Patents Assigned to Zama Japan
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Patent number: 9840990Abstract: A fuel injection device for smooth discharge of a gas accumulated therein comprising a fuel pump, a solenoid valve for injecting pressurized fuel into the intake passage of an engine, a high-pressure fuel passage extending from the fuel pump to the solenoid valve and has a medially positioned constant-pressure chamber, and a fuel return passage connected to a fuel return pipe, with the fuel return passage extending from the constant-pressure chamber and having a medially positioned priming pump. The constant-pressure chamber is configured with the top wall in the upper space thereof disposed above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage opposite the solenoid valve, the fuel return passage opens into the upper space at a position above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage, and the gas accumulating in the constant-pressure chamber is discharged from the upper space toward the fuel tank via the fuel return passage.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takumi Nonaka, Hideki Watanabe
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Patent number: 9739236Abstract: A check valve that can prevent sticking of a valve body and reliably perform an opening and closing action in a check vale having a simple structure and that does not use biasing means on the valve body. A check valve has support pieces of a valve body protruding in the valve body direction on a circular base seat forming an outflow window in the center inserted in a circular groove where a support member (retainer) is formed between an outflow opening and a valve seat and on an open edge of the outflow window formed in the center of the base seat, and the support pieces of the support member (retainer) that support the valve body have linear or planar support parts on the top portion for leveling at least in a radial direction of the base seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideki Sasaki
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Patent number: 9708968Abstract: A carburetor for a two-stroke internal combustion engine whereby airtightness is maintained and intake of uncombusted fuel into an air path is prevented. The carburetor includes a circular cylindrical valve hole and a rotary valve fitted into the valve hole such that it can rotate and is disposed perpendicularly across a fuel intake path and an air intake path which are formed substantially parallel with respect to each other, and a fuel supply-side bore which controls the flow rate along the fuel intake path and the air supply-side bore which controls the air capacity along the air path pass through part of the cylindrical portion perpendicularly to the axial direction of the rotary valve, and annular recesses formed in part of a circumferential wall of an outer circumference of the rotary valve so as not to correspond to at least the fuel supply-side bore and the air supply-side bore.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Mineyuki Tamura
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Patent number: 9599067Abstract: An attachment structure for a solenoid valve which can be stably attached to and removed from a carburetor unit with a single movement and without increasing the number of parts. A rod-like supporting portion is disposed a predetermined distance away from a surface of a carburetor unit and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of and installed near an opening in the surface of the carburetor unit. A cylindrical engaging portion extends from a circumferential face of a cylindrical body fitted on the solenoid valve substantially perpendicular to an axial line of the rod-like supporting portion, and forms a groove-like engagement portion which is narrower in diameter than the rod-like supporting portion, whereby the engaging portion, via the groove-like engagement portion, is coupled to and supported by rod-like supporting portion when an insertion portion of the solenoid valve is inserted into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takumi Nonaka, Hideki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Oka
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Patent number: 9581117Abstract: A fuel injection device comprising electricity-generating means generating electricity by rotation of an engine and outputting a predetermined signal, and a solenoid valve injecting fuel; the valve being opened as a result of a drive current applied to a coil, and the fuel being injected into an intake passage of the engine at a predetermined timing during the rotation of the engine; to ensure that the flow rate required during high-speed operation ca be adequately provided in a fuel injection device for injecting/supplying fuel to an engine. The electricity-generating means is an alternating current generation means attached to the engine in a crank angle position at which an output is generated in synchronization with the intake timing of the engine; the signal is an injection command signal applied to the solenoid valve as an alternating-current drive current; and the applied voltage increases with increased engine speed.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takumi Nonaka, Hideki Watanabe
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Patent number: 9422890Abstract: In a carburetor, three downstream body passages in the body communicate with three valve passages in the valve element, and the valve element rotates between a closed position and an opened position. The carburetor is a one-bore type carburetor in which the body passages and the valve passages are respectively partitioned with the body partitions and the valve partitions. When rotating the valve element from the closed position to the opened position, the second body passage and the second valve passage for mixture start to communicate in advance than the first and third body passages and the first and third valve passages for air.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignees: YAMABIKO CORPORATION, ZAMA JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Yamazaki, Hisato Onodera, Takumi Nonaka, Kazuyuki Tateyanagi
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Patent number: 9422891Abstract: A throttle valve device ideal for small, inexpensive implements is provided. The throttle valve device having a damping member for slowly closing a throttle valve. The throttle valve device (1) has a throttle valve (4) that is fixed to a throttle shaft (5) pivotably supported in an air intake passage (2) and that is urged towards the closed direction, the throttle valve (4) adapted for adjusting the amount of air passing through the air intake passage (2). A through-bore (31) penetrating a shaft bore of the throttle shaft (5) is formed in a body, and a damping member (8) having frictional capabilities is inserted into and supported in the through-bore (31) in a state of pressing against the throttle shaft (5) inserted through the shaft bore (51).Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Oka
