Patents by Inventor Hisanobu IIZUKA

Hisanobu IIZUKA 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: 20230070374
    Abstract: A manually-operated diaphragm valve in which the open/close range of a valve disk can be set while compactness is maintained with a simple structure, and a sufficient flow rate at the time of full open is ensured. A valve main body (1) includes a valve disk (12) attached inside a body (10) and a spindle (13) screw-fastened to the body so as to be able to ascend and descend to cause the valve disk to make contact with and go away from a valve seat (14). A handle for manually performing rotating operation of the spindle is mounted above the valve main body. A full-open position adjustment mechanism (20) which limits rotation of the handle on a valve-opening operation side at full open and sets an upper limit of a flow rate when the valve disk is fully open is provided near an upper portion of the valve main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Hisanobu IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 11339880
    Abstract: By preventing a twist of the diaphragm when assembled, various adverse effects arising from such a twist of the diaphragm are completely eliminated. Provided is a set of jigs for assembling a valve including a pair of above and below fixing jigs, a rotation-stop jig, and a fixing means: the rotation-stop jig is inserted and fixed to the above fixing jig in a non-rotational state; the fixing means fixes non-rotatably and attachably the rotation-stop jig and a bonnet of the valve to each other; a body of the valve is inserted and fixed to the below fixing jig in a non-rotational state; the bonnet and the body are fixed independently from each other in a non-rotational state, thereby preventing an outer periphery of a diaphragm from twisting in which a lower surface of an outer periphery of the bonnet and an outer seal part of the body are tightly attached to and hold the outer periphery of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: KITZ SCT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisanobu Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20210048110
    Abstract: By preventing a twist of the diaphragm when assembled, various adverse effects arising from such a twist of the diaphragm are completely eliminated. Provided is a set of jigs for assembling a valve including a pair of above and below fixing jigs, a rotation-stop jig, and a fixing means: the rotation-stop jig is inserted and fixed to the above fixing jig in a non-rotational state; the fixing means fixes non-rotatably and attachably the rotation-stop jig and a bonnet of the valve to each other; a body of the valve is inserted and fixed to the below fixing jig in a non-rotational state; the bonnet and the body are fixed independently from each other in a non-rotational state, thereby preventing an outer periphery of a diaphragm from twisting in which a lower surface of an outer periphery of the bonnet and an outer seal part of the body are tightly attached to and hold the outer periphery of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Hisanobu IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 10883615
    Abstract: A metal diaphragm valve includes a body with a valve seat provided to a valve chamber communicating a primary flow path and a secondary flow path, a metal diaphragm having a center portion disposed above the valve chamber, the center portion vertically moving to make contact with the valve seat, and a stem provided above the metal diaphragm so as to be able to freely ascend and descend to cause the center portion of the metal diaphragm to move downward. A flow-path restriction part is provided to a part of the secondary flow path. The metal diaphragm valve is quite suitable as a valve for ALD process, the valve favorably reduces fluctuations of a Cv value due to deformation of a resin-made valve seat with time even after the valve is opened and closed at a level of ten million times while a fluid at high temperatures is flowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KITZ SCT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Goto, Hisanobu Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10876641
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve assembling method including steps through which a twist of the diaphragm when assembled is prevented: a step of inserting a bonnet which pressurizes an outer periphery of a diaphragm into a body having a valve seat provided to a valve chamber and the diaphragm arranged thereabove; a step of screwing a fastening nut to an opening and inserting the fastening nut to an outer periphery of the bonnet; a step of fixing a rotation-stop jig inserted through a through hole of the fastening nut and the bonnet via fixing means; and a step of fixing the body and the rotation-stop jig via a fixing jig and fastening the fastening nut, with the bonnet being in a non-rotational state, to tightly attach the bonnet to an outer seal part of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KITZ SCT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisanobu Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10634261
