Patents by Inventor Kunio Shibasaki

Kunio Shibasaki 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: 20200080612
    Abstract: The hydraulic damper 1 includes: a cylinder 11 storing oil; a piston unit connected to a rod moving in an axial direction and configured to move within the cylinder 11; an outer cylinder body 12 outside of the cylinder 11 and forming a communication path L through which oil flows along with movement of the piston unit; a damper case 13 outside of the cylinder 11 and forming a reservoir chamber R to retain oil; a damping force changer 52 external to the cylinder 11 and configured to generate a damping force by throttling flow of oil along with movement of the piston unit and configured to change magnitude of the damping force; and a joint piece 61 forming a channel 61R of oil from the communication path L to the damping force changer 52 and including an external valve to control flow of oil flowing through the channel 61R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Gota NAKANO, Kunio SHIBASAKI
  • Patent number: 10302168
    Abstract: A hydraulic buffer device includes a first cylinder that stores oil, a rod member capable of being moved with respect to the first cylinder as being inserted into the first cylinder toward a first side of the first cylinder and being protruded outward from the first cylinder on a second side of the first cylinder, a rod guide that covers the second side of the first cylinder as having a through-hole, an oil seal arranged at the outer side of the rod member in the radial direction on the second side of the first cylinder, a groove portion that forms a flow path for oil flowing from the inside of the first cylinder toward the oil seal, and a small-diameter portion that restricts flow of oil flowing through the groove portion. An appropriate amount of fluid is supplied to a seal member in a pressure buffer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Shibasaki, Tetsuya Shirotani
  • Publication number: 20180017128
    Abstract: A hydraulic buffer device includes a first cylinder that stores oil, a rod member capable of being moved with respect to the first cylinder as being inserted into the first cylinder toward a first side of the first cylinder and being protruded outward from the first cylinder on a second side of the first cylinder, a rod guide that covers the second side of the first cylinder as having a through-hole, an oil seal arranged at the outer side of the rod member in the radial direction on the second side of the first cylinder, a groove portion that forms a flow path for oil flowing from the inside of the first cylinder toward the oil seal, and a small-diameter portion that restricts flow of oil flowing through the groove portion. An appropriate amount of fluid is supplied to a seal member in a pressure buffer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio SHIBASAKI, Tetsuya SHIROTANI
  • Patent number: 9499021
    Abstract: An elastic sheet includes: a seating portion by which the coil spring is supported and which has a circular arc shape in a view from the axial direction, one circumferential side of the seating portion being a side of entry of the coil spring; and a pair of sidewall portions extending from respective width-wise opposite ends of the seating portion toward the coil spring side, at least one of the sidewall portions has a wire contact surface that contacts a wire forming the coil spring and an inclined surface inclined so as to approach the spring bearing as the inclined surface extends widthwise outward from the wire contact surface, and a radius of curvature of the wire contact surface at least at a side closest to the inclined surface is smaller than a radius of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gota Nakano, Kazuki Hirawata, Nariaki Sato, Kunio Shibasaki
  • Patent number: 9441698
    Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorbing apparatus includes: an inner tube; and an outer tube that is placed outside the inner tube, in which a space is defined between an outer circumferential surface of the inner tube and an inner circumferential surface of the outer tube, and a protruding portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the inner tube toward the outer tube or a protruding portion protruding from the inner circumferential surface of the outer tube toward the inner tube is provided in the space, and the protruding portion is formed over an entire circumference of the outer circumferential surface of the inner tube or the inner circumferential surface of the outer tube, and has a waveform when viewed from a direction crossing the outer circumferential surface or the inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Suzuki, Seiryo Konakai, Mototsugu Yamanaka, Yuichi Enomoto, Takahiro Miura, Kunio Shibasaki
  • Patent number: 9388877
    Abstract: A pressure shock absorbing apparatus includes: a first cylinder; a second cylinder that is placed outside the first cylinder to form a liquid storage unit; a partitioning member that is disposed in such a manner as to be movable in an axial direction inside the first cylinder to partition a space inside the first cylinder; a throttle mechanism that is disposed in a side portion of the second cylinder, and includes a throttle unit that throttles a flow path cross section of a liquid to discharge the liquid taken in from the first cylinder toward the liquid storage unit while passing the liquid through the throttle unit; and a suppression unit that is held by the throttle mechanism at a liquid discharge point between the throttle mechanism and the liquid storage unit to suppress air bubbles in the liquid in the liquid storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiryo Konakai, Kunio Shibasaki, Takahiro Miura, Tetsuya Shirotsuka
