Patents Assigned to SMC Corporation
  • Patent number: 11623314
    Abstract: A magnetic chuck includes a cylinder tube including a workpiece attraction surface to which a workpiece is attracted, a piston assembly including a permanent magnet and being movable in an internal space of the cylinder tube, the piston assembly separating the internal space of the cylinder tube into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, a first supply/discharge port formed in the cylinder tube and communicating with the first pressure chamber, a second supply/discharge port formed in the cylinder tube and communicating with the second pressure chamber, and a communication passage configured to allow the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20220063036
    Abstract: A magnetic chuck includes a cylinder tube including a workpiece attraction surface to which a workpiece is attracted, a piston assembly including a permanent magnet and being movable in an internal space of the cylinder tube, the piston assembly separating the internal space of the cylinder tube into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, a first supply/discharge port formed in the cylinder tube and communicating with the first pressure chamber, a second supply/discharge port formed in the cylinder tube and communicating with the second pressure chamber, and a communication passage configured to allow the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiro SATO
  • Patent number: 11255464
    Abstract: A pair of air cylinders that cause a valve plate to perform an opening/closing operation each include a head-side air cushion mechanism and a rod-side air cushion mechanism. Each head-side air cushion mechanism includes a head-side communication path and a head-side restricting flow path that connect a head-side pressure chamber and a head-side main flow path in parallel, and a blocking mechanism that blocks the head-side communication path when a piston approaches a retreat stroke end, and each rod-side air cushion mechanism includes a rod-side communication path and a rod-side restricting flow path that connect a rod-side pressure chamber and a rod-side main flow path in parallel, and a blocking mechanism that blocks the rod-side communication path when the piston approaches an advance stroke end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Shimoda, Hiroshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Udagawa, Takashi Nagao
  • Patent number: 11174972
    Abstract: A pipe joint includes a joint body formed with a through hole therein along an axial direction, and having male threads and an extending shaft portion formed on one end side thereof; and a nut member formed with an insertion hole through which a tube member is inserted, and having female threads formed therein that screw-engage with the male threads. Annular projections are formed on an outer circumferential surface of the extending shaft portion, and the tube member, which is expanded in diameter, is gripped between the annular projections and an inner circumferential surface of the nut member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzuru Okita, Keisuke Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10989317
    Abstract: A two-way valve configured to switch between a communication state and a non-communication state of between a primary port and a secondary port includes a valve body having the primary port and the secondary port and containing a valve seat portion therein, a diaphragm valve supported inside the valve body so as to be brought into contact with and separated from the valve seat portion, and a drive mechanism configured to displace the diaphragm valve. The diaphragm valve includes an annular projection facing a flat seat surface of the valve seat portion and an elastic member attached at the back of the annular projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitada Doi, Yuzuru Okita, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akinori Nagata
  • Publication number: 20210059007
    Abstract: A wireless communication system allows the movement of a carriage or an automated conveyance vehicle to which a plurality of slave wireless device and a plurality of appliances are provided. A master control unit of a master wireless device uses a master communication unit to transmit a cut-off request signal to a slave wireless device deviating from a communication-target region. If a slave communication unit receives the cut-off request signal, a slave control unit of the slave wireless device cuts off a wireless connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko AKI, Norimasa OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200300383
    Abstract: In a fluid control valve, a cylinder chamber includes a first pilot chamber extending from a piston in one of sliding directions. An opening of a first pilot port allowing supply and discharge of fluid is formed in the inner wall of the first pilot chamber. The fluid is accommodated in the first pilot chamber when the piston is in a valve open position, and discharged via the opening when the piston is displaced toward a valve closed position. At least one of the piston and a valve body includes a throttle portion forming, between the piston and the valve body, a throttle path having a cross-sectional area smaller than the area of the opening, after the piston starts being displaced from the valve open position toward the valve closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitada DOI, Yuzuru OKITA, Yoji NIIMI, Hirofumi UEDA, Tsugumichi FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20200208755
    Abstract: A pair of air cylinders that cause a valve plate to perform an opening/closing operation each include a head-side air cushion mechanism and a rod-side air cushion mechanism. Each head-side air cushion mechanism includes a head-side communication path and a head-side restricting flow path that connect a head-side pressure chamber and a head-side main flow path in parallel, and a blocking mechanism that blocks the head-side communication path when a piston approaches a retreat stroke end, and each rod-side air cushion mechanism includes a rod-side communication path and a rod-side restricting flow path that connect a rod-side pressure chamber and a rod-side main flow path in parallel, and a blocking mechanism that blocks the rod-side communication path when the piston approaches an advance stroke end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMODA, Hiroshi OGAWA, Hiroshi UDAGAWA, Takashi NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20200158272
    Abstract: A pipe joint includes a joint body formed with a through hole therein along an axial direction, and having male threads and an extending shaft portion formed on one end side thereof; and a nut member formed with an insertion hole through which a tube member is inserted, and having female threads formed therein that screw-engage with the male threads. Annular projections are formed on an outer circumferential surface of the extending shaft portion, and the tube member, which is expanded in diameter, is gripped between the annular projections and an inner circumferential surface of the nut member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzuru OKITA, Keisuke IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200063875
    Abstract: A two-way valve configured to switch between a communication state and a non-communication state of between a primary port and a secondary port includes a valve body having the primary port and the secondary port and containing a valve seat portion therein, a diaphragm valve supported inside the valve body so as to be brought into contact with and separated from the valve seat portion, and a drive mechanism configured to displace the diaphragm valve. The diaphragm valve includes an annular projection facing a flat seat surface of the valve seat portion and an elastic member attached at the back of the annular projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitada DOI, Yuzuru OKITA, Takamitsu SUZUKI, Akinori NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20190145437
    Abstract: A monitoring device includes a first pressure sensor that detects a first pressure value of a pressurized fluid in a first pipe, a second pressure sensor that detects a second pressure value of a pressurized fluid in a second pipe, and a detector that determines, on the basis of the first pressure value and the second pressure value, whether or not a piston has reached one end or the other inside a cylinder body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20180298926
    Abstract: On inner wall surfaces of a head cover and a rod cover of a fluid pressure cylinder, respective pluralities of first and second spigot pins are installed to project out from the inner wall surfaces. The first and second spigot pins are disposed on circumferences of a predetermined diameter that internally contact or inscribe the cylinder tube. Further, when the cylinder tube is assembled with respect to the head cover and the rod cover, by the flange members of the first and second spigot pins inscribing the inner circumferential surface thereof, the cylinder tube is positioned and assembled coaxially with respect to the centers of the head cover and the rod cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunaga SUZUKI, Chiaki FUKUI, Makoto YAEGASHI
  • Publication number: 20180298927
    Abstract: In an interior of a cylinder tube of a fluid pressure cylinder, a piston unit is provided, which is displaced along an axial direction under the supply of a pressure fluid. The piston unit includes a disk shaped plate body, which is connected to one end of a piston rod, and a ring body connected to an outer edge portion of the plate body. The plate body is connected to the piston rod by plural second rivets, which are punched in an axial direction with respect to the piston rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunaga SUZUKI, Chiaki FUKUI, Makoto YAEGASHI
  • Patent number: D801479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitada Doi, Akihiro Ohkubo, Takahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: D801481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ueno, Shinichi Ito
  • Patent number: D807207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Seo, Yuta Oshima
  • Patent number: D809406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Seo, Yuta Oshima
  • Patent number: D843330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Natsuki Oe
  • Patent number: D864001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Sakamoto, Yoshihisa Ohba, Ryoko Kondo
  • Patent number: D891586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Sekine, Yoshihiro Tanabe, Taketoshi Shiba