Patents by Inventor Kiyohisa Suzuki

Kiyohisa Suzuki 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: 9109276
    Abstract: A cylindrical internal surface processing method comprises forming a cylinder bore, roughening an upper section of the bore, depositing coating onto the bore, and machining a lower section of the bore and the coating. The forming of the cylinder bore includes forming the upper and lower sections with the lower section being axially spaced from the upper section and having an axial length greater than zero. The roughening creates a roughened surface such that a radially innermost edge of the roughened surface has an internal diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the lower section. The coating is deposited to cover the upper section and at least a portion of the lower section. The machining forms a tapered portion and a cylindrical portion, a radially outermost edge of the cylindrical portion having an internal diameter larger than that of a radially outermost edge of the roughened surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kanai, Kiyokazu Sugiyama, Eiji Shiotani, Kimio Nishimura, Junichi Uchiyama, Kiyohisa Suzuki, Jun Inomata, Daisuke Terada, Akira Shimizu, Hidenobu Matsuyama, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Takashi Iiya
  • Patent number: 8252372
    Abstract: A sprayed film forming method and apparatus in which the thickness of the sprayed film in a predetermined region is increased so as to unify the entire thickness. A sprayed film is formed at a cylinder bore inner surface while a spraying gun is moved in an axial direction during rotation inside the bore. Air inside the bore is sucked out to prevent foreign material from being caught in the sprayed film. The flow rate inside the bore tends to become higher at an axial end on a suction side, resulting in a thinned region. The supply speed of a wire serving as a spraying material to the spraying gun or the number of sprays in this region is higher than those at other portions. The thickness at the axial end of the bore is made equal while suppressing an increase in working time and spraying material used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Terada, Kiyohisa Suzuki, Eiji Shiotani, Akira Shimizu, Akiharu Tashiro, Kei Fujii
  • Patent number: 7874893
    Abstract: A honing method and honing control device suitable for the honing having a large processing area is provided. The honing control device includes a grinder and an expansion member for disposition in a processing hole of a workpiece. The amount of an expanding movement when the grinder contacts the inner surface of a gauge hole via the expansion member is stored as a target expansion amount by inserting a honing head into the gauge hole having the same size as a target processing diameter of a master gauge. Then, a honing of an inner surface of the processing hole is performed by inserting the honing head within a processing hole of a workpiece moving the grinder towards an outer side of a diametrical direction by the expansion member installed within the honing head to rotate the honing head. The honing is completed when the amount of the expanding movement of the grinder reaches a target expansion amount established by the master gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiharu Tashiro, Takayuki Monchujo, Kiyohisa Suzuki, Jun Inomata, Ryuji Fukada, Eiji Shiotani, Daisuke Terada, Kei Fujii
  • Publication number: 20110000085
    Abstract: A cylindrical internal surface processing method comprises forming a cylinder bore, roughening an upper section of the bore, depositing coating onto the bore, and machining a lower section of the bore and the coating. The forming of the cylinder bore includes forming the upper and lower sections with the lower section being axially spaced from the upper section and having an axial length greater than zero. The roughening creates a roughened surface such that a radially innermost edge of the roughened surface has an internal diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the lower section. The coating is deposited to cover the upper section and at least a portion of the lower section. The machining forms a tapered portion and a cylindrical portion, a radially outermost edge of the cylindrical portion having an internal diameter larger than that of a radially outermost edge of the roughened surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi KANAI, Kiyokazu SUGIYAMA, Eiji SHIOTANI, Kimio NISHIMURA, Junichi UCHIYAMA, Kiyohisa SUZUKI, Jun INOMATA, Daisuke TERADA, Akira SHIMIZU, Hidenobu MATSUYAMA, Kiyoshi HASEGAWA, Takashi IIYA
  • Publication number: 20090104348
    Abstract: A sprayed film forming method and apparatus in which the thickness of the sprayed film in a predetermined region is increased so as to unify the entire thickness. A sprayed film is formed at a cylinder bore inner surface while a spraying gun is moved in an axial direction during rotation inside the bore. Air inside the bore is sucked out to prevent foreign material from being caught in the sprayed film. The flow rate inside the bore tends to become higher at an axial end on a suction side, resulting in a thinned region. The supply speed of a wire serving as a spraying material to the spraying gun or the number of sprays in this region is higher than those at other portions. The thickness at the axial end of the bore is made equal while suppressing an increase in working time and spraying material used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Terada, Kiyohisa Suzuki, Eiji Shiotani, Akira Shimizu, Akiharu Tashiro, Kei Fujii
