Patents by Inventor Masahiko TAKIMOTO
Masahiko TAKIMOTO 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).
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Patent number: 11873916Abstract: A fluid control device 10 comprises a valve device V2 including actuators 22 and 24 for opening and closing a flow path and adjusting a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the flow path, a pressure sensor PT provided upstream of the valve device V2, and a control circuit 12 connected to the valve device V2 and the pressure sensor PT, and the control circuit 12 controls an operation of the actuator based on a pressure measured by the pressure sensor PT and a reference pressure drop curve, while the upstream side of the fluid control device is closed and the valve device is opened using the actuators.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masahiko Takimoto, Toshihide Yoshida, Tsutomu Shinohara, Kouji Nishino
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Patent number: 11796458Abstract: A Concentration measurement device 100 comprises: a measurement cell 4 having a flow path through which a gas flows, a light source 1 for generating incident light to the measurement cell, a photodetector 7 for detecting light emitted from the measurement cell, a pressure sensor 20 for detecting a pressure of the gas in the measurement cell, a temperature sensor 22 for detecting a temperature of the gas in the measurement cell, and an arithmetic circuit 8 for calculating a concentration of the gas based on an output P of the pressure sensor, an output T of the temperature sensor, an output I of the photodetector, and an extinction coefficient ?, wherein the arithmetic circuit 8 is configured to calculate the concentration using the extinction coefficient ? determined on the basis of the output of the temperature sensor 22.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki Nagase, Kazuteru Tanaka, Masahiko Takimoto, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
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Publication number: 20230244251Abstract: A fluid control device 10 comprises a valve device V2 including actuators 22 and 24 for opening and closing a flow path and adjusting a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the flow path, a pressure sensor PT provided upstream of the valve device V2, and a control circuit 12 connected to the valve device V2 and the pressure sensor PT, and the control circuit 12 controls an operation of the actuator based on a pressure measured by the pressure sensor PT and a reference pressure drop curve, while the upstream side of the fluid control device is closed and the valve device is opened using the actuators.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masahiko TAKIMOTO, Toshihide YOSHIDA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA, Kouji NISHINO
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Patent number: 11692931Abstract: The concentration measurement device 100 includes an electric unit 20 having a light source 22 and a photodetector 24, a fluid unit 10 having a measurement cell 1, optical fibers 11 and 12 for connecting the electric unit 20 and the fluid unit 10 and is configured to measure the concentration of the fluid in the measurement cell by detecting the light incident from the light source 22 to the measurement cell and then emitted from the measurement cell by the photodetector 24, where optical connection parts 32 and 34 connected to the optical fibers 11, 12 and the light source 22 or the photodetector 24 are integrally provided in the electric unit 20.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki Nagase, Kazuteru Tanaka, Masahiko Takimoto, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
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Patent number: 11598430Abstract: A valve device capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate includes: an operating member for operating a diaphragm and provided movably between a closed position at which diaphragm closes a flow path and an open position at which diaphragm opens the flow path; a main actuator that receives pressure from a supplied drive fluid and moves the operating member to the open position or the closed position; an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned in the open position by using a passive element which expands and contracts in response to a given input signal; a position detecting mechanism for detecting the position of the operating member with respect to a valve body; and an origin position determining unit that uses a valve closed state in which the diaphragm contacts to valve seat to determine an origin position of the position detecting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Daihi Tsuchiguchi, Toshihide Yoshida, Ryutaro Tanno, Yuya Suzuki, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
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Patent number: 11519769Abstract: A control unit 3 of a flow rate control system 1 comprises: a recording unit 31 for recording measured values of a pressure sensor P and a temperature sensor T, a storage unit 32 for storing volume data between a first valve V1 and a second valve V2 corresponding to the measured value of the pressure sensor P, and an arithmetic unit 33 for calculating a flow rate based on a first pressure value P1 and a first temperature value T1 measured after opening the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 to flow a gas and then closing the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 simultaneously in a state where the gas is flowing; a second pressure value P2 and a second temperature value T2 measured after opening the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 to flow a gas, closing the second valve V2 in a state where the gas is flowing, and then closing the first valve V1 after a predetermined time ?t has elapsed; and a volume value V between the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 which corresponds to the second pressureType: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki Nagase, Satoru Yamashita, Masayoshi Kawashima, Masahiko Takimoto, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
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Patent number: 11512993Abstract: A valve device is capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate variation with time, aging, or the like without using an external sensor or using as few external sensors as possible. The apparatus includes an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position, a communication unit for receiving adjustment information relating to the adjustment of the opening degree of the flow path by the valve element from the outside of the apparatus, and a control unit for adjusting the position of the operating member by driving the adjusting actuator based on the adjustment information.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshihide Yoshida, Hidenobu Sato, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
