Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Okamoto

Masayoshi Okamoto 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: 11898650
    Abstract: This pressure-reducing valve includes: a casing in which a valve passage is formed; a valve body that is movably housed in the casing and changes a position thereof according to a secondary pressure to adjust an opening degree of the valve passage; and a biasing member that biases the valve body against the secondary pressure in an opening direction in which the valve passage opens. The biasing member is a spring in the form of a plate and extends laterally from the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Fujimoto, Masayoshi Okamoto, Masataka Higashiura, Masataka Shirasawa, Tsutomu Tomita, Shigeyoshi Mori
  • Patent number: 11821539
    Abstract: A gas solenoid valve includes: a housing; a main valve body; a guide member; a first biasing member that is disposed in a housing space formed inward of the guide member to surround the main valve body and biases the main valve body in an opening direction; a second biasing member; and an electromagnetic drive device. The housing space is spaced apart from one end of the guide member in the opening direction. A buffer groove is formed at the one end of the guide member to surround an opening end of an inner hole of the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto, Makoto Ninomiya, Hiroshi Yamashita, Noritaka Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230313948
    Abstract: A casing for gas including a first channel section through which gas flows and a second channel section intersecting with the first channel section, the first channel section having an intersecting part that intersects with the second channel section, the intersecting part being formed to have a rounded quadrangular cross section and having a flat part, the second channel section intersecting with the first channel section to open at the flat part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Hiromitsu KIYOSE, Yutaka SUZUKI, Makoto NINOMIYA, Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Ryo MIYOSHI, Tomohei KOBAYASHI, Daiki MIYAMOTO, Daichi KANO
  • Patent number: 11754197
    Abstract: A gas solenoid valve includes: a housing including a first port, a second port, and a valve port leading to the first port and the second port; a main valve body capable of moving between a closed position thereof closing the valve port and an open position thereof opening the valve port and configured to move in an opening direction from the closed position to the open position by pressure of gas supplied through the first port; a biasing member that provides a biasing force acting in a closing direction to the main valve body to position the main valve body in the closed position; and an electromagnetic drive device that generates an excitation force opposing the biasing force of the biasing member to cause the main valve body to move to the open position. A damping chamber in the housing dampens movement of the main valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto, Makoto Ninomiya, Hiroshi Yamashita, Noritaka Nakamura, Yuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20230160490
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve block having a valve port through which a fluid passes and an insertion hole; a moving valve body that opens or closes the valve port; a guide member that is inserted in the insertion hole, and slidably guides the valve body; a solenoid that generates a magnetic field when energized; a stationary pole that cooperates with the solenoid to move the valve body; a tubular support member that is inserted in the insertion hole to accommodate the solenoid, and supports the guide member that receives pressure from the fluid passing through the valve port; and a lid member that closes an opening of the support member, and the support member is joined with the valve block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Makoto NINOMIYA, Yutaka SUZUKI, Ryo MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230055857
    Abstract: This pressure-reducing valve includes: a casing in which a valve passage is formed; a valve body that is movably housed in the casing and changes a position thereof according to a secondary pressure to adjust an opening degree of the valve passage; and a biasing member that biases the valve body against the secondary pressure in an opening direction in which the valve passage opens. The biasing member is a spring in the form of a plate and extends laterally from the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiteru FUJIMOTO, Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Masataka HIGASHIURA, Masataka SHIRASAWA, Tsutomu TOMITA, Shigeyoshi MORI
  • Publication number: 20230049795
    Abstract: A hermetic terminal including a base made of a synthetic resin having a large-diameter part, designed to be attached to a hole part that connects to each of a low-pressure region and a high- pressure region, at least one electrode inserted through the base, and a seal member designed to be externally mounted on the base in a location closer to the high-pressure region than the large- diameter part, the large-diameter part having a parting line on an outer circumferential face thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Michihiko TOKUDA, Makoto NINOMIYA, Yoshiteru FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230033674
    Abstract: A valve block for hydrogen gas includes a valve block body having an outer surface on which an aluminum anodizing treatment has been performed, and a flow channel for hydrogen gas formed in the valve block body, and the flow channel has a sealing face in an inner face, and the sealing face is a machined face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yutaka SUZUKI, Makoto NINOMIYA, Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Masaaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11491507