  • Publication number: 20080305716
    Abstract: A honing method and honing control device suitable for the honing having a large processing area is provided. The honing control device includes a grinder and an expansion member for disposition in a processing hole of a workpiece. The amount of an expanding movement when the grinder contacts the inner surface of a gauge hole via the expansion member is stored as a target expansion amount by inserting a honing head into the gauge hole having the same size as a target processing diameter of a master gauge. Then, a honing of an inner surface of the processing hole is performed by inserting the honing head within a processing hole of a workpiece moving the grinder towards an outer side of a diametrical direction by the expansion member installed within the honing head to rotate the honing head. The honing is completed when the amount of the expanding movement of the grinder reaches a target expansion amount established by the master gauge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiharu Tashiro, Takayuki Monchujo, Kiyohisa Suzuki, Jun Inomata, Ryuji Fukada, Eiji Shiotani, Daisuke Terada, Kei Fujii
  • Publication number: 20070190272
    Abstract: A thermally sprayed coating is deposited onto a cylindrical internal surface of a base member after a rough surface has been formed on the cylindrical internal surface. The tapered surface is configured such that the internal diameter of the axial end portion is larger than the internal diameter of the remaining portions of the cylinder bore internal surface. After the tapered surface is formed, the thermally sprayed coating is honed. This method prevents exfoliation of a thermally sprayed coating at an end portion of a cylindrical internal surface in a situation where honing or another mechanical finishing process is applied to the thermally sprayed coating after the coating is formed on the cylindrical internal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kanai, Kiyokazu Sugiyama, Eiji Shiotani, Kimio Nishimura, Junichi Uchiyama, Kiyohisa Suzuki, Jun Inomata, Daisuke Tearada, Akira Shimizu, Hidenobu Matsuyama, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Takashi Iiya
  • Patent number: 6910945
    Abstract: In a coarse honing step in a section (101), a honing head (15) provided with coarse honing hones (17) is inserted into a cylinder bore (13) of a cylinder block (11), the honing head 15 is rotated while axially moving it, and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder bore (13) is thereby ground. In the next idling step in a section (102), the cylinder block (11) is left as it is for (60) seconds to generate a springback (S). In a subsequent finishing honing step in a section (103), a honing head (21) provided with finishing honing hones (19) is inserted into the cylinder bore (13), the honing head (21) is rotated in a reverse direction to a rotational direction in the coarse honing step while axially moving it, and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder bore (13) is thereby ground. Further, a coolant is supplied to the sections of the coarse honing step, the idling step, and the finishing honing step from coolant nozzles (23), (25), and (27), respectively, using a common coolant supply source (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Suzuki, Takashi Iiya
  • Publication number: 20040048558
    Abstract: In a coarse honing step in a section (101), a honing head (15) provided with coarse honing hones (17) is inserted into a cylinder bore (13) of a cylinder block (11), the honing head 15 is rotated while axially moving it, and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder bore (13) is thereby ground. In the next idling step in a section (102), the cylinder block (11) is left as it is for (60) seconds to generate a springback (S). In a subsequent finishing honing step in a section (103), a honing head (21) provided with finishing honing hones (19) is inserted into the cylinder bore (13), the honing head (21) is rotated in a reverse direction to a rotational direction in the coarse honing step while axially moving it, and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder bore (13) is thereby ground. Further, a coolant is supplied to the sections of the coarse honing step, the idling step, and the finishing honing step from coolant nozzles (23), (25), and (27), respectively, using a common coolant supply source (29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Suzuki, Takashi Iiya
  • Patent number: 4416361
    Abstract: Friction facings comprising a non-woven fibrous lamina reinforced with stitching, and impregnated with a curable binder have improved resistance to delamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Suzuki, Yasunobu Yamamoto, Ryoichi Tomikawa, Toshiaki Sakabe, Hiroshi Ban, Nobuyasu Ishida