Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Konno
Hidetoshi Konno 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).
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Patent number: 10381026Abstract: A record player includes a turntable, a drive motor, a non-contact transmission mechanism, a tone arm, and a housing. The non-contact transmission mechanism includes a drive-side rotor and a magnetic member. The drive-side rotor is rotated by a driving force of the drive motor. The drive-side rotor is formed of a permanent magnet. The magnetic member is constituted of a soft magnetic body. The turntable is rotated according to the rotation of the drive-side rotor by an attraction force acting on the magnetic member from the permanent magnet.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignees: TEAC CORPORATION, PROSPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Tanishima, Hidetoshi Konno
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Publication number: 20190013040Abstract: A record player includes a turntable, a drive motor, a non-contact transmission mechanism, a tone arm, and a housing. The non-contact transmission mechanism includes a drive-side rotor and a magnetic member. The drive-side rotor is rotated by a driving force of the drive motor. The drive-side rotor is formed of a permanent magnet. The magnetic member is constituted of a soft magnetic body. The turntable is rotated according to the rotation of the drive-side rotor by an attraction force acting on the magnetic member from the permanent magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Takao TANISHIMA, Hidetoshi KONNO
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Patent number: 9995605Abstract: A Bourdon tube pressure gauge includes: a Bourdon tube; a rotary piece rotatably attached to a first shaft arranged near a tip of the Bourdon tube; a pointer including a second shaft arranged on a side facing an outer periphery of the fan-shaped portion of the rotary piece; a first permanent magnet provided on an outer peripheral surface side of a fan-shaped portion of the rotary piece; a second permanent magnet provided at the second shaft. An outer peripheral surface of the first permanent magnet and an outer peripheral surface of the second permanent magnet each has N pole and S pole alternately magnetized at equal pitches. A magnetic member configured to relax force by which the second permanent magnet is attracted to the first permanent magnet is provided across the second permanent magnet from the first permanent magnet.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: PROSPINE Co., Ltd., OKADA KEIKI MFG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Manabu Oonuma, Nobutaka Okada
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Publication number: 20180073947Abstract: A Bourdon tube pressure gauge includes: a Bourdon tube; a rotary piece rotatably attached to a first shaft arranged near a tip of the Bourdon tube; a pointer including a second shaft arranged on a side facing an outer periphery of the fan-shaped portion of the rotary piece; a first permanent magnet provided on an outer peripheral surface side of a fan-shaped portion of the rotary piece; a second permanent magnet provided at the second shaft. An outer peripheral surface of the first permanent magnet and an outer peripheral surface of the second permanent magnet each has N pole and S pole alternately magnetized at equal pitches. A magnetic member configured to relax force by which the second permanent magnet is attracted to the first permanent magnet is provided across the second permanent magnet from the first permanent magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Hidetoshi KONNO, Manabu OONUMA, Nobutaka OKADA
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Patent number: 9021774Abstract: A packaging and filling apparatus for keeping pressure of filled liquid food in a tube at positive pressure, facilitating preformation by a forming flap, and preventing an external ambient substance from entering the tube even if the liquid food pressure lowers to negative pressure by a fluctuation of the liquid food pressure is described. The apparatus has a pressure flange provided below a liquid level in a tubular packaging material and along an outer periphery of a filling pipe. The pressure flange prevents the liquid food in the tube from freely flowing up from the lower part to keep the pressure of the liquid food positive in the tube below the pressure flange thereby facilitating the preformation by the forming flap. The apparatus closes a gap occurring on a seam serving as a vertical sealed part or a portion where the gap might occur.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Baba, Hidetoshi Konno, Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8943786Abstract: A packaging and filling machine that is capable of easily preforming with the forming flaps by keeping the pressure of the filled liquid food in the tube at positive pressure, capable of preventing the pressure of the liquid food from dropping to negative pressure, even if the pressure of the liquid food decreases due to the change in the liquid food pressure, and capable of preventing outside atmosphere materials from invading into the tube. A pressure flange fixed on a periphery of the filling pipe absorbs fluctuation of the pressure of the liquid food in the tube below the pressure flange, and prevents the liquid food pressure from dropping to negative pressure to keep the pressure of the liquid food in the tube below the pressure flange at a positive pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Yutaka Kaneko, Keiji Yano
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Patent number: 8938938Abstract: A packaging and filling machine is capable of easily preforming with the forming flaps by keeping the pressure of the filled liquid food in the tube the positive pressure, capable of preventing the pressure of the liquid food from dropping to negative pressure, even if the pressure of the liquid food decreases due to the up-and-down of the liquid food pressure, and capable of preventing outside atmosphere materials from invading into the tube. A positive pressure keeping means absorbs fluctuation of the pressure of the liquid food in the tube below the pressure flange, and prevents the liquid food pressure from dropping in negative pressure to keep the pressure of the liquid food in the tube below the pressure flange a positive pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Yutaka Kaneko
