Patents by Inventor Ippei IWAI

Ippei IWAI 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: 11255351
    Abstract: An accumulator includes a pressure vessel including a first section and a second section joined to each other via a joint portion and a partition portion separating an interior space of the pressure vessel into a liquid chamber and a gas chamber so that a volume ratio between the liquid chamber and the gas chamber in the pressure vessel is variable. The first section includes a thread portion for fastening the accumulator to a support member. The second section includes an abutting portion disposed opposite to the thread portion across the joint portion in an axial direction of the thread portion and configured to abut on the support member when the accumulator is fastened to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizukami, Mieko Yanagida, Ippei Iwai
  • Patent number: 11174880
    Abstract: An accumulator includes a pressure vessel and a partition portion separating an interior space of the pressure vessel into a liquid chamber and a gas chamber so that a volume ratio between the liquid chamber and the gas chamber in the pressure vessel is variable. The pressure vessel includes a first section including a thread portion for fastening the accumulator to a support member and a second section joined to the first section and formed by a single piece including a tool engagement portion capable of engaging with a tool for rotating the accumulator. The first section and the second section are fitted together by mating portions coaxial with the thread portion and the tool engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizukami, Ippei Iwai, Mieko Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20200049168
    Abstract: An accumulator includes a pressure vessel and a partition portion separating an interior space of the pressure vessel into a liquid chamber and a gas chamber so that a volume ratio between the liquid chamber and the gas chamber in the pressure vessel is variable. The pressure vessel includes a first section including a thread portion for fastening the accumulator to a support member and a second section joined to the first section and formed by a single piece including a tool engagement portion capable of engaging with a tool for rotating the accumulator. The first section and the second section are fitted together by mating portions coaxial with the thread portion and the tool engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUKAMI, Ippei IWAI, Mieko YANAGIDA
  • Publication number: 20200032819
    Abstract: An accumulator includes a pressure vessel including a first section and a second section joined to each other via a joint portion and a partition portion separating an interior space of the pressure vessel into a liquid chamber and a gas chamber so that a volume ratio between the liquid chamber and the gas chamber in the pressure vessel is variable. The first section includes a thread portion for fastening the accumulator to a support member. The second section includes an abutting portion disposed opposite to the thread portion across the joint portion in an axial direction of the thread portion and configured to abut on the support member when the accumulator is fastened to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUKAMI, Mieko YANAGIDA, Ippei IWAI