Patents by Inventor Atsushi NAGANUMA

Atsushi NAGANUMA 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: 11905948
    Abstract: In a variable displacement type oil pump, a swing member accommodates a pump forming member, and swings to vary a quantity of change of a volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A biasing member biases the swing member in a direction to increase the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A first control oil chamber applies a first torque to the swing member in a direction to reduce the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A second control oil chamber applies a second torque to the swing member in a direction to increase the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber, wherein the second torque is larger than the first torque. A switching mechanism switches between supply and drain of working oil with respect to the second control oil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Saga, Yasushi Watanabe, Hideaki Ohnishi, Atsushi Naganuma
  • Publication number: 20220316473
    Abstract: Discharge port (26) as arc-recessed discharge portion is formed by cutting on bottom surface (13a) of pump accommodating portion (13) of variable displacement pump. On mounting surface (1b) of housing body (1), first low pressure chamber (281) is formed at position overlapping with discharge port (26) in radial direction of pump structure (14) formed by driving shaft (3), rotor (4) and vanes (5) Drain hole (28b) communicating with low pressure portion located outside housing body (1) is formed on bottom surface (28a) of first low pressure chamber (281) along direction of rotation axis (O1) of pump structure (14). Low pressure portion has pressure that is hydraulic pressure of oil discharged from discharge port (26) or less. Oil from discharge port (26), having higher pressure than first low pressure chamber (281), flows into first low pressure chamber (281) by pressure difference between discharge port (26) and first low pressure chamber (281).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi NAGANUMA
  • Patent number: 11215178
    Abstract: Provided is a variable capacity pump where ease of control can be improved. A variable capacity pump includes a control chamber and a control mechanism. The control chamber is disposed between a pump accommodating chamber and a movable member, and the volume of the control chamber is variable with the movement of the movable member. Working oil discharged from a discharge portion is introduced into the control chamber. The control mechanism includes a spool, a biasing member, and a solenoid. The spool is provided in a passage, and is configured to control introduction of working oil into the control chamber by moving in a cylindrical portion. The spool is biased to one side in an axial direction by a pressure of working oil introduced into the cylindrical portion from the discharge portion. The biasing member biases the spool to an opposite side in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Atsushi Naganuma, Koji Saga, Hideaki Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 10947973
    Abstract: A variable displacement oil pump includes: a pump constituting section; a movable member; an urging mechanism; a control hydraulic chamber group; a drain mechanism arranged to discharge the oil from a specific one control hydraulic chamber of the control hydraulic chamber group; and a control valve which into which the oil of an upstream side that is discharged from the discharge portion, or the oil from the control hydraulic chamber is introduced as a control hydraulic pressure, which is arranged to supply the oil of the upstream side that is discharged from the discharge portion to the specific one control hydraulic chamber, or to discharge the oil from the specific one control hydraulic chamber by the drain mechanism to regulate the pressure of the specific one control hydraulic chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Naganuma, Hideaki Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 10947972
    Abstract: Variable displacement-type oil pump has pump configuration unit driven by engine and discharging oil sucked from inlet portion from outlet portion by volumes of a plurality of pump chambers being varied; cam ring changing volume variation of each pump chamber by moving; coil spring forcing cam ring in direction in which volume variation of each pump chamber is increased; control oil chamber forcing cam ring in direction in which volume variation of each pump chamber is decreased; drain port draining oil from control oil chamber; control valve into which a downstream side oil discharged from outlet portion is introduced, and which adjusts internal pressure of control oil chamber by supplying oil into control oil chamber when hydraulic pressure of the introduced oil exceeds a predetermined setting working pressure. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress increase in electric power consumption associated with an electrical control mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Naganuma, Hideaki Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 10941681
    Abstract: Oil pump and oil pump-integrated balancer device each have a pump housing formed by housing body 31 and cover member 32, pump shaft 33 having driven side helical gear 43 at which thrust force occurs when transmitting rotation force and rotating a rotor by the rotation force provided from drive side helical gear 13 that is engaged with driven side helical gear 43, first and second thrust receiving portions 47, 46 formed close to hole edges of bearing holes 32a, 31a of the cover member and the housing body, and first and second thrust limiting portions 49, 48 provided at the driven side helical gear and the pump shaft, contacting the thrust receiving portions from axis direction and limiting thrust movement of the pump shaft. With this configuration, oil pump and oil pump-integrated balancer device which are capable of securing stable support of the pump shaft are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kato, Atsushi Naganuma, Yasushi Watanabe, Hideaki Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 10677245
    Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes: a pump constituting section; a movable member; a first control hydraulic chamber; a second control hydraulic chamber; a control mechanism arranged to be actuated by receiving a control hydraulic pressure which is the discharge pressure on a downstream side of the discharge portion, through a single control passage formed within the engine, and to control a supply and a discharge of the discharge pressure with respect to the second control hydraulic chamber; and a switching mechanism arranged to switch a connection and a disconnection between the control passage and the control mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Naganuma
  • Publication number: 20200141407
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a pump capable of achieving improvement of a discharge efficiency. A pump configured to suck and discharge fluid includes a housing, a driving shaft rotatably supported on the housing, and a pump element contained in the housing and configured to be rotated by the driving shaft. The housing contains therein an intake passage into which the fluid delivered from outside the housing is introduced, an intake port configured to guide the fluid from the intake passage to the pump element, a discharge port into which the fluid pressurized by the pump element is introduced, and a discharge passage configured to discharge the fluid delivered from the discharge port to outside the housing. The discharge passage includes a first passage including a beginning portion connected to the discharge port and a termination portion. The first passage extends as far as the termination portion around one straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke KATO, Atsushi NAGANUMA, Hideaki OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20190345852
    Abstract: Oil pump and oil pump-integrated balancer device each have a pump housing formed by housing body 31 and cover member 32, pump shaft 33 having driven side helical gear 43 at which thrust force occurs when transmitting rotation force and rotating a rotor by the rotation force provided from drive side helical gear 13 that is engaged with driven side helical gear 43, first and second thrust receiving portions 47, 46 formed close to hole edges of bearing holes 32a, 31a of the cover member and the housing body, and first and second thrust limiting portions 49, 48 provided at the driven side helical gear and the pump shaft, contacting the thrust receiving portions from axis direction and limiting thrust movement of the pump shaft. With this configuration, oil pump and oil pump-integrated balancer device which are capable of securing stable support of the pump shaft are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke KATO, Atsushi NAGANUMA, Yasushi WATANABE, Hideaki OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20190226479
    Abstract: Provided is a variable capacity pump where ease of control can be improved. A variable capacity pump includes a control chamber and a control mechanism. The control chamber is disposed between a pump accommodating chamber and a movable member, and the volume of the control chamber is variable with the movement of the movable member. Working oil discharged from a discharge portion is introduced into the control chamber. The control mechanism includes a spool, a biasing member, and a solenoid. The spool is provided in a passage, and is configured to control introduction of working oil into the control chamber by moving in a cylindrical portion. The spool is biased to one side in an axial direction by a pressure of working oil introduced into the cylindrical portion from the discharge portion. The biasing member biases the spool to an opposite side in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi WATANABE, Atsushi NAGANUMA, Koji SAGA, Hideaki OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20190219053
    Abstract: Provided is a variable capacity pump where ease of control can be improved. A variable capacity pump includes a control chamber and a control valve. The control chamber is disposed between a pump accommodating chamber and a movable member, and the volume of the control chamber is variable with the movement of the movable member. Working oil discharged from a discharge portion is introduced into the control chamber. The control valve is provided in a passage and, with the movement of a valve element, the control valve varies the cross-sectional area of a flow passage, through which working oil in the control chamber is drained to a low pressure portion, while making the discharge portion and the control chamber communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NAGANUMA, Hideaki OHNISHI, Yasushi WATANABE, Koji SAGA
  • Publication number: 20180258930
    Abstract: Variable displacement-type oil pump has pump configuration unit driven by engine and discharging oil sucked from inlet portion from outlet portion by volumes of a plurality of pump chambers being varied; cam ring changing volume variation of each pump chamber by moving; coil spring forcing cam ring in direction in which volume variation of each pump chamber is increased; control oil chamber forcing cam ring in direction in which volume variation of each pump chamber is decreased; drain port draining oil from control oil chamber; control valve into which a downstream side oil discharged from outlet portion is introduced, and which adjusts internal pressure of control oil chamber by supplying oil into control oil chamber when hydraulic pressure of the introduced oil exceeds a predetermined setting working pressure. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress increase in electric power consumption associated with an electrical control mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NAGANUMA, Hideaki OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20180223840
