Patents by Inventor Hideaki TERAMOTO

Hideaki TERAMOTO 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: 10968875
    Abstract: An intake manifold includes a passage wall portion having a first member passage wall portion provided at a first member, a second member passage wall portion provided at a second member, and an inner joint portion including a division point at which an inner joint portion is divided from an outer peripheral joint portion, the inner joint portion at which the first member passage wall portion and the second member passage wall portion are joined with each other. At least a part of the inner joint portion except for the division point is arranged at a height position closer to a middle part of a gas passage than the division point in a first direction in which the first member and the second member are opposed with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuma Kuriki, Tomohisa Senda, Hideaki Teramoto, Ryo Ikegami, Kyohei Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 10612499
    Abstract: This air intake apparatus includes an air intake apparatus main body including a plurality of pieces bonded to each other along a split plane and an external gas passage formed inside the air intake apparatus main body by bonding the plurality of pieces to each other and including an external gas receiving port that directly receives external gas from a cylinder head and an external gas introduction port that introduces the external gas into a surge tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Sakurai, Naoki Tajima, Tomohisa Senda, Hideaki Teramoto, Masaki Makihara
  • Publication number: 20200072170
    Abstract: An intake manifold includes a passage wall portion having a first member passage wall portion provided at a first member, a second member passage wall portion provided at a second member, and an inner joint portion including a division point at which an inner joint portion is divided from an outer peripheral joint portion, the inner joint portion at which the first member passage wall portion and the second member passage wall portion are joined with each other. At least a part of the inner joint portion except for the division point is arranged at a height position closer to a middle part of a gas passage than the division point in a first direction in which the first member and the second member are opposed with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuma KURIKI, Tomohisa SENDA, Hideaki TERAMOTO, Ryo IKEGAMI, Kyohei NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 10364776
    Abstract: This air intake apparatus includes an air intake apparatus body including an intake air passage and an external gas passage portion provided as a structure separate from the air intake apparatus body inside the air intake apparatus body, the external gas passage portion through which external gas can be introduced into the intake air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20180372039
    Abstract: This air intake apparatus includes an air intake apparatus main body including a plurality of pieces bonded to each other along a split plane and an external gas passage formed inside the air intake apparatus main body by bonding the plurality of pieces to each other and including an external gas receiving port that directly receives external gas from a cylinder head and an external gas introduction port that introduces the external gas into a surge tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu SAKURAI, Naoki TAJIMA, Tomohisa SENDA, Hideaki TERAMOTO, Masaki MAKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170306895
    Abstract: This air intake apparatus includes an air intake apparatus body including an intake air passage and an external gas passage portion provided as a structure separate from the air intake apparatus body inside the air intake apparatus body, the external gas passage portion through which external gas can be introduced into the intake air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170284348
    Abstract: This air intake apparatus is mounted on an in-line multi-cylinder engine, and includes a surge tank that includes a throttle body mounting portion at a central portion thereof, one air intake pipe, which is single, and the other air intake pipe, which is single, connected to one end and the other end of the surge tank in a left-right direction, respectively, a first air intake pipe group that is connected to the one air intake pipe and includes a plurality of branched air intake pipes, and a second air intake pipe group that is connected to the other air intake pipe and includes the same number of branched air intake pipes as the plurality of branched air intake pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9249765
    Abstract: An intake manifold includes plural intake pipes, a distribution portion connecting to the plural intake pipes and guiding fluid at an inside of the distribution portion to the plural intake pipes and a first protruding portion providing at least a same number of the plural intake pipes at the inside of the distribution portion, the first protruding portion being directed to the corresponding intake pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Senda, Hideaki Teramoto
  • Patent number: 9133741
    Abstract: Provided are an arrangement capable of reliably preventing freeze of a PCV channel without requiring additional piping and an intake manifold having this arrangement. This arrangement for freeze prevention of a PCV channel includes a PCV channel returning blowby gas containing un-combusted fuel gas as a main component thereof and leaked into an engine to an intake port, an EGR channel returning exhaust gas exhausted from the engine to the intake port, and a heating portion as a common portion between a PCV outer wall of the PCV channel and an EGR outer wall of the EGR channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Senda, Hideaki Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20140326226
    Abstract: Provided are an arrangement capable of reliably preventing freeze of a PCV channel without requiring additional piping and an intake manifold having this arrangement. This arrangement for freeze prevention of a PCV channel includes a PCV channel returning blowby gas containing un-combusted fuel gas as a main component thereof and leaked into an engine to an intake port, an EGR channel returning exhaust gas exhausted from the engine to the intake port, and a heating portion as a common portion between a PCV outer wall of the PCV channel and an EGR outer wall of the EGR channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Tomohisa Senda, Hideaki Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20140034006
    Abstract: An intake manifold includes plural intake pipes, a distribution portion connecting to the plural intake pipes and guiding fluid at an inside of the distribution portion to the plural intake pipes and a first protruding portion provided at least a same number of the plural intake pipes at the inside of the distribution portion, the first protruding portion being directed to the corresponding intake pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Tomohisa SENDA, Hideaki Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20120103296
    Abstract: An intake system of an internal combustion engine includes: an intake manifold; a cartridge provided in the intake manifold, the cartridge having a plurality of intake channels for supplying air to respective cylinders in the internal combustion engine and valve elements configured to adjust the amounts of intake air taken into the respective cylinders; a gas supply portion configured to introduce gas discharged from the internal combustion engine into the cylinders, the gas supply portion being provided at a center position of the cartridge in the direction of row of the plurality of intake channels; and a plurality of gas distribution channels provided on the cartridge and configured to distribute from the gas supply portion to the plurality of intake channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidefumi KONAKAWA, Hideaki TERAMOTO