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Patent number: 11506290Abstract: A valve device is capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate variation due to aging, aging, etc. without using an external sensor. An adjusting actuator includes a piezoelectric element for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position, and the drive circuit of the adjusting actuator includes a detecting unit for detecting an electric signal related to the amount of strain generated in the piezoelectric element, and a control unit for controlling the adjusting actuator so that the opening degree of the flow path by the valve element becomes the target opening degree based on the electric signal related to the amount of strain of the piezoelectric element.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshihide Yoshida, Kenji Aikawa, Hidenobu Sato, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
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Publication number: 20220283081Abstract: The concentration measurement device 100 includes an electric unit 20 having a light source 22 and a photodetector 24, a fluid unit 10 having a measurement cell 1, a first light-transmission member 11 for transmitting light from the light source to the measurement cell, a second light transmission member 12 for transmitting light from the measurement cell to the photodetector, a lens 3A provided in the fluid unit, the lens 3A being arranged such that light from the first light transmission member is to be incident on the first position and light is to be emitted from the second position to the second light transmission member, a pressure sensor 5 for measuring pressure of fluid flowing through the measurement cell, and an arithmetic circuit 28 for detecting concentration of the fluid flowing through the measurement cell, the arithmetic circuit being configured to calculate the fluid concentration based on the output of the photodetector and a correction factor related to the pressure output by the pressure seType: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki NAGASE, Masahiko TAKIMOTO, Kazuteru TANAKA, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
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Patent number: 11416011Abstract: A pressure-type flow rate control device includes a restriction part; a control valve provided upstream of the restriction part; an upstream pressure sensor for detecting pressure between the restriction part and the control valve; and an arithmetic processing circuit connected to the control valve and the upstream pressor sensor. The device is configured to perform flow rate control by controlling the control valve according to an output of the upstream pressure sensor. The arithmetic processing circuit performs an operation of closing the control valve in order to reduce a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the restriction part, and performs an operation of closing the control valve by feedback control in which a target value is an exponential function more gradual than the pressure drop characteristic data when a gas flows out of the restriction part.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Katsuyuki Sugita, Kaoru Hirata, Nobukazu Ikeda, Kouji Nishino, Masahiko Takimoto, Takahiro Imai, Shinya Ogawa
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Publication number: 20220196163Abstract: A valve device capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate includes: an operating member for operating a diaphragm and provided movably between a closed position at which diaphragm closes a flow path and an open position at which diaphragm opens the flow path; a main actuator that receives pressure from a supplied drive fluid and moves the operating member to the open position or the closed position; an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned in the open position by using a passive element which expands and contracts in response to a given input signal; a position detecting mechanism for detecting the position of the operating member with respect to a valve body; and an origin position determining unit that uses a valve closed state in which the diaphragm contacts to valve seat to determine an origin position of the position detecting mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Daihi TSUCHIGUCHI, Toshihide YOSHIDA, Ryutaro TANNO, Yuya SUZUKI, Kenta KONDO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220170849Abstract: The concentration measurement device 100 includes an electric unit 20 having a light source 22 and a photodetector 24, a fluid unit 10 having a measurement cell 1, optical fibers 11 and 12 for connecting the electric unit 20 and the fluid unit 10 and is configured to measure the concentration of the fluid in the measurement cell by detecting the light incident from the light source 22 to the measurement cell and then emitted from the measurement cell by the photodetector 24, where optical connection parts 32 and 34 connected to the optical fibers 11, 12 and the light source 22 or the photodetector 24 are integrally provided in the electric unit 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki NAGASE, Kazuteru TANAKA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
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Publication number: 20220082176Abstract: A valve device with which a flow rate can be adjusted precisely includes: an operating member for operating a diaphragm provided in such a way as to be capable of moving between a closed position in which the diaphragm closes a flow path and an open position in which the diaphragm opens the flow path; a main actuator for moving the operating member to the open position or the closed position in response to the pressure of a supplied driving fluid; an adjustment actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned in the open position; and a position detecting mechanism for detecting displacement of the operating member with respect to a valve body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Ryutaro TANNO, Toshihide YOSHIDA, Daihi TSUCHIGUCHI, Yuya SUZUKI, Kenta KONDO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220074851Abstract: A Concentration measurement device 100 comprises: a measurement cell 4 having a flow path through which a gas flows, a light source 1 for generating incident light to the measurement cell, a photodetector 7 for detecting light emitted from the measurement cell, a pressure sensor 20 for detecting a pressure of the gas in the measurement cell, a temperature sensor 22 for detecting a temperature of the gas in the measurement cell, and an arithmetic circuit 8 for calculating a concentration of the gas based on an output P of the pressure sensor, an output T of the temperature sensor, an output I of the photodetector, and an extinction coefficient ?, wherein the arithmetic circuit 8 is configured to calculate the concentration using the extinction coefficient ? determined on the basis of the output of the temperature sensor 22.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki NAGASE, Kazuteru TANAKA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
