Patents Assigned to Otics Corporation
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Patent number: 11434912Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger dividably composed of a plurality of pieces including a scroll piece, and a shroud piece. The scroll piece and the shroud piece are assembled to each other by press-fitting a press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a press-fitted portion of the scroll piece. Pressure-contacting portions that are provided on either one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece are pressure-contacted with pressure-contacted portions that are provided on the other one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece, respectively. As a result, the pressure-contacting portions plastically flow to form seal parts for sealing the scroll piece and the shroud piece, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Isogai, Tetsuya Niwa, Ryu Osuka
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Patent number: 11421705Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger dividably composed of a plurality of pieces including a scroll piece and a shroud piece. The scroll piece and the shroud piece are assembled to each other by press-fitting a press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a press-fitted portion of the scroll piece in an axial direction. A pressure-contacting portion provided on either one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece is pressure-contacted with a pressure-contacted portion provided on the other one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece in the axial direction to thereby cause plastic flow to both portions, so that a plastic flow portion is annularly formed. Thus, the scroll piece and the shroud piece are sealed to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Niwa, Tomoyuki Isogai
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Patent number: 11143060Abstract: A rocker arm includes a pair of sidewalls disposed along a heightwise direction so as to be opposed to each other. The sidewalls define a space to house a roller and have opposed portions extending in the heightwise direction relative to adjacent portions which are adjacent to the opposed portions. The opposed portions have thinner portions having smaller thicknesses than the adjacent portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Naoyuki Yamane, Kiyoshi Masegi, Kimihiko Todo
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Publication number: 20210215169Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger dividably composed of a plurality of pieces including a scroll piece and a shroud piece. The scroll piece and the shroud piece are assembled to each other by press-fitting a press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a press-fitted portion of the scroll piece in an axial direction. A pressure-contacting portion provided on either one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece is pressure-contacted with a pressure-contacted portion provided on the other one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece in the axial direction to thereby cause plastic flow to both portions, so that a plastic flow portion is annularly formed. Thus, the scroll piece and the shroud piece are sealed to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya NIWA, Tomoyuki ISOGAI
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Patent number: 11035377Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger, which is composed of a scroll piece, a shroud piece, and an outer-circumferential annular piece. The scroll piece includes a through part constituting a discharge port, a first intermediate wall surface extended from an intake-side wall surface of a scroll chamber and smoothly connected with the discharge port, and a scroll outer-circumferential part. The outer-circumferential annular piece includes an outer-circumferential annular press-fit part press fitted into the scroll outer-circumferential part, and a protruding part bent from an outer-circumference-side wall surface of the scroll chamber. The protruding part is inserted into the through part to form an inner wall surface of an intermediate part that communicates the discharge port with the scroll chamber. Then, the compressor housing is fixed to a center housing that is made of iron with high rigidity through joining parts provided at the scroll piece.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Niwa, Tomoyuki Isogai
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Patent number: 10982687Abstract: A housing for a turbocharger that makes it possible to prevent sticking of deposit and attain satisfactory assembling workability and easy moldability by die casting. The housing dividably includes a scroll piece and a shroud piece, including an annular refrigerant flow path defined by a first flow-path formation part of the scroll piece and a second flow-path formation part of the shroud piece. The first and second flow path formation parts are fitted with each other at inner and outer circumferential seal parts for sealing the refrigerant flow path on inner and outer circumferential sides thereof. The inner circumferential seal part is formed by press-fitting a first press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a first press-fitted portion of the scroll piece. The outer circumferential seal part is formed by press-fitting a second press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a second press-fitted portion of the scroll piece.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Niwa, Tomoyuki Isogai
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Patent number: 10876441Abstract: Provided is a tappet capable of supplying lubricating oil to a cam even when provided with a lash adjuster. A tappet (10) includes: a lash adjuster (11) having a plunger (14) and a body (13) in which the plunger (14) is housed so as to be vertically movable, wherein the plunger (14) has a top portion (16) against which a lower end portion of a push rod (88) slidably abuts; and a tappet body (12) which has an assembly hole (45) in which the body (13) is inserted, has a cup-like shape, and has a lower surface portion (27) which slidingly contacts a cam (70). The tappet body (12) has an oil guide passage (30) extending so as to guide lubricating oil from the push rod (88) side to the cam (70).Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: OTICS CORPORATION, KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Hon Chung Woon, Masayasu Takami
