Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Shinohara

Tsutomu Shinohara 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: 11512993
    Abstract: A valve device is capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate variation with time, aging, or the like without using an external sensor or using as few external sensors as possible. The apparatus includes an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position, a communication unit for receiving adjustment information relating to the adjustment of the opening degree of the flow path by the valve element from the outside of the apparatus, and a control unit for adjusting the position of the operating member by driving the adjusting actuator based on the adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshihide Yoshida, Hidenobu Sato, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
  • Patent number: 11506295
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve body; a cylindrical member provided in an accommodation recess and communicating with the first flow path; a valve seat supported by the cylindrical member; a seal member interposed between the periphery of the opening of first flow path on the bottom surface of the accommodation recess and the lower end portion of the cylindrical member; an annular plate which is flexible, air-tightly or liquid-tightly fixed to an annular support portion formed on the inner peripheral surface of the accommodation recess, air-tightly or liquid-tightly fixed to an annular support portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member and has a plurality of openings communicating with the second flow path; and a diaphragm that moves between an open position at which the diaphragm does not contact the valve seat and a closed position at which the diaphragm contacts the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sato, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Takeru Miura
  • Patent number: 11506290
    Abstract: A valve device is capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate variation due to aging, aging, etc. without using an external sensor. An adjusting actuator includes a piezoelectric element for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position, and the drive circuit of the adjusting actuator includes a detecting unit for detecting an electric signal related to the amount of strain generated in the piezoelectric element, and a control unit for controlling the adjusting actuator so that the opening degree of the flow path by the valve element becomes the target opening degree based on the electric signal related to the amount of strain of the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshihide Yoshida, Kenji Aikawa, Hidenobu Sato, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
  • Patent number: 11472009
    Abstract: To provide a manual tool excellent in workability and operability and capable of precise tightening torque management, a manual tool includes a grip including a bit holding part that detachably holds a bit, and a torque sensor that is of a magnetostrictive type, and includes a detecting part that is penetrated by the bit held by the bit holding part and surrounds an outer periphery of the bit, the torque sensor is capable of contactlessly detecting a torque acting on the bit, and is detachably provided to the grip. The torque sensor can be configured to be formed so as to be mountable to the grip with the bit mounted to the bit holding part of the grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED, SASADA MAGNETICS AND SENSORS LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Harada, Masahiko Ochiishi, Tsutomu Shinohara, Ichiro Sasada
  • Publication number: 20220275871
    Abstract: To provide a control valve with excellent durability performance without being restricted in terms of applications, such as usages under high pressures or high temperatures, as well as reduced generation of particles. A valve body forming an inflow passage and an outflow passage of a fluid; a valve seat formed at a peripheral edge of the inflow passage in the valve body; a diaphragm configured to connect and shut off the inflow passage and the outflow passage by coming into and out of contact with the valve seat; a diaphragm holder configured to press a central portion of the diaphragm; and an actuator configured to move the diaphragm holder are provided, includes a regulation mechanism configured to adjust a closing pressure generated between the valve seat and the diaphragm to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Keisuke Ishibashi, Toshihide Yoshida, Tadayuki Yakushijin, Michio Yamaji, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11427911
    Abstract: A valve device with a built-in orifice is manufacturable with low-cost. The valve body defines an accommodation recess which opens at the surface of the valve body and contains a valve element therein, a primary flow path and a secondary flow path connected to the accommodation recess, the valve element having a sealing portion for blocking direct communication between the primary flow path and the secondary flow path through the accommodation recess, and a through flow passage for making the primary flow path and the secondary flow path communicate through the valve element, wherein an orifice is formed in the through flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Kohei Shigyou, Kenji Aikawa, Tomohiro Nakata, Takahiro Matsuda, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11402029
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a valve body that forms a first flow path and a second flow path; an inner disc that includes an inner annular part disposed around an opening of the first flow path, an outer annular part disposed on an outer peripheral side of the inner annular part, and a connecting part that includes a plurality of openings that communicates with the second flow path and that connects the inner annular part and the outer annular part; a valve seat disposed on the inner annular part; and a diaphragm that, at a peripheral edge part of the diaphragm, comes into contact with the outer annular part and makes the first flow path and the second flow path continuous and discontinuous by moving between an open position of non-contact and a closed position of contact with the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sato, Tsutomu Shinohara, Tomohiro Nakata, Takeru Miura
