Patents by Inventor Ryoji ICHIYAMA

Ryoji ICHIYAMA 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: 20240003441
    Abstract: Provided are a three-way valve for flow rate control and a temperature control device, which have improved sealing performance at a sealed portion at which a valve body is rotatably sealed against a fluid having a low temperature of about ?85° C. as compared to a case without sealing means for sealing an end portion of the valve body on a side closer to drive means so that the end portion is rotatable with respect to a valve main body, the sealing means having a substantially U-shaped cross section and being made of a synthetic resin, and being urged in an opening direction by a spring member made of a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryoji ICHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240003442
    Abstract: Provided are a three-way valve for flow rate control and a temperature control device, in which operation malfunction of drive means due to a fluid having a low temperature of about ?85° C. is suppressed as compared to a case in which driving force transmission means and joining means do not form a heat-transfer suppressing portion that is made of a material having a thermal conductivity smaller than a thermal conductivity of a material of a valve main body and a valve body and suppresses transfer of heat to the drive means. The driving force transmission means and the joining means are made of a material such as zirconia, which has a thermal conductivity smaller than a thermal conductivity of the valve main body and the valve body, and form a heat-transfer suppressing portion that suppresses transfer of heat to the drive means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryoji ICHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230417331
    Abstract: Provided are a three-way valve for flow rate control and a temperature control device, which have improved sealing performance against a fluid having a low temperature of about ?85° C. as compared to a case in which a pressure applying portion does not include a communication member having a cylindrical shape with both end portions in a longitudinal direction sealed by sealing means including a coating member, which has a substantially U-shaped cross section and is made of a synthetic resin, and is urged in an opening direction by a spring member made of a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji MATSUDA, Ryoji ICHIYAMA, Shigehiko ONO
  • Patent number: 11326709
    Abstract: The present invention prevents that a diaphragm boss drops off from a diaphragm when a movable core is moved up. The present invention is a diaphragm type of solenoid valve including: a main body (10) having a diaphragm seating surface (12) in which a flow channel is opened; a diaphragm (23) configured to be seated on the diaphragm seating surface (12) of the main body (10); a diaphragm boss (22) holding the diaphragm (23); a movable core (21) holding the diaphragm boss (22); and a coil containing body (40) configured to apply an electromagnetic force to the movable core (21) in order to move the movable core in a direction away from the diaphragm seating surface (12) of the main body such that the diaphragm (23) is released from the diaphragm seating surface (12); wherein the diaphragm (23) is integrally formed with the diaphragm boss (22) by a baking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ryoji Ichiyama
  • Publication number: 20220075395
    Abstract: A valve unit includes a first solenoid valve for a first fluid in a first channel; a first branch channel branched from the first channel on the upstream side of the first supply-side solenoid valve; a first branch-side switching valve for the first fluid in the first branch channel; a second solenoid valve for a second fluid in a second channel; a second branch channel branched from the second channel on the upstream side of the second solenoid valve; a solenoid switching valve for the second fluid in the second branch channel; a reception channel to receive a fluid from a first outlet opening or a second outlet opening to flow through a predetermined area and returns; first and second circulation channels bifurcated from the reception channel; a first circulation-side solenoid valve for the first circulation channel; and a second circulation-side solenoid valve for the second circulation channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shigehiko ONO, Ryoji ICHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210396328
    Abstract: The present invention prevents that a diaphragm boss drops off from a diaphragm when a movable core is moved up. The present invention is a diaphragm type of solenoid valve including: a main body (10) having a diaphragm seating surface (12) in which a flow channel is opened; a diaphragm (23) configured to be seated on the diaphragm seating surface (12) of the main body (10); a diaphragm boss (22) holding the diaphragm (23); a movable core (21) holding the diaphragm boss (22); and a coil containing body (40) configured to apply an electromagnetic force to the movable core (21) in order to move the movable core in a direction away from the diaphragm seating surface (12) of the main body such that the diaphragm (23) is released from the diaphragm seating surface (12); wherein the diaphragm (23) is integrally formed with the diaphragm boss (22) by a baking process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ryoji ICHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11098816
