Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Fujiwara

Nobuhiro Fujiwara 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: 8830650
    Abstract: An ionizer includes two needle electrodes, and a high voltage generating unit for applying a first AC voltage to one of the needle electrodes, and for applying a second AC voltage, having a frequency higher than a frequency of the first AC voltage, to another of the needle electrodes. Static charge of a charged body is eliminated by releasing generated positive ions or negative ions, which are generated in the vicinity of the needle electrodes, toward the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Masayuki Orihara
  • Patent number: 8523154
    Abstract: In a vibration control equipment 1 constituted by inserting an outer tube 20 of pair of damping rubbers 2A, 2B into an opening 30 of a bracket member 3, clamping the pair of damping rubbers 2A, 2B by means of plate members 4A, 4B, tightening a fastening member 5 for coupling the plate members 4A, 4B, and then compressing the rubber elastic bodies 22 of the damping rubbers 2A, 2B in the axial direction, the outside diameter of the outer tube 20 before tightening the fastening member 5 is smaller than the inside diameter of the fixing hole 30, the rubber elastic bodies 22 are compression deformed by tightening the fastening member 5 and thus a bracket member 3 is clamped by means of upper and lower flange portions 23, at least one of the rubber elastic bodies 22 is provided with mold cavity portions 26A, 26B and at least one of the pair of outer tubes 20 is provided with a positioning portion 24 for determining the circumferential position of the pair of damping rubbers 2A, 2B relative to the bracket member 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8497754
    Abstract: The electromagnetic actuator is a linear electromagnetic actuator in which the relative position between a slide table that supports permanent magnets thereon and a guide rail that supports a coil, which is arranged in confronting relation to the permanent magnets, is displaced by means of a thrust force generated by a current flowing through the coil. The coil is disposed on the guide rail through a low coercive force magnetizable material body, the coercive force of which is lower than a predetermined value. Consequently, generation of residual magnetization can be suppressed, and an influence on the thrust force caused by such residual magnetization can also be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Hisashi Yajima
  • Patent number: 8421564
    Abstract: The electromagnetic actuator is a linear electromagnetic actuator in which the relative position between a slide table that supports permanent magnets thereon and a guide rail that supports a coil, which is arranged in confronting relation to the permanent magnets, is displaced by means of a thrust force generated by a current flowing through the coil. The coil is disposed on the guide rail through a low coercive force magnetizable material body, the coercive force of which is lower than a predetermined value. Consequently, generation of residual magnetization can be suppressed, and an influence on the thrust force caused by such residual magnetization can also be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Nobuhiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20120123564
    Abstract: An actuator drive control apparatus is equipped with a movement distance setting means for setting a movement distance of a displaceable member, a movement time setting means for setting a movement time, a target value calculating means for calculating a target value of a displacement amount or a displacement velocity of the displaceable member at an arbitrary timing based on the movement distance and the movement time, and a drive controller for generating driving power based on the displacement amount or the displacement velocity target value of the displaceable member and sending the drive power to an actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisashi YAJIMA, Nobuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8174344
    Abstract: First and second projections are formed to protrude toward a guide rail from both sides of a slide table. Third and fourth projections are formed to protrude toward the slide table from both sides of the guide rail. A plurality of balls are arranged in clearances between the first and second projections and the third and fourth projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Nobuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8174814
    Abstract: An ionizer includes positive and negative wire electrodes each formed of a conductive wire with a circular cross section. The wire electrodes are arranged in parallel with each other, each having circumferential surfaces serving as a discharge surface on which a corona discharge occurs upon application of positive and negative high voltages for discharging positive and negative ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Yasuoka, Youhei Miyata, Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Satoshi Suzuki, Toshio Sato
  • Publication number: 20110134580
    Abstract: An ionizer includes two needle electrodes, and a high voltage generating unit for applying a first AC voltage to one of the needle electrodes, and for applying a second AC voltage, having a frequency higher than a frequency of the first AC voltage, to another of the needle electrodes. Static charge of a charged body is eliminated by releasing generated positive ions or negative ions, which are generated in the vicinity of the needle electrodes, toward the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi SUZUKI, Nobuhiro FUJIWARA, Masayuki ORIHARA
  • Patent number: 7920368
    Abstract: A static eliminator that can be placed at a close distance capable of eliminating static electricity while preventing furious elevation of the surface electric potential of a work when the static eliminator is placed at a close distance to the work. A cover formed by an electro conductive porous material covering discharge needles is attached to a holding member in which a plurality of the discharge needles are provided and air blowing openings for ejecting air around the discharge needles are provided. The cover evenly discharges ionized air from the surface of the cover, and is electrically connected to ground to have a function for absorbing a part of generated ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Noriaki Kusaba, Takashi Yasuoka, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110050375
    Abstract: The electromagnetic actuator is a linear electromagnetic actuator in which the relative position between a slide table that supports permanent magnets thereon and a guide rail that supports a coil, which is arranged in confronting relation to the permanent magnets, is displaced by means of a thrust force generated by a current flowing through the coil. The coil is disposed on the guide rail through a low coercive force magnetizable material body, the coercive force of which is lower than a predetermined value. Consequently, generation of residual magnetization can be suppressed, and an influence on the thrust force caused by such residual magnetization can also be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisashi YAJIMA, Nobuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7821762
