Patents by Inventor Noriyasu Yajima

Noriyasu Yajima 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: 11982220
    Abstract: Provided is a thermos-valve connecting body with which attachment work is simplified by integrating a plurality of thermos-valves. The thermos-valve includes: a housing; a thermos-element that includes a temperature-sensing unit that senses the temperature of a coolant, that opens and closes one flow path in accordance with the temperature of the coolant, and that is housed inside the housing; and a connecting part formed on the housing and attached to another thermos-valve. The thermos-valve connecting body enables one thermos-valve to be attached to a connecting part of the other thermos-valve by the connecting part formed on the housing, and the one thermos-valve and the other thermos-valve to be formed integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyasu Yajima
  • Publication number: 20230383690
    Abstract: Provided is a thermos-valve connecting body with which attachment work is simplified by integrating a plurality of thermos-valves. The thermos-valve includes: a housing; a thermos-element that includes a temperature-sensing unit that senses the temperature of a coolant, that opens and closes one flow path in accordance with the temperature of the coolant, and that is housed inside the housing; and a connecting part formed on the housing and attached to another thermos-valve. The thermos-valve connecting body enables one thermos-valve to be attached to a connecting part of the other thermos-valve by the connecting part formed on the housing, and the one thermos-valve and the other thermos-valve to be formed integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Noriyasu YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230194009
    Abstract: A relief valve 1 includes: a housing 6 connected to a supply-side connection pipe 4a and a discharge-side connection pipe 5a and has an inflow port 61c and an outflow port 62c; a valve seat (an opening rim 61a) provided in the housing 6; a main valve body 7 which is placed in the housing 6, and capable of cutting off communication between the inflow port 61c and the outflow port 62c in the housing 6 by being seated on the valve seat (the opening rim 61a); and a biasing member 8 that biases the main valve body 7 toward the valve seat (the opening rim 61a), wherein the inflow port 61c is provided in the housing 6 such that the inflow port 61c is decentered with respect to a central axis line of the main valve body 7 in a direction in which a supply pipe 4 extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Noriyasu YAJIMA, Takatoshi FURUYA, Syota MORIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20230129691
    Abstract: Provided is a downsizable valve unit. A valve unit 1 includes a valve case 4 including a valve case main body 4A where a thermo valve 2 is housed and a valve seat 4Aa which a valve body 2b unseats from and seats on is formed, and a sleeve 4B formed protruding outward from the valve case main body 4A; a sub-flow path R2 formed to include a cooling water storage chamber S formed inside the sleeve 4B, a lead-out passage 4Ae communicating the upstream side of the valve seat 4Aa in the valve case main body 4A with the cooling water storage chamber S, and a lead-in passage 4Af communicating the downstream side of the valve seat 4Aa in the valve case main body 4A with the cooling water storage chamber S; and a sub-valve 3 attached to a sleeve 4B to open and close a sub-flow path R2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Yajima, Takatoshi Furuya
  • Patent number: 10054962
    Abstract: A thermo valve has a valve chamber disposed inside a housing and open to a first flow path through an opening. Second and third flow paths open into the valve chamber. A thermo-element that can move back and forth axially inside the valve chamber in response to fluid temperature opens and closes the second and third flow paths and is biased in a direction that blocks the flow paths by a coil spring. A valve element that is a bypass valve that opens and closes an opening that connects the first and third flow paths inside the valve chamber and communicates the first and third flow paths is disposed in the opening. The coil spring is also used to bias the valve element in a direction that blocks the flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyasu Yajima
  • Patent number: 9970346
    Abstract: A thermoactuator easily installed in an object without compromising the operating characteristics of the thermo-element has an element case, containing wax that expands and contracts with changes in temperature; a supporting portion attached at one end to the element case by crimping, slidably supporting a shaft at another end; a cylindrical casing having an opening in one end, at least a portion of the supporting portion pressed through the opening in the one end of the cylindrical casing; and a flange expanding outward from the one end of the cylindrical casing, in which through-holes are formed for mounting the thermoactuator to an object to which the thermoactuator is to be attached. The element case is supported by one end of the supporting portion housed within the object to which the thermoactuator is to be attached and the casing is mounted on the object via the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyasu Yajima
  • Publication number: 20160298525
    Abstract: A thermoactuator easily installed in an object without compromising the operating characteristics of the thermo-element has an element case, containing wax that expands and contracts with changes in temperature; a supporting portion attached at one end to the element case by crimping, slidably supporting a shaft at another end; a cylindrical casing having an opening in one end, at least a portion of the supporting portion pressed through the opening in the one end of the cylindrical casing; and a flange expanding outward from the one end of the cylindrical casing, in which through-holes are formed for mounting the thermoactuator to an object to which the thermoactuator is to be attached. The element case is supported by one end of the supporting portion housed within the object to which the thermoactuator is to be attached and the casing is mounted on the object via the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriyasu Yajima
  • Patent number: 9285049
    Abstract: A thermostat device having a first coolant flow path; a second coolant flow path; a casing including a thermostat container portion that communicates with the first and second coolant flow paths; a third coolant flow path that communicates with the thermostat container portion; a cap that covers the thermostat container portion; a thermostat including a thermo-element that advances and retreats in response to changes in temperature of a coolant that flows through the thermostat container portion; a temperature sensor disposed within the thermostat container portion and which detects the temperature of the coolant; a sensor mount in which the temperature sensor is embedded, integrated into an inside end of the cap; and a lead connector extending from the temperature sensor and integrated into an outside end of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriyasu Yajima
  • Publication number: 20150277453
    Abstract: A thermo valve has a valve chamber disposed inside a housing and open to a first flow path through an opening. Second and third flow paths open into the valve chamber. A thermo-element that can move back and forth axially inside the valve chamber in response to fluid temperature opens and closes the second and third flow paths and is biased in a direction that blocks the flow paths by a coil spring. A valve element that is a bypass valve that opens and closes an opening that connects the first and third flow paths inside the valve chamber and communicates the first and third flow paths is disposed in the opening. The coil spring is also used to bias the valve element in a direction that blocks the flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Noriyasu Yajima
  • Publication number: 20120312884
    Abstract: In order to configure a thermostat device to be attached to a vehicle (engine or the like) by a simple structure with a required minimum number of components and improve the assembly performance thereof, the thermostat device is provided with a casing (2) which comprises a first coolant flow path (2B), a second coolant path (2D), and a thermostat accommodating part communicating with the first and second coolant flow paths, a cover (3) which comprises a third coolant flow path (2C) communicating with the thermostat accommodating part and covers the thermostat accommodating part, and a thermostat (10) which comprises a thermoelement (10h) that moves forward and backward according to the change of the temperature of a coolant flowing through the thermostat accommodating part. The thermostat device is provided with a temperature sensor (20) which is provided to face the inside of the thermostat accommodating part and detects the temperature of the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyasu Yajima