Patents by Inventor Yushi Kakuta

Yushi Kakuta 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: 20230250869
    Abstract: A fluid conveyance device that conveys a fluid in a low gravity and high vacuum environment, includes: an endless belt member having an uneven surface on an outer peripheral side of the endless belt; a belt driving gear that meshes with the uneven surface and rotationally drives the belt member; a fluid supplying portion that supplies the fluid to a fluid supply target; and a fluid storage portion that stores the fluid. Further, the belt member captures the fluid stored in the fluid storage portion by the uneven surface and conveys the fluid to the fluid supplying portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yushi KAKUTA
  • Patent number: 10655529
    Abstract: An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a compressor, a high-temperature coolant circulation circuit, a low-temperature coolant circulation circuit, an intercooler, and an electronic control unit. The intercooler is configured to transfer heat of the high-temperature coolant to the low-temperature coolant via intake air. An in-compressor passage of the compressor is arranged in the low-temperature coolant circulation circuit at a location at which the low-temperature coolant that exits from an in-cooler low-temperature water passage during a predetermined period from beginning of cold start is introduced into the in-compressor passage without passing through a low-temperature radiator. The electronic control unit is configured to increase the flow rate of the low-temperature coolant that flows through the low-temperature coolant circulation circuit during the predetermined period as compared to the flow rate after the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yushi Kakuta
  • Publication number: 20180179946
    Abstract: An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a compressor, a high-temperature coolant circulation circuit, a low-temperature coolant circulation circuit, an intercooler, and an electronic control unit. The intercooler is configured to transfer heat of the high-temperature coolant to the low-temperature coolant via intake air. An in-compressor passage of the compressor is arranged in the low-temperature coolant circulation circuit at a location at which the low-temperature coolant that exits from an in-cooler low-temperature water passage during a predetermined period from beginning of cold start is introduced into the in-compressor passage without passing through a low-temperature radiator. The electronic control unit is configured to increase the flow rate of the low-temperature coolant that flows through the low-temperature coolant circulation circuit during the predetermined period as compared to the flow rate after the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yushi KAKUTA
  • Publication number: 20140326225
    Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine of the present invention is provided with a turbocharger (18) having a compressor (18b) in an air intake passage (24), a communication passage (52) connected between an upstream-side portion of the air intake passage (24) on the upstream side of a compressor impeller (18b3) and an internal space (90) of the internal combustion engine (10), and an oil supply apparatus (96, 98, 100) that supplies oil to an internal passage in the compressor (18) through which intake air flows. When a deposit buildup operation condition under which there is a concern of a buildup of a deposit in the compressor (18) is met, the oil supply apparatus (96, 98, 100) increases the amount of oil supplied to the internal passage compared with the amount of oil supplied when the deposit buildup operation condition is not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Jumpei Shioda, Yushi Kakuta, Matsuyoshi Sugiyama