Patents Assigned to Fujikin Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20230024126
    Abstract: A pipe joint includes first and second sleeves having fluid flow paths communicating with each other; an annular gasket interposed between abutting end surfaces of the sleeves; a male screw member having a through hole into which the first sleeve is inserted; and a female screw member having a through hole into which the second sleeve is inserted, the sleeves being joined by screwing the male screw member with the female screw member, wherein the pipe joint has a leak port opened at a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the male screw member not covered by the female screw member and communicates with a gap between the male screw member and the first sleeve to detect a leak fluid leaked from gaps between the sleeves and the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Akihiro HARADA, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsuneyuki OKABE, Yuya SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20230021102
    Abstract: A flow rate control device 100 includes a flow rate control valve 8 having a valve element 8a and a piezoelectric element 8b for moving the valve element, and a control circuit 9 for controlling an operation of the flow rate control valve 8, wherein, in order to perform a pulsed fluid supply, the control circuit 9 is configured so as to open-loop control an applied voltage to the piezoelectric element so that it approaches the target voltage after once applying a voltage V1 exceeding a target voltage V0 corresponding to a target displacement of the piezoelectric element, when a pulsed flow rate setting signal is given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Katsuyuki SUGITA, Ryousuke DOHI, Koji KAWADA, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230011244
    Abstract: A pressure control device 20 includes a pressure control valve 25, a flow resistance 23 provided downstream of the pressure control valve, for restricting a gas flow, a first pressure sensor 21 for measuring a gas pressure between the pressure control valve and the flow resistance, a second pressure sensor 22 for measuring a gas pressure downstream of the flow resistance, and an arithmetic control circuit 26 connected to the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor. The pressure control device is configured to control the gas pressure downstream of the flow resistance by adjusting an opening degree of the pressure control valve based on an output of the second pressure sensor regardless of an output of the first pressure sensor control, and calculate the flow rate of the gas downstream of the flow resistance based on the output of the first pressure sensor and the output of the second pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kaoru HIRATA, Kouji NISHINO, Katsuyuki SUGITA, Shinya OGAWA, Keisuke IDEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230002900
    Abstract: A vaporization supply device includes a vaporizer for heating and vaporizing a liquid raw material L, a flow rate controller for controlling a flow rate of the gas supplied from the vaporizer to a gas supply destination, and a controller for heating the inside of the vaporizer to obtain a necessary gas flow rate, and performing a feedback control so that a pressure becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value. The controller is configured so as to stop the feedback control at the time point when the flow rate control by the flow rate controller starts, then heat the liquid raw material by an amount of heat provided to the vaporizer more than the heat that has already been provided immediately before the feedback control ends, and change to the feedback control after a predetermined time has elapsed from the time point when the flow rate control by the flow rate controller starts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Kazuyuki MORISAKI, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu lKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230003306
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve including: a valve body having a flow path formed therein and a valve chamber recessed from an upper surface of the valve body; a diaphragm that is disposed in the valve chamber and elastically deformable to open and close the flow path and adjust an opening degree of the flow path; a stem for pressing the diaphragm to elastically deform the diaphragm; an actuator for driving the stem; a support mechanism that is fixed to the valve body and supports the stem and the actuator; wherein the stem includes a first stem member connected to the actuator via a displacement transmitting member, and a second stem member held by the support mechanism so as to be movable in the axial direction via a sleeve, the second stem member has an upper end portion which abuts against a lower end portion of the first stem member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kohei SHIGYOU, Takashi HIROSE
  • Patent number: 11543275
    Abstract: A mass flow sensor is provided with reduced zero point fluctuation, and a mass flow meter and a mass flow controller using the mass flow sensor, the mass flow sensor comprising a U-shaped flow path passage in which a fluid flows from first end to a second end, having a bottom portion and two straight portions connecting the bottom portion to the ends, a first thermal resistor wound around one of the straight portions, a second thermal resistor wound around the same straight portion as the first thermal resistor and provided away from the first thermal resistor toward the second end, and a heat dissipating portion provided so as to be in contact with the flow path passage on the side opposite to the second thermal resistor across the first thermal resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventor: Tsunehisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11536386
    Abstract: A fluid control device, capable of detecting leaks even if the leaks is slight, is provided. The fluid control device includes a valve body in which the flow path is formed, a diaphragm isolating a closed space from the flow path, a bonnet forming the closed space between the diaphragm and providing a penetration hole connected to the closed space and penetrated to be able to vertically move a diaphragm retainer, the diaphragm retainer vertically moving in the penetration hole to press the diaphragm and providing an increased diameter portion not to be removed from the penetration hole, a pressure sensor detecting a pressure inside of the closed space, and an elastic body interposing between the increased diameter portion of the diaphragm retainer and the bonnet inside of the closed space and elastically expanding and deflating between the increased diameter portion of the diaphragm retainer and the bonnet as the diaphragm retainer vertically moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryutaro Tanno, Tsutomu Shinohara, Yuya Suzuki, Hidenori Kiso, Yoshiaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11536385
    Abstract: A fluid control device, capable of acquiring data related to an internal operation of a device, is provided. The Fluid control device V includes a bonnet part installing sensors for detecting the internal operation of the fluid control device and a valve body containing the bonnet part inside, and the valve body has a recess for containing the bonnet part and a slit, leading a communication cable connected to the sensors to the outside, opening one end on an opposite side of a base where a flow path is formed, and penetrating from an outside to the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryutaro Tanno, Tsutomu Shinohara, Yuya Suzuki, Hidenori Kiso
  • Publication number: 20220403508
