Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki KOMADA

Yasuyuki KOMADA 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: 20180001956
    Abstract: An operating member is movably coupled to a base member. A hydraulic unit comprises a cylinder bore and a piston movably provided in the cylinder bore. The piston is coupled to the operating member to generate a hydraulic pressure in response to a movement of the operating member relative to the base member. A reservoir tank comprises a lid opening having a maximum width and a reservoir bore extending from the lid opening and having a maximum depth. The maximum depth is larger than the maximum width. The reservoir bore is connected to the cylinder bore and disposed above the cylinder bore in a mounting state where the bicycle operating device is mounted to the bicycle body. At least one of the cylinder bore and the reservoir tank is integrally provided with the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki KOMADA
  • Publication number: 20170305493
    Abstract: A bicycle operating device is basically provided with a bracket, an operating member, an actuation cam and a biasing element. The bracket is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The operating member is pivotally mounted to the bracket about a first axis. The actuation cam is pivotally mounted to the bracket about a second axis. The biasing element includes a coil portion disposed around a third axis that is offset from the first axis. The biasing element biases the operating member relative to the bracket about the first axis toward the actuation cam. The biasing element biases the actuation cam relative to the bracket about the second axis toward the operating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Yasuyuki KOMADA
  • Publication number: 20170210438
    Abstract: A bracket cover is configured to cover at least a portion of a bracket that is attachable to a handlebar of a bicycle. The bracket cover includes a cover main body, a first fixing member and a second fixing member. The cover main body includes a portion having a first edge portion and a second edge portion. The portion is between the first and second edge portions being an elastic material. The first fixing member is configured to detachably fix the cover main body to a first side surface of an outer perimeter portion of the bracket at the first edge portion. The second fixing member is configured to detachably fix the cover main body to a second side surface of an outer perimeter portion of the bracket at the side edge portion. The first and second fixing member are separate members from the cover main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki FUJIMOTO, Yoshimitsu MIKI, Yasuhisa WATANABE, Yasuyuki KOMADA
  • Patent number: 9650105
    Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a hydraulic unit and a changing unit. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic cylinder, a piston, and a reservoir. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder bore. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore. The reservoir includes a reserve chamber and a connecting hole. The connecting hole is configured to connect the cylinder bore to the reserve chamber. The changing unit is separately provided from the piston and configured to change a communication state defined between the cylinder bore and the reserve chamber via the connecting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Etsuyoshi Watarai, Yasuyuki Komada, Takuro Jinbu, Tatsuya Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20170088234
    Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, and a hydraulic unit. The base member comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and a gripping portion. The gripping portion is provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The operating member is movably mounted to the base member from a rest position toward an operated position. The hydraulic unit is provided at one of the base member and the operating member. The hydraulic unit comprises a hydraulic cylinder and a piston. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder bore. The piston is arranged in the cylinder bore. The piston is configured to be pulled from an initial position to an actuated position in response to a movement of the operating member from the rest position toward the operated position to supply a hydraulic pressure toward at least one bicycle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takuro JINBU, Tatsuya MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20160347403
    Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a hydraulic unit and a changing unit. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic cylinder, a piston, and a reservoir. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder bore. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore. The reservoir includes a reserve chamber and a connecting hole. The connecting hole is configured to connect the cylinder bore to the reserve chamber. The changing unit is separately provided from the piston and configured to change a communication state defined between the cylinder bore and the reserve chamber via the connecting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Etsuyoshi WATARAI, Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takuro JINBU, Tatsuya MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20160264200
    Abstract: A bracket cover is configured to cover at least a portion of a bracket that is attachable to a handlebar of a bicycle. The bracket cover comprises a cover main body. The cover main body is formed in a tubular shape having a first end portion and a second end portion. The cover main body has an opening part extending from at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion such that the opening part forms a first edge portion and a second edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Naoki FUJIMOTO, Yoshimitsu MIKI, Yasuhisa WATANABE, Yasuyuki KOMADA
  • Publication number: 20160252011
    Abstract: A two-cycle gas engine includes a cylinder, a cylinder head, a piston that defines a combustion chamber with a surrounding wall of the cylinder and the cylinder head, a fuel gas injector, an ignition unit, a scavenging port configured to supply air into the combustion chamber upon the piston being positioned in vicinity of a bottom dead center, a fuel gas injection timing control unit configured to cause the fuel gas injector to inject the fuel gas upon the piston being positioned at 10° to 100° before top dead center in an ascending stroke and to cause the fuel gas injector to inject the fuel gas upon the piston being positioned in vicinity of the top dead center, and an ignition timing control unit configured to ignite the fuel gas inside the combustion chamber upon the piston being positioned in the vicinity of the top dead center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ISHIDA, Akihiro YUUKI, Akihiro MIYANAGI, Naohiro HIRAOKA, Yasuyuki KOMADA
  • Publication number: 20150300284
