Patents by Inventor Atsushi Hidaka

Atsushi Hidaka 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: 11951829
    Abstract: A power transmission device is provided, which includes a main-drive-wheel drive part, and an auxiliary-drive-wheel drive part having a power extraction part which has a transfer gear set comprised of a transfer drive gear connected to the main-drive-wheel drive part and a transfer driven gear meshing with the transfer drive gear and configured to transmit power to the auxiliary drive wheels. In a power transmission path from the main-drive-wheel drive part to the transfer drive gear, an input shaft connected to the main-drive-wheel drive part and a power transmission shaft connected to the transfer drive gear are coupled to each other in a radial direction through a first spline having a first backlash. A first shear damper without backlash and a second shear damper provided with a second spline having a second backlash smaller than the first backlash are provided between the input shaft and the power transmission shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Hidaka, Atsushi Nakano
  • Publication number: 20240094078
    Abstract: The pressure sensor 10 comprises: a bottomed cylindrical sensor module 11 having inside a pressure receiving chamber C1 communicating with a flow path and including a diaphragm 11a in contact with the pressure receiving chamber; a pressure detecting element 12 for outputting a strain of the diaphragm 11a as a pressure; a base ring 14 fixed at an outer edge of an open-side end part 11c of the sensor module and disposed on an outer peripheral side of the sensor module 11; a hermetic member 13 fixed to the base ring 14 for forming a sealed vacuum chamber C2 opposite to the pressure receiving chamber C1 across the diaphragm 11a; a gasket 18 sandwiched between the base ring 14 and a body 5; and a pressing flange 19 for pressing the base ring 14 to the body 5 through the gasket 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED, NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Kaoru HIRATA, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA, Masaki FUKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20230400114
    Abstract: [Problem] The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a casing for a fluid controller capable of enabling maintenance inside the casing even in a state where the lower part of the casing is fixed to a main body of a fluid controller, and improving maintainability. [Solution] A casing 1 for covering devices 104,106,108 on a main body 101 of a fluid controller 100, the casing 1 is configured so as to be dividable into a plurality of parts, and the plurality of parts comprising a first part 2 provided with a fixing portion 2i for fixing to the main body 101, a second part 4 attached to the first part 2, and a third part 5 attachably and detachably provided at an upper partition higher than a predetermined height position of the casing 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Kazuyuki MORISAKI, Tomokazu HIROTA, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230324008
    Abstract: A gas supply system 100 comprises: a first vaporization supply device 10A including a first vaporization section 12A having a heater, a first valve 14A, and a first supply pressure sensor 16A for measuring a gas pressure between the first vaporization section and the first valve; a second vaporization supply device 10B including a second vaporization section 12B having a heater, a second valve 14B, and a second supply pressure sensor 16B for measuring a gas pressure between the second vaporization section and the second valve; and a control circuit 20. The system is configured to flow a gas from the first vaporization section 10A and a gas from the second vaporization section 10B sequentially into a common flow path, by shifting timings of an opening period of the first valve 14A and an opening period of the second valve 14B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takatoshi NAKATANI, Atsushi HIDAKA, Kazuyuki MORISAKI, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11768123
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a cylindrical member configured to be attached to a body having a fluid passage, and a pressure sensor unit connected to the cylindrical member for detecting a pressure of a fluid flowing through the fluid passage, wherein the cylindrical member is made of a nickel-molybdenum-chromium alloy material or a stainless steel material, wherein the pressure sensor unit includes a sensor body closed at one end with a diaphragm and a pressure detecting element for outputting displacement of the diaphragm as pressure, and wherein the sensor body is made of a cobalt-nickel alloy material, and is connected at an opening side end portion to one end portion of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi Hidaka, Takatoshi Nakatani, Nobukazu Ikeda, Kouji Nishino, Ryousuke Dohi
  • Publication number: 20230296464
    Abstract: A cover component 3 is used for a pressure sensor 1 that is fixed to a mounting surface 5S of a body 5 with a flow path F1 formed therein, and that has protrudes protruding from the mounting surface 5S, the cover component comprising a hollow member 3a having an inner peripheral surface facing a side surface of the protruding portion of the pressure sensor 1, and a cover member 3b fixed to the hollow member 3a and covering the protruding portion of the pressure sensor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Tomokazu HIROTA, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230152263
    Abstract: To provide a driving device including a piezoelectric element deterioration detection circuit and a deterioration detection method that enable detection of deterioration of the piezoelectric element used in the driving device, without stopping a normal operation of the driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Katsuyuki SUGITA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230121563
    Abstract: A gas supply amount measurement method is performed in a gas supply system including a vaporization section, a control valve provided downstream of the vaporization section, and a supply pressure sensor for measuring the supply pressure between the vaporization section and the control valve. The method comprises: a step of measuring an initial supply pressure by the supply pressure sensor in a state where the control valve is closed; a step of opening the control valve for only a predetermined time; a step of measuring for a plurality of times of the supply pressure in a period of time between a time at which the pressure starts to fall from the initial supply pressure and a time at which a predetermined time has elapsed when the control valve is open for only a predetermined time, and a step of determining the gas supply amount when the control valve is open for only a predetermined time by calculation based on the measured values of the plurality of supply pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takatoshi NAKATANI, Atsushi HIDAKA, Masaaki NAGASE, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • 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: 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20220268365