    Abstract: A vaporization supply apparatus 1 includes a preheating section 2 for preheating a liquid raw material L, a vaporization section 3 provided on top of the preheating section 2 for heating and vaporizing the preheated liquid raw material L sent from the preheating section 2, a flow rate control device 4 provided on top of the vaporization section 3 for controlling the flow rate of a gas G sent from the vaporization section 3, and heaters 5 for heating the preheating section 2, the vaporization section 3 and the flow rate control device 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takatoshi NAKATANI, Atsushi HIDAKA, Ichiro TOKUDA, Keisuke NAKATSUJI
  • Publication number: 20220397203
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator including a ball-type thrust amplifier therein that controls a valve in which a high-pressure fluid flows, and having less wear between members and a long lifespan. This actuator for a valve includes a thrust amplification mechanism therein, in which the thrust amplification mechanism includes a disk, a ball presser, a stem, and a plurality of balls that are sandwiched by and in contact with an upper surface of the disk, a tapered surface of the ball presser, and a tapered surface of the stem and disposed to move outward as the stem moves downward, the surfaces of the parts constituting the thrust amplification mechanism are coated with grease containing an additive, and the additive of the grease includes at least chloroalkane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Keisuke Ishibashi, Tadayuki Yakushijin, Ryo Tangotani, Tadanobu Yoshida, Michio Yamaji, Shoichi Uruno
  • Publication number: 20220397885
    Abstract: An operation information collection system for a fluid control device configured as an operation information collection module includes a detected value acquisition unit acquiring a detected value of a state change or a device operation able to detect opening/closing operations from the fluid control device, a calculation processing unit calculating a rate of change of detected values separated by a predetermined time based on the detected value, and an operation information registration unit registering the rate of change of the detected values separated by the predetermined time to an operation information storage unit as an operation information of the fluid control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuya Suzuki, Ryutaro Tanno, Koudai Okazaki, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20220390269
    Abstract: The abnormality detection method of the flow rate control device 10 is performed in the gas supply system 100 including the flow rate control device 10 having the restriction part 12, the control valve 14, the flow rate control pressure sensor 16 for measuring the upstream pressure P1, and the control circuit 19, the inflow pressure sensor 20 for measuring the supply pressure P0, and the upstream on-off valve 2 provided upstream of the inflow pressure sensor, and includes a step of closing the upstream on-off valve in a state in which the gas flows at the controlled flow rate at the downstream of the restriction part by controlling the opening degree of the control valve based on the output of the flow rate control pressure sensor, a step of measuring the drop in the supply pressure P0 on the upstream side of the control valve after closing the upstream on-off valve while keeping the control valve open, and a step of detecting the presence or absence of abnormality in the flow rate control device based on the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Masaaki NAGASE, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA, Kaoru HIRATA
  • Patent number: 11519769
    Abstract: A control unit 3 of a flow rate control system 1 comprises: a recording unit 31 for recording measured values of a pressure sensor P and a temperature sensor T, a storage unit 32 for storing volume data between a first valve V1 and a second valve V2 corresponding to the measured value of the pressure sensor P, and an arithmetic unit 33 for calculating a flow rate based on a first pressure value P1 and a first temperature value T1 measured after opening the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 to flow a gas and then closing the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 simultaneously in a state where the gas is flowing; a second pressure value P2 and a second temperature value T2 measured after opening the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 to flow a gas, closing the second valve V2 in a state where the gas is flowing, and then closing the first valve V1 after a predetermined time ?t has elapsed; and a volume value V between the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 which corresponds to the second pressure
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Masaaki Nagase, Satoru Yamashita, Masayoshi Kawashima, Masahiko Takimoto, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
  • 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: 11506294
    Abstract: A valve body unit is configured to be disengaged from a stem by moving the stem and the valve body unit to a valve seat side in a state where a bonnet is separated from the valve seat, thereby pushing a replacement ring such that the replacement ring moves through the bonnet while decreasing in diameter and then drops down onto a ring dropping portion in the free state, then moving the stem, the valve body unit, and the replacement ring to an opposite side to the valve seat side such that a first surface comes into contact with a second surface and the ring dropping portion comes into contact with the replacement ring, and in this state, moving only the stem to the opposite side to the valve seat side such that the connection formed by a connecting mechanism between the stem connection portion and the stem is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hidenobu Sato, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Masahiko Nakazawa, Nobuo Nakamura, Tomoko Yuhara
  • 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: 11493162
    Abstract: A joint includes a first block, a second block, and a single pipe section connecting the first block and the second block. The first block, the second block, and the single pipe have a first gas passage and a second gas passage inside therein. The first gas passage is formed so that a first port which opens at an outer surface of the first block, the single pipe section, and a second port which opens at an outer surface of the second block communicate with each other. The second gas passage is formed so that a third port and a fourth port which open at the outer surface of the second block communicate with each other. The second port is disposed between the third port and the fourth port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yusuke Shibata, Kazuhiro Fujine, Hidehiro Doya
  • Patent number: 11495045
    Abstract: An image acquiring apparatus includes: a light irradiation unit configured to be capable of radiating light modulated with a modulation signal in a predetermined frequency band; photosensors configured to be capable of receiving the light radiated from the light irradiation unit, the light including reflected light reflected by an object, and the photosensors being arranged in a matrix; and a generation unit configured to generate a DC component from an electrical signal output from the photosensor due to the light received by the photosensor on the basis of the predetermined frequency band or the modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: CONNECTEC JAPAN CORPORATION, FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komatsu, Akane Suzuki, Jun Kimura, Kensuke Kojima
  • 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