Patents by Inventor Noriaki Kusaba

Noriaki Kusaba 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: 7920368
    Abstract: A static eliminator that can be placed at a close distance capable of eliminating static electricity while preventing furious elevation of the surface electric potential of a work when the static eliminator is placed at a close distance to the work. A cover formed by an electro conductive porous material covering discharge needles is attached to a holding member in which a plurality of the discharge needles are provided and air blowing openings for ejecting air around the discharge needles are provided. The cover evenly discharges ionized air from the surface of the cover, and is electrically connected to ground to have a function for absorbing a part of generated ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Noriaki Kusaba, Takashi Yasuoka, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100073842
    Abstract: A static eliminator that can be placed at a close distance capable of eliminating static electricity while preventing furious elevation of the surface electric potential of a work when the static eliminator is placed at a close distance to the work. A cover formed by an electro conductive porous material covering discharge needles is attached to a holding member in which a plurality of the discharge needles are provided and air blowing openings for ejecting air around the discharge needles are provided. The cover evenly discharges ionized air from the surface of the cover, and is electrically connected to ground to have a function for absorbing a part of generated ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Noriaki Kusaba, Takashi Yasuoka, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7391598
    Abstract: To provide an ionizer wherein an air flow path in a hollow casing is formed so as to be pressure-resistant while ensuring an effective cross sectional area without becoming voluminous, and the flow path is ensured simply and easily. In an ionizer including a hollow casing that contains a high voltage power unit and a control unit inside, along the longitudinal direction of the casing, a plurality of electrode units each including needle electrodes and an air outlet for blowing out an air stream around the needle electrodes are arranged in a line. A part along the longitudinal direction of the hollow casing is formed of a synthetic resin, and a resin casing composed of the synthetic resin is integrally formed with a conduit of an air flow path extending in the longitudinal direction of the casing so that a part of the inner wall of the resin casing serves as a wall of the conduit and that the air flow path communicates with the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Shigeru Komoriya, Noriaki Kusaba, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070097591
    Abstract: To provide a static eliminating method and apparatus therefor which applies a high voltage to one of a pair of electrode needles and earths the other thereof, and eliminates the need of an earthed ground plate. A single or several electrodes are provided, having one pair of electrode needles for individually applying positive and negative high voltages facing each other in a holding member made of insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Shigeru Komoriya, Noriaki Kusaba, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20060114636
    Abstract: To provide an ionizer wherein an air flow path in a hollow casing is formed so as to be pressure-resistant while ensuring an effective cross sectional area without becoming voluminous, and the flow path is ensured simply and easily. In an ionizer including a hollow casing that contains a high voltage power unit and a control unit inside, along the longitudinal direction of the casing, a plurality of electrode units each including needle electrodes and an air outlet for blowing out an air stream around the needle electrodes are arranged in a line. A part along the longitudinal direction of the hollow casing is formed of a synthetic resin, and a resin casing composed of the synthetic resin is integrally formed with a conduit of an air flow path extending in the longitudinal direction of the casing so that a part of the inner wall of the resin casing serves as a wall of the conduit and that the air flow path communicates with the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Shigeru Komoriya, Noriaki Kusaba, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20050052815
    Abstract: To provide a static eliminating method and apparatus therefor which applies a high voltage to one of a pair of electrode needles and earths the other thereof, and eliminates the need of an earthed ground plate. A single or several electrodes are provided, having one pair of electrode needles for individually applying positive and negative high voltages facing each other in a holding member made of insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Shigeru Komoriya, Noriaki Kusaba, Satoshi Suzuki