Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Matsuda
Yoshiharu Matsuda 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).
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Patent number: 9788463Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor memory unit, a memory controller, a cover unit having a first portion covering the semiconductor memory unit and a second portion covering the memory controller, a first heat conduction member disposed between the semiconductor memory unit and the first portion of the cover unit, and a second heat conduction member disposed between the memory controller and the second portion of the cover. The cover unit has a gap formed between the first and second portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki Ozawa, Fuminori Kimura, Masaaki Niijima, Masahiro Iijima, Yoshiharu Matsuda, Kenichi Sawanaka, Kazuhiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 9784149Abstract: An oil strainer which sucks an oil is disposed within an oil pan connected to a lower portion of a combustion engine. The oil strainer includes a strainer main body, which accommodates a filter element and extends so as to be inclined relative to a horizontal line, a suction port formed in a lower portion of the strainer main body, and a discharge port formed in an upper portion of the strainer main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Kazuki Arima, Yasushi Ishibashi, Shingo Tanimoto
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Publication number: 20170188473Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes an enclosure, and a circuit board assembly in the enclosure. The circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board opposed to the first circuit board, a third circuit board opposed to the second circuit board, a first connector connecting the first and second circuit boards to each other, a second connector connecting the second and third circuit boards to each other, and is offset to the first connector in a plane direction, a first spacer between the first and second circuit boards, and a second spacer between the second and third circuit boards. The first spacer includes a support body at a position opposed to the second connector and in contact with the first and second circuit boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akitoshi SUZUKI, Yoshiharu MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20170188477Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes an enclosure, and a circuit board assembly in the enclosure. The circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board on which a heat-producing component is mounted, a second circuit board, a third circuit board, a first connector connecting the first and second circuit boards, a second connector connecting the second and third circuit boards, a first spacer sandwiched between the first and second circuit boards, and a second spacer sandwiched between the second and third circuit boards. The first spacer includes a spacer frame, a partition member opposed to the heat-producing component with a gap between, and a thermal transfer member attached to the partition member and in contact with the first circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshiharu MATSUDA, Akitoshi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170130624Abstract: A breather device for a combustion engine includes a breather chamber in which oil mist in the combustion engine is introduced, a breather passage that guides the oil mist to the breather chamber from a crank chamber, and a blowby gas passage that guides, to an air intake passage, blowby gas having been subjected to gas-liquid separation in the breather chamber. A separator is accommodated in a blowby drawing pipe forming the blowby gas passage. The oil mist is made into droplets by the separator so that the liquid component is collected in the breather chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Yoshiharu Matsuda
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Patent number: 9644736Abstract: A gear changer of a power transmitting device includes an input shaft to which a rotational force is inputted from an engine, an output shaft for outputting the rotational force to a rear wheel, and a plurality of speed change gear pairs for transmitting the rotational force from the input shaft to the output shaft. A slider member for selecting one of the speed change gear pairs to transmit the rotational force from the input shaft to the output shaft is supported by the output shaft. Selection of one of the speed change gear pairs is accomplished by moving the slider member in an axial direction by means of a shifter mechanism. A pump rotary shaft, to which the rotation is transmitted from the input shaft, is disposed at a location between the input shaft and the shifter mechanism in a circumferential direction of the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Senda, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Yoshiharu Matsuda
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Patent number: 9581059Abstract: A combustion engine includes a supercharger which pressurizes intake air to be supplied to an engine body. A lubrication system for the combustion engine includes a main lubrication passage through which lubricating oil flows to lubricate the engine body, a supercharger lubrication passage through which lubricating oil flows to lubricate the supercharger, and an oil pump which supplies a shared lubricating oil to both of the main and supercharger lubrication passages.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Shohei Naruoka, Hisatoyo Arima
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Patent number: 9568023Abstract: A combustion engine (E) for a motorcycle includes a crankshaft (26) extending in a widthwise direction of the motorcycle and a supercharger (42) which pressurizes intake air (I). A clutch gear (72) to which a clutch is connected is provided at the right side of the crankshaft (26), and a supercharger gear (80) which drives the supercharger (42) is provided at the left side of the clutch gear (72). The supercharger gear (80) is formed on a crank web (75) disposed such that a journal (68) is located between the clutch gear (72) and the crank web (75).Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Naruoka, Hisatoyo Arima, Yoshiharu Matsuda, Yoshinobu Tanaka
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Publication number: 20160270266Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor memory unit, a memory controller, a cover unit having a first portion covering the semiconductor memory unit and a second portion covering the memory controller, a first heat conduction member disposed between the semiconductor memory unit and the first portion of the cover unit, and a second heat conduction member disposed between the memory controller and the second portion of the cover. The cover unit has a gap formed between the first and second portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Yasuyuki OZAWA, Fuminori KIMURA, Masaaki NIIJIMA, Masahiro IIJIMA, Yoshiharu MATSUDA, Kenichi SAWANAKA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20160270261Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electronic component, a housing, and a protruding portion. The first substrate has a first face and a second face and is provided with an opening. The second substrate has a third face configured to face the second face and a fourth face and is configured to be electrically connected to the first substrate. The electronic component is configured to be mounted on the third face and is configured to be disposed at a position overlapping the opening in a direction in which the third face faces. The housing is configured to accommodate the first and second substrates. The protruding portion is provided in the housing and is configured to pass through the opening and be thermally connected to the electronic component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Kenichi Sawanaka
