Patents by Inventor Yoshihide Kojima

Yoshihide Kojima 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: 9956730
    Abstract: The pressure of compressed air supplied to an object to be filled with air is controlled at a specified pressure or less without using a relief valve. Given that a cylinder volume (stroke volume) during a piston moves from the lower dead point to the top dead point is V1, a cylinder volume (compression volume) when the piston reaches the top dead point is V2, the atmospheric pressure is P0, and the specified pressure is PP, the compression volume V2 in the compressor system satisfies the following expression (1). The diameter D of the air intake hole of an air intake valve provided on the piston is 3 to 15 mm. 0.8×{V1×P0/(PP?P0)}=<V2<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., UNIK WORLD IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kono, Yoshihide Kojima, Vincent Chou
  • Patent number: 9138946
    Abstract: In the present invention, a difference between a pressure displayed by a manometer of a compressor device and an actual internal pressure of a tire can be reduced. A compressor device (2) and a bottle unit (3) are directly connected. A cap (6) attached to the bottle unit (3) comprises a unidirectional valve (14) for preventing a reverse flow of a flat tire sealing agent to the side of the compressor device. A cylinder (12) of the compressor device (2) is provided with a pump chamber (11), and a surge chamber (18) which receives the compressed air from the pump chamber through an exhaust valve (16), wherein a volume (Q2) of the surge chamber (18) is 1.0 to 3.0 times of the stroke volume of a piston (10) in the pump chamber (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Tsutomu Kono
  • Publication number: 20150246490
    Abstract: The pressure of compressed air supplied to an object to be filled with air is controlled at a specified pressure or less without using a relief valve. Given that a cylinder volume (stroke volume) during a piston moves from the lower dead point to the top dead point is V1, a cylinder volume (compression volume) when the piston reaches the top dead point is V2, the atmospheric pressure is P0, and the specified pressure is PP, the compression volume V2 in the compressor system satisfies the following expression (1). The diameter D of the air intake hole of an air intake valve provided on the piston is 3 to 15 mm. 0.8×{V1×P0/(PP?P0)}=<V2<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicants: UNIK WORLD IND. CO., LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kono, Yoshihide Kojima, Vincent Chou
  • Patent number: 8997801
    Abstract: Disclosed is a puncture repair kit in which a bottle unit is positioned with greater stability. A puncture repair kit (1) comprises a compressor device (2), and a bottle unit (3) in which a cap (6) is attached to an opening (5) in a bottle container (4) which houses a puncture sealing agent. The compressor device (2) comprises a compressed air discharge port (8). The cap (6) comprises an air intake port (27) for feeding compressed air from the compressed air discharge port (8) into the bottle container (4), and a sealing agent/compressed air removal port (7) for removing puncture sealing agent and compressed air in succession from the bottle container (4) by feeding in compressed air. The compressed air discharge port (8) and the air intake port (27) can be directly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Unik World Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Wen San Chou, Yasuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8684046
    Abstract: A puncture repair kit has a bottle unit positioned with greater stability. A puncture repair kit includes a compressor device, and a bottle unit in which a cap is attached to an opening in a bottle container which houses a puncture sealing agent. The compressor device includes a compressed air discharge port. The cap includes an air intake port for feeding compressed air from the compressed air discharge port into the bottle container, and a sealing agent/compressed air removal port for removing puncture sealing agent and compressed air in succession from the bottle container by feeding in compressed air. When the cap of the bottle unit is oriented downwards, the air intake port is directly connected with the compressed air discharge port. When this direct connection is made, the basal plane of the cap and the basal plane of the compressor device are flush with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Unik World Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Wen San Chou, Takaaki Ishida
  • Publication number: 20130284313
