Patents by Inventor Shinichi Matsuo

Shinichi Matsuo 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: 20220194216
    Abstract: There is provided an over-fueling prevention valve including a housing provided with a first opening, a second opening, and a first valve seat; a main valve provided with a one end opening, the other end opening, and a second valve seat; a first biasing portion; a sub valve; and a second biasing portion. Biasing forces of the first biasing portion and the second spring are set such that a valve re-closing pressure of the main valve is higher than a valve re-opening pressure of the sub valve. In a state in which the main valve is separated from the first valve seat, the first opening and the second opening communicate with each other via an external space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi MATSUO, Nobuhiro HIRATA
  • Patent number: 9151256
    Abstract: An overfill prevention valve includes: a valve housing having a first valve seat communicating with a fuel tank, and a second valve seat communicating with a canister; a parent valve disposed slidably within the valve housing, and having a base end opening communicating with a first opening, a front end opening communicating with a second opening and a third valve seat provided in the base end opening; a first urging unit which urges the parent valve toward the first valve seat; a child valve disposed slidably within the parent valve; a second urging unit which urges the child valve toward the third valve seat; and an air passage forming unit which forms an air passage between the parent valve and the first valve seat when the patent valve abuts on the first valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: PIOLAX, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsuo, Nobuhiro Hirata, Shinji Shimokawa
  • Publication number: 20140305608
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is in that a body waste treating material can be manufactured by using a defective fibrous material unsuitable for forming paper generated upon treating a pulpable raw material without materials for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing at a low cost, and resources may be efficiently used. [Solution to Problem] This invention is characterized by molding a defective fibrous material unsuitable for forming paper that is a fibrous material obtained by defiberizing and dehydrating a pulpable raw material to a certain shape. The defective fibrous material is characterized by including thin and/or short fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Susumu Okamoto, Takashi Takahashi, Yoshikazu Horihata, Koichi Narita, Akio Takase, Shinichi Matsuo, Toru Shimizu, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Hyunjin Seo, Akihiro Sugiyama, Takashi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8844557
    Abstract: A space in a housing is defined into a lower space and an upper space by a partition wall, and an opening portion is provided in the partition wall. A vertically slidable float is housed in the lower space of the housing and on an upper portion of the float, a movable valve is mounted so as to be movable relatively to the float in a vertical direction and a lateral direction. A protruding portion is provided on the upper portion of the float, and a receiving portion on which the protruding portion abuts is provided on a lower surface of the movable valve. A center hole is provided in a center of the receiving portion. When the float comes up, a peripheral portion of a top portion of the protruding portion of the float is adapted to abut on an inner circumference periphery of the center hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20140203208
    Abstract: [Technical Problem] In a body waste treating material, a method for manufacturing the body waste treating material, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same, a technical problem is in manufacturing the body waste treating material without a water absorbing agent as a material for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing easily at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Susumu Okamoto, Takashi Takahashi, Yoshikazu Horihata, Koichi Narita, Akio Takase, Shinichi Matsuo, Toru Shimizu, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Hyunjin Seo, Akihiro Sugiyama, Takashi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140174687
    Abstract: [Technical Problem] In a body waste treating material, a method for manufacturing the body waste treating material, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same, a technical problem is in manufacturing the body waste treating material without a water absorbing agent as a material for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing easily at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Susumu Okamoto, Takashi Takahashi, Yoshikazu Horihata, Koichi Narita, Akio Takase, Shinichi Matsuo, Toru Shimizu, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Hyunjin Seo, Akihiro Sugiyama, Takashi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20130340890