    Abstract: With a piezoelectric transformer formed of a ferroelectric element which generates a high voltage in a secondary section upon application of an AC voltage to a primary section, ground electrodes are attached to upper and lower surfaces of the secondary section of the piezoelectric transformer via a dielectric sheet for insulation in tight contact therewith such that a dielectric barrier discharge occurs around the ground electrodes to generate positive and negative ions, and an air flow is injected from an air nozzle to flow toward a neutralized subject across the ground electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Yasuoka, Yuki Shibata, Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Satoshi Suzuki, Toshio Sato
  • Publication number: 20100133734
    Abstract: In a vibration control equipment 1 constituted by inserting an outer tube 20 of pair of damping rubbers 2A, 2B into an opening 30 of a bracket member 3, clamping the pair of damping rubbers 2A, 2B by means of plate members 4A, 4B, tightening a fastening member 5 for coupling the plate members 4A, 4B, and then compressing the rubber elastic bodies 22 of the damping rubbers 2A, 2B in the axial direction, the outside diameter of the outer tube 20 before tightening the fastening member 5 is smaller than the inside diameter of the fixing hole 30, the rubber elastic bodies 22 are compression deformed by tightening the fastening member 5 and thus a bracket member 3 is clamped by means of upper and lower flange portions 23, at least one of the rubber elastic bodies 22 is provided with mold cavity portions 26A, 26B and at least one of the pair of outer tubes 20 is provided with a positioning portion 24 for determining the circumferential position of the pair of damping rubbers 2A, 2B relative to the bracket member 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100134225
    Abstract: First and second projections are formed to protrude toward a guide rail from both sides of a slide table. Third and fourth projections are formed to protrude toward the slide table from both sides of the guide rail. A plurality of balls are arranged in clearances between the first and second projections and the third and fourth projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: SMC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Nobuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7711453
    Abstract: A positioning control system has a disturbance observer for estimating a disturbance from a displaced distance of a cylinder of a controlled object, and feeding back an estimated disturbance. The positioning control system also includes a saturation element and a low-pass element disposed in a feedback loop including the disturbance observer, and a saturated value changer for changing a saturated value of the saturation element based on a deviation. The saturation element is disposed in a forward path of a positive-feedback minor loop, whereas the low-pass element is disposed in a feedback path of the positive-feedback minor loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seikai Yo, Kazuo Nakano, Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Hiroshi Miyachi, Masatoshi Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20100073842
    Abstract: A static eliminator that can be placed at a close distance capable of eliminating static electricity while preventing furious elevation of the surface electric potential of a work when the static eliminator is placed at a close distance to the work. A cover formed by an electro conductive porous material covering discharge needles is attached to a holding member in which a plurality of the discharge needles are provided and air blowing openings for ejecting air around the discharge needles are provided. The cover evenly discharges ionized air from the surface of the cover, and is electrically connected to ground to have a function for absorbing a part of generated ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Noriaki Kusaba, Takashi Yasuoka, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7683749
    Abstract: First and second projections are formed to protrude toward a guide rail from both sides of a slide table. Third and fourth projections are formed to protrude toward the slide table from both sides of the guide rail. A plurality of balls are arranged in clearances between the first and second projections and the third and fourth projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Nobuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7648193
    Abstract: A frame of a vehicle supports a cabin via four vibration-isolating apparatuses. A vibration-isolating supporting plane, which contains the four vibration-isolating apparatuses, passes through a center of gravity point G of the cabin. Due to an arranged structure of the vibration-isolating apparatuses, shaking of the center of gravity point of the cabin due to vibration transferred from the frame at times of riding on poor roads or at times of operation can be kept small, as compared with a vibration-isolating supporting structure in which the vibration-isolating supporting plane is far apart from the center of gravity point G. A vibration-isolating supporting structure which does not increase shaking of a center of gravity of the cabin is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Kiyoshi Oozu
  • Publication number: 20090135538
    Abstract: With a piezoelectric transformer formed of a ferroelectric element which generates a high voltage in a secondary section upon application of an AC voltage to a primary section, ground electrodes are attached to upper and lower surfaces of the secondary section of the piezoelectric transformer via a dielectric sheet for insulation in tight contact therewith such that a dielectric barrier discharge occurs around the ground electrodes to generate positive and negative ions, and an air flow is injected from an air nozzle to flow toward a neutralized subject across the ground electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi YASUOKA, Yuki Shibata, Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Satoshi Suzuki, Toshio Sato
  • Publication number: 20090135537
    Abstract: An ionizer includes positive and negative wire electrodes each formed of a conductive wire with a circular cross section. The wire electrodes are arranged in parallel with each other, each having circumferential surfaces serving as a discharge surface on which a corona discharge occurs upon application of positive and negative high voltages for discharging positive and negative ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Yasuoka, Youhei Miyata, Nobuhiro Fujiwara, Satoshi Suzuki, Toshio Sato
  • Patent number: D635165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Tatsuya Hosaka, Takehiko Kanazawa, Nobuhiro Fujiwara