Patents by Inventor Eishin Nakashima

Eishin Nakashima 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: 10508586
    Abstract: An air-cooled engine capable of enhancing detection precision of a temperature sensor includes a crankcase, a crankshaft, a fan case, and an engine cooling fan. The installation direction of the crankshaft defines the front and rear direction. The fan case is provided in a front part of the crankcase, and the engine cooling fan is accommodated in the fan case. The air-cooled engine includes a cooling wind passage, a wind passage terminal end wall, an oil splashing device, and a temperature sensor. The wind passage terminal end wall is provided in a rear end of the cooling wind passage, the oil splashing device is provided on the rear side of the wind passage terminal end wall and formed to splash engine oil in the crankcase onto the wind passage terminal end wall, and the temperature sensor is attached to a front part of the wind passage terminal end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KUBOTA Corporation
    Inventors: Eishin Nakashima, Kiyoharu Kimoto, Mineo Takasaki, Masaharu Ohno
  • Patent number: 10107239
    Abstract: An air-cooled V-type engine includes a crankcase, a cooling fan disposed at the front end of a crankshaft, a fan casing housing the cooling fan, a pair of cylinders projecting to form a V shape from the crankcase as seen in a direction along an axial center of the crankshaft, and cylinder heads. A distributor for distributing supply fuel from a fuel supply apparatus to intake air passages of respective cylinders is disposed to straddle a contained angle place being a place between the cylinders forming the V shape. Ignition coils respectively corresponding to the cylinders are mounted on the distributor. The distributor is mounted on an air cleaner supporting plate disposed at the contained angle place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KUBOTA Corporation
    Inventor: Eishin Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20170175687
    Abstract: An air-cooled V-type engine includes a crankcase, a cooling fan disposed at the front end of a crankshaft, a fan casing housing the cooling fan, a pair of cylinders projecting to form a V shape from the crankcase as seen in a direction along an axial center of the crankshaft, and cylinder heads. A distributor for distributing supply fuel from a fuel supply apparatus to intake air passages of respective cylinders is disposed to straddle a contained angle place being a place between the cylinders forming the V shape. Ignition coils respectively corresponding to the cylinders are mounted on the distributor. The distributor is mounted on an air cleaner supporting plate disposed at the contained angle place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Eishin NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160290213
    Abstract: An air-cooled engine capable of enhancing detection precision of a temperature sensor includes a crankcase, a crankshaft, a fan case, and an engine cooling fan. The installation direction of the crankshaft defines the front and rear direction. The fan case is provided in a front part of the crankcase, and the engine cooling fan is accommodated in the fan case. The air-cooled engine includes a cooling wind passage, a wind passage terminal end wall, an oil splashing device, and a temperature sensor. The wind passage terminal end wall is provided in a rear end of the cooling wind passage, the oil splashing device is provided on the rear side of the wind passage terminal end wall and formed to splash engine oil in the crankcase onto the wind passage terminal end wall, and the temperature sensor is attached to a front part of the wind passage terminal end wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Eishin NAKASHIMA, Kiyoharu KIMOTO, Mineo TAKASAKI, Masaharu OHNO
  • Patent number: 8997724
    Abstract: A spark-ignition engine capable of reducing the content of hydrocarbon in exhaust gas is provided. When viewed from a direction parallel to a cylinder center axis, given a central virtual line passing a squish area maximum-width section and the center of a combustion chamber recessed section, and one area a and the other area b divided by the central virtual line, an intake valve port or an exhaust valve port is opened in one area of any opposed section of opposed sections of the combustion chamber recessed section. A spark-plug attachment hole is formed in the other area of the opposed section, such that, when viewed from the direction parallel to the cylinder center axis, a spark discharge section at a tip of a spark plug does not overlap the central virtual line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: KUBOTA Corporation
    Inventors: Eishin Nakashima, Shunji Okano, Hiroyuki Kawasoe, Tamotsu Ohashi, Naoki Inoue, Yuki Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20140238367
    Abstract: A spark-ignition engine capable of reducing the content of hydrocarbon in exhaust gas is provided. When viewed from a direction parallel to a cylinder center axis, given a central virtual line passing a squish area maximum-width section and the center of a combustion chamber recessed section, and one area a and the other area b divided by the central virtual line, an intake valve port or an exhaust valve port is opened in one area of any opposed section of opposed sections of the combustion chamber recessed section. A spark-plug attachment hole is formed in the other area of the opposed section, such that, when viewed from the direction parallel to the cylinder center axis, a spark discharge section at a tip of a spark plug does not overlap the central virtual line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eishin NAKASHIMA, Shunji OKANO, Hiroyuki KAWASOE, Tamotsu OHASHI, Naoki INOUE, Yuki OZAKI
  • Patent number: 7523726
    Abstract: An air-cooled V-shaped engine comprises a throttle body (10) and a flow-dividing plate (9) arranged ahead of a central cooling-air passage (8). The flow-dividing plate (9) is provided in a fan case (5) at a position forwardly of the throttle body (10) and has a bottom-plate portion (14) disposed at a position lower than the throttle body (10). The flow-dividing plate (9) divides the cooling air generated by an air-blowing fan (7) toward left and right sides of the central cooling-air passage (8). In this air-cooled V-shaped engine, the fan case (5) has a ceiling wall a central portion (11) of which is positioned just above the bottom-plate portion (14) of the flow-dividing plate (9). The central portion (11) of the ceiling wall of the flow-dividing plate (9) is provided at a position higher than the throttle body (10) as well as the central side portions (12), (12) of the ceiling wall, led out of the central portion (11) in a left and right directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Eishin Nakashima, Kiyonobu Iida, Hiroyuki Tsuda, Akiyoshi Morikawa, Noriaki Kobayashi, Masaharu Ohno, Hiroyuki Kawasoe, Yuki Ozaki, Takahiro Tokunaga, Takayuki Nakamae, Mineo Takasaki
  • Publication number: 20080127914
    Abstract: An air-cooled V-shaped engine comprises a throttle body (10) and a flow-dividing plate (9) arranged ahead of a central cooling-air passage (8). The flow-dividing plate (9) is provided in a fan case (5) at a position forwardly of the throttle body (10) and has a bottom-plate portion (14) disposed at a position lower than the throttle body (10). The flow-dividing plate (9) divides the cooling air generated by an air-blowing fan (7) toward left and right sides of the central cooling-air passage (8). In this air-cooled V-shaped engine, the fan case (5) has a ceiling wall a central portion (11) of which is positioned just above the bottom-plate portion (14) of the flow-dividing plate (9). The central portion (11) of the ceiling wall of the flow-dividing plate (9) is provided at a position higher than the throttle body (10) as well as the central side portions (12), (12) of the ceiling wall, led out of the central portion (11) in a left and right directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: KUBOTA Corporation
    Inventors: Eishin Nakashima, Kiyonobu IIda, Hiroyuki Tsuda, Akiyoshi Morikawa, Noriaki Kobayashi, Masaharu Ohno, Hiroyuki Kawasoe, Yuki Ozaki, Takahiro Tokunaga, Takayuki Nakamae, Mineo Takasaki
  • Patent number: D578547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Shimomura, Eishin Nakashima