Patents by Inventor Hiromoto Ashihara

Hiromoto Ashihara 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: 5697152
    Abstract: A vortex flow blower used as an air source to be incorporated into general industrial machines. The vortex flow blower is characterized in that the shape of the blade in its impeller is three dimensionally formed such that at least the inner portion of the blade can be adapted to the three dimensional internal flow. According to the present invention, the aerodynamic performance can be significantly improved and the size of a vortex flow blower can be reduced. Furthermore, an impeller having three dimensionally shaped blades is manufactured by independently manufacturing the shroud and the blades and coupling them, so that the impeller of a complicated shape can be readily manufactured. Furthermore, since the blade can be made of a thin and light material, the secondary moment of inertia of the impeller can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Yamazaki, Eiichi Ito, Hiroshi Asabuki, Masayuki Fujio, Hajime Fujita, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kengo Hasegawa, Yukio Chihara, Hiromoto Ashihara, Takashi Watanabe, Kanzi Mizutani, Yuichi Nakatsuhama, Yukio Makuta, Kazuo Yanagiya, Tomoya Tamura
  • Patent number: 5672052
    Abstract: A blower muffling apparatus includes a blower chamber for housing a blower therein, an exhaust chamber positioned adjacent the blower body side of a blower disposed in the blower chamber, communicating in one of upper and lower portions with the blower chamber, and having an exhaust port in the other portion, a muffling passage chamber disposed adjacent the blower chamber in the axial direction of the blower, and having one end communicating with the other portion of the exhaust chamber and the other end communicating with a discharge port of the blower through a flexible exhaust duct, and a duct accommodating chamber for accommodating the flexible exhaust duct therein, each of the chambers being surrounded by a sound-absorbing material. Exhaust gas of the blower is discharged from the flexible exhaust duct through the muffling passage chamber and the exhaust chamber to thereby absorb exhaust noise of the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Ishida, Masayuki Fujio, Hiromoto Ashihara, Takeshi Moritake
  • Patent number: 5536139
    Abstract: A vortex flow blower used as an air source to be incorporated into general industrial machines. The vortex flow blower is characterized in that the shape of the blade in its impeller is three dimensionally formed such that at least the inner portion of the blade can be adapted to the three dimensional internal flow. According to the present invention, the aerodynamic performance can be significantly improved and the size of a vortex flow blower can be reduced. Furthermore, an impeller having three dimensionally shaped blades is manufactured by independently manufacturing the shroud and the blades and coupling them, so that the impeller of a complicated shape can be readily manufactured. Furthermore, since the blade can be made of a thin and light material, the secondary moment of inertia of the impeller can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Yamazaki, Eiichi Ito, Hiroshi Asabuki, Masayuki Fujio, Hajime Fujita, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kengo Hasegawa, Yukio Chihara, Hiromoto Ashihara, Takashi Watanabe, Kanzi Mizutani, Yuichi Nakatsuhama, Yukio Makuta, Kazuo Yanagiya, Tomoya Tamura
  • Patent number: 5395210
    Abstract: A vortex flow blower used as an air source to be incorporated into general industrial machines. The vortex flow blower is characterized in that the shape of the blade in its impeller is three dimensionally formed such that at least the inner portion of the blade can be adapted to the three dimensional internal flow. According to the present invention, the aerodynamic performance can be significantly improved and the size of a vortex flow blower can be reduced. Furthermore, an impeller having three dimensionally shaped blades is manufactured by independently manufacturing the shroud and the blades and coupling them, so that the impeller of a complicated shape can be readily manufactured. Furthermore, since the blade can be made of a thin and light material, the secondary moment of inertia of the impeller can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Yamazaki, Eiichi Ito, Hiroshi Asabuki, Masayuki Fujio, Hajime Fujita, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kengo Hasegawa, Yukio Chihara, Hiromoto Ashihara, Takashi Watanabe, Kanzi Mizutani, Yuichi Nakatsuhama, Yukio Makuta, Kazuo Yanagiya, Tomoya Tamura
  • Patent number: 4637134
    Abstract: An apparatus for inserting a plurality of kinds of electronic parts into a predetermined position of a printed board. An electronic part which is successively supplied from an electronic part supplying means is fed to a predetermined supply positioning end by a feeding means. An insertion unit carries the electronic part from this position to a predetermined specific position, thereby inserting the electronic part into the printed board. The printed board is held and positioned by an X-Y table. At a position corresponding to said specific position, the apparatus has a clinching means for clinching the leads of the electronic part which is inserted into the printed board and a control means which controls a predetermined operation of each means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tomita, Sotozi Hiramoto, Takesi Okubo, Kuniyuki Matsuo, Hiromoto Ashihara, Mitsuo Nakamura, Tsutomu Takahashi, Motoaki Fujino, Kenji Hosaka