Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Nakata

Tomohiro Nakata 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: 20250060049
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a valve device in which valve opening time and valve closing time are adjustable to be close to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nobuo NAKAMURA, Tatsuhiko SATO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Kengo TSUJINO
  • Publication number: 20250030028
    Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly of the present disclosure is a membrane electrode assembly including a first electrode and an electrolyte membrane that contains an oxide having proton conductivity, in which the first electrode contains a first oxide and a second oxide, the first oxide is a first perovskite compound represented by Compositional Formula ABO3, where in the first perovskite compound, constituent elements of an A site include at least one selected from the group consisting of La, Sr, and Ba, and constituent elements of a B site include at least one selected from the group consisting of Co and Fe, and the second oxide is a second perovskite compound formed of Ba, Zr, Yb, one or more of first transition elements including at least Co, and O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: YUICHI MIKAMI, YUKI NAKATA, KOSUKE NUNOO, TOMOHIRO KUROHA
  • Publication number: 20240418290
    Abstract: An actuator includes: a casing including a first pressing portion; a drive member including a second pressing portion, the drive member being driven by an operating fluid flowing from outside; and a sealing member disposed to be sandwiched between the casing and the drive member in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the drive member, the sealing member sealing a pressure chamber. The first pressing portion and the second pressing portion face each other in the moving direction of the drive member. The sealing member is positioned between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion. The second pressing portion moves toward and away from the first pressing portion as the drive member moves, and when the second pressing portion is positioned close to the first pressing portion, the sealing member is configured to be sandwiched between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuo NAKAMURA, Kazunari WATANABE, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20240371557
    Abstract: A solenoid, in which rectilinear motion of a movable core can be efficiently performed by providing a step in an end portion on a solenoid coil side of a protrusion portion, is obtained. The solenoid is provided with a solenoid coil, a movable core, and a fixed core. One end of the movable core is rectilinearly moved in a hollow portion of the solenoid coil, and the movable core has, on the other end side, a protrusion portion which is provided in a right-and-left symmetrical manner in a direction perpendicular to a rectilinear motion direction and whose end portion on the solenoid coil side is tiered. The fixed core surrounds the solenoid coil and is provided with a concave portion in which the protrusion portion is to be fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira NISHI, Tomohiro NAKATA, Takayuki KAI
  • Patent number: 12135097
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid control device that is compact and that enables data regarding an internal operation of the device to be acquired. A fluid control device V is disposed in a flow path of a fluid and enables data regarding an internal operation to be acquired, the fluid control device including a sensor hood 44 to which one or more sensors M2 for detecting an operation in the fluid control device are attached; a valve body 1 connected to the sensor hood; a diaphragm 42 held below the sensor hood, inside the valve body; a cover portion 5 that covers the outer periphery of the sensor hood; and a circuit board 60 that is electrically connected to the sensor(s) and for which a thickness direction of the circuit board and a flow path direction are arranged in the same direction on the inside of the cover portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kengo Tsujino, Ryutaro Tanno, Hiroto Shibata, Akihiro Harada, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 12123520
    Abstract: A diaphragm includes: a metal thin plate; and a thin film layer formed over an entirety of a surface on one side of the thin plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshiyuki Inada, Tomohiro Nakata, Kazunari Watanabe, Tomoki Nakada
  • Publication number: 20240240720
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a flow path block in which a fluid inflow path and a fluid outflow path are formed; a diaphragm configured to open and close between the fluid inflow path and the fluid outflow path; and an actuator including a case, a piston accommodated in the case and having an air flow path formed therein, a stem configured to move the diaphragm to an open position or a closed position by moving integrally with the piston in an axial direction, an air introduction chamber surrounded by the case and the piston, and a one-touch joint configured to supply an air fluid to the air introduction chamber via the air flow path. The one-touch joint is coupled to the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari WATANABE, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11879560
    Abstract: A flow-path forming block includes: a first block; a second block attached to the first block, the second block having a first flow path and a second flow path; and a gasket provided between the first block and the second block, the gasket being configured to seal between the first block and the second block, wherein the second block has a communication portion formed on a surface facing the gasket, the communication portion being configured such that the first flow path and the second flow path are communicated, and the gasket has a recessed portion formed at a position facing the communication portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Kenji Aikawa, Kohei Shigyou, Tomohiro Nakata, Takahiro Matsuda, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11859733
