Patents by Inventor Tomonori SHINOZAKI

Tomonori SHINOZAKI 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).

  • Flow rate control device and vehicle
    Patent number: 10508743
    Abstract: The flow rate controlling device according to the present invention comprises: a base that has an opening portion a ring member that is provided encompassing the opening portion and that can rotate around the opening portion a motor for rotating the ring member, and a plurality of blade members that are supported on the base to the outside of the opening portion in the radial direction, and that can rotate around rotary shafts that are parallel to the axis of the opening portion, wherein: groove portions are formed in the ring member; protruding portions that can slide within the groove portions are formed on the blade members; and the motor rotates the ring member to slide the protruding portions within the groove portions to rotate the plurality of blade members to open and close the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nidec Copal Corporation
    Inventors: Tomihiro Wakayama, Tomonori Shinozaki, Kenichi Watabe
  • FLOW RATE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170211707
    Abstract: The flow rate controlling device according to the present invention comprises: a base that has an opening portion a ring member that is provided encompassing the opening portion and that can rotate around the opening portion a motor for rotating the ring member, and a plurality of blade members that are supported on the base to the outside of the opening portion in the radial direction, and that can rotate around rotary shafts that are parallel to the axis of the opening portion, wherein: groove portions are formed in the ring member; protruding portions that can slide within the groove portions are formed on the blade members; and the motor rotates the ring member to slide the protruding portions within the groove portions to rotate the plurality of blade members to open and close the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Nidec Copal Corporation
    Inventors: Tomihiro WAKAYAMA, Tomonori SHINOZAKI, Kenichi WATABE