate (2) having undergone punching with the use of the third die.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/02 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies

31.

LAMINATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND LAMINATE MANUFACTURING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024029099
Publication Number 2025/041707
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-15
Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirama, Michinobu
  • Takahashi, Shuji

Abstract

A laminate manufacturing device according to the present disclosure comprises: a squeezer that can transport multiple iron core members, including locking iron core members having locking pieces and non-locking iron core members not having locking pieces, stacked on top of each other and that supports the locking pieces from the sides; a supply mechanism located upstream of the squeezer in the transport direction of the iron core members and capable of selectively supplying locking iron core members and non-locking iron core members to the squeezer; a receiving member capable of receiving multiple iron core members supplied from the downstream side of the squeezer in the transport direction; and a holding member that is arranged between the squeezer and the receiving member and can move between a holding position in which multiple iron core members supplied from the downstream side of the squeezer in the transport direction are held and a non-holding position in which the iron core members are not held.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/02 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies
  • B21D 28/02 - Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrapNotching

32.

WELDING METHOD AND JIG

      
Application Number JP2024027420
Publication Number 2025/033299
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-31
Publication Date 2025-02-13
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ito Keiichi

Abstract

The present invention provides a welding method which makes it possible to suppress variations in welding inside an assembly. Provided is a welding method in which welding is performed with a conductive wire 15 and a terminal 17 inside an assembly 1 brought into contact with each other, wherein a jig 19 which is operable from the outside of the assembly 1 is driven to cause a contact between the conductive wire 15 and the terminal 17. By managing this drive force of the jig 19, welding is performed with a predetermined pressing force applied between the conductive wire 15 and the terminal 17.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/06 - Embedding prefabricated windings in the machines
  • B23K 9/00 - Arc welding or cutting

33.

POSITIONING METHOD AND JIG

      
Application Number JP2024028115
Publication Number 2025/033436
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-06
Publication Date 2025-02-13
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirota Yuji
  • Shimada Satoru

Abstract

The present invention provides a positioning method and a jig that enable accurate phase setting of a plurality of iron core pieces. Provided is a positioning method for a rotor core 3 formed by laminating a plurality of core pieces 1 each having a key portion 9. In this method, a fixed abutting portion 13 and a rotating abutting portion 15 which can separately abut one side and the other side of the key portion 9 in the circumferential direction are rotated relative to each other, the relative rotation causes the key portion 9 to rotate and move relatively in the circumferential direction between the fixed abutting portion 13 and the rotating abutting portion 15, and the fixed abutting portion 13 and the rotating abutting portion 15 are respectively caused to abut the one side and the other side, in the circumferential direction, of the key portion 9 of each core piece 1 to sandwich the key portion 9 between the fixed abutting portion 13 and the rotating abutting portion 15, thereby aligning the phases of the laminated core pieces 1.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/02 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies
  • H02K 1/30 - Means for mounting or fastening rotating magnetic parts on to, or to, the rotor structures using intermediate parts, e.g. spiders

34.

COLLECTIVE BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT BOARD

      
Application Number JP2024014434
Publication Number 2025/027940
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-09
Publication Date 2025-02-06
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Takakura Mitsuaki

Abstract

The present invention provides a collective board capable of improving work efficiency for obtaining individual circuit boards from a collective board in which the circuit boards are arranged in a lattice pattern. The present invention comprises: a product part 3 in which a plurality of circuit boards 17 respectively having circuit patterns 15 on an insulating board 13 are arranged in a lattice pattern in a first direction and a second direction intersecting each other; slits 7 which extend at least between the ends of the product part 3 in the first direction and penetrate in the plate thickness direction between the adjacent circuit boards 17 in the second direction; coupling parts 9 which couple the adjacent circuit boards 17 in the second direction at at least one end of the product part 3 in the first direction; and grooves 11 which extend between the ends of the product part 3 in the second direction, are positioned between the coupling parts 9 and the circuit boards 17 adjacent in the first direction and between the adjacent circuit boards 17, and are non-penetrating in the plate thickness direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05K 1/02 - Printed circuits Details
  • H05K 1/05 - Insulated metal substrate
  • H05K 3/00 - Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits

35.

WELDED PART INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024026830
Publication Number 2025/028444
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-26
Publication Date 2025-02-06
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Okubo Shuhei

Abstract

Provided is a welded part inspection device with which it is simple to capture an image of a welded part, and the quality of a welded part can be easily and reliably determined. A welded part inspection device 1 for inspecting a welded part 5 of a stator 3 obtained by welding together adjacent coil ends 17 of a plurality of segment coils 10, said device comprising: an image-capture unit 23 which captures an image of a welded part 5; a monitor 25 which is positioned on the reverse side of the welded part 5 from the image-capture unit 23 in the image-capture direction and displays a background image 31 for the welded part 5; and a control unit 27 which causes the monitor 25 to display the background image 31, causes the image-capture unit 23 to capture an image of the welded part 5 together with the background image 31, and determines the shape of the welded part 5 in contrast with the background image 31, on the basis of the captured image.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01N 21/95 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined

36.

STATOR FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE

      
Application Number JP2024027217
Publication Number 2025/028539
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-30
Publication Date 2025-02-06
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoda, Yu
  • Kameda, Yohei
  • Yamamoto, Tatsuki
  • Minamikawa, Hiroshi

Abstract

Provided is a stator for a rotating electrical machine, wherein when a slot number per pole per phase, which is a value obtained by dividing the number of slots by the number of magnetic poles of a rotor and the number of phases of an alternating current generated in a stator coil, is 2, a magnetic pole pitch, which is a value obtained by dividing the number of slots by the number of magnetic poles of the rotor, is defined as P, and when the difference between the magnetic pole pitch and a slot pitch, which is the pitch of slots on a side where a segment coil is inserted, is defined as k, one of the slot pitches on the inserted side on the outermost periphery or the innermost periphery of the stator core is P+1 and the other is P-1, and one of the slot pitch on the inserted side in an intermediate layer between the outermost peripheral layer and the innermost peripheral layer of the stator core, or the slot pitch on the side where joint ends, which are joined to each other, protrude is P+k, and the other is P-k.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 3/04 - Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors
  • H02K 3/28 - Layout of windings or of connections between windings

37.

STATOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE

      
Application Number JP2024027218
Publication Number 2025/028540
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-30
Publication Date 2025-02-06
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoda, Yu
  • Yamamoto, Tatsuki
  • Minamikawa, Hiroshi

Abstract

This stator for a rotary electrical machine comprises: a stator core having a plurality of slots; and a stator coil formed by segment coils, each of which is formed by using a straight-angle wire having a rectangular cross section, is inserted into different slots apart in the circumferential direction of the stator core, and has a pair of insertion parts respectively inserted into the different slots and a connection part that connects the pair of insertion parts to each other. When a slot pitch, which is a pitch of slots into which the pair of insertion parts of the segment coil are inserted, is denoted as Ns and the total number of slots in the stator core is denoted as S, the following relational expression (1) is satisfied. (1): Ns

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 3/04 - Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors
  • H02K 3/28 - Layout of windings or of connections between windings

38.

BENDING STRUCTURAL BODY

      
Application Number 18279881
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-03
First Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirata, Takafumi
  • Hotoda, Yuki
  • Hayakawa, Yuki

Abstract

The present invention comprises: a first bending part and a second bending part which are capable of bending elastically; a connection part which connects the first bending part and the second bending part, and which has higher bending rigidity than the first bending part and the second bending part; and a plurality of first cord-like members which are attached to the first bending part, which are inserted through the first bending part, the connection part, and the second bending part, and which are capable of bending the first bending part via tension on the second bending part side. The first cord-like members each have a plurality of divided parts which are divided in the connection part and dispersed in the circumferential direction, and which are inserted through the second bending part in this dispersed state.

IPC Classes  ?

39.

