Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yasumura

Hiroshi Yasumura 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: 7571606
    Abstract: A Stirling engine A has a pressure container 1 filled with a working gas, a cylinder 2 secured inside the pressure container 1, a power piston 3 provided inside the cylinder 2, and a displacer 4a provided inside the cylinder 2 on the same axis as the power piston 3. The displacer 4 has a displacer piston 41a that slides inside the cylinder 2, and a rod 42a which is connected and fixed to the displacer piston 41a and placed through a slide hole 31 formed at the center of the power piston 3. The rod 42a is formed in the shape of a hollow pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jin Sakamoto, Kazushi Yoshimura, Shinji Yamagami, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Yasumura
  • Publication number: 20070151239
    Abstract: A Stirling engine A has a pressure container 1 filled with a working gas, a cylinder 2 secured inside the pressure container 1, a power piston 3 provided inside the cylinder 2, and a displacer 4a provided inside the cylinder 2 on the same axis as the power piston 3. The displacer 4 has a displacer piston 41a that slides inside the cylinder 2, and a rod 42a which is connected and fixed to the displacer piston 41a and placed through a slide hole 31 formed at the center of the power piston 3. The rod 42a is formed in the shape of a hollow pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Jin Sakamoto, Kazushi Yoshimura, Shinji Yamagami, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Yasumura
  • Publication number: 20070089410
    Abstract: In a Stirling engine, a hollow cylinder-like pressure vessel covers a cylinder, a piston, and a linear motor. The pressure vessel is divided into a ring-like portion and a dome-like portion at a position closer to the displacer installation side than a piston support-side end of the linear motor. At the divided portion, an outward-facing flange-shaped portion is formed for each of the ring-like portion and the dome-like portion. For temporary sealing of the pressure vessel, both flange-shaped portions are joined together and tightened by tightening rings and bolts. A performance check is performed in this state, and then outer peripheral portions of the flange-shaped portions are welded together for final sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazushi Yoshimura, Kenji Takai, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Shinji Yamagami, Jin Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yasumura
  • Patent number: 7168248
    Abstract: A Stirling engine, wherein when a linear motor reciprocatingly move a piston in a cylinder, a displacer also reciprocatingly moves in the cylinder storing the displacer. By this, working mixture moves between a compression space and an expansion space. Though a spring for generating resonance is combined with the displacer, a spring for generating resonance for the piston is eliminated. Gas bearings are installed for the piston at two or more positions at specified intervals in the axial direction. An inside flange formed at the end of the cylinder and a stopper plate fixed to the linear motor determine the moving limit of the piston. Since a pin projected from the stopper plate is received by a through hole in a magnet holder, the piston can be prevented from being rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jin Sakamoto, Kazushi Yoshimura, Kenji Takai, Shinji Yamagami, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Yasumura, Hirotaka Ohno
  • Publication number: 20060137339
    Abstract: A Stirling engine, wherein when a linear motor reciprocatingly move a piston in a cylinder, a displacer also reciprocatingly moves in the cylinder storing the displacer. By this, working mixture moves between a compression space and an expansion space. Though a spring for generating resonance is combined with the displacer, a spring for generating resonance for the piston is eliminated. Gas bearings are installed for the piston at two or more positions at specified intervals in the axial direction. An inside flange formed at the end of the cylinder and a stopper plate fixed to the linear motor determine the moving limit of the piston. Since a pin projected from the stopper plate is received by a through hole in a magnet holder, the piston can be prevented from being rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Jin Sakamoto, Kazushi Yoshimura, Kenji Takai, Shinji Yamagami, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Yasumura, Hirotaka Ohno
  • Patent number: 6582223
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip pickup apparatus of the present invention includes an aspiration section and an aspiration unit connected to the aspiration section, in which the aspiration unit includes a stage for mounting the semiconductor chip thereon and an adhesive sheet is attached to the semiconductor chip between the stage and the semiconductor chip, the stage includes undulations in at least a part of an area in which the semiconductor chip is mounted, and by operating the aspiration section, a suction force is applied to at least a part of an area in which the undulations are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sharp Takaya Electronic Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yasumura, Tadayuki Into, Noriki Iwasaki, Yasuhiro Goto, Tatsuyuki Ishioka
  • Publication number: 20020067982
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip pickup apparatus of the present invention includes an aspiration section and an aspiration unit connected to the aspiration section, in which the aspiration unit includes a stage for mounting the semiconductor chip thereon and an adhesive sheet is attached to the semiconductor chip between the stage and the semiconductor chip, the stage includes undulations in at least a part of an area in which the semiconductor chip is mounted, and by operating the aspiration section, a suction force is applied to at least a part of an area in which the undulations are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yasumura, Tadayuki Into, Noriki Iwasaki, Yasuhiro Goto, Tatsuyuki Ishioka