    Abstract: A valve device comprising: a flow passage block in which a flow passage is formed; a diaphragm configured to open and close the flow passage; an actuator configured to push down the diaphragm via a diaphragm holder; a tubular bonnet formed with an internal thread on an inner circumferential surface, the bonnet being configured to join the flow passage block and the actuator; a tubular adjusting screw threaded to the internal thread, the adjusting screw being configured to come into contact with the diaphragm holder to adjust a valve opening position of the diaphragm; and an annular lock nut configured to lock the adjusting screw by being screwed into the internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Akihiro Harada, Tomohiro Nakata, Takeru Miura, Michio Yamaji, Tadayuki Yakushijin, Keisuke Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20230332714
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid control device that is compact and that enables data regarding an internal operation of the device to be acquired. A fluid control device V is disposed in a flow path of a fluid and enables data regarding an internal operation to be acquired, the fluid control device including a sensor hood 44 to which one or more sensors M2 for detecting an operation in the fluid control device are attached; a valve body 1 connected to the sensor hood; a diaphragm 42 held below the sensor hood, inside the valve body; a cover portion 5 that covers the outer periphery of the sensor hood; and a circuit board 60 that is electrically connected to the sensor(s) and for which a thickness direction of the circuit board and a flow path direction are arranged in the same direction on the inside of the cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kengo TSUJINO, Ryutaro TANNO, Hiroto SHIBATA, Akihiro HARADA, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11774000
    Abstract: A fluid control device includes: a joint block defining a fluid flow path open to an upper surface thereof, and which has an engaging portion on the bottom surface side thereof; a support member having a guide portion which restrains the joint block on the upper surface while permitting the joint block to move in longitudinal direction; and a fluid device fixed to the upper surface of the joint block. The support member is provided with at least one plunger such that the tip end portion protrudes from the upper surface of the support member. A recess is provided in the bottom surface of the joint block, and the recess engages with the tip end portion of the plunger to set the position of the joint block in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenji Aikawa, Tomohiro Nakata, Toshiyuki Inada, Akihiro Harada, Takahiro Matsuda, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11774015
    Abstract: A pipe joint includes first and second sleeves having fluid flow paths communicating with each other; an annular gasket interposed between abutting end surfaces of the sleeves; a male screw member having a through hole into which the first sleeve is inserted; and a female screw member having a through hole into which the second sleeve is inserted, the sleeves being joined by screwing the male screw member with the female screw member, wherein the pipe joint has a leak port opened at a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the male screw member not covered by the female screw member and communicates with a gap between the male screw member and the first sleeve to detect a leak fluid leaked from gaps between the sleeves and the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Akihiro Harada, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsuneyuki Okabe, Yuya Shindo
  • Patent number: 11732818
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve has an inlet port and an outlet port. The electromagnetic valve is configured to open and close a driving fluid passage communicating the inlet port and the outlet port. The electromagnetic valve includes: a housing; a solenoid that includes a bobbin having a coil wound therearound; a moving core that is provided on an axis of the bobbin and is disposed movably in an axial direction; a stationary core that is provided on the axis of the bobbin and is fixed in the housing; and a valve that is configured to be movable together with the moving core and opens and closes the driving fluid passage. The inlet port is opened on one surface side of the housing in the axial direction of the bobbin while the outlet port is opened on the other surface side of the housing in the axial direction of the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED, KOGANEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryutaro Tanno, Yuya Suzuki, Tsutomu Shinohara, Tomohiro Nakata, Akira Watanabe, Takahiro Kawano
  • Patent number: 11713819
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a body formed with a valve chamber, a first inflow passage, a second inflow passage, an outflow passage, and an annular groove and provided with a valve seat; and a diaphragm configured to communicate with and interrupt the second inflow passage and the outflow passage. An end portion of the second inflow passage is open to the valve chamber. The valve seat is provided on a peripheral edge of a location where the valve chamber and the second inflow passage communicate with each other. The annular groove is open to the valve chamber and is formed around the second inflow passage. An end portion of the outflow passage is open to the annular groove. The first inflow passage has a plurality of flow passages including an inflow port and a plurality of outflow ports, and each outflow port is open to the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nobuo Nakamura, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20230175598
