Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Onishi

Yoshihiko Onishi 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: 9444293
    Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, a cylindrical stator core holding frame is cantilevered on a housing. A cylindrical stator core is fitted together and held inside the stator core holding frame. The stator core holding frame includes: a flange portion that is fixed to the housing; and a frame cylindrical portion that is coupled to the flange portion, and that holds the stator core. A thickness of the flange portion is greater than a thickness of the frame cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Yoshinori, Soichi Sato, Yoshihiko Onishi, Katsunari Takagi, Keisuke Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20140239754
    Abstract: In a rotary electric machine, a cylindrical stator core holding frame is cantilevered on a housing. A cylindrical stator core is fitted together and held inside the stator core holding frame. The stator core holding frame includes: a flange portion that is fixed to the housing; and a frame cylindrical portion that is coupled to the flange portion, and that holds the stator core. A thickness of the flange portion is greater than a thickness of the frame cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Manabu YOSHINORI, Soichi SATO, Yoshihiko ONISHI, Katsunari TAKAGI, Keisuke SHIMOMURA
  • Publication number: 20140197705
    Abstract: In the rotary electric machine, a cylinder 04a of a ring component 04 is formed in such a way that a fitting outer surface 04c1 of the cylinder 04a of the ring component 04 is fitted to a fitting inner surface 02a of a first housing 02; a clearance value between the fitting outer surface of the cylinder and a fitting inner surface of the first housing is lower than a clearance value between an outer surface, in which the fitting outer surface is excepted, of the cylinder and an inner surface, in which the fitting inner surface is excepted, of the first housing; and a position in a diameter direction of a stator core 3 facing to the first housing is set by above-described fitting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichi SATO, Yoshihiko ONISHI, Katsunari TAKAGI, Keisuke SHIMOMURA, Manabu YOSHINORI
  • Patent number: 8683981
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a low pressure fuel pump, which suctions and discharges fuel accumulated in a fuel tank, and a high pressure fuel pump, which suctions and discharges the fuel discharged from the low pressure fuel pump and supplies the fuel to a fuel injection valve installed in an internal combustion engine, the low pressure fuel pump, high pressure fuel pump, and fuel injection valve being connected in series, wherein the low pressure fuel pump and high pressure fuel pump are configured in such a way as to be driven or stopped independently of each other, one by each motor, and the pressure of the fuel discharged from the high pressure fuel pump is made variable by a combination of the drive or stop of the low pressure fuel pump and the drive or stop of the high pressure fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Uryu, Yoshihiko Onishi, Tatsuya Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20120097273
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a low pressure fuel pump, which suctions and discharges fuel accumulated in a fuel tank, and a high pressure fuel pump, which suctions and discharges the fuel discharged from the low pressure fuel pump and supplies the fuel to a fuel injection valve installed in an internal combustion engine, the low pressure fuel pump, high pressure fuel pump, and fuel injection valve being connected in series, wherein the low pressure fuel pump and high pressure fuel pump are configured in such a way as to be driven or stopped independently of each other, one by each motor, and the pressure of the fuel discharged from the high pressure fuel pump is made variable by a combination of the drive or stop of the low pressure fuel pump and the drive or stop of the high pressure fuel pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya URYU, Yoshihiko ONISHI, Tatsuya IKEGAMI
  • Patent number: 7926745
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat (11) that has a valve seat portion (11a) with a conical space defined therein and tapered toward an injection hole (11b), a needle (12) that has a valve portion (12b) formed with a curved surface for abutment with the valve seat portion (11a) and a column-shaped sliding portion (12a) located upstream of the valve seat portion (11a), and a swirler (10) that holds the sliding portion (12a) in a slidable manner, wherein fuel to be injected from the injection hole (11b) is adjusted by opening and closing a gap between the valve portion (12b) and said valve seat (11a), and assuming that a radius of curvature in an axial direction of the valve portion (12b) at a point at which the valve portion (12b) and the valve seat portion (11a) are in abutment with each other is R and an outer diameter of the sliding portion (12a) is D, R is greater than D/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kitagawa, Yoshihiko Onishi
  • Patent number: 7798433
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve device is capable of thinning a nozzle hole plate and improving fuel spray characteristics by a construction for reducing stress concentration that occurs at the weld part of the nozzle hole plate. The fuel injection valve device includes: a nozzle having a fuel passage inside and in which a valve seat is formed at an end; a needle valve for opening and closing the fuel passage by coming in contact with and separating from the valve seat; and an nozzle hole plate that is disposed at the tip of the nozzle and injects a fuel in the fuel passage at the time of opening the needle valve. The nozzle hole plate and the nozzle are fixed by welding in a state of forming an even gap between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Onishi, Shigenobu Tochiyama, Kazunori Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20100155507
