Patents by Inventor Hironobu Ariga

Hironobu Ariga 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: 5425342
    Abstract: An apparatus for injecting fuel into an engine through fuel injectors connected to a fuel tank through a fuel supply passage having a fuel pump provided therein. The apparatus include a first pressure regulator provided in the fuel supply passage between the fuel pump and the fuel injectors for varying the amount of excess fuel returned through a first return passage to the fuel tank to maintain a first predetermined pressure differential across the fuel injectors. The apparatus also includes a second pressure regulator provided in the fuel supply passage downstream of the fuel injectors for varying the amount of excess fuel returned through a second return passage to the fuel tank to maintain a second predetermined pressure differential across the fuel injectors. The second predetermined pressure differential is higher than the first predetermined pressure differential. A control valve is provided in the first return passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Ariga, Kazuhiro Sato