  • Publication number: 20140291086
    Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorbing apparatus includes: an inner tube; and an outer tube that is placed outside the inner tube, in which a space is defined between an outer circumferential surface of the inner tube and an inner circumferential surface of the outer tube, and a protruding portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the inner tube toward the outer tube or a protruding portion protruding from the inner circumferential surface of the outer tube toward the inner tube is provided in the space, and the protruding portion is formed over an entire circumference of the outer circumferential surface of the inner tube or the inner circumferential surface of the outer tube, and has a waveform when viewed from a direction crossing the outer circumferential surface or the inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro SUZUKI, Seiryo KONAKAI, Mototsugu YAMANAKA, Yuichi ENOMOTO, Takahiro MIURA, Kunio SHIBASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140291089
    Abstract: A pressure shock absorbing apparatus includes: a first cylinder; a second cylinder that is placed outside the first cylinder to form a liquid storage unit; a partitioning member that is disposed in such a manner as to be movable in an axial direction inside the first cylinder to partition a space inside the first cylinder; a throttle mechanism that is disposed in a side portion of the second cylinder, and includes a throttle unit that throttles a flow path cross section of a liquid to discharge the liquid taken in from the first cylinder toward the liquid storage unit while passing the liquid through the throttle unit; and a suppression unit that is held by the throttle mechanism at a liquid discharge point between the throttle mechanism and the liquid storage unit to suppress air bubbles in the liquid in the liquid storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiryo Konakai, Kunio Shibasaki, Takahiro Miura, Tetsuya Shirotsuka
  • Publication number: 20140265081
    Abstract: An elastic sheet includes: a seating portion by which the coil spring is supported and which has a circular arc shape in a view from the axial direction, one circumferential side of the seating portion being a side of entry of the coil spring; and a pair of sidewall portions extending from respective width-wise opposite ends of the seating portion toward the coil spring side, at least one of the sidewall portions has a wire contact surface that contacts a wire forming the coil spring and an inclined surface inclined so as to approach the spring bearing as the inclined surface extends widthwise outward from the wire contact surface, and a radius of curvature of the wire contact surface at least at a side closest to the inclined surface is smaller than a radius of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gota NAKANO, Kazuki HIRAWATA, Nariaki SATO, Kunio SHIBASAKI
  • Publication number: 20100116148
    Abstract: A fryer for business use is provided which can prevent degradation of cooking oil, secure a good cooking environment and improve a work efficiency. To this end, the fryer of this invention comprises: a water tank 32, 82 to store water; an oil tank 9, 51 arranged above the water tank to store the cooking oil in contact with the stored water in the water tank; a heater 13, 52 arranged in an oil layer in the oil tank; and an oil delivery pipe 10, 61 through which to draw the cooking oil in the oil layer by a pump 29, 64 and release it onto a bottom of the water tank 32, 82; wherein the released cooking oil rises through the water layer and flows into a lower part of the oil layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: RIE USUI, TAKAO KIMURA, KUNIO SHIBASAKI
  • Patent number: 7703388
    Abstract: A fryer for business use is provided which can prevent degradation of cooking oil, secure a good cooking environment and improve a work efficiency. To this end, the fryer of this invention comprises: a water tank 32, 82 to store water; an oil tank 9, 51 arranged above the water tank to store the cooking oil in contact with the stored water in the water tank; a heater 13, 52 arranged in an oil layer in the oil tank; and an oil delivery pipe 10, 61 through which to draw the cooking oil in the oil layer by a pump 29, 64 and release it onto a bottom of the water tank 32, 82; wherein the released cooking oil rises through the water layer and flows into a lower part of the oil layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Mermaid Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rie Usui, Takao Kimura, Kunio Shibasaki
  • Publication number: 20080041238
    Abstract: A fryer for business use is provided which can prevent degradation of cooking oil, secure a good cooking environment and improve a work efficiency. To this end, the fryer of this invention comprises: a water tank 32, 82 to store water; an oil tank 9, 51 arranged above the water tank to store the cooking oil in contact with the stored water in the water tank; a heater 13, 52 arranged in an oil layer in the oil tank; and an oil delivery pipe 10, 61 through which to draw the cooking oil in the oil layer by a pump 29, 64 and release it onto a bottom of the water tank 32, 82; wherein the released cooking oil rises through the water layer and flows into a lower part of the oil layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Rie Usui, Takao Kimura, Kunio Shibasaki