  • Patent number: 11397443
    Abstract: A fluid control device includes a first block row and a second block row each including a plurality of joint blocks having a width of the standard size and arranged along a first directions, the first block row and the second block row being arranged at predetermined intervals in the second directions perpendicular to the first directions, wherein each of the plurality of joint blocks constituting the first block row has a large diameter flow path for forming a single line, and each of the plurality of joint blocks constituting the second block row has a smaller diameter flow path than the large diameter flow path for forming the first line and the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenji Aikawa, Takahiro Matsuda, Toshiyuki Inada, Kazunari Watanabe, Yuta Motegi, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20220213965
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a body formed with a valve chamber, a first inflow passage, a second inflow passage, an outflow passage, and an annular groove and provided with a valve seat; and a diaphragm configured to communicate with and interrupt the second inflow passage and the outflow passage. An end portion of the second inflow passage is open to the valve chamber. The valve seat is provided on a peripheral edge of a location where the valve chamber and the second inflow passage communicate with each other. The annular groove is open to the valve chamber and is formed around the second inflow passage. An end portion of the outflow passage is open to the annular groove. The first inflow passage has a plurality of flow passages including an inflow port and a plurality of outflow ports, and each outflow port is open to the annular groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuo NAKAMURA, Kenta KONDO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20220213972
    Abstract: A flow-path forming block includes: a first block; a second block attached to the first block, the second block having a first flow path and a second flow path; and a gasket provided between the first block and the second block, the gasket being configured to seal between the first block and the second block, wherein the second block has a communication portion formed on a surface facing the gasket, the communication portion being configured such that the first flow path and the second flow path are communicated, and the gasket has a recessed portion formed at a position facing the communication portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: KAZUNARI WATANABE, KENJI AIKAWA, KOHEI SHIGYOU, TOMOHIRO NAKATA, TAKAHIRO MATSUDA, TSUTOMU SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11371627
    Abstract: A cause of abnormality of a fluid control device and/or data with which abnormality can be predicted can be collected to be analyzed, and abnormality can be predicted based on a result of the analysis. A fluid control device 8 and a server 72 are configured to be able to communicate with each other through networks NW1 and 2. The fluid control device 8 includes an operation information acquisition mechanism that acquires a plurality of types of operation information about the fluid control device 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuya Suzuki, Katsunori Komehana, Masahiko Ochiishi, Akihiro Harada, Ryutaro Tanno, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20220196163
    Abstract: A valve device capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate includes: an operating member for operating a diaphragm and provided movably between a closed position at which diaphragm closes a flow path and an open position at which diaphragm opens the flow path; a main actuator that receives pressure from a supplied drive fluid and moves the operating member to the open position or the closed position; an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned in the open position by using a passive element which expands and contracts in response to a given input signal; a position detecting mechanism for detecting the position of the operating member with respect to a valve body; and an origin position determining unit that uses a valve closed state in which the diaphragm contacts to valve seat to determine an origin position of the position detecting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daihi TSUCHIGUCHI, Toshihide YOSHIDA, Ryutaro TANNO, Yuya SUZUKI, Kenta KONDO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11365830
    Abstract: A valve device can be compact, low cost and has a bleed function. A valve body defines an accommodation recess which opens at a surface of the valve body and contains a valve element therein, a primary flow path and a secondary flow path connected to the accommodation recess, the valve element having a sealing portion for blocking direct communication between the primary flow path and the secondary flow path through the accommodation recess, a detour passage for making the primary flow path and the secondary flow path communicate through the valve element, and a bleed hole for making the detour passage and the secondary flow path communicate through the accommodation recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Kohei Shigyou, Kenji Aikawa, Tomohiro Nakata, Takahiro Matsuda, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20220186845
