Patents Assigned to Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240110611
    Abstract: A vibration isolation structure includes a mounting structure part secured to a pump, an elastic vibration isolation member attached to the mounting structure part, and an upper securing member secured to the mounting structure part to hold the elastic vibration isolation member. The upper securing member has first and second body portions opposed to each other across a tabular mounting portion of the mounting structure part in a thickness direction thereof. A connecting portion connects together the first and second body portions, and a locking projection extends from the first body portion. The upper securing member is secured to the mounting structure part by engagement of the locking projection with a locking surface of the mounting structure part. The upper securing member holds the elastic vibration isolation member to the tabular mounting portion by engaging the elastic vibration isolation member at a side closer to a side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Satoh
  • Publication number: 20240019062
    Abstract: A handle mechanism of a piping member includes an inner member turnably attached to a pipe body and connected to a valve member in a fluid passage of the pipe body, an outer member turnably disposed outside the pipe body, and a coupling pin coupling together a first coupling end portion of the inner member and a second coupling end portion of the outer member in the direction of turning. The pipe body has a support surface located around the second coupling end portion. When a force acts on the outer member in a direction of pivoting the outer member about a pivot axis, the second coupling end portion engages the support surface, thereby allowing the outer member to be supported by the pipe body in the direction of pivoting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Wada
  • Patent number: 11873933
    Abstract: A pipe coupling member includes a coupling body defining a part of a fluid passage, and a support member disposed inside the coupling body. A valve accommodating space is defined inside the coupling body at a position forward of the support member, and a valve element is disposed in the valve accommodating space to open and close the fluid passage. The coupling body is formed from a thin-walled pipe material and has a deformed recess formed by plastically deforming radially inward a portion of the coupling body that covers an annular groove of the support member. The deformed recess has a locking element latching surface along a support surface of the annular groove. When the pipe coupling member is connected to an associated pipe coupling member, the locking element latching surface is latched by a locking element of the associated pipe coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Kouda
  • Patent number: 11795939
    Abstract: A pump installation member has a first and second mutually discrete support members to be secured to predetermined installation portions of the first and second pump units, respectively. The pump installation member further has installation elastic members to be set between the first and second support members and the installation surface. The installation elastic members are elastically deformable as the first and second support members are displaced toward the installation surface when the first and second support members are fastened to the installation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kaiya, Hiroshi Nishitsuji
  • Patent number: 11761566
    Abstract: A connecting pipe has a connecting pipe portion having, at the opposite ends thereof, connection opening end portions. The connecting pipe has a bendable portion provided between the opposite ends of the connecting pipe portion to allow the connecting pipe portion to be bent relative to the longitudinal axis of the connecting pipe portion. The connecting pipe further has rigid portions extending from the bendable portion to the connection opening end portions, respectively. The rigid portions have a higher rigidity than the bendable portion. Bending the connecting pipe portion at the bendable portion allows the connection opening end portions at the opposite ends to be fitted to associated pipe end portions, respectively. The connecting pipe portion has an elastic restoring force to maintain the state where the connection opening end portions are fitted to the associated pipe end openings, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kaiya, Hiroshi Nishitsuji
  • Patent number: 11701766
    Abstract: An electric motor-driven screwdriver includes a control circuit having a memory stored with setting data and a computing unit controlling the electric motor-driven screwdriver based on the setting data. The computing unit sets an execution order of work processes based on a pre-designated piece of order setting data, and sets, based on a next operation setting value, a next operation to be performed after completion of the final work process. The next operation setting value is selectable from among a setting value for stopping the operation of the electric motor-driven screwdriver, a setting value for repeating a series of work processes, and a setting value for shifting to a series of work processes in an execution order determined based on another piece of order setting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shota Arai
  • Publication number: 20230213028
