Patents by Inventor Ken Shiozaki

Ken Shiozaki 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: 20240092690
    Abstract: A resin coating device for coating a surface of a glass fiber, includes: a point having a point hole; a die disposed directly below the point and including a first alignment portion, a second alignment portion, and a first die hole; and a first resin supply path. The second alignment portion is disposed below the first alignment portion. The first alignment portion includes a first diameter-reduced portion, and a first land portion disposed, connected to the first diameter-reduced portion, and having a constant diameter in the traveling direction. The second alignment portion includes a second diameter-reduced portion, and a second land portion, connected to the second diameter-reduced portion, and having a constant diameter in the traveling direction. The first diameter-reduced portion, the first land portion, the second diameter-reduced portion, and the second land portion are each a part of the first die hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kazumasa OISHI, Ken MANABE, Manabu SHIOZAKI, Satoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8118148
    Abstract: The invention provides a control method of an external control type fan clutch able to improve engine performance, fuel cost and cooling performance of a capacitor of an air conditioner (A/C) and restrain fan noises due to associative rotation. Namely, in the external control type fan clutch device constructed so as to control the opening and closing of a supply adjusting hole of oil by a valve member operated by an electromagnet, the opening and closing of the supply adjusting hole of the oil is on-off-controlled with the temperature of a cooling liquid of a radiator, a fan rotating speed, the temperature of transmission oil, a vehicle speed, an engine rotating speed, the pressure of a compressor of the air conditioner, etc. as parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Iida
  • Patent number: 7588132
    Abstract: An external-control-type fan coupling device is provided and has no restriction on the layout or positional relationship of an electromagnetic coil and a valve element of the device. As a result, the casing and the valve structure of the device can be simplified. Additionally, the design prevents leaking of oil and leaking of magnetism without adversely affecting performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Shigeyuki Serizawa
  • Patent number: 7488271
    Abstract: A control method of a magnet type fan clutch is provided to improve engine performance, fuel economy, engine life, and vehicle acceleration and to reduce fan noise, and optimize fan horsepower. The magnet type fan clutch has a magnet coupling combined with an electromagnetic clutch. The method includes turning the electromagnetic clutch ON and OFF on the basis of cooling fluid temperature, engine oil temperature, transmission oil temperature, vehicle speed, engine rotation rate, accelerator opening, compressor pressure of an air conditioner, an On or Off signal of the air condition, a fuel injection indication amount, a clutch activation lower limit temperature and its lower temperature, and an engine rotation rate set value to control the fan rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Ken Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 7419040
    Abstract: An external-control-type fan coupling device is provided and has no restriction on the layout or positional relationship of an electromagnetic coil and a valve element of the device. As a result, the casing and the valve structure of the device can be simplified. Additionally, the design prevents leaking of oil and leaking of magnetism without adversely affecting performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Shigeyuki Serizawa
  • Publication number: 20080173514
    Abstract: An external-control-type fan coupling device is provided and has no restriction on the layout or positional relationship of an electromagnetic coil and a valve element of the device. As a result, the casing and the valve structure of the device can be simplified. Additionally, the design prevents leaking of oil and leaking of magnetism without adversely affecting performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Shigeyuki Serizawa
  • Patent number: 7387591
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling an external control type fan clutch. The method controls the On/Off of an electromagnet-activated valve for an oil feed adjusting hole. The method uses a PID control on the basis of radiator cooling liquid temperature, fan speed, transmission oil temperature, vehicle speed, engine speed, compressor pressure of an air conditioner, and an On/Off signal of the air conditioner. Individual gains of the PID control are determined by a gain matrix containing the optimum fan speed demanded by the engine, the actual metered fan speed, and the engine speed. The PID control is made on the basis of the gains to that a control signal is outputted. The control method can improve mileage, raise the cooling efficiency of an air conditioner and suppress fan noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventor: Ken Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 7367438
    Abstract: An external-control-type fan coupling device is provided and has no restriction on the layout or positional relationship of an electromagnetic coil and a valve element of the device. As a result, the casing and the valve structure of the device can be simplified. Additionally, the design prevents leaking of oil and leaking of magnetism without adversely affecting performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Shigeyuki Serizawa
  • Publication number: 20060272918
    Abstract: An external-control-type fan coupling device is provided and has no restriction on the layout or positional relationship of an electromagnetic coil and a valve element of the device. As a result, the casing and the valve structure of the device can be simplified. Additionally, the design prevents leaking of oil and leaking of magnetism without adversely affecting performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Shigeyuki Serizawa
  • Patent number: 7128690
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a magnet type fan clutch, by which method engine performance, fuel efficiency, engine life, vehicle acceleration capability and other properties of a magnet type fan clutch can be further improved and its fan noise can be further reduced. This method is adopted for controlling a magnet type fan clutch which includes a magnet coupling, an electromagnetic clutch combined with the magnet coupling to control the on/off switching of the magnet coupling, and a fan attached to the magnet coupling. The control method is characterized in that the electromagnetic clutch is turned on or off based on at least one signal of temperatures of radiator coolant, engine oil and transmission oil, a vehicle speed, a rotational speed of an engine, compressor pressure of an air conditioner, and an on/off signal of the air conditioner, etc., so as to control the rotation of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Ken Shiozaki
  • Publication number: 20060124424
