公开(公告)号：US10294977B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-21

申请号：US15126698

申请日：2015-03-20

Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd. ,  TOPURA CO., LTD.

Inventor： Toshio Kazama ,  Takeshi Suzuki ,  Shigeto Mori

IPC: F16B35/04 ,  F16B33/00 ,  F16B33/06 ,  C22C21/06 ,  C22C21/10 ,  B32B15/01

Abstract: A fastening member includes a first alloy portion and a second alloy portion. The first alloy portion is made of an aluminum alloy including 0.005 wt % to 5.0 wt % zinc and 0.6 wt % to 2.0 wt % magnesium and is provided to a part that comes into contact with at least one of a plurality of members serving as a fastening target. The second alloy portion is made of an aluminum alloy including more than 2.0 wt % and 5.0 wt % or less magnesium and more than 5.0 wt % and 10 wt % or less zinc and is joined to the first alloy portion.

公开(公告)号：US10290529B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US15948473

申请日：2018-04-09

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Toshihiko Hanamachi ,  Naoya Aikawa

IPC: H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/3065 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H05B3/18 ,  H05B3/74 ,  H01L21/67 ,  H05B3/28

Abstract: A heater unit having high in-plane temperature uniformity is provided. A heater unit includes a first heater part, a second heater part controlled independently of the first heater part, a base arranged with a groove in a region between the first heater part and the second heater part, and a cover part arranged at an opening end of the groove and providing a closed space with the groove. In addition, an insulating layer covering the first heater part and the second heater part, and an electrostatic chuck attached to the base via the insulating layer may be further included. In addition, the closed space provided by the cover part and the groove may be a vacuum.

公开(公告)号：US20190126785A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-02

申请号：US16163858

申请日：2018-10-18

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD. ,  IMASEN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yoshitaka SASAKI ,  Akihiro Hayashi ,  Hiroaki Takeuchi ,  Donghyoun Kim ,  Shunichirou Osa ,  Yuji Masuda

IPC: B60N2/07 ,  B60N2/08 ,  B60N2/22

Abstract: Forward tilting of a seat back and pushing of the seat forward allow fixation between an upper slide and an upper slide rail to be released, thereby allowing the upper slide to reach a tip end position of the upper slide rail. With this structure, a lower lock mechanism releases fixation of a lower slide to a lower slide rail and a vertical slide lock mechanism fixes the upper slide and the lower slide. Further, pushing the seat back toward a seat front side allows the lower slide integrally provided with the upper slide to move to a tip end position of the lower slide rail.

公开(公告)号：US10276410B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-30

申请号：US13667512

申请日：2012-11-02

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Toshihiro Tachikawa ,  Junichi Miyahara ,  Kazuhiro Yonekura ,  Toshihiko Hanamachi ,  Go Takahara ,  Jun Futakuchiya ,  Daisuke Hashimoto

IPC: H01L21/683 ,  H05B3/68 ,  H01L21/67 ,  H01L21/687

Abstract: A substrate support device formed of a metal and having a high withstand voltage and a high thermal resistance is provided. A substrate support device according to the present invention includes a plate section formed of a metal; a shaft section connected to the plate section and formed of a metal; a heating element provided in the plate section; and an insulating film formed on a first surface of the plate section, the first surface opposite to the shaft section, by ceramic thermal spraying. The substrate support device may further include an insulating film formed on a second surface of the plate section which intersects the first surface of the plate section approximately perpendicularly.

公开(公告)号：US20190077208A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-14

申请号：US16084555

申请日：2017-03-16

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Shigeru KURODA

IPC: B60G7/00 ,  F16C11/06

Abstract: This ball joint is provided with: a ball stud, one end being fastened to a suspension device/stabilizer, and the other end having a ball part; a housing that rotatably supports the ball part of the ball stud; and a ball seat provided so as to be interposed between the housing and the ball part, the ball seat having an inner spherical part for accommodating the ball part. The ball seat is provided to the housing by insert injection molding. The inside diameter dimension of the inner spherical part formed by separate injection molding is set to a dimension corresponding to the anticipated amount of molding shrinkage of the resin during the insert injection molding.