    Abstract: The pump has an electromagnet for reciprocating a piston, and a first casing member at least partially accommodating the piston and the electromagnet. The electromagnet has a stator core and coils wound around the stator core. The pump further includes a thermal protector disposed on the stator core. The thermal protector is held between the casing member and the stator core. When the thermal protector detects that the stator core has heated up above a predetermined temperature, the supply of electric power to the electromagnet is interrupted to stop the drive of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kousei Houguchi
  • Patent number: 11530768
    Abstract: A coil spring is disposed in a fluid passage between a cylindrical body and a valve element to urge the valve element toward a closed position. The coil spring comprises a valve support portion supporting the valve element, a secured portion secured to an inner peripheral surface of the fluid passage, an expanding-contracting portion extending from the secured portion, and a connecting portion between the expanding-contracting portion and the valve support portion. The connecting portion comprises a first portion curved so as to pass radially outward of an end winding portion of the expanding-contracting portion, a second portion passing through the center of the valve support portion, a third portion extending curvedly so as to overlap the first portion, and a fourth portion extending to the valve support portion. When the coil spring is compressed, the valve support portion is supported to the expanding-contracting portion 54 through the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Wada
  • Patent number: 11486373
    Abstract: The pump has a casing accommodating a piston and a driving part. The casing has a first casing member having a driving part retaining portion retaining the driving part, a second casing member fixedly stacked on the first casing member in the reciprocating direction of the piston, and a cylindrical pump chamber peripheral wall member disposed around a head of the piston. The second casing member has an end wall portion extending in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the reciprocating direction. A pump chamber, a delivery chamber, and a buffer chamber are defined between the first casing member and the end wall portion of the second casing member. The pump chamber, the delivery chamber, and the buffer chamber are disposed side-by-side in the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kousei Houguchi, Hiroshi Nishitsuji
  • Publication number: 20220252113
    Abstract: A clutch mechanism includes a first clutch plate retaining circular columnar engagement members and a second clutch plate retaining spherical engagement members. In the second clutch plate, inner retaining holes and outer retaining holes positioned more radially outward than the inner retaining holes are formed. The outer retaining holes are larger in diameter than the inner retaining holes. On assembly of the clutch mechanism, engagement members are selected from small-diameter spherical engagement members corresponding to the small-diameter inner retaining holes and large-diameter spherical engagement members corresponding to the large-diameter inner retaining holes. The selected engagement members are disposed in the corresponding retaining holes, respectively. The maximum rotational torque is greater when the large-diameter spherical engagement members are selectively disposed than when the small-diameter spherical engagement members are selectively disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu HITA
  • Publication number: 20220205571
    Abstract: A pipe coupling member includes a coupling body defining a part of a fluid passage, and a support member disposed inside the coupling body. A valve accommodating space is defined inside the coupling body at a position forward of the support member, and a valve element is disposed in the valve accommodating space to open and close the fluid passage. The coupling body is formed from a thin-walled pipe material and has a deformed recess formed by plastically deforming radially inward a portion of the coupling body that covers an annular groove of the support member. The deformed recess has a locking element latching surface along a support surface of the annular groove. When the pipe coupling member is connected to an associated pipe coupling member, the locking element latching surface is latched by a locking element of the associated pipe coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Kouda
  • Publication number: 20210364113
    Abstract: A coil spring is disposed in a fluid passage between a cylindrical body and a valve element to urge the valve element toward a closed position. The coil spring comprises a valve support portion supporting the valve element, a secured portion secured to an inner peripheral surface of the fluid passage, an expanding-contracting portion extending from the secured portion, and a connecting portion between the expanding-contracting portion and the valve support portion. The connecting portion comprises a first portion curved so as to pass radially outward of an end winding portion of the expanding-contracting portion, a second portion passing through the center of the valve support portion, a third portion extending curvedly so as to overlap the first portion, and a fourth portion extending to the valve support portion. When the coil spring is compressed, the valve support portion is supported to the expanding-contracting portion 54 through the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Wada
  • Patent number: 11118717