    Abstract: The main component of a valve body is a ternary fluororubber of a vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, the JIS K 6253 hardness of the valve body is 50-90, the tensile strength of the valve body is 10-35 MPa, and the elongation at break of the valve body is 100-500%. Relative to the inside diameter of a gas discharge channel provided to an inner-side area of the valve seat, the distance by which a movable core is moved by an electromagnetic coil is within a range of 0.1 times to 0.3 times, the diameter of the valve body is within a range of 1.5 times to 3.0 times, the thickness of the valve body is 0.3 times or greater, the protruding height of the valve seat is 0.3 times or greater, and the inside diameter of an annular gas accumulating space is 2.0 times to 5.0 times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ryoji Ichiyama, Hidemitsu Ooka, Hiroki Yajima
  • Patent number: 11067315
    Abstract: A temperature control system includes: first and second refrigerator units; a first fluid flow apparatus that allows a first fluid to flow therethrough and that is cooled by the first refrigerator unit; a second fluid flow apparatus that allows a second fluid to flow therethrough and that is cooled by the second refrigerator unit; and a valve unit that is configured to allow the first fluid or the second fluid to selectively flow out therefrom. The first refrigerator unit has, in a medium-temperature-side refrigerator, a medium-temperature-side first expansion valve and a medium-temperature-side second expansion valve. A medium-temperature-side second evaporator corresponding to the medium-temperature-side second expansion valve and a low-temperature-side condenser of a low-temperature-side refrigerator constitute a cascade condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masakatsu Yamawaki, Teiichirou Ueda, Shigehiko Ono, Ryoji Ichiyama
  • Publication number: 20210116151
    Abstract: A temperature control system includes: first and second refrigerator units; a first fluid flow apparatus that allows a first fluid to flow therethrough and that is cooled by the first refrigerator unit; a second fluid flow apparatus that allows a second fluid to flow therethrough and that is cooled by the second refrigerator unit; and a valve unit that is configured to allow the first fluid or the second fluid to selectively flow out therefrom. The first refrigerator unit has, in a medium-temperature-side refrigerator, a medium-temperature-side first expansion valve and a medium-temperature-side second expansion valve. A medium-temperature-side second evaporator corresponding to the medium-temperature-side second expansion valve and a low-temperature-side condenser of a low-temperature-side refrigerator constitute a cascade condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masakatsu YAMAWAKI, Teiichirou UEDA, Shigehiko ONO, Ryoji ICHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10767782
    Abstract: A valve seat, which a valve body of a movable core sits on, protrudes from an outside region of the valve seat located at an end of a columnar body toward the movable core. A gas flow passage in the movable core has: an inflow passage extending on a stationary core side in the direction in which the movable core moves; and two or more outflow passages branched on a valve body side from the inflow passage. A protrusion height of the valve seat is 0.3 times or more an inner diameter of the outflow passages. A gas accumulation space includes: a region located away from the movable core by a distance 0.5 times or more the inner diameter of the outflow passage; and a region located away from the movable core by a distance greater than or equal to the inner diameter of the outflow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Yamauchi, Ryoji Ichiyama
  • Publication number: 20190376611
    Abstract: The main component of a valve body is a ternary fluororubber of a vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, the JIS K 6253 hardness of the valve body is 50-90, the tensile strength of the valve body is 10-35 MPa, and the elongation at break of the valve body is 100-500%. Relative to the inside diameter of a gas discharge channel provided to an inner-side area of the valve seat, the distance by which a movable core is moved by an electromagnetic coil is within a range of 0.1 times to 0.3 times, the diameter of the valve body is within a range of 1.5 times to 3.0 times, the thickness of the valve body is 0.3 times or greater, the protruding height of the valve seat is 0.3 times or greater, and the inside diameter of an annular gas accumulating space is 2.0 times to 5.0 times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ryoji ICHIYAMA, Hidemitsu OOKA, Hiroki YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190178405
    Abstract: A valve seat, which a valve body of a movable core sits on, protrudes from an outside region of the valve seat located at an end of a columnar body toward the movable core. A gas flow passage in the movable core has: an inflow passage extending on a stationary core side in the direction in which the movable core moves; and two or more outflow passages branched on a valve body side from the inflow passage. A protrusion height of the valve seat is 0.3 times or more an inner diameter of the outflow passages. A gas accumulation space includes: a region located away from the movable core by a distance 0.5 times or more the inner diameter of the outflow passage; and a region located away from the movable core by a distance greater than or equal to the inner diameter of the outflow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hidekazu YAMAUCHI, Ryoji ICHIYAMA