Patents by Inventor Masazumi FUNATO

Masazumi FUNATO 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: 20240068577
    Abstract: A valve (10) of an embodiment of the present invention has a tapered section (55) on an opening side of a depression (51a) of a body (1). When a projection (4b) of a ball (4) is inserted into the depression (51a), a part of a tip end edge of the projection (4b) is brought into contact with the tapered section (55), and the tapered section (55) guides the projection (4b) so that the entire circumference of the tip end edge of the projection (4b) is located on a bottom side with respect to the tapered section (55).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Masazumi FUNATO, Tetsuya WATANABE, Mitsuru HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240060566
    Abstract: Realized is a sealing member which exhibits excellent sealing properties even at a low temperature and a high pressure. A sealing member (100) includes: a first pressing part (110) that presses a first side part of a gap by pressing from a lateral direction; a second pressing part (120) that is pressed against a second side part of the gap by the pressing from the lateral direction; and a part (122) that induces deformation of the sealing member (100) such that the sealing member (100) is strained toward the second side part by the pressing from the lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Masazumi FUNATO, Tetsuya WATANABE, Mitsuru HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230079603
    Abstract: A valve (10) in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a body (1) having a space in which a stem (3) and a ball (4) are housed, wherein an inner lid body (60) fixing the ball (4) in the space liquid-tightly partitions the space into a part in which the stem (3) is housed and a part in which the ball (4) is housed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masazumi FUNATO, Mitsuru HOSOKAWA, Tetsuya WATANABE, Osamu WATANABE, Hisashi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10767768
    Abstract: A trunnion-type ball valve, a valve seal structure, and a valve packing in which, a seal surface pressure of a tip outer peripheral region is improved. A ball (3) provided inside a body (2) is rotatably provided via upper and lower stems (4 and 5) and is sealed with a ball seat (6). The trunnion-type ball valve has a packing attached between an outer periphery step part provided at a rear part of the ball seat and the body and a pressing mechanism by which the packing is pressed to a ball direction, and is provided with a contact surface to be contacted with a step part surface of the outer periphery step part on a tip outer diameter side of the packing and a space provided between the packing and the step part surface of the outer periphery step part on a tip inner diameter side of the packing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kazama, Masazumi Funato
  • Publication number: 20190154161
    Abstract: A trunnion-type ball valve, a valve seal structure, and a valve packing in which, a seal surface pressure of a tip outer peripheral region is improved. A ball (3) provided inside a body (2) is rotatably provided via upper and lower stems (4 and 5) and is sealed with a ball seat (6). The trunnion-type ball valve has a packing attached between an outer periphery step part provided at a rear part of the ball seat and the body and a pressing mechanism by which the packing is pressed to a ball direction, and is provided with a contact surface to be contacted with a step part surface of the outer periphery step part on a tip outer diameter side of the packing and a space provided between the packing and the step part surface of the outer periphery step part on a tip inner diameter side of the packing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro KAZAMA, Masazumi FUNATO
  • Patent number: 10018276
    Abstract: A trunnion-type ball valve including a seat retainer (14) attaching a ball seat(s) to at least one side of a ball (12) having a through hole (12a) provided in a body (11). The ball is turnably provided via a stem (13), and the ball seat is attached in a protrusion-prevented and free state in an attachment groove formed in the seat retainer. An excessive pressure due to an abnormal pressure rise in a cavity upon full close or upon full open is configured to be relieved into a flow channel via a communication part provided between an inner peripheral surface of the ball seat and the attachment groove by moving the seat retainer in a direction opposite to the ball by self-tension utilizing the pressure and pushing-out the ball seat to a ball-side by the excessive pressure flowed into a rear-surface side of the ball seat in the attachment groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masazumi Funato, Masahiro Kazama
  • Publication number: 20160319940
    Abstract: A trunnion-type ball valve including a seat retainer (14) attaching a ball seat(s) to at least one side of a ball (12) having a through hole (12a) provided in a body (11). The ball is turnably provided via a stem (13), and the ball seat is attached in a protrusion-prevented and free state in an attachment groove formed in the seat retainer. An excessive pressure due to an abnormal pressure rise in a cavity upon full close or upon full open is configured to be relieved into a flow channel via a communication part provided between an inner peripheral surface of the ball seat and the attachment groove by moving the seat retainer in a direction opposite to the ball by self-tension utilizing the pressure and pushing-out the ball seat to a ball-side by the excessive pressure flowed into a rear-surface side of the ball seat in the attachment groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Masazumi FUNATO, Masahiro KAZAMA
  • Patent number: D983331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KITZ Corportion
    Inventors: Masazumi Funato, Tetsuya Watanabe, Mitsuru Hosokawa