    Abstract: A male coupling member detachably couplable to a female coupling member includes an outer coupling body having a first end inserted and fitted into the female coupling member, a second end opposite to the first end, and a passage extending from the first end to the second end. The male coupling member further includes an inner coupling body disposed coaxially with the outer coupling body at a position closer to the first end, and a filtration member detachably attached to the inner coupling body. The inner coupling body is attachable to and detachable from the outer coupling body from the first end. The filtration member is held in the passage when the inner coupling body is attached to the outer coupling body. The filtration member is detachable when the inner coupling body is detached from the outer coupling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Hidetoshi Nohara, Hirofumi Onishi, Masaaki Kondo, Akira Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210277887
    Abstract: A pump installation member has a first and second mutually discrete support members to be secured to predetermined installation portions of the first and second pump units, respectively. The pump installation member further has installation elastic members to be set between the first and second support members and the installation surface. The installation elastic members are elastically deformable as the first and second support members are displaced toward the installation surface when the first and second support members are fastened to the installation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kaiya, Hiroshi Nishitsuji
  • Publication number: 20210278022
    Abstract: A connecting pipe has a connecting pipe portion having, at the opposite ends thereof, connection opening end portions. The connecting pipe has a bendable portion provided between the opposite ends of the connecting pipe portion to allow the connecting pipe portion to be bent relative to the longitudinal axis of the connecting pipe portion. The connecting pipe further has rigid portions extending from the bendable portion to the connection opening end portions, respectively. The rigid portions have a higher rigidity than the bendable portion. Bending the connecting pipe portion at the bendable portion allows the connection opening end portions at the opposite ends to be fitted to associated pipe end portions, respectively. The connecting pipe portion has an elastic restoring force to maintain the state where the connection opening end portions are fitted to the associated pipe end openings, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kaiya, Hiroshi Nishitsuji
  • Patent number: 11105453
    Abstract: A pipe coupling member is configured to prevent a coil spring from being plastically deformed or dislodged from a coupling body even when a force acts on a valve element. The pipe coupling member includes a coupling body having a fluid passage, a valve element displaceable in the fluid passage, and a coil spring configured to urge the valve element toward a closed position. The coil spring is formed by helically winding a wire and has a fitting portion fitted and secured in a spring fitting groove, a locking portion contiguous with the fitting portion and having an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the fitting portion when fitted in the spring fitting groove, a valve support portion supporting the valve element, and an expanding-contracting portion extending between the locking portion and the valve support portion to expand and contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Imoto
  • Patent number: 11085434
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid pump configured to suppress discharge of air from an air pool formed in a discharge-side tank. A discharge-side tank part formed in a housing has a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface facing each other in a horizontal direction in an installed position of the liquid pump. The first inner wall surface is formed with a discharge port, and the second inner wall surface is formed with an opening of a discharge-side communicating passage. An air pool is formed in a space in the discharge-side tank part above the opening of the discharge-side communicating passage and the discharge port. A circular cylindrical partition is provided in the discharge-side tank part. The circular cylindrical partition projects from the second inner wall surface toward the first inner wall surface with at least a portion of the cylindrical partition positioned above the opening of the discharge-side communicating passage so as to cover the opening as seen from the air pool side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Takahashi, Yasumasa Ooki
  • Patent number: 11077539
    Abstract: An electric motor-driven tool is configured to make a notification to a worker about a set value of tightening torque as necessary before starting tightening work. An electric motor-driven screwdriver includes an electric motor-driven screwdriver body capable of changing a setting of the magnitude of tightening torque to be applied when tightening a screw, and a notification device for making a notification to a worker about a set value of tightening torque. If the set value of tightening torque has been set to a value greater than a threshold value (reference value), a control circuit of the electric motor-driven screwdriver sends a notification execution signal to the notification device before the electric motor-driven screwdriver body is started to be driven, thereby enabling a notification to the worker to be made by the notification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shota Arai
  • Patent number: D946626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Shibukawa, Hiroto Sakurai, Hiroshi Nishitsuji, Kazushige Nishi
  • Patent number: D962294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kousei Houguchi