Patents Assigned to Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent number: 8038027Abstract: The fuel cap includes an outer cap as an outer envelope, an inner cap removably fitted in the outer cap through an opening therein, a canister located in a space between the outer cap and the inner cap for adsorbing a vaporized fuel. The fuel cap closes a fuel filler port for feeding a fuel to a fuel tank. The canister adsorbs a vaporized fuel vaporized from the fuel in the fuel tank. At least one of the outer cap and the inner cap defines a communication hole communicating with the space and an exterior. The canister includes a housing; and an adsorbent accommodated therein. The housing defines, on an end surface directed to the inner cap, an inlet for vaporized fuel and on another end surface directed to the outer cap, an outlet for gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyasu Ohsawa, Takashi Sakagami
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Patent number: 7879124Abstract: There is provided an air cleaner in which an adsorption element for adsorbing vaporized fuel is surely fixed to a housing without additionally providing a special step, and moreover the performance of element and the performance of an air cleaner itself can be maintained, and a manufacturing method for the air cleaner. The air cleaner is configured so that a filter element and an adsorption element for adsorbing vaporized fuel are incorporated in a housing formed by joining the open ends of a pair of housing members to each other. At the open end of each of the housing members, a welding protrusion projecting toward the open end on the other side is formed, and a connecting portion formed with a welding protrusion is provided on a holding frame of the adsorption element.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Uemura, Wataru Sugimoto
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Patent number: 7834078Abstract: Main object is to provide a composition for parts of the intake system, which is capable of enhancing the flexural elasticity modulus of the parts of the intake system and reducing the specific gravity of the parts. Disclosed is a fiber reinforced resin composition for parts of intake system on the internal combustion engine comprising a block polypropylene type resin which has a MFR in the range of 40-70 g/10 minutes (at 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg) and which is in the range of 60-80% by weight of the composition, and glass fibers and mica the total of which are in the range of 20-40% by weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignees: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha, Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taketoshi Matsumoto, Jun Suzuki, Tohru Iwashita, Minoru Sugawara
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Patent number: 7780770Abstract: An air cleaner particularly disposed for an internal combustion engine is provided with a housing, a filter element disposed in the housing, and adsorbent disposed on the side of an outlet formed to the housing and adapted to adsorb an evaporated fuel invaded inside the housing through the outlet. The adsorbent includes an adsorbing material adsorbing the evaporated fuel and a pair of non-woven fabrics sandwiching the adsorbent material from both sides thereof, and at least one of the non-woven fabrics disposed on the outlet side includes a reinforcing material so as to be integrated with the non-woven fabric.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Uemura, Atsushi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7699912Abstract: The air-cleaner includes a housing. The air-cleaner includes a filter element located in the housing to filter air taken into the housing. The air-cleaner includes an adsorption element for adsorbing vaporized fuel flowing into the housing. The housing includes first and second housing components having open ends put on each other. The filter element is held between the first and second housing components, separating the housing into a clean side and a dust side. The adsorption element includes a frame at the periphery; and an adsorption portion located inside the frame. One of the first and second housing components as the clean side has an inner side back in the open end, the inner side having a mounting portion having the adsorption element mounted thereto. The mounting portion includes the adsorption element; and a support member placed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Uemura, Wataru Sugimoto, Osamu Kaneko, Tetsuo Akiyama, Atsushi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7670411Abstract: An air-cleaner includes a housing attached to an induction system of an internal combustion engine. The air-cleaner includes a filter element located within the housing and separating the internal of the housing into a dust side and clean side, the dust side having an introduction portion for introducing an external air into the housing, the clean side having a feeder portion for feeding a filtered air to an engine. The air-cleaner includes a plate-shaped adsorption element including an adsorbent to adsorb a vaporized fuel returned from an engine side and permitting an air to pass therethrough, the adsorption element arranged to cross the direction of an air flow and fitted to occupy the entire surface of the clean side in the housing. The adsorption element defines a port connecting the filter element and the feeder portion, and includes a valve disc to open or close the port. The valve disc is controlled to open during air inspiration for permitting an air to flow toward the feeder portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2007Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hayato Suzuki
