Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Saito

Hirofumi Saito 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).

  • Publication number: 20230386719
    Abstract: A solenoid actuator 1 includes: a coil 3; a first stator 10 that includes a first yoke 14 and a cylindrical guide 30 fixed to an inner peripheral side of the first yoke 14; a second stator 20 arranged to face the first stator 10 in an axial direction so as to form a magnetic path 4 around the coil 3 together with the first stator 10; and a mover 50 configured to move in the axial direction toward the second stator 20 from an original position radially inward of the first stator by a magnetic force generated by energizing the coil 3. The cylindrical guide 30 includes: a magnetic tube 32 disposed in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the first yoke 14; and a non-magnetic layer 34 covering an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic tube 32. A minimum distance d1 between the second stator 20 and the magnetic tube 32 is greater than a minimum distance d2 between the second stator 20 and the mover 50 at the original position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiki OGASAWARA, Hirofumi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230386718
    Abstract: A solenoid actuator 1 (1A, 1B) includes: a coil 3; a first stator 10 and a second stator 20 disposed with an air gap 11 therebetween in an axial direction so as to form a magnetic path 4 around the coil 3; and a mover 50 configured to move in the axial direction toward the second stator 20 from an original position radially inward of the first stator 10 by a magnetic force generated by energizing the coil 3. The first stator 10 includes: a first yoke 14; and a first cylindrical member 30 fixed to an inner peripheral side of the first yoke 14 and forming the air gap 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Hirofumi SAITO
  • Patent number: 11784069
    Abstract: To provide a resin molding apparatus capable of correcting the bending of a workpiece during preheating or the like, improving production efficiency, and preventing the occurrence of defective products. A resin molding apparatus according to the present invention includes: a molding die which performs resin molding of a workpiece W having an electronic component mounted inside a carrier; and a loader which transports the workpiece, the loader includes a frame body which comes into contact with and separates from an outer edge portion of an upper surface of the workpiece, a moving device which moves the frame body up and down, and a chuck claw which comes into contact with an outer edge portion of a lower surface of the workpiece, and the frame body includes a contact portion which is provided over the entire circumference of the outer edge portion in the upper surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Fujisawa, Hirofumi Saito
  • Patent number: 11699604
    Abstract: A resin molding apparatus that can prevent a workpiece from deflecting during transfer and prevent the occurrence of molding defects due to the deflection is provided. A resin molding apparatus according to the present invention includes a molding mold that molds a workpiece on which an electronic component is mounted inside a carrier with a resin and a loader that transfers the workpiece, the loader includes a chuck that comes into contact with and separates from an outer edge part on a lower surface of the workpiece, a moving device that moves the chuck, and a frame that comes into contact with and separates from an outer edge part on an upper surface of the workpiece, and at least during transfer, the workpiece is able to be interposed between the chuck and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ABIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Fujisawa, Hirofumi Saito
  • Patent number: 11415136
    Abstract: Provided is a screw compressor including a screw rotor configured to compress a gas due to rotation of the screw rotor about an axis of the screw rotor and a casing housing the screw rotor rotatably and provided with a suction port for a gas, the casing being provided with a suction side space through which a gas flowing into the casing from the suction port and not yet sucked by the screw rotor flows. The casing is provided with a heating fluid passage for introducing a heating fluid into the suction side space so as to heat oil staying in the suction side space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Shugo Takaki, Yasushi Amano, Hirofumi Saito, Masato Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210362379
    Abstract: A resin molding device that is easy to handle until a thin and large-size workpiece is delivered to a loader, and can supply the workpiece to a mold frame while preventing the workpiece from losing its flatness and being damaged is provided. A resin molding device includes a workpiece transfer part (2) that reciprocates between a first position and a second position and transfers a workpiece (W), and in the workpiece transfer part (2), a holder plate (5) larger than an external form of the workpiece and having a thick plate thickness is mounted on a transfer part main body (2a), and the workpiece (W) that is positioned with respect to and overlaps the holder plate (5) based on the external form is transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Fujisawa, Hirofumi Saito
  • Publication number: 20210362382
