Patents by Inventor Yukinori Ozaki
Yukinori Ozaki 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).
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Patent number: 9372105Abstract: An ultrasonic flow rate measurement device includes a measurement channel, through which a fluid to be measured flows; and a sensor fixing casing having openings formed in the measurement channel and sensor fixing cavities communicating with the openings. Moreover, the ultrasonic flow rate measurement device includes a pair of ultrasonic sensors contained in the sensor fixing cavities, for measuring the flow rate of the fluid to be measured; and a flow rate measuring unit for detecting the flow rate based on an ultrasonic wave propagation time between the pair of ultrasonic sensors. Furthermore, the ultrasonic flow rate measurement device includes a suppressing member formed at each of the openings, for suppressing the fluid to be measured from intruding into each of the sensor fixing cavities, wherein the suppressing member is molded integrally with the sensor fixing casing.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Miyata, Makoto Nakano, Yuji Fujii, Yukinori Ozaki
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Patent number: 9032816Abstract: An ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit includes: a piezoelectric member supporting plate; an acoustic matching member fixed to one surface of the piezoelectric member supporting plate; a piezoelectric member fixed to the other surface. Moreover, the ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit includes: an insulating vibration suppressing member integrally formed in such a manner as to cover the piezoelectric member and the piezoelectric member supporting plate, wherein the insulating vibration suppressing member has a hole reaching the piezoelectric member supporting plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Satou, Hideaki Morihana, Akihisa Adachi, Makoto Nakano, Yukinori Ozaki
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Patent number: 8984960Abstract: Ultrasonic flow rate measurement device includes measurement flow path in which a fluid to be measured flows, and a pair of ultrasonic vibrators that are disposed in directions such that a propagation path of an ultrasonic wave forms a V-shape relative to measurement flow path. Moreover, the device includes measurement circuit which measures a flow rate of the fluid to be measured by measuring a propagation time of the ultrasonic wave between the pair of ultrasonic vibrators, and inlet-side rectification part which is disposed, in the inlet side of measurement flow path, to stabilize the flow of the fluid to be measured. Furthermore, the device includes outlet-side coupling part which is disposed in the outlet side of measurement flow path, and signal lead-out part which outputs a flow rate value measured with measurement circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Fujii, Yukinori Ozaki, Masato Satou, Hirokazu Gotou
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Patent number: 8978482Abstract: An ultrasonic flow rate measuring device includes a flow path, a partition plate that is inserted from an aperture to partition the flow path into plural sections, an ultrasound transmission body, plural ultrasonic transducers that are provided in positions facing a bottom plate such that an ultrasonic wave transmitted from one of the ultrasonic transducers through the ultrasound transmission body is reflected by the bottom plate and received by the other ultrasonic transducer, a measurement circuit that measures an ultrasonic propagation time between the plurality of the ultrasonic transducers; and a calculation circuit that obtains a flow rate of the target fluid based on a signal from the measurement circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Ozaki, Yuji Fujii, Masato Satou, Hirokazu Gotou, Aoi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8925390Abstract: Provided are an ultrasonic fluid-measuring apparatus and an ultrasonic fluid-measuring apparatus that can prevent the disturbance from occurring in the ultrasonic waves due to disturbance of a fluid. An ultrasonic fluid-measuring structure includes an ultrasonic measuring section adjacent to a channel member. The channel member includes a first ultrasonic wave input/output section and a second ultrasonic wave input/output section provided in a first side wall part, and a reflecting surface provided on an inner surface of the second side wall part. Further, it is configured so that the first ultrasonic wave input/output section and the second ultrasonic wave input/output section are adjacent to each other, and an ultrasonic wave transmission membrane through which the ultrasonic waves pass covers together both the first ultrasonic wave input/output section and the second ultrasonic wave input/output section.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yuuji Fujii, Hajime Miyata, Yukinori Ozaki, Aoi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140033827Abstract: An ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit includes: a piezoelectric member supporting plate; an acoustic matching member fixed to one surface of the piezoelectric member supporting plate; a piezoelectric member fixed to the other surface. Moreover, the ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit includes: an insulating vibration suppressing member integrally formed in such a manner as to cover the piezoelectric member and the piezoelectric member supporting plate, wherein the insulating vibration suppressing member has a hole reaching the piezoelectric member supporting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masato Satou, Hideaki Morihana, Akihisa Adachi, Makoto Nakano, Yukinori Ozaki
