Patents by Inventor Masahiro TAKEZAWA

Masahiro TAKEZAWA 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).

  • Patent number: 11965615
    Abstract: To provide a pipe joint that can immediately shut off a hydrogen gas flow path at an initial stage when a plug (nozzle side member) comes out of a socket (filling apparatus side member) to prevent release of outgas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20240092627
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint housing device for preventing a plug of a safety joint or a filling hose from being locked in a lower opening of a casing when the safety joint separates, thereby preventing a filling device from falling over and being damaged. A safety joint housing device 100 according to the present invention houses a safety joint 101 including a plug 10 connected to a filling hose 61 and a socket 20 provided in a filling device 200, the plug 10 and the socket 20 separating from each other when a tensile load exceeding a predetermined level is applied, the safety joint housing device 100 including: a casing 320; a substrate 80 attached to the casing 320 on a main body side of the filling device 200; and a member 30 that is provided at a lower opening 320A of the casing 320 and deforms when in contact with the plug 10 or the filling hose 61.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEZAWA, Yoshitaka TSUGUMI, Yoshimi OTO, Toshihiko OUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240077166
    Abstract: To provide a filling hose guide device for preventing a plug of a safety joint or a filling hose from being locked in a lower opening of a casing when a safety joint separates, thereby preventing a filling device from falling over and being damaged. A filling hose guide device 100 according to the present invention is characterized in that after a plug 10 connected to a filling hose 61 and a socket 20 provided in a filling device 200 in a safety joint 300 separate when a tensile load above a predetermined level is applied to the filling hose 61, the filling hose guide devices 100 include: a rotatable or deformable member 30A, 30B, with which the filling hose 61 contacts, below the safety joint 300; and a support structure 50, through which the filling hose 61 passes, for supporting the rotatable or deformable member 30A, 30B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEZAWA, Yoshitaka TSUGUMI, Yoshimi OTO, Toshihiko OUCHI
  • Patent number: 11859747
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint that can prevent an O-ring from falling off due to an ultra-high pressure hydrogen gas flowing through a flow passage in the safety joint at high speed and from being damaged by a foreign matter coming into contact with the O-ring if the foreign matter is mixed in the hydrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Takezawa
  • Patent number: 11846361
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint that can immediately shut off a hydrogen gas flow path at the initial stage when a plug (nozzle side member) comes out of a socket (fueling apparatus side member) to prevent release of hydrogen gas. In a safety joint (100, 100-1, 100-2) when the plug (10) is disconnected from the socket (20), a plug side shutoff valve 5 and a socket side shutoff valve 24 close, a mechanism for closing the socket side shutoff valve (24) includes a socket side spring (23) for urging a socket side valve body (25), a socket side rod (22) connected to the socket side valve body (25), and a support member (26, 27, 28) for supporting (mounting) the socket side rod (22), the support member (26, 27, 28) moves, together with the plug (10), to a state that the support member (26, 27, 28) does not support (mount) the socket side rod (22) when the plug (10) is disconnected from the socket (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Tatsuno Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20230400158
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint housing device for preventing a plug or a filling hose from being locked in a lower opening of a casing when the safety joint is separated, thereby preventing a filling device from falling over and being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEZAWA, Yoshitaka TSUGUMI, Yoshimi OTO, Toshihiko OUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230383912
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint housing device for preventing a plug or a filling hose from being locked in a lower opening of a casing when the safety joint is separated, thereby preventing a filling device from falling over and being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEZAWA, Yoshitaka TSUGUMI, Yoshimi OTO, Toshihiko OUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230213150
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint that can prevent an O-ring from falling off due to an ultra-high pressure hydrogen gas flowing through a flow passage in the safety joint at high speed and from being damaged by a foreign matter coming into contact with the O-ring if the foreign matter is mixed in the hydrogen gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiro TAKEZAWA
  • Patent number: 11644154
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint that can immediately shut off a hydrogen gas flow path at the initial stage when a plug (nozzle side member) comes out of a socket (fueling apparatus side member) to prevent release of outgas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20220221076