    Abstract: A resin molding device that can hold a thin and large-size workpiece without positional displacement when the workpiece is conveyed even if dimensional tolerance and rigidity are different, and can convey the workpiece to a mold frame without losing flatness or damage is provided. When a loader (4) holds a workpiece (W) aligned by a preheating part (10), a center position of a loader hand (4b) is aligned with a center position of the workpiece (W) according to an amount of positional displacement between an external form position of the workpiece (W) and a reference position in the X-Y direction and the workpiece (W) is then held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko FUJISAWA, Hirofumi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210351045
    Abstract: A resin molding apparatus and a cleaning method of a workpiece which can prevent a workpiece from being carried into a mold die in a state where particles (dust) are adhered to the workpiece, and can prevent deterioration of molding quality. A resin molding apparatus according to the present invention, in which a workpiece with an electronic component mounted on a carrier and a mold resin are carried into a mold die, includes: a press part having the mold die for clamping and resin-sealing the workpiece and the mold resin; and a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a back surface of the workpiece conveyed to the press part, wherein the electronic component is not mounted on the back surface. The cleaning apparatus is arranged at a position overlapping a conveyance path of the workpiece on the upstream side of the press part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko FUJISAWA, Hirofumi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210335633
    Abstract: A resin molding apparatus that can prevent a workpiece from deflecting during transfer and prevent the occurrence of molding defects due to the deflection is provided. A resin molding apparatus according to the present invention includes a molding mold that molds a workpiece on which an electronic component is mounted inside a carrier with a resin and a loader that transfers the workpiece, the loader includes a chuck that comes into contact with and separates from an outer edge part on a lower surface of the workpiece, a moving device that moves the chuck, and a frame that comes into contact with and separates from an outer edge part on an upper surface of the workpiece, and at least during transfer, the workpiece is able to be interposed between the chuck and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Fujisawa, Hirofumi Saito
  • Publication number: 20210335632
    Abstract: To provide a resin molding apparatus capable of correcting the bending of a workpiece during preheating or the like, improving production efficiency, and preventing the occurrence of defective products. A resin molding apparatus according to the present invention includes: a molding die which performs resin molding of a workpiece W having an electronic component mounted inside a carrier; and a loader which transports the workpiece, the loader includes a frame body which comes into contact with and separates from an outer edge portion of an upper surface of the workpiece, a moving device which moves the frame body up and down, and a chuck claw which comes into contact with an outer edge portion of a lower surface of the workpiece, and the frame body includes a contact portion which is provided over the entire circumference of the outer edge portion in the upper surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Fujisawa, Hirofumi Saito
  • Patent number: 10883504
    Abstract: A compression device includes: a compressor including a casing, a rotor that is housed in a rotor chamber inside the casing and compresses gas by rotating, a bearing that is provided inside the casing and supports a rotor shaft so that the rotor is rotatable, and a first shaft-sealing part and a second shaft-sealing part that are provided to line up between the rotor chamber and the bearing in the casing to seal a periphery of the rotor shaft; a first supply line adapted to supply injection oil to the rotor chamber; a second supply line that is provided independent of the first supply line to supply lubrication oil to the bearing; a third supply line adapted to supply sealing gas to the first shaft-sealing part; and a fourth supply line adapted to supply the second shaft-sealing part with sealing oil to be used for sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tajima, Yuichi Masuda, Shugo Takaki, Keita Ochiai, Hisanori Goto, Hirofumi Saito
  • Patent number: 10727863
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to efficiently compress a plurality of kinds of data series with different sampling rates. A data compression device has a grouping unit and a compression unit. The grouping unit groups a plurality of kinds of data series with different sampling rates. The compression unit compresses the data series grouped by the grouping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi Saito
  • Publication number: 20190390671
    Abstract: Provided is a screw compressor including a screw rotor configured to compress a gas due to rotation of the screw rotor about an axis of the screw rotor and a casing housing the screw rotor rotatably and provided with a suction port for a gas, the casing being provided with a suction side space through which a gas flowing into the casing from the suction port and not yet sucked by the screw rotor flows. The casing is provided with a heating fluid passage for introducing a heating fluid into the suction side space so as to heat oil staying in the suction side space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Shugo TAKAKI, Yasushi AMANO, Hirofumi SAITO, Masato HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190326927
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to efficiently compress a plurality of kinds of data series with different sampling rates. A data compression device has a grouping unit and a compression unit. The grouping unit groups a plurality of kinds of data series with different sampling rates. The compression unit compresses the data series grouped by the grouping unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Hirofumi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190072093