公开(公告)号：US20190030980A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16146269

申请日：2018-09-28

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Akira TANGE ,  Masato SUGAWARA ,  Yutaka WAKABAYASHI

IPC: B60G21/055

Abstract: A terminal sealed portion is formed on an end portion of a hollow rod made of steel. An enclosed space is formed on an inner side of the hollow rod. At an end of the enclosed space, a terminal gap is formed. A volatile powdered rust inhibitor is supplied in the enclosed space. As the volatile powdered rust inhibitor is vaporized, the enclosed space is turned into a rust-inhibiting atmosphere. As the vaporized component of the volatile powdered rust inhibitor is adsorbed to an inner surface of the enclosed space, an inner surface rust-inhibiting film is formed. The vaporized component also enters inside the terminal gap, and forms a terminal rust-inhibiting film.

公开(公告)号：US20190030979A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16145037

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Masahiro UMEZAWA ,  Daisuke TAKEDA

IPC: B60G21/055 ,  F16F1/06 ,  F16F1/14 ,  B60G11/14

Abstract: On an end portion of a hollow rod, which is a material of a hollow coil spring, a terminal sealed portion is formed. The terminal sealed portion has a rotationally symmetric shape in which an axis passing through the center of the rod is a symmetric axis. The terminal sealed portion includes an end wall portion, and a distal-end-center closure portion formed on the axis. In the distal-end-center closure portion, a distal end opening portion of the spin-formed rod is joined together and formed as an integral part. On the axis at the inner surface of the end wall portion, a recess having a rotationally symmetric shape in which the axis is the symmetric axis is formed. A thickness of the recess of the end wall portion is reduced toward the axis.

公开(公告)号：US20190030645A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16043070

申请日：2018-07-23

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Naoki TANAKA

IPC: B23K26/22 ,  B23K26/06 ,  B23K37/04 ,  G11B5/48

Abstract: As first-time laser irradiation is performed on a workpiece, an initial nugget is formed. By emitting a laser beam for the second time at the initial nugget, a diameter of a back-side nugget portion is increased. A nugget includes a front-side nugget portion formed in a first plate, the back-side nugget portion formed in a second plate, and an annular flat surface portion. The flat surface portion is along a boundary portion between the first plate and the second plate. In a thicknesswise cross section of the second plate, a tilt angle of a peripheral surface of the back-side nugget portion is increased as a thicknesswise position of the peripheral surface approximates to a rear face of the second plate.

公开(公告)号：US10173564B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15611588

申请日：2017-06-01

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Keiichiro Fujiwara ,  Ryousuke Tanaka ,  Masaharu Sanpei

IPC: B60N2/64 ,  B60N2/28 ,  B60N2/58 ,  B60N2/70

Abstract: Lower end portions of an edge and another edge are fixed to a wire through pull-in cloths and a fixing member such that the pull-in cloths pull the lower end portions in toward the rear and into an opening (slit). This enables the edge and the another edge to be closed together in a state in which tension is applied to a front covering and a side covering. This enables the external appearance of a seatback to be preserved. Further, the edge and the another edge can be separated from each other, enabling a connector to be inserted into the opening from between the edge and the another edge, and the connector to be connected to an ISOFIX member. An inferior external appearance of the seatback can accordingly be suppressed while securing insertability of the connector.

公开(公告)号：US20180361424A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US16100053

申请日：2018-08-09

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yoshimitsu KOYAMA ,  Mitsuhiro SUGIYAMA ,  Tatsuya WATANUKI

IPC: B05D1/24 ,  B05C19/02

Abstract: Provided is a coil spring manufacturing method. In the coil spring manufacturing method, a coil spring of a vehicle suspension member is immersed in a fluidized bed in which powder coat is fluidized for coating. The fluidized bed includes a vertical stream area in which the powder coat moves upward and downward. The coil spring is immersed in the vertical stream area of the fluidized bed while an end coil of the coil spring faces upward, and is periodically subjected to a relative movement with respect to a direction containing components vertical to a central axis of the coil spring in relation to the vertical stream area.