Globeride, Inc.

Takeshige Ohara

Masashi Fujioka

Takashi Shibata

Manabu Matsuhashi

Yutaro Abe

Hiromu Yasuda

Takashi Higashimoto

Mamoru Koike

Shinichiro Nagata

Fishing reel components and a manufacturing method thereof that achieve not only highly accurate finishing dimensions, but also a deep and glossy metallic appearance while maintaining sufficient corrosion resistance at a precision finishing portion that rotatably supports a drive member, and that can increase the work efficiently of the entire surface treatment. The fishing reel components include a body member having a coating layer formed of higher-purity aluminum than that of the die-cast material on the die-cast material; and the anticorrosion layer formed by anodization on the coating layer. The body member is provided with the support portion that rotatably supports a drive member. The support portion independent from the body member is formed by the support member having a higher corrosion resistance than the die-cast material of the body member.

Fishing reel components and method of manufacturing the same

Provided is a magnetic fluid sealed bearing having a stable sealing performance in a gap. The magnetic fluid sealed bearing includes: an inner ring and an outer ring; a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner and outer rings; a ring-shaped polar plate mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring such that a gap is formed between the ring-shaped polar plate and an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring; a ring-shaped magnet attached to the ring-shaped polar plate and magnetized such that magnetic poles thereof point to axial directions, to form magnetic circuits on both an outer ring side and an inner ring side; an inner ring magnetic fluid retained in the magnetic circuit on the inner ring side; and a magnetic field intensity increasing portion for increasing magnetic field intensity of the magnetic circuit on the inner ring side.

Magnetic fluid sealed bearing

One object is to provide a magnetic fluid sealing device in which a magnetic fluid retained between a polar plate and a drive portion can be effectively prevented from spilling, so as to retain waterproofness for a long period. A magnetic fluid sealing device of the present invention includes a ring-shaped polar plate encircling a drive portion and retaining a magnet; and a magnetic fluid retained in a gap between the drive portion and the polar plate by a magnetic force of the magnet. The polar plate has a spill preventing portion provided thereon, the spill preventing portion having a projecting wall that is disposed distant from an end surface of the polar plate retaining the magnetic fluid, so as to prevent spill of the magnetic fluid.

Magnetic fluid sealing device and magnetic fluid sealed bearing

A spinning reel for fishing includes: a reel body including a front portion; a handle provided in the reel body; a cap-shaped cover body including a surrounding wall mounted in the front portion of the reel body; a spool on which a fishing line is to be wound; a rotor including a fishing line guide part, the rotor being rotated by the rotational manipulation of the handle to wind the fishing line on the spool; a driving part passing through the cover body and transmitting the rotation of the handle to the rotor; a support part provided in the front portion of the reel body and supporting the driving part; and a magnetic seal device mounted in the cover body and including a magnet, a cylindrical magnetic body forming a magnetic circuit between the magnetic body and the magnet and magnetic fluid maintained between the magnet and the magnetic ring.

Spinning reel for fishing

Various embodiments provide a fishing reel having a light-weight, compact and easy-to-assemble magnetic seal mechanism which allows greater freedom in material selection of the rotating member. A fishing reel according to one embodiment comprises a rotating body rotatably supported via a ball bearing and a magnetic seal mechanism for sealing the ball bearing. In one aspect, the magnetic seal mechanism comprises a magnet disposed in parallel with either a magnetic inner or outer ring of the ball bearing, and magnetic fluid disposed between the magnet and said inner or outer ring, magnetic fluid being retained by a magnetic circuit formed therebetween to seal space defined between the magnet and said inner or outer ring.

Fishing reel

An object of the present invention is to provide a fishing reel wherein a bearing rotatably supporting a drive shaft securely shuts out water from its interior so as to maintain stable sealing and thus smooth rotation for a long period wherein such a bearing can be readily built in. In accordance with one aspect, the fishing reel of the present invention includes a drive shaft to be rotationally driven for winding a fishing line around a spool. The drive shaft is rotationally supported by a magnetic fluid sealed bearing having an inner ring magnetic fluid retained between an inner ring and a polar plate retaining a magnet and/or between the inner ring and the magnet, and an outer ring magnetic fluid retained between an outer ring and the polar plate retaining the magnet and/or between the outer ring and the magnet.

The present invention provides a magnetic fluid sealed bearing having a stable sealing performance and allowing easy build-in of a magnetic sealing mechanism into the bearing. A magnetic fluid sealed bearing according to the present invention includes: an inner ring and an outer ring; a plurality of rolling members disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a ring-shaped polar plate mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring such that a gap is produced between the ring-shaped polar plate and an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring; a ring-shaped magnet attached to an axially inner side surface of the ring-shaped polar plate, the ring-shaped magnet forming magnetic circuits on both the outer ring side and the inner ring side; and an inner ring magnetic fluid retained in the magnetic circuit on the inner ring side for sealing the gap.

Provided is a magnetic fluid sealed bearing with which torque can be reduced without impairing a water and dust proof effect. A magnetic fluid sealed bearing according to the present disclosure includes a magnetic fluid retained by a ring-shaped magnet in an opening between an inner ring and an outer ring to seal a plurality of rolling members. The magnet is magnetized such that their magnetic poles point to an axial direction. The bearing further includes a ring-shaped outer polar plate and a ring-shaped inner polar plate sandwiching the ring-shaped magnet therebetween, one side of the polar plates being fixed to one of the inner ring and the outer ring, and the other side of the polar plates facing a clearance.

Magnetic fluid sealed bearing and fishing reel having the magnetic fluid sealed bearing

Provided is a bearing with a magnetic fluid seal reliably maintaining sealing of a rolling element section in the bearing and having a structure ensuring high productivity. In a bearing with a magnetic fluid seal according to the present invention, a plurality of rolling elementsare disposed between an inner ring and an outer ring, and a ring-shaped magnet is arranged at an opening side of the inner and outer rings so as to retain magnetic fluid, so that the plurality of rolling elements are sealed. The magnet is magnetized so that magnetic poles are oriented in an axial direction. A ring-shaped pole plate is arranged to be in contact with an outer side surface of the magnet in the axial direction. Outer-ring-side magnetic fluid is retained between the outer ring and the magnet, and inner-ring-side magnetic fluid is retained between the inner ring and the pole plate.

Bearing with magnetic fluid seal

In a bearing according to an embodiment, a pair of magnets is arranged such that sides of the magnets opposed to each other with rolling members interposed therebetween have different magnetic polarities from each other. A magnetic fluid sealed bearing according to another embodiment includes a non-magnetic spacer disposed between a magnet of one of magnetic fluid seals and a magnet of the other of the magnetic fluid seals so as to form a magnetic circuit that penetrates outer and inner rings and goes around the rolling members.

Magnetic fluid sealed bearing and fishing reel including the same

A bearing with a magnetic fluid seal, wherein a plurality of rolling elements are interposed between an inner ring and an outer ring, and a ring-shaped magnet is arranged at an opening side of the inner and outer rings so as to retain magnetic fluid for sealing the plurality of rolling elements, and

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Tokyo, Japan

Takeshige Ohara