Patents by Inventor Toru Kosuda

Toru Kosuda 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: 8534260
    Abstract: A sub-injector injects liquid fuel into a vaporized-fuel chamber of a vaporized-fuel tank. The injected liquid fuel is vaporized in the vaporized-fuel chamber. The generated vaporized fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber through a vaporized-fuel passage. A supply of the vaporized fuel to the combustion chamber is controlled by a purge valve. Thereby, the vaporized fuel can be precisely supplied to the engine at a start of engine, so that emission can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu Kawano, Toru Kosuda, Yasuo Kato, Fukuo Kitagawa, Motomasa Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20110197850
    Abstract: A sub-injector injects liquid fuel into a vaporized-fuel chamber of a vaporized-fuel tank. The injected liquid fuel is vaporized in the vaporized-fuel chamber. The generated vaporized fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber through a vaporized-fuel passage. A supply of the vaporized fuel to the combustion chamber is controlled by a purge valve. Thereby, the vaporized fuel can be precisely supplied to the engine at a start of engine, so that emission can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Takanobu KAWANO, Toru KOSUDA, Yasuo KATO, Fukuo KITAGAWA, Motomasa IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 5562085
    Abstract: A device for controlling a partial number of engine cylinders employs a geneva movement, intake-air-cutoff valves, an exhaust-gas-cutoff valve and a DC motor. The geneva movement divides the driving force of the DC motor into two: a force intermittently driving the intake-air-cutoff valves and a force driving the exhaust-gas-cutoff valve, so that the exhaust-gas-cutoff valve cannot open until the intake-air-cutoff valve has closed when the engine operation is changed over to a partial-cylinder-operation mode, and the intake-air-cutoff valve cannot open until the exhaust-gas-cutoff valve has closed when the engine operation is changed over to the full-cylinder-operation mode. As a result, time required for changeover of the engine operation between the full-cylinder operation and the partial-cylinder operation is minnimized and additional driving unit is omitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kosuda, Osamu Sato
  • Patent number: 5289803
    Abstract: A cooling system for a water cooled internal combustion engine for a vehicle includes an engine body having a water jacket therein. The system comprises a radiator and a pump chamber. The pump chamber is in communication with the water jacket. A water pump creates a flow of water into the water jacket. A first main conduit has an end connected to the water jacket at the engine outlet and another end connected to the radiator. A second main conduit has an end connected to the radiator and another end connected to the pump chamber. A reservoir tank is arranged at a position more elevated than the radiator, and a supplementation conduit connects a bottom portion of the reservoir tank with an upper part of the pump chamber. A thermostat valve is arranged between the second main conduit and the pump chamber at a position upstream from a location where the supplementation conduit is connected to the pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Matsushiro, Toru Kosuda, Sigeo Sasao, Hiroyuki Fukunaga, Yasumasa Ikumi
  • Patent number: 5111776
    Abstract: A sealed type engine cooling system having a reservoir tank connected to the engine recirculating water passageway by inlet pipes connected to the upper outlet of an engine cooling water passageway and to the upper inlet of a radiator. The bottom portion of the reservoir tank is connected to the bottom of the engine cooling water passageway, for supplementing the engine cooling water, and is provided with a cap with a relief valve, to thereby discharge vapor created in the cooling water passageway under a hot soak condition. The relationship between the inner diameter of the pipes is such that the effective cross sectional area of the inlet pipe means is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuichi Matsushiro, Toru Kosuda, Shigeo Sasao, Taro Ikeya, Yoshiharu Chino, Yasuaki Uekawa
  • Patent number: 4969354
    Abstract: Disclosed in an intake pipe pressure detecting device for detecting the pressure in that section of an intake pipe in an internal combustion engine which is on the downstream side of a throttle valve provided in the intake manifold. The pressure detecting device comprises a mixing chamber which has an opening in the wall of the intake pipe, a pressure introducing path which opens onto this mixing chamber, and air inlets adapted to allow fresh air to enter the mixing chamber, thereby generating an air flow directed from the mixing chamber to the intake pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignees: Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Kosuda, Yasuyuki Kawabe, Iwao Yokomori, Osamu Ina
  • Patent number: 4452187
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve lift device for internal combustion engines includes a lifter having therein an oil pressure chamber for introduction of oil and slidably disposed in a cylindrical bore of a housing with one end thereof engaged by a cam or a cam shaft, and a plunger slidably disposed in the lifter for opening and closing an intake or exhaust valve of which a valve lift is variable depending upon the rotational speed of the cam by discharging oil from the oil pressure chamber through a throttling port. A braking chamber is defined by a flange portion of the plunger and the cylindrical bore, and is communicated through a slit with a oil feed chamber adapted to allow oil to flow thereinto. A relief valve is provided for communicating with the braking chamber to control its oil pressure below a set value. A control device is provided for controlling the relief valve depending upon an output of a detector such that the set force of the valve corresponds with a desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Kosuda, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Noboru Matsubara, Masaaki Takizawa
  • Patent number: 4408580
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve lift device for internal combustion engines includes a lifter having therein an oil pressure chamber for introduction of oil and slidably disposed in a cylindrical bore of a housing with one end thereof engaged by a cam on a cam shaft, and a plunger slidably disposed in the lifter for opening and closing an intake or exhaust valve of which a valve lift is variable depending upon the rotational speed of the cam by discharging oil from the oil pressure chamber through a throttling port. A braking chamber is defined by a flange portion of the plunger and the cylindrical bore, and is communicated through a slit with a oil feed chamber adapted to allow oil to flow thereinto. A relief valve is provided for communicating with the braking chamber to control its oil pressure below a set value. A control device is provided for controlling the relief valve depending upon an output of a detector such that the set force of the valve corresponds with a desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Kosuda, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Noboru Matsubara, Masaaki Takizawa
  • Patent number: 4343385
    Abstract: An automatic drive mehanism for controlling a travelling speed of a vehicle at a preset value by transmitting the rotational movement of the members on the input shaft side driven by an electric motor to the output shaft side through an electromagnetic clutch to rotate an output member disposed on the output shaft side through a desired angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Kosuda, Takeshi Matsui