Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Horikawa
Akiyoshi Horikawa 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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Publication number: 20240183365Abstract: A compressed air supply device having a simple structure capable of supplying compressed air from an outside to pneumatic equipment incorporated into a moving device. This compressed air supply device includes: an air supply head provided with an opposite surface opposing to a connection surface; an air supply rod arranged in the air supply head so as to be reciprocable between a projecting position where a projecting surface protrudes from the opposite surface and a retraction position where the projecting surface is retracted from the projecting position; and an on-off valve blocking communication between a compressed air supply source and an air guide path when the projecting surface is away from the connection surface and causing the compressed air supply source and an air inflow path to communicate with each other via the air guide path when the connection surface abuts on the projecting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: KOGANEI CORPORATIONInventors: Akiyoshi HORIKAWA, Yu TAKEBAYASHI, Rikuta FUJII
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Publication number: 20240159358Abstract: An air supply device has a simple structure supplying compressed air to pneumatic equipment incorporated into a moving device from outside. The compressed air supply device includes: an air supply head having an opposite surface opposing a connection surface; an air supply rod in the air supply head so as to be capable of reciprocating between a projecting position where a projecting surface protrudes from the opposite surface and a retraction position where the projecting surface retracts from the projecting position; an on-off valve causing a compressed air supply source and an air inflow path to communicate with each other via an air guide path when the connection surface is abutted against the projecting surface; a first magnet on the connection surface; and a second magnet on the opposite surface, and by the magnetic attraction of both first and second magnets, an outlet and an inlet are centered.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: KOGANEI CORPORATIONInventors: Akiyoshi HORIKAWA, Yu TAKEBAYASHI, Rikuta FUJII
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Patent number: 9512860Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid pressure cylinder improved in assembling performance so as to easily fix a partition wall to a cylinder main body. A plurality of pistons 15a and 15b are incorporated in a cylinder main body 11, axially aligned with each other, reciprocable in an axial direction, and respectively provided with piston rods 17a and 17b. A partition wall 14 is attached to the cylinder main body 11 so as to form pressure chambers 21a and 21b. A stopper space is formed by an engagement groove 31 provided to the partition wall 14 and a slit 32 formed so as to extend in a transverse direction of the cylinder main body 11. A stopper 34 is inserted in the stopper space in the transverse direction of the cylinder main body 11 so as to fix the partition wall 14 to the cylinder main body 11.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yu Takebayashi
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Publication number: 20140366716Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid pressure cylinder improved in assembling performance so as to easily fix a partition wall to a cylinder main body. A plurality of pistons 15a and 15b are incorporated in a cylinder main body 11, axially aligned with each other, reciprocable in an axial direction, and respectively provided with piston rods 17a and 17b. A partition wall 14 is attached to the cylinder main body 11 so as to form pressure chambers 21a and 21b. A stopper space is formed by an engagement groove 31 provided to the partition wall 14 and a slit 32 formed so as to extend in a transverse direction of the cylinder main body 11. A stopper 34 is inserted in the stopper space in the transverse direction of the cylinder main body 11 so as to fix the partition wall 14 to the cylinder main body 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yu Takebayashi
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Patent number: 8839919Abstract: A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit for absorbing an impact force without bending the reciprocating rod. The shock absorber has a hollow rod provided with a through hole. The hollow rod is mounted within an outer cylindrical body. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. A spring force toward one end portion side of the hollow rod is applied to the outer cylindrical body by a compression coil spring. An annular piston provided in the hollow rod partitions the accommodating space into two liquid chambers. When the impact force is applied to the hollow rod, the liquid flows from one liquid chamber to another liquid chamber through a gap, whereby a resistance force is applied to the hollow rod.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura
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Patent number: 8584817Abstract: A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit to prevent a bending moment from being applied to the reciprocating rod in absorbing an impact force. The shock absorber has a hollow rod and an outer cylindrical body mounted axially movably relatively to and outside the hollow rod. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. The hollow rod carries an annular piston, which partitions the accommodating space into two liquid chambers. A compression spring biases the outer cylindrical body toward one end of the hollow rod. When an impact forces the outer cylindrical body toward the other end of the hollow rod, liquid flows from one of the liquid chambers to the other through a gap, so that a resistance force is applied to the annular piston.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura
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Patent number: 8342301Abstract: A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit to prevent a bending moment from being applied to the reciprocating rod in absorbing an impact force. The shock absorber has a hollow rod provided with a through hole and an outer cylindrical body mounted outside the hollow rod so as to be movable axially relatively and attached to the reciprocating unit. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. A spring force in a direction of being relatively directed to one end portion side of the hollow rod is applied to the outer cylindrical body by a compression coil spring. An annular piston for partitioning an accommodating space into two liquid chambers is provided in the hollow rod. When the impact force is applied to the hollow rod so as to be slid to the hollow rod, the liquid flows from one liquid chamber to another liquid chamber through a gap, whereby a resistance force is applied to the annular piston.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura
