Patents by Inventor Toru Murota

Toru Murota 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: 7846239
    Abstract: An automatic selector valve including a box body having an internal space portion, framed partition plates separating the space portion into four rooms, each framed partition plate having an opening portion, plate-shaped turnable valve bodies opening or closing the opening portions of the framed partition plates, an inflow port letting a gas flow in, an inflow/outflow port letting a gas flow in and flow out alternately, an outflow port letting a gas flow out through, and an inflow/outflow port letting a gas flow in and flow out alternately with the port, the ports provided in the separated four rooms, and a driving mechanism turning the plate-shaped turnable valve bodies about a rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignees: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Shinwa Controles Co., Ltd., Taisei Corporation
    Inventors: Masakatsu Yamawaki, Toru Murota, Shinya Kitaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090032129
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic four-port selector valve which is capable of controlling a variation in static pressure and a variation in flow rate induced in the switching of air or gas flow passages so that they are within tolerant accuracies, which is further capable of controlling a saliently appearing variation in pressure difference in a clean temperature-controlled/humidity-controlled air supply apparatus, a dry air supply apparatus, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicants: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., SHINWA CONTROLES CO., LTD., TAISEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakatsu Yamawaki, Toru Murota, Shinya Kitaguchi