STABILIZER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STABILIZER

      
Application Number 18716979
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-22
First Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyasaka, Tomoyuki
  • Fujimura, Rintaro
  • Kawakami, Norihiro

Abstract

A stabilizer manufacturing method includes forming a first end and a second end of a stabilizer by processing a tubular member such that each of the first end and the second end has a wall thickness equivalent to a wall thickness of a main body of the stabilizer. The first end and the second end constitutes both ends of the stabilizer, and the first end and the second end are formed by sandwiching and pressing the ends of the tubular member by two pairs of pressing members, facing directions of the two pairs of pressing members being different from each other.

IPC Classes  ?

40.

CONTACT PROBE, PROBE HOLDER AND PROBE UNIT

      
Application Number 18911750
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-10
First Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner NHK Spring Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Inuma, Tsuyoshi
  • Takahashi, Shuji
  • Soma, Kazuya
  • Nidaira, Takashi
  • Hironaka, Yuya

Abstract

A probe unit includes: a plurality of first contact probes each coming into contact with an electrode to be contacted on one end side in a longitudinal direction; a second contact probe connected to an external ground; and a probe holder configured to hold the first and second contact probes, the probe holder including a first hollow portion configured to allow the first contact probes to be inserted therethrough and hold the first contact probes, a second hollow portion configured to allow the second contact probe to be inserted therethrough and hold the second contact probe, and a through-hole provided around the first hollow portion, wherein the probe holder includes a conductive portion that constitutes the through-hole and electrically connects the through-hole and the second contact probe.

IPC Classes  ?

41.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT PATTERN ASSEMBLY WITH RELEASE FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT BOARD, AND CIRCUIT PATTERN ASSEMBLY WITH RELEASE FILM

      
Application Number JP2024021541
Publication Number 2025/022857
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-13
Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yano, Shinya

Abstract

Provided is a method for manufacturing a circuit pattern assembly with a release film, said method being capable of preventing problems due to front-surface etching. In the method for manufacturing a circuit pattern assembly with a release film, a circuit pattern assembly (2) is configured to include: a dummy pattern (4) disposed in a gap (G) positioned between a plurality of circuit patterns (3); and first gaps (G1) positioned between the dummy pattern (4) and the circuit patterns (3). The method comprises a step for providing a rear surface of a metal plate (9) with first rear surface recesses (G1R) corresponding to the first gaps (G1), and second rear surface recesses (G2R) corresponding to second gaps (G2) positioned between conductive patterns (3a); a step for adhering a release film (5) to the rear surface of the metal plate (9) provided with the first rear surface recesses (G1R) and the second rear surface recesses (G2R); and a step for removing, by etching, first portions corresponding to the first rear surface recesses (G1R) and second portions corresponding to the second rear surface recesses (G2R) in the surface of the metal plate (9).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05K 3/20 - Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits in which conductive material is applied to the insulating support in such a manner as to form the desired conductive pattern by affixing prefabricated conductor pattern

42.

FLEXURAL STRUCTURE AND HALF-FINISHED PRODUCT THEREOF

      
Application Number 18713179
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-11-25
First Publication Date 2025-01-23
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirata, Takafumi
  • Hotoda, Yuki
  • Hayakawa, Yuki

Abstract

A flexural structure, in which a multi-structured flexible body is capable of displacing from an extended state to a flexed state, includes: an outer coil spring, constituting the multi-structured flexible body; an inner coil spring, provided inside the outer coil spring and having a wire overlap a wire of the outer coil spring in a coil radial direction to constitute the multi-structured flexible body; a one-side receiving member, receiving one side of the multi-structured flexible body; and an other-side receiving member, receiving an other side of the multi-structured flexible body. A close-contact state between wires of the inner and outer coil springs and is set in accordance with a spacing between the one-side receiving member and the other-side receiving member.

IPC Classes  ?

43.

EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INTERLAYER INSULATION, RESIN SHEET FOR INTERLAYER INSULATION, LAMINATE FOR CIRCUIT BOARD, METAL- BASED CIRCUIT BOARD, AND POWER MODULE

      
Application Number 18885892
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-16
First Publication Date 2025-01-23
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mizuno, Katsumi
  • Shimomura, Kohei
  • Sudo, Saki

Abstract

An epoxy resin composition for interlayer insulation, a resin sheet for interlayer insulation, a laminate for a circuit board, a metal-based circuit board, and a power module which realize an excellent adhered-state heat resistance and which allow for the retention of good voltage resistance at a high level are provided. An epoxy resin composition for interlayer insulation according to an embodiment of the present invention contains an epoxy resin, an epoxy-modified polybutadiene compound, and an aromatic amine compound. The epoxy-modified polybutadiene compound contains a repeating unit represented by the general formula (I), a repeating unit represented by the general formula (II), and a repeating unit represented by the general formula (III), and contains at least one of a repeating unit represented by the general formula (i), a repeating unit represented by the general formula (ii), and a repeating unit represented by the general formula (iii): An epoxy resin composition for interlayer insulation, a resin sheet for interlayer insulation, a laminate for a circuit board, a metal-based circuit board, and a power module which realize an excellent adhered-state heat resistance and which allow for the retention of good voltage resistance at a high level are provided. An epoxy resin composition for interlayer insulation according to an embodiment of the present invention contains an epoxy resin, an epoxy-modified polybutadiene compound, and an aromatic amine compound. The epoxy-modified polybutadiene compound contains a repeating unit represented by the general formula (I), a repeating unit represented by the general formula (II), and a repeating unit represented by the general formula (III), and contains at least one of a repeating unit represented by the general formula (i), a repeating unit represented by the general formula (ii), and a repeating unit represented by the general formula (iii):

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09D 163/08 - Epoxidised polymerised polyenes
  • C08G 59/02 - Polycondensates containing more than one epoxy group per molecule
  • C08G 59/24 - Di-epoxy compounds carbocyclic
  • C08G 59/50 - Amines
  • C08G 59/68 - Macromolecules obtained by polymerising compounds containing more than one epoxy group per molecule using curing agents or catalysts which react with the epoxy groups characterised by the catalysts used
  • C08K 3/38 - Boron-containing compounds
  • C09D 5/00 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects producedFilling pastes
  • C09D 7/61 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic
  • H05K 1/05 - Insulated metal substrate

44.

SPRING MEMBER

      
Application Number JP2024025836
Publication Number 2025/018396
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-18
Publication Date 2025-01-23
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tajima, Norihiro
  • Shimizu, Daisuke

Abstract

A spring member according to the present invention comprises a plurality of disc springs in the shape of a hollow truncated cone, and a first linking portion that links two disc springs forming a pair, among the plurality of disk springs, wherein the first linking portion extends along a plane on which the outer edges of the two disk springs forming a pair are located, and has a bent portion.

IPC Classes  ?

45.

PRESSURE SPRING, PRESSURE SPRING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRESSURE SPRING

      
Application Number JP2024033318
Publication Number 2025/018427
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-18
Publication Date 2025-01-23
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sano Takamichi
  • Uetsuhara Saiji
  • Imamura Masaru
  • Suzuki Takuto

Abstract

This pressure spring comprises a first plate spring and a second plate spring that extend in the length direction. Both ends of the first plate spring in the length direction are configured as fixed parts that are laminated and joined to the second plate spring in the plate thickness direction. Respective intermediate parts of the first plate spring and the second plate spring in the length direction face each other in a state of being separated from each other in the plate thickness direction. The length of the intermediate part of the second plate spring along the surface of the second plate spring as viewed from the plate width direction is less than the length of the intermediate part of the first plate spring along the surface of the first plate spring when viewed from the plate thickness direction. In the intermediate part of the first plate spring, a residual stress is applied to the outer surface side, which is on the opposite side to the second plate spring along the plate thickness direction, in the direction of pulling in the direction along the outer surface of the first plate spring as viewed from the plate width direction, and the intermediate part of the second plate spring is in a no-load state in the length direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 1/18 - Leaf springs
  • F16F 1/02 - Springs made of steel or other material having low internal frictionWound, torsion, leaf, cup, ring or the like springs, the material of the spring not being relevant

46.

