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: 20210388919
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a valve body which is accommodated in an accommodation recess having a circular cross-sectional shape, and has a first port and a second port in a bottom surface; and a bonnet nut which has an outer screw portion screwed with an inner screw portion formed on an inner periphery of the accommodation recess to press the valve body toward the bottom of the accommodation recess to fix the valve body onto a flow path block. The valve body has an outer peripheral surface portion fitted to an inner peripheral surface portion of the accommodation recess of the flow path block. A convex portion for defining an orientation of the valve body about an axis with respect to the flow path block is formed on the outer peripheral surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takahiro MATSUDA, Kenji AIKAWA, Akihiro HARADA, Kazunari WATANABE, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20210372532
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a body in which an in-flow path and an out-flow path are formed; a valve element that is configured to open and close the in-flow path and the out-flow path; a stem that is configured to move closer to and away from the body in order to cause the valve element to allow and block communication between the in-flow path and the out-flow path; a stroke adjustment portion that is configured to adjust an amount of stroke of the stem; and a displacement sensor that is configured to detect displacement of the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ryutaro TANNO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Toshihide YOSHIDA, Kenta KONDO, Yuya SUZUKI, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11174949
    Abstract: To provide a valve device capable of easily and precisely adjusting a flow rate of a flowing fluid, and an actuator used in the valve device. The problem is solved by an actuator including pistons housed in a housing, a supply port of compressed air provided to a casing constituting the housing, and an adjustment member that is provided to a position separated from the supply port and regulates an upper limit position of possible movement of the piston that comes into contact with the adjustment member. The piston comes into contact with the adjustment member and is positioned in the upper limit position when compressed air is supplied through the supply port. The adjustment member s provided so as to allow adjustment of the upper limit position from outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakata, Tatsuhiko Sato, Takeru Miura
  • Patent number: 11162597
    Abstract: A flow path assembly incorporating functional components, such as orifices and filters, is provided in which gaps between the functional components and the flow path components defining the flow path are sealed for an extended period of time. An annular elastic member interposed between the flow path members is provided outside the opposing surfaces of the flow path members, the flow path member has a caulking portion, the caulking portion integrates the flow path members and the plate-like member, exerts a force on the flow path member such that one of the opposing surfaces faces the other of the opposing surfaces, seals the gaps between the orifice plate and the opposing surfaces, and the elastic member is crushed between the flow path members to seal the gap between the flow path members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Kohei Shigyou, Kenji Aikawa, Tomohiro Nakata, Takahiro Matsuda, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20210332900
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a valve body that forms a first flow path and a second flow path; an inner disc that includes an inner annular part disposed around an opening of the first flow path, an outer annular part disposed on an outer peripheral side of the inner annular part, and a connecting part that includes a plurality of openings that communicates with the second flow path and that connects the inner annular part and the outer annular part; a valve seat disposed on the inner annular part; and a diaphragm that, at a peripheral edge part of the diaphragm, comes into contact with the outer annular part and makes the first flow path and the second flow path continuous and discontinuous by moving between an open position of non-contact and a closed position of contact with the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sato, Tsutomu Shinohara, Tomohiro Nakata, Takeru Miura
  • Publication number: 20210293345
    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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ryutaro TANNO, Yuya SUZUKI, Tsutomu SHINOHARA, Tomohiro NAKATA, Akira WATANABE, Takahiro KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20210285552
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve body; a valve seat; an inner disk made of a metal alloy having an inner annular portion, outer annular portion and a connecting portion that connects the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion; a diaphragm made of a metal alloy covering the inner disk and the valve seat and moving between an open position at which the diaphragm does not contact the valve seat and a closed position at which the diaphragm contacts the valve seat to enable and shuts off communication between the first flow path and the second flow paths; and a presser adapter that presses a peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm toward the outer annular portion; and the inner disk has a hardness higher than the valve seat and lower than both the valve body and the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenta KONDO, Tsutomu SHINOHARA, Tomohiro NAKATA, Hidenobu SATO
