Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi Okada

Nobuyoshi Okada 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: 11371414
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust system for an engine in which a fastening force of a fastener hardly decreases. An exhaust system for an engine includes: an exhaust passage component of ferrous metal; and a fastener that fastens the exhaust passage component to other parts, the exhaust passage component including a pressure receiving surface that receives a fastening force of the fastener. The oxide film of triiron tetraoxide is formed on the pressure receiving surface of the exhaust passage component. It is preferable that the oxide film of triiron tetraoxide be also formed on an outer surface other than the pressure receiving surface of the exhaust passage component. It is preferable that the oxide film of triiron tetraoxide be also formed on an inner surface of the exhaust passage component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oso, Nobuyoshi Okada, Hideyuki Koyama, Yoshinori Tanaka, Kenji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11261780
    Abstract: There is provided an engine equipped with a supercharger that suppresses heat deterioration of engine oil. The engine equipped with a supercharger includes a supercharger; an oil supply passage that supplies engine oil to a shaft bearing part of the supercharger; an oil discharge passage that discharges the engine oil from the shaft bearing part of the supercharger; and a water-cooling-type oil cooler. The water-cooling-type oil cooler is provided in the oil discharge passage, and the engine oil discharged from the shaft bearing part of the supercharger is cooled by the engine cooling water that passes the water-cooling-type oil cooler. The engine cooling water is desirably supplied from the cylinder jacket to the water-cooling-type oil cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oso, Nobuyoshi Okada, Shingo Matsunobu, Yoshinori Tanaka, Ayako Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10982576
    Abstract: In an engine that includes a blow-by-gas returning system configured to direct blow-by gas within a crankcase to an intake system through an inside of a head cover, the intake system includes a cover intake-passage disposed at a blow-by-gas outlet of the head cover, and the cover intake-passage communicates with a blow-by-gas passage of the blow-by-gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oso, Akira Tanaka, Hideyuki Koyama, Rina Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20200340388
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust system for an engine in which a fastening force of a fastener hardly decreases. An exhaust system for an engine includes: an exhaust passage component of ferrous metal; and a fastener that fastens the exhaust passage component to other parts, the exhaust passage component including a pressure receiving surface that receives a fastening force of the fastener. The oxide film of triiron tetraoxide is formed on the pressure receiving surface of the exhaust passage component. It is preferable that the oxide film of triiron tetraoxide be also formed on an outer surface other than the pressure receiving surface of the exhaust passage component. It is preferable that the oxide film of triiron tetraoxide be also formed on an inner surface of the exhaust passage component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki OSO, Nobuyoshi OKADA, Hideyuki KOYAMA, Yoshinori TANAKA, Kenji OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10815911
    Abstract: There is provided an engine stopping device including a stopping solenoid, where an operating shaft, interlocked to a control rack of a fuel injection pump, is rotatably supported by an engine case in a pass-through manner. The control rack is forcibly movable to a stopping position by an action of the stopping solenoid on an operation arm provided for a projecting portion of the operating shaft in an integrally rotatable manner. An extending-retracting rod of the stopping solenoid and the operation arm are interlocked by fitting engagement between a pin provided for the extending-retracting rod and a cut-out portion of the operation arm. The cut-out portion is configured in a shape elongated along a direction perpendicular to a movement trajectory of the extending-retracting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Hiroki Oso, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hideyuki Koyama, Takahiro Yamazaki, Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20200132122
    Abstract: There is provided an engine equipped with a supercharger that suppresses heat deterioration of engine oil. The engine equipped with a supercharger includes a supercharger; an oil supply passage that supplies engine oil to a shaft bearing part of the supercharger; an oil discharge passage that discharges the engine oil from the shaft bearing part of the supercharger; and a water-cooling-type oil cooler. The water-cooling-type oil cooler is provided in the oil discharge passage, and the engine oil discharged from the shaft bearing part of the supercharger is cooled by the engine cooling water that passes the water-cooling-type oil cooler. The engine cooling water is desirably supplied from the cylinder jacket to the water-cooling-type oil cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki OSO, Nobuyoshi OKADA, Shingo MATSUNOBU, Yoshinori TANAKA, Ayako SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20190345855
    Abstract: In an engine that includes a blow-by-gas returning system configured to direct blow-by gas within a crankcase to an intake system through an inside of a head cover, the intake system includes a cover intake-passage disposed at a blow-by-gas outlet of the head cover, and the cover intake-passage communicates with a blow-by-gas passage of the blow-by-gas outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroki OSO, Akira TANAKA, Hideyuki KOYAMA, Rina KANEKO, Nobuyoshi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20190186386