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Publication number: 20120326367Abstract: A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit for absorbing an impact force without bending the reciprocating rod. The shock absorber has a hollow rod provided with a through hole. The hollow rod is mounted within an outer cylindrical body. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. A spring force toward one end portion side of the hollow rod is applied to the outer cylindrical body by a compression coil spring. An annular piston provided in the hollow rod partitions the accommodating space into two liquid chambers. When the impact force is applied to the hollow rod, the liquid flows from one liquid chamber to another liquid chamber through a gap, whereby a resistance force is applied to the hollow rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura
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Publication number: 20120241266Abstract: A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit to prevent a bending moment from being applied to the reciprocating rod in absorbing an impact force. The shock absorber has a hollow rod and an outer cylindrical body mounted axially movably relatively to and outside the hollow rod. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. The hollow rod carries an annular piston, which partitions the accommodating space into two liquid chambers. A compression spring biases the outer cylindrical body toward one end of the hollow rod. When an impact forces the outer cylindrical body toward the other end of the hollow rod, liquid flows from one of the liquid chambers to the other through a gap, so that a resistance force is applied to the annular piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: KOGANEI CORPORATIONInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura
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Patent number: 8181756Abstract: A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit to prevent a bending moment from being applied to the reciprocating rod in absorbing an impact force. The shock absorber has a hollow rod and an outer cylindrical body mounted axially movably relatively to and outside the hollow rod. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. A spring force in a direction of being relatively directed to one end portion side of the hollow rod is applied by a compression spring to the outer cylindrical body. The hollow rod is provided with an annular piston which partitions the accommodating space into two liquid chambers. When an impact force in a direction of being relatively directed to the other end side of the hollow rod is applied to the outer cylindrical body, liquid flows from one of the liquid chambers to the other through a gap, so that a resistance force is applied to the annular piston.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura
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Patent number: 7669515Abstract: A pair of cylinder holes 10 are formed in a cylinder tube 2 in the axial direction, a slit 25 is formed between these cylinder holes, and an iron plate 22 is inserted in the slit covering the whole range of the movement of the pistons 3 in the cylinder holes. Spacers 23 made of a synthetic resin are interposed on both sides of the iron plate 22 to reliably hold the iron plate 22 in the slit 25. The iron plate 22 disposed between the cylinder holes works to decrease the repulsive force acting between the inner magnets 14 of the pistons and produce an attracting force between the iron plate 22 and the inner magnets 14, and a contact surface pressure between the wear rings 9 of the pistons 3 and the wall surfaces of the cylinder holes 10 can be adjusted to a suitable value.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2005Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignees: Howa Machinery, Ltd., Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Naoki Minowa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Mitsuo Noda
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Patent number: 7644648Abstract: A pair of independent cylinder holes 3, 3 are formed in a cylinder tube 2 of a flat outer shape. When a pressurized fluid is alternately supplied into the cylinder tube 2 through a port 7 formed in an end cap 5, the internal pressure for operating the cylinders acts uniformly on the cylinder tube 2 greatly decreasing stress and deflection of the cylinder tube 2.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignees: Howa Machinery, Ltd., Koganei CorporationInventors: Naoki Minowa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Akiyoshi Horikawa, Mitsuo Noda
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Publication number: 20090223762Abstract: A shock absorber with a possible minimum peak value of the impact acceleration during a collision. The shock absorber includes a tubular cylinder part with an opening at one end and the other end closed, a seal part configured to seal the internal space of this cylinder part at a part closer to this one end inside this cylinder part, fluid filled in the enclosed space formed by this seal part inside this cylinder part, a slidable piston part inside this enclosed space, and a rod part that slidably penetrates this seal part concentrically and is connected to this piston part at one end while projecting out to the other side. This cylinder part has a tapered inner surface inside this enclosed space, reducing its internal diameter from the one end to the other end, and the rate of this taper is within the range from 1/50 to 1/130.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2006Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura