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve includes a body 3 having a flow path 2 formed therein, a sheet 4 formed in the flow path 2, a metal diaphragm 5 for opening and closing the flow path 2 by abutting on or separating from the sheet 4, a pair of clamping parts 6 and 7 for claiming peripheral edge portions of both side surfaces of the metal diaphragm 5 respectively to fix the metal diaphragm 5 to the body 3, and an actuator 8 for abutting the metal diaphragm 5 on the sheet 4 or separating the metal diaphragm from the sheet 4, wherein a fluorine resin coating is formed on a sheet side surface 5a of the metal diaphragm 5 in a region excluding a clamping region D-C between the sheet side surface 5a and the clamping part 7, and at least in a contact region B-A with the sheet 4 in a region C surrounded by the clamping region D-C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kaoru HIRATA, Masaaki NAGASE, Atsushi HIDAKA, Kazuyuki MORISAKI, Keisuke IDEGUCHI, Kosuke SUGIMOTO, Masafumi KITANO, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11402250
    Abstract: The liquid level meter according to the present invention includes a resistive temperature detector, a temperature measuring body located above it, a temperature detecting unit detecting temperatures of the resistive temperature detector and the temperature measuring body, a current controlling unit determining a current value to be flowed through the resistive temperature detector so that the resistive temperature detector and the temperature measuring body become a predetermined temperature difference, a power supply unit supplying the current of the determined current value to the resistive temperature detector, and a liquid level detecting unit detecting a position of a liquid level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi Hidaka, Takatoshi Nakatani, Satoru Yamashita, Katsuyuki Sugita, Kaoru Hirata, Masaaki Nagase, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11390951
    Abstract: In order to appropriately control temperatures of fluid heating sections that are maintained at different temperatures, the fluid control device (100) comprises a plurality of fluid heating sections (1) connected to each other and each having a flow path or a fluid accommodating portion inside, heaters (10) configured to heat each of the plurality of fluid heating sections to different temperatures, and heat insulating members (13, 13?) disposed between adjacent fluid heating sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi Hidaka, Takatoshi Nakatani, Keisuke Nakatsuji, Keiji Hirao, Yukio Minami, Nobukazu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210356346
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a cylindrical member configured to be attached to a body having a fluid passage, and a pressure sensor unit connected to the cylindrical member for detecting a pressure of a fluid flowing through the fluid passage, wherein the cylindrical member is made of a nickel-molybdenum-chromium alloy material or a stainless steel material, wherein the pressure sensor unit includes a sensor body closed at one end with a diaphragm and a pressure detecting element for outputting displacement of the diaphragm as pressure, and wherein the sensor body is made of a cobalt-nickel alloy material, and is connected at an opening side end portion to one end portion of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Nobukazu IKEDA, Kouji NISHINO, Ryousuke DOHI
  • Publication number: 20200199753
    Abstract: In order to appropriately control temperatures of fluid heating sections that are maintained at different temperatures, the fluid control device (100) comprises a plurality of fluid heating sections (1) connected to each other and each having a flow path or a fluid accommodating portion inside, heaters (10) configured to heat each of the plurality of fluid heating sections to different temperatures, and heat insulating members (13, 13?) disposed between adjacent fluid heating sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Keisuke NAKATSUJI, Keiji HIRAO, Yukio MINAMI, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200149162
    Abstract: In order to optimally supply a raw material by using a heater, the fluid control device (100) includes a fluid heating section (1) provided with a flow path or a fluid accommodation portion inside, and a heater (10) for heating the fluid heating section, the heater having a heating element (10a) and a metallic heat transfer member (10b) thermally connected to the heating element and arranged so as to surround the fluid heating section, and the surface of the heat transfer member facing the fluid heating section includes a surface (S1) subjected to surface treatment for improving heat dissipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Keisuke NAKATSUJI, Keiji HIRAO, Yukio MINAMI, Nobukazu IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10646844
    Abstract: A vaporization supply apparatus comprises a vaporizer which heats and vaporize a liquid, a flow-rate control device which controls a flow rate of a gas sent out from the vaporizer, a first control valve interposed in a supply channel of a liquid to the vaporizer, a pressure detector for detecting a pressure of a gas vaporized by the vaporizer, a liquid detection part for measuring parameters of a liquid in an amount higher than a predetermined amount in the vaporizer, and a control device which controls the first control valve to supply a predetermined amount of a liquid to the vaporizer based on the pressure value detected by the pressure detector, and to close the first control valve when the liquid detection part detect a liquid in an amount higher than the predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi Hidaka, Masaaki Nagase, Kaoru Hirata, Katsuyuki Sugita, Takatoshi Nakatani, Satoru Yamashita, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda, Keiji Hirao
  • Patent number: 10604840
    Abstract: To provide a liquid level indicator and a liquid raw material vaporization feeder, in which the time to detect a switch from the liquid phase to the gas phase has reduced flow rate dependence, and also the detection time can be shortened. The present invention includes a chamber 2 that stores a liquid raw material, at least one protection tube 3 housing a resistance temperature detector for detecting the liquid level L1 in the chamber 2, and a flow controller 4 that controls the flow rate of the gas flowing out from the chamber 2 and feeds the same. The protection tube 3 is horizontally inserted into a sidewall 2a of the chamber 2 and fixed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi Hidaka, Masaaki Nagase, Kaoru Hirata, Satoru Yamashita, Keiji Hirao, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200088561
    Abstract: The liquid level meter according to the present invention includes a resistive temperature detector, a temperature measuring body located above it, a temperature detecting unit detecting temperatures of the resistive temperature detector and the temperature measuring body, a current controlling unit determining a current value to be flowed through the resistive temperature detector so that the resistive temperature detector and the temperature measuring body become a predetermined temperature difference, a power supply unit supplying the current of the determined current value to the resistive temperature detector, and a liquid level detecting unit detecting a position of a liquid level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi HIDAKA, Takatoshi NAKATANI, Satoru YAMASHITA, Katsuyuki SUGITA, Kaoru HIRATA, Masaaki NAGASE, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA