Patents by Inventor Masahumi KURITA
Masahumi KURITA 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: 11280231Abstract: A balancer apparatus equipped with an oil pump includes a pump housing including a pump containing chamber provided therein, a pump forming member contained in the pump containing chamber and configured to discharge oil introduced from an intake portion from a discharge portion to an oil passage of the internal combustion engine when a rotational force is transmitted thereto, a control oil chamber provided between the pump containing chamber and the pump forming member in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the pump forming member and configured to change a hydraulic pressure of the oil to be discharged from the pump forming member with the aid of the oil introduced therein after being discharged from the discharge portion, passing through an oil passage of the internal combustion engine, and being subjected to a pressure adjustment, and a balancer housing including a bearing retainer portion configured to transmit the rotational force from the internal combustion engine to the pump forminType: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Masahumi Kurita, Takashi Hirano, Masaharu Kitamura
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Publication number: 20210396165Abstract: A balancer apparatus equipped with an oil pump includes a pump housing including a pump containing chamber provided therein, a pump forming member contained in the pump containing chamber and configured to discharge oil introduced from an intake portion from a discharge portion to an oil passage of the internal combustion engine when a rotational force is transmitted thereto, a control oil chamber provided between the pump containing chamber and the pump forming member in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the pump forming member and configured to change a hydraulic pressure of the oil to be discharged from the pump forming member with the aid of the oil introduced therein after being discharged from the discharge portion, passing through an oil passage of the internal combustion engine, and being subjected to a pressure adjustment, and a balancer housing including a bearing retainer portion configured to transmit the rotational force from the internal combustion engine to the pump forminType: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masahumi KURITA, Takashi HIRANO, Masaharu KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20210189922Abstract: A gear configured to rotate as a unit with a shaft, the gear includes: a plurality of annular grooves formed on both side surfaces of the gear in a direction of a rotation axis of the shaft, at least partially overlapped when viewed from the direction of the rotation axis, and at least partially overlapped in a radial direction with respect to the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masahumi KURITA, Masaharu KITAMURA
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Patent number: 10907516Abstract: There is provided a balancer device for an internal combustion engine that suppresses lubricating oil from failing onto a reduction gear and a pump drive gear provided to drive and rotate an oil pump and thereby suppresses an increase in resistance against rotation between the reduction gear and the pump drive gear. The balancer device for the internal combustion engine includes a lower side housing on which a balancer drive gear, a first balancer shaft including a first balance weight, a first gear, a second gear, a second balancer shaft including a second balance weight, and the reduction gear are mounted.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi Matsuo, Masaharu Kitamura, Masahumi Kurita
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Patent number: 10851685Abstract: Balancer shaft 5 and 6 rotatably set through bearings 11˜14 and an oil pump 2 driven by power from the balancer shaft 5 and 6 are provided in a balancer housing. Oil discharged from an outlet portion 42 of the oil pump 2 is supplied to a main oil gallery 10 through an outlet passage 48. A bearing filter 55 that filters a part of the oil is provided in the outlet passage 48 that extends from the outlet portion 42. A communication passage 50 that branches off from the outlet passage 48 and communicates with the bearings 11˜14 supplies a part of the oil having been filtered by the bearing filter 55 to the bearings 11˜14. By filtering the oil that is going to be supplied to the bearing portion, decrease in durability of the bearing portion can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masaharu Kitamura, Takashi Hirano, Masahumi Kurita
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Publication number: 20200332856Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve design flexibility of a balancer apparatus. A balancer apparatus includes a balancer shaft, a balancer housing, and an oil pump including an oil pump housing formed separately from the balancer housing and attached to the balancer housing. The balancer housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing formed separately from the upper housing. The lower housing includes first to third bosses configured to fasten the oil pump to the lower housing. The first and second bosses protrude downward on one end side of an axial direction of the balancer shaft. The third boss is disposed on an upper side with respect to the first and second bosses. The first and second bosses are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction in such a manner that a recessed portion is formed therebetween. The oil pump includes an intake portion having an opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Masahumi KURITA
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Publication number: 20200063612Abstract: There is provided a balancer device for an internal combustion engine that suppresses lubricating oil from failing onto a reduction gear and a pump drive gear provided to drive and rotate an oil pump and thereby suppresses an increase in resistance against rotation between the reduction gear and the pump drive gear. The balancer device for the internal combustion engine includes a lower side housing on which a balancer drive gear, a first balancer shaft including a first balance weight, a first gear, a second gear, a second balancer shaft including a second balance weight, and the reduction gear are mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi MATSUO, Masaharu KITAMURA, Masahumi KURITA
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Publication number: 20200018198Abstract: Balancer shaft 5 and 6 rotatably set through bearings 11˜14 and an oil pump 2 driven by power from the balancer shaft 5 and 6 are provided in a balancer housing. Oil discharged from an outlet portion 42 of the oil pump 2 is supplied to a main oil gallery 10 through an outlet passage 48. A bearing filter 55 that filters a part of the oil is provided in the outlet passage 48 that extends from the outlet portion 42. A communication passage 50 that branches off from the outlet passage 48 and communicates with the bearings 11˜14 supplies a part of the oil having been filtered by the bearing filter 55 to the bearings 11˜14. By filtering the oil that is going to be supplied to the bearing portion, decrease in durability of the bearing portion can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masaharu KITAMURA, Takashi HIRANO, Masahumi KURITA