Patents by Inventor Chikaya Ito

Chikaya Ito 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).

  • Publication number: 20120160212
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a device for lowering a cost of the throttle body of the carburetor that can be used for both the mechanical governor control device and the electronic governor control device. A bracket 5 on which a stepper motor 7 which opens and closes a throttle valve 6 of a carburetor 2 is provided between adjacent two of an air cleaner 1 arranged in an intake path 12 of the engine, the carburetor 2, a first thermal insulator and the intake path 4 of the engine which together form the intake path 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Maki, Chikaya Ito
  • Patent number: 7886723
    Abstract: In this multipurpose engine, a fuel gas evaporated within a fuel tank of the engine is drawn out of the fuel tank and is adsorbed by an adsorbing material, the fuel gas is separated from the adsorbing material, and then the fuel gas separated from the adsorbing material is suctioned into an intake system of the engine by using negative pressure inside the intake system. The adsorbing material is accommodated in a canister, and two connection ports used for connection with the canister are respectively provided at a heat-insulating intake pipe between a carburetor and the engine and at a clear section of an air cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Marushima, Chikaya Ito
  • Publication number: 20090194077
    Abstract: In this multipurpose engine, a fuel gas evaporated within a fuel tank of the engine is drawn out of the fuel tank and is adsorbed by an adsorbing material, the fuel gas is separated from the adsorbing material, and then the fuel gas separated from the adsorbing material is suctioned into an intake system of the engine by using negative pressure inside the intake system. The adsorbing material is accommodated in a canister, and two connection ports used for connection with the canister are respectively provided at a heat-insulating intake pipe between a carburetor and the engine and at a clear section of an air cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi MARUSHIMA, Chikaya Ito
  • Publication number: 20080202479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multipurpose engine including a canister that adsorbs evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank as well as desorbs a desorbs the fuel so that the fuel can be led to an air suction system of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Chikaya Ito, Kazuhiro Maki