Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa UMEDA

Katsuhisa UMEDA 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: 11221072
    Abstract: An arrangement structure for a seal member includes: a first member having a first mating surface and provided with a groove portion; a second member having a second mating surface, and configured to move relatively to the first member; and an annular seal member fitted into the groove portion, providing sealing between the first member and the second member, and serving as a partition between an atmosphere-side space and a pressurized-side space. The seal member includes a plurality of first protruding portions protruding toward the second mating surface and aligned from the atmosphere-side space toward the pressurized-side space. The seal member has such a shape that, in a state of not being fitted into the groove portion, a protrusion height of the first protruding portion increases in stages from the first protruding portion arranged close to the pressurized-side space toward the first protruding portion arranged close to the atmosphere-side space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: VALQUA, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Umeda, Akira Ueda, Mitsuru Minami, Akihiro Nagano
  • Patent number: 10907736
    Abstract: A split seal ring includes: an annular main body seal split partially in a circumferential direction; and abutment surfaces provided on split surfaces of the main body seal so as to be joined to each other. Each of the abutment surfaces includes: a first inclined surface extending in a direction intersecting with the circumferential direction; a first horizontal surface extending from one end side of the first inclined surface along the circumferential direction; and a second inclined surface extending from an end of the first horizontal surface opposite to the first inclined surface in the direction intersecting with the circumferential direction. With this configuration, there can be provided a split seal ring having a structure that can improve the sealing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: VALQUA, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Minami, Akira Ueda, Jyunichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nagano, Katsuhisa Umeda
  • Publication number: 20200072354
    Abstract: An arrangement structure for a seal member includes: a first member having a first mating surface and provided with a groove portion; a second member having a second mating surface, and configured to move relatively to the first member; and an annular seal member fitted into the groove portion, providing sealing between the first member and the second member, and serving as a partition between an atmosphere-side space and a pressurized-side space. The seal member includes a plurality of first protruding portions protruding toward the second mating surface and aligned from the atmosphere-side space toward the pressurized-side space. The seal member has such a shape that, in a state of not being fitted into the groove portion, a protrusion height of the first protruding portion increases in stages from the first protruding portion arranged close to the pressurized-side space toward the first protruding portion arranged close to the atmosphere-side space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuhisa UMEDA, Akira UEDA, Mitsuru MINAMI, Akihiro NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20190203841
    Abstract: A split seal ring includes: an annular main body seal split partially in a circumferential direction; and abutment surfaces provided on split surfaces of the main body seal so as to be joined to each other. Each of the abutment surfaces includes: a first inclined surface extending in a direction intersecting with the circumferential direction; a first horizontal surface extending from one end side of the first inclined surface along the circumferential direction; and a second inclined surface extending from an end of the first horizontal surface opposite to the first inclined surface in the direction intersecting with the circumferential direction. With this configuration, there can be provided a split seal ring having a structure that can improve the sealing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuru MINAMI, Akira UEDA, Jyunichi YAMASHITA, Akihiro NAGANO, Katsuhisa UMEDA