IP Library Granted Patent US 12,027,387
Granted Patent B2
US 12,027,387 · App. 17/607,241 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Holding device

Inventors: Takahisa Komatsu (Sendai, JP); Kazutaka Tanaka (Sendai, JP)
Assignee: NITERRA CO., LTD.
H01L21/67103C23C14/34C23C14/50C23C16/458H01J37/32715H01J37/3438H01J2237/332H01J2237/334
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Patent No.
US 12,027,387
App. No.
17/607,241
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A holding device includes a plate-shaped member, a tubular member, and a connecting member. The tubular member is made of ceramic and is joined to plate-shaped member at an end thereof. The tubular member has, at an other end thereof, a flange portion having a first through-hole. The connecting member is disposed on the other side of the tubular member and has, in a third surface, which is an end face of the connecting member, a hole into which a fastening member inserted through the first through-hole in the flange portion is to be screwed. A specific portion, which is a portion in an outer edge line of a fourth surface of the tubular member, the portion overlapping a minimum virtual circle covering the fourth surface, is not in contact with the third surface of the connecting member.

Claims (34)

1. A holding device comprising:

a plate-shaped member having a first surface substantially perpendicular to a first direction, and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface; and

a tubular member extending in the first direction, made of ceramic, joined to the second surface of the plate-shaped member at an end of the tubular member on one side in the first direction, and having a flange portion at an end of the tubular member on another side in the first direction, the flange portion projecting in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and having a first through-hole extending in the first direction, the holding device holding an object on the first surface of the plate-shaped member, wherein

the holding device further comprises a connecting member disposed on the other side of the tubular member in the first direction, the connecting member having a hole in a third surface, which is an end face of the connecting member on the one side in the first direction, into which a fastening member inserted through the first through-hole in the flange portion is to be screwed, and

a portion of a fourth surface, which is an end face of the tubular member on the other side in the first direction, is in contact with the third surface of the connecting member, and a specific portion, which is a portion in an outer edge line of the fourth surface of the tubular member, the portion overlapping a minimum virtual circle covering the fourth surface, is not in contact with the third surface of the connecting member.

2. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein an entirety of the outer edge line of the fourth surface of the tubular member is not in contact with the third surface of the connecting member.

3. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third surface of the connecting member has a portion overlapping the specific portion in the outer edge line of the fourth surface of the tubular member, as viewed in the first direction, and

the third surface of the connecting member and the specific portion in the outer edge line of the fourth surface of the tubular member are spaced from each other in the first direction.

4. The holding device according to claim 1 , further comprising a spacer disposed on the one side of the flange portion in the first direction and having a second through-hole that communicates with the first through-hole in the flange portion and through which the fastening member is inserted,

wherein a portion of a fifth surface, which is an end face of the flange portion on the one side in the first direction, is in contact with a sixth surface, which is an end face of the spacer on the other side in the first direction, and an entirety of an outer edge line of the fifth surface of the flange portion is not in contact with the sixth surface of the spacer.

5. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein

the flange portion of the tubular member has a plurality of the first through-holes, and

the connecting member has a plurality of the holes into which a plurality of the fastening members inserted through the plurality of the first through-holes in the flange portion are to be screwed.

6. The holding device according to claim 1 , further comprising the fastening member.

7. The holding device according to claim 1 , further comprising an internal electrode provided inside the plate-shaped member.

8. The holding device according to claim 2 , wherein

the third surface of the connecting member has a portion overlapping the specific portion in the outer edge line of the fourth surface of the tubular member, as viewed in the first direction, and

the third surface of the connecting member and the specific portion in the outer edge line of the fourth surface of the tubular member are spaced from each other in the first direction.

9. The holding device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a spacer disposed on the one side of the flange portion in the first direction and having a second through-hole that communicates with the first through-hole in the flange portion and through which the fastening member is inserted,

wherein a portion of a fifth surface, which is an end face of the flange portion on the one side in the first direction, is in contact with a sixth surface, which is an end face of the spacer on the other side in the first direction, and an entirety of an outer edge line of the fifth surface of the flange portion is not in contact with the sixth surface of the spacer.

10. The holding device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a spacer disposed on the one side of the flange portion in the first direction and having a second through-hole that communicates with the first through-hole in the flange portion and through which the fastening member is inserted,

wherein a portion of a fifth surface, which is an end face of the flange portion on the one side in the first direction, is in contact with a sixth surface, which is an end face of the spacer on the other side in the first direction, and an entirety of an outer edge line of the fifth surface of the flange portion is not in contact with the sixth surface of the spacer.

11. The holding device according to claim 2 , wherein

the flange portion of the tubular member has a plurality of the first through-holes, and

the connecting member has a plurality of the holes into which a plurality of the fastening members inserted through the plurality of the first through-holes in the flange portion are to be screwed.

12. The holding device according to claim 3 , wherein

the flange portion of the tubular member has a plurality of the first through-holes, and

the connecting member has a plurality of the holes into which a plurality of the fastening members inserted through the plurality of the first through-holes in the flange portion are to be screwed.

13. The holding device according to claim 4 , wherein

the flange portion of the tubular member has a plurality of the first through-holes, and

the connecting member has a plurality of the holes into which a plurality of the fastening members inserted through the plurality of the first through-holes in the flange portion are to be screwed.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
To: NITERRA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064842/0215 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2021
From: KOMATSU, TAKAHISA; TANAKA, KAZUTAKA
To: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057949/0617 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-004065 · Jan 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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