    Abstract: An overfill prevention valve includes: a valve housing having a first valve seat communicating with a fuel tank, and a second valve seat communicating with a canister; a parent valve disposed slidably within the valve housing, and having a base end opening communicating with a first opening, a front end opening communicating with a second opening and a third valve seat provided in the base end opening; a first urging unit which urges the parent valve toward the first valve seat; a child valve disposed slidably within the parent valve; a second urging unit which urges the child valve toward the third valve seat; and an air passage forming unit which forms an air passage between the parent valve and the first valve seat when the patent valve abuts on the first valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: PIOLAX, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsuo, Nobuhiro Hirata, Shinji Shimokawa
  • Patent number: 8141576
    Abstract: Provided is a float valve device which allows a valve to be quickly opened when, in a state in which a float has been raised as a result of a rise in fuel liquid level to close the valve, the fuel liquid level is lowered again. The float valve device includes a housing, a float accommodated in the housing, a movable valve adapted to abut a valve seat to close an opening, and a retention frame to retain the movable valve so as to allow the movable valve to ascend/descend by a predetermined distance and to incline with respect to the float. Further, a circumferentially uneven protrusion is formed on a portion where the retention frame and the movable valve abut each other. When the float is lowered in a valve-closed state, the protrusion first abuts the movable valve to impart a lowering force thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7686030
    Abstract: A cut valve which is installed on a fuel tank and is adapted to shut off a vent passage between the interior of the fuel tank and the outside when a fuel level in the fuel tank has risen, including: a housing having: a cover having a lead-out pipe connected to an external pipe; a tubular body having a vent hole communicating with the lead-out pipe; and a bottom portion closing a lower surface of the tubular body; and a float valve which is adapted to open or close the vent hole by coming into contact with and moving away from a valve seat provided at a peripheral edge of the vent hole in the ceiling portion, wherein an inner periphery of the valve seat has a tapered shape in which its diameter is gradually enlarged in a direction toward the float valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Piolax, Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Furuya, Shinichi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7568499
    Abstract: A fuel check valve that includes: a pipe having a fuel outflow port; a valve element attached in an openable and closable manner to the fuel outflow port of the pipe, the valve element being normally urged by a spring in a closing direction; a support shaft disposed on one of the pipe and the valve element while a basal end portion thereof is fixed and a tip end portion thereof is made free, the support shaft functioning as a swing fulcrum for the valve element; and a bearing portion disposed on another one of the pipe and the valve element to swingably support the support shaft, the bearing portion including: a receiving hole into which the tip end portion of the support shaft is inserted; and an engaging groove with which a basal portion side of the support shaft is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Morihiko Kishi, Shinichi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20090178719
    Abstract: Provided is a float valve device which allows a valve to be quickly opened when, in a state in which a float has been raised as a result of a rise in fuel liquid level to close the valve, the fuel liquid level is lowered again. The float valve device includes a housing, a float accommodated in the housing, a movable valve adapted to abut a valve seat to close an opening, and a retention frame to retain the movable valve so as to allow the movable valve to ascend/descend by a predetermined distance and to incline with respect to the float. Further, a circumferentially uneven protrusion is formed on a portion where the retention frame and the movable valve abut each other. When the float is lowered in a valve-closed state, the protrusion first abuts the movable valve to impart a lowering force thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: PIOLAX INC.
    Inventor: Shinichi MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20090084449
    Abstract: Provided is a float valve device that closes an opening portion by pushing a movable valve by means of a protruding portion formed on an upper portion of a float, in which a problem of a crack and the like of the movable valve can be solved without thickening the movable valve or increasing the movable valve in size. A space in a housing is defined into a lower space and an upper space through an intermediation of a partition wall, and an opening portion is provided in the partition wall. A float is housed in the lower space of the housing so as to be vertically slidable, and to an upper portion of the float, a movable valve is mounted so as to be movable relatively to the float in a vertical direction and a lateral direction. A protruding portion is provided on the upper portion of the float, and a receiving portion on which the protruding portion abuts is provided on a lower surface of the movable valve. A center hole is provided in a center of the receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: PIOLAX INC.