    Abstract: An object is to, in a low-load operating range of a dual-fuel diesel engine or a dual-fuel diesel engine unit including a plurality of the dual-fuel diesel engines, reduce the amount of injection of oil fuel so as to make it possible to make exhaust gas less harmful and to reduce fuel cost. On a cylinder head, a plurality of dual-fuel injectors are disposed, each of which having a gas fuel injector that injects a gas fuel being a main fuel and a pilot fuel injector that injects an oil fuel. In a low-load operating range where it is not necessary for the dual-fuel injectors to inject fuel at the same time for ignition, fuel is injected alternately from the dual-fuel injectors and combusted in every single combustion cycle. As a result, it is possible to halve the amount of injection of oil fuel in the low-load operating range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ISHIDA, Akihiro YUUKI, Akihiro MIYANAGI, Naohiro HIRAOKA, Yasuyuki KOMADA
  • Publication number: 20150211464
    Abstract: A fuel gas injection valve according to the present invention includes: a holder including a first injection hole through which fuel gas is injected to produce premixed fuel, and a second injection hole through which fuel gas is injected to produce diffusion fuel; a first needle valve that slidably reciprocates in the holder along an axial direction to open and close the first injection hole and the second injection hole; and a second needle valve having a sealing face on the top thereof and a through-hole provided along the axial direction at the central portion in a radial direction of the second needle valve, the sealing face being brought into contact with a needle valve seat provided in the holder, the first needle valve being slidably inserted into the through-hole, and the second needle valve reciprocating in the holder along the axial direction to prevent fuel gas from circulating to the first injection hole and the second injection hole when the sealing face is in contact with the needle valve seat,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishida, Akihiro Miyanagi, Naohiro Hiraoka, Shigeki Tanaka, Sota Watanabe, Yasuyuki Komada
  • Publication number: 20150075506
    Abstract: A two-cycle gas engine includes a piston that defines a main combustion chamber with a surrounding wall of a cylinder and a cylinder head, a fuel gas injector configured to inject fuel gas, a scavenging port that supplies air into the main combustion chamber upon the piston being positioned in vicinity of a bottom dead center, a precombustion chamber cap that defines a precombustion chamber inside thereof, a fuel injection timing control unit configured to inject the fuel gas into the main combustion chamber and to inject the fuel gas into the main combustion chamber upon the piston being positioned in the vicinity of the top dead center, and an ignition timing control unit configured to ignite a mixed air of the fuel gas and the air inside the precombustion chamber upon the piston being positioned in the vicinity of the top dead center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishida, Akihiro Yuuki, Akihiro Miyanagi, Naohiro Hiraoka, Yasuyuki Komada
  • Publication number: 20150047620
    Abstract: A two-cycle gas engine includes a cylinder, a cylinder head, a piston that defines a combustion chamber with a surrounding wall of the cylinder and the cylinder head, a fuel gas injector, an ignition unit, a scavenging port configured to supply air into the combustion chamber upon the piston being positioned in vicinity of a bottom dead center, a fuel gas injection timing control unit configured to cause the fuel gas injector to inject the fuel gas upon the piston being positioned at 10° to 100° before top dead center in an ascending stroke and to cause the fuel gas injector to inject the fuel gas upon the piston being positioned in vicinity of the top dead center, and an ignition timing control unit configured to ignite the fuel gas inside the combustion chamber upon the piston being positioned in the vicinity of the top dead center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishida, Akihiro Yuuki, Akihiro Miyanagi, Naohiro Hiraoka, Yasuyuki Komada
  • Publication number: 20150013638
    Abstract: When shifting to the single combustion mode, an electromagnetic opening-and-closing valve V1 is closed so as to block a gas fuel. Then, an electromagnetic opening-and-closing valve V3 is opened so as to discharge the gas fuel remaining in a gas fuel supply path to the outside of the system. Then, an electromagnetic opening-and-closing valve V2 is opened so as to introduce a replacement gas from a replacement gas reservoir tank to the gas fuel supply path, thereby replacing the contents inside the gas fuel supply path with the replacement gas. After completing the replacement, the electromagnetic opening-and-closing valves V2 and V3 are closed. Next, the electromagnetic opening-and-closing valve V2 is opened and the replacement gas is injected from the gas fuel injectors to a combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishida, Akihiro Yuuki, Akihiro Miyanagi, Naohiro Hiraoka, Yasuyuki Komada
  • Patent number: 8667784
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus for a diesel engine mounted on a vehicle includes a regenerative diesel particulate filter, an accumulated amount detector, an exhaust gas temperature raising unit, and a forcible regeneration control unit. The forcible regeneration control unit measures an automatic regeneration enable time in which an automatic regeneration condition for regenerating the filter is satisfied when the diesel engine is operating, determines from the automatic regeneration enable time whether the probability is high in which a regeneration will be completed without being interrupted when the automatic regeneration condition is continuously satisfied, performs automatic regeneration when determining that the probability of regeneration being completed is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Takanori Suzuki, Yasuyuki Komada, Hiroshi Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20110094210
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus for a diesel engine mounted on a vehicle includes a regenerative diesel particulate filter, an accumulated amount detector, an exhaust gas temperature raising unit, and a forcible regeneration control unit. The forcible regeneration control unit measures an automatic regeneration enable time in which an automatic regeneration condition for regenerating the filter is satisfied when the diesel engine is operating, determines from the automatic regeneration enable time whether the probability is high in which a regeneration will be completed without being interrupted when the automatic regeneration condition is continuously satisfied, performs automatic regeneration when determining that the probability of regeneration being completed is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takanori SUZUKI, Yasuyuki KOMADA, Hiroshi NINAGAWA