    Abstract: An attachment structure for an actuator-specific solenoid valve and an actuator-quipped valve. The attachment structure can be easily applied to or released from any actuator and a solenoid valve, and the solenoid valve can be easily attached to and removed from any position in a side-surface circumferential direction without impairing compactability of the actuator. The attachment structure for an actuator-specific solenoid valve includes a base body provided on a lower part of a cylindrical actuator and an attachment member removably attachable externally from a main body of the actuator, the attachment member having a fixing part formed as being extended at a position close to a side surface of the main body of the actuator and a solenoid valve for fluid control attached to the fixing part, and the attachment member fixing the solenoid valve being provided rotatably about a side surface of the main body of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KITZ SCT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Homma, Hisanobu Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20190093772
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve assembling method including steps through which a twist of the diaphragm when assembled is prevented: a step of inserting a bonnet which pressurizes an outer periphery of a diaphragm into a body having a valve seat provided to a valve chamber and the diaphragm arranged thereabove; a step of screwing a fastening nut to an opening and inserting the fastening nut to an outer periphery of the bonnet; a step of fixing a rotation-stop jig inserted through a through hole of the fastening nut and the bonnet via fixing means; and a step of fixing the body and the rotation-stop jig via a fixing jig and fastening the fastening nut, with the bonnet being in a non-rotational state, to tightly attach the bonnet to an outer seal part of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Hisanobu IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20190063630
    Abstract: An attachment structure for an actuator-specific solenoid valve and an actuator-quipped valve. The attachment structure can be easily applied to or released from any actuator and a solenoid valve, and the solenoid valve can be easily attached to and removed from any position in a side-surface circumferential direction without impairing compactability of the actuator. The attachment structure for an actuator-specific solenoid valve includes a base body provided on a lower part of a cylindrical actuator and an attachment member removably attachable externally from a main body of the actuator, the attachment member having a fixing part formed as being extended at a position close to a side surface of the main body of the actuator and a solenoid valve for fluid control attached to the fixing part, and the attachment member fixing the solenoid valve being provided rotatably about a side surface of the main body of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuhiko HOMMA, Hisanobu IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20180283563
    Abstract: A metal diaphragm valve includes a body with a valve seat provided to a valve chamber communicating a primary flow path and a secondary flow path, a metal diaphragm having a center portion disposed above the valve chamber, the center portion vertically moving to make contact with the valve seat, and a stem provided above the metal diaphragm so as to be able to freely ascend and descend to cause the center portion of the metal diaphragm to move downward. A flow-path restriction part is provided to a part of the secondary flow path. The metal diaphragm valve is quite suitable as a valve for ALD process, the valve favorably reduces fluctuations of a Cv value due to deformation of a resin-made valve seat with time even after the valve is opened and closed at a level of ten million times while a fluid at high temperatures is flowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Akira GOTO, Hisanobu IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 10054246
    Abstract: A valve with a locking mechanism and an integrated valve are provided. The valve includes a handle body having a knob, the handle body being disposed rotatably on top of a valve body housing a valve shaft for opening and closing a valve piece. A cutout stepped face is formed on a part of the outer periphery of the valve body located under the handle body. A locking plate having a locking hole is placed rotatably in the cutout stepped face via a pivotally attaching portion, and when the locking plate is rotated to either a position at which the valve body is in a full-close state or a position at which the valve body is in a full-open state, the locking hole is faced the upper surface area of the valve body to allow locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KITZ SCT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisanobu Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20160356394
    Abstract: A valve with a locking mechanism and an integrated valve are provided. The valve includes a handle body having a knob, the handle body being disposed rotatably on top of a valve body housing a valve shaft for opening and closing a valve piece. A cutout stepped face is formed on a part of the outer periphery of the valve body located under the handle body. A locking plate having a locking hole is placed rotatably in the cutout stepped face via a pivotally attaching portion, and when the locking plate is rotated to either a position at which the valve body is in a full-close state or a position at which the valve body is in a full-open state, the locking hole is faced the upper surface area of the valve body to allow locking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventor: Hisanobu IIZUKA