    Abstract: A control method of a magnet type fan clutch is provided to improve engine performance, fuel economy, engine life, and vehicle acceleration and to reduce fan noise, and optimize fan horsepower. The magnet type fan clutch has a magnet coupling combined with an electromagnetic clutch. The method includes turning the electromagnetic clutch ON and OFF on the basis of cooling fluid temperature, engine oil temperature, transmission oil temperature, vehicle speed, engine rotation rate, accelerator opening, compressor pressure of an air conditioner, an On or Off signal of the air condition, a fuel injection indication amount, a clutch activation lower limit temperature and its lower temperature, and an engine rotation rate set value to control the fan rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Ken Shiozaki
  • Publication number: 20060096830
    Abstract: An external-control-type fan coupling device is provided and has no restriction on the layout or positional relationship of an electromagnetic coil and a valve element of the device. As a result, the casing and the valve structure of the device can be simplified. Additionally, the design prevents leaking of oil and leaking of magnetism without adversely affecting performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Shigeyuki Serizawa
  • Publication number: 20060096554
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling an external control type fan clutch. The method controls the On/Off of an electromagnet-activated valve for an oil feed adjusting hole. The method uses a PID control on the basis of radiator cooling liquid temperature, fan speed, transmission oil temperature, vehicle speed, engine speed, compressor pressure of an air conditioner, and an On/Off signal of the air conditioner. Individual gains of the PID control are determined by a gain matrix containing the optimum fan speed demanded by the engine, the actual metered fan speed, and the engine speed. The PID control is made on the basis of the gains to that a control signal is outputted. The control method can improve mileage, raise the cooling efficiency of an air conditioner and suppress fan noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventor: Ken Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 6935477
    Abstract: The invention provides a magnet type clutch device or a magnet type fan clutch device able to arbitrarily change the rotation speed of a fan by switching and controlling the directions of magnetic fluxes of a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic clutch. The magnet type clutch device or the magnet type fan clutch device constructed by integrating the electromagnetic clutch and a magnet coupling using the permanent magnet is characterized in that a magnetic loop element is assembled into a permanent magnet rotating body and the rotation speed of the fan, etc. can be changed by switching and controlling the magnetic flux direction of the electromagnetic clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Ken Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 6915888
    Abstract: To reduce the size/weight and the power consumption of a fan-coupling device and to provide an external control type fan-coupling device intended to improve a fan rotation controllability. A fan-coupling device, in which the inside of a sealed housing borne on a rotary shaft fixing a drive disk thereon is divided by a partition into an oil sump and a torque transmission chamber housing the drive disc, so that the drive torque may be transmitted to a driven side with the oil fed into the torque transmission chamber and so that the communication passage of oil may be opened/closed and controlled by a valve member to be activated by an electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Iida
  • Publication number: 20050124461
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a magnet type fan clutch, by which method engine performance, fuel efficiency, engine life, vehicle acceleration capability and other properties of a magnet type fan clutch can be further improved and its fan noise can be further reduced. This method is adopted for controlling a magnet type fan clutch which includes a magnet coupling, an electromagnetic clutch combined with the magnet coupling to control the on/off switching of the magnet coupling, and a fan attached to the magnet coupling. The control method is characterized in that the electromagnetic clutch is turned on or off based on at least one signal of temperatures of radiator coolant, engine oil and transmission oil, a vehicle speed, a rotational speed of an engine, compressor pressure of an air conditioner, and an on/off signal of the air conditioner, etc., so as to control the rotation of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Ken Shiozaki
  • Publication number: 20040223851
    Abstract: The invention provides a control method of an external control type fan clutch able to improve engine performance, fuel cost and cooling performance of a capacitor of an air conditioner (A/C) and restrain fan noises due to associative rotation. Namely, in the external control type fan clutch device constructed so as to control the opening and closing of a supply adjusting hole of oil by a valve member operated by an electromagnet, the opening and closing of the supply adjusting hole of the oil is on-off-controlled with the temperature of a cooling liquid of a radiator, a fan rotating speed, the temperature of transmission oil, a vehicle speed, an engine rotating speed, the pressure of a compressor of the air conditioner, etc. as parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Iida
  • Patent number: 6807926
    Abstract: An outside control type fan coupling apparatus has a double valve structure with plural oil supply adjustment holes. Temperature of engine coolant, acceleration of the engine, an air conditioner, vehicle speed and so on are parameters for controlling opening and closing valves of the oil supply adjustment holes. This rotation of the fan is fluctuated so that fan noises at the time of fan rotation fluctuation are suppressed. Also, if engine rotation accelerates to more than a certain level, the fan coupling apparatus is turned Off, and fan noise due to coupling rotation is prevented. Further, if engine rotation is less than a constant rotational speed, the fan coupling apparatus is turned Off, Middle, and fan noise due to coupling rotation of the fan at the time of acceleration and fan noise due to coupling rotation at the time of startup of the engine are prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Iida, Takuya Tamura
  • Publication number: 20040124057
    Abstract: To reduce the size/weight and the power consumption of a fan-coupling device and to provide an external control type fan-coupling device intended to improve a fan rotation controllability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Ken Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Iida
  • Publication number: 20040118656
    Abstract: The invention provides a magnet type clutch device or a magnet type fan clutch device able to arbitrarily change the rotation speed of a fan by switching and controlling the directions of magnetic fluxes of a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic clutch. The magnet type clutch device or the magnet type fan clutch device constructed by integrating the electromagnetic clutch and a magnet coupling using the permanent magnet is characterized in that a magnetic loop element is assembled into a permanent magnet rotating body and the rotation speed of the fan, etc. can be changed by switching and controlling the magnetic flux direction of the electromagnetic clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Ken Shiozaki