    Abstract: A first flow path member has a first sealing surface for supporting one end surface, in a central axis direction, of an annular seal member, and a second flow path member has a second seal surface including a flat surface for supporting a surface of a plate-like member, and a third seal surface for supporting an outer peripheral surface of the annular seal member, wherein: in the annular seal member, an other end surface of the annular seal member is pressed against the back surface of the plate-like member, the one end surface of the annular seal member is pressed against the first seal surface of the first flow path member, and the outer peripheral surface of the annular seal member is pressed against the third seal surface of the second flow path member; and the plate-like member is pressed by the other end surface of the annular seal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Toshiyuki INADA, Kazunari WATANABE, Kenji AIKAWA, Kohei SHIGYOU, Tomohiro NAKATA, Takahiro MATSUDA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11346461
    Abstract: To provide a manual valve device suitable for a miniaturized and integrated fluid control system, the manual valve device includes a casing having a tubular shape and incorporating a drive mechanism, an operation member for activating the drive mechanism, and a cam part that converts a force acting on the operation member into a driving force of the drive mechanism. The manual valve device further includes a protective cover provided on an upper end side of the casing and covering at least a portion of the operation member. The operation member includes an attaching part that allows removable attaching of an auxiliary tool for causing a force required for activation of the drive mechanism to act on the operation member. The protective cover is formed so as to allow access to the attaching part of the operation member by the auxiliary tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Tomohiro Nakata, Toshiyuki Inada, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11339881
    Abstract: Provided is a valve device in which influence of a physical impact on a valve element is further reduced. Valve device includes a valve seat disposed around an opening connected to a flow path formed in a valve body, a diaphragm for opening and closing flow path by moving between a contact position and a non-contact position with respect to the valve seat, a presser adapter that contacts a peripheral portion of the diaphragm, a casing that incorporates an actuator for actuating the diaphragm and is fixed on the valve body by being screwed into a screw hole formed in the valve body, and an adapter fixing ring that is screwed into the screw hole and thereby fixed in the valve body while pressing the presser adapter and the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Kohei Shigyou, Yohei Sawada, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11340636
    Abstract: To diagnose an abnormality of a fluid control device from an operation of an entire fluid supply line including a plurality of fluid control devices. Provided is an abnormality diagnosis method of a fluid supply line including a plurality of fluid control devices F, V1, and V2 communicating with each other fluid-tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryutaro Tanno, Kenji Aikawa, Akihiro Harada, Yuya Suzuki, Takahiro Matsuda, Katsunori Komehana, Masahiko Ochiishi, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11320056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a miniaturized valve device capable of dramatically increasing the degree of freedom in arranging a flow path of a valve body while securing a necessary flow rate. The valve device includes a valve seat support provided in an accommodation recess and having a support surface with which a sealing surface of a valve seat abuts and supports a pressing force from the sealing surface; a diaphragm provided in the accommodation recess so as to abut and be separable from a seating surface of the valve seat and seals the opening side of the accommodation recess; the valve seat support having sealing surfaces which cooperates with a part of the inner wall surface of the accommodation recess to bock the communication between a primary flow path and a secondary flow path, and a detour passage that connects the primary flow path and a flow passage of the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Kohei Shigyou, Kenji Aikawa, Tomohiro Nakata, Takahiro Matsuda, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11322372
    Abstract: A fluid supply device includes a condenser, a tank that stores the fluid, a pump that pressure-feeds the fluid toward a processing chamber, a main pipe connecting the tank and the pump and transferring the liquid stored in the tank to the pump using a weight of the liquid, and a discharging pipe that is connected to the main pipe at a lowest position of the main pipe at one end, is opened to the atmosphere at the other end, and vaporizes and discharges the liquid in the tank and the main pipe to the outside. The discharging pipe is formed so that, after the liquid in the tank and the main pipe is fully discharged, a liquid pool that separates a space on the atmosphere side and a space on the main pipe side of the discharging pipe is temporarily produced in the discharging pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Toshihide Yoshida, Yukio Minami, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11306830
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve body; a valve seat; an inner disk made of a metal alloy having an inner annular portion, outer annular portion and a connecting portion that connects the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion; a diaphragm made of a metal alloy covering the inner disk and the valve seat and moving between an open position at which the diaphragm does not contact the valve seat and a closed position at which the diaphragm contacts the valve seat to enable and shuts off communication between the first flow path and the second flow paths; and a presser adapter that presses a peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm toward the outer annular portion; and the inner disk has a hardness higher than the valve seat and lower than both the valve body and the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Tsutomu Shinohara, Tomohiro Nakata, Hidenobu Sato