Patents by Inventor Eiichi Kubota

Eiichi Kubota 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: 10731615
    Abstract: Responsiveness of an electromagnetic flow-rate control valve provided for closing a suction valve is improved and a discharge flow rate is controlled to a desired value. A flow-rate control valve includes a fixed core arranged on an inner circumferential side of a coil, a yoke arranged on an outer circumferential side of the coil, and a cover portion opposed to the coil in an axial direction, in which the fixed core has an enlarged portion in contact with the cover portion in the axial direction and enlarging toward the coil, and the cover portion is regulated in the axial direction only by a contact portion with the fixed core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Kusakabe, Kenichiro Tokuo, Satoshi Usui, Minoru Hashida, Masayuki Suganami, Atsushi Hohkita, Eiichi Kubota, Daisuke Kitajima, Hiroshi Horie
  • Patent number: 10473075
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a fuel rail that can be used at a high fuel pressure of 50 MPa or more, for example, has good engine mountability, and has improved material yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi Kubota, Koji Harada, Keiichi Uraki, Shinya Nakatani, Hiroshi Ono, Masahiro Soma
  • Publication number: 20180274507
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a fuel rail that can be used at a high fuel pressure of 50 MPa or more, for example, has good engine mountability, and has improved material yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi KUBOTA, Koji HARADA, Keiichi URAKI, Shinya NAKATANI, Hiroshi ONO, Masahiro SOMA
  • Publication number: 20180135579
    Abstract: Responsiveness of an electromagnetic flow-rate control valve provided for closing a suction valve is improved and a discharge flow rate is controlled to a desired value. A flow-rate control valve includes a fixed core arranged on an inner circumferential side of a coil, a yoke arranged on an outer circumferential side of the coil, and a cover portion opposed to the coil in an axial direction, in which the fixed core has an enlarged portion in contact with the cover portion in the axial direction and enlarging toward the coil, and the cover portion is regulated in the axial direction only by a contact portion with the fixed core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ryo KUSAKABE, Kenichiro TOKUO, Satoshi USUI, Minoru HASHIDA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Atsushi HOHKITA, Eiichi KUBOTA, Daisuke KITAJIMA, Hiroshi HORIE
  • Patent number: 8230839
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve used for an internal combustion engine, a valve closing lag time due to fluid resistance in a fuel path is shortened to decrease a minimum injection limit. More specifically, in the fuel injection valve in which an anchor is attracted to an end face part of a stationary core having a fuel path formed at a center part thereof by means of electromagnetic force, and in which a fuel injection hole is opened and closed by controlling a valve disc driven in conjunction with the anchor, there are provided a fuel reservoir part at a center part of an upper end face part of the anchor, a through hole extending axially in a fashion that an end part thereof is open to the fuel reservoir part, and a fuel path extending radially outward from the fuel reservoir part so that fuel is fed to a magnetic attraction gap between an upper end face part of the anchor and a lower end face part of the stationary core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Motoyuki Abe, Toru Ishikawa, Eiichi Kubota, Takehiko Kowatari
  • Patent number: 8104698
    Abstract: In relation to injectors used for internal-combustion engines, it is important to decrease valve closing delay time and also the minimum injection quantity, while these are affected by remanent magnetism in the fixed core, surface tension of the fuel, etc. With reference to a fuel injection valve with a pipe-shaped member to enclose a fixed core and a movable part and further with coils and yokes to cover up the above pipe-shaped member, the anchor to drive the movable member has a plurality of through holes for fuel passage extending in the axial direction, while these through holes are arranged at a certain intervals in the circumferential direction, and projections formed to constitute a contacting surface to touch the fixed core arranged randomly in between the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Motoyuki Abe, Toru Ishikawa, Eiichi Kubota, Takehiko Kowatari
  • Patent number: 7770823
    Abstract: A fuel injector comprises a movable element, a seat contact surface formed at one end of the movable element, a nozzle member having a valve seat. The seat contact surface of the movable element is in contact with and seated on at the time of valve closing. A nozzle holder portion holds a periphery of the nozzle member. A plastic deformation portion is formed by engaging one of a part of the nozzle member and a part of the nozzle holder portion in the other one of the part of the nozzle member. The nozzle member and the nozzle holder portion are joined by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Kubota, Hideyuki Shikaki, Masahumi Nakano, Masahiko Hayatani
  • Publication number: 20100065021
