Patents by Inventor Yosuke FUKUSHIMA

Yosuke FUKUSHIMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240075858
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, comprising: a seat back pad attached to a seat back frame configuring a frame; a back support device provided on a seat rear side of the seat back pad, configured to assist a seated posture of a seated person, and including an opening penetrating in a seat back thickness direction; and an air conditioning device including an air conditioner configured to suction and blow out air, and a flow path forming portion connected to the air conditioner, inserted into the opening of the back support device, and performing at least one of blowing out air to a side of the seated person or suctioning air from the seated person side in accordance with the air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Keishiro ITO, Takumi ABE, Yosuke ISHIYAMA, Yohei SUGIHIRA, Masato FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240067067
    Abstract: A back support device, comprising: a frame portion provided at a seat on which a seated person is seated, the frame portion including a locked portion at an upper portion of the frame portion; an upper frame portion fixed to the upper portion of the frame portion and extending in a seat width direction below the locked portion; a lumbar support portion engaged with a lower portion of the frame portion and configured to support a waist of the seated person from a seat rear side; and a pressure receiving portion including, at an upper end portion thereof, a locking portion locked to the locked portion, the pressure receiving portion being supported by the upper frame portion and the lumbar support portion from the seat rear side, and being configured to be deformable by receiving a load from a back of the seated person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Keishiro ITO, Takumi ABE, Yosuke ISHIYAMA, Yohei SUGIHIRA, Masato FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10920778
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat exchange section through which a compressed gas flows; an upstream header section that is provided on an upstream side of the heat exchange section and communicates with the heat exchange section; a downstream header section that is provided on an downstream side of the heat exchange section and communicates with the heat exchange section; a gas inlet pipe that is connected to a wall surface of the upstream header section; and a gas outlet pipe that is connected to a wall surface of the downstream header section. A filter-cum-sound absorbing material of a porous material is mounted on an inner wall surface of at least one of the upstream header section and the downstream header section. The inner wall surface faces the heat exchange section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Kimura, Kazuki Tsugihashi, Yosuke Fukushima
  • Patent number: 10403257
    Abstract: A sound deadening device has an introducing and damping section. The introducing and damping section includes an introduction section that introduces fluid, an expansion chamber, and a lead-out section. The expansion chamber is communicated with the introduction section, has a flow passage cross-section larger than a flow passage cross-section of the introduction section, and has protrusions along a travelling direction of a sound wave, resonance of the sound wave being to be suppressed. The lead-out section is communicated with the expansion chamber, has a flow passage cross-section smaller than that of the expansion chamber, and leads out the fluid in a direction different from an introduction direction of the fluid. Accordingly, it is possible to weaken the resonance of the sound wave, suppress rise of inner sound pressure of the sound deadening device, and prevent reduction in a sound deadening effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kikuchi, Kazuki Tsugihashi, Yosuke Fukushima, Kazuya Hirata, Suguru Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10174655
    Abstract: A silencer includes: a housing that has a draw-in portion drawing in fluid, and a plurality of sound attenuating portions arranged in a flowing direction of the fluid; a first partition provided with an intermediate communicating portion communicating the most downstream attenuating portion with the adjacent attenuating portion located adjacent to the most downstream attenuating portion; a valve portion disposed in the most downstream attenuating portion, the valve portion being capable of closing the intermediate communicating portion; a valve holding portion holding the valve portion, the valve holding portion being detachably attached to the housing; and a draw-out portion provided in a portion of the most downstream attenuating portion other than the valve holding portion, the draw-out portion drawing out the fluid from the most downstream attenuating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kikuchi, Kazuki Tsugihashi, Yosuke Fukushima, Kazuya Hirata, Suguru Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10167868
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes compressor bodies, a motor disposed in a side of the compressor bodies, a gear box coupled to the compressor bodies and transmitting the drive force of the motor to a screw rotor, and a tubular coupling casing coupling the gear box and the motor and having horizontal axis. The coupling casing has a work hole in the horizontal direction. The work hole is used for maintaining a coupling accommodated in the coupling casing. The coupling casing has a rib extending in the up-down direction. It is thus possible to avoid reduction in the rigidity of the coupling casing with no cost increase, and to improve maintainability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukushima, Kazuki Tsugihashi
