Patents by Inventor Ikufumi Honda

Ikufumi Honda 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: 20240125400
    Abstract: Included are: a cylindrical body (cylindrical portion 16) provided with a shaft portion (18); and a first valve body (11) that is in close contact with the shaft portion to close an opening portion (22) of the cylindrical body, and is separated from the shaft portion when pressure (P) in the cylindrical body rises to a threshold (Pth) or higher by gas that has entered the cylindrical body, to release the gas from the cylindrical body to the outside. The valve body includes a closing portion (40) that receives the pressure (P) of the gas in the cylindrical body. The pressure received by the closing portion (40) serves as a valve opening force. As a result, the discharge characteristics of the gas filling a case are improved to enhance a pressure regulation function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Yasuda, Ikufumi Honda, Atsushi Koga, Hiroshi Komatsu, Satoru Tsumeda, Shin Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11393639
    Abstract: A seal plate (2) seals an opening part of a capacitor case (an exterior case 52) and includes a main body part (4) including a through-hole (8) for discharging a gas (G) in the capacitor case, a pressure valve (12) arranged to cover the through-hole and including a valve body part (26) allowing passage of the gas, a storage part (16) formed in the through-hole to receive the valve body part expanded due to a pressure in the capacitor case, and a stopper (stopper wall 10) that includes an opening part (20) for discharging the gas passing through the valve body part and that comes into contact with a portion of the valve body part in the storage part to deform the valve body part. This achieves an increase in gas permeability of the pressure valve and a high operating pressure maintained in the pressure valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikufumi Honda, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Masayuki Mori, Masaru Saito, Takashi Kuroki, Kazuo Matsushita, Atsushi Koga, Ryoichi Yasuda, Koji Hoshino, Masahiro Matsushima, Keita Yajima
  • Publication number: 20210098200
    Abstract: A seal plate (2) seals an opening part of a capacitor case (an exterior case 52) and includes a main body part (4) including a through-hole (8) for discharging a gas (G) in the capacitor case, a pressure valve (12) arranged to cover the through-hole and including a valve body part (26) allowing passage of the gas, a storage part (16) formed in the through-hole to receive the valve body part expanded due to a pressure in the capacitor case, and a stopper (stopper wall 10) that includes an opening part (20) for discharging the gas passing through the valve body part and that comes into contact with a portion of the valve body part in the storage part to deform the valve body part. This achieves an increase in gas permeability of the pressure valve and a high operating pressure maintained in the pressure valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikufumi Honda, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Masayuki Mori, Masaru Saito, Takashi Kuroki, Kazuo Matsushita, Atsushi Koga, Ryoichi Yasuda, Koji Hoshino, Masahiro Matsushima, Keita Yajima
  • Patent number: 9697955
    Abstract: A capacitor device has an accommodating case in which a plurality of accommodating parts are formed for accommodating capacitor main bodies. The plurality of accommodating parts are oriented so that the longitudinal directions thereof all face the same direction, and the plurality of capacitor main bodies are accommodated in the accommodating parts in a manner such that the sides having terminal parts are set up in the same orientation. The sides of the capacitor main bodies having the terminal parts are provided with engaging parts that engage with engaged parts provided to a predetermined element member, and the capacitor main bodies are accommodated all together in the accommodating case in a manner such that the engaging parts are engaged with the engaged parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikufumi Honda, Hitoshi Ohara, Joji Obara, Seigo Suzuki, Masayoshi Takahashi, Akira Sone
  • Patent number: 9484154
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a capacitor device that can be made slimmer and lighter and that enables the strength and heat dissipation properties to be improved. A capacitor device (1) has a plurality of capacitor units (2) integrally housed within a housing case (3), the housing case (3) having cylindrical housing sections (5) for housing the capacitor bodies. The housing sections (5) are longitudinally aligned in the same direction and are joined together as an integrated whole. A capacitor unit (2) is inserted via an opening (9) at one end of each of the housing sections (5) so that the entire circumference of the capacitor unit (2) is covered by the corresponding housing section (5). The housing sections (5) have a uniform thickness at least on the outer side along the outer periphery of the capacitor units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikufumi Honda, Nobukatsu Abe, Tsubasa Abe
  • Patent number: 9437368
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a sealing member that includes a valve installation part, the valve installation part being higher than a processed sealing part of an outer packaging case for housing a capacitor element; and a pressure valve that is installed in a through hole of the valve installation part and whose valve function part is set at a position, the position being higher than the processed sealing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Mori, Ikufumi Honda
  • Publication number: 20140328008
    Abstract: A capacitor device has an accommodating case in which a plurality of accommodating parts are formed for accommodating capacitor main bodies. The plurality of accommodating parts are oriented so that the longitudinal directions thereof all face the same direction, and the plurality of capacitor main bodies are accommodated in the accommodating parts in a manner such that the sides having terminal parts are set up in the same orientation. The sides of the capacitor main bodies having the terminal parts are provided with engaging parts that engage with engaged parts provided to a predetermined element member, and the capacitor main bodies are accommodated all together in the accommodating case in a manner such that the engaging parts are engaged with the engaged parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Ikufumi Honda, Hitoshi Ohara, Joji Obara, Seigo Suzuki, Masayoshi Takahashi, Akira Sone
  • Publication number: 20140240900
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a sealing member that includes a valve installation part, the valve installation part being higher than a processed sealing part of an outer packaging case for housing a capacitor element; and a pressure valve that is installed in a through hole of the valve installation part and whose valve function part is set at a position, the position being higher than the processed sealing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Mori, Ikufumi Honda
  • Publication number: 20130141850
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a capacitor device that can be made slimmer and lighter and that enables the strength and heat dissipation properties to be improved. A capacitor device (1) has a plurality of capacitor units (2) integrally housed within a housing case (3), the housing case (3) having cylindrical housing sections (5) for housing the capacitor bodies. The housing sections (5) are longitudinally aligned in the same direction and are joined together as an integrated whole. A capacitor unit (2) is inserted via an opening (9) at one end of each of the housing sections (5) so that the entire circumference of the capacitor unit (2) is covered by the corresponding housing section (5). The housing sections (5) have a uniform thickness at least on the outer side along the outer periphery of the capacitor units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: NIppon Chemi-Con Corporation
    Inventors: Ikufumi Honda, Nobukatsu Abe, Tsubasa Abe
  • Patent number: 7345669
    Abstract: A photometric device of liquid crystal display and a liquid crystal display in which photometry can be performed without relying upon manpower and the liquid crystal plane is shielded only at the time of photometry. The photometric device comprises a liquid crystal display part, a bezel surrounding the four sides of the liquid crystal display, a shaft part provided at the corner part of the bezel and fixed rotatably thereto, a movable part having the end part thereof connected to the shaft part, and a sensor part provided in the liquid crystal display part at the other end part of the movable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Eizo Nanao Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ohashi, Ikufumi Honda
  • Publication number: 20060274022
    Abstract: A photometric device of liquid crystal display and a liquid crystal display in which photometry can be performed without relying upon manpower and the liquid crystal plane is shielded only at the time of photometry. The photometric device comprises a liquid crystal display part, a bezel surrounding the four sides of the liquid crystal display, a shaft part provided at the corner part of the bezel and fixed rotatably thereto, a movable part having the end part thereof connected to the shaft part, and a sensor part provided in the liquid crystal display part at the other end part of the movable part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ohashi, Ikufumi Honda
  • Patent number: D420975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
    Inventor: Ikufumi Honda