DRIVER'S SEAT HEATER AND AUTOMOBILE DRIVER'S SEAT

      
Application Number 18756362
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-27
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • SUBARU CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yasuda, Kenzo
  • Tanaka, Daisuke
  • Ishiyama, Yosuke
  • Kitanaka, Fumito
  • Fukushima, Masato

Abstract

A driver's seat heater installed at a seat cushion of an automobile driver's seat that includes a main section for supporting buttocks and thighs of an occupant, and left and right side bolster sections that are provided at seat left-right direction both sides of the main section and that jut out in a seat upward direction further than the main section. The driver's seat heater includes a main heater installed at the main section, and a side heater installed only at the side bolster section on a right side, of the left and right side bolster sections.

IPC Classes  ?

47.

SEATBACK PAD AND VEHICLE SEAT

      
Application Number 18757063
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-27
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • SUBARU CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yasuda, Kenzo
  • Ishiyama, Yosuke
  • Fukushima, Masato
  • Nakamura, Shumpei

Abstract

A seatback pad that configures a pad member of a seatback of a vehicle seat and that is covered by a cover. The seatback pad includes plural grooves that extend along a seat left-right direction formed at a lower portion of a back face of the seatback pad facing toward a lumber support device installed at the seatback, with the plural grooves being formed in a row along a seat up-down direction.

IPC Classes  ?

48.

DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION

      
Application Number 18897577
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-26
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishida, Tatsuhiko
  • Hanya, Masao

Abstract

A suspension includes a first actuator arrangement portion and a second actuator arrangement portion. The first actuator arrangement portion includes a load beam frame portion formed of a part of the load beam. Both ends of a first actuator element are supported by the load beam frame portion. The second actuator arrangement portion includes a second load beam frame portion formed of a part of the load beam and a thin plate frame portion formed of a metal base of a flexure. One end of the second actuator element is supported by the second load beam frame portion. The other end of the second actuator element is supported by the thin plate frame portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers

49.

POLISHING DEVICE, POLISHING METHOD, AND MACHINE PART

      
Application Number 18897639
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-26
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fujii, Masahiro
  • Fujino, Daisuke
  • Araki, Yoshihito
  • Aikawa, Naoya
  • Furugori, Nobuyuki
  • Kasono, Tomonori

Abstract

A polishing device according to an embodiment comprises: a supporting unit for supporting a polishing tool, a stage for holding an object to be polished; a first drive unit for causing the support unit and the stage to move relative to one another along a shape of a polishing surface of the object to be polished, and a second drive unit for causing the support unit to control synchronously with the first drive unit such that one predetermined end of a polishing member attached to the polishing tool faces in a movement direction of the polishing member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B24B 37/04 - Lapping machines or devicesAccessories designed for working plane surfaces

50.

DEVICE OF MANAGING WORK PIECE AND METHOD OF MANAGING WORK PIECE

      
Application Number 18751445
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-24
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Iriuchijima, Osamu

Abstract

A work piece includes a weld. A management device includes a camera, a control unit, and a database. Information on the work piece and a product ID are linked to each other and stored in the database. The weld of the work piece is captured and a nugget pattern thereof is subjected to image processing to obtain pattern data. The pattern data is linked to the product ID and stored in the database. A weld of a work piece with an unknown product ID is captured and a nugget pattern is subjected to image processing to obtain check data. This check data is checked against the existing pattern data, and when the matching data and the existing pattern data match, the product ID linked to the existing pattern data is acquired.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23K 31/12 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups relating to investigating the properties, e.g. the weldability, of materials
  • B23K 9/095 - Monitoring or automatic control of welding parameters
  • G06T 7/00 - Image analysis

51.

DISPLACEMENT DETECTION DEVICE, DISPLACEMENT DETECTION SYSTEM AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

      
Application Number 18891702
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-20
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iino, Shinji
  • Uetsuhara, Saiji
  • Sato, Takuya

Abstract

A displacement detection device includes a first fixed member, a coil spring including a first end turn portion and a second end turn portion, a rotating member in contact with the first end turn portion, a second fixed member in contact with the second end turn portion, and a detection device capable of detecting an amount of rotation of the coil spring. The rotating member is rotatably supported using a bearing, and the bearing is in contact with the first fixed member and the rotating member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01D 5/14 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage
  • B60G 15/06 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or type of combined spring and vibration- damper, e.g. telescopic type having mechanical spring and fluid damper
  • B60G 17/019 - Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or surface conditions, e.g. due to speed or load the regulating means comprising electric or electronic elements characterised by the type of sensor or the arrangement thereof
  • B60G 17/08 - Characteristics of fluid dampers
  • G01B 7/30 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for testing the alignment of axes
  • G01D 5/16 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying resistance

52.

ROTARY DEVICE AND THERMAL SPRAYING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18898406
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-26
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirano, Satoshi
  • Takahara, Go
  • Nambu, Takatoshi
  • Kaneda, Noriyoshi
  • Yokoyama, Hibiki
  • Sone, Michiyoshi

Abstract

This rotary device comprises a rotary stage detachably supporting a base material having an inlet and an outlet for a liquid at a predetermined temperature, and a flow path connecting the inlet to the outlet, a rotary support which supports a rotary stage, a rotary mechanism which rotates the rotary stage around the rotary support, and a liquid supply part which supplies the liquid to the base material. The rotary stage has a liquid supply port for supplying the liquid to the base material, and a liquid discharge port for discharging the liquid from the base material. The rotary support has therein a first pipe connected to the liquid supply port, and a second pipe connected to the liquid discharge port. In addition, the thermal spraying apparatus comprises the rotary device and a thermal spray gun.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C23C 4/123 - Spraying molten metal
  • B05B 13/02 - Means for supporting workArrangement or mounting of spray headsAdaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work

53.

COIL SPRING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COIL SPRING

      
Application Number JP2024021863
Publication Number 2025/004882
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-17
Publication Date 2025-01-02
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ibano, Daisuke

Abstract

A coil spring according to the present invention is formed by winding a wire material in a spiral, wherein a coating layer is provided on at least part of the surface of a portion of the wire material in which the gap between loops of the wire material is narrower than the wire diameter of the wire material, and the coating layer comprises a slip agent.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 1/06 - Wound springs with turns lying in cylindrical surfaces
  • F16F 1/02 - Springs made of steel or other material having low internal frictionWound, torsion, leaf, cup, ring or the like springs, the material of the spring not being relevant
  • F16F 1/12 - Attachments or mountings

54.

PRESSING UNIT AND SPRING MEMBER

      
Application Number JP2024022940
Publication Number 2025/005072
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-25
Publication Date 2025-01-02
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tajima, Norihiro
  • Shimizu, Daisuke

Abstract

A pressing unit according to the present invention comprises: a first pressed body having a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening at one end and a bottom at another end; a second pressed body that is accommodated in the first pressed body; and a spring member that is disposed between the first pressed body and the second pressed body, and applies a pressure to the first and second pressed bodies. The spring member includes: a band-shaped first spring part curved in an arc shape from one end to another end; a band-shaped second spring part curved in an arc shape from one end to another end, the one end being located closer to the other end side of the first spring part than to the one end of the first spring part; and a connection part that connects the first and second spring parts. A fastening part that is fastened to the opening side of the first pressed body is provided at the one end of the first spring part.

IPC Classes  ?

55.

STATOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND RESTRAINT JIG

      
Application Number JP2024021875
Publication Number 2025/004886
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-17
Publication Date 2025-01-02
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi Dai
  • Otsuka Motoyuki

Abstract

Provided is a stator manufacturing method capable of suppressing twisting of a protrusion part associated with bending a segment coil in the circumferential direction. A restraint jig 19 is positioned between axial base parts 11a of protrusion parts 11 adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The restraint jig 19 has a groove 25 corresponding to each of the base parts 11a adjacent in the circumferential direction. A coil end 9a that is the tip of the protrusion parts 11 is relatively displaced in the circumferential direction with respect to a stator core 3, the base part 11a of the projection parts 11 is inserted into the groove 25 of each of the adjacent restraint jigs 19, and the projection parts 11 are bent while being restrained from the radial direction of the stator core 3.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/04 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of windings prior to their mounting into the machines

56.

