Patents by Inventor Eiichiro Kondo
Eiichiro Kondo 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).
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Patent number: 7487767Abstract: A long and narrow shape independent ignition type ignition apparatus has a long and narrow shape center core for an internal combustion engine. At least one of magnet member and a rubber material member is arranged at an end portion of the center core. A circumference of the center core including said magnet member and said rubber material member is surrounded using a soft material member.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
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Publication number: 20060129890Abstract: A long and narrow shape independent ignition type ignition apparatus has a long and narrow shape center core for an internal combustion engine. At least one of magnet member and a rubber material member is arranged at an end portion of the center core. A circumference of the center core including said magnet member and said rubber material member is surrounded using a soft material member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
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Patent number: 7013883Abstract: To improve an anti-heat shock performance and an electric field concentration relaxation (an insulation performance) between a secondary coil and a center core, to attain a narrow diameter structure in an individual ignition type ignition coil and further to improve an assembling working of the ignition coil. The individual ignition type ignition coil is adopted to an engine having a plastic head cover. A secondary coil 3 is positioned at an inner side of a primary coil 5 and between a secondary bobbin 2 and a center core 1 a soft epoxy resin 17 is filled up. In the secondary bobbin 2, a secondary coil low voltage side is a potting side of the soft epoxy resin 17 and an inclination having a difference in an inner diameter is provided on the inner diameter in which the secondary coil low voltage side is formed large and secondary coil high voltage side is formed small.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
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Patent number: 6865471Abstract: A vehicle cruise control apparatus is provided for controlling a vehicle to run at a set speed desired by a driver. The apparatus stores a state in which the driver inputs a set speed (for example, the number of times the driver inputs the set speeds and a period at which the driver inputs the set speeds), and calculates a target acceleration/deceleration from the input state and a vehicle speed deviation (calculated by subtracting the actual vehicle speed from the set speed).Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasufumi Konishi, Taisetsu Tanimichi, Tatsuya Yoshida, Toshio Manaka, Hidefumi Adachi, Eiichiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20040231652Abstract: A center core 1, a secondary coil 3 wound at a secondary bobbin 2 and a primary coil 5 wound at a primary bobbin 4 are placed concentrically inside a coil case 6 in sequence from the inside of the coil case. One end of the secondary coil 3 is connected to the primary coil side and becomes a low-voltage side, and the other side becomes a high-voltage side due to an induced voltage and used with connection to the individual ignition plugs of the internal combustion engine. The radial thickness of the bobbin at the low-voltage side 3a and the high-voltage side 3c of the secondary coil, each located at the both ends of the secondary coil, is made larger than the radial thickness of the bobbin at the center part 3b of the secondary coil. The radial thickness of an insulating layer 8 between the secondary coil 3 and the primary coil 5 at the low-voltage side 3a of the secondary coil is smaller and the radial thickness of the insulating layer at the high-voltage side 3b of the secondary coil is larger.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Junichi Shimada, Yoichi Anzo, Kenji Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Saito
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Publication number: 20040069288Abstract: An individual ignition type ignition coil is adopted to an engine having a plastic head cover. A secondary coil is positioned at an inner side of a primary coil, and between a secondary bobbin and a center core, a soft epoxy rein is filled The soft epoxy resin has a dent according to a compression molding and has a glass transition point Tg which satisfies a specified condition. The secondary bobbin is formed by PTS and the primary bobbin is set to the primary coil at the outer side of the secondary assembling body, and under an assembling condition the winding is carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering, Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
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Publication number: 20030195691Abstract: A vehicle cruise control apparatus is provided for controlling a vehicle to run at a set speed desired by a driver. The apparatus stores a state in which the driver inputs a set speed (for example, the number of times the driver inputs the set speeds and a period at which the driver inputs the set speeds), and calculates a target acceleration/deceleration from the input state and a vehicle speed deviation (calculated by subtracting the actual vehicle speed from the set speed).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., HITACHI CAR ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasufumi Konishi, Taisetsu Tanimichi, Tatsuya Yoshida, Toshio Manaka, Hidefumi Adachi, Eiichiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20030184424Abstract: A center core 1, a secondary coil 3 wound at a secondary bobbin 2 and a primary coil 5 wound at a primary bobbin 4 are placed concentrically inside a coil case 6 in sequence from the inside of the coil case. One end of the secondary coil 3 is connected to the primary coil side and becomes a low-voltage side, and the other side becomes a high-voltage side due to an induced voltage and used with connection to the individual ignition plugs of the internal combustion engine. The radial thickness of the bobbin at the low-voltage side 3a and the high-voltage side 3c of the secondary coil, each located at the both ends of the secondary coil, is made larger than the radial thickness of the bobbin at the center part 3b of the secondary coil. The radial thickness of an insulating layer 8 between the secondary coil 3 and the primary coil 5 at the low-voltage side 3a of the secondary coil is smaller and the radial thickness of the insulating layer at the high-voltage side 3b of the secondary coil is larger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicants: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Junichi Shimada, Yoichi Anzo, Kenji Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Saito
