Patents by Inventor Naoki Hoshi

Naoki Hoshi 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: 11913559
    Abstract: A spool valve includes a sleeve and a spool arranged on an inside of a sleeve to be movable in a longitudinal direction, the sleeve being provided with an inflow port into which fluid is supplied from an external fluid supply hole, and an outflow port through which the fluid is flown to an outside of the sleeve, wherein a supply groove is formed on an outer periphery of the sleeve, and the supply groove includes an inlet space into which the fluid flows from the fluid supply hole and an outlet space formed on a side of the inflow port with respect to the inlet space in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Nishimura, Tadanobu Kawato, Masaki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20230100532
    Abstract: A selecting switch includes a case; a slider; a first actuator that rotates downward as pushed down by the slider; a second actuator holding a movable contact; a first contact and a second contact to be contacted by the movable contact; a cam protruding portion that is rotatably born by the second actuator and that contacts a lower inclined surface of the first actuator; a cam that rotates downward upon the cam protruding portion being pushed down while sliding on the lower inclined surface; and a biasing member that biases the cam upward, wherein, upon the first actuator being rotated downward by an angle, the cam protruding portion slides up on the lower inclined surface by biasing force from the biasing member, and the cam pulls up the second actuator, and a contact of the movable contact is switched from the first contact to the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Naoki HOSHI
  • Patent number: 9038527
    Abstract: In a fluid pressure cylinder, a piston is displaced in an axial direction under the action of a pressure fluid. A circular protrusion, which projects toward the piston along an axial direction of the cylinder tube, is formed on an inner end surface of a collar member constituting part of the fluid pressure cylinder, a concavity, which can be fitted externally over the circular protrusion, is formed on the piston, and an annular groove is formed on an inner circumferential edge of an end plate. By the piston coming into contact with the end plate, a pressure receiving chamber is formed between the piston and the annular groove, together with an opening of a second port on an inner side of the cylinder tube being closed to a maximum of 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SMC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun Orihara, Yasunaga Suzuki, Naoki Hoshi, Hiroyuki Asahara
  • Publication number: 20130032027
    Abstract: In a fluid pressure cylinder, a piston is displaced in an axial direction under the action of a pressure fluid. A circular protrusion, which projects toward the piston along an axial direction of the cylinder tube, is formed on an inner end surface of a collar member constituting part of the fluid pressure cylinder, a concavity, which can be fitted externally over the circular protrusion, is formed on the piston, and an annular groove is formed on an inner circumferential edge of an end plate. By the piston coming into contact with the end plate, a pressure receiving chamber is formed between the piston and the annular groove, together with an opening of a second port on an inner side of the cylinder tube being closed to a maximum of 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun ORIHARA, Yasunaga Suzuki, Naoki Hoshi, Hiroyuki Asahara
  • Patent number: 7874242
    Abstract: The piston 4 comprises a fixing ring 8 mounted on a piston rod 6, and a piston body 10 fixed to the fixing ring 8. The fixing ring 8 is comprised of two semi-circular plated members 8A, 8B having plural threaded holes 8a for bolt-fastening of the piston body 10. When they are abutted against each other and formed into a circular-annular shape, a hole portion 8c which is to be tightly fitted in a fixing groove 6a of the piston rod 6 is formed. The piston body 10 has a hole portion 10a which is to be fitted over the piston rod 6, and plural bolt holes 10c corresponding to the threaded holes 8a. Moreover, the piston body 10 has a concave portion 10d on a side of one surface thereof, in which the fixing ring 8 is fitted in an embedded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Syun Orihara, Naoki Hoshi, Shinichiro Nemoto, Hiroyuki Asahara
  • Publication number: 20090200412
    Abstract: The present invention has a spool mounted on a spool shaft and rolled thereon with a fishline, a rotor rotated by a rolling operation of a handle and enabling to roll the fishline round the spool via a fishline guiding part, and a changeover mechanism installed between the spool and the spool shaft for changing over the spool to the dragging operation state and the dragging free state, characterized in that the spool is rotated in an opposite direction to a fishline drawing direction when the spool is under a spool dragging condition, thereby to release a connecting state of the changeover mechanism and to change over the spool under a dragging free state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20080236387
    Abstract: The piston 4 comprises a fixing ring 8 mounted on a piston rod 6, and a piston body 10 fixed to the fixing ring 8. The fixing ring 8 is comprised of two semi-circular plated members 8A, 8B having plural threaded holes 8a for bolt-fastening of the piston body 10. When they are abutted against each other and formed into a circular-annular shape, a hole portion 8c which is to be tightly fitted in a fixing groove 6a of the piston rod 6 is formed. The piston body 10 has a hole portion 10a which is to be fitted over the piston rod 6, and plural bolt holes 10c corresponding to the threaded holes 8a. Moreover, the piston body 10 has a concave portion 10d on a side of one surface thereof, in which the fixing ring 8 is fitted in an embedded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Syun Orihara, Naoki Hoshi, Shinichiro Nemoto, Hiroyuki Asahara
  • Patent number: 5537912
    Abstract: A rodless cylinder has adjusting mechanisms, each comprising a gear shaft rotatably mounted in a hole defined in an outer wall of a slide table and having a first gear on an end thereof, an adjustment shaft having a second gear on an end thereof which is held in mesh with the first gear at a predetermined angle, and a rod coupled to an opposite end of the adjustment shaft out of alignment with a central axis of adjustment shaft, with a guide roller being rotatably supported on the rod. When the gear shaft is turned by a screwdriver bit inserted in the hole, the adjustment shaft is turned to displace the guide rod for optimum rolling contact with a rail on a cylinder tube. The rolling contact between the guide rod and the rail can be adjusted from the outer side of the slide table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michikazu Miyamoto, Tadashi Saito, Naoki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 5333535
    Abstract: A rodless cylinder for feeding a workpiece has a cylinder having a cylinder tube with a bore defined therein and a piston reciprocally movably disposed in the bore. The cylinder tube has a slit defined therein and extending longitudinally therealong, the slit communicating between the bore and an exterior space. The slit is closed by a first seal member engaging the piston and a second seal member engaging a slide table. The piston has a separator separating the first and second seal members from each other. The cylinder tube has a pair of slanted first surfaces positioned one on each side of the slit. A pair of slide members is disposed on the slide table and have respective second surfaces engaging the first surfaces, respectively, for guiding the slide table when the piston reciprocally moves in the bore and bearing a load applied to the slide table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michikazu Miyamoto, Hideho Koyama, Naoki Hoshi
  • Patent number: D962315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hoshi, Masaki Miyahara, Ryosuke Sato