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve used for an internal combustion engine, a valve closing lag time due to fluid resistance in a fuel path is shortened to decrease a minimum injection limit. More specifically, in the fuel injection valve in which an anchor is attracted to an end face part of a stationary core having a fuel path formed at a center part thereof by means of electromagnetic force, and in which a fuel injection hole is opened and closed by controlling a valve disc driven in conjunction with the anchor, there are provided a fuel reservoir part at a center part of an upper end face part of the anchor, a through hole extending axially in a fashion that an end part thereof is open to the fuel reservoir part, and a fuel path extending radially outward from the fuel reservoir part so that fuel is fed to a magnetic attraction gap between an upper end face part of the anchor and a lower end face part of the stationary core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Motoyuki Abe, Toru Ishikawa, Eiichi Kubota, Takehiko Kowatari
  • Publication number: 20100012754
    Abstract: In relation to injectors used for internal-combustion engines, it is important to decrease valve closing delay time and also the minimum injection quantity, while these are affected by remanent magnetism in the fixed core, surface tension of the fuel, etc. With reference to a fuel injection valve with a pipe-shaped member to enclose a fixed core and a movable part and further with coils and yokes to cover up the above pipe-shaped member, the anchor to drive the movable member has a plurality of through holes for fuel passage extending in the axial direction, while these through holes are arranged at a certain intervals in the circumferential direction, and projections formed to constitute a contacting surface to touch the fixed core arranged randomly in between the through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Motoyuki Abe, Toru Ishikawa, Eiichi Kubota, Takehiko Kowatari
  • Patent number: 7478582
    Abstract: The problems can be solved by ensuring that Ga?Gb<Gc or Ga<Gb?Gc, wherein Ga denotes a clearing between the bore on the portion from the compression chamber of the high pressure pump to the cylindrical groove and the plunger, where a transverse aperture is connected with the bore through a cylindrical groove provided halfway through the bore of a cylinder; Gb a clearance closer to the cylindrical groove, out of the clearances between the bore from the cylindrical groove to the drive source side and the plunger; and Gc a clearance closer to the drive source side, out of the clearances between the bore from the cylindrical groove to the drive source side and the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Kubota, Aikawa Shigeo, Michio Yoshida, Yasuhiro Kajiyama, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20080296414
    Abstract: A fuel injector comprises a movable element, a seat contact surface formed at one end of the movable element, a nozzle member having a valve seat. The seat contact surface of the movable element is in contact with and seated on at the time of valve closing. A nozzle holder portion holds a periphery of the nozzle member. A plastic deformation portion is formed by engaging one of a part of the nozzle member and a part of the nozzle holder portion in the other one of the part of the nozzle member. The nozzle member and the nozzle holder portion are joined by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi KUBOTA, Hideyuki Shikaki, Masahumi Nakano, Masahiko Hayatani
  • Patent number: 7021569
    Abstract: A fuel swirler positioned upstream of an injection orifice is disposed at the tip of a nozzle body in a fuel injector, in which the fixed core and the nozzle body are coupled to each other via a non-magnetic cylindrical seal ring press-fitted and welded to the outer circumference of one end on the nozzle body side of the fixed core and the inner circumference of one end of the nozzle body. The inner circumference of the fuel swirler and the inner circumference of the seal ring function serve as a guide for slidably guiding a stroke movement of the needle. The fuel swirler is held between the receiving surface of the nozzle body and the orifice plate, thus defining an annular fuel passage between the outer circumference of the fuel swirler and the inner circumference of the nozzle body, so that fuel flows into a passage groove formed at the lower end surface of the fuel swirler via the annular fuel passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ogura, Atsushi Sekine, Eiichi Kubota, Masafumi Nakano, Keiichi Uraki, Noriyuki Maekawa, Mizuho Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Tanabe, Hiromasa Kubo, Tooru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20040179963
    Abstract: The problems can be solved by ensuring that Ga≦Gb<Gc or Ga<Gb≦Gc, wherein Ga denotes a clearing between the bore on the portion from the compression chamber of the high pressure pump to the cylindrical groove and the plunger, where a transverse aperture is connected with the bore through a cylindrical groove provided halfway through the bore of a cylinder; Gb a clearance closer to the cylindrical groove, out of the clearances between the bore from the cylindrical groove to the drive source side and the plunger; and Gc a clearance closer to the drive source side, out of the clearances between the bore from the cylindrical groove to the drive source side and the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Kubota, Shigeo Aikawa, Michio Yoshida, Yasuhiro Kajiyama, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: D304281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi Heating Appliances Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Naito, Toshiro Higa, Tetsuro Aobori, Eiichi Kubota, Takeichi Obata
  • Patent number: D313919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi Heating Appliances Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Naito, Toshiro Higa, Tetsuro Aobori, Eiichi Kubota, Takeichi Obata