    Abstract: There is provided an engine stopping device including a stopping solenoid, where an operating shaft, interlocked to a control rack of a fuel injection pump, is rotatably supported by an engine case in a pass-through manner. The control rack is forcibly movable to a stopping position by an action of the stopping solenoid on an operation arm provided for a projecting portion of the operating shaft in an integrally rotatable manner. An extending-retracting rod of the stopping solenoid and the operation arm are interlocked by fitting engagement between a pin provided for the extending-retracting rod and a cut-out portion of the operation arm. The cut-out portion is configured in a shape elongated along a direction perpendicular to a movement trajectory of the extending-retracting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Akira TANAKA, Hiroki OSO, Yoshinori TANAKA, Hideyuki KOYAMA, Takahiro YAMAZAKI, Nobuyoshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 9487852
    Abstract: A manufacturing equipment for galvanized steel sheet includes coating tub to coat steel sheet dipped in coating bath wherein the bath including molten zinc and Al is stored at bath temperature T1, separating tub to separate by a flotation top-dross by precipitating the top-dross in the bath wherein the bath transferred from the coating tub is stored at bath temperature T2 lower than T1, adjusting tub to dissolve dross wherein the bath transferred from the separating tub is stored at bath temperature T3 higher than T2 and Fe of the bath is unsaturated, and circulator to circulate the bath in order of the coating tub, the separating tub, and the adjusting tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Okada, Masanori Hoshino, Atsushi Sakatoku
  • Patent number: 9181612
    Abstract: A manufacturing equipment for galvannealed steel sheet includes coating tub to coat steel sheet dipped in coating bath wherein the bath including molten zinc and is stored at bath temperature T1, separating tub to separate by flotation top-dross by precipitating the top-dross in the bath wherein the bath transferred from the coating tub is stored at bath temperature T2 lower than T1, Fe of the bath is supersaturated, and Al concentration A2 of the bath is controlled to high concentration by supplying first metal, adjusting tub to adjust Al concentration A3 of the bath by supplying second metal wherein the bath transferred from the separating tub is stored at bath temperature T3 higher than T2, Fe of the bath is unsaturated, and dross is dissolved, and circulator to circulate the bath in order of the coating tub, the separating tub, and the adjusting tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Okada, Masanori Hoshino, Atsushi Sakatoku
  • Publication number: 20130156963
    Abstract: A manufacturing equipment for galvanized steel sheet includes coating tub to coat steel sheet dipped in coating bath wherein the bath including molten zinc and Al is stored at bath temperature T1, separating tub to separate by a flotation top-dross by precipitating the top-dross in the bath wherein the bath transferred from the coating tub is stored at bath temperature T2 lower than T1, adjusting tub to dissolve dross wherein the bath transferred from the separating tub is stored at bath temperature T3 higher than T2 and Fe of the bath is unsaturated, and circulator to circulate the bath in order of the coating tub, the separating tub, and the adjusting tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Okada, Masanori Hoshino, Atsushi Sakatoku
  • Publication number: 20130156964
    Abstract: A manufacturing equipment for galvannealed steel sheet includes coating tub to coat steel sheet dipped in coating bath wherein the bath including molten zinc and Al is stored at bath temperature T1, separating tub to separate by flotation top-dross by precipitating the top-dross in the bath wherein the bath transferred from the coating tub is stored at bath temperature T2 lower than T1, Fe of the bath is supersaturated, and Al concentration A2 of the bath is controlled to high concentration by supplying first metal, adjusting tub to adjust Al concentration A3 of the bath by supplying second metal wherein the bath transferred from the separating tub is stored at bath temperature T3 higher than T2, Fe of the bath is unsaturated, and dross is dissolved, and circulator to circulate the bath in order of the coating tub, the separating tub, and the adjusting tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Okada, Masanori Hoshino, Atsushi Sakatoku
  • Publication number: 20090123651
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in a hot dip plating system having an annealing furnace for hot dip plating steel sheet containing Si, a continuous annealing and hot dip plating method and system causing internal oxidation without causing surface oxidation of the Si in the steel and avoiding a drop in the plating ability of the steel sheet and retardation of alloying, that is, a continuous annealing and hot dip plating method using an annealing furnace having, in order, a front heating zone, rear heating zone, soaking zone, and cooling zone and a hot dip plating bath, comprising heating or soaking the steel sheet at a steel sheet temperature of a temperature range of at least 300° C. or more by indirect heating, making an atmosphere of the zones one comprised of hydrogen H: 1 to 10 vol % and a balance of nitrogen and unavoidable impurities, making a steel sheet peak temperature during heating at the front heating zone 550 to 750° C. and making the dew point less than ?25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Patent number: 7054548
    Abstract: The central position of each heating body 1 in the fluid flow direction is referred to as a heating body central position, the central position of a heat radiating section 33a located between the neighboring heating bodies 1 in the fluid flow direction is referred to as a heat radiating section central position, the end of a heat radiating section 33b connected to a pump 6 on the opposite side of a heat absorbing section is referred to as a heat radiating section front, the distances along the fluid flow from the heating body central position to the heat radiating section central position are referred to as heat transport distances and the distances from the heating body central position to the heat radiating section front are referred to as heat transport distances. S>=the maximum heat transport distance Lmax holds. Lmax is the longest of the heat transport distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Inoue, Kenichi Nara, Kimio Kohara, Shigeru Kadota, Nobunao Suzuki, Yukinori Hatano, Fumiaki Nakamura, Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20060011332
