公开(公告)号：US20230304556A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18076717

申请日：2022-12-07

申请人： NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

发明人： Shinichi NISHIZAWA ,  Daisuke IBANO ,  Tsuyoshi MATSUDA ,  Norifumi ARISAKA ,  Shun MURAMATSU ,  Chihiro ITO ,  Takuto SUZUKI ,  Masatake KINOSHITA ,  Asuka KAWASAKI

IPC分类号： F16F1/04 ,  C09D175/04

CPC分类号： F16F1/042 ,  C09D175/04

摘要： A coil spring includes a wire rod and an elastic coat provided on the wire rod. The coil spring includes a coil section including a plurality of coil portions. The wire rod includes a round cross-sectional portion, a cross-section varying portion, and a rectangular cross-sectional portion along the longitudinal direction of the wire rod. The cross section of the rectangular cross-sectional portion is substantially square and has a first plane and a second plane. The first plane and the second plane oppose each other in the coil section. The elastic coat is provided on at least one of the first plane and the second plane. The elastic coat is continuous from the round cross-sectional portion to the cross-sectional variation portion and the rectangular cross-sectional portion.

公开(公告)号：US20230294803A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18008829

申请日：2021-06-08

申请人： NHK SPRING Co., Ltd.

发明人： Masato SHIRAO ,  Marino AKITA ,  Takafumi OSHIMA

IPC分类号： B63C9/00 ,  B63H21/21 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B63H25/42

CPC分类号： B63C9/0005 ,  B63H21/213 ,  B63H25/42 ,  G05D1/0206 ,  B63H2021/216

摘要： A watercraft of an automatic maneuvering system includes an actuator configured to generate a propulsive force and a turning moment, an operation unit, and a watercraft control device.

公开(公告)号：US20230267956A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18172209

申请日：2023-02-21

申请人： NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

发明人： Yukie YAMADA

IPC分类号： G11B5/48

CPC分类号： G11B5/4833

摘要： 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：US11719299B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17041011

申请日：2019-03-28

申请人： NHK SPRING Co., Ltd.

发明人： Yusuke Terada

IPC分类号： F16F1/32

CPC分类号： F16F1/32 ,  F16F2226/02 ,  F16F2228/08 ,  F16F2238/022

摘要： A plate spring member having a compressive residual stress distribution in which a compressive residual stress of at least part of a portion having a depth from a surface within 50 μm is 500 MPa or more, and the compressive residual stress of a portion having a depth from the surface exceeding 50 μm is less than 500 MPa.

公开(公告)号：US20230227135A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18008817

申请日：2021-06-08

申请人： NHK SPRING Co., Ltd.

发明人： Masato SHIRAO ,  Marino AKITA ,  Takafumi OSHIMA

IPC分类号： B63C9/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B63H21/21

CPC分类号： B63C9/0005 ,  G05D1/0206 ,  B63H21/21 ,  B63H2021/216

摘要： A watercraft control system includes a watercraft and a communication device. The communication device includes a communication unit configured to transmit information indicating a location of the communication device to the watercraft. The watercraft includes a communication unit configured to receive the information indicating the location of the communication device and a difference calculation unit configured to calculate a difference between the location of the communication device and a location of the watercraft.

公开(公告)号：US20230207286A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18176749

申请日：2023-03-01

申请人： NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

发明人： Hibiki YOKOYAMA ,  Naoya KIDA ,  Jun FUTAKUCHIYA ,  Noriyoshi KANEDA ,  Michiyoshi SONE

IPC分类号： H01J37/32 ,  C23C4/11

CPC分类号： H01J37/32715 ,  C23C4/11

摘要： A stage includes a base material including a step portion and an insulating film. The step portion includes a first surface recessed from a top surface of the base material and a second surface recessed from a side surface of the base material. The insulating film includes a plurality of first layers on the first surface and a plurality of second layers on the second surface. In the step portion, each first end portion of the plurality of first layers and each second end portion of the plurality of second layers are alternately stacked. The first surface and the second surface are connected via a corner, and each first end portion and each second end portion are alternately stacked at the corner.

公开(公告)号：US20230202362A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18145715

申请日：2022-12-22

申请人： NHK SPRING CO., LTD. ,  SUBARU CORPORATION

发明人： Syunichirou OSA ,  Hiroki MATSUDA ,  Jun SHIRAI ,  Masafumi TAKANO ,  Fumito KITANAKA ,  Kenji NAGUMO ,  Suguru ISHIKAWA

IPC分类号： B60N2/68 ,  B60N2/427 ,  B60N2/50

CPC分类号： B60N2/68 ,  B60N2/42718 ,  B60N2/506

摘要： A seat cushion frame configuring framework of a seat cushion for an occupant of a vehicle to sit on, and including left and right side frames, a cushion pan, and a reinforcement member. The left and right side frames are disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion. The cushion pan connects upper end portions of front portions of the left and right side frames together in a seat left-right direction. The reinforcement member includes the left and right reinforcement portions respective affixed to the seat left-right direction sides of the rear end portion of the cushion pan.

公开(公告)号：US20230168072A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US17986408

申请日：2022-11-14

申请人： NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

发明人： Kenichiro NAKANO

IPC分类号： G01B5/06 ,  G11B27/36

CPC分类号： G01B5/061 ,  G11B27/36

摘要： According to an embodiment, an inspection method inspects a disk drive suspension including an electronic component having first and second side surfaces in a first direction, a first and second adhesives provided along the side surfaces. The method includes measuring a first height in a first position of the first adhesive, measuring a second height in a second position of the second adhesive, and determining whether at least one of a position of application of the first and second adhesives in the first direction and an amount of application of the first and second adhesives is appropriate based on the first and second heights.

公开(公告)号：US11634048B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US16737953

申请日：2020-01-09

申请人： NHK Spring Co., Ltd.

发明人： Daisuke Tanaka ,  Kenichi Katsube ,  Donghyoun Kim ,  Takuma Oki

IPC分类号： B60N2/20 ,  B60N2/34 ,  B60N2/80 ,  B60N2/90 ,  B64D11/06 ,  B60N2/02 ,  B60N2/853 ,  B60N2/22 ,  B60N2/005

摘要： A vehicle seat is provided including a base section fixed to a floor of a vehicle, a pair of seat sections that are disposed opposing each other as viewed along a seat width direction, that are each supported by the base section so as to be capable of tilting between a horizontal position and an upright position, and that each include plural cushion sections disposed in series and configured to support the body of an occupant, and a hinge mechanism that attaches the pair of seat sections to the base section such that the seat sections are capable of tilting, and that couples the plural cushion sections together such that the cushion sections are capable of swinging about an axis running along the seat width direction.

公开(公告)号：US20230042593A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-09

申请号：US17968751

申请日：2022-10-18

申请人： NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

发明人： Akira HOMMA

IPC分类号： B05C11/10 ,  B05D5/10 ,  B05C5/02

摘要： An application method for applying an adhesive to an object includes applying, prior to applying the adhesive to a specified part of the object, the adhesive to a part different from the specified part, calculating an application quantity of the adhesive applied to the part different from the specified part, making a first correction configured to correct an application condition of the adhesive based on basis of a result of the calculation, and applying the adhesive to the specified part using the application condition corrected in the first correction.