Damper spring

      
Application Number 17754566
Grant Number 12181012
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-04-06
First Publication Date 2024-12-31
Grant Date 2024-12-31
Owner
  • NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION (Japan)
  • AISIN CORPORATION (Japan)
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • NIPPON STEEL SG WIRE CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Teramoto, Shinya
  • Neishi, Yutaka
  • Aono, Michimasa
  • Kozawa, Shuji
  • Oi, Yoichi
  • Takabayashi, Naoki
  • Tanaka, Junji
  • Takahashi, Fumio
  • Nishimoto, Shigekazu
  • Kondo, Mitsuhiro
  • Ochi, Tatsuro
  • Suzuki, Shoichi

Abstract

2.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 1/06 - Surface hardening
  • C21D 1/30 - Stress-relieving
  • C21D 6/00 - Heat treatment of ferrous alloys
  • C21D 8/06 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of rods or wires
  • C21D 9/02 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for springs
  • C22C 38/00 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
  • C22C 38/02 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
  • C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
  • C22C 38/06 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing aluminium
  • C22C 38/42 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with copper
  • C22C 38/44 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with molybdenum or tungsten
  • C22C 38/46 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with vanadium
  • C22C 38/48 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with niobium or tantalum
  • C22C 38/50 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with titanium or zirconium
  • C23C 8/26 - Nitriding of ferrous surfaces
  • F16F 1/02 - Springs made of steel or other material having low internal frictionWound, torsion, leaf, cup, ring or the like springs, the material of the spring not being relevant
  • F16F 1/04 - Wound springs

57.

RECORDING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND HOUSING

      
Application Number 18706163
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-10-31
First Publication Date 2024-12-26
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamada, Yoshio
  • Tanabe, Yusuke
  • Takahashi, Shuji

Abstract

A recording device comprises a base, a cover attached to the base, a gasket, a recessed portion provided on the base, wherein the gasket is provided with a tip end portion having an arc-shaped cross section in a free state, is compressed in a state that a center of the tip end portion in the free state is deviated from a center of an opening of the recessed portion in a width direction intersecting the compressing direction, and is in contact with at least one opening edge in the width direction of the recessed portion and an inner face of the recessed portion in the compressed state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05K 5/06 - Hermetically-sealed casings
  • G11B 33/02 - CabinetsCasesStandsDisposition of apparatus therein or thereon
  • G11B 33/12 - Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules

58.

LEAF SPRING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18708112
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-11-01
First Publication Date 2024-12-26
Owner NHK SPRING Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tanaka, Yusuke
  • Hayashi, Takanori
  • Iino, Shinji
  • Sano, Takamichi

Abstract

A leaf spring device includes a leaf spring main body, a first eye portion, a second eye portion provided, and a connection piece, the first eye portion is connected to a vehicle body to be rotatable around a first axis, the second eye portion is connected to the connection piece to be rotatable around a second axis, a central region of the leaf spring main body supports an axle, the leaf spring main body is provided to be flexibly deformable upward, and a connection portion of the leaf spring main body, at which the leaf spring main body is connected to the second eye portion, is urged by an elastic restoring force of the connection piece in a direction in which the connection portion is displaced along the longitudinal direction at an initial stage of a process in which the leaf spring main body is flexibly deformed upward.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60G 11/04 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having leaf springs only arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle
  • B60G 11/12 - Links, pins, or bushes

59.

THERMAL SPRAYING EQUIPMENT AND THERMAL SPRAYING CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 18826386
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-06
First Publication Date 2024-12-26
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yokoyama, Hibiki
  • Kaneda, Noriyoshi
  • Sone, Michiyoshi
  • Hirano, Satoshi
  • Takahara, Go
  • Nambu, Takatoshi

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a thermal spraying equipment including a thermal spraying machine including a thermal spraying torch thermally spraying a material onto a base material, a thermal spraying booth where thermal spraying machine is arranged, one or more peripheral devices used with the thermal spraying machine, a safety door separating an inside and an outside of the thermal spraying booth, and a centralized control board arranged outside of the thermal spraying booth, the centralized control board enabling centralized operation of the thermal spraying machine and the one or more peripheral devices. The centralized control board controls the spraying machine not to be driven in the case where the safety door is not locked normally.

IPC Classes  ?

60.

TORSION BAR UNIT

      
Application Number 18826700
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-06
First Publication Date 2024-12-26
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iino, Shinji
  • Uetsuhara, Saiji
  • Sato, Takuya

Abstract

A torsion bar unit includes a cylindrical shaped torsion bar including a fiber-reinforced composite material and extending in a first direction, a first holding member having a first groove for holding an end part of the torsion bar, and a second holding member having a second groove for holding the end part of the torsion bar at a position opposite the first groove and sandwiching and holding the end part of the torsion bar between the first groove and the second groove by overlapping the first holding member and the second holding member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60G 11/20 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having torsion-bar springs only characterised by means specially adapted for attaching the spring to axle or sprung part of the vehicle
  • B60G 7/00 - Pivoted suspension armsAccessories thereof

61.

MEDICAL WIRE

      
Application Number JP2023036564
Publication Number 2024/257367
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-06
Publication Date 2024-12-19
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Imamura Masaru
  • Nakazono Miho
  • Hayashida Hiroki

Abstract

This medical wire comprises: a first flexible tube body that extends in the front-back direction and has been formed so as to be bendable; an operating wire that extends in a front-back direction and is inserted inside the first flexible tube body; and a support body anchored at the back end of the first flexible tube body. The front end of the operating wire is anchored to the front end of the first flexible tube body while, in one radial direction, being spaced apart from the center axis of the first flexible tube body.

IPC Classes  ?

62.

ROTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, ROTOR, AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE

      
Application Number 18701163
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-07-08
First Publication Date 2024-12-19
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kameda, Yohei
  • Mineda, Yoshikazu
  • Nakayama, Soichi

Abstract

In the present rotor manufacturing method, when manufacturing a rotor including a rotor shaft, a permanent magnet held on the outer circumference of the rotor shaft via a resin, and a magnet reinforcing pipe formed in a cylindrical shape and covering the permanent magnet from the outer circumferential side, the liquid resin is filled between the rotor shaft and the permanent magnet, and the permanent magnet is broken and the magnet reinforcing pipe is expanded in diameter by the filling pressure of the resin.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/12 - Impregnating, moulding insulation, heating or drying of windings, stators, rotors or machines
  • H02K 1/2733 - Annular magnets
  • H02K 1/30 - Means for mounting or fastening rotating magnetic parts on to, or to, the rotor structures using intermediate parts, e.g. spiders
  • H02K 15/03 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies having permanent magnets

63.

MOTOR CORE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND PUSH-OUT DEVICE

      
Application Number 18704130
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-10-31
First Publication Date 2024-12-12
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ando, Shuji
  • Jin, Yuichiro

Abstract

A manufacturing method for a motor core that makes a laminated annular iron core involving an upper and a lower jigs, arranges the laminated annular iron core with respect to the push-out jig and a loading jig so as to escape tip ends of positioning pins in place of the upper jig, while applying load onto the push-out jig using the loading jig, pushes out the laminated annular iron core with respect to the positioning pins.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/02 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies
  • B23P 19/10 - Aligning parts to be fitted together

64.

FASTENING MEMBER

      
Application Number 18718643
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-12-28
First Publication Date 2024-12-05
Owner TOPURA CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamamoto, Shinya
  • Suzuki, Hiroshi
  • Matsuno, Mayumi
  • Kobayashi, Masanari
  • Okawa, Takenori
  • Endo, Kei
  • Kitahara, Daisuke

Abstract

A fastening member includes: a fastening main body section; and a coil spring assembled with the fastening main body section. The fastening main body section includes a threaded section configured to be coupled to a coupling target, a shaft section extending from one end of the threaded section, a head section provided on a side of the shaft section opposite to the threaded section side, the head section having a maximum diameter greater than an inner diameter of the coil spring, a stepped section provided between the shaft section and the head section, and a locking section provided in the stepped section or the head section and configured to lock the coil spring. The coil spring is configured to be inserted into the shaft section and the stepped section, and be locked to the locking section.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F01N 13/18 - Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly or disassembly

65.

