Patents by Inventor Gou Horikawa

Gou Horikawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230194030
    Abstract: The branch pipe forming apparatus 100 includes a first split member 3 and a second split member 4, which include split surfaces 3a and 4a along a plane including an axial center X of the existing pipe W and an axial center Y of a branch pipe 2, and which are connected to each other in a sealed state by a fastening member B. An axial center Z of a tube part 31 is located closer to the branch pipe 2 than to the outer circumferential surface of an existing pipe W in a cutter accommodation space Sp. The first split member 3 and the second split member 4 are coupled to each other at respective coupling portions with respective coupling openings opposite to each other across the drilled hole Wa and the cutter accommodation space Sp and holding therebetween an end portion 2A of the branch pipe 2 in a sealed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Gou HORIKAWA, Daisuke KUWAGAKI
  • Patent number: 11421811
    Abstract: A hermetically sealing device has a sealing main-body and a rubber seal adhered to the sealing main-body. The rubber seal includes an inner lip, a slit and an outer lip. The inner lip extends along a periphery of the bored opening, and includes an outer-circumference surface that extends forward and inclines toward an inner-circumference side. The slit is formed on an outer-circumference side relative to the inner lip. An outer-surface-side edge of the bored opening enters the slit. The outer lip is formed on an outer-circumference side relative to the slit that is formed on an outer-circumference side relative to the inner lip, and transforms in such a manner that the outer lip extends toward an outer-circumference side to be hermetically in contact with an outer surface of the periphery of the bored opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gou Horikawa, Syuhei Azuma
  • Patent number: 11248732
    Abstract: A gate valve includes a valve body for insertion through a through-hole formed in the fluid pipe, and a movement mechanism for moving the valve body along the diameter direction, and the valve body includes a valve main body and a seal member that is capable of undergoing elastic deformation and is provided on a holding portion of the valve main body. A core member formed from a material harder than the seal member is embedded between an outer face of the seal member, which is on the lower side in the movement direction, and a leading end face on the protruding side of the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: WATERWORKS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gou Horikawa, Shuhei Azuma
  • Publication number: 20210222816
    Abstract: A gate valve includes a valve body for insertion through a through-hole formed in the fluid pipe, and a movement mechanism for moving the valve body along the diameter direction, and the valve body includes a valve main body and a seal member that is capable of undergoing elastic deformation and is provided on a holding portion of the valve main body. A core member formed from a material harder than the seal member is embedded between an outer face of the seal member, which is on the lower side in the movement direction, and a leading end face on the protruding side of the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Gou HORIKAWA, Shuhei AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20200011470
    Abstract: A hermetically sealing device has a sealing main-body and a rubber seal adhered to the sealing main-body. The rubber seal includes an inner lip, a slit and an outer lip. The inner lip extends along a periphery of the bored opening, and includes an outer-circumference surface that extends forward and inclines toward an inner-circumference side. The slit is formed on an outer-circumference side relative to the inner lip. An outer-surface-side edge of the bored opening enters the slit. The outer lip is formed on an outer-circumference side relative to the slit that is formed on an outer-circumference side relative to the inner lip, and transforms in such a manner that the outer lip extends toward an outer-circumference side to be hermetically in contact with an outer surface of the periphery of the bored opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Gou Horikawa, Syuhei Azuma