Patents by Inventor Yoichi Morodomi

Yoichi Morodomi 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: 11692656
    Abstract: A joint body has tube connection holes each having an inner circumferential surface including a plurality of contact walls, which are equiangularly spaced about an axis of the tube connection hole and extend along the axis. A joint guide is cylindrical and includes a barb on its outer circumferential surface. The joint guide is configured such that, when the joint guide is press-fitted into the tube connection hole, the outer circumferential surface of the joint guide comes into contact with inner wall surfaces of the contact walls and the barb catches the contact walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Morodomi
  • Publication number: 20210324961
    Abstract: Enlarged holes are formed at respective end portions of a valve hole housing a spool by forming an upper recessed groove and a lower recessed groove at each end portion. The respective lower recessed grooves are in communication with discharge ports. The spool includes discharge lands and discharge packing portions, which open and close discharge passages connecting an output port and the discharge ports. When the discharge land and the discharge packing portion open the discharge passage by displacing of the spool, the discharge passage and the discharge port are in communication with each other through the enlarged hole by positioning the discharge land and the discharge packing portion inside the enlarged hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki TAKADA, Shinichi YOSHIMURA, Masaru YOSHIDA, Kenichi MATSUMURA, Yoichi MORODOMI
  • Publication number: 20210254767
    Abstract: A joint body has tube connection holes each having an inner circumferential surface including a plurality of contact walls, which are equiangularly spaced about an axis of the tube connection hole and extend along the axis. A joint guide is cylindrical and includes a barb on its outer circumferential surface. The joint guide is configured such that, when the joint guide is press-fitted into the tube connection hole, the outer circumferential surface of the joint guide comes into contact with inner wall surfaces of the contact walls and the barb catches the contact walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi MORODOMI
  • Patent number: 9341274
    Abstract: A pilot passage that is in communication with an input port at all times is formed inside a spool, the pilot passage and a second pressure receiving chamber on one side of a pilot piston are made to be in communication with each other at all times through a constantly open communication passage formed in a continuous portion between the spool and the pilot piston, the second pressure receiving chamber and a first pressure receiving chamber on the other side of the pilot piston are made to be in communication with each other through an opening/closing communication passage that is formed in a piston box and that is opened and closed with a pilot valve, and the pilot piston is driven and the spool is switched by turning the pilot valve on and off to supply/discharge pilot air to/from the first pressure receiving chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Miyazoe, Yoichi Morodomi
  • Publication number: 20150226344
    Abstract: A pilot passage that is in communication with an input port at all times is formed inside a spool, the pilot passage and a second pressure receiving chamber on one side of a pilot piston are made to be in communication with each other at all times through a constantly open communication passage formed in a continuous portion between the spool and the pilot piston, the second pressure receiving chamber and a first pressure receiving chamber on the other side of the pilot piston are made to be in communication with each other through an opening/closing communication passage that is formed in a piston box and that is opened and closed with a pilot valve, and the pilot piston is driven and the spool is switched by turning the pilot valve on and off to supply/discharge pilot air to/from the first pressure receiving chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji MIYAZOE, Yoichi MORODOMI
  • Patent number: 6748897
    Abstract: A magnet is attached to a piston which slides in the interior of a casing due to action of fluid pressure, a guide groove is provided on a side face of the casing in a movement direction of the piston, an indicator is received in the guide groove, and at least one portion of the indicator is formed of a magnetic body, so that the indicator can displace following the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Enzaki, Yoichi Morodomi
  • Publication number: 20030111004
    Abstract: A magnet is attached to a piston which slides in the interior of a casing due to action of fluid pressure, a guide groove is provided on a side face of the casing in a movement direction of the piston, an indicator is received in the guide groove, and at least one portion of the indicator is formed of a magnetic body, so that the indicator can displace following the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Enzaki, Yoichi Morodomi
  • Patent number: D720046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Morodomi, Shinji Miyazoe
  • Patent number: D720047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Morodomi, Shinji Miyazoe
  • Patent number: D736894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Morodomi
  • Patent number: D736895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Morodomi
  • Patent number: D740918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Morodomi
  • Patent number: D783126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Morodomi
  • Patent number: D897496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Masaru Yoshida, Kenichi Matsumura, Yoichi Morodomi