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18799696
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-08-09
First Publication Date 2024-12-05
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tami, Kenichiro
  • Iida, Naomi
  • Masumoto, Jumpei

Abstract

An information processing system includes an object group information acquisition section configured to acquire object group information regarding an object group to which an object belongs from a first image capturing a first side of the object, an object feature amount generation section configured to generate a feature amount of the object from a second image capturing a second side of the object, and an object identification information acquisition section configured to acquire object identification information for identifying the object based on the object group information and the feature amount.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 30/018 - Certifying business or products
  • G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersectionsConnectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
  • G06V 10/74 - Image or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces
  • G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
  • G06V 30/10 - Character recognition

66.

COVERING TUBE AND SPRING MEMBER

      
Application Number JP2024018826
Publication Number 2024/242133
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-22
Publication Date 2024-11-28
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hasumi, Satoshi
  • Katayama, Yosuke
  • Kato, Tomotake
  • Wakebe, Masaya
  • Matsuda, Tsuyoshi
  • Arisaka, Norifumi

Abstract

A covering tube according to the present invention is for covering a wire rod, and comprises: a covering part that covers a portion of the wire rod in the circumferential direction, and that has a tubular shape with a portion being open in the circumferential direction of the covering tube; a first claw part extending from one open end of the covering part; and a second claw part extending from the other open end of the covering part. The tips of the first and second claw parts are separated from each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 1/12 - Attachments or mountings
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details

67.

MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR STATOR, TWISTING MACHINING DEVICE, AND TWISTING JIG ASSEMBLY

      
Application Number JP2024017477
Publication Number 2024/237209
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-10
Publication Date 2024-11-21
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi Dai
  • Otsuka Motoyuki
  • Shimada Satoru

Abstract

Provided is a manufacturing method for a stator with which it is possible to bend, while protecting coil ends without an insulating layer, tip parts that have different lengths including the coil ends. While at least a base part in the axial direction of a coil end 7a of a segment coil first tip part 7A held in a stator core is gripped, the first tip part 7A is bent by being relatively displaced in the circumferential direction with respect to the stator core 3, and, while at least a base part in the axial direction of a coil end 7a of a second tip part 7B having a protrusion length shorter than that of the first tip part 7A is gripped, the first tip part 7A and the second tip part 7B are allowed to be displaced in the axial direction such that the tip parts approach each other in the axial direction, and the second tip part 7B is bent by being relatively displaced in the circumferential direction with respect to the stator core 3.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/04 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of windings prior to their mounting into the machines

68.

STRAND DETECTION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2024017959
Publication Number 2024/237279
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-15
Publication Date 2024-11-21
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kamiya, Takafumi
  • Shirao, Masato

Abstract

A strand detection system 1 comprises: a support mechanism 4 that supports a coil spring W and allows the coil spring W to rotate around a specific axis Ax on a central axis of the coil spring W; a sensor 5 that measures the outer shape position of the strand of the coil spring W and outputs strand data; and a control device 3 that controls operations of the support mechanism 4 and the sensor 5. The control device 3 comprises: a support mechanism control unit that operates the support mechanism 4 and rotates the coil spring W around the specific axis Ax; a sensor control unit that operates the sensor 5 and acquires strand data from the sensor 5; and a target strand detection unit that detects the outer shape position of a target strand among the outer shape positions of the strand of the coil spring W included in the strand data.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B05C 9/10 - Apparatus or plant for applying liquid or other fluent material to surfaces by means not covered by groups , or in which the means of applying the liquid or other fluent material is not important for applying liquid or other fluent material and performing an auxiliary operation the auxiliary operation being performed before the application
  • B05C 13/02 - Means for manipulating or holding work, e.g. for separate articles for particular articles
  • G01B 11/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures

69.

WIRE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2024017990
Publication Number 2024/237286
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-15
Publication Date 2024-11-21
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kamiya, Takafumi
  • Shirao, Masato

Abstract

A wire data processing system 1 includes a support mechanism 4 that supports a coil spring W and allows the coil spring W to rotate around a specific axis Ax that follows a central axis of the coil spring W; a sensor 5 that measures an outer shape position of a wire of the coil spring W and outputs wire data; and a control device 3 that controls operations of the support mechanism 4 and the sensor 5. The control device 3 includes a support mechanism control unit that causes the support mechanism 4 to operate to rotate the coil spring W around the specific axis Ax; a sensor control unit that causes the sensor 5 to operate and acquires the wire data from the sensor 5; a shape specification unit that specifies a cross-sectional shape of the wire on the basis of the wire data; and a processing execution unit that executes processing, corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the wire, on the wire data.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B05C 9/10 - Apparatus or plant for applying liquid or other fluent material to surfaces by means not covered by groups , or in which the means of applying the liquid or other fluent material is not important for applying liquid or other fluent material and performing an auxiliary operation the auxiliary operation being performed before the application
  • B05C 13/02 - Means for manipulating or holding work, e.g. for separate articles for particular articles
  • G01B 11/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures

70.

HEAD DRIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18640230
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-19
First Publication Date 2024-11-21
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kuwata, Ryo
  • Nashimoto, Gaku
  • Nishida, Tatsuhiko
  • Arai, Mikio
  • Nakayama, Hiroshi
  • Kuchiwaki, Isamu

Abstract

A head driving device includes a base member, a head supporting member, a beam member, a piezoelectric unit, and a reinforcement member. The reinforcement member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is arranged between a first end portion in a length direction of a head member and the base member. The second member is arranged between a second end portion in a length direction of the head member and the base member. The reinforcement member allows the head supporting member to move in a direction along a surface of tape and controls the head supporting member from moving in a thickness direction of the head member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers
  • G11B 5/008 - Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes or wires

71.

HEAD DRIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18640280
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-19
First Publication Date 2024-11-21
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Nashimoto, Gaku

Abstract

A head driving device includes an actuator assembly driving a head member in a width direction of tape. The head driving device includes a first end support beam, a second end support beam, a first skew driving piezoelectric unit, and a second skew driving piezoelectric unit. The first end support beam is arranged between a first end portion of the head member in a length direction and a base member. The second end support beam is arranged between a second end portion of the head member in the length direction and the base member. The first skew driving piezoelectric unit and the second skew driving piezoelectric unit drive the head member around the Z-axis.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 15/18 - DrivingStartingStoppingArrangements for control or regulation thereof
  • G11B 5/55 - Track change, selection, or acquisition by displacement of the head

72.

TAPE DRIVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING STATE OF HEAD UNIT OF TAPE DRIVE DEVICE

      
Application Number 18640961
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-19
First Publication Date 2024-11-21
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Arai, Mikio

Abstract

A tape drive device includes a head member, a tape drive mechanism moving a tape, a suspension member supporting the head member, piezoelectric units, a drive voltage supply circuit applying a voltage to a piezoelectric element, and a controller. Each of the piezoelectric units includes a piezoelectric element. The controller determines a state of a head unit, based on a piezoelectric output generated at the piezoelectric element provided in the suspension member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers
  • G11B 5/105 - Mounting of head within housing
  • G11B 5/41 - Cleaning of heads
  • G11B 5/55 - Track change, selection, or acquisition by displacement of the head

73.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING STATOR

      
Application Number JP2024017480
Publication Number 2024/237211
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-10
Publication Date 2024-11-21
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Kobayashi Dai

Abstract

Provided is a method for manufacturing a stator, said method making it possible to easily form a power line by bending a coil end. In this method for manufacturing a stator 1, among a plurality of coil ends 9 of a segmented coil 7 retained on a stator core 3, an outermost-periphery first coil end 9Aa is bent into a power line 11. The method involves the following: a second coil end 9b adjacent to the inner side of the first coil end 9Aa in the radial direction of the stator core 3 is bent such that a base end 10b thereof is inclined radially outward and a tip end 10a thereof is parallel with the axial direction; the first coil end 9Aa is retained in an inclined state parallel with the inclination of the base end 10b of the second coil end 9b; and by gripping and moving the tip end 10a of the inclined first coil end 9Aa, the first coil end 9Aa is bent into the power line 11.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/06 - Embedding prefabricated windings in the machines

74.