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Patent number: 9394870Abstract: A fuel injection device for smooth discharge of a gas accumulated therein comprising a fuel pump, a solenoid valve for injecting pressurized fuel into the intake passage of an engine, a high-pressure fuel passage extending from the fuel pump to the solenoid valve and has a medially positioned constant-pressure chamber, and a fuel return passage connected to a fuel return pipe, with the fuel return passage extending from the constant-pressure chamber and having a medially positioned priming pump. The constant-pressure chamber is configured with the top wall in the upper space thereof disposed above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage opposite the solenoid valve, the fuel return passage opens into the upper space at a position above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage, and the gas accumulating in the constant-pressure chamber is discharged from the upper space toward the fuel tank via the fuel return passage.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takumi Nonaka, Hideki Watanabe
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Patent number: 9382876Abstract: A carburetor includes a body with an air intake path, a fuel pump and a fuel pressure regulator and having a main fuel jet and nozzle assembly with a main fuel jet releasably coupled to the body of the carburetor. Alternatively, a main fuel jet and nozzle assembly includes a nozzle and check valve retainer formed as a single component. In other embodiments, a carburetor is provided having a fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator positioned on the same side of the body. A fuel pump and metering chamber diaphragm sandwiched between the body of the carburetor and a pump body and cover, separates a pump chamber from a pulse chamber of the fuel pump and separates a fuel chamber from an air chamber in the fuel pressure regulator.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: David R. Shebuski, Toshiyuki Kuyo, Takumi Nonaka, Jay A. Perry
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Patent number: 9297336Abstract: A carburetor includes a body with an air intake path, a fuel pump and a fuel pressure regulator. The fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator are positioned on the same side of the body. A fuel pump and metering chamber diaphragm is sandwiched between the body of the carburetor and a pump body and cover. The diaphragm separates a pump chamber from a pulse chamber of the fuel pump and separates a fuel chamber from an air chamber in the fuel pressure regulator. Inlet and outlet flapper valves are part of the diaphragm or a separate flapper valve member positioned between the body and the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: David R. Shebuski, Toshiyuki Kuyo, Takumi Nonaka, Jay A. Perry
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Patent number: 9194336Abstract: A starting device for feeding a quantity of fuel from the fixed-quantity fuel chamber to an intake passage during start-up having a manually operated primary pump for suctioning/pumping fuel and arranged on a fuel introduction path connected along a fuel-feeding path; and a fixed-quantity fuel chamber for temporarily storing fuel delivered from the primary pump. An internal wall of the fixed-quantity fuel chamber undergoes elastic displacement, allowing its internal capacity to expand/shrink within a predetermined range; the fixed-quantity fuel chamber is connected to a fuel delivery path that communicates with the intake passage side and has a manually operated open/close valve; the valve is opened in a state in which, due to the primary pump being operated, the fixed-quantity fuel chamber is filled with a predetermined quantity of fuel while enlarging its internal capacity, whereby it shrinks due to an elastic contraction force and the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Watanabe, Tamotsu Saito
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Patent number: 9188066Abstract: A speed reduction method for a hand-carried engine-driven working machine is provided in which a speed reduction of an engine can be attained reliably and safely by preventing the occurrence of lean come-down phenomenon in such a state that the engine is operating in a practical revolution speed range. An acceleration is calculated based on a change in revolution speed, and when the acceleration becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold, an ignition timing is retarded by a desired amount based on a determination that the engine is being decelerated, and further, a fuel flow rate is also increased, whereby the decelerated state of the engine is maintained without fail, so that the occurrence of lean come-down phenomenon is prevented in the process of reducing the revolution speed of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignees: IIDA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD., ZAMA JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryouhei Yamashita, Akira Yamazaki, Tamotsu Saitou, Hideki Watanabe, Takumi Nonaka
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Patent number: 9115670Abstract: The opening of a solenoid valve is automatically adjusted after an engine is started and before actual work is performed for an appropriate air-fuel ratio, whereby it is possible to attain a good and stable driving of the engine without any delay even for an abrupt change in load. After the engine is started, when a rotation speed enters a “fuel flow rate adjusting rotation speed range” in which a definite load is applied to the engine in a working rotation speed range of the engine in which a throttle valve is opened to a definite opening, a detected rotation speed is fed back to a target rotation speed, and the opening of the solenoid valve is controlled to adjust a fuel flow rate, so that the combustion state in the engine is optimized at the valve opening so determined.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignees: IIDA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD., ZAMA JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryouhei Yamashita, Akira Yamazaki, Tamotsu Saitou, Hideki Watanabe, Takumi Nonaka