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Patent number: 11242934Abstract: Provided is a valve device which can precisely adjust the flow rate while ensuring the flow rate of the fluid. A valve device includes a main actuator which receives a pressure of a supplied drive fluid and moves an operating member to an open position or closed position; an adjusting actuator arranged to receive at least a part of a force generated by the main actuator and for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position; and a pressure regulator provided in a feed path of the drive fluid to the main actuator and for regulating the pressure of the supplied drive fluid to suppress fluctuation of the pressure of the drive fluid supplied to the main actuator.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshihide Yoshida, Masahiko Takimoto, Tsutomu Shinohara, Tomohiro Nakata, Takeru Miura, Masahiko Nakazawa
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Patent number: 11215374Abstract: A fluid sealing device and a pressure detector calibration device are provided to enable further reducing of errors between a sealing pressure and a set pressure in a fluid flow path.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masahiko Takimoto, Masaaki Nagase
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Patent number: 11187346Abstract: A control device for a valve device can detect open/close state of the valve device without using limit switches. The valve device includes a diaphragm for opening and closing a flow path for flowing a fluid, a coil spring for biasing the diaphragm in the closing direction of flow path, a main actuator for driving it against the biasing force of the coil spring, and an adjusting actuator using a piezoelectric element for adjusting the opening degree of the flow path determined by the diaphragm. The controller detects the open/close state of flow path based on the voltage generated by the piezoelectric element of the adjusting actuator, and controls valve device using the detection signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masahiko Takimoto, Toshihide Yoshida, Kenta Kondo, Ryousuke Dohi, Kouji Nishino
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Publication number: 20210310844Abstract: A control unit 3 of a flow rate control system 1 comprises: a recording unit 31 for recording measured values of a pressure sensor P and a temperature sensor T, a storage unit 32 for storing volume data between a first valve V1 and a second valve V2 corresponding to the measured value of the pressure sensor P, and an arithmetic unit 33 for calculating a flow rate based on a first pressure value P1 and a first temperature value T1 measured after opening the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 to flow a gas and then closing the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 simultaneously in a state where the gas is flowing; a second pressure value P2 and a second temperature value T2 measured after opening the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 to flow a gas, closing the second valve V2 in a state where the gas is flowing, and then closing the first valve V1 after a predetermined time ?t has elapsed; and a volume value V between the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 which corresponds to the second pressureType: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Masaaki NAGASE, Satoru YAMASHITA, Masayoshi KAWASHIMA, Masahiko TAKIMOTO, Kouji NISHINO, Nobukazu IKEDA
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Patent number: 11137779Abstract: The fluid controller includes a fluid control module and an external control module. The fluid control module includes a control valve on a flow channel, a valve driver circuit that drives the control valve, a fluid meter on a flow channel, and a first processor that processes a signal output from the fluid meter. The external control module includes a second processor that processes a signal output from the first processor. The second processor outputs a valve control signal according to the signal of the fluid meter output from the first processor, the valve control signal is directly input to the valve driver circuit without through the first processor, and the valve driver circuit outputs a voltage that drives the control valve according to the valve control signal from the second processor.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaoru Hirata, Katsuyuki Sugita, Yohei Sawada, Masahiko Takimoto, Kouji Nishino
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Patent number: 10883866Abstract: The pressure-type flow rate control device includes: a restriction part interposed in a flow channel; an upstream-side pressure sensor detecting a fluid pressure on the upstream side of the restriction part; a downstream-side pressure sensor detecting a fluid pressure on the downstream side of the restriction part; a flow control valve provided in the flow channel on the upstream side of the upstream-side pressure sensor; and computation control circuit controlling the flow control valve based on detected values of the upstream-side pressure sensor and the downstream-side pressure sensor, thereby controlling the flow. Under conditions where no fluid flow occurs in the flow channel, the computation control circuit computes the difference between the detected value of the upstream-side pressure sensor and the detected value of the downstream-side pressure sensor, and outputs a signal for pressure sensor malfunction determination based on the computed difference.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Katsuyuki Sugita, Kouji Nishino, Kaoru Hirata, Masahiko Takimoto, Nobukazu Ikeda