    Abstract: In the present invention, a difference between a pressure displayed by a manometer of a compressor device and an actual internal pressure of a ti re can be reduced. A compressor device (2) and a bottle unit (3) are directly connected. A cap (6) attached to the bottle unit (3) comprises a unidirectional valve (14) for preventing a reverse flow of a flat ti re sealing agent to the side of the compressor device. A cylinder (12) of the compressor device (2) is provided with a pump chamber (11), and a surge chamber (18) which receives the compressed air from the pump chamber through an exhaust valve (16), wherein a volume (Q2) of the surge chamber (18) is 1.0 to 3.0 times of the stroke volume of a piston (10) in the pump chamber (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Tsutomu Kono
  • Patent number: 8562306
    Abstract: A compressor apparatus notifies a user whether compressed-air reaches a specified pressure without requiring a pressure gauge or the costs associated therewith. The compressor apparatus includes a motor M, a rotational shaft 11, a compressor main body 10 comprising a cylinder chamber 15, and a detector 7 that notifies the user that the pressure of the compressed-air supplied from the above-mentioned cylinder chamber 15 exceeds a reference pressure P. The detector 7 includes a valve main body 30 having a valve flow channel 30A having an exhaust port 33 and a switch valve 34 releasing the valve flow channel 30A to exhaust the compressed-air supplied from the exhaust port 33 when the compressed-air pressure exceeds the reference pressure P; and a detective cap 31 pushed up by the exhaust air pressure from the exhaust port 33 from the normal position Y1 to the protruding position Y2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Takaaki Ishida
  • Publication number: 20130138146
    Abstract: A puncture repair kit has a bottle unit positioned with greater stability. A puncture repair kit includes a compressor device, and a bottle unit in which a cap is attached to an opening in a bottle container which houses a puncture sealing agent. The compressor device includes a compressed air discharge port. The cap includes an air intake port for feeding compressed air from the compressed air discharge port into the bottle container, and a sealing agent/compressed air removal port for removing puncture sealing agent and compressed air in succession from the bottle container by feeding in compressed air. When the cap of the bottle unit is oriented downwards, the air intake port is directly connected with the compressed air discharge port. When this direct connection is made, the basal plane of the cap and the basal plane of the compressor device are flush with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Wen San Chou, Takaaki Ishida
  • Publication number: 20130000777
    Abstract: Disclosed is a puncture repair kit in which a bottle unit is positioned with greater stability. A puncture repair kit (1) comprises a compressor device (2), and a bottle unit (3) in which a cap (6) is attached to an opening (5) in a bottle container (4) which houses a puncture sealing agent. The compressor device (2) comprises a compressed air discharge port (8). The cap (6) comprises an air intake port (27) for feeding compressed air from the compressed air discharge port (8) into the bottle container (4), and a sealing agent/compressed air removal port (7) for removing puncture sealing agent and compressed air in succession from the bottle container (4) by feeding in compressed air. The compressed air discharge port (8) and the air intake port (27) can be directly connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Wen San Chou, Yasuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20110038738
    Abstract: A compressor apparatus of the present invention is capable of notifying definitely a user whether compressed-air reaches the specified pressure or not while eliminating a pressure gauge and reducing costs. The compressor apparatus comprises a motor M, a rotational shaft 11, a compressor main body 10 comprising a cylinder chamber 15, and a detection means 7 that notifies the user that a pressure of the compressed-air supplied from the above-mentioned cylinder chamber 15 exceeds a reference pressure P.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Takaaki Ishida
  • Publication number: 20110011217
    Abstract: To carry out tire puncture repair and to inflate an air-inflation target object with solely compressed air, selectively by a changeover switch, so as to achieve greater versatility. A housing case 2 houses a compressor 3, a sealing agent container 6 in which a cap element 5 is attached to a mouth portion 4A of a container body 4 that stores a sealing agent, and a changeover switch 8 that is interposed between the compressor 3 and an air intake port portion 7 provided at the cap element 5. The changeover switch 8 has an in-flow port P0 into which compressed air from the compressor 3 flows, and first and second out-flow ports P1 and P2 that are selectively changed over to communicate with the in-flow port P0. The first out-flow port P1 and the air intake port portion 7 are connected to each other by a connection hose 75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Yoshihide Kojima
  • Patent number: 7709558
