Patents by Inventor Shunji Obara

Shunji Obara 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: 20220186844
    Abstract: To provide a diaphragm and a diaphragm valve which solve a problem of deterioration of air-tightness due to insufficient tightening of a bolt and damage to the diaphragm due to over-tightening of the bolt, as well as reducing variations in performance such as durability of the diaphragm and simplifying tightening work. A diaphragm is provided with a through hole having a diameter larger than a diameter through which a bolt can be fitly inserted. A bolt insertion cylinder made of metal through which the bolt can be inserted is fitted in the through hole. A height of the bolt insertion cylinder is equal to or less than a height of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shunji Obara, Keigo Kobayashi, Keisuke Ishibashi, Souta Hachiman, Yusei Horikawa, Taichi Kitano, Kazutaka Masuda
  • Patent number: 11035493
    Abstract: Provided is a small-sized controller capable of precisely controlling a flow rate of a high-pressure fluid. Between a working shaft of a drive device and a valve stem, a power transmission device is disposed to amplify a force acting on the working shaft and transmit the resultant force to the valve stem. A diaphragm as a valve element is made of metal and is deformable to: a state where a fluid passage is fully closed; a state where the fluid passage is fully open; or a state where the fluid passage is partially open. When the fluid passage is partially open, on the basis of the flow rate of a fluid flowing through fluid passages, the drive device finely adjusts the position of the working shaft such that the flow rate is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Keisuke Ishibashi, Michio Yamaji, Tadayuki Yakushijin, Shunji Obara, Keigo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200309274
    Abstract: The diaphragm valve comprises a body with a flow path, a stem, a diaphragm, a diaphragm depressor attached to the lower end of the stem, and a connecting member which connects the diaphragm and the diaphragm depressor. Further, the connecting member has a rod-shaped part to be connected to the diaphragm depressor and a flange part which is radially protruding in a circular shape at the lower end of the connecting member and having at least one notch on the outer peripheral edge. Furthermore, the rod-shaped part has a radially concaved constriction part above the flange part, and the flange part and the constriction part are embedded in the central part of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shunji Obara, Tadayuki Yakushijin, Takayuki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20200018331
    Abstract: Provided is a small-sized controller capable of precisely controlling a flow rate of a high-pressure fluid. Between a working shaft of a drive device and a valve stem, a power transmission device is disposed to amplify a force acting on the working shaft and transmit the resultant force to the valve stem. A diaphragm as a valve element is made of metal and is deformable to: a state where a fluid passage is fully closed; a state where the fluid passage is fully open; or a state where the fluid passage is partially open. When the fluid passage is partially open, on the basis of the flow rate of a fluid flowing through fluid passages, the drive device finely adjusts the position of the working shaft such that the flow rate is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke Ishibashi, Michio Yamaji, Tadayuki Yakushijin, Shunji Obara, Keigo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9423037
    Abstract: A durable diaphragm valve has a single-layer structure consisting of rubber materials. The single-layer structure has a membrane part deforming and moving up and down with opening and closing of a flow channel and a flange part which is provided around said membrane part and sandwiched between a valve body and a bonnet. The flange part has an annular ridge consisting of an upper ridge protruding upward and a lower ridge protruding downward from a position corresponding to said upper ridge. The upper ridge has an inner upper ridge and an outer upper ridge with its protruding height being lower than the inner upper ridge, which are consecutively formed in a staircase pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA FUJIKIN
    Inventors: Shunji Obara, Yoshinori Shimomura, Masahiko Sogao, Keigo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150167853
    Abstract: A durable diaphragm valve has a single-layer structure consisting of rubber materials. The single-layer structure has a membrane part deforming and moving up and down with opening and closing of a flow channel and a flange part which is provided around said membrane part and sandwiched between a valve body and a bonnet. The flange part has an annular ridge consisting of an upper ridge protruding upward and a lower ridge protruding downward from a position corresponding to said upper ridge. The upper ridge has an inner upper ridge and an outer upper ridge with its protruding height being lower than the inner upper ridge, which are consecutively formed in a staircase pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Fujikin
    Inventors: Shunji Obara, Yoshinori Shimomura, Masahiko Sogao, Keigo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150108386
    Abstract: A diaphragm with excellent durability is provided which can restrain occurrence of a crack resulting from up and down movements of the diaphragm with opening and closing of a flow channel of a diaphragm valve, and a diaphragm valve having this diaphragm. The diaphragm is attached to a diaphragm valve, comprising a membrane part deforming and moving up and down with opening and closing of a flow channel and a flange part which is provided around said membrane part and sandwiched between a valve body and a bonnet, wherein the diaphragm is formed in a curved surface shape where the shape before deformation of the lower surface of said membrane part descends and then ascends from an outer edge part towards a central part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Shunji Obara, Yoshinori Shimomura, Masahiko Sogao, Keigo Kobayashi