    Abstract: An object is to suppress a variation in amount of a sealant that is applied on an object to be sealed. There is provided a sealant discharge nozzle configured such that a sealant from a cartridge is discharged from a discharge hole of the sealant discharge nozzle. The sealant discharge nozzle has a leading end portion comprising a pair of side wall portions; and a connecting wall portion configured to connect the pair of side wall portions with each other and provided in cooperation with the pair of side wall portions to form a first recess that is open on one side in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the sealant discharge nozzle, and on a leading end side. The discharge hole has an opening formed on a first recess side of the connecting wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto, Tadamichi Mawatari, Kensuke Tsuchiya, Masayoshi Zaitsu, Naohiro Otsuki, Junji Tsuchiya, Youhei Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220128165
    Abstract: A gas solenoid valve includes: a housing; a main valve body; a guide member; a first biasing member that is disposed in a housing space formed inward of the guide member to surround the main valve body and biases the main valve body in an opening direction; a second biasing member; and an electromagnetic drive device. The housing space is spaced apart from one end of the guide member in the opening direction. A buffer groove is formed at the one end of the guide member to surround an opening end of an inner hole of the guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Makoto NINOMIYA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Noritaka NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220099210
    Abstract: A gas solenoid valve includes: a housing including a first port, a second port, and a valve port leading to the first port and the second port; a main valve body capable of moving between a closed position thereof closing the valve port and an open position thereof opening the valve port and configured to move in an opening direction from the closed position to the open position by pressure of gas supplied through the first port; a biasing member that provides a biasing force acting in a closing direction to the main valve body to position the main valve body in the closed position; and an electromagnetic drive device that generates an excitation force opposing the biasing force of the biasing member to cause the main valve body to move to the open position. A damping chamber in the housing dampens movement of the main valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Makoto NINOMIYA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Noritaka NAKAMURA, Yuki KATO
  • Patent number: 10955062
    Abstract: A glass ball safety valve includes: a housing including a valve passage connecting a first and second port; a valve element provided in the housing so as to close the passage, the element being movable in an open direction so as to open the passage; a biasing spring configured to bias the element in the open direction; a glass ball provided in the housing so as to support the element against biasing force of the biasing spring with a space between the element and the housing in the open direction, the glass ball including a longitudinal-direction intermediate portion that breaks at a predetermined temperature, the glass ball in a broken state allowing a movement of the valve element in the open direction; and a holding body provided in the housing and holding at least one of a first longitudinal-direction end-side portion and second longitudinal-direction end-side portion of the glass ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kodai Kato, Yutaka Suzuki, Makoto Ninomiya, Masayoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20200406289
    Abstract: An object is to suppress a variation in amount of a sealant that is applied on an object to be sealed. There is provided a sealant discharge nozzle configured such that a sealant from a cartridge is discharged from a discharge hole of the sealant discharge nozzle. The sealant discharge nozzle has a leading end portion comprising a pair of side wall portions; and a connecting wall portion configured to connect the pair of side wall portions with each other and provided in cooperation with the pair of side wall portions to form a first recess that is open on one side in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the sealant discharge nozzle, and on a leading end side. The discharge hole has an opening formed on a first recess side of the connecting wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Tadamichi MAWATARI, Kensuke TSUCHIYA, Masayoshi ZAITSU, Naohiro OTSUKI, Junji TSUCHIYA, Youhei MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200018411
    Abstract: A glass ball safety valve includes: a housing including a valve passage connecting a first and second port; a valve element provided in the housing so as to close the passage, the element being movable in an open direction so as to open the passage; a biasing spring configured to bias the element in the open direction; a glass ball provided in the housing so as to support the element against biasing force of the biasing spring with a space between the element and the housing in the open direction, the glass ball including a longitudinal-direction intermediate portion that breaks at a predetermined temperature, the glass ball in a broken state allowing a movement of the valve element in the open direction; and a holding body provided in the housing and holding at least one of a first longitudinal-direction end-side portion and second longitudinal-direction end-side portion of the glass ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kodai KATO, Yutaka SUZUKI, Makoto NINOMIYA, Masayoshi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10161360