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Patent number: 10830109Abstract: A variable valve mechanism includes a first member and a second member which are disposed between a cam and a valve, a switch pin that is displaced to connect and disconnect the first member to and from the second member, and a displacement device. The displacement device includes a ring-shaped plate that is fitted on a camshaft of the cam so as to be co-rotatable with the camshaft and slidable in a longitudinal direction of the camshaft and that has one side surface configured to contact the switch pin and has the other side surface including a tapered surface formed so that a plate thickness increases toward a rotational direction, and a support device formed by a support pin and a moving device that moves the support pin to a position where the support pin contacts the tapered surface and a position not contacting the tapered surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20200325902Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger dividably composed of a plurality of pieces including a scroll piece, and a shroud piece. The scroll piece and the shroud piece are assembled to each other by press-fitting a press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a press-fitted portion of the scroll piece. Pressure-contacting portions that are provided on either one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece are pressure-contacted with pressure-contacted portions that are provided on the other one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece, respectively. As a result, the pressure-contacting portions plastically flow to form seal parts for sealing the scroll piece and the shroud piece, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki ISOGAI, Tetsuya NIWA, Ryu OSUKA
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Patent number: 10794236Abstract: In a tappet with a built-in lash adjuster, hydraulic oil is prevented from leaking from a low pressure chamber during a long-period stop. A tappet (10) includes a hydraulic lash adjuster (11) which supports a lower end portion of a push rod (96) and a tappet case (12) to which the lash adjuster (11) is internally fitted and which is reciprocally displaced in a vertical direction according to a rotating cam (85). An inner peripheral surface of the tappet case (12) is provided with an air-vent passage (34) through which air existing between the tappet case (12) and the lash adjuster (11) can be discharged upward when the lash adjuster (11) is being assembled.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: OTICS CORPORATION, KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Kawahara, Masayasu Takami
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Publication number: 20200263701Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger including a refrigerant flow path and a recirculation part, which is dividably composed of a scroll piece and a shroud piece. The refrigerant flow path is formed as an annular space that is defined by a first flow-path formation part of the scroll piece and a second flow-path formation part of the shroud piece that are fitted with each other. In the refrigerant flow path, a first press-fitting portion of the shroud piece is press-fitted into a first press-fitted portion of the scroll piece to form an inner circumferential seal part, and a second press-fitting portion of the shroud piece is press-fitted into a second press-fitted portion of the scroll piece to form an outer circumferential seal part. The recirculation part recirculates part of the air which has reached the shroud part to an upstream of the compressor impeller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: OTICS CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoyuki ISOGAI
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Publication number: 20200232351Abstract: In a tappet with a built-in lash adjuster, hydraulic oil is prevented from leaking from a low pressure chamber during a long-period stop. A tappet (10) includes a hydraulic lash adjuster (11) which supports a lower end portion of a push rod (96) and a tappet case (12) to which the lash adjuster (11) is internally fitted and which is reciprocally displaced in a vertical direction according to a rotating cam (85). An inner peripheral surface of the tappet case (12) is provided with an air-vent passage (34) through which air existing between the tappet case (12) and the lash adjuster (11) can be discharged upward when the lash adjuster (11) is being assembled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicants: OTICS CORPORATION, KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori KAWAHARA, Masayasu TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20200025045Abstract: Provided is a tappet capable of supplying lubricating oil to a cam even when provided with a lash adjuster. A tappet (10) includes: a lash adjuster (11) having a plunger (14) and a body (13) in which the plunger (14) is housed so as to be vertically movable, wherein the plunger (14) has a top portion (16) against which a lower end portion of a push rod (88) slidably abuts; and a tappet body (12) which has an assembly hole (45) in which the body (13) is inserted, has a cup-like shape, and has a lower surface portion (27) which slidingly contacts a cam (70). The tappet body (12) has an oil guide passage (30) extending so as to guide lubricating oil from the push rod (88) side to the cam (70).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicants: OTICS CORPORATION, KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Hon Chung WOON, Masayasu TAKAMI
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Patent number: 10508688Abstract: A bearing device includes a support having a bearing hole, a shaft member slidably inserted into the bearing hole thereby to be rotatably supported by the support, the shaft member having an axial end surface and a locking part located on the axial end surface of the shaft member to protrude in an axial direction of the shaft member from an outer periphery of the axial end surface of the shaft member. The locking part is deformed by force applied to its axial protruding end so as to bulge outward in a radial direction intersecting the axial direction, so that the bulging part is capable of being locked to a peripheral part of the bearing hole on an outer surface of the support.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Oka, Eiichi Nozaki, Haruyasu Tanaka, Naoyuki Yamane
