Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Kobayashi

Tatsuo Kobayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20040007202
    Abstract: A direct cylinder injection-type spark ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a spark plug, a cavity formed in the top surface of a piston, and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cavity in nearly the shape of a fan having a relatively small thickness. When the fuel injected in nearly the shape of a fan from the fuel injection valve is considered by being divided into a plurality of fuel segments in a radial direction, a side wall of the cavity has a first fuel deflection passage 82a and a second fuel deflection passage 82b for so deflecting at least two of the plurality of fuel segments as to pass near the spark plug. The side wall of the cavity is at least partly provided with a return portion 83 that protrudes toward the inside of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Baika, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Fumiaki Hattori, Takashi Hashima, Hiroyuki Hokuto, Toshimi Kashiwagura, Mutsumi Kanda, Hiroya Tanaka, Souichi Matusita, Shizuo Abe, Nobuyuki Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 6661132
    Abstract: A rotor for a flywheel magneto generator comprising a flywheel having a reluctor of projection provided on an outer face of a peripheral wall portion of the flywheel and a hole provided in a bottom wall portion of the flywheel at a position close to the reluctor for correcting static unbalance of the flywheel caused by a presence of the reluctor, the flywheel further comprising at least one recess provided in the peripheral wall portion of the flywheel on an end face thereof on the opening side of said peripheral wall portion for getting dynamic balance of the flywheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6651612
    Abstract: An in-cylinder injection type spark-ignition internal combustion engine includes a spark plug, a fuel injection valve, and a piston having a top face and a cavity formed in a first part of the top face. The cavity is located closer to the fuel injection valve with respect to a center of the piston so as to bring the injected fuel toward the spark plug. A space formed in the cylinder at a top dead center of a compression stroke of the piston includes a first space in which a center of the cavity is located, and a second space. The top face of the piston is designed so as to reduce a volumetric difference between the first space and the second space, thereby preventing generation of a strong air stream flowing between the first space and the second space at around the top dead center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6629518
    Abstract: A direct cylinder injection-type spark ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a spark plug, a cavity formed in the top surface of a piston, and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cavity in nearly the shape of a fan having a relatively small thickness. When the fuel injected in nearly the shape of a fan from the fuel injection valve is considered by being divided into a plurality of fuel segments in a radial direction, a side wall of the cavity has a first fuel deflection passage 82a and a second fuel deflection passage 82b for so deflecting at least two of the plurality of fuel segments as to pass near the spark plug. The side wall of the cavity is at least partly provided with a return portion 83 that protrudes toward the inside of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyokazu Baika, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Fumiaki Hattori, Takashi Hashima, Hiroyuki Hokuto, Toshimi Kawashiwagura, Mutsumi Kanda, Hiroya Tanaka, Souichi Matusita, Shizuo Abe, Nobuyuki Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 6615794
    Abstract: A direct cylinder injection-type spark ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a spark plug, a cavity formed in the top surface of a piston, and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cavity in nearly the shape of a fan having a relatively small thickness. When the fuel injected in nearly the shape of a fan from the fuel injection valve is considered by being divided into a plurality of fuel segments in a radial direction, a side wall of the cavity has a first fuel deflection passage 82a and a second fuel deflection passage 82b for so deflecting at least two of the plurality of fuel segments as to pass near the spark plug. The side wall of the cavity is at least partly provided with a return portion 83 that protrudes toward the inside of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyokazu Baika, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Fumiaki Hattori, Takashi Hashima, Hiroyuki Hokuto, Toshimi Kashiwagura, Mutsumi Kanda, Hiroya Tanaka, Souichi Matsushita, Shizuo Abe, Nobuyuki Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20030164624
    Abstract: A car door structure comprises a door inner panel 11, an interior door trim 12 and a noise insulation sheet 20. The interior door trim 12 is installed in the interior side of the door inner panel 11. The noise insulation sheet 20 is provided between the door inner panel 11 and the door trim 12, where it is hung down from the upper side to the lower side of the door inner panel like a curtain. The noise insulation sheet 20 is fixed to either the door inner panel 11 or the door trim 12. The noise insulation sheet 20 is provided at about an upper half or a lower half of the door inner panel 11, or it is provided at a central part of the door inner panel 11 while dividing approximately into three sections in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kohara, Mitsuaki Arata, Masami Isobe, Eiichi Baba, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Kouji Nawate, Hiroaki Miyahara, Shinichiro Emori
  • Patent number: 6598573
