Patents by Inventor Tadao Endoh

Tadao Endoh 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: 7832422
    Abstract: A valve includes a valve element; a valve seat; a coil spring; and a spring bearing portion. The coil spring, provided between the valve element and the spring bearing portion, presses the valve element toward the valve seat. An effective upper winding end of the coil spring and an effective lower winding end of the coil spring are offset from each other by 180 degrees in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Endoh, Akihiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20080042092
    Abstract: A valve includes a valve element; a valve seat; a coil spring; and a spring bearing portion. The coil spring, provided between the valve element and the spring bearing portion, presses the valve element toward the valve seat. An effective upper winding end of the coil spring and an effective lower winding end of the coil spring are offset from each other by 180 degrees in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadao Endoh, Akihiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 7124739
    Abstract: A fuel pressure adjusting apparatus which includes a casing which includes a fuel introduction port, and a fuel discharge port; and a cylindrical member which is housed in the casing, and which includes a valve seat at an end portion thereof, and a communication passage therein, the communication passage connecting the fuel introduction port to the fuel discharge port; a valve element which is provided on a fuel discharge port-side of the valve element in the casing, and which closes the communication passage when the valve element is seated on the valve seat; and a leaf spring which is provided at the fuel discharge port, and which applies force to the valve element in a direction toward the valve seat. The leaf spring includes a concave portion which supports the valve element, and which is formed such that there is a gap between the concave portion and the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignees: Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao Endoh, Katsumi Arai, Masaaki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20060021600
    Abstract: A fuel pressure adjusting apparatus which includes a casing which includes a fuel introduction port, and a fuel discharge port; and a cylindrical member which is housed in the casing, and which includes a valve seat at an end portion thereof, and a communication passage therein, the communication passage connecting the fuel introduction port to the fuel discharge port; a valve element which is provided on a fuel discharge port-side of the valve element in the casing, and which closes the communication passage when the valve element is seated on the valve seat; and a leaf spring which is provided at the fuel discharge port, and which applies force to the valve element in a direction toward the valve seat. The leaf spring includes a concave portion which supports the valve element, and which is formed such that there is a gap between the concave portion and the valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicants: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadao Endoh, Katsumi Arai, Masaaki Konishi