Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Bekki

Hiroyuki Bekki 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).

  • Patent number: 11655901
    Abstract: Provided are a highly durable and compact gate valve and a method of installing the gate valve. The gate valve includes a valve cage 12 accommodating a valve body and a sealing band 13 covering between a pair of fluid pipes W and the valve cage 12 under a sealed state. The valve cage 12 includes a pair of protruding tubular portion 12B protruding in a pipe axis direction X from a valve cage body. The sealing band 13 includes a pair of main body portions B1 covering the respective fluid pipes W1, W2 and the protruding tubular portions 12B under a sealed state and a connecting portion B3 connecting the pair of main body portions B1 and formed unitarily therewith and is constituted of a plurality of split members Ba split in a circumferential direction of the fluid pipes W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: WATERWORKS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Bekki
  • Publication number: 20220205546
    Abstract: Provided are a highly durable and compact gate valve and a method of installing the gate valve. The gate valve includes a valve cage 12 accommodating a valve body and a sealing band 13 covering between a pair of fluid pipes W and the valve cage 12 under a sealed state. The valve cage 12 includes a pair of protruding tubular portion 12B protruding in a pipe axis direction X from a valve cage body. The sealing band 13 includes a pair of main body portions B1 covering the respective fluid pipes W1, W2 and the protruding tubular portions 12B under a sealed state and a connecting portion B3 connecting the pair of main body portions B1 and formed unitarily therewith and is constituted of a plurality of split members Ba split in a circumferential direction of the fluid pipes W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroyuki BEKKI
  • Patent number: 10161555
    Abstract: There is provided a coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe capable of properly securing the anti-corrosive performance without damaging a coating even in the case where the coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe coated with the coating oscillates or expands/contracts. The coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe includes: an expandable-contractible flexible pipe having a pair of joints to be connected to a fluid pipe and a connecting pipe for connecting the joints to each other, the pair of joints being mutually oscillatable and expandable/contractible; and a resin or rubber coating that coats the expandable-contractible flexible pipe. The coating includes a joint coating portion in close contact with the joint, a pipe coating portion in close contact with the connecting pipe 3, and a looseness portion formed between the joint coating portion and the pipe coating portion so as to allow the oscillation or expansion of the expandable-contractible flexible pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bekki, Yasuyuki Nagamori
  • Publication number: 20170138527
    Abstract: There is provided a coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe capable of properly securing the anti-corrosive performance without damaging a coating even in the case where the coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe coated with the coating oscillates or expands/contracts. The coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe includes: an expandable-contractible flexible pipe having a pair of joints to be connected to a fluid pipe and a connecting pipe for connecting the joints to each other, the pair of joints being mutually oscillatable and expandable/contractible; and a resin or rubber coating that coats the expandable-contractible flexible pipe. The coating includes a joint coating portion in close contact with the joint, a pipe coating portion in close contact with the connecting pipe 3, and a looseness portion formed between the joint coating portion and the pipe coating portion so as to allow the oscillation or expansion of the expandable-contractible flexible pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki BEKKI, Yasuyuki NAGAMORI
  • Patent number: 8444187
    Abstract: A separation prevention device for a pipe joint has disengagement prevention members and a press member. The disengagement prevention members are disposed at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction of the pipe, on an inner peripheral surface of an engaging tool or of a receiving opening itself and which are formed with claws. The press member presses the disengagement prevention member radially inward of the pipe and which engages the claw with the outer peripheral surface of an inserting opening. The claw of the disengagement prevention member and the claw of the disengagement prevention member which is adjacent to the former disengagement prevention member in the circumferential direction of the pipe are arranged so as to overlap on each other in the axial direction of the pipe in a state where the claws are engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the inserting opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Bekki
  • Patent number: 8308202
    Abstract: A separation prevention device for a pipe joint has disengagement prevention members and a press member. The disengagement prevention members are disposed at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction of the pipe, on an inner peripheral surface of an engaging tool or of a receiving opening itself and which are formed with claws. The press member presses the disengagement prevention member radially inward of the pipe and which engages the claw with the outer peripheral surface of an inserting opening. The claw of the disengagement prevention member and the claw of the disengagement prevention member which is adjacent to the former disengagement prevention member in the circumferential direction of the pipe are arranged so as to overlap on each other in the axial direction of the pipe in a state where the claws are engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the inserting opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Bekki
  • Publication number: 20120267889
    Abstract: A separation prevention device for a pipe joint has disengagement prevention members and a press member. The disengagement prevention members are disposed at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction of the pipe, on an inner peripheral surface of an engaging tool or of a receiving opening itself and which are formed with claws. The press member presses the disengagement prevention member radially inward of the pipe and which engages the claw with the outer peripheral surface of an inserting opening. The claw of the disengagement prevention member and the claw of the disengagement prevention member which is adjacent to the former disengagement prevention member in the circumferential direction of the pipe are arranged so as to overlap on each other in the axial direction of the pipe in a state where the claws are engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the inserting opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki BEKKI
  • Publication number: 20100164224
    Abstract: A separation prevention device for a pipe joint has disengagement prevention members and a press member. The disengagement prevention members are disposed at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction of the pipe, on an inner peripheral surface of an engaging tool or of a receiving opening itself and which are formed with claws. The press member presses the disengagement prevention member radially inward of the pipe and which engages the claw with the outer peripheral surface of an inserting opening. The claw of the disengagement prevention member and the claw of the disengagement prevention member which is adjacent to the former disengagement prevention member in the circumferential direction of the pipe are arranged so as to overlap on each other in the axial direction of the pipe in a state where the claws are engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the inserting opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: WATERWORKS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION CO. LTD
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Bekki
  • Patent number: 6883550
    Abstract: A flexible pipe joint joins, in a bendable manner, a first pipe member provided with a partially spherical outer circumferential surface that protrudes outward in radial direction and a second pipe member provided with a partially spherical inner surface that can slide along the partially spherical outer circumferential surface. A sleeve made of a synthetic resin is inserted and fitted in a state of contact, bridging the inner circumferential surfaces of the two pipe members. The sleeve has a length that covers a cavity portion that opens inward in radial direction at a location where the two pipe members are joined together, and is elastically deformed substantially maintaining its circular tube shape when following a flexure of the two pipe members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bekki, Tsutomu Kiyozumi
  • Publication number: 20040040606
    Abstract: A flexible pipe joint joins, in a bendable manner, a first pipe member provided with a partially spherical outer circumferential surface that protrudes outward in radial direction and a second pipe member provided with a partially spherical inner surface that can slide along the partially spherical outer circumferential surface. A sleeve made of a synthetic resin is inserted and fitted in a state of contact, bridging the inner circumferential surfaces of the two pipe members. The sleeve has a length that covers a cavity portion that opens inward in radial direction at a location where the two pipe members are joined together, and is elastically deformed substantially maintaining its circular tube shape when following a flexure of the two pipe members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: WATERWORKS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bekki, Tsutomu Kiyozumi