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Publication number: 20110185686Abstract: A packaging and filling machine is capable of easily preforming with the forming flaps by keeping the pressure of the filled liquid food in the tube the positive pressure, capable of preventing the pressure of the liquid food from dropping to negative pressure, even if the pressure of the liquid food decreases due to the up-and-down of the liquid food pressure, and capable of preventing outside atmosphere materials from invading into the tube. A positive pressure keeping means absorbs fluctuation of the pressure of the liquid food in the tube below the pressure flange, and prevents the liquid food pressure from dropping in negative pressure to keep the pressure of the liquid food in the tube below the pressure flange a positive pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Yutaka Kaneko, Keiji Yano
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Publication number: 20110154779Abstract: To provide a packaging and filling apparatus for keeping pressure of filled liquid food in a tube at positive pressure, facilitating preformation by a forming flap, and preventing an external ambient substance from entering the tube even if the liquid food pressure lowers to negative pressure by a fluctuation of the liquid food pressure. The packaging and filling apparatus has a pressure flange provided below a liquid level in a tubular packaging material and along an outer periphery of a filling pipe. The pressure flange prevents the filled liquid food in the tube from freely flowing up from the lower part to keep the pressure of the liquid food positive in the tube below the pressure flange so as to facilitate the preformation by the forming flap. A covering means is provided, for closing a gap occurring on a seam serving as a vertical sealed part or a portion where the gap might occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2008Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCES S.A.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Baba, Hidetoshi Konno, Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20110099955Abstract: A packaging and filling machine is capable of easily preforming with the forming flaps by keeping the pressure of the filled liquid food in the tube the positive pressure, capable of preventing the pressure of the liquid food from dropping to negative pressure, even if the pressure of the liquid food decreases due to the up-and-down of the liquid food pressure, and capable of preventing outside atmosphere materials from invading into the tube. A positive pressure keeping means absorbs fluctuation of the pressure of the liquid food in the tube below the pressure flange, and prevents the liquid food pressure from dropping in negative pressure to keep the pressure of the liquid food in the tube below the pressure flange a positive pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Yutaka Kaneko
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Patent number: 7784247Abstract: An object is to enable a strip tape to be bonded to a packaging material at a proper position and enable longitudinal sealing to be performed well. A packaging-container manufacturing apparatus includes a bonding member, a first detection section which detects an edge of the packaging material, a second detection section which detects an edge of the strip tape (12), position determination processing means for determining the position of the strip tape (12) in relation to the packaging material, and position correction processing means for correcting the position of the strip tape (12) in relation to the packaging material. Since the position of the strip tape (12) in relation to the packaging material is determined on the basis of outputs of the first and second detection sections and the position of the strip tape (12) in relation to the packaging material is corrected on the basis of results of the determination on the position, the strip tape (12) is placed on the packaging material at a proper position.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventor: Hidetoshi Konno
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Publication number: 20090293428Abstract: An object is to enable a strip tape to be bonded to a packaging material at a proper position and enable longitudinal sealing to be performed well. A packaging-container manufacturing apparatus includes a bonding member, a first detection section which detects an edge of the packaging material, a second detection section which detects an edge of the strip tape (12), position determination processing means for determining the position of the strip tape (12) in relation to the packaging material, and position correction processing means for correcting the position of the strip tape (12) in relation to the packaging material. Since the position of the strip tape (12) in relation to the packaging material is determined on the basis of outputs of the first and second detection sections and the position of the strip tape (12) in relation to the packaging material is corrected on the basis of results of the determination on the position, the strip tape (12) is placed on the packaging material at a proper position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2006Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & FinanceInventor: Hidetoshi Konno
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Patent number: 7484347Abstract: A packaging filling apparatus, which can obtain the most suitable sealing quality by an automatic control without checking the condition of the sealing by the operator on a regular basis, is provided. A transversal sealing apparatus 48 of the packaging filling apparatus includes a high-frequency oscillator 1, controller 2, and an inductor, which generates a magnet field in packaging material by receiving the output from the high-frequency oscillator, and is provided with a sealing quality control means 4, which transmits a control signal to the controller, based on a statistical relation between a plurality of effect factors affecting the quality of a transversal sealing 23 and the quality of transversal sealing.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Yasuyuki Moriyama, Yuzo Otsuka
