Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Sakagami

Tatsuya Sakagami 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: 7637478
    Abstract: A seat ring has an insert for a butterfly valve configured so that an annular insert is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the seat part in which there is provided a valve body fitting annular groove having side wall parts on both the upstream side and downstream side, wherein there are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the insert a step so that the outer diameter on the downstream side is smaller than the outer diameter on the upstream side and on the inner peripheral surface a locking projection, and the insert is fitted in an annular groove provided in the valve body fitting annular groove of the seat part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Organic Chemicals Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakagami, Norimitsu Kai
  • Publication number: 20080023664
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat ring with insert for a butterfly valve enabling improved valve seat sealing performance, valve stem sealing performance, and flange surface sealing performance, and enabling the easy and secure alignment of a valve stem in the manufacture of the seat ring and in the assembly of a valve body, and a method for manufacturing the same. A seat ring with insert for a butterfly valve configured so that an annular insert is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the seat part in which there is provided a valve body fitting annular groove having side wall parts on both the upstream side and downstream side, wherein there are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the insert a step so that the outer diameter on the downstream side is smaller than the outer diameter on the upstream side and on the inner peripheral surface a locking projection, and the insert is fitted in the annular groove provided in the valve body fitting annular groove of the seat part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI ORGANIC CHEMICALS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakagami, Norimitsu Kai
  • Patent number: 5511487
    Abstract: A transport system having (i) electrical movers for moving in a travel direction along a guide rail, each having (a) a drive wheel, (b) a brakeless electric motor for rotating the drive wheel, (c) a photoelectric switch adapted to sense the proximity of an object, (d) a contact member for stopping movement of the electric mover at a predetermined location, the photoelectric switch being disposed in the travel direction ahead of said contact member for switching the supply of electrical power to the motor upon sensing or ceasing to sense a previously sensed proximity of an object, and (ii) a stopping mechanism located along the guide rail for stopping the movement of an electric mover, including (a) a stopper adapted in an operative position thereof to stop a moving electrical mover by contact with the contact member, and to allow movement of the electrical mover when the stopper is not in its operative position, (b) a shifter for shifting the stopper in and out of its operating position, and (c) a detectable
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakagami, Yoshito Kaida
  • Patent number: 5450796
    Abstract: A transport system having a first electric rail car adapted to be propelled over a guide rail, a rail car stopping device being disposed separately from the first rail car along the guide rail, the first rail car having a brakeless motor, an electric power supply circuit for the motor, a wheel driven from the electric motor, a first limit switch, a second limit switch, the first and second limit switches being in the electric power supply circuit for selectively cutting off the supply of electricity to the motor, a stop engaging member, and stopping control device for a second electric rail car following the first electric rail car, the stopping control device having an elongated member projecting rearwardly from the first electric rail car for opening a second limit switch of the second electric rail car when the second electric rail car approaches the first electric rail car closer than a predetermined distance to prevent a collision between the first and second electric rail cars, the stopping control devi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sakagami
  • Patent number: 5303656
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monorail tramcar type conveyor having a driven carriage connected to a free rolling carriage for traveling along the top of the rail. Both the driven and free carriages have a rectangular frame, from which vertical axis guide rollers are cantilevered so as to engage the sides of the rail. The top portion of the frames have a vertical opening which is surrounded by the frame, and the driven and free rolling wheels which ride on the top of the rail are loosely fitted into these openings on the respective driven and free rolling carriages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Daifuku Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Makimura, Tatsuya Sakagami
  • Patent number: 4905605
    Abstract: A conveyor trolley with a pair of wheels rolling on a flat upper face of an upper end rail portion of a guide rail, one wheel acting as a drive wheel and attached to an output shaft of a speed-reducing unit mounted on a trolley body movably supported on the guide rail, and a motor for driving the output shaft via a speed-reducing mechanism in the speed-reducing unit, the trolley having a collector unit for supplying power to and communicating control signals with the motor, guide rollers for laterally binding and positioning the upper rail portion and a lower rail portion of the guide rail, a wheel securing unit disposed between an annular concave portion defined in a boss of the drive wheel and the output shaft, the wheel securing unit including an outer ring, an inner ring having a wedge-shaped cross section to be engaged into the outer ring and a tightening member for securing the wheels to the output shaft by reducing an inner diameter of the inner ring and by enlarging an outer diameter of the outer ring
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneo Shishido, Tatsuya Sakagami, Yasuaki Abe, Masao Arai, Kazuysohi Fukuhara, Yasuhide Kido