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a main valve element dividing a valve element space of a housing into first and second pressure chambers; a sealing member configured to isolate the first and second pressure chambers from each other; a first pilot passage including one end communicating with a primary passage, the other end communicating with the second pressure chamber, and a first restrictor; a second pilot passage including a second restrictor and formed at the main valve element; a pilot valve element configured to open and close the second pilot passage; a drive mechanism configured to, when a current flows through the drive mechanism, drive the pilot valve element such that the pilot valve element opens the second pilot passage against biasing force of a biasing member; and a pin coupling the main valve element and the pilot valve element to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Ninomiya, Masayoshi Okamoto, Katsu Yoshida, Yoshiteru Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20180038507
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a main valve element dividing a valve element space of a housing into first and second pressure chambers; a sealing member configured to isolate the first and second pressure chambers from each other; a first pilot passage including one end communicating with a primary passage, the other end communicating with the second pressure chamber, and a first restrictor; a second pilot passage including a second restrictor and formed at the main valve element; a pilot valve element configured to open and close the second pilot passage; a drive mechanism configured to, when a current flows through the drive mechanism, drive the pilot valve element such that the pilot valve element opens the second pilot passage against biasing force of a biasing member; and a pin coupling the main valve element and the pilot valve element to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto NINOMIYA, Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Katsu YOSHIDA, Yoshiteru FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8997183
    Abstract: To allow inspecting whether a security check of a planned outgoing email is finished in an outgoing email check system, a check data providing apparatus 2 of an outgoing email check system 100 stores check information distributed from a check information management apparatus 1, appends check data generated based on the check information to a header of a checked planned outgoing email, and transmits the email to an email transmitting apparatus 9. A check data inspecting apparatus 3 stores the check information distributed from the check information management apparatus 1, inspects the check data extracted from the planned outgoing email received from the email transmitting apparatus 9 based on the check information, determines that the transmission is permitted when the check data of the planned outgoing email matches the check information, and determines that the transmission is rejected when the check data does not match the check information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Social Science Laboratory Limited
    Inventors: Ryota Fukasawa, Aya Higashizono, Natsu Hashisaka, Masayoshi Okamoto, Kiyoshi Kurashige, Hiroshi Tsuda, Yoshinori Katayama, Fumihiko Kozakura, Shinichi Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20130342727
    Abstract: An electronic camera includes a first exposer. A first exposer exposes an imager in a plurality of exposure amounts different from each other when an exposure operation is accepted. An acquirer acquires a plurality of electronic images generated by a process of the first exposer, from the imager. A reproducer reproduces any one of the plurality of electronic images acquired by the acquirer. An acceptor accepts a designating operation of designating a part of the electronic image reproduced by the reproducer. A designator designates, out of the plurality of electronic images acquired by the acquirer, an electronic image in which a brightness of a partial image designated by the designating operation indicates an appropriate value, as a target of the reproducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Masayoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8466981
    Abstract: An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager repeatedly outputs a scene image generated on an imaging surface capturing a scene. A searcher repeatedly executes a process of searching for a specific object image from the scene image outputted from the imager by using a plurality of reference-use specific object images each of which has a posture different from others. A detector detects the number of specific objects existing in the object scene based on a searched result of the searcher. A determiner repeatedly determines based on the searched result of the searcher whether or not all of the specific objects equivalent to the number detected by the detector satisfy a posture condition. A recorder records the scene image outputted from the imager when a determined result of the determiner is updated from a negative result to a positive result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8421874
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a fetcher. A fetcher fetches an object scene image. A first adjuster adjusts a tonality of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, corresponding to a property of a display device. An object scene image outputter outputs the object scene image having the tonality adjusted by the first adjuster, toward the display device. A second adjuster adjusts the tonality of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, in parallel with the adjusting process of the first adjuster. A first searcher searches for an object image that coincides with a registered object image from the object scene image having the tonality adjusted by the second adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto, Jun Kiyama