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Patent number: 7635427Abstract: An ion exchange filter for a fuel cell system includes a housing with a fluid flow-in port and a cartridge which is disposed inside the housing and in which an ion exchange resin is filled, the fluid flowing in the cartridge through the flow-in port is filtrated therein by the ion exchange resin and the filtrated fluid flows out through the flow-out port. The housing has a casing having an opened upper end and a lid closing the upper end opening, and the fluid flow-in port has an outer peripheral wall of the casing at a portion above a bottom surface of the cartridge disposed inside the housing and the fluid flow-out port is formed to the lid, and a gap is formed between the housing and the cartridge for flowing the fluid flowing inside the housing through the flow-in port towards the bottom portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Suzuki, Keisuke Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 7607198Abstract: A hinge mechanism which makes detachably engage a casing with a cover including: an insertion portion formed in the casing or cover and protrudes outward from an outer face of the one; and a holding portion extending from the other one which has an insertion hole, wherein a clip for applying a pressing force is engaged with the holding portion or the insertion portion, and includes an engagement part engaged with a tip end of the insertion hole or with an outer peripheral face of the insertion portion, and a spring part, the spring part includes a bending part bent in one axial direction, and -opposing parts on both sides thereof, and generates the pressing force to open the opposing parts, and the insertion portion is pressed against the bottom of the holding portion with the pressing force.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chikara Shimomura
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Patent number: 7584931Abstract: A case holding mechanism includes a holding member and a member to be held thereby, one being mounted to the case and another to a body to which the case is to be held. The member to be held includes a first pair of parallel guide portions and another pair of parallel guide portions perpendicular to the one paired guide portions. The holding member disposed to be movable with respect to the guide portions therealong in a state restricted in thickness direction of the guide portions and adapted to hold the member to be held. The holding member includes a pair of slide portions slidable along outer surfaces of one paired guide portions, a lock portion extending between the paired slide portions in parallel with the one paired guide portions and engaged with the other paired guide portions, and a base portion connecting the slide portions and the lock portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyasu Ohsawa, Kazuya Matsuura, Takashi Sakagami, Kouichi Ikuma
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Publication number: 20090071113Abstract: A filter element includes an upstream side layer structure disposed on an upstream side in a flow direction of air to be filtrated and formed of a non woven fabric formed by laminating chemical fibers, and a downstream side layer structure disposed on a downstream side in the flow direction of the air and including a plurality of layers including chemical fiber non woven fabric layers formed by laminating chemical fibers. The upstream side layer structure has a fiber density relatively smaller than that of the downstream side layer structure. The downstream side layer structure includes a natural fiber layer such as cotton layer disposed between the chemical fiber non fabric layers, and an oil is impregnated from the upstream side layer structure to the natural fiber layer in the downstream side layer structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2006Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinori Oba, Atsushi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7473306Abstract: An air cleaner is provided with a housing, a filter element disposed inside the housing for filtrating air introduced into the housing, and an adsorption element disposed in the housing for adsorbing gasified fuel in the housing, the adsorption element including an adsorbing member adsorbing gasified fuel and a frame surrounding the adsorbing member to hold the adsorbing member. The air cleaner further includes a plurality of first fusing projections projecting from one surface of the frame, a plurality of ribs formed to an inner surface of the housing so as to project therefrom and extending laterally and transversely to cross each other, and a plurality of second fusing projections formed to the inner surface of the housing at positions corresponding to the location of the first fusing projections formed to the frame of the adsorption element, each of the second projections being surrounded by a pair of crossing ribs.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Uemura, Tetsuo Akiyama
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Publication number: 20080245721Abstract: A filter media is for fluid to pass therethough. A filter element includes a holding member for holding the filter media. A filter case houses the filter element, having a fluid inlet positioned on a side relative to the filter element, and having a fluid outlet positioned on another side relative to the filter element. A support member extends between the holding member and the filter case. The support member is opposed to one member of the filter case and the holding member with a space between the support member and said one member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tasuku ASAHINA, Masanori GOTO, Hirokazu SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20080230307Abstract: A pipe is incorporated in an intake system and has a first hole for a noise in the intake system to be released therethrough. A cover covers the pipe for attenuating the noise and has a second hole coinciding with the first hole circumferentially of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taketoshi MATSUMOTO, Takahiro AMANO, Shuhei SEI
