Patents by Inventor Ichiro Moritake

Ichiro Moritake 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: 5867985
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an engine includes a manifold body 7 having a plurality of branch pipes and a common collecting chamber integrally connected to the branch pipes and communicating with an exhaust emission control device is divided into an upper half and a lower half at a boundary face extending in a direction of arrangement of the branch pipes. The upper and lower halves are made of steel plates and welded to each other. In the exhaust manifold, a welding mating coupler is formed by outer edges of the upper and lower halves, and a welding stepped superposing coupler is formed by inner edges of the upper and lower halves. Thus, during welding, it is possible to limit the misalignment of the upper and lower halves in a direction along the boundary face and the misalignment of the upper and lower halves in a direction perpendicular to the boundary face by cooperation of the mating coupler and the stepped superposing coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Yutaka Giken Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Hirokazu Mori, Shuichi Nishizaki, Koichi Tanino, Masafumi Imasaka, Ichiro Moritake, Hirokazu Shirai