Patents by Inventor Eiichi Hiruma

Eiichi Hiruma 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: 5983856
    Abstract: An intake system construction for an internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber formed with upper and lower extremities thereof defined by a lower wall of a cylinder head and a top wall of a piston, an intake open end formed in the lower wall in opposition to the combustion chamber on one side of a reference plane which contains a central axis of the cylinder, an intake port formed in communication with the combustion chamber via the intake open end and extending upwardly from the intake open end so that a vertical swirl of inducted air is formed in the combustion chamber, an intake valve having a head portion for opening or closing the intake open end and a stem portion extending from the head portion to an upstream side of the intake port through the cylinder head, and a straightening member arranged in the intake port on a downstream side of the stem portion so that an inducted air flow is straightened on the downstream side of the stem portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Oda, Takashi Kawabe, Nobuaki Murakami, Katsunori Ueda, Satoshi Yoshikawa, Kenji Goto, Tomohiro Ohashi, Eiichi Hiruma, Jyun Takemura, Shigeo Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Nakane
  • Patent number: 5913554
    Abstract: An intake system construction according to the present invention for an internal combustion engine is provided with a combustion chamber formed with upper and lower extremities thereof defined by a cylinder head and a piston, an intake open end arranged for being opened or closed by an intake valve, an exhaust open end arranged for being opened or closed by an exhaust valve, an intake port formed extending upwardly from the intake open end so that a vertical swirl of inducted air is formed in the combustion chamber, and an exhaust port for discharging combustion gas from the combustion chamber. The intake port is formed wider in one of halves thereof located adjacent a reference plane, which contains a central axis of a cylinder, than in the other half thereof located remote from the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Oda, Takashi Kawabe, Nobuaki Murakami, Katsunori Ueda, Satoshi Yoshikawa, Kenji Goto, Tomohiro Ohashi, Eiichi Hiruma, Jyun Takemura, Shigeo Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Nakane
  • Patent number: 5836284
    Abstract: An intake system construction according to the present invention for an internal combustion engine is provided with a combustion chamber formed with upper and lower extremities thereof defined by a cylinder head and a piston, an intake open end arranged for being opened or closed by an intake valve, an exhaust open end arranged for being opened or closed by an exhaust valve, an intake port formed extending upwardly from the intake open end so that a vertical swirl of inducted air is formed in the combustion chamber, and an exhaust port for discharging combustion gas from the combustion chamber. The intake port is formed wider in one of halves thereof located adjacent a reference plane, which contains a central axis of a cylinder, than in the other half thereof located remote from the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Oda, Takashi Kawabe, Nobuaki Murakami, Katsunori Ueda, Satoshi Yoshikawa, Kenji Goto, Tomohiro Ohashi, Eiichi Hiruma, Jyun Takemura, Shigeo Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Nakane