Patents by Inventor Kosei Yamaguchi

Kosei Yamaguchi 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: 10295074
    Abstract: A check valve includes a valve case, a positive pressure valve, a spring, and a negative pressure valve. The positive pressure valve is slidably disposed in a valve chamber of the valve case. The spring urges the positive pressure valve to abut on a positive pressure valve seat of the valve case. The negative pressure valve is on the positive pressure valve to abut on a negative pressure valve seat of the positive pressure valve. The negative pressure valve closes a communicating passage in the positive pressure valve in a normal state, and opens it when a pressure in the fuel tank falls to a predetermined value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10221955
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a valve device. The valve device includes: a valve case; a valve element slidably disposed within a valve chamber defined in the valve case; and a positive pressure spring configured to urge the valve element toward a valve seat in the valve case. The valve element includes an outer circumferential portion having a predetermined length extending along an inner circumference of the valve chamber. The outer circumferential portion includes plural opening portions. And, ribs project from the inner circumference of the valve chamber to enter into the opening portions, thereby limiting movement of the positive pressure spring in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9784377
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a check valve including a valve case, a positive pressure valve having a resin ring sealing member, and a resin negative pressure valve. The positive pressure valve and the negative pressure valve are disposed in the valve case. The positive pressure valve includes a first mount surface and a second mount surface disposed on an inner diameter side of the first mount surface. In the valve case, a presser cap is mounted on the positive pressure valve so as to sandwich the ring sealing member and the negative pressure valve with the first mount surface and the second mount surface of the positive pressure valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170138493
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a valve device. The valve device includes: a valve case; a valve element slidably disposed within a valve chamber defined in the valve case; and a positive pressure spring configured to urge the valve element toward a valve seat in the valve case. The valve element includes an outer circumferential portion having a predetermined length extending along an inner circumference of the valve chamber. The outer circumferential portion includes plural opening portions. And, ribs project from the inner circumference of the valve chamber to enter into the opening portions, thereby limiting movement of the positive pressure spring in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Kosei YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170138494
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a check valve including a valve case, a positive pressure valve, a spring, and a negative pressure valve. The positive pressure valve is slidably disposed in a valve chamber of the valve case. The spring urges the positive pressure valve to abut on a positive pressure valve seat of the valve case. The negative pressure valve is on the positive pressure valve to abut on a negative pressure valve seat of the positive pressure valve. The negative pressure valve closes a communicating passage in the positive pressure valve in a normal state, and opens it when a pressure in the fuel tank falls to a predetermined value or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Kosei YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160101684
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a check valve including a valve case, a positive pressure valve having a resin ring sealing member, and a resin negative pressure valve. The positive pressure valve and the negative pressure valve are disposed in the valve case. The positive pressure valve includes a first mount surface and a second mount surface disposed on an inner diameter side of the first mount surface. In the valve case, a presser cap is mounted on the positive pressure valve so as to sandwich the ring sealing member and the negative pressure valve with the first mount surface and the second mount surface of the positive pressure valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Kosei YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9097356
    Abstract: A check valve includes a casing including a positive pressure valve seat, a positive pressure valve urged by a positive pressure valve spring and including a negative pressure valve seat, and a negative pressure valve assembled to the positive pressure valve and urged by a negative pressure valve spring, where the positive pressure valve includes an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder that is connected with an outer circumference of the inner cylinder via ribs, and passages formed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, where the positive pressure valve spring is disposed the casing and the outer cylinder, and where the negative pressure valve spring is disposed in the inner cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: PIOLAX INC.
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140216573
    Abstract: A check valve includes a casing including a positive pressure valve seat, a positive pressure valve urged by a positive pressure valve spring and including a negative pressure valve seat, and a negative pressure valve assembled to the positive pressure valve and urged by a negative pressure valve spring, where the positive pressure valve includes an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder that is connected with an outer circumference of the inner cylinder via ribs, and passages formed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, where the positive pressure valve spring is disposed the casing and the outer cylinder, and where the negative pressure valve spring is disposed in the inner cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8561638
    Abstract: A check valve includes a main-casing, a sub-casing, a positive-pressure valve and a negative-pressure valve. The positive-pressure valve has through holes and a negative-pressure valve seat. The negative-pressure valve has leg portions. A cap is disposed within the positive-pressure valve. A positive-pressure spring is disposed between the positive-pressure valve and the sub-casing, and a negative-pressure spring is disposed between the positive-pressure valve and the cap. A positive-pressure flow path for releasing fuel vapor is formed between an outer circumference of the positive-pressure valve and an inner circumference of the main-casing, at further outward position than the positive-pressure spring. A negative-pressure flow path for introducing outside air is formed between an inner circumference of the positive-pressure valve and the leg portions and an outer circumference of the cap and between the through holes and the leg portions, at further outward position than the negative-pressure spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8316881
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fuel tank check valve including: a main tubular body attached on a fuel filler pipe; a valve element; a first tube that is disposed between the main tubular body and the fuel filler pipe and that has a first locking portion to engage with the fuel filler pipe; an annular seal member; and a second tube that is disposed to sandwich the annular seal member with the first tube and that has a second locking portion to engage with the main tubular body, wherein the fuel filler pipe is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the first tube, wherein the first locking portion projects in an inside diameter direction, and wherein the first locking portion engages with an engagement hole in the fuel filler pipe from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110226356
    Abstract: There is provided a check valve which can reduce the operation noise of a positive-pressure valve and a negative-pressure valve when they slide and which can facilitate the assemblage work of the positive-pressure valve and the negative-pressure valve. The check valve 1 includes a main-casing 10, a sub-casing 20, a positive-pressure valve 30 and a negative-pressure valve 50. The positive-pressure valve 30 has through holes 39 and a negative-pressure valve seat 36a. The negative-pressure valve 50 has leg portions 53. A cap 60 is disposed within the positive-pressure valve 30. A positive-pressure spring S1 is disposed between the positive-pressure valve 30 and the sub-casing 20, and a negative-pressure spring S2 is disposed between the positive-pressure valve 30 and the cap 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100126603
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fuel tank check valve including: a main tubular body attached on a fuel filler pipe; a valve element; a first tube that is disposed between the main tubular body and the fuel filler pipe and that has a first locking portion to engage with the fuel filler pipe; an annular seal member; and a second tube that is disposed to sandwich the annular seal member with the first tube and that has a second locking portion to engage with the main tubular body, wherein the fuel filler pipe is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the first tube, wherein the first locking portion projects in an inside diameter direction, and wherein the first locking portion engages with an engagement hole in the fuel filler pipe from an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: PIOLAX INC.
    Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi