Patents by Inventor Shuntaro Adachi

Shuntaro Adachi 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: 11754184
    Abstract: There is provided a cryocooler including a displacer, a displacer drive mechanism, a connecting rod that connects the displacer drive mechanism to the displacer, and a sealing component that supports the connecting rod to allow axial reciprocation thereof. The sealing component includes a bush through which the connecting rod is inserted and defining a radial clearance functioning as a non-contact seal between the connecting rod and the bush, a first contact seal held by the bush on a first side thereof toward the displacer drive mechanism with respect to the radial clearance, and sealing the radial clearance, and a second contact seal held by the bush on a second side thereof toward the displacer with respect to the radial clearance, and sealing the radial clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuntaro Adachi
  • Patent number: 11278994
    Abstract: Provided is a method of disassembling a cold head provided with a displacer that extends in an axial direction, a cylinder that accommodates the displacer, and a displacer drive unit that is fastened to the cylinder and is connected to the displacer such that the displacer is driven in the axial direction, the method including mounting a lifting-up jig onto the displacer drive unit, unfastening the displacer drive unit and the cylinder from each other, and operating the lifting-up jig such that the displacer drive unit is lifted up from the cylinder together with the displacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuki Nishio, Shuntaro Adachi
  • Patent number: 11262119
    Abstract: There is provided a mounting structure for mounting a cryocooler cold head on a vacuum vessel. The cold head includes a cold head-side cooling stage and a cold head-side flange. The mounting structure includes a cold head accommodation sleeve installed in the vacuum vessel and including a sleeve-side cooling stage which comes into thermal contact with the cold head-side cooling stage by coming into physical contact with the cold head-side cooling stage, and a sleeve-side flange to be coupled to the cold head-side flange, an inter-flange distance adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a distance between the sleeve-side flange and the cold head-side flange so that the cold head-side cooling stage and the sleeve-side cooling stage are physically brought into contact with each other or brought into a contactless state therebetween, and a flange fastening mechanism configured to fasten the cold head-side flange to the sleeve-side flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuntaro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20210254718
    Abstract: There is provided a cryocooler including a displacer, a displacer drive mechanism, a connecting rod that connects the displacer drive mechanism to the displacer, and a sealing component that supports the connecting rod to allow axial reciprocation thereof. The sealing component includes a bush through which the connecting rod is inserted and defining a radial clearance functioning as a non-contact seal between the connecting rod and the bush, a first contact seal held by the bush on a first side thereof toward the displacer drive mechanism with respect to the radial clearance, and sealing the radial clearance, and a second contact seal held by the bush on a second side thereof toward the displacer with respect to the radial clearance, and sealing the radial clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Shuntaro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20200262013
    Abstract: Provided is a method of disassembling a cold head provided with a displacer that extends in an axial direction, a cylinder that accommodates the displacer, and a displacer drive unit that is fastened to the cylinder and is connected to the displacer such that the displacer is driven in the axial direction, the method including mounting a lifting-up jig onto the displacer drive unit, unfastening the displacer drive unit and the cylinder from each other, and operating the lifting-up jig such that the displacer drive unit is lifted up from the cylinder together with the displacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuki NISHIO, Shuntaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20200240702
    Abstract: There is provided a mounting structure for mounting a cryocooler cold head on a vacuum vessel. The cold head includes a cold head-side cooling stage and a cold head-side flange. The mounting structure includes a cold head accommodation sleeve installed in the vacuum vessel and including a sleeve-side cooling stage which comes into thermal contact with the cold head-side cooling stage by coming into physical contact with the cold head-side cooling stage, and a sleeve-side flange to be coupled to the cold head-side flange, an inter-flange distance adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a distance between the sleeve-side flange and the cold head-side flange so that the cold head-side cooling stage and the sleeve-side cooling stage are physically brought into contact with each other or brought into a contactless state therebetween, and a flange fastening mechanism configured to fasten the cold head-side flange to the sleeve-side flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuntaro ADACHI
  • Patent number: 9945098
    Abstract: An upper turning body is mounted on a lower travelling body to be capable of turning. An attachment is arranged in the upper turning body. A power storage device is arranged in the upper turning body together with the attachment. A discharge current from the power storage device drives electric parts. The power storage device has a housing in which a first flow path for coolant's flow is formed. A power storage module is arranged inside the housing. The power storage module includes stacked power storage cells, and the power storage cells are thermally coupled to the first flow path. The housing includes a lower housing and an upper housing. The first flow path is formed in one of a bottom panel of the lower housing and an upper panel of the upper housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Adachi, Terunobu Nakajyo, Kazuya Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9725009
