Patents by Inventor Akihiko Serizawa

Akihiko Serizawa 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: 6422126
    Abstract: In a power steering apparatus provided with a damper valve, a second valve apparatus of the damper valve is provided with a valve plate in contact with and apart from a partition member so as to open and close a through flow passage provided in the partition member, and a fluid storing recess portion is provided in a contact area between the partition member and the valve plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamano, Akihiko Serizawa, Hiroyuki Fujita, Satoshi Aiko
  • Patent number: 6393962
    Abstract: In a power steering apparatus provided with a damper valve, the damper valve holds a partition member between a cap and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamano, Akihiko Serizawa, Hiroyuki Fujita, Satoshi Aiko
  • Patent number: 6390228
    Abstract: A hydraulic power steering apparatus for a vehicle is provided with a main control valve in which a valve opening degree is controlled on the basis of a relative movement between an input shaft interlocking with a steering wheel and an output shaft interlocking with a steering mechanism for turning a steered wheel, a power cylinder mechanism generating a steering assist force, a pump apparatus discharging a fixed flow amount of working oil, a first flow passage including a supply passage communicated with the main control valve, and a control unit controlling an assist control valve. The main control valve controls a supply amount of the working oil in the first flow passage to the power steering apparatus, and the assist control valve controlling a flow amount of a part of the working oil discharged from the pump apparatus is controlled to a set valve opening degree set on the basis of a vehicle speed and an oil pressure of the working oil in the first flow passage, by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Serizawa, Masaru Ishiwata
  • Patent number: 6349788
    Abstract: In a control valve of a power steering apparatus, mutually adjacent longitudinal grooves are formed at an inner surface of a sleeve, and each upper end of longitudinal grooves is arranged in a stagger layout, and each lower end thereof is arranged in a stagger layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Chaojiu Wang, Akihiko Serizawa
  • Publication number: 20010032750
    Abstract: A hydraulic power steering apparatus for a vehicle is provided with a main control valve in which a valve opening degree is controlled on the basis of a relative movement between an input shaft interlocking with a steering wheel and an output shaft interlocking with a steering mechanism for turning a steered wheel, a power cylinder mechanism generating a steering assist force, a pump apparatus discharging a fixed flow amount of working oil, a first flow passage including a supply passage communicated with the main control valve, and a control unit controlling an assist control valve. The main control valve controls a supply amount of the working oil in the first flow passage to the power steering apparatus, and the assist control valve controlling a flow amount of a part of the working oil discharged from the pump apparatus 1 is controlled to a set valve opening degree set on the basis of a vehicle speed and an oil pressure of the working oil in the first flow passage, by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Akihiko Serizawa, Masaru Ishiwata
  • Patent number: 6164320
    Abstract: A damper valve for a hydraulic power steering device is disposed in a hydraulic oil circuit connecting an oil passage changing-over valve in a gear box and left and right oil chambers of a power cylinder. It is provided with a piston valve which is opened by through-flow of hydraulic oil returned back to the oil passage changing-over valve from either one of the left and right chambers of the power cylinder, and a check valve which is disposed in a valve body of the piston valve and which allows only hydraulic oil supplied from the oil passage changing-over valve to either one of the left and right chambers of the power cylinder to flow through the check valve. The piston valve is structured such that a throttle oil passage is formed by through flow of the returned hydraulic oil having an oil pressure of a predetermined value or less, and a fully opened oil passage is formed by through flow of the returned hydraulic oil having an oil pressure of more than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamano, Akihiko Serizawa, Satoshi Aiko