    Abstract: The central position of each heating body 1 in the fluid flow direction is referred to as a heating body central position, the central position of a heat radiating section 33a located between the neighboring heating bodies 1 in the fluid flow direction is referred to as a heat radiating section central position, the end of a heat radiating section 33b connected to a pump 6 on the opposite side of a heat absorbing section is referred to as a heat radiating section front, the distances along the fluid flow from the heating body central position to the heat radiating section central position are referred to as heat transport distances and the distances from the heating body central position to the heat radiating section front are referred to as heat transport distances. S>=the maximum heat transport distance Lmax holds. Lmax is the longest of the heat transport distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Inoue, Kenichi Nara, Kimio Kohara, Shigeru Kadota, Nobunao Suzuki, Yukinori Hatano, Fumiaki Nakamura, Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20030189276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dual-purpose installation for continuous annealing and hot dip plating to produce a continuously annealed steel sheet and a hot dip plated steel sheet by switching process routes in the single installation, and according to the present invention, by installing a bypass facility which leads a steel sheet from a continuous annealing furnace to a water quenching facility without it traveling through a plating pot and a plating facility in the a dual-purpose installation for continuous annealing and hot dip plating, it becomes possible to prevent the steel sheet coming out from the annealing furnace from being exposed to the outside atmosphere and being oxidized during the production of a continuously annealed product and to realize a less expensive dual-purpose installation for continuous annealing and hot dip plating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Masanori Hoshino, Kouichi Terahara, Motofumi Takemura, Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Patent number: 6361881
    Abstract: A coating aluminized steel sheet suitable for fuel tanks, which comprises (a) a steel sheet, (b) an aluminized-plating layer formed on one or both sides of the steel sheet and based on aluminum or an aluminum alloy containing 2-15 wt% silicon, and (c) a coating layer formed on at least one of the aluminizing layers and selected from the group consisting of i) a resin chromate film having a film thickness of 0.1-2 &mgr;m and containing a resin and a chromic acid compound, with the resin/metal chromium weight ratio in the range of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Teruaki Izaki, Jun Maki, Masahiro Fuda, Nobuyoshi Okada, Takayuki Ohmori
  • Patent number: 5827618
    Abstract: This invention provides a rust-proofed steel sheet for a fuel tank including an alloy layer containing at least one of Ni, Fe, Zn and Sn and deposited on the surface of a steel sheet to a thickness of 2 .mu.m per surface, and a Sn--Zn alloy plating layer consisting of 40 to 99 wt % of Sn and the balance of iron, containing not greater than 20 crystals/0.25 mm.sup.2 of zinc crystals having a major diameter of not greater than 250 .mu.m and deposited on the alloy layer to a thickness of 2 to 50 .mu.m per surface. The to-be-plated steel sheet to which the plating layer is applied has a composition consisting of C.ltoreq.0.1%, Si.ltoreq.0.1%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.2%, P.ltoreq.0.040%, Al<0.1% and if necessary, at least one of B, Ti, Nb and Cr, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. This invention provides also a production method of a rust-proofing steel sheet for a fuel tank comprising the steps of applying Ni--Fe type pre-plating to an annealed steel sheet in a quantity of 0.1 to 3.0 g/m.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yashichi Oyagi, Takayuki Omori, Masahiro Fuda, Ken Sawada, Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Patent number: 5789089
    Abstract: A hot-dipped aluminum coated steel sheet including, on the surface thereof, a coating layer consisting of 2 to 15 wt % of Si, not greater than 1.2 wt % of Fe, 0.005 to 0.6 wt % of Mn, 0.002 to 0.05 wt % of Cr and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities, and an alloy layer disposed between the coating layer and the steel sheet, having a thickness of not greater than 7 .mu.m and having a mean composition consisting of 20 to 50 wt % of Fe, 3 to 20 wt % of Si, 0.1 to 10 wt % of Mn, 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of Cr and the balance substantially consisting of Al. This steel sheet can be produced by conducting coating in a coating bath consisting of 3 to 15 wt % of Si, 0.5 to 3.5 wt % of Fe, 0.05 to 1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Cr and the balance substantially consisting of Al, or by adjusting the sum of the concentrations of Zn and Sn in the impurities in the coating layer to not greater than 1 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Maki, Takayuki Ohmori, Masaaki Enjuji, Haruhiko Eguchi, Masaaki Yamamoto, Yu Ando, Yusho Oyama, Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Patent number: 4891274
    Abstract: A hot-dip aluminium coated steel sheet having excellent corrosion resistance and heat resistance, comprising a steel substrate containing 3 to 18% chromium, not more than 0.02% carbon, 0.1 to 1.5% manganese, 0.005 to 0.08% aluminium, not more than 0.1% silicon, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, and aluminium coating on said sheet substrate. The coated sheet may further comprises a coating layer of nickel or nickel-iron alloy (Ni: 1 to 99%) beneath the aluminium coating, or an Al-Fe-Si-Ni-Cr alloy coating layer of 1 to 10.mu. in thickness and containing 0.05 to 5% nickel, 0.2 to 10% chromium, beneath the aluminium coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Seijun Higuchi, Kenichi Asakawa, Takayuki Ohmori, Koji Umeno, Nobuyoshi Okada, Minoru Fujinaga, Fumio Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Yabe