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Publication number: 20130312537Abstract: An ultrasonic flow rate measurement device includes a measurement channel, through which a fluid to be measured flows; and a sensor fixing casing having openings formed in the measurement channel and sensor fixing cavities communicating with the openings. Moreover, the ultrasonic flow rate measurement device includes a pair of ultrasonic sensors contained in the sensor fixing cavities, for measuring the flow rate of the fluid to be measured; and a flow rate measuring unit for detecting the flow rate based on an ultrasonic wave propagation time between the pair of ultrasonic sensors. Furthermore, the ultrasonic flow rate measurement device includes a suppressing member formed at each of the openings, for suppressing the fluid to be measured from intruding into each of the sensor fixing cavities, wherein the suppressing member is molded integrally with the sensor fixing casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Miyata, Makoto Nakano, Yuji Fujii, Yukinori Ozaki
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Publication number: 20130263677Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic flow meter capable of detecting a flow rate using measurement flow channel including layered flow channels and a pair of ultrasonic sensors and disposed on a wall surface on the same side of measurement flow channel so as to form a propagation path of ultrasonic waves utilizing reflection on flow channel inner wall surface on an opposing side, and control rod as fluid control means is disposed on an upstream side of separation plates that form a multilayer section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Miyata, Makoto Nakano, Yuji Fujii, Yukinori Ozaki
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Publication number: 20130239699Abstract: An ultrasonic flow rate measuring device includes a flow path, a partition plate that is inserted from an aperture to partition the flow path into plural sections, an ultrasound transmission body, plural ultrasonic transducers that are provided in positions facing a bottom plate such that an ultrasonic wave transmitted from one of the ultrasonic transducers through the ultrasound transmission body is reflected by the bottom plate and received by the other ultrasonic transducer, a measurement circuit that measures an ultrasonic propagation time between the plurality of the ultrasonic transducers; and a calculation circuit that obtains a flow rate of the target fluid based on a signal from the measurement circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinori Ozaki, Yuji Fujii, Masato Satou, Hirokazu Gotou, Aoi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20130167655Abstract: Ultrasonic flow rate measurement device includes measurement flow path in which a fluid to be measured flows, and a pair of ultrasonic vibrators that are disposed in directions such that a propagation path of an ultrasonic wave forms a V-shape relative to measurement flow path. Moreover, the device includes measurement circuit which measures a flow rate of the fluid to be measured by measuring a propagation time of the ultrasonic wave between the pair of ultrasonic vibrators, and inlet-side rectification part which is disposed, in the inlet side of measurement flow path, to stabilize the flow of the fluid to be measured. Furthermore, the device includes outlet-side coupling part which is disposed in the outlet side of measurement flow path, and signal lead-out part which outputs a flow rate value measured with measurement circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fujii, Yukinori Ozaki, Masato Satou, Hirokazu Gotou
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Publication number: 20130098168Abstract: Ultrasonic transducers are attached in a direction of compressing O-ring provided in a housing with a flow passage. Biasing means makes contact with and presses these ultrasonic transducers and at multiple points. A screw is provided for locking this pressing means to the housing. This enables the use of O-ring as a sealing means. Accordingly, an in-expensive ultrasonic flowmeter that facilitates signal processing by reducing propagation of vibration of the ultrasonic transducer to the housing can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinori Ozaki, Yuji Fujii, Hajime Miyata, Makoto Nakano
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Publication number: 20120272750Abstract: Provided are an ultrasonic fluid-measuring apparatus and an ultrasonic fluid-measuring apparatus that can prevent the disturbance from occurring in the ultrasonic waves due to disturbance of a fluid. An ultrasonic fluid-measuring structure includes an ultrasonic measuring section adjacent to a channel member. The channel member includes a first ultrasonic wave input/output section and a second ultrasonic wave input/output section provided in a first side wall part, and a reflecting surface provided on an inner surface of the second side wall part. Further, it is configured so that the first ultrasonic wave input/output section and the second ultrasonic wave input/output section are adjacent to each other, and an ultrasonic wave transmission membrane through which the ultrasonic waves pass covers together both the first ultrasonic wave input/output section and the second ultrasonic wave input/output section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuuji Fujii, Hajime Miyata, Yukinori Ozaki, Aoi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20120266690Abstract: In an ultrasonic flow meter device of the present invention, a compressive conductive fastener member including conductive parts is retained between a casing having a fluid passage in which a fluid which is a measurement target flows; ultrasonic transmitters/receivers mounted to the casing, and a control printed board disposed to face the ultrasonic transmitters/receivers, and in this state, the control printed board is fastened. Thereby, the ultrasonic transmitters/receivers are electrically connected to the control printed board without the use of lead wires. A cost increase can be suppressed, and an influence of an outside noise can be mitigated because of omission of the lead wires. Therefore, reliability of the ultrasonic transmitters/receivers can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinori Ozaki, Yuji Fujii, Hajime Miyata, Makoto Nakano