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat (11) that has a valve seat portion (11a) with a conical space defined therein and tapered toward an injection hole (11b), a needle (12) that has a valve portion (12b) formed with a curved surface for abutment with the valve seat portion (11a) and a column-shaped sliding portion (12a) located upstream of the valve seat portion (11a), and a swirler (10) that holds the sliding portion (12a) in a slidable manner, wherein fuel to be injected from the injection hole (11b) is adjusted by opening and closing a gap between the valve portion (12b) and said valve seat (11a), and assuming that a radius of curvature in an axial direction of the valve portion (12b) at a point at which the valve portion (12b) and the valve seat portion (11a) are in abutment with each other is R and an outer diameter of the sliding portion (12a) is D, R is greater than D/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kitagawa, Yoshihiko Onishi
  • Patent number: 7677479
    Abstract: When a fuel injection valve is mounted on an engine, a distance between a core and an armature during non-energization of a coil can be prevented from becoming narrow. The coil is arranged inside the core, and a body is fixedly secured at its one end to an end of the core. A housing is arranged outside the coil with its one end abutting a cylinder head. A cap is arranged at the other end of the housing, and abuts at its side opposite to the housing with a fastening unit. The armature is arranged for reciprocation inside the body, and is magnetically attracted to the magnetized core. A gap is formed between the housing and the body, with the cap and the core being fixed to each other, and upon mounting the valve on the engine, the housing and the fastening unit abut the cylinder head and the cap, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kitagawa, Kouichi Ojima, Yoshihiko Onishi
  • Patent number: 7671584
    Abstract: The present invention attains downsizing of a permanent magnet with a simple structure to reduce a manufacturing cost thereof. Provided is a rotation angle detection device, including: a cylindrical magnetic circuit mounted to a shaft; and non-contact sensors provided in an inner void of the magnetic circuit, in which the magnetic circuit is composed of a first yoke and a second yoke formed of a magnetic material and having a pair of flat portions parallel and opposed to each other, and a pair of permanent magnets whose magnetic poles are aligned in the same direction so that magnetic fields whose magnetic fluxes are parallel to each other are generated in the void between the flat portions, and the non-contact sensor detects a rotation angle of the shaft by detecting a change in the direction of the magnetic fluxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Uryu, Kazuhisa Kurita, Yoshihiko Onishi, Shinya Nose, Manabu Miyaki
  • Patent number: 7559526
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve comprises: a solenoid unit including a core, an armature and a coil; and a valve unit including a valve element connected to the armature to travel therewith, and a valve seat that regulates a movement in valve closing direction of the valve element, and is open and closed by the valve element separating from or coming in contact with the valve seat, and a stopper for regulating a movement in valve opening direction of the valve element, said valve unit being connected to the solenoid unit. There is provided a cavity that communicates with a gap formed between the core and the armature in opposition, and the cavity forms a resonator for suppressing bounce of the valve element. In spite of the simple structure, it is possible to effectively suppress bounce of the valve element that takes place at the time of valve opening/closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Kazunori Kitagawa, Yoshihiko Onishi
  • Publication number: 20090108107
    Abstract: When a fuel injection valve is mounted on an engine, a distance between a core and an armature during non-energization of a coil can be prevented from becoming narrow. The coil is arranged inside the core, and a body is fixedly secured at its one end to an end of the core. A housing is arranged outside the coil with its one end abutting a cylinder head. A cap is arranged at the other end of the housing, and abuts at its side opposite to the housing with a fastening unit. The armature is arranged for reciprocation inside the body, and is magnetically attracted to the magnetized core. A gap is formed between the housing and the body, with the cap and the core being fixed to each other, and upon mounting the valve on the engine, the housing and the fastening unit abut the cylinder head and the cap, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori KITAGAWA, Kouichi OJIMA, Yoshihiko ONISHI
  • Patent number: 7441548
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus particularly for the outboard motor is capable of decreasing the need to change the layout, etc., according to the specification of an engine to reduce the cost of production by preventing vapor from being discharged into an intake pipe. A low pressure fuel pump has its discharge flow rate adjusted to be greater than that of a high pressure fuel pump, and surplus fuel accumulating in a volumetric chamber is caused to circulate through the volumetric chamber, a first return passage, fuel piping, and an inflow passage under the action of the low pressure fuel pump, a check valve and a relief valve, whereby fuel remaining in the volumetric chamber is prevented from being locally warmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Onishi, Satoshi Kusumoto, Shinya Nose
  • Publication number: 20080245346
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus particularly for the outboard motor is capable of decreasing the need to change the layout, etc., according to the specification of an engine to reduce the cost of production by preventing vapor from being discharged into an intake pipe. A low pressure fuel pump has its discharge flow rate adjusted to be greater than that of a high pressure fuel pump, and surplus fuel accumulating in a volumetric chamber is caused to circulate through the volumetric chamber, a first return passage, fuel piping, and an inflow passage under the action of the low pressure fuel pump, a check valve and a relief valve, whereby fuel remaining in the volumetric chamber is prevented from being locally warmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Onishi, Satoshi Kusumoto, Shinya Nose