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint that can immediately shut off a hydrogen gas flow path at the initial stage when a plug (nozzle side member) comes out of a socket (fueling apparatus side member) to prevent release of hydrogen gas. In a safety joint (100, 100-1, 100-2) when the plug (10) is disconnected from the socket (20), a plug side shutoff valve 5 and a socket side shutoff valve 24 close, a mechanism for closing the socket side shutoff valve (24) includes a socket side spring (23) for urging a socket side valve body (25), a socket side rod (22) connected to the socket side valve body (25), and a support member (26, 27, 28) for supporting (mounting) the socket side rod (22), the support member (26, 27, 28) moves, together with the plug (10), to a state that the support member (26, 27, 28) does not support (mount) the socket side rod (22) when the plug (10) is disconnected from the socket (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiro TAKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220221111
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint that can immediately shut off a hydrogen gas flow path at the initial stage when a plug (nozzle side member) comes out of a socket (fueling apparatus side member) to prevent release of outgas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiro TAKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220214016
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint that can immediately shut off a hydrogen gas flow path at the initial stage when a plug, which is a nozzle side member, comes out of a socket, which is a filling apparatus side member, to prevent release of outgas. A safety joint including: a cylindrical nozzle side member with a flow path formed inside, a shutoff valve of the nozzle side member opens when the nozzle side member is connected to a filling apparatus side member; and the filling apparatus side member with a cylindrical shape and a flow path formed inside, the filling apparatus side member can be connected to the nozzle side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiro TAKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220163152
    Abstract: To provide a pipe joint that can immediately shut off a hydrogen gas flow path at an initial stage when a plug (nozzle side member) comes out of a socket (filling apparatus side member) to prevent release of outgas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiro TAKEZAWA
  • Patent number: 11193631
    Abstract: To provide a filling apparatus capable of suppressing radial movement of a rod-shaped member (connecting pin) of a nozzle, and preventing damages and deformations (recesses and so on) from generating on an outer peripheral surface of the connecting pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Takezawa
  • Patent number: 11073244
    Abstract: A filling apparatus capable of suppressing radial movement of a connecting pin of a nozzle, and preventing damages and deformations (recesses and so on) from generating on an outer peripheral surface of the connecting pin, and making the filling nozzle compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20210140587
    Abstract: A filling apparatus capable of suppressing radial movement of a connecting pin of a nozzle, and preventing damages and deformations (recesses and so on) from generating on an outer peripheral surface of the connecting pin, and making the filling nozzle compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiro TAKEZAWA
  • Patent number: 10870570
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint capable of preventing moment generated by swinging of a filling hose and surely separating the safety joint to a hydrogen filling apparatus side member and a vehicle side member when a tensile force more or equal to a predetermined value is applied to the filling hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takezawa, Yuki Terasoma, Kiyoshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200386368
    Abstract: To provide a filling apparatus capable of suppressing radial movement of a rod-shaped member (connecting pin) of a nozzle, and preventing damages and deformations (recesses and so on) from generating on an outer peripheral surface of the connecting pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Masahiro TAKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200384493
    Abstract: To provide a nozzle hanger on which a filling nozzle can be easily, quickly, and reliably hung and removed, and which can also handle pre-cool filling. A nozzle hanger 1 for hanging a filling nozzle 11, of which one end has a filling pipe 11a for filling a hydrogen gas and the other end has a grip section 11b, is provided with: an upper part 2 that holds the filling pipe of the filling nozzle; a lower part 3 that faces the upper part and holds the grip section of the filling nozzle; and an intermediate part 4 that connects the upper part and the lower part, wherein the lower part is provided with a fixed lock section (a recessed section 6, a stepped section 7) that locks the grip section of the filling nozzle in a fixed state, and the upper part is provided with a movable lock section 5 that contacts the filling pipe of the filling nozzle and locks the filling pipe in a movable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEZAWA, Makoto ARAI
  • Patent number: D912202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takezawa, Makoto Arai