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Patent number: 8161824Abstract: A multilayer flow path member of an ultrasonic fluid measurement apparatus and an ultrasonic fluid measurement apparatus capable of enhancing the measurement accuracy of the mean flow velocity are provided. When a multilayer flow path member 30 placed in a measurement flow path 14a shaped in a rectangular cross-section pipe of an ultrasonic fluid measurement apparatus 10 is partitioned into a plurality of flat flow paths 14e by partition plates 32 attached to a frame 31 along a flowing direction, the partition plates 32 are provided so as to face inner faces 15f and 17a of the measurement flow path 14a. Thus, the partition plates 32 are exposed and face the inner faces 15f and 17a of the measurement flow path 14a and thus the space between the exposed partition plate 32 and the inner face 15f, 17a of the measurement flow path 14a becomes the highest-stage or lowest-stage flat flow path 14e.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masato Satou, Yukinori Ozaki, Akihisa Adachi
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Publication number: 20100192702Abstract: A multilayer flow path member of an ultrasonic fluid measurement apparatus and an ultrasonic fluid measurement apparatus capable of enhancing the measurement accuracy of the mean flow velocity are provided. When a multilayer flow path member 30 placed in a measurement flow path 14a shaped in a rectangular cross-section pipe of an ultrasonic fluid measurement apparatus 10 is partitioned into a plurality of flat flow paths 14e by partition plates 32 attached to a frame 31 along a flowing direction, the partition plates 32 are provided so as to face inner faces 15f and 17a of the measurement flow path 14a. Thus, the partition plates 32 are exposed and face the inner faces 15f and 17a of the measurement flow path 14a and thus the space between the exposed partition plate 32 and the inner face 15f, 17a of the measurement flow path 14a becomes the highest-stage or lowest-stage flat flow path 14e.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: Panasonic CorproationInventors: Masato Satou, Yukinori Ozaki, Akihisa Adachi
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Patent number: 6200686Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes: (A) 100 parts by weight of an unsaturated polyester having a dicyclopentenyl group; (B) 20 to 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable aromatic vinyl monomer; (C) 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a polymerizable aliphatic vinyl monomer; and (D) 50 to 10000 ppm of a thermoplastic polymer relative to the total weight of the components (A), (B) and (C), in which the thermoplastic polymer is soluble in the polymerizable aliphatic vinyl monomer, and the weight ratio (D/C) of the component (D) to the component (C) is equal to or less than ⅕. The unsaturated polyester resin composition can provide a laminated or joint monolithic molding having markedly high secondary bond strength without deteriorating inherent drying characteristics of the unsaturated polyester resin composition having a dicyclopentenyl group. Moldings obtained by using the resin composition are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1999Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Ozaki, Tsugishige Iwaki
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Patent number: 4658654Abstract: A flow rate detecting device which includes a fixed rotating member for converting a fluid from a straightforward flow to a rotary flow, and a spherical member. Frictional force acting on the spherical member can be decreased and the rotary orbital track for the spherical member can be stabilized by the arrangement of a spherical member receiver, by which the spherical member is supported, having a receiving face perpendicular to the fluid flow, and outflow paths at its central and circumferential sides, and as a result, a high performance of the flow rate detecting device can be accomplished.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1985Date of Patent: April 21, 1987Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Ozaki, Shuji Yamanouchi
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Patent number: 4315964Abstract: A glass fiber reinforced resin laminate comprising a cured layer of glass fiber reinforced resin using an unsaturated polyester resin (I) and a surface layer of polyvinyl fluoride formed on at least one of the opposite surface of the aforementioned cured layer, wherein said unsaturated polyester resin (I) comprises (A) 40 to 80% by weight of an unsaturated polyester derived from an acid moiety containing 20 to 90 mol% of at least one member selected from the group consisting of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated polybasic acids and anhydrides thereof and a polyhydric alcohol moiety containing 10 to 40 mol% of diethylene glycol and (B) 60 to 20% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an amount falling within the range of 0.1 to 0.6 mol, based on mol of the diethylene glycol used in the derivation of said unsaturated polyester (A), of an acrylic ester or methacrylic ester, and, on being cured, exhibits a refractive index within the range of 1.50 to 1.56 at 25.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1980Date of Patent: February 16, 1982Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Ozaki, Hidemi Soda