Patents by Inventor Akira MIYAGAKI

Akira MIYAGAKI 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: 11739853
    Abstract: A ventilation component includes a valve body portion, a shaft portion, a ventilation path, and a gas-permeable membrane. The shaft portion extends in a normal direction of the valve body portion. The shaft portion supports the valve body portion. The ventilation path extends through the shaft portion. The gas-permeable membrane closes the ventilation path. In a state where the ventilation component is fixed to a housing, a flow of gas passing through a peripheral opening is blocked by the valve body portion, and ventilation occurs between an inner space and an external space via the gas-permeable membrane. When a pressure difference obtained by subtracting a pressure of the external space from a pressure of the inner space is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the valve body portion elastically deforms to be away from an outer surface to release the pressure of the inner space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakayama, Youzou Yano, Tomoyuki Kasagi, Akira Miyagaki
  • Patent number: 11560962
    Abstract: A ventilation component (1a) is to be attached to a housing (2) at a ventilation opening (5). The ventilation component (1a) includes a gas-permeable membrane (10), a ventilation valve (20), and a structural member (30). The structural member (30) has an inner space (40), and at least one of a first ventilation path (51) and a second ventilation paths (52). The inner space (40) is a space accommodating the gas-permeable membrane (10) and/or the ventilation valve (20). The first ventilation path (51) allows the inner space (40) to communicate with an external space of the ventilation component (1a). The first ventilation path (51) has a first inner opening (51i) and a first outer opening (51e), and the first inner opening (51i) faces the first outer opening (51e). The first inner opening (51i) and the first outer opening (51e) are present along a plane parallel to an outer surface (2s) of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakayama, Youzou Yano, Akira Miyagaki
  • Patent number: 11536383
    Abstract: A ventilation component (1) includes a gas-permeable membrane (10), a ventilation valve (20), and a structural member (30). The ventilation component (1) is to be attached to a housing (2) having a ventilation opening (5). The ventilation valve (20) includes an elastic body, and is opened and closed by elastic deformation of the elastic body. The structural member (30) supports the gas-permeable membrane (10) and the ventilation valve (20). In an attached state where the ventilation component (1) is attached to the housing (2), ventilation between an inside of the housing (2) and an outside of the housing (2) is carried out via the gas-permeable membrane (10), and the ventilation valve (20) is opened to discharge a gas inside the housing 2 to the outside of the housing 2 when a difference between a pressure inside the housing (2) and a pressure outside the housing (2) is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakayama, Youzou Yano, Akira Miyagaki
  • Publication number: 20220120354
    Abstract: A ventilation component (1a) includes a valve body portion (10), a shaft portion (20), a ventilation path (15), and a gas-permeable membrane (30). The valve body portion (10) has an umbrella cloth shape. The shaft portion (20) extends in a normal direction of the valve body portion (10). The shaft portion (20) supports the valve body portion (10). The ventilation path (15) extends through the shaft portion (20) in the normal direction of the valve body portion (10). The gas-permeable membrane (30) closes the ventilation path (15) such that ventilation can occur. In a state where the ventilation component (1a) is fixed to a housing (50), the valve body portion (10) covers a peripheral opening (55) and an outer circumferential portion of the valve body portion (10) is in contact with an outer surface (52a) of the housing (50) such that a flow of gas passing through the peripheral opening (55) is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAYAMA, Youzou YANO, Tomoyuki KASAGI, Akira MIYAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20210396324
    Abstract: A ventilation component (1) includes a gas-permeable membrane (10), a ventilation valve (20), and a structural member (30). The ventilation component (1) is to be attached to a housing (2) having a ventilation opening (5). The ventilation valve (20) includes an elastic body, and is opened and closed by elastic deformation of the elastic body. The structural member (30) supports the gas-permeable membrane (10) and the ventilation valve (20). In an attached state where the ventilation component (1) is attached to the housing (2), ventilation between an inside of the housing (2) and an outside of the housing (2) is carried out via the gas-permeable membrane (10), and the ventilation valve (20) is opened to discharge a gas inside the housing 2 to the outside of the housing 2 when a difference between a pressure inside the housing (2) and a pressure outside the housing (2) is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAYAMA, Youzou YANO, Akira MIYAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20210396323
    Abstract: A ventilation component (1a) is to be attached to a housing (2) at a ventilation opening (5). The ventilation component (1a) includes a gas-permeable membrane (10), a ventilation valve (20), and a structural member (30). The structural member (30) has an inner space (40), and at least one of a first ventilation path (51) and a second ventilation paths (52). The inner space (40) is a space accommodating the gas-permeable membrane (10) and/or the ventilation valve (20). The first ventilation path (51) allows the inner space (40) to communicate with an external space of the ventilation component (1a). The first ventilation path (51) has a first inner opening (51i) and a first outer opening (51e), and the first inner opening (51i) faces the first outer opening (51e). The first inner opening (51i) and the first outer opening (51e) are present along a plane parallel to an outer surface (2s) of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAYAMA, Youzou YANO, Akira MIYAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20210392761
    Abstract: A ventilation assembly of the present disclosure includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member; and an external member being a tubular body having a bottom, the external member being joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side, wherein the ventilation assembly is to be fixed to the projection of the housing with the projection inserted in the opening at the second end portion of the internal member to make an inner peripheral surface of the internal member and an outer peripheral surface of the projection abut each other, the ventilation assembly has a second space serving as a ventilation path connecting the gas-permeable membrane and the outside of the ventilation assembly in at least one selected from the inside of the internal member, the i
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Daisuke KITAGAWA, Yusuke NAKAYAMA, Akira MIYAGAKI, Teppei TEZUKA, Youzou YANO, Tomoyuki KASAGI
  • Patent number: 11111348
    Abstract: A method is for treating a surface of a resin material layer. The method includes a first step of introducing as a substituent at least one selected from the group consisting of an acid halide and an alkyl halide into an aromatic polyether-based resin included in the resin material layer by Friedel-Crafts reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koichi Hasegawa, Toshio Abe, Kiyoka Takagi, Takashi Nishino, Takuya Matsumoto, Akira Miyagaki
  • Publication number: 20200317876
    Abstract: A method is for treating a surface of a resin material layer. The method includes a first step of introducing as a substituent at least one selected from the group consisting of an acid halide and an alkyl halide into an aromatic polyether-based resin included in the resin material layer by Friedel-Crafts reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., National University Corporation KOBE University
    Inventors: Koichi HASEGAWA, Toshio ABE, Kiyoka TAKAGI, Takashi NISHINO, Takuyua MATSUMOTO, Akira MIYAGAKI