Patents by Inventor Yoji NIIMI

Yoji NIIMI 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: 11408537
    Abstract: In a fluid control valve, a cylinder chamber includes a first pilot chamber extending from a piston in one of sliding directions. An opening of a first pilot port allowing supply and discharge of fluid is formed in the inner wall of the first pilot chamber. The fluid is accommodated in the first pilot chamber when the piston is in a valve open position, and discharged via the opening when the piston is displaced toward a valve closed position. At least one of the piston and a valve body includes a throttle portion forming, between the piston and the valve body, a throttle path having a cross-sectional area smaller than the area of the opening, after the piston starts being displaced from the valve open position toward the valve closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitada Doi, Yuzuru Okita, Yoji Niimi, Hirofumi Ueda, Tsugumichi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11193607
    Abstract: In a fluid control valve, a cylinder chamber includes a first pilot chamber extending from a piston in one of sliding directions. An opening of a first pilot port allowing supply and discharge of fluid is formed in the inner wall of the first pilot chamber. The fluid is accommodated in the first pilot chamber when the piston is in a valve open position, and discharged via the opening when the piston is displaced toward a valve closed position. At least one of the piston and a valve body includes a throttle portion forming, between the piston and the valve body, a throttle path having a cross-sectional area smaller than the area of the opening, after the piston starts being displaced from the valve open position toward the valve closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitada Doi, Yuzuru Okita, Yoji Niimi, Hirofumi Ueda, Tsugumichi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20210095801
    Abstract: A fitting nut made of a resin material includes: a hollow, large-diameter tube portion having a female thread formed on its inner peripheral wall; and a small-diameter tube portion that is continuous to the large-diameter tube portion and having a hollow cylindrical shape with a smaller diameter than the large-diameter tube portion. The small-diameter tube portion includes, in the outer peripheral wall thereof, a plurality of engagement grooves that are depressed inwardly in the diameter direction of the small-diameter tube portion and extend along the longitudinal direction that is orthogonal to the diameter direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitada DOI, Yuzuru OKITA, Yoji NIIMI, Hirofumi UEDA, Tsugumichi FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20200300383
    Abstract: In a fluid control valve, a cylinder chamber includes a first pilot chamber extending from a piston in one of sliding directions. An opening of a first pilot port allowing supply and discharge of fluid is formed in the inner wall of the first pilot chamber. The fluid is accommodated in the first pilot chamber when the piston is in a valve open position, and discharged via the opening when the piston is displaced toward a valve closed position. At least one of the piston and a valve body includes a throttle portion forming, between the piston and the valve body, a throttle path having a cross-sectional area smaller than the area of the opening, after the piston starts being displaced from the valve open position toward the valve closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitada DOI, Yuzuru OKITA, Yoji NIIMI, Hirofumi UEDA, Tsugumichi FUJIWARA