公开(公告)号：US20240355354A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18758044

申请日：2024-06-28

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yukie YAMADA

IPC: G11B5/48

CPC classification number: G11B5/484 ,  G11B5/4833 ,  G11B5/4853 ,  G11B5/486 ,  G11B5/483 ,  G11B5/4873

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.

公开(公告)号：US12123851B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17040365

申请日：2019-03-14

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kaoru Nagasawa ,  Kotaro Nukui ,  Suguru Shigeno

IPC: G01N3/12 ,  G01B21/04 ,  G01L5/00

CPC classification number: G01N3/12 ,  G01B21/042 ,  G01L5/0033

Abstract: Provided is a load measuring device and a load measuring method, capable of preventing a measuring error caused by an initial load in a state where an elastic member is held by a pair of holding parts when a load of the elastic member at the time of stretching is measured. A pair of holding parts 5, 7 are caused to approach or space away with respect to each other relatively to an initial position at which the pair of the holding parts hold a close contact spring S, thereby making an initial load measured at the initial position zero, the pair of holding parts 5, 7 are caused to space away with respect to each other from a starting position being a position at which the initial load becomes zero, and a load at a time of stretching is caused to be measured.

公开(公告)号：US20240342999A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18684869

申请日：2022-10-06

Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hidetoshi Mizuta ,  Atom Furuse ,  Kaoru Nagasawa ,  Fumitaka Arai

IPC: B29C65/14 ,  B29C65/00

CPC classification number: B29C65/1416 ,  B29C66/742 ,  B60G2206/821

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.

公开(公告)号：US12097788B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US18069614

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD. ,  SUBARU CORPORATION ,  TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Syunichirou Osa ,  Hiroki Matsuda ,  Jun Shirai ,  Masafumi Takano ,  Fumito Kitanaka ,  Kenji Nagumo ,  Suguru Ishikawa ,  Naoki Hayashi

IPC: B60N2/42 ,  B60N2/427

CPC classification number: B60N2/42718 ,  B60N2/4221

Abstract: A vehicle seat frame includes a seat cushion frame, left and right links, a connection member, left and right slide rails, and left and right risers. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side frames. The left and right links each have a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames. The connection member connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction. The left and right slide rails are disposed below the left and right side frames and are attached to a floor section of the vehicle. The left and right risers are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails, are connected to respective other end portions of the left and right links, and are configured to be impacted by the connection member under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20240286174A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18409632

申请日：2024-01-10

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Eijiro FURUTA

IPC: B08B3/12

CPC classification number: B08B3/12

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cleaning method for cleaning a workpiece including a first vibrating body includes electrically connecting the first vibrating body with a controller, immersing the workpiece in a cleaning solution, and cleaning the workpiece by causing the first vibrating body to vibrate by the controller after immersing the workpiece in the cleaning solution.

公开(公告)号：US12051449B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US18172209

申请日：2023-02-21

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yukie Yamada

IPC: G11B5/48

CPC classification number: G11B5/484 ,  G11B5/4833 ,  G11B5/4853 ,  G11B5/486 ,  G11B5/483 ,  G11B5/4873

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240228007A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18397493

申请日：2023-12-27

Applicant: NHK SPRING Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Masato SHIRAO ,  Takafumi KAMIYA ,  Jun TOKUSHIGE ,  Marino SATO

IPC: B63H25/46 ,  B63H21/21

CPC classification number: B63H25/46 ,  B63H21/21 ,  B63H2021/216 ,  B63H2025/465

Abstract: A ship including an engine, a jet propulsion device, a ship controller, and a ship position detection unit, in which the jet propulsion device includes a nozzle that ejects a jet stream generated by the driving force output from the engine, and a bucket that changes a direction of the jet stream, the position of the bucket includes at least a forward-side intermediate position between the forward position and the neutral position, the ship controller has a ship fixed point holding mode in which feedback control of the engine and the jet propulsion device is performed based on a deviation between a preset target ship position and the actual ship position, and both control of the position of the bucket including the forward-side intermediate position and control of a rotational speed of the engine are performed in the ship fixed point holding mode.

公开(公告)号：US20240198873A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18542443

申请日：2023-12-15

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD. ,  SUBARU CORPORATION

Inventor： Kensuke YOSHIGA ,  Hiroki JINEDA ,  Kenji NAGUMO ,  Fumito KITANAKA ,  Mitsutoshi SAITO

IPC: B60N2/58

CPC classification number: B60N2/58 ,  B60N2/12

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion frame; a seat back frame; a routing member extending from a rear face side of a seat back to a lower side of a seat cushion; a screen member provided extending from the rear face side of the seat back to the lower side of the seat cushion. The screen member includes: a main body portion disposed at a lower side of a rear face of the seat back, and a projecting portion projecting from the main body portion and disposed at the lower side of the seat cushion; and a resilient member, one end, in a length direction, of the resilient member being attached to the projecting portion, at which the main body portion is disposed, another end of the resilient member being attached to the seat cushion frame, and the resilient member being extensible in accordance with a tilting action of the seat back.

公开(公告)号：US12012023B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-18

申请号：US17658980

申请日：2022-04-12

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Toshiki Hirasawa

IPC: B60N2/58 ,  A47C31/02 ,  B60N2/68 ,  B60N2/70 ,  B68G7/05

CPC classification number: B60N2/7017 ,  A47C31/02 ,  B60N2/5816 ,  B60N2/5883 ,  B60N2/68 ,  B68G7/05

Abstract: A vehicle seat structure, including: a frame member that forms a framework of the vehicle seat; a pad member that is formed of a foam material and is disposed at a front face side of the frame member; and a first rear face member that is integrated with the pad member at a rear face side of the pad member, the first rear face member including: a main body portion that is fixed to the pad member, and an extension portion that extends from the pad member and is fixed to the frame member.

公开(公告)号：US20240189981A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18287020

申请日：2022-04-28

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Takafumi HIRATA ,  Yuki HOTODA ,  Masahiro INABA ,  Yuki HAYAKAWA

IPC: B25J9/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/0015

Abstract: Provided is a multi-joint bending structure body that makes it possible to obtain a structure capable of making a small-radius turn. The present invention comprises: a plurality of first bendable parts 9 and second bendable parts 11 that can elastically bend with respect to the axial direction; and an intermediate part 13 that is positioned between a first bendable part 9 and a second bendable part 11 which are adjacent to each other. The first bendable parts 9 and the second bendable parts 11 are provided with a flexible member 17 that is an integral body in the axial direction. The intermediate part 13 is attached to the flexible member 17 between the first bendable part 9 and the second bendable part 11 which are adjacent, and suppresses the bending of the flexible member 17 with respect to the axial direction.