Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Sasai
Hidekazu Sasai 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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Patent number: 9574674Abstract: A valve includes a valve body, a diaphragm dividing the inside of the valve body into first and second valve chambers and being displaced under a pressure of fluid, first and second openings in communication with the first valve chamber, and a third opening in communication with the second valve chamber. When a pump is not driven, the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber is greater than the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber, and the second opening is sealed by the diaphragm. When the pump is driven and the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber becomes greater than the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber, the diaphragm allows the first and second openings and to communicate with each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takenobu Maeda, Gaku Kamitani, Hidekazu Sasai
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Publication number: 20150233484Abstract: A valve includes a valve body, a diaphragm dividing the inside of the valve body into first and second valve chambers and being displaced under a pressure of fluid, first and second openings in communication with the first valve chamber, and a third opening in communication with the second valve chamber. When a pump is not driven, the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber is greater than the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber, and the second opening is sealed by the diaphragm. When the pump is driven and the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber becomes greater than the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber, the diaphragm allows the first and second openings and to communicate with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Takenobu MAEDA, Gaku KAMITANI, Hidekazu SASAI
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Patent number: 9052021Abstract: A valve includes a valve body, a diaphragm dividing the inside of the valve body into first and second valve chambers and being displaced under a pressure of fluid, first and second openings in communication with the first valve chamber, and a third opening in communication with the second valve chamber. When a pump is not driven, the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber is greater than the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber, and the second opening is sealed by the diaphragm. When the pump is driven and the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber becomes greater than the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber, the diaphragm allows the first and second openings and to communicate with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., LtdInventors: Takenobu Maeda, Gaku Kamitani, Hidekazu Sasai
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Publication number: 20120244454Abstract: A valve includes a valve body, a diaphragm dividing the inside of the valve body into first and second valve chambers and being displaced under a pressure of fluid, first and second openings in communication with the first valve chamber, and a third opening in communication with the second valve chamber. When a pump is not driven, the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber is greater than the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber, and the second opening is sealed by the diaphragm. When the pump is driven and the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber becomes greater than the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber, the diaphragm allows the first and second openings and to communicate with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takenobu MAEDA, Gaku KAMITANI, Hidekazu SASAI
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Patent number: 8205640Abstract: A check valve is housed in a valve chamber and includes a support portion and a flexible portion. The support portion extends along a principal axis thereof. The flexible portion is supported by the support portion in a manner extending from the principal axis. A diaphragm defines a lower wall of the valve chamber, and includes an inflow port for fluid at a position that is closed with the flexible portion when the flexible portion is displaced. A bottom plate defines an upper wall of the valve chamber, and faces the diaphragm with the flexible portion arranged therebetween. An uneven portion is provided in at least one of mutually facing areas of an upper principal surface, which is one of two principal surfaces of the flexible portion and faces the bottom plate, and a lower principal surface of the bottom plate, the uneven portion being partially uneven.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Kawamura, Masayuki Miyamoto, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Hidekazu Sasai
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Publication number: 20100215522Abstract: A check valve is housed in a valve chamber and includes a support portion and a flexible portion. The support portion extends along a principal axis thereof. The flexible portion is supported by the support portion in a manner extending from the principal axis. A diaphragm defines a lower wall of the valve chamber, and includes an inflow port for fluid at a position that is closed with the flexible portion when the flexible portion is displaced. A bottom plate defines an upper wall of the valve chamber, and faces the diaphragm with the flexible portion arranged therebetween. An uneven portion is provided in at least one of mutually facing areas of an upper principal surface, which is one of two principal surfaces of the flexible portion and faces the bottom plate, and a lower principal surface of the bottom plate, the uneven portion being partially uneven.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro KAWAMURA, Masayuki MIYAMOTO, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Hidekazu SASAI
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Patent number: 6552627Abstract: A dielectric filter, a composite dielectric filter, a dielectric duplexer, a dielectric diplexer, and a communication apparatus, in which isolation between adjacent dielectric filters can be obtained, and deterioration of filter characteristics can thereby be prevented. A plurality of dielectric resonators formed by disposing dielectric cores in cavities, and coupling loops for coupling to predetermined resonance modes of the dielectric resonators, are combined to form a dielectric filter. The dielectric resonators and the coupling loops are arranged in such a manner that when the dielectric resonators of the dielectric filters are close to each other, the directions of the coupling portions of the adjacent coupling loops are substantially vertical to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2000Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co. LtdInventors: Masamichi Andoh, Norihiro Tanaka, Hidekazu Sasai
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Patent number: 6518858Abstract: A resonator includes a conductive casing provided with a threaded screw hole, a screw at least partially inserted into the casing, and a fixing member fixing the screw and having a threaded screw hole. In the resonator, the linear expansivity of the casing and the linear expansivity of the fixing member, and preferably also that of the screw, are substantially equal.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Norihiro Tanaka, Hidekazu Sasai
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Publication number: 20010022543Abstract: A resonator includes a conductive casing provided with a threaded screw hole, a screw at least partially inserted into the casing, and a fixing member fixing the screw and having a threaded screw hole. In the resonator, the linear expansivity of the casing and the linear expansivity of the fixing member, and preferably also that of the screw, are substantially equal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Norihiro Tanaka, Hidekazu Sasai