GOLF SHAFT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME

      
Application Number 18290562
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-01
First Publication Date 2024-10-31
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Fujiwara, Kosuke

Abstract

Provided is a golf shaft capable of realizing a sufficient low trajectory and low spin. The golf shaft has a rigidity distribution in which rigidity is gradually increased from a tip end section to a butt end section, and, in the rigidity distribution, has an intermediate point at which inclination is changed in an intermediate section between the tip end section and the butt end section, a difference in rigidity between the tip end section and the intermediate point is 3.00 kgf·m2-5.00 kgf·m2, and a difference in rigidity between the intermediate point and the butt end section is 2.00 kgf·m2or less.

IPC Classes  ?

75.

VEHICLE SEAT

      
Application Number 18646275
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-25
First Publication Date 2024-10-31
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • SUBARU CORPORATION (Japan)
  • DENSO CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yasuda, Kenzo
  • Ishiyama, Yosuke
  • Fukushima, Masato
  • Ito, Shuji
  • Goto, Naoto
  • Tanaka, Takeshi

Abstract

A vehicle seat, includes: a cushion pad; an air passage provided inside the cushion pad, the air passage being provided with an upper opening at an upper surface side of the cushion pad and being provided with a lower opening at a lower surface side of the cushion pad; an air blower disposed at a seat lower side and connected to the lower opening of the air passage, the air blower generating an airflow in the air passage upon being operated; a lower wall forming the air passage and having the lower opening formed therein; a reinforcement plate disposed at a seat upper side of the lower wall, the reinforcement plate having a hole that is communicated with the lower opening and being configured to reinforce the lower wall; and a weir part provided around the hole of the reinforcement plate and extending toward a seat upper side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 2/56 - Heating or ventilating devices
  • B01D 45/08 - Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by utilising inertia by impingement against baffle separators
  • B01D 53/26 - Drying gases or vapours

76.

WORK CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD

      
Application Number 18616478
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-03-26
First Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Furuta, Eijiro

Abstract

A cleaning device includes a support member supporting a suspension as a work, first piezoelectric elements arranged on the suspension, second piezoelectric elements arranged on the suspension, an oscillation signal generator and a blowing suction unit. The oscillation signal generator applies an oscillation signal to at least one of the piezoelectric elements and the second piezoelectric elements. A gas such as air is blown onto the suspension and a gas around the suspension is sucked by the blowing suction unit in a state where at least one of the piezoelectric elements is oscillated by the oscillation signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 23/50 - Reconditioning of record carriersCleaning of record carriers
  • B08B 5/02 - Cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities
  • B08B 5/04 - Cleaning by suction, with or without auxiliary action
  • B08B 7/02 - Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by distortion, beating, or vibration of the surface to be cleaned
  • B08B 7/04 - Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by a combination of operations

77.

FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE

      
Application Number 18291910
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-07-20
First Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirata, Takafumi
  • Hotoda, Yuki
  • Hayakawa, Yuki
  • Ishiyama, Yuta

Abstract

A flexible structure includes a first member, a second member, a recess, and a wire. The first member is capable of flexing and extending. The second member covers an outer circumference of the first member and is capable of flexing and extending in conjunction with the first member. The recess is provided at an inner circumference of the second member. The wire is held between the first member and the second member in a state in which at least a part of the wire is inserted into the recess in the radial direction.

IPC Classes  ?

78.

MOTOR ROTOR WITH INNER SLEEVE

      
Application Number 18760045
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-01
First Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner
  • IHI Corporation (Japan)
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakayama, Shun
  • Sasaki, Yuji
  • Katsu, Yoshihito
  • Sakota, Koji
  • Mineda, Yoshikazu

Abstract

A rotor includes a shaft, a magnet located around the shaft, an inner sleeve located around the shaft and between the shaft and the magnet, and an end ring located around the inner sleeve and positioned adjacent to the magnet. The inner sleeve includes a holding portion having an inner diameter that surrounds and holds the shaft, and a gap forming portion including a first inner diameter that is larger than the inner diameter of the holding portion, such that the gap forming portion is spaced apart from the shaft. A part of the magnet is located on the holding portion. The end ring is located on the gap forming portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 7/04 - Balancing means
  • F02M 35/10 - Air intakesInduction systems
  • F04D 25/06 - Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
  • F04D 29/28 - Rotors specially adapted for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps
  • H02K 1/278 - Surface mounted magnetsInset magnets
  • H02K 1/30 - Means for mounting or fastening rotating magnetic parts on to, or to, the rotor structures using intermediate parts, e.g. spiders
  • H02K 15/03 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies having permanent magnets
  • H02K 15/16 - Centring rotors within the stators

79.

FLEXURE OF SUSPENSION FOR DISK DRIVE AND SUSPENSION FOR DISK DRIVE, THE FLEXURE HAVING AN AREA WITH REDUCED THICKNESS WHERE AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT IS MOUNTED

      
Application Number 18758044
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-28
First Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yamada, Yukie

Abstract

A flexure of a suspension for a disk drive includes a metal base and a wiring portion provided along the metal base and including a base insulation layer, a conductor layer overlaid on the base insulation layer, and a cover insulation layer overlaid on the conductor layer. The flexure includes a first area on which an electronic component is mounted and a second area aligned alongside the first area, and the first area includes a thin-walled portion which overlaps the electronic component and having a thickness less than a thickness of the second area.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 5/48 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers

80.

PROBE CARD

      
Application Number 18761394
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-02
First Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner NHK Spring Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishiwaki, Naruhiko
  • Takahashi, Masahiro
  • Soma, Kazuya
  • Shoji, Satoshi
  • Takahashi, Shuji

Abstract

A probe card includes: a plurality of conductive contact probes; a probe head configured to accommodate ends of the plurality of contact probes; a laminated member laminated on the probe head on a side opposite to a side of the probe head; and a fastening member including a screw and a nut configured to fasten the probe head and the laminated member to each other, the screw including a head provided on the side of the probe head in which the contact probes extend outwardly, and a shaft inserted through the probe head and the laminated member, the shaft extending and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the head. The shaft is fixed to the probe head, is threadedly connected to the nut on an end side opposite to the head side, and is configured to fasten the probe head and the laminated member to each other.

IPC Classes  ?

81.

LAMINATE STRUCTURE, STAGE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LAMINATE STRUCTURE

      
Application Number 18751140
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-21
First Publication Date 2024-10-17
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Otsuka, Yusuke
  • Kida, Naoya
  • Futakuchiya, Jun
  • Kaneda, Noriyoshi
  • Yokoyama, Hibiki
  • Sone, Michiyoshi
  • Sakamoto, Hiroki

Abstract

A laminate structure of the disclosure is a laminate structure for a semiconductor manufacturing device, and includes a substrate containing aluminum and including a first face, an intermediate layer arranged on the first face of the substrate and containing aluminum oxide, and a cover layer arranged on the intermediate layer and containing metal atoms. The intermediate layer includes a partition wall forming a plurality of voids in a cross-sectional shape parallel to the first face. The intermediate layer includes a boundary layer covering the first face of the substrate. The cover layer is arranged in some of the plurality of voids in the intermediate layer. The plurality of voids includes voids adjacent to the boundary layer and separated from the cover layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 21/687 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for supporting or gripping using mechanical means, e.g. chucks, clamps or pinches
  • H01J 37/32 - Gas-filled discharge tubes

82.

MASKING FIXTURE

      
Application Number 18751200
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-22
First Publication Date 2024-10-17
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Noriyoshi
  • Yokoyama, Hibiki
  • Fujii, Masahiro

Abstract

A masking fixture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an insertion portion fitted into an opening of a workpiece, a covering portion above the insertion portion covering the opening of the workpiece, and an eave portion above the covering portion projecting outwards from an outer edge of the covering portion. In the masking fixture, the eave portion may be arranged higher than the top surface of the workpiece when the insertion portion is fitted into the opening of the workpiece, and a protruding portion may be arranged at the top of the eave portion. The masking fixture may be made of resin.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B05B 12/26 - Masking elements, i.e. elements defining uncoated areas on an object to be coated for masking cavities

83.

