Patents by Inventor Eiji Hamashima

Eiji Hamashima 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: 5108037
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve (10) has a valve member (2) arranged to be controllably movable in an axial direction toward and away from a circular valve seat (4) so as to control fuel flow from a port (5) downstream from the valve seat. An axial fuel passage (7) extends from upstream of the valve seat (4) through a clearance between the seating portion and the seat (4) for producing a substantially non-swirling fuel flow from the port (5). A transverse fuel passage (8) is also provided and the transverse fuel passage extends transversely to the axial passage and communicates with the axial fuel passage at a location offset to a diameter of the valve seat for producing a swirling fuel flow from the port (5). A combination of swirling and non-swirling fuel flow is thus supplied by the port (5), for producing finer fuel droplets of improved distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignees: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Haruo Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ando, Youzou Nakamura, Mineo Kashiwaya, Eiji Hamashima
  • Patent number: 5098016
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which an area of an annular gap formed by a ball valve and a valve seat when the ball valve is lifted is made smaller than cross sectional area of grooves provided on a fuel swirling element which gives fuel supplied a swirling force and further is made larger than a cross sectional area of a fuel injection port, whereby the fuel is injected with an excellent atomizing characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Yozo Nakamura, Kyoichi Uchiyama, Haruo Watanabe, Tokuo Kosuge, Akira Onishi, Akashi Terasaki, Hiroyuki Ando, Eiji Hamashima
  • Patent number: 4995559
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which an area of an annular gap formed by a ball valve and a valve seat when the ball valve is lifted is made smaller than cross sectional area of grooves provided on a fuel swirling element which gives fuel supplied a swirling force and further is made larger than a cross sectional area of a fuel injection port, whereby the fuel is injected with an excellent atomizing characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Yozo Nakamura, Kyoichi Uchiyama, Haruo Watanabe, Tokuo Kosuge, Akira Onishi, Akashi Terasaki, Hiroyuki Ando, Eiji Hamashima
  • Patent number: 4887769
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which an area of an annular gap formed by a ball valve and a valve seat when the ball valve is lifted is made smaller than cross sectional area of grooves provided on a fuel swirling element which gives fuel supplied a swirling force and further is made larger than a cross sectional area of a fuel injection port, whereby the fuel is injected with an excellent atomizing characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Yozo Nakamura, Kyoichi Uchiyama, Haruo Watanabe, Tokuo Kosuge, Akira Onishi, Akashi Terasaki, Hiroyuki Ando, Eiji Hamashima
  • Patent number: 4520962
    Abstract: A fuel inlet opens at one end between a valve seat and an inner surface of a valve housing on which a globe valve slides. The other end of the fuel inlet opens to an external surface of the valve housing. The fuel inlet runs almost in the direction of a central axis of the globe valve so as to prevent the formation of vortex flow around the globe valve. A spiral member is pressure fitted inside the valve housing immediately downstream of the valve seat with the spiral member being formed as a rod with a spiral fuel groove to swirl the fuel along the groove. An outlet orifice for fuel metering is formed immediately downstream of and as near as possible to the spiral member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakichi Momono, Hisanori Moriya, Masahiro Souma, Eiji Hamashima