    Abstract: A device and a method for making a tire puncture sealant having a higher concentration of propylene glycol are disclosed, wherein the device comprises: a container having a cylindrical space for a mixed solution of rubber latex and a tackifier; a squirter comprising at least one spout for pouring propylene glycol on the surface of the mixed solution in the container at a rate of 0.01 to 1.0 liter/minute per spout; and an agitator for the mixed solution in the container, comprising a stirring blade rotatable in the mixed solution to cause said surface a current speed of the mixed solution in a range between about 1.0 and about 10.0 meter/second during pouring the propylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Masahiro Kishida
  • Patent number: 7637700
    Abstract: A milling tool includes a cutting tool insert, roughly plate-shaped and having a rake face on an upper face and a flank on a side face and a main cutting edge at an intersection ridge line part at the intersection of the rake face and the flank, fitted in the periphery of a substantially cylindrical holder removably and so that an axial rake angle of the cutting edge ridge line of the main cutting edge is positive. When the cutting tool insert is rotated about the axis of rotation of the holder, the shape of the locus of rotation of the main cutting edge in a section parallel to the axis of rotation is made an approximate circular arc shape swelling outward with progress from the ends to the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nishio, Kaoru Hatta, Yoshihide Kojima
  • Publication number: 20090103992
    Abstract: A milling tool includes a cutting tool insert, roughly plate-shaped and having a rake face on an upper face and a flank on a side face and a main cutting edge at an intersection ridge line part at the intersection of the rake face and the flank, fitted in the periphery of a substantially cylindrical holder removably and so that an axial rake angle of the cutting edge ridge line of the main cutting edge is positive. When the cutting tool insert is rotated about the axis of rotation of the holder, the shape of the locus of rotation of the main cutting edge in a section parallel to the axis of rotation is made an approximate circular arc shape swelling outward with progress from the ends to the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nishio, Kaoru Hatta, Yoshihide Kojima
  • Patent number: 7452167
    Abstract: A milling tool includes a cutting tool insert, roughly plate-shaped and having a rake face on an upper face and a flank on a side face and a main cutting edge at an intersection ridge line part at the intersection of the rake face and the flank, fitted in the periphery of a substantially cylindrical holder removably and so that an axial rake angle of the cutting edge ridge line of the main cutting edge is positive. When the cutting tool insert is rotated about the axis of rotation of the holder, the shape of the locus of rotation of the main cutting edge in a section parallel to the axis of rotation is made an approximate circular arc shape swelling outward with progress from the ends to the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nishio, Kaoru Hatta, Yoshihide Kojima
  • Patent number: 7178564
    Abstract: A puncture sealant supplying/removing apparatus includes a pressure-resistant bottle, an apparatus body on which the pressure-resistant bottle can be mounted, supply hose means which supplies or returns a puncture sealant accommodated in the pressure-resistant bottle to or from a tire, and a high pressure air source. The apparatus body comprises a venturi flow-path having a venturi portion, a first flow-path extending from the venturi portion into the pressure-resistant bottle, and a second flow-path extending from an inside of the pressure-resistant bottle and connected to one end of the supply hose means. The venturi flow-path is provided at its one end with an air intake which is connected to the high pressure air source, the venturi flow-path is provided at its other end with an opening/closing tool capable of opening and closing the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Yasuhiro Kubota
  • Publication number: 20060209626
    Abstract: A device and a method for making a tire puncture sealant having a higher concentration of propylene glycol are disclosed, wherein the device comprises: a container having a cylindrical space for a mixed solution of rubber latex and a tackifier; a squirter comprising at least one spout for pouring propylene glycol on the surface of the mixed solution in the container at a rate of 0.01 to 1.0 liter/minute per spout; and an agitator for the mixed solution in the container, comprising a stirring blade rotatable in the mixed solution to cause said surface a current speed of the mixed solution in a range between about 1.0 and about 10.0 meter/second during pouring the propylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Masahiro Kishida
  • Patent number: D638867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihide Kojima
  • Patent number: D638868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihide Kojima
  • Patent number: D644252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihide Kojima