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Patent number: 7568423Abstract: Repulsive magnetic forces in the axial direction of cylinder tubes act between the rows 11 of inner magnets of pistons 10, 10 accommodated in two cylinder tubes 2, 2, and the inner magnets 12 of the pistons 10 come to a halt being slightly deviated relative to the outer magnets 22 in the axial direction of the tube. Due to this deviation, a magnetic holding force Fc is produced between the inner and outer magnets 12, 22. Since the magnetic holding force Fc is produced in a static state, a smooth movement can be attained from a static state suppressing the occurrence of a stick slip phenomenon at the start of movement as compared to the prior art, which does not produce the magnetic holding force in a static state.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignees: Howa Machinery, Ltd., Koganei CorporationInventors: Naoki Minowa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Akiyoshi Horikawa, Mitsuo Noda
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Patent number: 7493848Abstract: A magnet type rodless cylinder provided with a slide magnetically coupled with a piston arranged in a cylinder tube and a slide able to move outside of the cylinder tube. The slide has a connection mount detachably attached to it. When attaching the connection mount, the position where the connection mount and an end cap strike/contact becomes the striking/contacting position of the piston. When using a rodless cylinder without a connection mount, the distance between the slide and an end cap when the piston is positioned at the striking/contacting position becomes longer than the striking/contacting distance due to the removal of the connection mount. Therefore, external dampers able to strike/contact the slide are detachably attached to the end caps at the slide sides. Due to this, regardless of the use or nonuse of a connection mount, the piston and slide can always stop at the striking/contacting position.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignees: Howa Machinery, Ltd., Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Naoki Minowa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Mitsuo Noda, Tsuyoshi Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20080141856Abstract: A pair of cylinder holes 10 are formed in a cylinder tube 2 in the axial direction, a slit 25 is formed between these cylinder holes, and an iron plate 22 is inserted in the slit covering the whole range of the movement of the pistons 3 in the cylinder holes. Spacers 23 made of a synthetic resin are interposed on both sides of the iron plate 22 to reliably hold the iron plate 22 in the slit 25. The iron plate 22 disposed between the cylinder holes works to decrease the repulsive force acting between the inner magnets 14 of the pistons and produce an attracting force between the iron plate 22 and the inner magnets 14, and a contact surface pressure between the wear rings 9 of the pistons 3 and the wall surfaces of the cylinder holes 10 can be adjusted to a suitable value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2005Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Naoki Minowa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Mitsuo Noda
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Publication number: 20080115664Abstract: Repulsive magnetic forces in the axial direction of cylinder tubes act between the rows 11 of inner magnets of pistons 10, 10 accommodated in two cylinder tubes 2, 2, and the inner magnets 12 of the pistons 10 come to a halt being slightly deviated relative to the outer magnets 22 in the axial direction of the tube. Due to this deviation, a magnetic holding force Fc is produced between the inner and outer magnets 12, 22. Since the magnetic holding force Fc is produced in a static state, a smooth movement can be attained from a static state suppressing the occurrence of a stick slip phenomenon at the start of movement as compared to the prior art, which does not produce the magnetic holding force in a static state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2005Publication date: May 22, 2008Inventors: Naoki Minowa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Akiyoshi Horikawa, Mitsuo Noda
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Publication number: 20080000347Abstract: A pair of independent cylinder holes 3, 3 are formed in a cylinder tube 2 of a flat outer shape. When a pressurized fluid is alternately supplied into the cylinder tube 2 through a port 7 formed in an end cap 5, the internal pressure for operating the cylinders acts uniformly on the cylinder tube 2 greatly decreasing stress and deflection of the cylinder tube 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2005Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventors: Naoki Minowa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Akiyoshi Horikawa, Mitsuo Noda
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Publication number: 20070205065Abstract: A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit to prevent a bending moment from being applied to the reciprocating rod in absorbing an impact force. The shock absorber has a hollow rod provided with a through hole and an outer cylindrical body mounted outside the hollow rod so as to be movable axially relatively and attached to the reciprocating unit. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. A spring force in a direction of being relatively directed to one end portion side of the hollow rod is applied to the outer cylindrical body by a compression coil spring. An annular piston for partitioning an accommodating space into two liquid chambers is provided in the hollow rod. When the impact force is applied to the hollow rod so as to be slid to the hollow rod, the liquid flows from one liquid chamber to another liquid chamber through a gap, whereby a resistance force is applied to the annular piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura
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Publication number: 20070205064Abstract: A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit to prevent a bending moment from being applied to the reciprocating rod in absorbing an impact force. The shock absorber has a hollow rod and an outer cylindrical body mounted axially movably relatively to and outside the hollow rod. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. A spring force in a direction of being relatively directed to one end portion side of the hollow rod is applied by a compression spring to the outer cylindrical body. The hollow rod is provided with an annular piston which partitions the accommodating space into two liquid chambers. When an impact force in a direction of being relatively directed to the other end side of the hollow rod is applied to the outer cylindrical body, liquid flows from one of the liquid chambers to the other through a gap, so that a resistance force is applied to the annular piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: Koganei CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Horikawa, Yuta Ohmura