BONDING METHOD

      
Application Number 18684869
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-10-06
First Publication Date 2024-10-17
Owner NHK Spring Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mizuta, Hidetoshi
  • Furuse, Atom
  • Nagasawa, Kaoru
  • Arai, Fumitaka

Abstract

A bonding method bonds a buffer member to an adherend member, and includes: an adhesive application step of applying an adhesive to a part of the buffer member, the part being bonded to the adherend member; a first heating step of heating a part of the adherend member, the part being bonded to the buffer member; a second heating step of heating the part of the adherend member after the first heating step; and an attachment step of attaching the buffer member to the adherend member after the second heating step.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B29C 65/14 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using wave energy or particle radiation
  • B29C 65/00 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor

84.

METAL MASK

      
Application Number 18738218
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-10
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yokoyama, Hibiki
  • Futakuchiya, Jun
  • Kaneda, Noriyoshi
  • Sone, Michiyoshi
  • Fujii, Masahiro
  • Nambu, Takatoshi

Abstract

The metal mask has a body having a first surface in contact with a surface of a workpiece, a second surface opposite the first surface and a third surface between the first surface and the second surface, and an eave portion continuous with the body portion and projecting outwards from the first surface, the eave portion being arranged away from the surface of the workpiece. The third surface (side surface) of the body portion of the metal mask may have a stepped portion formed of the eave portion. The third surface (side surface) of the body part has an inclined surface that extends from the first surface to the second surface and may have a structure in which the eave portion is arranged above the inclined surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C23C 4/01 - Selective coating, e.g. pattern coating, without pre-treatment of the material to be coated

85.

STATOR

      
Application Number 18261242
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-01-11
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ito, Keiichi

Abstract

In a stator, one end portion of each coil is disposed on the root side of each tooth, and other end portion of the coil is disposed on the tip end side of the tooth. A first bus bar disposed on one side in the axial direction with respect to a stator core has each of a plurality of first joining portions each extended toward the root side of each tooth and joined to the one end portion of each coil. A second bus bar disposed on one side or the other side in the axial direction with respect to the stator core has each of a plurality of second joining portions each extended toward the tip end side of each tooth and joined to the other end portion of each coil.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 3/52 - Fastening salient pole windings or connections thereto
  • H02K 1/16 - Stator cores with slots for windings
  • H02K 3/28 - Layout of windings or of connections between windings
  • H02K 3/38 - Windings characterised by the shape, form or construction of the insulation around winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto

86.

SUPPORT STRUCTURE

      
Application Number JP2024001114
Publication Number 2024/202414
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-17
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakagome Masashi
  • Yamaguchi Ryoma
  • Ogami Jutaro

Abstract

This support structure comprises: a torsion bar including a first end and a second end; a first rotation mechanism to which the first end is attached, and which is rotatable around a central axis of the torsion bar; a second rotation mechanism to which the second end is attached, and which is rotatable around the central axis of the torsion bar in a direction opposite to the second rotation mechanism; and an arm part to which the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism are attached.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16L 3/20 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets with special provision allowing movement of the pipe allowing movement in transverse direction
  • F16F 1/12 - Attachments or mountings
  • F16F 15/02 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systemsSuppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system
  • F16F 15/04 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systemsSuppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means

87.

STAGE

      
Application Number JP2024005722
Publication Number 2024/202692
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-19
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mitsuda Hiroshi
  • Kaneda Noriyoshi
  • Araki Yoshihito

Abstract

This stage includes: a first metal plate; a second metal plate positioned below the first metal plate and joined to the first metal plate; and a third metal plate positioned below the second metal plate and joined to the second metal plate. The first metal plate includes a first groove part exposed to the outside. The second metal plate includes a second groove part which is covered with the first metal plate and communicates with the first groove part and a third groove part which is covered with the third metal plate. The first groove part and the second groove part are gas flow paths. A heater is disposed in the third groove part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 21/683 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for supporting or gripping
  • C23C 14/50 - Substrate holders
  • H01L 21/31 - Treatment of semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups to form insulating layers thereon, e.g. for masking or by using photolithographic techniquesAfter-treatment of these layersSelection of materials for these layers
  • H01L 21/3065 - Plasma etchingReactive-ion etching

88.

DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ARMATURE

      
Application Number JP2024008590
Publication Number 2024/203089
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-06
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ueda, Ryosuke
  • Shimada, Satoru
  • Murayama, Masakazu

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to improve the manufacturing efficiency of an armature. An assembly jig (40), which is a jig for segment coils for stacking a plurality of segment coils (20) in the form of multiple layers and aligning the segment coils in an annular shape, comprises: an upper part (42) in which a plurality of assembly slots (44) into which the plurality of segment coils (20) are inserted are formed; and a lower part (48) to which the tips of the plurality of segment coils (20) inserted into the plurality of assembly slots (44) are abutted. The lower part (48) has a widening prevention part (52) and a closing prevention part (54) for preventing the tips of the plurality of segment coils (20) from widening and closing from the outer diameter side and the inner diameter side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/06 - Embedding prefabricated windings in the machines

89.

STEEL MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL MATERIAL

      
Application Number JP2024011369
Publication Number 2024/203886
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-22
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibairi, Kosuke
  • Yamaguchi, Manami
  • Mizumoto, Masataka
  • Suzuki, Takeshi

Abstract

The present invention provides a steel material that has a fine carbide band in which fine carbides are aggregated into a band shape, and has high hardness and toughness. A steel material according to the present invention contains 0.39% by mass to 0.64% by mass of C, 1.20% by mass to 2.50% by mass of Si and 0.10% by mass to 1.15% by mass of Mn, with the balance being made up of Fe and unavoidable impurities. This steel material is characterized by having a fine carbide band in which fine carbides are aggregated into a band shape.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22C 38/00 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
  • C21D 1/18 - HardeningQuenching with or without subsequent tempering
  • C21D 6/00 - Heat treatment of ferrous alloys
  • C21D 9/02 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for springs
  • C22C 38/04 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
  • C22C 38/34 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with more than 1.5% by weight of silicon

90.

TRACEABILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICE, SEGMENT COIL, AND STATOR

      
Application Number JP2024011599
Publication Number 2024/204014
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-25
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Okubo Shuhei

Abstract

The present invention provides a traceability management method that enables the management of the traceability, up to slots, of segment coils that have been inserted into the slots. Provided is a traceability management method for a stator of a rotating electric machine in which the coil ends 7a having no insulating layer 7c of segment coils 7 inserted into slots are joined to each other, wherein information is read from information display portions 11 that are provided on the coil ends 7a and include information related to the manufacture of the segment coils 7, and the traceability of the inserted segment coils 7 up to the slots is managed from information relating to the slots and the information read in the reading step S2.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/06 - Embedding prefabricated windings in the machines
  • H02K 15/04 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of windings prior to their mounting into the machines

91.

MOTOR CORE MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MOTOR CORE MANUFACTURING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024011703
Publication Number 2024/204064
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-25
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Furuya, Takumi
  • Ohmori, Makoto
  • Sato, Kei

Abstract

A motor core manufacturing device according to the present disclosure includes: a die including a first die and a second die that can hold a motor core including a plurality of resin filling portions that are annularly disposed at prescribed intervals; an annular chamber that is in communication with a resin filling passage which is formed in the first die and an end portion of which can be in communication with each of the plurality of resin filling portions and can accommodate an annular resin material having a prescribed thickness in the interior thereof; an annular plunger that can move within the annular chamber; and one to a plurality of projecting portions that project from the inner surface except the portion in communication with the resin filling passage within the annular chamber toward the inner side of the annular chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/02 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies

92.