  • Publication number: 20080185460
    Abstract: Stable spray characteristics (particle size, directivity, divergence angle of spray, and penetration force) are provided for individual nozzle holes, flows of fuel toward the nozzle holes are not interfered with each other, and further spray characteristics can arbitrarily be altered at respective nozzle holes. A whirler 11 for providing a whirling force to fuel is provided, and a whirl flow is formed in a cavity 20 downstream of a seal portion of a needle valve 16. A plurality of nozzle holes 13 are formed in an orifice plate 14, and openings on the cavity 20 side of the nozzle holes 13 are formed on substantially the same diameter with respect to the central axis of a fuel injection valve 1. Thus it becomes possible to cause fuel having inflow angle and high flow velocity to flow into the openings of the nozzle holes 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Onishi, Shigenobu Tochiyama, Mamoru Sumida
  • Patent number: 7378841
    Abstract: A rotation angle detecting apparatus includes: a first permanent magnet; a second permanent magnet disposed so as to face the first permanent magnet, the second permanent magnet rotating together with a shaft; an arc-shaped first magnetic member and second magnetic member fixed to the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet; and a magnetic resistor disposed in an air gap formed between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member so as to be axially aligned with the shaft, the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member each including: a projecting portion pointed at the magnetic resistor; and a wall portion surrounding the magnetic resistor so as to prevent influence from external magnetic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kurita, Yoshihiko Onishi, Takuya Uryu, Manabu Miyaki
  • Patent number: 7370669
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic valve in which a force due to a working fluid from an inflow hole acting perpendicularly with respect to the axis of a shut-off valve is reduced to thereby reduce the sliding resistance of the shut-off valve. An electromagnetic valve according to the present invention includes: a housing (10) having an inflow hole (11), an inner flow path (12), and a discharge hole (13); a valve seat (15) secured in position inside the housing (10); a shut-off valve (16) adapted to abut one surface of the valve seat (15) to shut off the working fluid flowing into the inner flow path (12) through the inflow hole (11); and a pressure regulating valve (17) provided coaxially with the shut-off valve (16) and adapted to control, through adjustment of the dimensions of a gap between itself and the other surface of the valve seat (15), the amount of working fluid flowing to the exterior of the housing (10) through the discharge hole (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Urya, Yuta Ichinose, Yoshihiko Onishi, Manabu Miyaki
  • Patent number: 7367542
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve with improved performance includes a solenoid coil 4, and a rod arranged on an axis of the solenoid coil 4 for movement in an axial direction thereof. A plunger 18 is fixedly attached to an intermediate portion of the rod. A core 6 is arranged at one side of the rod so as to surround it and operated to attract the plunger upon energization of the solenoid coil. A yoke 7 is arranged at the other side of the plunger so as to surround it. A pair of bearings 9a, 9b formed of a non-magnetic substance are arranged at opposite sides of the plunger, respectively, for movably supporting the rod at an outer peripheral surface thereof by clearance fit. The pair of bearings are clearance fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the core or to an inner peripheral surface of the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuta Ichinose, Yoshihiko Onishi
  • Patent number: 7323866
    Abstract: A rotation angle detection apparatus is capable of preventing an eddy current and radio wave noise from being transmitted from outside to a yoke and a permanent magnet through a metal plate, and thence to a non-contact sensor through radiation as it is. The apparatus includes a yoke, a permanent magnet that is arranged on an inner wall surface with magnetic flux flowing from its N pole to its S pole through an inner space thereof, a metal plate formed integral with the yoke and the permanent magnet through a resin by insert molding, and a non-contact sensor arranged in the inner space of the permanent magnet. Between the metal plate and the individual end faces of the yoke and the permanent magnet, there is interposed a high impedance member that prevents radio wave noise from flowing from the metal plate to the yoke and the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Uryu, Kazuhisa Kurita, Katsunari Takagi, Teruhiko Moriguchi, Yoshihiko Onishi
  • Publication number: 20070252100
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve comprises: a solenoid unit including a core, an armature and a coil; and a valve unit including a valve element connected to the armature to travel therewith, and a valve seat that regulates a movement in valve closing direction of the valve element, and is open and closed by the valve element separating from or coming in contact and a stopper for regulating a movement in valve opening direction of the valve element; and that is connected to the solenoid unit; and in which there is provided a cavity that communicates with a gap formed between the core and the armature in opposition, and the cavity forms a resonator for suppressing bounce of the valve element. In spite of the simple structure, it is possible to effectively suppress bounce of the valve element that takes place at the time of valve opening/closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kazunori Kitagawa, Yoshihiko Onishi