Patents by Inventor Shigeyuki Fujii

Shigeyuki Fujii 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: 11820062
    Abstract: A screw includes a screw main body, a conveyance portion conveying a raw material, and a passage provided in the screw main body. The passage includes a first passage element, a second passage element, and a third passage element. The screw main body has a plurality of cylindrical bodies arranged in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. At least a portion of the conveyance portion is formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the cylindrical bodies adjacent to each other, and the passage is formed in the cylindrical body so as to cross over between the adjacent cylindrical bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11813785
    Abstract: A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of a portion of a screw main body in which a kneading portion is provided. In at least one of the places, an entrance is opened to cause raw materials, conveyance of which is limited by a barrier portion to increase pressure on the raw materials, to flow in. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path in the opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portion. An exit is opened in an outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portion in which the entrance is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima
  • Patent number: 11752682
    Abstract: An extruder screw includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position on an upstream side in the conveyance direction in the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11720211
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a substrate with a first surface, and a plurality of first electrodes on the first surface of the substrate in a view area. The first surface of the substrate includes a plurality of bottomed grooves extending linearly. Each first electrode includes a plurality of fine lines including a conductive material buried in one of the grooves. Each fine line includes a bottomed recess recessed from the first surface toward the bottom surface of each groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Nonami, Hirofumi Yamada, Tetsuya Minamide, Shigeyuki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230125116
    Abstract: A kneading apparatus includes a processor, and a extruder. The extruder includes a screw. The screw includes a screw main body. A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of the screw main body. In at least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, pressure on which is increased by the barrier portion, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path toward the exit. The exit is positioned to be remote from the entrance in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD., HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi KOBAYASHI, Shigeyuki FUJII, Takafumi SAMESHIMA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11565440
    Abstract: A kneading apparatus includes a processor, and a extruder. The extruder includes a screw. The screw includes a screw main body. A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of the screw main body. In at least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, pressure on which is increased by the barrier portion, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path toward the exit. The exit is positioned to be remote from the entrance in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220397970
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a substrate with a first surface, and a plurality of first electrodes on the first surface of the substrate in a view area. The first surface of the substrate includes a plurality of bottomed grooves extending linearly. Each first electrode includes a plurality of fine lines including a conductive material buried in one of the grooves. Each fine line includes a bottomed recess recessed from the first surface toward the bottom surface of each groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji NONAMI, Hirofumi YAMADA, Tetsuya MINAMIDE, Shigeyuki FUJII
  • Patent number: 11400633
    Abstract: An extruder screw includes a screw body. The screw body is rotated about an axis parallel to a direction of conveyance of a raw material. A conveyance portion having a flight is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the screw body. The flight is configured to convey the raw material along the axis of the screw body when the screw body is rotated. A passage for permitting the raw material fed by the flight to pass therethrough to the outer peripheral surface of the screw body is provided in the screw body in a position deviated from the axis of the screw body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11400632
    Abstract: An extruder includes a screw for extruder provided with a screw element for kneading a raw material, and a barrel including a cylinder portion in which the screw is inserted so as to be rotatable. A plurality of screw elements identical with the screw element are provided in a longitudinal direction of the screw under a certain rule. The barrel is integrated by combining a plurality of barrel blocks blocked. Each of the plurality of barrel blocks is configured in accordance with a length of the screw element provided in the longitudinal direction of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11230033
    Abstract: At a part of the screw main body at which the kneading portion is provided, conveyance portions, a barrier portion and a path are provided at a plurality of places. At least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The entrance is opened in such a manner that the raw material whose pressure is enhanced by being restricted in conveyance by the barrier portion flows into the entrance. The path is formed in such a manner that the raw material flowing into the path from the entrance flows toward the exit in a direction opposite to the direction of conveyance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima
  • Patent number: 11229889
    Abstract: A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of a screw main body in which a kneading portion is provided. In at least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The entrance is opened to urge the raw materials having the conveyance limited by the barrier portion to increase pressure on the raw materials, to flow in the entrance. The raw materials flowing from the entrance flow through the path in the same direction as a conveyance direction of the conveyance portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima
  • Patent number: 11224991
    Abstract: An extruder screw conveying raw materials while kneading them includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The conveyance portions convey the raw materials in an axial direction. The paths each include an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in the same direction as a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11220022
    Abstract: An extruder screw conveying raw materials while kneading them includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The conveyance portions convey the raw materials in an axial direction. The paths each include an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210354362
    Abstract: A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of a portion of a screw main body in which a kneading portion is provided. In at least one of the places, an entrance is opened to cause raw materials, conveyance of which is limited by a barrier portion to increase pressure on the raw materials, to flow in. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path in the opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portion. An exit is opened in an outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portion in which the entrance is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi KOBAYASHI, Shigeyuki FUJII, Takafumi SAMESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210316492
    Abstract: A screw includes a screw main body, a conveyance portion conveying a raw material, and a passage provided in the screw main body. The passage includes a first passage element, a second passage element, and a third passage element. The screw main body has a plurality of cylindrical bodies arranged in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. At least a portion of the conveyance portion is formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the cylindrical bodies adjacent to each other, and the passage is formed in the cylindrical body so as to cross over between the adjacent cylindrical bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi KOBAYASHI, Shigeyuki FUJII, Takafumi SAMESHIMA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11110638
    Abstract: A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of a portion of a screw main body in which a kneading portion is provided. In at least one of the places, an entrance is opened to cause raw materials, conveyance of which is limited by a barrier portion to increase pressure on the raw materials, to flow in. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path in the opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portion. An exit is opened in an outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portion in which the entrance is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima
  • Patent number: 11110817
    Abstract: Provided is an equalization control device that can perform ex-post adjustment of a threshold serving as a reference when equalizing cell voltages of multiple cells. An equalization control device has a voltage detection unit that individually detects each cell voltage in a plurality of cells, an individual discharge unit that individually discharges each cell, a setting unit that sets, in an updatable manner, a threshold as a reference value for comparing with the cell voltage detected by the voltage detection unit, and a control unit that controls the individual discharge unit. The control unit compares each cell voltage detected by the voltage detection unit with the threshold set by the setting unit, and performs control to selectively discharge a discharge target cell having a larger cell voltage than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Koda, Shigeyuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11072104
    Abstract: A screw includes a screw main body, a conveyance portion conveying a raw material, and a passage provided in the screw main body. The passage includes a first passage element, a second passage element, and a third passage element. The screw main body has a plurality of cylindrical bodies arranged in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. At least a portion of the conveyance portion is formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the cylindrical bodies adjacent to each other, and the passage is formed in the cylindrical body so as to cross over between the adjacent cylindrical bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: Shibaura Machine Co., LTD., HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210154906
    Abstract: An extruder screw includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position on an upstream side in the conveyance direction in the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, HSP Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi KOBAYASHI, Shigeyuki FUJII, Takafumi SAMESHIMA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10967554
    Abstract: An extruder screw includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position on an upstream side in the conveyance direction in the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, HSP TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Fujii, Takafumi Sameshima, Hiroshi Shimizu