Patents by Inventor Katuhico Taniguchi

Katuhico Taniguchi 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).

  • Trochoid pump with radial clearances between the inner and outer rotors and between the outer rotor and the housing
    Patent number: 4976595
    Abstract: A trochoidal pump having an inner rotor and an outer rotor incorporated eccentrically to each other within a housing bore of a pump housing. The inner and outer rotors have internal and external teeth defined by a trochoid and held in intermeshing engagement. The center of the outer rotor is set to ensure that the distance defined between the tip ends of the internal and external teeth will be greater than zero when the tip end of the internal tooth of the inner rotor and the tip end of the external tooth of the outer rotor are positioned directly opposite each other by the rotation of the outer rotor in assocation with the inner rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Suzuki Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katuhico Taniguchi