Patents by Inventor Ichirou Minato

Ichirou Minato 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: 9671796
    Abstract: A pressure governor includes a first valve that determines the introducing pressure and a second valve that determines the releasing pressure. A first valve receiving chamber in which the first valve is received and a second valve receiving chamber in which the second valve is received are formed independently from each other. Thus, there is no need to form the valves coaxially, and each valve can be easily fabricated with high accuracy by simple processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NABTESCO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ichirou Minato
  • Patent number: 9239120
    Abstract: A protection valve includes: an input chamber into which air is introduced; a plurality of output ports through which air is discharged; and safety valves which open in response to a pressure increase on a primary side or close in response to a pressure decrease on a secondary side, the safety valves including a safety valve PV21 and a safety valve PV23. An air flow path from the input chamber is branched into a first branch line and a second branch line, and a time lag-creating valve having an opening pressure higher than the safety valve PV21 is provided at a upstream of the safety valve PV23 in the second branch line, so that the safety valve PV23 can open with a time lag after the safety valve PV21 opens, regardless of the difference between the opening pressures of the safety valves PV21 and PV23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: NABTESCO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ichirou Minato
  • Publication number: 20140020778
    Abstract: A protection valve includes: an input chamber into which air is introduced; a plurality of output ports through which air is discharged; and safety valves which open in response to a pressure increase on a primary side or close in response to a pressure decrease on a secondary side, the safety valves including a safety valve PV21 and a safety valve PV23. An air flow path from the input chamber is branched into a first branch line and a second branch line, and a time lag-creating valve having an opening pressure higher than the safety valve PV21 is provided at a upstream of the safety valve PV23 in the second branch line, so that the safety valve PV23 can open with a time lag after the safety valve PV21 opens, regardless of the difference between the opening pressures of the safety valves PV21 and PV23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: NABTESCO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ichirou Minato
  • Publication number: 20140014201
    Abstract: A pressure governor includes a first valve that determines the introducing pressure and a second valve that determines the releasing pressure. A first valve receiving chamber in which the first valve is received and a second valve receiving chamber in which the second valve is received are formed independently from each other. Thus, there is no need to form the valves coaxially, and each valve can be easily fabricated with high accuracy by simple processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NABTESCO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ichirou Minato
  • Patent number: 8342208
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to allow a vehicle to run in the case where an air compressor connected to an input port fails so as to cause air leakage from the location of the failure, by preventing air in a parking brake circuit from leaking from the failure location through a bleed air flow path. In order to achieve the object, a multi-protection valve includes: a communication passage for communicating between an input chamber and a service output port so as to bypass a pressure control valve provided in correspondence with the service output port, the communication passage having a check valve for preventing air from flowing from the service output port into the input chamber and a throttle for restricting the air flow rate; and a bleed air flow path for communicating between the input chamber and the parking output port so as to bypass pressure control valves, the bleed air flow path having a second check valve for preventing air from flowing from the input chamber to the parking output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Nabtesco Corporation, Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Ichirou Minato, Kenji Hattori, Fumiaki Uno, Hiroshi Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20100139786
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to allow a vehicle to run in the case where an air compressor connected to an input port fails so as to cause air leakage from the location of the failure, by preventing air in a parking brake circuit from leaking from the failure location through a bleed air flow path. In order to achieve the object, a multi-protection valve includes: a communication passage for communicating between an input chamber and a service output port so as to bypass a pressure control valve provided in correspondence with the service output port, the communication passage having a check valve for preventing air from flowing from the service output port into the input chamber and a throttle for restricting the air flow rate; and a bleed air flow path for communicating between the input chamber and the parking output port so as to bypass pressure control valves, the bleed air flow path having a second check valve for preventing air from flowing from the input chamber to the parking output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: Nabtesco Corporation, Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Ichirou Minato, Kenji Hattori, Fumiaki Uno, Hiroshi Ozawa