Patents by Inventor Eiichi Ichihara

Eiichi Ichihara 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: 4761155
    Abstract: A tensioner acting on and allowing an endless transmission belt, stretched between a driving wheel and driven wheels supported on the body of an internal combustion engine, to run under a constant tension, wherein an oscillating lever supports a tension pulley pressed against a loosening side of the transmission belt and has a base end pivoted on the engine body, and an automatic adjuster connected to a tip end of the lever is supported on a case for a hydraulic pump of the engine. A spacer is interposed between contact portions of the oscillating lever and the engine body, and an outlet of the pump and an oil port of the adjuster are directly communicated. An adjusting screw is provided on the tip end of the oscillating lever and is operatively connected to the upper end of a plunger of the automatic adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tanaka Machine Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoshita, Junichi Araki, Itsuo Iwai, Eiichi Ichihara, Michio Sato, Nobuo Anno
  • Patent number: 4709667
    Abstract: In an oil supply device of a valve operating system mounted in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and operable to open or close intake and exhaust valves, there are juxtaposed an oil supply line for supplying a working oil into a hydraulic tappet of the valve operating system and a lubricating oil line for supplying a lubricating oil to those portions of a valve operating cam shaft which are to be lubricated, and orifice means for controlling the flow rate is provided in each the oil lines. The both oil lines are connected in communication to a main oil passageway upstream of the orifice means, the main oil passageway being connected to a source of a hydraulic oil. Air bleed means is provided in the oil supply line and disposed above the lubricating oil line in the central wall of the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tanaka Machine Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Ichihara, Itsuo Iwai