Patents by Inventor Eizaburo Chiba

Eizaburo Chiba 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).

  • Reed valve
    Patent number: 6701961
    Abstract: A reed valve includes a vibration suppressing member for suppressing transmission of vibration, caused due to opening and closing operations of a reed piece, to a fixed mounting portion of an engine part to which the reed valve is mounted. The vibration suppressing member includes an elastic annular projection formed on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of a gasket fitted around an outer peripheral edge of a valve plate and a pair of upper and lower surfaces of the gasket. The elastic annular projection is elastically engaged with the fixed mounting portion when the mount portion of the valve plate is mounted to the fixed mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Arai Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okuyama, Hiroatsu Inui, Kiyoshi Kidachi, Toshinori Hanai, Eizaburo Chiba, Mikio Satoh
  • Reed valve
    Publication number: 20020112768
    Abstract: A reed valve includes a vibration suppressing member for suppressing transmission of vibration, caused due to opening and closing operations of a reed piece, to a fixed mounting portion of an engine part to which the reed valve is mounted. The vibration suppressing member includes an elastic annular projection formed on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of a gasket fitted around an outer peripheral edge of a valve plate and a pair of upper and lower surfaces of the gasket. The elastic annular projection is elastically engaged with the fixed mounting portion when the mount portion of the valve plate is mounted to the fixed mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okuyama, Hiroatsu Inui, Kiyoshi Kidachi, Toshinori Hanai, Eizaburo Chiba, Mikio Satoh