Patents by Inventor Ryou SANO

Ryou SANO 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: 11940057
    Abstract: A valve device includes a flow path formation member provided with at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes, and a drive part that outputs a rotational force. The valve device includes a shaft, and a rotor having a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation member where the flow path hole is opened, and the rotor is configured to increase or decrease an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The valve device includes an energization member that energizes the rotor toward the flow path formation member. The valve device includes a coupling structure configured to tiltably couple the shaft to the rotor such that a contact state between the sliding surface and the opening surface is held regardless of a posture or a position of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syota Kimura, Hiroki Shimada, Akira Higuchi, Takehito Mizunuma, Takuya Hamada, Ryou Sano
  • Patent number: 11892095
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a driving source making rotational motion; a rotated part provided rotatably around a predetermined axis; and a fluid passage portion having a flow hole for passing a fluid. The valve device further includes: a gear mechanism having gears to transmit rotational motion of the driving source to the rotated part by engagement between the gears to rotate the rotated part; and a biasing part biasing the rotated part toward one side in a circumferential direction with the predetermined axis at the center. The rotated part includes a rotor increasing or reducing an opening of the flow hole in conjunction with rotation of the rotated part and is rotated according to rotational motion of the driving source while being biased toward the one side in the circumferential direction by the biasing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Hiroki Shimada, Akira Higuchi, Takehito Mizunuma, Syota Kimura, Ryou Sano
  • Patent number: 11873753
    Abstract: A valve device includes a housing integrally or separately having a flow path formation part where at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes is formed. The valve device includes: a drive part that outputs a rotational force; and a rotation part that rotates about a predetermined axis by the rotational force output from the drive part. The rotation part includes a shaft and a rotor increasing or decreasing an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The rotor has a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation part where the flow path hole is opened. At least a part of the rotation part is rotatably held by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Higuchi, Takehito Mizunuma, Ryou Sano
  • Publication number: 20220196157
    Abstract: A valve device includes a housing, a stator disposed in the housing and defining at least one passage hole, a driving portion, a shaft configured to be rotated by a rotational force generated by the driving portion, and a rotor in contact with the stator and configured to adjust an amount of the fluid flowing through the at least one passage hole by rotating about an axis along with the shaft. One of an inner circumferential side surface of the housing or an outer circumferential side surface of the stator has at least one engaging protrusion and the other has at least one engaging recess. The at least one engaging protrusion is engaged with the at least one engaging recess such that the stator is restricted from rotating in a circumferential direction of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Takehito MIZUNUMA, Ryou SANO, Akira HIGUCHI, Hiroki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20220186657
    Abstract: A valve device includes a housing integrally or separately having a flow path formation part where at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes is formed. The valve device includes: a drive part that outputs a rotational force; and a rotation part that rotates about a predetermined axis by the rotational force output from the drive part. The rotation part includes a shaft and a rotor increasing or decreasing an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The rotor has a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation part where the flow path hole is opened. At least a part of the rotation part is rotatably held by the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Akira HIGUCHI, Takehito MIZUNUMA, Ryou SANO
  • Publication number: 20220186840
    Abstract: A valve device includes a flow path formation member provided with at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes, and a drive part that outputs a rotational force. The valve device includes a shaft, and a rotor having a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation member where the flow path hole is opened, and the rotor is configured to increase or decrease an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The valve device includes an energization member that energizes the rotor toward the flow path formation member. The valve device includes a coupling structure configured to tiltably couple the shaft to the rotor such that a contact state between the sliding surface and the opening surface is held regardless of a posture or a position of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Syota KIMURA, Hiroki SHIMADA, Akira HIGUCHI, Takehito MIZUNUMA, Takuya HAMADA, Ryou SANO
  • Publication number: 20220090700
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a driving source making rotational motion; a rotated part provided rotatably around a predetermined axis; and a fluid passage portion having a flow hole for passing a fluid. The valve device further includes: a gear mechanism having gears to transmit rotational motion of the driving source to the rotated part by engagement between the gears to rotate the rotated part; and a biasing part biasing the rotated part toward one side in a circumferential direction with the predetermined axis at the center. The rotated part includes a rotor increasing or reducing an opening of the flow hole in conjunction with rotation of the rotated part and is rotated according to rotational motion of the driving source while being biased toward the one side in the circumferential direction by the biasing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya HAMADA, Hiroki SHIMADA, Akira HIGUCHI, Takehito MIZUNUMA, Syota KIMURA, Ryou SANO