Patents by Inventor Kazushi Numazaki

Kazushi Numazaki 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: 20240019038
    Abstract: A pressure reduction valve includes a body including a gas passage, a valve seat provided in the gas passage, and a valve member provided on a downstream side of the valve seat in the gas passage. The gas passage includes a primary-side passage section located on an upstream side of the valve member, and a secondary-side passage section located on a downstream side of the valve member. The primary-side passage section includes a pressure chamber, which is a space formed between the valve member and the valve seat. The valve member includes a valve member passage that connects the pressure chamber to the secondary-side passage section, and an auxiliary passage configured to assist gas that flows into the pressure chamber through a clearance between the valve member and the valve seat to flow out to the secondary-side passage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Tetsuya KANEKO, Akira NAKANO, Kazuhiro TAKABAYASHI, Kazuo HANEDA, Yuya KIHARA
  • Patent number: 11859766
    Abstract: A fusible plug for a high pressure gas cylinder includes a communication hole filled with a low melting point alloy, a porous metal sintered body is press-fitted in at least a part of the communication hole in a length direction, all or a part of the porous metal sintered body is impregnated with the low melting point alloy to solidify and composite the low melting point alloy. It is preferable that: the low melting point alloy has a melting point of 110° C.; the porous metal sintered body to be press-fitted is a porous metal sintered body having pores with an area ratio of 30% or more and 50% or less and having pores with a diameter exceeding 5 ?m among the pores of 80% or more in terms of area ratio to all the pores; and the porous metal sintered body is a porous austenitic stainless steel sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD., JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takiguchi, Atsuya Aoki, Kazushi Numazaki, Takeshi Takahashi, Natsuki Iwamoto, Yudai Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11698141
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve includes: a body, a valve seat, and a valve element opening and closing the valve seat according to a difference between a pressure on the inlet side and a pressure on the outlet side. A pressure chamber, which is a space part between the valve element and the valve seat, is provided on the inlet side of the valve element. The valve element includes a plurality of horizontal holes each opening to the pressure chamber, and a vertical hole bringing the horizontal holes and the outlet side of the valve element into communication with each other. The horizontal holes and the vertical hole are provided in such a manner that a value of a ratio of a flow channel area of the vertical hole to a total area that is a total of flow channel areas of the horizontal holes exceeds 1.16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi Numazaki, Tetsuya Kaneko, Akira Nakano, Kazuhiro Takabayashi, Kazuo Haneda, Yuya Kihara
  • Patent number: 11560965
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body, a solenoid valve, and a manual valve mounted to the body. The manual valve being configured to open and close the gas flow channel via a manual operation. The gas flow channel includes a first flow channel including the valve-side opening portion, and a second flow channel including the tank-side opening portion, and includes an intersection portion in which a first center axis that is a center axis of the first flow channel and a second center axis that is a center axis of the second flow channel intersect with each other. A center axis of the solenoid valve coincides with an extension line of the first center axis and a center axis of the manual valve coincides with an extension line of the second center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuki Iwamoto, Kazushi Numazaki, Tomohiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11543052
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body, a joint, a check valve, a valve seat fixation member having an outer peripheral surface on which an external thread is provided, and a sealing member. The body has an attachment hole that attaches the joint and the valve seat fixation member from an outside of the body in a sequence of the joint and the valve seat fixation member, and that has an inner peripheral surface in which an internal thread screwed to the external thread of the valve seat fixation member is provided. The sealing member is provided between the joint and the valve seat fixation member. An outer peripheral edge of the sealing member is located radially inward of a screwed region of the internal thread and the external thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Suzuki, Kazuki Okamura, Takashi Yamazaki, Toshihiko Shima, Kazushi Numazaki, Naohiro Sakamoto, Akio Nakamura, Koji Kida
  • Patent number: 11448329
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body having a gas flow path. When the gas is charged, the first flow path is located upstream of the intersecting portion, and the second flow path is located downstream of the intersecting portion. The gas flow path has a check valve mechanism and a drive mechanism. The check valve mechanism opens a valve when the gas is charged and closes the valve when the gas charge is completed, and the drive mechanism opens the valve of the check valve mechanism and holds the open state of the valve of the check valve mechanism when the gas is discharged from the tank. The check valve mechanism includes a valve seat, and the valve seat is disposed in the first flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi Numazaki, Takeshi Takahashi, Kazuhiro Takabayashi, Tomohiro Ishihara, Natsuki Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20220243872