  • Patent number: 11118700
    Abstract: A valve device is made more compact and has improved yield strength against a bending moment. The problem is solved by a valve device including a valve body having a block shape, a casing having a tubular shape, incorporating a drive mechanism that drives a valve element that opens and closes the flow path, connected to the valve body, and extending upward from an upper surface of the valve body, and a protective member that comes into contact with the casing having a tubular shape and the valve body, and is for suppressing a stress concentration that occurs between a casing member positioned on a base portion of a casing and the valve body when a bending moment acts as an external force on the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20210262577
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve body; a cylindrical member provided in an accommodation recess and communicating with the first flow path; a valve seat supported by the cylindrical member; a seal member interposed between the periphery of the opening of first flow path on the bottom surface of the accommodation recess and the lower end portion of the cylindrical member; an annular plate which is flexible, air-tightly or liquid-tightly fixed to an annular support portion formed on the inner peripheral surface of the accommodation recess 23 of the valve body 2, air-tightly or liquid-tightly fixed to an annular support portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member and has a plurality of openings communicating with the second flow path; and a diaphragm that moves between an open position at which the diaphragm does not contact the valve seat and a closed position at which the diaphragm contacts the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko SATO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA, Takeru MIURA
  • Patent number: 11098819
    Abstract: A valve device that greatly reduces man-hours for flow adjustment includes a valve body that defines a flow path, a valve element provided so as to be capable of opening and closing the flow path of the valve body, an operation member that operates the valve element and is moveably provided between a closed position where the valve element closes the flow path and an open position where the valve element opens the flow path, set in advance, in opening and closing directions that allow the valve element to open and close the flow path, a main actuator that moves the operation member in the opening direction, and a piezoelectric actuator for adjusting a position of the operation member positioned in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Toshihide Yoshida, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Toshiyuki Inada, Takashi Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20210239222
    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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Hidenobu SATO, Kenta KONDO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Nobuo NAKAMURA, Tomoko YUHARA
  • Patent number: 11073215
    Abstract: A gas supply system is provided with an automatic valve that is provided in a flow passage and adjusts a flow rate of process gas supplied to a chamber by automatic opening and closing, and a manual valve that is provided downstream of the automatic valve in the flow path and in immediate vicinity of the chamber and adjusts the flow rate of the process gas by manual opening and closing. The manual valve is a direct diaphragm valve having a diaphragm that is placed and separated on and from a seat in conjunction with a stem and a disk along with opening and closing, and includes a stroke adjusting mechanism that adjusts a valve stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takeru Miura, Tomohiro Nakata, Toshiyuki Inada, Kazunari Watanabe, Kenta Kondo, Hidenobu Sato
  • Patent number: 11067195
    Abstract: An actuator includes: a casing; a reciprocating member provided in the casing to be reciprocatable; a drive part provided in the casing to drive the reciprocating member; a booster mechanism which is configured to amplify a drive force applied by the drive part to the reciprocating member; and a moving member which is configured to move on receiving the force amplified by the booster mechanism. The booster mechanism includes a plurality of levers which are arranged in a circumferential direction of the moving member. Each of the levers has an effort portion which is configured to receive the force from the reciprocating member, a fulcrum portion which is configured to come into contact with the casing to serve as a center of a revolution of the lever, and a load portion which is configured to transmit the force to the moving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakazawa, Nobuo Nakamura, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20210207722
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a valve device body including a valve seat; a diaphragm that is provided to cover a valve chamber; a stem; and a valve body portion that is inserted into a central portion of the diaphragm, and that is configured to open and close the fluid passage by approaching the valve seat and separating from the valve seat. The diaphragm includes a main diaphragm, and a support diaphragm positioned on an opposite side of the main diaphragm to the valve chamber side and provided in contact with the main diaphragm. A first terminal end portion on an inner peripheral side of the main diaphragm is fixed to the valve body portion. A second terminal end portion on an inner peripheral side of the support diaphragm is separated from the first terminal end portion on the inner peripheral side of the main diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuo NAKAMURA, Kenta KONDO, Tomohiro NAKATA, Masahiko NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210199205