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Patent number: 7484341Abstract: A packaging and filling apparatus fills a tube of a web of a packaging material with a fluid product, forms lateral seal bands, cuts each seal band of a series of pillow-like preformed bodies with a cutting device to form a packaging and filling container of the final form. The cutting device comprises a resistance measuring device for measuring a cutting resistance pressure that a packaging material cutting blade receives from the packaging material, and then outputting a measurement value obtained, and a blade monitoring device for monitoring the condition of the packaging material cutting blade based upon based upon a comparison of a difference between a maximum measured cutting resistance pressure and a constant measured cutting resistance pressure following the maximum measured cutting resistance pressure with a predetermined pressure difference reference value.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventor: Hidetoshi Konno
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Publication number: 20080092492Abstract: A packing machine and a packing method which can prevent the knife in a cutter from having adverse effect on induction heating, and control a packing/filling machine by monitoring trouble with the knife and leakage of content due to that trouble. The packing machine, comprising a heat sealer for sealing packing materials to each other, and a cutter for cutting the packing materials by means of a conductive knife, is further provided with an arrangement for detecting an output from an induction heater generating a high frequency current being applied to a conductive material layer as a monitored phase angle, and a knife monitor for monitoring the cutter based on the detected phase angle data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2005Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventor: Hidetoshi Konno
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Publication number: 20080021174Abstract: A radiation-curable resin composition for shape-replication of the present invention includes a polyester resin (R) whose number average molecular weight (Mn) is 1,000 to 8,000; and a polymerizable vinyl compound (V), wherein a temperature (T4), at which a complex viscosity (?*) of components excluding any solvent at a frequency of 1 Hz is 1×104 dPa·s, is 30° C. or higher, and a temperature (T6), at which a complex viscosity (?*) at a frequency of 1 Hz is 1×106 dPa·s, is 100° C. or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2005Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: Dainipoon Ink and Chemicals Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Nobuo Kobayashi, Masatoshi Motomura, Hiroyuki Terada, Kenji Shoumura, Hidetoshi Konno
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Publication number: 20070107376Abstract: A packaging and filling apparatus and a packaging material cutting device are provided, in which the knife of the cutting device can be replaced with appropriate timing by quantitatively determining the service life of the knife of the cutting device. The packaging and filling apparatus fills a tube of a web of a packaging material with a fluid product, forms lateral seal bands by sealing the tube in the direction in which the bands intersect the tube, cuts each seal band of a series of pillow-like preformed bodies with a cutting device such that the pillow-like preformed bodies are severed from each other, thus forming a packaging and filling container of the final form.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2004Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventor: Hidetoshi Konno
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Publication number: 20070029000Abstract: A carton paper powder removing apparatus of the present invention is capable of sufficiently removing paper powder in a tubular carton and preventing the carton from being deformed even if a large volume of air or a powerful air is blown therein. The carton paper powder removing apparatus of a paper liquid container packaging and filling machine comprises a paper powder removing nozzle 2 having an air jetting port 4 at a tip part, a paper powder return prevention means 7 installed in a space between a nozzle outer wall and a carton inner wall, and a paper powder collecting means 5 installed near the upper opening part of the bottomed tubular carton and having an air suction port 6 disposed therein, wherein the paper powder removing nozzle 2 is reciprocatingly moved between the upper opening part of the bottomed tubular carton 1 and the inside of the carton, whereby paper powder in the carton can be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2003Publication date: February 8, 2007Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Yasuyuki Moriyama, Daisuke Sagawa
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Publication number: 20070017189Abstract: A packaging filling apparatus, which can obtain the most suitable sealing quality by an automatic control without checking the condition of sealing by the operator on a regular basis, is provided. A transversal sealing apparatus 48 of the packaging filling apparatus includes a high-frequency oscillator 1, controller 2, and an inductor, which generates a magnetic field in said packaging material by receiving the output from the high-frequency oscillator, and is provided with a sealing quality control means 4, which transmits a control signal to the controller, based on a statistical relation between a plurality of effect factors affecting the quality of said transversal sealing 23 and the quality of said transversal sealing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2004Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Yasuyuki Moriyama, Yuzo Otsuka
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Patent number: 7051494Abstract: When using web-shaped packaging material in which the rear end of a packaging material is spliced to the front end of a next web-shaped packaging material, in order to continuously operate the filling machine for paper container, notches are provided on a corner portion of the paper spliced portion around the metal layer. Even if a paper spliced portion is included in the web-shaped packaging material, in the filling machine seal insufficiency is not generated in the longitudinal seal of the paper spliced portions, and an interruption due to the broken part of continuous operation is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Hidetoshi Konno, Yasuyuki Moriyama