Patents by Inventor Takayuki Takatoku

Takayuki Takatoku 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: 10107171
    Abstract: A cooling structure of an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block, an inner-block coolant passage, a cylinder head, and an inner-head coolant passage. In the cylinder block, cylinders are provided in a row in a cylinder row direction. The inner-head coolant passage is provided in the cylinder head and includes a main coolant passage, an upper exhaust side coolant passage, and a lower exhaust side coolant passage. The main coolant passage is provided above combustion chambers and extends in the cylinder row direction so that a coolant flows into the main coolant passage from the inner-block coolant passage at a first end side of the cylinder head in the cylinder row direction and so that the coolant flows out from the main coolant passage at a second end side of the cylinder head opposite to the first end side in the cylinder row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ogino, Takayuki Takatoku, Yukio Konishi
  • Publication number: 20160186641
    Abstract: A cooling structure of an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block, an inner-block coolant passage, a cylinder head, and an inner-head coolant passage. In the cylinder block, cylinders are provided in a row in a cylinder row direction. The inner-head coolant passage is provided in the cylinder head and includes a main coolant passage, an upper exhaust side coolant passage, and a lower exhaust side coolant passage. The main coolant passage is provided above combustion chambers and extends in the cylinder row direction so that a coolant flows into the main coolant passage from the inner-block coolant passage at a first end side of the cylinder head in the cylinder row direction and so that the coolant flows out from the main coolant passage at a second end side of the cylinder head opposite to the first end side in the cylinder row direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka OGINO, Takayuki TAKATOKU, Yukio KONISHI
  • Patent number: 9371748
    Abstract: A holding structure of an oil control valve includes an oil control valve, a cam holder, and a head cover. A valve portion is provided on a second end side of the oil control valve opposite to a first end side in a longitudinal direction. The valve portion is configured to switch oil passages by driving a solenoid portion and has a drain hole at a shaft end portion of the valve portion. The cam holder is attached to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and rotatably supports a camshaft of the internal combustion engine. A valve portion side of the oil control valve is embedded in the cam holder and supported by the cam holder. An axis of the oil control valve in the longitudinal direction is oriented towards the camshaft. The head cover is provided on an upper portion of the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Konishi, Hirotaka Ogino, Takayuki Takatoku
  • Publication number: 20150128889
    Abstract: A holding structure of an oil control valve includes an oil control valve, a cam holder, and a head cover. A valve portion is provided on a second end side of the oil control valve opposite to a first end side in a longitudinal direction. The valve portion is configured to switch oil passages by driving a solenoid portion and has a drain hole at a shaft end portion of the valve portion. The cam holder is attached to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and rotatably supports a camshaft of the internal combustion engine. A valve portion side of the oil control valve is embedded in the cam holder and supported by the cam holder. An axis of the oil control valve in the longitudinal direction is oriented towards the camshaft. The head cover is provided on an upper portion of the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio KONISHI, Hirotaka OGINO, Takayuki TAKATOKU
  • Patent number: 7798108
    Abstract: A water-jacket structure, for a water-cooled internal combustion engine, forms a cylinder block water jacket in a cylinder block so as to surround cylinder bores formed in the cylinder block to make cooling water flow through the cylinder block water jacket into a cylinder head water jacket formed in a cylinder head joined to the cylinder block. An upper connecting opening is formed in an upper part of the cylinder block water jacket so as to open into the cylinder head water jacket. In the cylinder block is formed a lower connecting passage opening into a lower part of the cylinder block water jacket, extending upward, and connecting to the cylinder head water jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konishi, Hirosuke Niwa, Junya Iino, Takayuki Takatoku, Makoto Ito
  • Publication number: 20080283001
    Abstract: A water-jacket structure, for a water-cooled internal combustion engine, forms a cylinder block water jacket in a cylinder block so as to surround cylinder bores formed in the cylinder block to make cooling water flow through the cylinder block water jacket into a cylinder head water jacket formed in a cylinder head joined to the cylinder block. An upper connecting opening is formed in an upper part of the cylinder block water jacket so as to open into the cylinder head water jacket. In the cylinder block is formed a lower connecting passage opening into a lower part of the cylinder block water jacket, extending upward, and connecting to the cylinder head water jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konishi, Hirosuke Niwa, Junya Iino, Takayuki Takatoku, Makoto Ito