  • Publication number: 20180025714
    Abstract: A sound deadening device has an introducing and damping section. The introducing and damping section includes an introduction section that introduces fluid, an expansion chamber, and a lead-out section. The expansion chamber is communicated with the introduction section, has a flow passage cross-section larger than a flow passage cross-section of the introduction section, and has protrusions along a travelling direction of a sound wave, resonance of the sound wave being to be suppressed. The lead-out section is communicated with the expansion chamber, has a flow passage cross-section smaller than that of the expansion chamber, and leads out the fluid in a direction different from an introduction direction of the fluid. Accordingly, it is possible to weaken the resonance of the sound wave, suppress rise of inner sound pressure of the sound deadening device, and prevent reduction in a sound deadening effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masahiro KIKUCHI, Kazuki TSUGIHASHI, Yosuke FUKUSHIMA, Kazuya HIRATA, Suguru KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170191390
    Abstract: A silencer includes: a housing that has a draw-in portion drawing in fluid, and a plurality of sound attenuating portions arranged in a flowing direction of the fluid; a first partition provided with an intermediate communicating portion communicating the most downstream attenuating portion with the adjacent attenuating portion located adjacent to the most downstream attenuating portion; a valve portion disposed in the most downstream attenuating portion, the valve portion being capable of closing the intermediate communicating portion; a valve holding portion holding the valve portion, the valve holding portion being detachably attached to the housing; and a draw-out portion provided in a portion of the most downstream attenuating portion other than the valve holding portion, the draw-out portion drawing out the fluid from the most downstream attenuating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masahiro KIKUCHI, Kazuki TSUGIHASHI, Yosuke FUKUSHIMA, Kazuya HIRATA, Suguru KIUCHI
  • Patent number: 9657616
    Abstract: A soundproof cover (30) is equipped with: multiple unit soundproof covers (31R, 31L) forming a portion of the circumferential cross section (30s); and connecting parts (35) provided on the periphery of the circumferential cross section (30s), and connecting the multiple unit soundproof covers (31R, 31L) in a detachable manner. The multiple unit soundproof covers (31R, 31L) are configured so as to be capable of being attached and detached with respect to a muffler (20) by moving the unit covers in a direction (the radial direction (R)) orthogonal to the axial direction (A) of the muffler (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Kimura, Yosuke Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20170074266
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes compressor bodies, a motor disposed in a side of the compressor bodies, a gear box coupled to the compressor bodies and transmitting the drive force of the motor to a screw rotor, and a tubular coupling casing coupling the gear box and the motor and having horizontal axis. The coupling casing has a work hole in the horizontal direction. The work hole is used for maintaining a coupling accommodated in the coupling casing. The coupling casing has a rib extending in the up-down direction. It is thus possible to avoid reduction in the rigidity of the coupling casing with no cost increase, and to improve maintainability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yosuke FUKUSHIMA, Kazuki TSUGIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160169229
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat exchange section through which a compressed gas flows; an upstream header section that is provided on an upstream side of the heat exchange section and communicates with the heat exchange section; a downstream header section that is provided on an downstream side of the heat exchange section and communicates with the heat exchange section; a gas inlet pipe that is connected to a wall surface of the upstream header section; and a gas outlet pipe that is connected to a wall surface of the downstream header section. A filter-cum-sound absorbing material of a porous material is mounted on an inner wall surface of at least one of the upstream header section and the downstream header section. The inner wall surface faces the heat exchange section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Yasumasa KIMURA, Kazuki TSUGIHASHI, Yosuke FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160061075
    Abstract: A soundproof cover (30) is equipped with: multiple unit soundproof covers (31R, 31L) forming a portion of the circumferential cross section (30s); and connecting parts (35) provided on the periphery of the circumferential cross section (30s), and connecting the multiple unit soundproof covers (31R, 31L) in a detachable manner. The multiple unit soundproof covers (31R, 31L) are configured so as to be capable of being attached and detached with respect to a muffler (20) by moving the unit covers in a direction (the radial direction (R)) orthogonal to the axial direction (A) of the muffler (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yasumasa KIMURA, Yosuke FUKUSHIMA