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Patent number: 9068541Abstract: A fuel injection device for smooth discharge of a gas accumulated therein comprising a fuel pump, a solenoid valve for injecting pressurized fuel into the intake passage of an engine, a high-pressure fuel passage extending from the fuel pump to the solenoid valve and has a medially positioned constant-pressure chamber, and a fuel return passage connected to a fuel return pipe, with the fuel return passage extending from the constant-pressure chamber and having a medially positioned priming pump. The constant-pressure chamber is configured with the top wall in the upper space thereof disposed above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage opposite the solenoid valve, the fuel return passage opens into the upper space at a position above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage, and the gas accumulating in the constant-pressure chamber is discharged from the upper space toward the fuel tank via the fuel return passage.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takumi Nonaka, Hideki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20150176532Abstract: A carburetor includes a body with an air intake path, a fuel pump and a fuel pressure regulator and having a main fuel jet and nozzle assembly with a main fuel jet releasably coupled to the body of the carburetor. Alternatively, a main fuel jet and nozzle assembly includes a nozzle and check valve retainer formed as a single component. In other embodiments, a carburetor is provided having a fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator positioned on the same side of the body. A fuel pump and metering chamber diaphragm sandwiched between the body of the carburetor and a pump body and cover, separates a pump chamber from a pulse chamber of the fuel pump and separates a fuel chamber from an air chamber in the fuel pressure regulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: David R. Shebuski, Toshiyuki Kuyo, Takumi Nonaka, Jay A. Perry
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Patent number: 9062621Abstract: A method for making an optimum combustion during engine operating time changes a fuel flow rate of the solenoid valve on the basis of engine rotational speed feedback control during engine idling time at low engine rotational speed and low electric power consumption. During engine idling time of an engine are carried out a rotational speed detecting process, an idle rotation adjusting process of making a rotational speed detected by the rotational speed detecting process equal to an initial value of rotational speed by controlling an ignition timing while comparing the detected rotational speed with the initial value of rotational speed as target value, and a valve opening correction process according to idle ignition timing change (I.I.T.C.) obtained by the idle rotation adjusting process. The valve opening is set to an adjusted valve opening (A.V.O.) plus a correction valve opening (C.V.O.) by the valve opening correction process.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignees: IIDA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD., ZAMA JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryouhei Yamashita, Akira Yamazaki, Tamotsu Saitou, Hideki Watanabe, Takumi Nonaka
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Publication number: 20150014873Abstract: A throttle valve device ideal for small, inexpensive implements is provided. The throttle valve device having a damping member for slowly closing a throttle valve. The throttle valve device (1) has a throttle valve (4) that is fixed to a throttle shaft (5) pivotably supported in an air intake passage (2) and that is urged towards the closed direction, the throttle valve (4) adapted for adjusting the amount of air passing through the air intake passage (2). A through-bore (31) penetrating a shaft bore of the throttle shaft (5) is formed in a body, and a damping member (8) having frictional capabilities is inserted into and supported in the through-bore (31) in a state of pressing against the throttle shaft (5) inserted through the shaft bore (51).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Oka
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Patent number: 8899202Abstract: A fuel injection device comprising electricity-generating means generating electricity by rotation of an engine and outputting a predetermined signal, and a solenoid valve injecting fuel; the valve being opened as a result of a drive current applied to a coil, and the fuel being injected into an intake passage of the engine at a predetermined timing during the rotation of the engine; to ensure that the flow rate required during high-speed operation can be adequately provided in a fuel injection device for injecting/supplying fuel to an engine. The electricity-generating means is an alternating current generation means attached to the engine in a crank angle position at which an output is generated in synchronization with the intake timing of the engine; the signal is an injection command signal applied to the solenoid valve as an alternating-current drive current; and the applied voltage increases with increased engine speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Zama Japan Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takumi Nonaka, Hideki Watanabe
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Patent number: 8752528Abstract: A fuel injection device for smooth discharge of a gas accumulated therein comprising a fuel pump, a solenoid valve for injecting pressurized fuel into the intake passage of an engine, a high-pressure fuel passage extending from the fuel pump to the solenoid valve and has a medially positioned constant-pressure chamber, and a fuel return passage (38) connected to a fuel return pipe, with the fuel return passage extending from the constant- pressure chamber and having a medially positioned priming pump. The constant-pressure chamber is configured with the top wall in the upper space thereof disposed above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage opposite the solenoid valve, the fuel return passage opens into the upper space at a position above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage, and the gas accumulating in the constant-pressure chamber is discharged from the upper space toward the fuel tank via the fuel return passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Zama Japan Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takumi Nonaka, Hideki Watanabe
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Patent number: 8733730Abstract: A throttle valve device ideal for small, inexpensive implements is provided. The throttle valve device having a damping member for slowly closing a throttle valve. The throttle valve device (1) has a throttle valve (4) that is fixed to a throttle shaft (5) pivotably supported in an air intake passage (2) and that is urged towards the closed direction, the throttle valve (4) adapted for adjusting the amount of air passing through the air intake passage (2). A through-bore (31) penetrating a shaft bore of the throttle shaft (5) is formed in a body, and a damping member (8) having frictional capabilities is inserted into and supported in the through-bore (31) in a state of pressing against the throttle shaft (5) inserted through the shaft bore (51).Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Zama Japan Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyuki Oka