    Inventor: Shinichi MATSUO
  • Patent number: 7490863
    Abstract: A joint for fuel tank is attached to an opening of a resin fuel tank. The joint includes a joint main body and a flanged junction. The flanged junction is connected to the joint main body and is weldable to a periphery of the opening of the fuel tank. The joint main body includes a semi-aromatic polyamide obtained by polymerization of source monomers containing an aromatic monomer component and an aliphatic monomer component. An amount of a terminal amino group of the semi-aromatic polyamide is greater than or equal to 40 ?eq/g. The junction includes a modified polyolefin having: a density in a range of 0.930 to 0.950; and a melt flow rate as measured in accordance with JIS-K7210 in a range of 0.06 to 3.0 g/10 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichi Nagakura, Shinichi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7219683
    Abstract: A cut valve with a check valve includes a body case, a cap member, positive and negative pressure valves, and first and second springs. The body case defines a vent hole. The cap member is fitted to an upper portion of the body case. The positive pressure valve is made of resin, defines an opening part, and is disposed to be contactable with and separable from the vent hole from above. The first spring is disposed on the positive pressure valve and presses the positive pressure valve in a direction in which the positive pressure valve closes the vent hole. The negative pressure valve is made of resin and is disposed to be contactable with and separable from the opening part from below. The second spring presses the negative pressure valve in a direction in which the negative pressure valve closes the opening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Furuya, Shinichi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20070089798
    Abstract: A line resin tube includes a resin composition (C) including 60 to 230 parts by mass of polyamide resin (B) based on 100 parts by mass of polyamide resin (A), wherein the polyamide resin (B) includes 6-nylon and/or denatured 6-nylon, and has a bending modulus of elasticity of 1 GPa or less measured by ASTM D790; and the polyamide resin (A) is obtained by polymerization condensation of xylylene diamine and adipic acid, and has a relative viscosity from 2.0 to 6.0 measured at 25° C. in a solution of 98% concentrated sulfuric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsuo, Atsushi Oshiro, Ryo Nishino
  • Publication number: 20070012365
    Abstract: A fuel check valve that includes: a pipe having a fuel outflow port; a valve element attached in an openable and closable manner to the fuel outflow port of the pipe, the valve element being normally urged by a spring in a closing direction; a support shaft disposed on one of the pipe and the valve element while a basal end portion thereof is fixed and a tip end portion thereof is made free, the support shaft functioning as a swing fulcrum for the valve element; and a bearing portion disposed on another one of the pipe and the valve element to swingably support the support shaft, the bearing portion including: a receiving hole into which the tip end portion of the support shaft is inserted; and an engaging groove with which a basal portion side of the support shaft is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: PIOLAX INC.
    Inventors: Morihiko Kishi, Shinichi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20060162776
    Abstract: A cut valve which is installed on a fuel tank and is adapted to shut off a vent passage between the interior of the fuel tank and the outside when a fuel level in the fuel tank has risen, including: a housing having: a cover having a lead-out pipe connected to an external pipe; a tubular body having a vent hole communicating with the lead-out pipe; and a bottom portion closing a lower surface of the tubular body; and a float valve which is adapted to open or close the vent hole by coming into contact with and moving away from a valve seat provided at a peripheral edge of the vent hole in the ceiling portion, wherein an inner periphery of the valve seat has a tapered shape in which its diameter is gradually enlarged in a direction toward the float valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Furuya, Shinichi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7032610
    Abstract: An allowable angle of a float valve member with respect to a valve case is so set that a deformed direction, as caused by a gate position at a injection molding time, of a inner circumference of a communication hole of the valve case with respect to a roundness and a deformed direction, as caused by a gate position at a injection molding time, of an outer circumference of a crest portion of the float valve member with respect to the roundness may be substantially aligned. Between the valve case and the float valve member, there is an interposed angle regulating unit for preventing the angle of the float valve member with respect to the valve case from varying over the allowable angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsuo, Kenji Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20050133509
    Abstract: A joint for fuel tank is attached to an opening of a resin fuel tank. The joint includes a joint main body and a flanged junction. The flanged junction is connected to the joint main body and is weldable to a periphery of the opening of the fuel tank. The joint main body includes a semi-aromatic polyamide obtained by polymerization of source monomers containing an aromatic monomer component and an aliphatic monomer component. An amount of a terminal amino group of the semi-aromatic polyamide is greater than or equal to 40 ?eq/g. The junction includes a modified polyolefin having: a density in a range of 0.930 to 0.950; and a melt flow rate as measured in accordance with JIS-K7210 in a range of 0.06 to 3.0 g/10 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichi Nagakura, Shinichi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20050092364
    Abstract: A cut valve with a check valve includes a body case, a cap member, positive and negative pressure valves, and first and second springs. The body case defines a vent hole. The cap member is fitted to an upper portion of the body case. The positive pressure valve is made of resin, defines an opening part, and is disposed to be contactable with and separable from the vent hole from above. The first spring is disposed on the positive pressure valve and presses the positive pressure valve in a direction in which the positive pressure valve closes the vent hole. The negative pressure valve is made of resin and is disposed to be contactable with and separable from the opening part from below. The second spring presses the negative pressure valve in a direction in which the negative pressure valve closes the opening part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Furuya, Shinichi Matsuo