    Abstract: A fusible plug for a high pressure gas cylinder includes a communication hole filled with a low melting point alloy, a porous metal sintered body is press-fitted in at least a part of the communication hole in a length direction, all or a part of the porous metal sintered body is impregnated with the low melting point alloy to solidify and composite the low melting point alloy. It is preferable that: the low melting point alloy has a melting point of 110° C.; the porous metal sintered body to be press-fitted is a porous metal sintered body having pores with an area ratio of 30% or more and 50% or less and having pores with a diameter exceeding 5 ?m among the pores of 80% or more in terms of area ratio to all the pores; and the porous metal sintered body is a porous austenitic stainless steel sintered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD., JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Atsuya AOKI, Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Natsuki IWAMOTO, Yudai WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220186848
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve includes: a body, a valve seat, and a valve element opening and closing the valve seat according to a difference between a pressure on the inlet side and a pressure on the outlet side. A pressure chamber, which is a space part between the valve element and the valve seat, is provided on the inlet side of the valve element. The valve element includes a plurality of horizontal holes each opening to the pressure chamber, and a vertical hole bringing the horizontal holes and the outlet side of the valve element into communication with each other. The horizontal holes and the vertical hole are provided in such a manner that a value of a ratio of a flow channel area of the vertical hole to a total area that is a total of flow channel areas of the horizontal holes exceeds 1.16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Tetsuya KANEKO, Akira NAKANO, Kazuhiro TAKABAYASHI, Kazuo HANEDA, Yuya KIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210396327
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body, a solenoid valve, and a manual valve mounted to the body. The manual valve being configured to open and close the gas flow channel via a manual operation. The gas flow channel includes a first flow channel including the valve-side opening portion, and a second flow channel including the tank-side opening portion, and includes an intersection portion in which a first center axis that is a center axis of the first flow channel and a second center axis that is a center axis of the second flow channel intersect with each other. A center axis of the solenoid valve coincides with an extension line of the first center axis and a center axis of the manual valve coincides with an extension line of the second center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuki IWAMOTO, Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Tomohiro ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11067186
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve includes a piston disposed in a cylinder chamber; a valve element that is coupled to the piston and opens and closes a valve seat; a valve spring that biases the valve element in a direction in which the valve element is moved away from the valve seat; and a biasing member that biases the valve seat toward a side opposite to the piston. The pressure reducing valve is configured to reduce a primary pressure of a fluid to a secondary pressure. The valve seat is disposed such that the valve seat reciprocates in the same direction as a direction in which the valve element reciprocates in the primary pressure chamber. As a difference between the primary pressure and the secondary pressure increases, the valve seat moves toward the secondary pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi Numazaki, Kazuhiro Takabayashi, Taizan Morita
  • Patent number: 10890271
    Abstract: A solenoid valve device includes a body including a gas passage and an accommodation portion communicating with the gas passage, a solenoid valve that is accommodated in the accommodation portion and that controls flow of gas by opening and closing the gas passage, a sealing member disposed between the accommodation portion and the solenoid valve to maintain airtightness of the gas passage, and a solenoid that generates power for the solenoid valve to open and close the gas passage, wherein the body is provided with a communication hole that allows communication between inside and outside of the accommodation portion; the solenoid includes a connection terminal portion extending toward the communication hole; and a connector is accommodated in the communication hole in a manner such that rotation of the connector in a circumferential direction about an axis of the communication hole is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi Numazaki, Natsuki Iwamoto, Toshikatsu Kubo, Tomohiro Yasuoka, Koji Kida
  • Publication number: 20200292091
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body having a gas flow path. When the gas is charged, the first flow path is located upstream of the intersecting portion, and the second flow path is located downstream of the intersecting portion. The gas flow path has a check valve mechanism and a drive mechanism. The check valve mechanism opens a valve when the gas is charged and closes the valve when the gas charge is completed, and the drive mechanism opens the valve of the check valve mechanism and holds the open state of the valve of the check valve mechanism when the gas is discharged from the tank. The check valve mechanism includes a valve seat, and the valve seat is disposed in the first flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Kazuhiro TAKABAYASHI, Tomohiro ISHIHARA, Natsuki IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200271235
    Abstract: A pressure reducing valve includes a piston disposed in a cylinder chamber; a valve element that is coupled to the piston and opens and closes a valve seat; a valve spring that biases the valve element in a direction in which the valve element is moved away from the valve seat; and a biasing member that biases the valve seat toward a side opposite to the piston. The pressure reducing valve is configured to reduce a primary pressure of a fluid to a secondary pressure. The valve seat is disposed such that the valve seat reciprocates in the same direction as a direction in which the valve element reciprocates in the primary pressure chamber. As a difference between the primary pressure and the secondary pressure increases, the valve seat moves toward the secondary pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Kazuhiro TAKABAYASHI, Taizan MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190323626
