Patents by Inventor Kouji Nagai
Kouji Nagai 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).
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Patent number: 10934882Abstract: A wastegate is attached to a turbine housing of a turbocharger. The wastegate opens and closes a bypass passage. An actuator is coupled to the wastegate via a link mechanism. The link mechanism includes a link rod and a link arm. The longitudinal direction of the link rod in a state in which the bypass passage is fully closed is defined as a width direction of the link arm. The coupling center position in the link arm to which the link rod is coupled is located at a position offset in a direction in which the link rod moves to open the wastegate from a middle of the link arm in the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kouji Nagai, Akitoshi Iwata, Akihiro Asano, Takayasu Ogasawara, Yasuko Inoue
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Publication number: 20200088062Abstract: A wastegate is attached to a turbine housing of a turbocharger. The wastegate opens and closes a bypass passage. An actuator is coupled to the wastegate via a link mechanism. The link mechanism includes a link rod and a link arm. The longitudinal direction of the link rod in a state in which the bypass passage is fully closed is defined as a width direction of the link arm. The coupling center position in the link arm to which the link rod is coupled is located at a position offset in a direction in which the link rod moves to open the wastegate from a middle of the link arm in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kouji NAGAI, Akitoshi IWATA, Akihiro ASANO, Takayasu OGASAWARA, Yasuko INOUE
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Patent number: 9719374Abstract: A turbine housing includes a first shell member and a third shell member, which are formed from metal sheets and forming a housing body, and a tongue member, which is fixed to inner circumferential surfaces of the shell members and discrete from the shell members. The tongue member defines an inlet port and a scroll compartment in the housing body.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Maeda, Kouji Nagai
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Patent number: 9261109Abstract: A turbine housing includes an outer housing member, which has a proximal housing portion and a distal housing portion, and an inner housing member, which is provided inside the outer housing member and has a shroud surface that faces a turbine wheel in an axial direction. A distal portion of the inner housing member serves as a slide portion slidable in the axial direction. Further, a proximal portion of the inner housing member is fixed to the proximal housing portion at a part closer to a distal side than a proximal portion of the proximal housing portion. Further, a scroll portion is formed by the inner housing member and a proximal scroll portion of the proximal housing portion located closer to a proximal side than the inner housing member.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Maeda, Kouji Nagai, Tomoyuki Isogai, Hiroki Matsui, Masanori Saeki
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Publication number: 20140119907Abstract: A turbine housing includes an outer housing member, which has a proximal housing portion and a distal housing portion, and an inner housing member, which is provided inside the outer housing member and has a shroud surface that faces a turbine wheel in an axial direction. A distal portion of the inner housing member serves as a slide portion slidable in the axial direction. Further, a proximal portion of the inner housing member is fixed to the proximal housing portion at a part closer to a distal side than a proximal portion of the proximal housing portion. Further, a scroll portion is formed by the inner housing member and a proximal scroll portion of the proximal housing portion located closer to a proximal side than the inner housing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2011Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Maeda, Kouji Nagai, Tomoyuki Isogai, Hiroki Matsui, Masanori Saeki
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Publication number: 20130108414Abstract: A turbine housing includes a first shell member and a third shell member, which are formed from metal sheets and forming a housing body, and a tongue member, which is fixed to inner circumferential surfaces of the shell members and and discrete from the shell members and. The tongue member defines an inlet port and a scroll compartment in the housing body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Maeda, Kouji Nagai
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Publication number: 20080156138Abstract: When a lower column 3 tilts upwards or downwards, a vehicular front end face 831 of a resin cover 83 having a small friction coefficient tilts slidably along a first guide surface 22A of a left-hand side plate 22 of a vehicle body mounting upper bracket 2. Consequently, since there emerges no situation in which the front end face 831 is caught on the first guide surface 22A of the left-hand side plate of the vehicle body mounting upper bracket 2, a smooth tilt position adjustment can be implemented without any abnormal noise. Further, in secondary collision, the front end face 831 of the resin cover 83 collides with the first guide surface 22A of the left-hand side plate 22 of the vehicle body mounting upper bracket 2, whereby frontward impact force can be transmitted to the vehicle body mounting upper bracket 2 in an ensured fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Masaki TOMARU, Kouji NAGAI, Kouhei YONEZAWA
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Patent number: 7381493Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for fuel cell containing: a flat plate member; a gas passage-side member provided on one side of the flat plate member and having passages for passing a reactant gas therethrough; and a cooling water passage-side member provided on the other side of the flat plate member and having passages for passing cooling water therethrough, wherein the gas passage-side member and the cooling water passage-side member are formed from first and second conductive resin compositions which are different from each other, respectively, and the difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the gas passage-side member in its thickness direction and the thermal expansion coefficient of the cooling water passage-side member in a direction perpendicular to its thickness direction is 25×10?6 /K or smaller, and wherein the flat plate member contains at least one of the first and second conductive resin compositions.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Nichias CorporationInventors: Hideto Ishikawa, Atsushi Omura, Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Kouji Nagai, Tetsuo Ohinata
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Publication number: 20060210860Abstract: A separator for fuel cells, comprising: a conductive filler comprising expanded graphite; a binder; and carbon fibers, wherein the separator has a deflection in flexure at break of 1 mm or larger, a modulus in flexure of 10 GPa or lower, and a flexural strength of 30 MPa or higher, each as examined at 100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: Nichias CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Atsushi Omura, Hideto Nakano, Kouji Nagai, Tetsuo Ohinata
