Patents by Inventor Teruaki Mukai

Teruaki Mukai 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: 9228475
    Abstract: An exhaust silencing device connected to an exhaust system of an engine is provided in which two outlet pipes that have at an upstream end thereof an opening portion opening within the silencer main body and that discharge exhaust gas within the silencer main body to an outside thereof are disposed within the silencer main body along a bottom thereof so that the distances thereof from the lowest part of the bottom are substantially equal, and the opening portion of one outlet pipe is directed further toward the bottom of the silencer main body than is the opening portion of the other outlet pipe. Such exhaust silencing device efficiently discharges to the outside the condensed water building up within the silencer main body so as not to impair an effect in reducing exhaust resistance by providing two outlet pipes that guide the exhaust gas to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruaki Mukai, Jun Muto, Yasushi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20140291067
    Abstract: An exhaust silencing device connected to an exhaust system of an engine is provided in which two outlet pipes that have at an upstream end thereof an opening portion opening within the silencer main body and that discharge exhaust gas within the silencer main body to an outside thereof are disposed within the silencer main body along a bottom thereof so that the distances thereof from the lowest part of the bottom are substantially equal, and the opening portion of one outlet pipe is directed further toward the bottom of the silencer main body than is the opening portion of the other outlet pipe. Such exhaust silencing device efficiently discharges to the outside the condensed water building up within the silencer main body so as not to impair an effect in reducing exhaust resistance by providing two outlet pipes that guide the exhaust gas to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: YUTAKA GIKEN CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruaki Mukai, Jun Muto, Yasushi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 5726397
    Abstract: A vehicle exhaust device including a rear silencer disposed at the rear portion of a vehicle, a large-capacity silencer having a capacity larger than that of the rear silencer and disposed below a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and an intermediate silencer disposed substantially at the middle of an exhaust tube interconnecting the rear silencer and the large-capacity silencer. With the vehicle exhaust device thus arranged, exhaust noises can be attenuated at a position near an engine forming a noise source, i.e., at the early stage of transmission and with substantially reduced length-dependent resonance of the exhaust tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruaki Mukai, Satoshi Watanabe