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Publication number: 20080230306Abstract: A pipe is incorporated in an intake system and having a first hole for a noise in the intake system to be released therethrough. A cover covers the pipe for attenuating the noise, having a second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takayuki ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20080191382Abstract: To provide a barrier filter in which a filter element does not peel from a holding frame. A barrier filter has a cylindrical outline and includes holding frame 1 and filter element 40 arranged on a circumference surface, in which holding frame 1 includes small diameter frame 2 forming one end axially, ring-shaped large diameter frame 10 forming the other end, and circumference frame 20 inclined radially in the circumference surface, for linking small and large diameter frames 2 and 10. On an inner surface of large diameter frame 10, thick-walled portion 15 inclined inward to an inclined circumference surface is formed, the filter element is rounded and formed hollow in a truncated cone shape, an upper end edge portion thereof is inserted into small diameter frame 2 and a lower end edge portion is inserted into large diameter frame 10 outside thick-walled portion 15 to hold the filter element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taisuke SATO, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20080168902Abstract: An air-cleaner includes a housing attached to an induction system of an internal combustion engine. The air-cleaner includes a filter element located within the housing and separating the internal of the housing into a dust side and clean side, the dust side having an introduction portion for introducing an external air into the housing, the clean side having a feeder portion for feeding a filtered air to an engine. The air-cleaner includes a plate-shaped adsorption element including an adsorbent to adsorb a vaporized fuel returned from an engine side and permitting an air to pass therethrough, the adsorption element arranged to cross the direction of an air flow and fitted to occupy the entire surface of the clean side in the housing. The adsorption element defines a port connecting the filter element and the feeder portion, and includes a valve disc to open or close the port. The valve disc is controlled to open during air inspiration for permitting an air to flow toward the feeder portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2007Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hayato Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080134898Abstract: An air cleaner particularly disposed for an internal combustion engine is provided with a housing, a filter element disposed in the housing, and adsorbent disposed on the side of an outlet formed to the housing and adapted to adsorb an evaporated fuel invaded inside the housing through the outlet. The adsorbent includes an adsorbing material adsorbing the evaporated fuel and a pair of non-woven fabrics sandwiching the adsorbent material from both sides thereof, and at least one of the non-woven fabrics disposed on the outlet side includes a reinforcing material so as to be integrated with the non-woven fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Uemura, Atsushi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080138712Abstract: A filter medium includes a ceramic mass having a void formed by burning a contained carbon to be eliminated. The ceramic mass has an inflow side for a fluid to flow thereinto and an outflow side for the fluid to flow out therefrom. The inflow side and the outflow side separate from each other with a distance. The inflow side and the outflow side have holes depressed inward from the sides, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koji SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20080110889Abstract: The fuel cap includes an outer cap as an outer envelope. The fuel cap includes an inner cap removably fitted in the outer cap through an opening of the outer cap. The fuel cap includes a canister located in a space between the outer cap and the inner cap for adsorbing a vaporized fuel. The fuel cap closes a fuel filler port for feeding a fuel to a fuel tank. The canister adsorbs a vaporized fuel vaporized from the fuel in the fuel tank. At least one of the outer cap and the inner cap defines a communication hole communicating with the space and an exterior. The canister includes a housing; and an adsorbent accommodated in the housing. The housing defines, on an end surface directed to the inner cap, an inlet for a vaporized fuel to flow into the inlet. The housing defines, on another end surface directed to the outer cap, an outlet for a gas, from which the vaporized fuel has been absorbed, to flow out of the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyasu OHSAWA, Takashi SAKAGAMI
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Publication number: 20080060994Abstract: The oil filter includes a base having an inlet port, an outlet port, and an oil channel communicating with the outlet port. A removable cap is provided to the base, and forms a filter case therewith. A tubular filter element is contained within the filter case. The oil channel coincides with the filter element in axis and extends in an axial direction of the filter case. An inner tube is located in the filter element; and an inner-tube extension fitted thereto movable in the axial direction of the filter case is located on a side of the outlet port. The base includes a holding portion having a joint portion, having the inner tube and the inner-tube extension joined each other, fitted therein. The holding portion includes a clearance portion allowing the inner-tube extension to separate from the inner tube under hydraulic pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: TOYO ROKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenji Yano