    Abstract: A valve device includes a body that includes flow paths, a recessed portion, and a valve chamber; an inner disk that includes an inner peripheral edge portion and an outer peripheral edge portion; a diaphragm; a first annular surface that is formed at the inner peripheral edge portion on a side facing the valve chamber; a second annular surface that is formed at the inner peripheral edge portion on a side opposite to the first annular surface and is supported by a bottom surface of the recessed portion; a first sealing portion, which is held by the first annular surface, on and from which the diaphragm is seated and separated; and a second sealing portion that is disposed between the second annular surface and the bottom surface of the recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuo Nakamura, Tomohiro Nakata
  • Publication number: 20230136494
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a valve system capable of monitoring in real time a mass of gas supplied from a valve that is periodically opened and closed, and that is capable of adjusting the output mass of gas supplied from the valve to be close to a target mass. [Solution] The valve system operates a main actuator 60 to make a diaphragm periodically open and close a flow path (step S2), calculate an output mass of fluid that passes through the a between the diaphragm and a valve seat and output from the diaphragm valve based on displacement data detected by a displacement sensor (step S3), determines an adjustment lift amount based on the calculated output mass, and adjusts a lift amount Lf of the diaphragm 20 by the determined adjustment lift amount (step S4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Toshihide YOSHIDA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA, Tomohiro NAKATA, Ryutaro TANNO, Yuya SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11598430
    Abstract: A valve device capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate includes: an operating member for operating a diaphragm and provided movably between a closed position at which diaphragm closes a flow path and an open position at which diaphragm opens the flow path; a main actuator that receives pressure from a supplied drive fluid and moves the operating member to the open position or the closed position; an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned in the open position by using a passive element which expands and contracts in response to a given input signal; a position detecting mechanism for detecting the position of the operating member with respect to a valve body; and an origin position determining unit that uses a valve closed state in which the diaphragm contacts to valve seat to determine an origin position of the position detecting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daihi Tsuchiguchi, Toshihide Yoshida, Ryutaro Tanno, Yuya Suzuki, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
  • Publication number: 20230024126
    Abstract: A pipe joint includes first and second sleeves having fluid flow paths communicating with each other; an annular gasket interposed between abutting end surfaces of the sleeves; a male screw member having a through hole into which the first sleeve is inserted; and a female screw member having a through hole into which the second sleeve is inserted, the sleeves being joined by screwing the male screw member with the female screw member, wherein the pipe joint has a leak port opened at a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the male screw member not covered by the female screw member and communicates with a gap between the male screw member and the first sleeve to detect a leak fluid leaked from gaps between the sleeves and the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Akihiro HARADA, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsuneyuki OKABE, Yuya SHINDO
  • Patent number: 11512993
    Abstract: A valve device is capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate variation with time, aging, or the like without using an external sensor or using as few external sensors as possible. The apparatus includes an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position, a communication unit for receiving adjustment information relating to the adjustment of the opening degree of the flow path by the valve element from the outside of the apparatus, and a control unit for adjusting the position of the operating member by driving the adjusting actuator based on the adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshihide Yoshida, Hidenobu Sato, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
  • Patent number: 11506294
    Abstract: A valve body unit is configured to be disengaged from a stem by moving the stem and the valve body unit to a valve seat side in a state where a bonnet is separated from the valve seat, thereby pushing a replacement ring such that the replacement ring moves through the bonnet while decreasing in diameter and then drops down onto a ring dropping portion in the free state, then moving the stem, the valve body unit, and the replacement ring to an opposite side to the valve seat side such that a first surface comes into contact with a second surface and the ring dropping portion comes into contact with the replacement ring, and in this state, moving only the stem to the opposite side to the valve seat side such that the connection formed by a connecting mechanism between the stem connection portion and the stem is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hidenobu Sato, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Masahiko Nakazawa, Nobuo Nakamura, Tomoko Yuhara