LAMINATED SPRING

      
Application Number JP2024012142
Publication Number 2024/204293
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-27
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamauchi, Yuichiro
  • Hayashida, Hiroki

Abstract

A laminated spring according to the present invention is formed by laminating a plurality of spring members and is provided with: a first spring member that serves as a base; one or a plurality of second spring members that are laminated on the first spring member; and a fastening member that fastens the first and second spring members, wherein a hole into which the fastening member is inserted is formed in the first and second spring members, a surface-modified part, which is subjected to surface modification in a region including a portion of an opening edge end of the hole, is formed on the second spring member as a portion of a surface subject to compressive stress during operation, and compressive residual stress of 300 MPa or more is applied to the surface-modified part.

IPC Classes  ?

93.

STEEL MATERIAL CARBIDE MORPHOLOGY DETECTING DEVICE, STEEL MATERIAL CARBIDE MORPHOLOGY DETECTION METHOD, AND STEEL MATERIAL CARBIDE MORPHOLOGY DETECTING PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2024012601
Publication Number 2024/204516
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-28
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner
  • NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kumai Shintaro
  • Takahashi Keita
  • Onuma Kosuke
  • Adachi Yoshitaka

Abstract

Provided are a detecting device capable of properly converting carbide morphology in a steel material into data, a detection method capable of properly converting carbide morphology in a steel material into data, and a detecting program capable of properly converting carbide morphology in a steel material into data. A carbide morphology detecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an identifying unit that identifies a cross-sectional region of crystal grains constituting a steel material from a microscope image of a steel material; an extracting unit that extracts image data of the cross-sectional region of the crystal grains from the microscope image on the basis of the identified cross-sectional region of the crystal grains; and a data converting unit for binarizing the extracted image data.

IPC Classes  ?

94.

COMPRESSION SPRING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2024013025
Publication Number 2024/204703
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-29
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sano Takamichi
  • Uetsuhara Saiji
  • Imamura Masaru
  • Morita Miki
  • Takai Masami

Abstract

This compression spring device is provided with a first leaf spring (11) and an auxiliary spring (13), wherein both end portions of the first leaf spring (11) in a first direction (X) orthogonal to a plate thickness direction (Z) of the first leaf spring are first fixing portions (21) joined to the auxiliary spring, intermediate portions (23, 25) which are positioned in the first direction between the first fixing portions in the first leaf spring and auxiliary spring respectively, face each other in a state of being separated from each other in a plate thickness direction, the length of the intermediate portion of the auxiliary spring along the surface of the auxiliary spring as viewed from a second direction (Y) orthogonal to the first direction and to the plate thickness direction is smaller than the length of the intermediate portion of the first leaf spring along the surface of the first leaf spring as viewed from the second direction, and the Young's modulus of the auxiliary spring is 60-300 GPa.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 3/02 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction
  • F16F 1/18 - Leaf springs

95.

SUSPENSION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18739486
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-11
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tanaka, Yusuke
  • Hayashi, Takanori
  • Iino, Shinji
  • Sano, Takamichi

Abstract

A suspension device includes a pair of leaf springs and a torsion bar, one of a front end portion and a rear end portion of the torsion bar is supported by the axle in a state where movement in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction is restricted, one of a front end portion and a rear end portion of the leaf spring is connected to the vehicle body to be rotatable around a first axis extending in the left-right direction, the other thereof is connected to the vehicle body to be swingable in the front-rear direction around an axis extending in the left-right direction, and the other of the front end portion and the rear end portion of the torsion bar is supported by the vehicle body to be movable in the front-rear direction in a state where movement in the left-right direction is restricted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60G 11/44 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having springs of different kinds including leaf springs and also torsion-bar springs

96.

SUPPORT STRUCTURE

      
Application Number JP2024004968
Publication Number 2024/202627
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-14
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sasa Osamu
  • Matsuda Munehiro
  • Yamaguchi Ryoma

Abstract

This support structure comprises: a flange on which an apparatus is disposed; a base plate that faces the flange; a spring seat that is disposed between the flange and the base plate; at least one spring that is disposed between the spring seat and the base plate; and a pair of spring height adjustment mechanisms that are disposed symmetrically with respect to the center axis of the spring, spaced apart from the spring, and are disposed between the spring seat and the base plate.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 15/067 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systemsSuppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means with metal springs using only wound springs
  • F16L 3/205 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets with special provision allowing movement of the pipe allowing movement in transverse direction having supporting springs

97.

ALIGNMENT DEVICE FOR RECTANGULAR WIRE COIL

      
Application Number JP2024010535
Publication Number 2024/203534
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-18
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ueda, Ryosuke
  • Omata, Hiromasa
  • Murayama, Masakazu

Abstract

A plurality of groove parts (36) are formed in radially outer portions of penetration parts (34) in an alignment jig (20) with which an alignment device (10) for a rectangular wire coil is provided. These groove parts (36) are arranged at positions at a predetermined interval from the penetration parts (34) to the other side in the circumferential direction with respect to each predetermined penetration part (34) and are opened on the radially outer side. The groove part (36) makes it possible to accommodate the other leg part (16A) of the rectangular wire coil (16) and also to limit the movement of the leg part (16A) radially inward.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 15/06 - Embedding prefabricated windings in the machines
  • H02K 15/04 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of windings prior to their mounting into the machines

98.

COIL SPRING MANUFACTURING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024011924
Publication Number 2024/204183
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-26
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Keita
  • Okabe, Satoshi
  • Mino, Yoshinobu
  • Kumai, Shintaro

Abstract

In this method, a wire is spirally formed, a first terminal and a second terminal connected to a power source capable of supplying an AC current are attached to the wire, and an AC current is caused to flow through the wire via the first terminal and the second terminal to heat the wire in a temperature distribution in which the temperature of an inner diameter side portion of the wire is higher than the temperature of an outer diameter side portion. In the wire after the forming and before the heating, the inner diameter side portion has a greater tensile residual stress than the outer diameter side portion. Due to the heating, the tensile residual stress of the inner diameter side portion is reduced, and the hardness of the inner diameter side portion is reduced more than the hardness of the outer diameter side portion is.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 9/02 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for springs
  • B21F 35/00 - Making springs from wire
  • B24C 1/10 - Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effectsUse of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods for compacting surfaces, e.g. shot-peening
  • C21D 1/40 - Direct resistance heating
  • C21D 7/06 - Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the surface by shot-peening or the like
  • F16F 1/02 - Springs made of steel or other material having low internal frictionWound, torsion, leaf, cup, ring or the like springs, the material of the spring not being relevant
  • F16F 1/06 - Wound springs with turns lying in cylindrical surfaces

99.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STABILIZER, AND STABILIZER

      
Application Number JP2024011930
Publication Number 2024/204187
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-26
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mino, Yoshinobu
  • Takahashi, Keita
  • Kumai, Shintaro

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a stabilizer according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step for forming a curved part in a rod-shaped workpiece by bending the workpiece; a step for disposing a conductor, which is in an electrically floating state, so as to face a surface of the curved part, the surface being on the outer peripheral side of the bending; a step for attaching a pair of terminals to the workpiece, the pair of terminals being connected to a power supply that is capable of supplying an alternating current; and a step for heating the workpiece by supplying an alternating current to the workpiece through the pair of terminals.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 9/00 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor
  • B60G 21/055 - Stabiliser bars
  • C21D 1/40 - Direct resistance heating
  • H05B 3/40 - Heating elements having the shape of rods or tubes

100.

STABILIZER MANUFACTURING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2024012342
Publication Number 2024/204400
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-27
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner NHK SPRING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kayama, Kenji
  • Katakura, Takahiro
  • Mori, Shogo
  • Aoki, Shunsuke

Abstract

A stabilizer manufacturing method according to the present invention uses a columnar member to manufacture a stabilizer, and includes: a bending and shaping step for bending and shaping the columnar member into the shape for the stabilizer; a quenching step for quenching the columnar member after the shaping step; and a tempering step for tempering the columnar member after quenching. In at least one among the quenching step and the tempering step, the relative positions of both ends of the columnar member are changed during heating.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 9/00 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor
  • B60G 21/055 - Stabiliser bars
  • C21D 1/40 - Direct resistance heating
  • C21D 7/06 - Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the surface by shot-peening or the like
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