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body, a joint, a check valve, a valve seat fixation member having an outer peripheral surface on which an external thread is provided, and a sealing member. The body has an attachment hole that attaches the joint and the valve seat fixation member from an outside of the body in a sequence of the joint and the valve seat fixation member, and that has an inner peripheral surface in which an internal thread screwed to the external thread of the valve seat fixation member is provided. The sealing member is provided between the joint and the valve seat fixation member. An outer peripheral edge of the sealing member is located radially inward of a screwed region of the internal thread and the external thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya SUZUKI, Kazuki OKAMURA, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Toshihiko SHIMA, Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Naohiro SAKAMOTO, Akio NAKAMURA, Koji KIDA
  • Publication number: 20190285192
    Abstract: A solenoid valve device includes a body including a gas passage and an accommodation portion communicating with the gas passage, a solenoid valve that is accommodated in the accommodation portion and that controls flow of gas by opening and closing the gas passage, a sealing member disposed between the accommodation portion and the solenoid valve to maintain airtightness of the gas passage, and a solenoid that generates power for the solenoid valve to open and close the gas passage, wherein the body is provided with a communication hole that allows communication between inside and outside of the accommodation portion; the solenoid includes a connection terminal portion extending toward the communication hole; and a connector is accommodated in the communication hole in a manner such that rotation of the connector in a circumferential direction about an axis of the communication hole is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Natsuki IWAMOTO, Toshikatsu KUBO, Tomohiro YASUOKA, Koji KIDA
  • Patent number: 9988081
    Abstract: A steering system is provided which more appropriately alleviates driver's discomfort in the wrists. A steering ECU has an estimated grip angle calculating circuit, a deviation calculating circuit, an automatic steering torque command value calculating circuit, and a grip angle command value calculating circuit. The estimated grip angle calculating circuit calculates an estimated grip angle based on a steering angle. The deviation calculating circuit calculates a deviation based on the steering angle, a steering angle deviation, and the estimated grip angle. The grip angle command value calculating circuit calculates a grip angle command value that is a sum of a grip angle and the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi Numazaki, Ryouhei Hayama, Hideyuki Mukae
  • Publication number: 20170073000
    Abstract: A steering system is provided which more appropriately alleviates driver's discomfort in the wrists. A steering ECU has an estimated grip angle calculating circuit, a deviation calculating circuit, an automatic steering torque command value calculating circuit, and a grip angle command value calculating circuit. The estimated grip angle calculating circuit calculates an estimated grip angle based on a steering angle. The deviation calculating circuit calculates a deviation based on the steering angle, a steering angle deviation, and the estimated grip angle. The grip angle command value calculating circuit calculates a grip angle command value that is a sum of a grip angle and the deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Ryouhei HAYAMA, Hideyuki MUKAE
  • Patent number: 9249935
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a fuel gas tank; a temperature detecting portion; a fuel gas discharge flow path; a main stop valve that is provided in the fuel gas discharge flow path; and a control portion. The main stop valve includes an inlet portion and an outlet portion, a main valve that is arranged between the inlet portion and the outlet portion and that opens and closes the fuel gas discharge flow path, a pilot flow path that is provided so as to communicate the inlet portion with the outlet portion, a pilot valve that opens and closes the pilot flow path, and an actuator capable of opening and closing the main valve and the pilot valve at different timings. The control portion opens the pilot valve and closes the main valve when the detected temperature is equal to or lower than a first reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiji Okawachi, Kazushi Numazaki
  • Patent number: 8931754
    Abstract: A safety valve includes a cylinder having an open end and a plug for closing the open end with a hermetic seal. The interior of the cylinder communicates with a high-pressure gas passage. The cylinder is deformed as a function of gas pressure in the high-pressure gas passage to widen the open end. This allows gas in the high-pressure gas passage to escape and thus prevents the gas pressure from increasing beyond an acceptable level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Jtekt Corporation, Toyooki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Imoto, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kazushi Numazaki, Chihiro Uchimura, Akira Yamashita, Tsukuo Ishitoya, Noritaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8550105
    Abstract: A valve system includes a fusible plug valve that functions as a fusible plug valve and as a manual valve. When functioning as a fusible plug valve, the fusible plug valve opens at a high temperature to release gas from a high pressure tank to outside. When functioning as a manual valve, the fusible plug valve is opened manually to release the gas from the high pressure tank to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsukuo Ishitoya, Eiji Okawachi, Kazushi Numazaki, Hisanori Kondo, Koji Koide