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Publication number: 20190360500Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger, which is composed of a scroll piece, a shroud piece, and an outer-circumferential annular piece. The scroll piece includes a through part constituting a discharge port, a first intermediate wall surface extended from an intake-side wall surface of a scroll chamber and smoothly connected with the discharge port, and a scroll outer-circumferential part. The outer-circumferential annular piece includes an outer-circumferential annular press-fit part press fitted into the scroll outer-circumferential part, and a protruding part bent from an outer-circumference-side wall surface of the scroll chamber. The protruding part is inserted into the through part to form an inner wall surface of an intermediate part that communicates the discharge port with the scroll chamber. Then, the compressor housing is fixed to a center housing that is made of iron with high rigidity through joining parts provided at the scroll piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya NIWA, Tomoyuki ISOGAI
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Patent number: 10458315Abstract: A compressor structure for turbochargers 1 including a scroll piece 20, a shroud piece 30 and a seal plate 40 assembled with each other in an axial direction, wherein the scroll piece 20 includes a penetration part 22 penetrating in the axial direction so as to constitute a discharge port 13 and a first intermediate wall surface 23 smoothly extending from an intake-side wall surface 21 to the discharge port 13, the shroud piece 30 includes an inner circumferential side wall surface 32, and the seal plate 40 includes a protruding part 42 provided with a second intermediate wall surface 43 extending from an outer circumferential side wall surface 41 and facing the first intermediate wall surface 23 so as to constitute an inner wall surface 14a of an intermediate part 14 through which the discharge port 13 and the scroll chamber 12 are communicated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: OTICS CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Isogai, Tetsuya Niwa
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Publication number: 20190316668Abstract: A roller lifter includes a lifter body having a cylindrical peripheral wall with a sliding surface on an outer periphery thereof and a roller rotatably mounted via a shaft member on the lifter body and brought into contact with a cam. The sliding surface is reciprocally slid in a sliding hole of a lifter guide. The peripheral wall has a thicker part in a part thereof in a circumferential direction. The thicker part is shaped such that a thickening part is annexed to an outer wall part formed continuously with a constant thickness in the circumferential direction. The thicker part is formed with a rotation stopper bulging outward. The rotation stopper enters a guide groove communicating with the sliding hole of the lifter guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi SUZUKI, Eiichi NOZAKI, Akihiro SUZUKI
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Patent number: 10309263Abstract: Providing a rocker arm which can ensure the durability while reducing the inertial mass. The rocker arm (10) includes a valve abutment part (15) pressing a valve (80). The valve abutment part (15) includes a receiving wall (14) abutting against an end surface of a stem end (81A) of the valve (80) in a pressing state and a pair of sidewalls (13) protruding from both side ends (14A) of the receiving wall (14) so as to be opposed to each other and disposed along and in proximity to a side peripheral surface of the stem end (81A) of the valve (80). At least protruding distal ends of the sidewalls (13) each have a smaller thickness than adjacent portions and serve as a thinner portion (23).Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Naoyuki Yamane, Yoshiaki Haga, Tatsuya Sasaki, Eiichi Nozaki, Makoto Takaragi
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Patent number: 10280817Abstract: In a variable valve mechanism, during switching from a disconnected state to a connected state, the switch arm being displaced in a return direction comes in sliding contact with a pin end surface of the switch pin, and presses the pin end surface toward the disconnected position to push back the switch pin. At a sliding contact start time, the switch arm sliding contacts a portion of the pin end surface on a return direction side with respect to an idle-swing-side edge. At least during a period from a 10% position time to a sliding contact end time, a position of a pressed center relative to the pin end surface shifts toward the return direction side without stopping as the switch arm is displaced toward the return direction relative to a main arm, so that the sliding contact ends without stopping of the pressed center at a return-side edge.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Maezako, Akira Sugiura
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Patent number: 10260381Abstract: A variable valve mechanism includes a rocker arm including a first input arm, a second input arm, and an output arm, and a switch device that switches an operating state to a first state by coupling only the first input arm to the output arm, and switches the operating state to a second state by coupling only the second input arm to the output arm. The switch device includes two pins that are displaceably placed in the rocker arm and contact each other at their end faces, and a displacement device that switches the operating state to the first state by displacing a contact portion between the two pins to between the output arm and the second input arm, and switches the operating state to the second state by displacing the contact portion between the two pins to between the output arm and the first input arm.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: OTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Sugiura, Koki Yamaguchi