Patents by Inventor Akira Arioka

Akira Arioka 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: 9032934
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve supporting structure, a first contact surface being orthogonal to a center axis of a fuel injection valve and opposed to a fuel supply cap and paired second contact surfaces opposed to each other with a plane, including the center axis and a center line of a coupler, in between are formed in an intermediate portion of the fuel injection valve, and a supporting member includes: a base plate set on the first contact surface; an elastic piece extending from the base plate to elastically come into pressure contact with the fuel supply cap and bias the fuel injection valve toward an injection valve attachment hole by its reaction force; and paired turn stopper pieces each extending from the base plate to abut against the second contact surface and restrict a turn of the fuel injection valve about the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Nakaya Nakamura, Manabu Wakamatsu, Keisuke Machida, Akira Arioka
  • Patent number: 7637442
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is provided that includes a valve seat member (3) having a conical valve seat (8) and a valve hole (7) formed through a central part of the valve seat (8), a valve body (18) working in cooperation with the valve seat (8), and an injector plate (10) joined to the valve seat member (3) and having a plurality of fuel injection holes (11) radially outwardly displaced from the valve hole (7), a diffusion chamber (39) providing communication between the valve hole (7) and the fuel injection holes (11) being provided between the valve seat member (3) and the injector plate (10), wherein the diffusion chamber (39) formed between the valve seat member (3) and the injector plate (10) is in an annular shape, has a diameter that is larger than that of the valve hole (7), and has inner ends of the fuel injection holes (11) opening therein, and a plurality of fuel passages (42a, 42b) are disposed within the valve hole (7), the plurality of fuel passages (42a, 42b) reversing within the valve hole (7)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Aoki, Daisuke Sato, Atsushi Kamahora, Akira Arioka
  • Patent number: 7530508
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve, a fuel guide member facing the valve hole is connected to an injector plate, and an annular diffusion chamber is formed between a valve seat member and the injector plate. A pair of first notches, a pair of second notches, and a plurality of closing parts are formed in an outer periphery of the fuel guide member. The first notches are arranged on a first diameter line of the valve hole. The second notches are arranged on a second diameter line perpendicular to the first diameter line. The closing parts are provided between the first and second notches to partially close the valve hole. A plurality of fuel injection holes are dispersally arranged in outside regions corresponding to the closing parts and inside regions corresponding to the first notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Atsushi Kamahora, Akira Arioka, Ryuji Aoki
  • Publication number: 20080203194
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is provided that includes a valve seat member (3) having a conical valve seat (8) and a valve hole (7) formed through a central part of the valve seat (8), a valve body (18) working in cooperation with the valve seat (8), and an injector plate (10) joined to the valve seat member (3) and having a plurality of fuel injection holes (11) radially outwardly displaced from the valve hole (7), a diffusion chamber (39) providing communication between the valve hole (7) and the fuel injection holes (11) being provided between the valve seat member (3) and the injector plate (10), wherein the diffusion chamber (39) formed between the valve seat member (3) and the injector plate (10) is in an annular shape, has a diameter that is larger than that of the valve hole (7), and has inner ends of the fuel injection holes (11) opening therein, and a plurality of fuel passages (42a, 42b) are disposed within the valve hole (7), the plurality of fuel passages (42a, 42b) reversing within the valve hole (7)
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ryuji Aoki, Daisuke Sato, Atsushi Kamahora, Akira Arioka
  • Publication number: 20070272774
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve, a fuel guide member facing the valve hole is connected to an injector plate, and an annular diffusion chamber is formed between a valve seat member and the injector plate. A pair of first notches, a pair of second notches, and a plurality of closing parts are formed in an outer periphery of the fuel guide member. The first notches are arranged on a first diameter line of the valve hole. The second notches are arranged on a second diameter line perpendicular to the first diameter line. The closing parts are provided between the first and second notches to partially close the valve hole. A plurality of fuel injection holes are dispersally arranged in outside regions corresponding to the closing parts and inside regions corresponding to the first notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Atsushi Kamahora, Akira Arioka, Ryuji Aoki
  • Patent number: 6758420
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat member having a valve seat and a valve bore provided through a central portion of the valve seat, and an injector plate coupled to an outer end face of the valve seat member and having a plurality of fuel injection bores arranged in an annular shape surrounding an axis of the valve bore. A fuel diffusion chamber is defined between the valve seat member and the injector plate, and faced by the valve bore and all the fuel injection bores. The plurality of the fuel injection bores are formed in parallel to the axis of the valve bore, and the spreading angle of a fuel spray foam formed by the fuel injected from the fuel injection bores is determined depending on an axis distance between the valve bore and each of the fuel injection bores. Thus, it is possible to determine the spreading angle of the fuel spray foam as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Arioka, Koji Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6616071
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat member having a valve bore, and an injector plate coupled to an outer end face of the valve seat member. A fuel diffusion chamber is defined between the valve seat member and the injector plate. The injector plate is provided with a plurality of fuel injection bores which are parted on a plane including an axis of the valve bore into primary and secondary groups for injecting fuel toward primary and secondary intake ports. When a direction of arrangement of the primary and secondary intake ports is represented by X, and a direction perpendicular to the direction of arrangement is represented by Y, the fuel injection bores of the primary and secondary groups are formed so that they are inclined to a side opposite from the axis of the valve bore only in a direction X toward a downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kitamura, Akira Arioka
  • Publication number: 20020063175
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat member having a valve bore, and an injector plate coupled to an outer end face of the valve seat member. A fuel diffusion chamber is defined between the valve seat member and the injector plate. The injector plate is provided with a plurality of fuel injection bores which are parted on a plane including an axis of the valve bore into primary and secondary groups for injecting fuel toward primary and secondary intake ports. When a direction of arrangement of the primary and secondary intake ports is represented by X, and a direction perpendicular to the direction of arrangement is represented by Y, the fuel injection bores of the primary and secondary groups are formed so that they are inclined to a side opposite from the axis of the valve bore only in a direction X toward a downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Koji Kitamura, Akira Arioka
  • Publication number: 20020063174
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat member having a valve seat and a valve bore provided through a central portion of the valve seat, and an injector plate coupled to an outer end face of the valve seat member and having a plurality of fuel injection bores arranged in an annular shape surrounding an axis of the valve bore. A fuel diffusion chamber is defined between the valve seat member and the injector plate, and faced by the valve bore and all the fuel injection bores. The plurality of the fuel injection bores are formed in parallel to the axis of the valve bore, and the spreading angle of a fuel spray foam formed by the fuel injected from the fuel injection bores is determined depending on an axis distance between the valve bore and each of the fuel injection bores. Thus, it is possible to determine the spreading angle of the fuel spray foam as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Akira Arioka, Koji Kitamura