Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Tekeuchi

Kiyoshi Tekeuchi 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: 20010018864
    Abstract: The invention provides a rotary actuator having a cushion mechanism for stopping a vane at a rotational terminal end position in a cushioning manner. The cushion mechanism has a first opening for discharging an exhaust air pressed out from a cylinder hole by a rotating vane to an external portion without limiting a flow amount, a second opening for discharging the exhaust air to the external portion in a state of limiting a flow amount and a flow amount adjusting mechanism for limiting a flow amount, the flow amount adjusting mechanism being connected to the second opening, wherein the first opening is provided at a position sealed by the vane before the vane of a hole surface in the cylinder hole reaches a rotational terminal end position, and the second opening is provided at a position which is not sealed by the vane after the vane reaches the rotational terminal end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Hirano, Kenji Koiwa, Kiyoshi Tekeuchi