    Abstract: An electric motor is mounted on a body. The electric motor is driven by an electric driving unit. The electric driving unit is supported to the body by a vibration-proofing member. A natural frequency of a spring-mass system including the vibration-proofing member and the electric driving unit is higher than a frequency of a main component in vibration generated in the body during an operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuntaro Adachi
  • Patent number: 9359742
    Abstract: A shovel including a power storage device; and an electrically driven part driven by discharge electric power from the power storage device. The power storage device includes a lower housing having a bottom panel and side panels; at least two power storage modules arranged at a distance from each other in a first direction on the bottom panel and configured to charge and discharge electrical energy; a first rib formed on the bottom panel of the lower housing, arranged between the two power storage modules, and configured to extend in a second direction intersecting in the first direction; and a second rib formed on the bottom panel of the lower housing, configured to extend in the first direction, and formed continuously with the first rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuntaro Adachi
  • Patent number: 9344016
    Abstract: A storage module voltage equalizer includes a plurality of voltage equalization circuits that are prepared to correspond to a plurality of storage cells which are arranged to be lined up in a first direction, and equalize an inter-terminal voltage of the plurality of storage cells, and a plurality of mounting substrates that are stacked, in which the plurality of voltage equalization circuits are mounted, in a distributed manner, on the plurality of mounting substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Adachi, Jitsutaka Takeo, Takashi Umeda
  • Publication number: 20150245527
    Abstract: An electric motor is mounted on a body. The electric motor is driven by an electric driving unit. The electric driving unit is supported to the body by a vibration-proofing member. A natural frequency of a spring-mass system including the vibration-proofing member and the electric driving unit is higher than a frequency of a main component in vibration generated in the body during an operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: Shuntaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20140353057
    Abstract: A shovel including a power storage device; and an electrically driven part driven by discharge electric power from the power storage device. The power storage device includes a lower housing having a bottom panel and side panels; at least two power storage modules arranged at a distance from each other in a first direction on the bottom panel and configured to charge and discharge electrical energy; a first rib formed on the bottom panel of the lower housing, arranged between the two power storage modules, and configured to extend in a second direction intersecting in the first direction; and a second rib formed on the bottom panel of the lower housing, configured to extend in the first direction, and formed continuously with the first rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Shuntaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20140346981
    Abstract: A storage module voltage equalizer includes a plurality of voltage equalization circuits that are prepared to correspond to a plurality of storage cells which are arranged to be lined up in a first direction, and equalize an inter-terminal voltage of the plurality of storage cells, and a plurality of mounting substrates that are stacked, in which the plurality of voltage equalization circuits are mounted, in a distributed manner, on the plurality of mounting substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicants: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuntaro ADACHI, Jitsutaka TAKEO, Takashi UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20140234062
    Abstract: An upper turning body is mounted on a lower travelling body to be capable of turning. An attachment is arranged in the upper turning body. A power storage device is arranged in the upper turning body together with the attachment. A discharge current from the power storage device drives electric parts. The power storage device has a housing in which a first flow path for coolant's flow is formed. A power storage module is arranged inside the housing. The power storage module includes stacked power storage cells, and the power storage cells are thermally coupled to the first flow path. The housing includes a lower housing and an upper housing. The first flow path is formed in one of a bottom panel of the lower housing and an upper panel of the upper housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuntaro ADACHI, Terunobu NAKAJYO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130157089
    Abstract: An upper rotating body is rotatably mounted on a lower running body. A power storage module is mounted on the upper rotating body. The power storage module includes a plurality of power storage cells. Each of the plurality of power storage cells accumulates electric energy. A heat absorbing plate is disposed between the power storage cells. The heat absorbing plate is thermally coupled to the power storage cells, and a flow channel circulating cooling medium is formed in the inner portion of the heat absorbing plate. A cooling medium supply device makes the cooling medium flow into the flow channel formed in the inner portion of the heat absorbing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miyatake, Shuntaro Adachi