Patents by Inventor Hiromichi Yoshioka

Hiromichi Yoshioka 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: 9309985
    Abstract: A high-frequency on-off valve includes a valve chamber communicating with an input flow path, output orifices opening into the valve chamber, a plate-shaped valve member disposed within the valve chamber such that the valve member is movable into and out of contact with output valve seats surrounding the output orifices, and an electromagnetic operating section that opens and closes the valve member. The high-frequency on-off valve opens and closes the plurality of output orifices by bringing the valve member into and out of contact with the output valve seats by utilizing an effect of an electromagnetic attraction force produced by the electromagnetic operating section and an effect of fluid pressure within the valve chamber. The valve has the plurality of output orifices that are long-hole-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Hiromichi Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20140197341
    Abstract: A high-frequency on-off valve includes a valve chamber communicating with an input flow path, output orifices opening into the valve chamber, a plate-shaped valve member disposed within the valve chamber such that the valve member is movable into and out of contact with output valve seats surrounding the output orifices, and an electromagnetic operating section that opens and closes the valve member. The high-frequency on-off valve opens and closes the plurality of output orifices by bringing the valve member into and out of contact with the output valve seats by utilizing an effect of an electromagnetic attraction force produced by the electromagnetic operating section and an effect of fluid pressure within the valve chamber. The valve has the plurality of output orifices that are long-hole-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHINICHI YOSHIMURA, HIROMICHI YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: D704303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Hiromichi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: D721787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Hiromichi Yoshioka