Patents by Inventor Keiichirou Naito

Keiichirou Naito 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: 6890004
    Abstract: A coupler includes a first joint member, a holder, a second joint member, a sleeve, and a valve. The holder is attached to an outer circumference of the first joint member. The second joint member is detachably attached to the holder. The sleeve covers an outer circumferential surface of the holder and is displaceable by a first spring member. The valve is attached into the first joint member and changes the communication in the first joint member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiichirou Naito
  • Publication number: 20050023826
    Abstract: A coupler includes a first joint member, a holder, a second joint member, a sleeve, and a valve. The holder is attached to an outer circumference of the first joint member. The second joint member is detachably attached to the holder. The sleeve covers an outer circumferential surface of the holder and is displaceable by a first spring member. The valve is attached into the first joint member and changes the communication in the first joint member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiichirou Naito
  • Patent number: 6681803
    Abstract: An O-ring is disposed on a front end surface of an abutted collar to prevent a fluid from leaking out of a flow passage when a socket and a plug of a tube joint is coupled to one another. A check valve of each of the socket and the plug, which prevents an outflow of the fluid when the socket and the plug are disengaged from each other, comprises the cylindrical collar (plug body) and a valve element. The valve element is disposed toward an inner diameter of the collar. The valve element has an O-ring disposed on the outer circumference of a columnar section coaxial with the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimoto Taneya, Keiichirou Naito
  • Patent number: 6557904
    Abstract: A tube joint comprises a first tube joint member; a second tube joint member joined to the first tube joint member; a sleeve attached to a joining portion of the first and second tube joint members, for joining and releasing the first and second tube joint members; a resilient member for urging the sleeve in the direction to join the first and second tube joint members to one another; and a protecting member for protecting the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiichirou Naito
  • Publication number: 20020148514
    Abstract: An O-ring is disposed on a front end surface of an abutted collar to prevent a fluid from leaking out of a flow passage when a socket and a plug of a tube joint is coupled to one another. A check valve of each of the socket and the plug, which prevents an outflow of the fluid when the socket and the plug are disengaged from each other, comprises the cylindrical collar (plug body) and a valve element. The valve element is disposed toward an inner diameter of the collar. The valve element has an O-ring disposed on the outer circumference of a columnar section coaxial with the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimoto Taneya, Keiichirou Naito
  • Publication number: 20020047266
    Abstract: A tube joint comprises a first tube joint member; a second tube joint member joined to the first tube joint member; a sleeve attached to a joining portion of the first and second tube joint members, for joining and releasing the first and second tube joint members; a resilient member for urging the sleeve in the direction to join the first and second tube joint members to one another; and a protecting member for protecting the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiichirou Naito