Patents by Inventor YUUJI NAKABAYASHI
YUUJI NAKABAYASHI 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).
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Patent number: 12270693Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultrasonic transceiver capable of stably measuring a fluid of high temperature and high humidity for a long period, and provides an ultrasonic flowmeter, an ultrasonic flow velocimeter, and an ultrasonic densitometer each including the ultrasonic transceiver. An ultrasonic transceiver (1) comprises a piezoelectric body (3) and an acoustic matching body (2) disposed in one face of the piezoelectric body (3), wherein the acoustic matching body (2) includes: a top plate, a bottom plate, and a side wall that define a closed space; and a perpendicular partition wall formed substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate and adhering to the top plate and the bottom plate, thereby dividing a closed space.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Nakano, Masamichi Hashida, Tomoki Masuda, Yuuji Nakabayashi, Hidetomo Nagahara
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Publication number: 20240353246Abstract: A vibration propagation member is configured to operate by being bonded to one surface of a vibration means. The vibration propagation member includes: a top plate; a sidewall; and at least one vertical partition disposed perpendicularly to the top plate. The vibration propagation member has a plurality of membrane structures defined by the top plate and the at least one vertical partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Makoto NAKANO, Masahiko HASHIMOTO, Masato SATOU, Tomoki MASUDA, Yuuji NAKABAYASHI, Hidetomo NAGAHARA
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Patent number: 12104937Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter includes: a flow path body having a flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows; a pair of ultrasonic transducers disposed in the flow path body; a substrate fixed to the flow path body; a sensor plate on which a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the fluid to be measured is disposed, the sensor plate being flat; and an arithmetic unit that calculates a flow rate of the fluid to be measured from a propagation time of ultrasonic waves between the pair of ultrasonic transducers and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The sensor plate is configured to project from the substrate and to project into a flow path cross-section of the flow path from a sensor hole provided in the flow path body at a time of fixing the substrate to the flow path body.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuuji Nakabayashi, Masato Satou, Asako Miyoshi, Masataka Matsuda
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Publication number: 20230296568Abstract: The physical quantity measurement device includes a secondary flow path disposed outside a multilayer unit and configured to connect an upstream opening to a downstream opening. The secondary flow path is disposed gravitationally below a primary flow path. Ultrasonic transceivers are disposed to project into a flow in the multilayer unit. In the thus-configured physical quantity measurement device, the entry of water droplets into an ultrasonic propagation path and the adhesion of water droplets to the ultrasonic transceivers are substantially prevented, so that, even when the fluid flowing in contains water droplets, the physical quantity measurement device can measure the flow rate of the fluid and the concentration of components contained in the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Masato SATOU, Motoyuki NAWA, Asako MIYOSHI, Masataka MATSUDA, Yuuji NAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230273156Abstract: A physical quantity measurement device is provided which is capable of measuring a component in a fluid to be measured even when the fluid contains droplets such as fine water droplets. The physical quantity measurement device includes, at an inlet opening (5) of a sub-channel (7), an inflow direction regulator (13) which includes guide pieces (12) each of which is inclined at predetermined angle ? with respect to the flow direction in a main channel (1). The angle ? of inflow direction regulator (13) is set to a value that is greater than 90 degrees in relation to the flow direction of the main channel (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Masato SATOU, Motoyuki NAWA, Asako MIYOSHI, Masataka MATSUDA, Yuuji NAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230145490Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultrasonic transceiver capable of stably measuring a fluid of high temperature and high humidity for a long period, and provides an ultrasonic flowmeter, an ultrasonic flow velocimeter, and an ultrasonic densitometer each including the ultrasonic transceiver. An ultrasonic transceiver (1) comprises a piezoelectric body (3) and an acoustic matching body (2) disposed in one face of the piezoelectric body (3), wherein the acoustic matching body (2) includes: a top plate, a bottom plate, and a side wall that define a closed space; and a perpendicular partition wall formed substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate and adhering to the top plate and the bottom plate, thereby dividing a closed space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Makoto NAKANO, Masamichi HASHIDA, Tomoki MASUDA, Yuuji NAKABAYASHI, Hidetomo NAGAHARA
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Publication number: 20220170770Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter includes: a flow path body having a flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows; a pair of ultrasonic transducers disposed in the flow path body; a substrate fixed to the flow path body; a sensor plate on which a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the fluid to be measured is disposed, the sensor plate being flat; and an arithmetic unit that calculates a flow rate of the fluid to be measured from a propagation time of ultrasonic waves between the pair of ultrasonic transducers and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The sensor plate is configured to project from the substrate and to project into a flow path cross-section of the flow path from a sensor hole provided in the flow path body at a time of fixing the substrate to the flow path body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: YUUJI NAKABAYASHI, MASATO SATOU, ASAKO MIYOSHI, MASATAKA MATSUDA
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Patent number: 11226220Abstract: An ultrasonic transceiver includes: a piezoelectric body including opposing surfaces having a first electrode and a second electrode respectively, piezoelectric body being segmented into a plurality of elements by a groove recessed from a surface having first electrode among the opposing surfaces; conductor electrically connected to first electrode on each of elements. The ultrasonic transceiver further includes reinforcement section provided in a part of second electrode, the part corresponding to a bottom of the groove. With this configuration, a decrease in a strength of piezoelectric body in the bottom of the groove, which is caused by a groove provided in piezoelectric body, can be prevented and occurrence of a crack can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yudai Ishizaki, Hidetomo Nagahara, Masanobu Teraji, Masato Satou, Yuuji Nakabayashi
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Patent number: 10830624Abstract: A gas meter includes a meter entrance that allows a fluid to flow in, a meter exit that allows the fluid to flow out, and a flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of the fluid. In addition, the flow rate measurer includes a plurality of flow rate measuring units having the same shape and composed of a flow passage portion with a rectangular cross section shape on the outer side and a sensor portion disposed on one face of the flow passage portion. The plurality of flow rate measuring units are integrally configured by bonding faces having no sensor portion so as to serve as bonding faces of the flow rate measuring units.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Sugiyama, Hideaki Morihana, Hidetomo Nagahara, Yuuji Nakabayashi, Hideki Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20200088557Abstract: An ultrasonic transceiver includes: piezoelectric body including opposing surfaces having first electrode and second electrode respectively, piezoelectric body being segmented into a plurality of elements by groove recessed from a surface having first electrode among the opposing surfaces; conductor electrically connected to first electrode on each of elements. The ultrasonic transceiver further includes reinforcement section provided in a part of second electrode, the part corresponding to a bottom of groove. With this configuration, a decrease in a strength of piezoelectric body in the bottom of groove, which is caused by groove provided in piezoelectric body, can be prevented and occurrence of a crack can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: YUDAI ISHIZAKI, HIDETOMO NAGAHARA, MASANOBU TERAJI, MASATO SATOU, YUUJI NAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190041250Abstract: A gas meter includes a meter entrance that allows a fluid to flow in, a meter exit that allows the fluid to flow out, and a flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of the fluid. In addition, the flow rate measurer includes a plurality of flow rate measuring units of a same shape composed of a flow passage portion having a rectangular cross section shape on the outer side and a sensor portion disposed on one face of the flow passage portion. The plurality of flow rate measuring units are integrally configured by bonding faces having no sensor portion as bonding faces of the flow rate measuring units.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: MASAKI SUGIYAMA, HIDEAKI MORIHANA, HIDETOMO NAGAHARA, YUUJI NAKABAYASHI, HIDEKI KINOSHITA