    Abstract: The present invention provides a miniaturized valve device capable of dramatically increasing the degree of freedom in arranging a flow path of a valve body while securing a necessary flow rate. The valve device includes a valve seat support provided in an accommodation recess and having a support surface with which a sealing surface of a valve seat abuts and supports a pressing force from the sealing surface; a diaphragm provided in the accommodation recess so as to abut and be separable from a seating surface of the valve seat and seals the opening side of the accommodation recess; the valve seat support having sealing surfaces which cooperates with a part of the inner wall surface of the accommodation recess to bock the communication between a primary flow path and a secondary flow path, and a detour passage that connects the primary flow path and a flow passage of the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari WATANABE, Kohei SHIGYOU, Kenji AIKAWA, Tomohiro NAKATA, Takahiro MATSUDA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11047503
    Abstract: An actuator includes: a casing; a pressure reducing valve and a piston. The pressure reducing valve is provided in the casing to reduce a pressure of a driving fluid supplied from an outside of the casing to a predetermined level. The piston is provided in the casing to form a pressure chamber together with the casing. The piston is driven by the driving fluid that has been pressure-reduced to the predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeru Miura, Tsutomu Shinohara, Tomohiro Nakata, Toshiyuki Inada, Kazunari Watanabe, Kenta Kondo, Hidenobu Sato, Tomoko Yuhara
  • Patent number: 11022242
    Abstract: A first ring and a second ring are inserted through the pipe. The pipe is inserted through a fastening member, and a tip of the pipe is inserted into a first concave part of the joint. By screwing a screw part of the fastening member to a screw part of the joint, the first ring and the second ring are pressed against the first contact surface provided to the first concave part, and bite into the pipe to fix the pipe. Further, the pipe fixed by the first ring and the second ring is moved to a joint side by a pressing force to press an orifice plate installed in the joint. Consequently, it is possible to maintain sealability of a flow path in the joint at a plurality of places including a place of the orifice plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11022224
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve body that defines flow paths, a diaphragm provided so as to be capable of opening and closing the flow paths, an operation member provided so as to be capable of moving in opening and closing directions that open and close the flow paths by operating the diaphragm, a main actuator that applies a driving force corresponding to an operating pressure applied in the opening direction or the closing direction of the opening and closing directions with respect to the operation member, a switching mechanism capable of selectively switching a position of the operation member that regulates a degree of opening of the flow paths between a first open position and a second open position in accordance with a magnitude of the operating pressure, and regulating mechanisms capable of independently regulating the first open position and the second open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Toshihide Yoshida, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Toshiyuki Inada, Takashi Funakoshi, Hidenobu Sato, Tomoko Yuhara
  • Publication number: 20210132638
    Abstract: A fluid control device includes a first block row and a second block row each including a plurality of joint blocks having a width of the standard size and arranged along a first directions, the first block row and the second block row being arranged at predetermined intervals in the second directions perpendicular to the first directions, wherein each of the plurality of joint blocks constituting the first block row has a large diameter flow path for forming a single line, and each of the plurality of joint blocks constituting the second block row has a smaller diameter flow path than the large diameter flow path for forming the first line and the second line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenji AIKAWA, Takahiro MATSUDA, Toshiyuki INADA, Kazunari WATANABE, Yuta MOTEGI, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20210131583
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a body having a substantially block shape in which first and second valve chambers are recessed from an upper surface, and three flow paths communicating with the first valve chamber and three flow paths communicating with the second valve chamber are formed inside the body; first and second valve members disposed in the first and second valve chambers, respectively, to switch between communication and disconnection between one of the three flow paths and the other two flow paths; and first and second actuators for respectively driving the first and second valve members, wherein the other two flow paths communicating with the each of valve chambers have respective ports on the lower surface of the body, while the one flow path has a common port on the lower surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takahiro MATSUDA, Kenji AIKAWA, Toshiyuki INADA, Kazunari WATANABE, Yuta MOTEGI, Tomohiro NAKATA, Tsutomu SHINOHARA