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Patent number: 6571784Abstract: An individual ignition type ignition coil is adopted to an engine having a plastic head cover. A secondary coil is positioned at an inner side of a primary coil and between a secondary bobbin and a center core a soft epoxy resin is filled up. The soft epoxy resin hash a dent according t a compression molding and has a glass transition point Tg which satisfies a specified condition. The secondary bobbin is formed by PPS and the primary bobbin is set to the primary coli at outer side of the secondary assembling body and under an assembling condition the winding is carried out.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
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Patent number: 6474322Abstract: The invention provides an ignition device of a cylindrical shape for an internal combustion engine, in which device it is possible to improves a productivity of a side core and a center core and to improve the efficiency of converting a magnetic flux together with the decreasing of the number of the steps of assembling process. The ignition device comprises a primary coil, a secondary coil, a center core, a side core, all of which are located concentrically in this order from the inside thereof, and a silicon steel strip having a thickness not more than 0.2 mm is used an a material of the side core so that a spirally wound, cylindrical shape is provided. Further, a thin film amorphous silicon steel strip having a flux density B8≧1.4T at a direct current magnetizing force of 800 A/m or a crystallized silicon steel strip having a thickness not more than 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyomi Ubukata, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Eiichiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20020067233Abstract: A center core 1, a secondary coil 3 wound at a secondary bobbin 2 and a primary coil 5 wound at a primary bobbin 4 are placed concentrically inside a coil case 6 in sequence from the inside of the coil case. One end of the secondary coil 3 is connected to the primary coil side and becomes a low-voltage side, and the other side becomes a high-voltage side due to an induced voltage and used with connection to the individual ignition plugs of the internal combustion engine. The radial thickness of the bobbin at the low-voltage side 3a and the high-voltage side 3c of the secondary coil, each located at the both ends of the secondary coil, is made larger than the radial thickness of the bobbin at the center part 3b of the secondary coil. The radial thickness of an insulating layer 8 between the secondary coil 3 and the primary coil 5 at the low-voltage side 3a of the secondary coil is smaller and the radial thickness of the insulating layer at the high-voltage side 3b of the secondary coil is larger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Junichi Shimada, Yoichi Anzo, Kenji Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Saito
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Publication number: 20020026929Abstract: To improve an anti-heat shock performance and an electric field concentration relaxation (an insulation performance) between a secondary coil and a center core, to attain a narrow diameter structure in an individual ignition type ignition coil and further to improve an assembling working of the ignition coil. The individual ignition type ignition coil is adopted to an engine having a plastic head cover. A secondary coil 3 is positioned at an inner side of a primary coil 5 and between a secondary bobbin 2 and a center core 1 a soft epoxy resin 17 is filled up. In the secondary bobbin 2, a secondary coil low voltage side is a potting side of the soft epoxy resin 17 and an inclination having a difference in an inner diameter is provided on the inner diameter in which the secondary coil low voltage side is formed large and secondary coil high voltage side is formed small.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
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Publication number: 20020014940Abstract: A center core 1, a secondary coil 3 wound at a secondary bobbin 2 and a primary coil 5 wound at a primary bobbin 4 are placed concentrically inside a coil case 6 in sequence from the inside of the coil case. One end of the secondary coil 3 is connected to the primary coil side and becomes a low-voltage side, and the other side becomes a high-voltage side due to an induced voltage and used with connection to the individual ignition plugs of the internal combustion engine. The radial thickness of the bobbin at the low-voltage side 3a and the high-voltage side 3c of the secondary coil, each located at the both ends of the secondary coil, is made larger than the radial thickness of the bobbin at the center part 3b of the secondary coil. The radial thickness of an insulating layer 8 between the secondary coil 3 and the primary coil 5 at the low-voltage side 3a of the secondary coil is smaller and the radial thickness of the insulating layer at the high-voltage side 3b of the secondary coil is larger.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Applicant: Hitachi Ltd.Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Junichi Shimada, Yoichi Anzo, Kenji Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Saito
