Patents by Inventor Takayuki Hikami

Takayuki Hikami 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: 8291698
    Abstract: The sound insulation cover includes: a cover member 21 that is externally mounted on an exhaust manifold and that insulates transmission of noises to the outside; and a fixing means 22 that is combined with an opening 21a formed in the cover member 21 in correspondence to a fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold and that fixes the cover member 21 to the fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold. The fixing means 22 has: a ring-shaped cover holding plate 23 fixed to the cover member 21 along the edge portion of the opening 21a of the cover member 21; and a disk-shaped plate 24 fixed to the fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold. The inner peripheral portion of the cover holding plate 23 and the outer peripheral portion of the fixing plate 24 are formed into a ring-shaped depressed-projected fit portion 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Hikami
  • Patent number: 8220800
    Abstract: To provide a seal layer-transferred metal gasket that can effectively prevent degradation in seal performance due to the wearing and peeling of the coating layer. A head gasket is interposed between a cylinder block and a cylinder head. In the metal gasket seal layers made by laminating a separation layer, a coating layer and an adhesive layer in this order from the bead sheet side is formed at least on the surface of the bead sheet facing the cylinder block and the cylinder head, and, in a state where the head gasket is interposed between the cylinder block and the cylinder head and the three objects are closely attached to each other, the adhesive layer is adhered to the seal target members, and at least some portions of the coating layer and adhesive layer are separated from the bead sheet with a boundary at the separation layer and then transferred to the seal areas of the cylinder block and cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Umehara, Masahisa Kumashiro, Takayuki Hikami
  • Publication number: 20090000861
    Abstract: The sound insulation cover includes: a cover member 21 that is externally mounted on an exhaust manifold and that insulates transmission of noises to the outside; and a fixing means 22 that is combined with an opening 21a formed in the cover member 21 in correspondence to a fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold and that fixes the cover member 21 to the fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold. The fixing means 22 has: a ring-shaped cover holding plate 23 fixed to the cover member 21 along the edge portion of the opening 21a of the cover member 21; and a disk-shaped plate 24 fixed to the fixing portion 18a of the exhaust manifold. The inner peripheral portion of the cover holding plate 23 and the outer peripheral portion of the fixing plate 24 are formed into a ring-shaped depressed-projected fit portion 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Hikami
  • Publication number: 20080169615
    Abstract: To provide a seal layer-transferred metal gasket that can effectively prevent degradation in seal performance due to the wearing and peeling of the coating layer. A head gasket 1 is interposed between a cylinder block 2 and a cylinder head 3. In the metal gasket 1, seal layers 20 and 21 made by laminating a separation layer, a coating layer and an adhesive layer in this order from the bead sheet side is formed at least on the surface of the bead sheet 10 facing the cylinder block 2 and the cylinder head 3, and, in a state where the head gasket 1 is interposed between the cylinder block 2 and the cylinder head 3 and the three objects are closely attached to each other, the adhesive layer is adhered to the seal target members, and at least some portions of the coating layer and adhesive layer are separated from the bead sheet 10 with a boundary at the separation layer and then transferred to the seal areas 4 and 5 of the cylinder block 2 and cylinder head 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Umehara, Masahisa Kumashiro, Takayuki Hikami