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Patent number: 9435424Abstract: A transmission lubricating structure which lubricates a transmission using a lubricating fluid, the transmission including a plurality of gear pairs each including a drive gear and a driven gear, includes a lubricating fluid feeding unit for feeding the lubricating fluid to the gears of the gear pairs; wherein the lubricating fluid feeding unit includes a plurality of injection nozzles, each of which directly injects the lubricating fluid to a tooth of the drive gear and a tooth of the driven gear, which teeth start to engage with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Hisatoyo Arima, Yoshinobu Tanaka
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Publication number: 20160215691Abstract: An upwardly protruding cylinder block is formed in a front portion of a crankcase for supporting a crankshaft of an engine. A cylinder head is connected with an upper portion of the cylinder block, and a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is formed within the cylinder block and the cylinder head. A knocking sensor for detecting the occurrence of knocking in the engine is fitted to a left side end surface of the cylinder block.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hisatoyo Arima, Satoaki Ichi, Yoshiharu Matsuda, Shohei Naruoka
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Publication number: 20160208683Abstract: A supercharger is driven by a rotational force of a crankshaft of a combustion engine via a chain. The supercharger includes: a supercharger rotation shaft to which an impeller is fixed; a supercharger holder that rotatably supports the supercharger rotation shaft; and a hydraulic tensioner that is mounted on the supercharger holder and suppresses slack of the chain. In the supercharger holder, a supercharger lubricating oil passage that introduces a lubricating oil to the supercharger is formed. A part of the lubricating oil introduced to the supercharger lubricating oil passage is supplied to a hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic tensioner through a branch path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Shohei Naruoka, Yoshiharu Matsuda
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Patent number: 9308958Abstract: A first main frame segment 62 extends rearwardly from a head pipe 4, a second main frame segment 64 pivotally supports a swingarm 12, and an engine casing EC is disposed between the head pipe 4 and the swingarm 12. The engine casing EC includes a crankcase section 28, a cylinder part 30, a cylinder head part 32 and a transmission casing section 34. The first main frame segment 64 includes a first mount portion 56, which is connected with a front portion of the cylinder part 30, and a second mount portion 58 which is connected with a rear portion of the cylinder head part 32. The second main frame segment 64 includes a third mount portion 60 which is connected with a rear portion of the transmission casing section 34.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Naruoka, Yoshiharu Matsuda
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Publication number: 20160032797Abstract: A breather device includes: a breather chamber into which oil mist in a crank chamber of a combustion engine is introduced; and a breather passage configured to guide oil mist from a crank chamber into the breather chamber. The breather chamber has formed therein a labyrinth structure in which gas-liquid separation of the oil mist is performed. An introduction pipe forming a part of the breather passage is communicated with an upper portion of the crank chamber, and projects upward from an upper end portion of the crank case.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Kazuki Arima, Yasushi Ishibashi, Akira Tomofuji
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Publication number: 20150184585Abstract: A supercharger-equipped combustion engine includes a crankcase supporting a crankshaft extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle, and a cylinder block disposed above the crankcase. A supercharger is disposed above the crankcase and rearward of the cylinder block and driven by power of the crankshaft. The power of the crankshaft is transmitted to the supercharger through a counter shaft which rotatably supports a counter gear. The counter shaft extends parallel with the crankshaft, and a starter gear is arranged on the counter shaft so as to be aligned in the widthwise direction. The counter shaft is disposed rearward of the crankshaft, and the supercharger is disposed rearward of the counter shaft. A starter motor meshing with the starter gear is disposed frontward of the supercharger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Shohei Naruoka, Yoshiharu Matsuda
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Publication number: 20150184586Abstract: A supercharger-equipped combustion engine includes a crankshaft extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle supported by a crankcase and a supercharger disposed above the crankcase. Power from the crankshaft is transmitted through a supercharger transmission to the supercharger. A crankcase body has an opening formed to be opened at the right side in the widthwise direction, and at least a part of the opening is covered with a holder detachably mounted on the crankcase body. The supercharger transmission includes input and output shafts extending in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, and the input and output shafts are rotatably supported at first end portions thereof at the right side by first bearing portions formed in the holder and are rotatably supported at second end portions thereof at the left side by second bearing portions formed in a side wall of the crankcase body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Yoshiharu Matsuda
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Publication number: 20150159525Abstract: A combustion engine includes a supercharger which pressurizes intake air to be supplied to an engine body. A lubrication system for the combustion engine includes a main lubrication passage through which lubricating oil flows to lubricate the engine body, a supercharger lubrication passage through which lubricating oil flows to lubricate the supercharger, and an oil pump which supplies a shared lubricating oil to both of the main and supercharger lubrication passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Shohei Naruoka, Hisatoyo Arima
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Publication number: 20150136510Abstract: A first main frame segment 62 extends rearwardly from a head pipe 4, a second main frame segment 64 pivotally supports a swingarm 12, and an engine casing EC is disposed between the head pipe 4 and the swingarm 12. The engine casing EC includes a crankcase section 28, a cylinder part 30, a cylinder head part 32 and a transmission casing section 34. The first main frame segment 64 includes a first mount portion 56, which is connected with a front portion of the cylinder part 30, and a second mount portion 58 which is connected with a rear portion of the cylinder head part 32. The second main frame segment 64 includes a third mount portion 60 which is connected with a rear portion of the transmission casing section 34.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Shohei Naruoka, Yoshiharu Matsuda
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Publication number: 20150136064Abstract: An oil strainer which sucks an oil is disposed within an oil pan connected to a lower portion of a combustion engine. The oil strainer includes a strainer main body, which accommodates a filter element and extends so as to be inclined relative to a horizontal line, a suction port formed in a lower portion of the strainer main body, and a discharge port formed in an upper portion of the strainer main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Kazuki Arima, Yasushi Ishibashi, Shingo Tanimoto