Patents by Inventor Katsuaki Usui

Katsuaki Usui 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: 5641054
    Abstract: A magnetic levitation conveyor apparatus has levitation electromagnets, linear motors, and displacement sensors which are disposed outside of a tunnel, and a carriage of simple structure which is movable in the tunnel. The carriage is of canned structure for preventing gases from being generated. The carriage of canned structure allows the tunnel to have a reduced cross-sectional area and to be filled with a highly purified atmosphere such as of a high vacuum. The tunnel has substantially orthogonal branches at a branched point. In the branched point, the carriage can move, while being lifted out of contact with the tunnel partition, with a directional change from a main conveyor passage into a branched conveyor passage. The magnetic levitation conveyor apparatus is highly practical as it can control the carriage to be lifted and moved as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Mori, Masao Matsumura, Yoichi Kanemitsu, Takeshi Yoshioka, Masaaki Kajiyama, Fumio Kondo, Yuji Shirao, Masato Eguchi, Hiroyuki Shinozaki, Yukio Ikeda, Masayoshi Hirose, Masaru Nakaniwa, Norio Kimura, Katsuaki Usui, Katsuyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 4943214
    Abstract: A two-shaft rotary machine for use in a vacuum pump system includes rotors having a specific profile whereby any vibration and noise generated by the machine is minimized and its efficiency is increased. The number of lobes of each rotor is three or more. The tip and root portions of each rotor are defined by circular arcs, respectively, which are made smoothly continuous with each other through an involute curve. The ratio of the diameter of the tip circle to the diameter of the root circle is selected to fall within a range which is given by a specific expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Niimura, Ritsuo Kikuta, Katsuaki Usui