    Abstract: A compression device includes: a compressor including a casing, a rotor that is housed in a rotor chamber inside the casing and compresses gas by rotating, a bearing that is provided inside the casing and supports a rotor shaft so that the rotor is rotatable, and a first shaft-sealing part and a second shaft-sealing part that are provided to line up between the rotor chamber and the bearing in the casing to seal a periphery of the rotor shaft; a first supply line adapted to supply injection oil to the rotor chamber; a second supply line that is provided independent of the first supply line to supply lubrication oil to the bearing; a third supply line adapted to supply sealing gas to the first shaft-sealing part; and a fourth supply line adapted to supply the second shaft-sealing part with sealing oil to be used for sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masahiro Tajima, Yuichi Masuda, Shugo Takaki, Keita Ochiai, Hisanori Goto, Hirofumi Saito
  • Patent number: 9441879
    Abstract: The drying method for a green honeycomb molded body according to the invention is a method for drying a green honeycomb molded body having a plurality of through-holes. The method includes the steps of: mounting a green honeycomb molded body on a gas dispersion plate; and irradiating the molded body with microwaves simultaneously while supplying heated air through the gas dispersion plate into the through-holes of the molded body, in an atmosphere containing water vapor surrounding the molded body; wherein prior to the supply of heated air and the irradiation of microwaves, a sealing member is situated on the outer side of an edge of the molded body on the gas dispersion plate side, to prevent the heated air from the gas dispersion plate from contacting the outer peripheral wall of the molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hirofumi Saito
  • Publication number: 20150210024
    Abstract: Provided is a green-honeycomb molded body holder which can suppress a decrease in the dimension accuracy of a green-honeycomb molded body. Provided is a green-honeycomb molded body holder 1G for supporting a side surface of an extruded cylindrical green-honeycomb molded body with the longitudinal direction of the green-honeycomb molded body horizontal, the holder 1G comprises flexible body sections 83a, 83b, the body section 83b has, in an upper section of the body section 83b, a groove 87 that supports a side surface of the green-honeycomb molded body, and a cavity 80 is formed below the groove 87 of the body section 83b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Koide, Masato Matsuda, Hirofumi Saito, Akinori Goto, Kazuya Tsuchimoto
  • Publication number: 20150090092
    Abstract: A double-bolt unit is provided, including a first bolt, a second bolt, and a slip disk haying substantially a disk shape, the slip disk placed on top of the first bolt and below the second bolt and concentrically with the first bolt and the second bolt around a cylindrical axis. The slip disk is configured to contact a portion of the first bolt and a portion of the second bolt, wherein a first radius from the cylindrical axis to the portion of the first bolt in contact with the slip disk is larger than a second radius from the cylindrical axis to the portion of the second bolt in contact with the slip disk. A punching tool including, the double-bolt unit is provided, wherein the slip disk prevents lowering of the first bolt below a predetermined position, thereby preventing a portion of a punch holder layer from bulging to bold the punch too tightly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Hirofumi Saito
  • Publication number: 20150013505
    Abstract: A round top set screw is provided, including a first section having a shape of substantially a cylinder having a threaded side surface, a second section for wrenching drive, the second section formed contiguously and concentrically to the first section and having a shape of substantially a polygonal prism, and a third section formed contiguously and concentrically to the second section, the third section having a cylindrical portion and a round top having a convex shape, the edge of which contiguously connects to a side surface of the cylindrical portion, wherein the curvature of the convex shape is predetermined to prevent damages to a metal plate when it is pressed at an angle against the third section of the screw. A tool is provided for attaching the screw to a base board and securing it by using a corresponding nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Hirofumi Saito
  • Patent number: 8794891
    Abstract: A round top set screw is provided, including a first section having a shape of substantially a cylinder having a threaded side surface, a second section for wrenching drive, the second section formed contiguously and concentrically to the first section and having a shape of substantially a polygonal prism, and a third section formed contiguously and concentrically to the second section, the third section having a cylindrical portion and a round top having a convex shape, the edge of which contiguously connects to a side surface of the cylindrical portion, wherein the curvature of the convex shape is predetermined to prevent damages to a metal plate when it is pressed at an angle against the third section of the screw. A tool is provided for attaching the screw to a base board and securing it by using a corresponding nut. An apparatus including the screws for flattening a metal plate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Hirofumi Saito