    Abstract: A flywheel magneto generator comprising a flywheel driven by an internal combustion engine and having a permanent magnet, an ignition unit having an ignition coil and electronic devices mounted on a core having magnetic pole portions faced to an outer periphery of the flywheel, the flywheel having a plurality of blower blades provided on the outer faces of the bottom wall thereof and at lease one recess provided in the bottom wall portion of the flywheel and opened between the adjacent blower blades to both of the outer face of the bottom wall portion and the outer face of the peripheral wall portion of the flywheel whereby a cooling wind sent out outwardly in a diametrical direction by the blower blades when the flywheel rotates is blown through the recess against the ignition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20030062787
    Abstract: A rotor for a flywheel magneto generator comprising a flywheel having a reluctor of projection provided on an outer face of a peripheral wall portion of the flywheel and a hole provided in a bottom wall portion of the flywheel at a position close to the reluctor for correcting static unbalance of the flywheel caused by a presence of the reluctor, the flywheel further comprising at least one recess provided in the peripheral wall portion of the flywheel on an end face thereof on the opening side of said peripheral wall portion for getting dynamic balance of the flywheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20030051702
    Abstract: A direct cylinder injection-type spark ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a spark plug, a cavity formed in the top surface of a piston, and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cavity in nearly the shape of a fan having a relatively small thickness. When the fuel injected in nearly the shape of a fan from the fuel injection valve is considered by being divided into a plurality of fuel segments in a radial direction, a side wall of the cavity has a first fuel deflection passage 82a and a second fuel deflection passage 82b for so deflecting at least two of the plurality of fuel segments as to pass near the spark plug. The side wall of the cavity is at least partly provided with a return portion 83 that protrudes toward the inside of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Baika, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Fumiaki Hattori, Takashi Hashima, Hiroyuki Hokuto, Toshimi Kashiwagura, Mutsumi Kanda, Hiroya Tanaka, Souichi Matsushita, Shizuo Abe, Nobuyuki Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20030046873
    Abstract: A sound-absorbing material is attached to the bottom edge of a periphery of the lower portion of a car door 30. The material is positioned above the seal member 1 which makes a resilient contact with a body panel 20, and carries out the seal between the outside and the inside of the car. The material is made of a foam 10 having specific gravity of about 0.05-0.4. The material restrains the noise. The foam 10 may be provided with a plurality of protrusions 12 on the surface thereof, or it may be provided with a hollow part 13 along the longitudinal direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Applicant: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kohara, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Syuuji Raisu
  • Publication number: 20030037760
    Abstract: An in-cylinder injection type spark-ignition internal combustion engine includes a spark plug, a fuel injection valve, and a piston having a top face and a cavity formed in a first part of the top face. The cavity is located closer to the fuel injection valve with respect to a center of the piston so as to bring the injected fuel toward the spark plug. A space formed in the cylinder at a top dead center of a compression stroke of the piston includes a first space in which a center of the cavity is located, and a second space. The first space is located on one side of a plane that passes through a center axis of the spark plug in parallel with a center axis of the cylinder and is perpendicular to a radial direction in which the center of the cavity deviates from the center of the piston. The second space is located on the other side of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6522330
    Abstract: A character processing apparatus has a font storage area with at least fonts for representative characters stored therein, and a character information table with storage address for the fonts, no-font information or the like stored therein. A retrieving section is provided for receiving arbitrary inputted character code, referring to storage address information or no-font information in the character information table, and outputting the storage address information corresponding to character code for a representative character having the same group number and the same type information as that of the retrieved character code according to type information as well as to group information when there is no-font information. A display control section and a display section are included for receiving a corresponding font from the font storage area and displaying a character for the arbitrary character code on a screen according to the storage address information inputted from the retrieving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Justsystem Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20020179069
    Abstract: A flywheel magneto generator comprising a flywheel driven by an internal combustion engine and having a permanent magnet, an ignition unit having an ignition coil and electronic devices mounted on a core having magnetic pole portions faced to an outer periphery of the flywheel, the flywheel having a plurality of blower blades provided on the outer faces of the bottom wall thereof and at lease one recess provided in the bottom wall portion of the flywheel and opened between the adjacent blower blades to both of the outer face of the bottom wall portion and the outer face of the peripheral wall portion of the flywheel whereby a cooling wind sent out outwardly in a diametrical direction by the blower blades when the flywheel rotates is blown through the recess against the ignition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6460509
