Patents by Inventor Hiroki SHIMOJI

Hiroki SHIMOJI 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: 10233832
    Abstract: An exhaust purification device of a multi-cylinder engine which improves exhaust gas purification performance by substantially uniforming a flow rate of exhaust gas throughout a treatment carrier such as a catalyst and improving dispersibility of the exhaust gas from the multi-cylinder engine to the catalyst and other components in the exhaust purification device wherein two collecting pipes are arranged at substantially symmetric positions across a partition plate part, which has a linear cross sectional shape, and is arranged centrally between the pipes which are each formed into D-shaped cross sectional shapes and comprise a first straight line part, a pair of second straight line parts connected with respective ends of a first straight line part and arranged to be substantially parallel with each other, and a circular arc part that connects ends of a pair of second straight line parts on opposite sides of the first straight line part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Shimoji, Tsukasa Hoshino, Ryo Yamamoto, Haruna Yanagida, Koji Endo
  • Publication number: 20160061089
    Abstract: An exhaust purification device of a multi-cylinder engine which improves exhaust gas purification performance by substantially uniforming a flow rate of exhaust gas throughout a treatment carrier such as a catalyst and improving dispersibility of the exhaust gas from the multi-cylinder engine to the catalyst and other components in the exhaust purification device wherein two collecting pipes are arranged at substantially symmetric positions across a partition plate part, which has a linear cross sectional shape, and is arranged centrally between the pipes which are each formed into D-shaped cross sectional shapes and comprise a first straight line part, a pair of second straight line parts connected with respective ends of a first straight line part and arranged to be substantially parallel with each other, and a circular arc part that connects ends of a pair of second straight line parts on opposite sides of the first straight line part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroki Shimoji, Tsukasa Hoshino, Ryo Yamamoto, Haruna Yanagida, Koji Endo
  • Patent number: 8549837
    Abstract: An exhaust upstream section (48) of an exhaust apparatus (E) comprises a plurality of branch pipe portions (32), a plurality of intermediate collector pipe portions (33), a final collector pipe portion (34), and an exhaust gas-purifying unit (40). The exhaust gas-purifying unit (40) is disposed on a vehicle-rear side of an engine (1) to allow a gas passage thereinside to extend approximately in vehicle-widthwise direction, in top plan view. Each of the plurality of intermediate collector pipe portions (33) curves to allow an exhaust downstream region of the intermediate collector pipe portion (33) to be oriented toward one side or the other side of the vehicle-widthwise direction, in top plan view, and the final collector pipe portion (34) curves to allow an exhaust downstream region of the final collector pipe portion (34) to be oriented toward a vehicle-front side, in top plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Ushijima, Hirokazu Hasegawa, Yasushi Nakatani, Keishi Kitabatake, Yasushi Kusunoki, Toshiaki Kamo, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Daisuke Watanabe, Hiroki Shimoji, Masami Negami
  • Publication number: 20110126521
    Abstract: An exhaust upstream section (48) of an exhaust apparatus (E) comprises a plurality of branch pipe portions (32), a plurality of intermediate collector pipe portions (33), a final collector pipe portion (34), and an exhaust gas-purifying unit (40). The exhaust gas-purifying unit (40) is disposed on a vehicle-rear side of an engine (1) to allow a gas passage thereinside to extend approximately in a vehicle-widthwise direction, in top plan view. Each of the plurality of intermediate collector pipe portions (33) curves to allow an exhaust downstream region of the intermediate collector pipe portion (33) to be oriented toward one side or the other side of the vehicle-widthwise direction, in top plan view, and the final collector pipe portion (34) curves to allow an exhaust downstream region of the final collector pipe portion (34) to be oriented toward a vehicle-front side, in top plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji USHIJIMA, Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Yasushi NAKATANI, Keishi KITABATAKE, Yasushi KUSUNOKI, Toshiaki KAMO, Yoshitaka NAKAMURA, Daisuke WATANABE, Hiroki SHIMOJI, Masami NEGAMI
  • Publication number: 20110126522
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exhaust apparatus (E) for a transverse engine (1) coupled with a transmission (11) located on one side thereof in a cylinder arrangement direction. The exhaust apparatus (E) has an upstream exhaust assembly (48) which comprises a plurality of branch pipe portions (32), a single exhaust pipe portion (34), and an exhaust gas-purifying unit (40). The exhaust gas-purifying unit (40) is disposed on a vehicle-rear side of the engine (1) to allow a gas passage thereinside to extend approximately in a vehicle-widthwise direction, in top plan view. The upstream exhaust assembly (48) includes, on an exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion (34), a section which curves to allow an exhaust downstream region of the section to be oriented toward one side of the vehicle-widthwise direction which is a direction coming close to the transmission (11), in top plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji USHIJIMA, Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Yasushi NAKATANI, Keishi KITABATAKE, Yasushi KUSUNOKI, Toshiaki KAMO, Yoshitaka NAKAMURA, Daisuke WATANABE, Hiroki SHIMOJI, Masami NEGAMI