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Publication number: 20060183013Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell separator containing an electroconductive resin composition, wherein the electroconductive resin composition is produced from a mixture containing: a thermosetting resin containing an epoxy resin; a curing agent; a curing accelerator; and a carbon material containing an expanded graphite, wherein the electroconductive resin composition has an elution characteristic so that a dipping water after dipping the electroconductive resin composition for 500 hours at 90° C., in which the volume of the dipping water is 1 cm3 with respect to the weight of the electroconductive resin composition of 5.1 g, has an electroconductivity of 50 ?S/cm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Atsushi Omura, Hideto Nakano, Kouji Nagai, Tetsuo Ohinata
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Publication number: 20050123822Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for fuel cell containing: a flat plate member; a gas passage-side member provided on one side of the flat plate member and having passages for passing a reactant gas therethrough; and a cooling water passage-side member provided on the other side of the flat plate member and having passages for passing cooling water therethrough, wherein the gas passage-side member and the cooling water passage-side member are formed from first and second conductive resin compositions which are different from each other, respectively, and the difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the gas passage-side member in its thickness direction and the thermal expansion coefficient of the cooling water passage-side member in a direction perpendicular to its thickness direction is 25×10?6 /K or smaller, and wherein the flat plate member contains at least one of the first and second conductive resin compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: Nichias CorporationInventors: Hideto Ishikawa, Atsushi Omura, Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Kouji Nagai, Tetsuo Ohinata
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Publication number: 20050118483Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for fuel cell formed from a conductive resin composition, wherein the difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the separator for fuel cell in the thickness direction and that in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction is 20×10?6 K?1 or smaller, a forming material of a separator for fuel cell and a process for producing a separator for fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2004Publication date: June 2, 2005Applicant: Nichias CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Ohinata, Atsushi Omura, Hideto Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Kouji Nagai
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Patent number: 6884538Abstract: A fuel cell separator containing conductive material and epoxy resin is provided. In the fuel cell, the epoxy resin is made of solid epoxy resin whose epoxy equivalent weight is 300-500. Further, according to another fuel cell separator, raw materials containing not lower than 60 weight % of conductive material and 34-40 weight % of resin material are kneaded, and adjusted to have a flow index of 5-20%. A kneaded compound is compression-molded so that a fuel cell separator is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Nichias CorporationInventors: Sinzaburou Suzuki, Toru Segawa, Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Kouji Nagai
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Publication number: 20020177028Abstract: A fuel cell separator containing conductive material and epoxy resin is provided. In the fuel cell, the epoxy resin is made of solid epoxy resin whose epoxy equivalent weight is 300-500. Further, according to another fuel cell separator, raw materials containing not lower than 60 weight % of conductive material and 34-40 weight % of resin material are kneaded, and adjusted to have a flow index of 5-20%. A kneaded compound is compression-molded so that a fuel cell separator is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: Sinzaburou Suzuki, Toru Segawa, Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Kouji Nagai
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Publication number: 20020177030Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator, characterized in that graphite and carbon black are mixed into molten thermoplastic resin material so that melt mixing is carried out, and the obtained kneaded compound is formed into a predetermined shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Toru Segawa, Atusi Omura, Kouji Nagai
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Semiconductor type differential pressure measurement apparatus and method for manufacturing the same
Patent number: 5375473Abstract: A semiconductor type differential pressure measurement apparatus is disclosed comprising a measuring diaphragm having its periphery fixed, and two measuring chambers, each having a predetermined spacing along both surfaces of the measuring diaphragm, and which detects differential pressure within allowable limits of measurement. When an overpressure is applied, the diaphragm is stopped by a wall of a measuring chamber to prevent the diaphragm from being damaged by overpressure, so that no additional mechanism is required to prevent damage from overpressure. One embodiment utilizes an additional chamber and overhang to reduce overpressure. Another embodiment utilizes a measuring chamber having the two sides of the diaphragm exposed to the ambient to eliminate need for a pressure resistant casing. In a further embodiment, injected impurities serve as a terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1993Date of Patent: December 27, 1994Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Kyoichi Ikeda, Tetsuya Watanabe, Hideo Tsukamoto, Takahiro Kudo, Kouji Nagai, Satoshi Fukuhara -
Patent number: 4776768Abstract: A radial plunger pump is provided which includes a motor housing having a motor mounted therein. A pump housing is further provided and has a pump portion defined therein. A shaft is mounted between the motor and the pump portion so that the pump portion operates when rotation of the motor is transmitted to the pump portion by rotation of the shaft. A constant pressure chamber is defined between a first seal member and a second seal member both of which are fixed to the pump housing. The leakage of oil from the pump housing toward the motor housing is prevented by the first and second seal members and the constant pressure chamber. Further, a plate is provided within the constant pressure chamber which rotates with the shaft and prevents the entry of foreign objects into the constant pressure chamber through a constant pressure port which communicates to the ambient atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1987Date of Patent: October 11, 1988Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kondoh, Akihiko Sawada, Yoshiaki Ito, Kouji Nagai, Hideyuki Koiki