Patents by Inventor Hirohito Kajihara

Hirohito Kajihara 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: 7198026
    Abstract: A divider plate for two or more inlet ports provided in a cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine comprises divider portions that divides inside of the two or more inlet ports along an intake air flow, a side cast-in insert portion provided on at least one side portion located in a direction perpendicular to that of the intake air flow, that is enclosed by molten metal during casting of the cylinder head, an inner cast-in insert portion that is provided between the divider portions, that is enclosed by the molten metal during the casting of the cylinder head, and an inner accelerator formed in the inner cast-in insert portion, accelerates coagulation of the molten metal, wherein the inner accelerator has at least one of a plurality of holes, a concave portion, a convex portion, and a concave-convex portion, or a combination of a hole and a concave portion, a convex portion or a concave-convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Masuta, Hirohito Kajihara, Hiroshi Katou, Kenji Yageta
  • Publication number: 20060231067
    Abstract: A divider plate for two or more inlet ports provided in a cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine comprises divider portions that divides inside of the two or more inlet ports along an intake air flow, a side cast-in insert portion provided on at least one side portion located in a direction perpendicular to that of the intake air flow, that is enclosed by molten metal during casting of the cylinder head, an inner cast-in insert portion that is provided between the divider portions, that is enclosed by the molten metal during the casting of the cylinder head, and an inner accelerator formed in the inner cast-in insert portion, accelerates coagulation of the molten metal, wherein the inner accelerator has at least one of a plurality of holes, a concave portion, a convex portion, and a concave-convex portion, or a combination of a hole and a concave portion, a convex portion or a concave-convex portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Tatsuya Masuta, Hirohito Kajihara, Hiroshi Katou, Kenji Yageta
  • Patent number: 7032560
    Abstract: A partition plate for an intake port of a cylinder head to be manufactured by cast molding is preliminarily set prior to the cast molding in a sand core applied to form the intake port and then cast in by the cast molding to partition the intake port into a plurality of ports. The partition plate is provided with an intake-side distal end, a cylinder-side distal end, a pair of side edges continuous with the intake-side distal end and the cylinder-sided distal end and to be cast in by molten metal during the cast molding. Each of the pair of side edges having end faces facing in a thickness direction and a side end face continuous with the end faces. The partition plate is further provided with a promoter section provided on at least one of the side end face and the end faces of each of the pair of side edges to promote solidification of the molten metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Katou, Hirohito Kajihara, Kenji Yageta, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masami Inose, Tatsuya Masuta
  • Publication number: 20050081821
    Abstract: A partition plate for an intake port of a cylinder head to be manufactured by cast molding is preliminarily set prior to the cast molding in a sand core applied to form the intake port and then cast in by the cast molding to partition the intake port into a plurality of ports. The partition plate is provided with an intake-side distal end, a cylinder-side distal end, a pair of side edges continuous with the intake-side distal end and the cylinder-sided distal end and to be cast in by molten metal during the cast molding. Each of the pair of side edges having end faces facing in a thickness direction and a side end face continuous with the end faces. The partition plate is further provided with a promoter section provided on at least one of the side end face and the end faces of each of the pair of side edges to promote solidification of the molten metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Katou, Hirohito Kajihara, Kenji Yageta, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masami Inose, Tatsuya Masuta