    Abstract: A variable displacement oil pump includes: a pump constituting section; a movable member; an urging mechanism; a control hydraulic chamber group; a drain mechanism arranged to discharge the oil from a specific one control hydraulic chamber of the control hydraulic chamber group; and a control valve which into which the oil of an upstream side that is discharged from the discharge portion, or the oil from the control hydraulic chamber is introduced as a control hydraulic pressure, which is arranged to supply the oil of the upstream side that is discharged from the discharge portion to the specific one control hydraulic chamber, or to discharge the oil from the specific one control hydraulic chamber by the drain mechanism to regulate the pressure of the specific one control hydraulic chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NAGANUMA, Hideaki OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20180187676
    Abstract: In a variable displacement type oil pump, a swing member accommodates a pump forming member, and swings to vary a quantity of change of a volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A biasing member biases the swing member in a direction to increase the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A first control oil chamber applies a first torque to the swing member in a direction to reduce the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A second control oil chamber applies a second torque to the swing member in a direction to increase the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber, wherein the second torque is larger than the first torque. A switching mechanism switches between supply and drain of working oil with respect to the second control oil chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji SAGA, Yasushi WATANABE, Hideaki OHNISHI, Atsushi NAGANUMA
  • Patent number: 10006457
    Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes: an urging mechanism which includes two spring members; an electromagnetic switching valve which is arranged to connect the second control chamber and the discharge portion in an energized state, and to connect the second control chamber and the low pressure chamber in a deenergized state; and a control valve which is actuated by the pressure of the discharge portion, and which is arranged to decrease the pressure within the second control chamber when the pressure of the discharge portion becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Atsushi Naganuma
  • Publication number: 20180135625
    Abstract: A variable capacity oil pump controlling a pump discharge pressure to a two-stage characteristic includes: an electromagnetic switching valve formed to enable a switching between a state in which oil is discharged from a second control oil chamber and a state in which oil is introduced into the second control oil chamber; a pilot valve controlled by a discharge pressure by oil and a biasing force by a control spring and configured to supply a hydraulic pressure to a first control oil chamber in accordance with oil, to interrupt the supply of the hydraulic pressure, and to supply or exhaust the hydraulic pressure to or from second control oil chamber; and an intermediate passage. Oil exhausted from the first and second control oil chambers is not introduced into an inside of a control spring housing chamber in which a control spring of the pilot valve is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NAGANUMA, Yasushi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9903367
    Abstract: A variable displacement oil pump for an internal combustion engine includes a pump element to vary inside volumes of pumping chambers to suck and discharge an oil, a varying mechanism to vary a pumping volume variation quantity of the pumping chambers, with movement of a movable member such as a cam ring, an urging mechanism to urge the movable member in a direction to increase the pumping volume variation quantity, first and second control oil chambers to urge the movable member to vary the pumping volume variation quantity, and a control mechanism, such as a pilot valve, to control the supply/drainage of the oil to or from the second control oil chamber. An operation oil pressure of the movable member is set higher than an operation oil pressure of the control mechanism in a higher pressure region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Hideaki Ohnishi, Koji Saga, Atsushi Naganuma
  • Publication number: 20180023564
    Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes: a pump constituting section; a movable member; a first control hydraulic chamber; a second control hydraulic chamber; a control mechanism arranged to be actuated by receiving a control hydraulic pressure which is the discharge pressure on a downstream side of the discharge portion, through a single control passage formed within the engine, and to control a supply and a discharge of the discharge pressure with respect to the second control hydraulic chamber; and a switching mechanism arranged to switch a connection and a disconnection between the control passage and the control mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi NAGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20170234311
    Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes: an urging mechanism which includes two spring members; an electromagnetic switching valve which is arranged to connect the second control chamber and the discharge portion in an energized state, and to connect the second control chamber and the low pressure chamber in a deenergized state; and a control valve which is actuated by the pressure of the discharge portion, and which is arranged to decrease the pressure within the second control chamber when the pressure of the discharge portion becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi WATANABE, Atsushi NAGANUMA
  • Patent number: 9670925
    Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes: an urging mechanism which includes two spring members; an electromagnetic switching valve which is arranged to connect the second control chamber and the discharge portion in an energized state, and to connect the second control chamber and the low pressure chamber in a deenergized state; and a control valve which is actuated by the pressure of the discharge portion, and which is arranged to decrease the pressure within the second control chamber when the pressure of the discharge portion becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Atsushi Naganuma