    Abstract: A direct-fuel-injection-type spark-ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a spark plug, a cavity formed on the top surface of the piston, and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cavity in nearly the shape of a fan having a relative small thickness. In the engine, the side wall of the cavity facing the fuel injection valve, for leading the fuel to the vicinity of the spark plug, has a horizontal sectional shape consisting of a part of an ellipse shape of which two foci are at a position of the injection hole of the fuel injection valve and a position near to the spark plug in plan view, and the side wall has a deflecting portion to deflect the fuel toward the inside of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Muramatsu, Yasuhito Tsutsumi, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Toyokazu Baika, Souichi Matusita, Shizuo Abe, Takashi Hashima, Koukichi Fujimori
  • Patent number: 6408323
    Abstract: The job execution managing apparatus according to the present invention comprises an information storing section for storing therein job information comprising a character string defining a user's action to execute a work with given contents prepared for an arbitrary number of jobs and also at least storing therein first relational information correlating job information to a document required when executing the job and second relational information correlating a document to an application program, and an action managing section for selecting, when any of job information displayed on the screen is selected, a document relating to the selected job information referring to the first relational information and also selecting an application program relating to the selected document referring to the second relational information and managing a series of jobs executed with the selected application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Justsystem Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kobayashi, Hajime Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20020029758
    Abstract: A direct cylinder injection-type spark ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a spark plug, a cavity formed in the top surface of a piston, and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cavity in nearly the shape of a fan having a relatively small thickness. When the fuel injected in nearly the shape of a fan from the fuel injection valve is considered by being divided into a plurality of fuel segments in a radial direction, a side wall of the cavity has a first fuel deflection passage 82a and a second fuel deflection passage 82b for so deflecting at least two of the plurality of fuel segments as to pass near the spark plug. The side wall of the cavity is at least partly provided with a return portion 83 that protrudes toward the inside of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu Baika, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Fumiaki Hattori, Takashi Hashima, Hiroyuki Hokuto, Toshimi Kashiwagura, Mutsumi Kanda, Hiroya Tanaka, Souichi Matusita, Shizuo Abe, Nobuyuki Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 6336437
    Abstract: A direct cylinder injection-type spark ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a spark plug, a cavity formed in the top surface of a piston, and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cavity in nearly the shape of a fan having a relatively small thickness. When the fuel injected in nearly the shape of a fan from the fuel injection valve is considered by being divided into a plurality of fuel segments in a radial direction, a side wall of the cavity has a first fuel deflection passage 82a and a second fuel deflection passage 82b for so deflecting at least two of the plurality of fuel segments as to pass near the spark plug. The side wall of the cavity is at least partly provided with a return portion 83 that protrudes toward the inside of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyokazu Baika, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Fumiaki Hattori, Takashi Hashima, Hiroyuki Hokuto, Toshimi Kashiwagura, Mutsumi Kanda, Hiroya Tanaka, Souichi Matusita, Shizuo Abe, Nobuyuki Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20010019329
    Abstract: A character processing apparatus has a font storage area with at least fonts for representative characters stored therein, and a character information table with storage address for the fonts, no-font information or the like stored therein. A retrieving section is provided for receiving arbitrary inputted character code, referring to storage address information or no-font information in the character information table, and outputting the storage address information corresponding to character code for a representative character having the same group number and the same type information as that of the retrieved character code according to type information as well as to group information when there is no-font information. A display control section and a display section are included for receiving a corresponding font from the font storage area and displaying a character for the arbitrary character code on a screen according to the storage address information inputted from the retrieving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Applicant: JUSTSYSTEM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6263855
    Abstract: A direct fuel injection-type spark-ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a spark plug, a fuel injector and a cavity formed on the top surface of the piston. The cavity has a bottom wall, a spark plug side wall and a fuel injector side wall. The fuel injector injects fuel toward the bottom wall of the cavity in stratified charge combustion. The fuel mainly proceeds toward the spark plug side wall of the cavity along the bottom wall, is deflected by the spark plug side wall and is led to the vicinity of the spark plug. In the engine, the fuel injector side wall of the cavity is provided with a deflecting portion. If a part of the injected fuel proceeds toward the fuel injector side wall along the bottom wall of the cavity, that part of the fuel is led to the vicinity of the spark plug by the deflecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kobayashi, Souichi Matushita, Toshimi Kashiwagura, Shizuo Abe, Fumiaki Hattori, Taketoshi Fujikawa, Yoshihiro Nomura
  • Patent number: D488743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Akinao Takagi, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Hiroaki Osada