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Patent number: 6332458Abstract: To improve an anti-heat shock performance and an electric field concentration relaxation (an insulation performance) between a secondary coil and a center core, to attain a narrow diameter structure in an individual ignition type ignition coil and further to improve an assembling working of the ignition coil. The individual ignition type ignition coil is adopted to an engine having a plastic head cover. A secondary coil 3 is positioned at an inner side of a primary coil 5 and between a secondary bobbin 2 and a center core 1 a soft epoxy resin 17 is filled up. In the secondary bobbin 2, a secondary coil low voltage side is a potting side of the soft epoxy resin 17 and an inclination having a difference in an inner diameter is provided on the inner diameter in which the secondary coil low voltage side is formed large and secondary coil high voltage side is formed small.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
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Patent number: 6308696Abstract: An ignition apparatus is received in a plug hole which is formed by a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover of an internal combustion engine. A side core has a slit between two horizontally extending side wall ends. The side core is selected from a laminated sheet structure comprised of two grain oriented silicon steel sheets, each having a slit between two horizontally extending side wall ends, and the plural slits align at substantially the same position. The slit prevents a one-turn short of a magnetic flux of the side core. Thereby a predetermined secondary voltage more than an engine requirement secondary voltage is obtained. An ignitor reception portion has an independent and individual ignitor reception portion and an independent and individual coil reception portion, with the ignitor reception portion and the coil reception portion being combined.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1997Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co. Ltd.Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Hiroshi Watanabe, Junichi Shimada, Kazutoshi Kobayashi
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Igniter for internal combustion engine having outer packing case equipped with coil and igniter unit
Patent number: 6055969Abstract: In order to reduce the bulk and weight of the upper igniter case division of the armor case, and to lower the center of gravity of the total apparatus so as to provide an igniter which is tough to oscillate, the igniter for the internal combustion engine has the armor case equipped with the coil department and igniter unit therein, and said armor case has the igniter case having the coil department case and the connector department. Furthermore, the coil department case is inserted in the plug hole of the internal combustion engine. The igniter unit is mounted in the igniter case. Furthermore, the igniter unit has a semiconductor device of a simple substance silicon chip having integrated therein a semi-conductor for switching and a current limiting circuitry. The semi-conductor for switching consists of an insulated bipolar transistor (IGBT) or a power transistor.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1999Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Oishi, Noboru Sugiura, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Fukatsu, Eiichiro Kondo, Yoichi Anzo, Masaru Ujigawa, Junichi Shimada, Kenji Nakabayashi -
Patent number: 5954036Abstract: An ignition apparatus is received in a plug hole which is formed by a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover of an internal combustion engine. A side core has a slit between two horizontally extending side wall ends. The side core is selected from a laminated sheet structure comprised of two grain oriented silicon steel sheets, each having a slit between two horizontally extending side wall ends, and the plural slits align at substantially the same position. The slit prevents a one-turn short of a magnetic flux of the side core. Thereby a predetermined secondary voltage more than an engine requirement secondary voltage is obtained. An ignitor reception portion has an independent and individual ignitor reception portion and an independent and individual coil reception portion, with the ignitor reception portion and the coil reception portion being combined.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1997Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co. Ltd.Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Hiroshi Watanabe, Junichi Shimada, Kazutoshi Kobayashi
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Igniter for internal combustion engine having outer packing case equipped with coil and igniter unit
Patent number: 5915367Abstract: In order to reduce the bulk and weight of the upper igniter case division of an armor case, and to lower the center of gravity of the total apparatus so as to provide an igniter which is tough to oscillate, the igniter for the internal combustion engine has the armor case equipped with a coil compartment and igniter unit. The armor case has the igniter case having the coil case and connector. Furthermore, the coil compartment case is inserted in the plug hole of the internal combustion engine. The igniter unit is mounted in the igniter case. Furthermore, the igniter unit has a semiconductor device of a single substance silicon chip having integrated therein a semi-conductor for switching and a current limiting circuitry. The semi-conductor for switching consists of an insulated bipolar transistor (IGBT) or a power transistor.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Oishi, Noboru Sugiura, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Katsuaki Fukatsu, Eiichiro Kondo, Yoichi Anzo, Masaru Ujigawa, Junichi Shimada, Kenji Nakabayashi