Patents by Inventor Haruo Watanuki

Haruo Watanuki 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: 9062636
    Abstract: An attaching system of an exhaust gas recirculation valve includes: an attachment unit 2 to be communicated with an exhaust gas circulation passage of an internal combustion engine; and an exhaust gas recirculation valve 1 that is fitted to the attachment unit and that has an exhaust gas passage to be communicated with the exhaust gas circulation passage, wherein the exhaust gas recirculation valve has a water-cooled passage 12 to be communicated with a water-cooled passage 15 for cooling the exhaust gas passage provided with the attachment unit, when fitted to the attachment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nishimori, Haruo Watanuki, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20140252259
    Abstract: Bearings 18 and 19 each are formed to have an inside diameter gradually extending toward two ends along an axial direction of a shaft 20 such that the inside diameter of the bearing is smaller at the center portion thereof and is larger at the two ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Yokoyama, Katsunori Takai, Satoru Hasegawa, Haruo Watanuki
  • Publication number: 20130299728
    Abstract: A thickness of a valve is set smaller than a distance (inter-seat distance) in a valve thickness direction from a first seat part to a second seat part, and hence a gap between the valve and the first seat part and a gap between the valve and the second seat part are reduced to suppress seat leakage with all a variation of dimension thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Yokoyama, Katsunori Takai, Satoru Hasegawa, Haruo Watanuki
  • Patent number: 8511290
    Abstract: An EGR valve device includes a housing having an exhaust gas passage formed inside, a support shaft slidably supported within the housing through a bearing, a valve disposed on the support shaft to open and close the exhaust gas passage, an urging member for urging the support shaft in a direction to close the valve, a valve seat, insert-cast integral with the housing, for closing the exhaust gas passage by abutting against the valve, and an actuator for driving the support shaft in a direction to open the valve, wherein a plurality of recesses or projections are provided axisymmetrically or uniformly in the peripheral portion of the valve seat to be insert-cast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Sotsuo Miyoshi, Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8286605
    Abstract: In an EGR valve provided in an exhaust gas recirculation passage for recirculating the exhaust gas of an engine, a filter 26b is provided on the side of an exhaust gas passage 22 of a bearing 26a supporting a valve rod 25, while a diameter-reduced section 25a is provided in an area on the valve rod 25 in proximity to the filter 26b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Takuro Zui, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20120167862
    Abstract: An attaching system of an exhaust gas recirculation valve includes: an attachment unit 2 to be communicated with an exhaust gas circulation passage of an internal combustion engine; and an exhaust gas recirculation valve 1 that is fitted to the attachment unit and that has an exhaust gas passage to be communicated with the exhaust gas circulation passage, wherein the exhaust gas recirculation valve has a water-cooled passage 12 to be communicated with a water-cooled passage 15 for cooling the exhaust gas passage provided with the attachment unit, when fitted to the attachment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Nishimori, Haruo Watanuki, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 8069846
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation valve is fabricated by fitting a valve head 24 and a cover 32 enclosing a valve rod 25 into a supporting section 31 provided at the tip of the valve rod 25, and caulking the supporting section 31 to secure the valve rod 25 and the cover 32 to the supporting section 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20110272613
    Abstract: A valve element mechanism for an exhaust gas circulation valve has: a primary eccentricity A causing a center O of a support shaft 4 rotatably provided in a housing 2 to separate from a centerline P of a seal surface 2b of a valve seat 2a with which a valve element 5 opening and closing a fluid passage by being rotated by the support shaft 4 contacts; a secondary eccentricity B causing the center O of the support shaft 4 to separate from a centerline Q of the housing 2, and a tertiary eccentricity C causing an apex G of a cone shape 6 defining a seal surface 5a of the valve element 5 and the seal surface 2b of the valve sheet 2a to position at a side opposite from the support shaft 4 and to tilt against a centerline of the housing 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 7997557
    Abstract: A valve shaft 8 and a drive shaft 11 of an EGR valve 1 are butted to each other; protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b formed on the inner sides of cotter members 24, 25 of a cotter 23 are engaged with grooves 21, 22 respectively formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the ends of the shafts 8, 11; the urging force of a spring 28 for exerting an urging force in the closing direction of valve disks 6, 7 on the cotter 23 is applied to the cotter 23 through a spring holder 30 to press the protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b to the grooves 21, 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Zui, Haruo Watanuki, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 7992550
    Abstract: An inner surface of an exhaust gas passage 22 of an EGR valve 11 is coated with Teflon coating 31 and a surface of a valve rod 25 is coated with a film 32 of chromium plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Naosuke Nojima, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20110094481
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas recirculation valve device, a sealing member 15 supported by a plug 15c is disposed between a portion of a housing 1 on an exhaust gas passage side of a bearing 8, and a valve shaft 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Takuro Zui, Naosuke Nojima, Haruo Watanuki, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20110088670
    Abstract: An EGR valve device includes a housing having an exhaust gas passage formed inside, a support shaft slidably supported within the housing through a bearing, a valve disposed on the support shaft to open and close the exhaust gas passage, an urging member for urging the support shaft in a direction to close the valve, a valve seat, insert-cast integral with the housing, for closing the exhaust gas passage by abutting against the valve, and an actuator for driving the support shaft in a direction to open the valve, wherein a plurality of recesses or projections are provided axisymmetrically or uniformly in the peripheral portion of the valve seat to be insert-cast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Sotsuo Miyoshi, Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20110017934
    Abstract: A valve shaft 8 and a drive shaft 11 of an EGR valve 1 are butted to each other; protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b formed on the inner sides of cotter members 24, 25 of a cotter 23 are engaged with grooves 21, 22 respectively formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the ends of the shafts 8, 11; the urging force of a spring 28 for exerting an urging force in the closing direction of valve disks 6, 7 on the cotter 23 is applied to the cotter 23 through a spring holder 30 to press the protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b to the grooves 21, 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Takuro Zui, Haruo Watanuki, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20100313859
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation valve is fabricated by fitting a valve head 24 and a cover 32 enclosing a valve rod 25 into a supporting section 31 provided at the tip of the valve rod 25, and caulking the supporting section 31 to secure the valve rod 25 and the cover 32 to the supporting section 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20100065027
    Abstract: An inner surface of an exhaust gas passage 22 of an EGR valve 11 is coated with Teflon coating 31 and a surface of a valve rod 25 is coated with a film 32 of chromium plating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Naosuke Nojima, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20100065026
    Abstract: In an EGR valve provided in an exhaust gas recirculation passage for recirculating the exhaust gas of an engine, a filter 26b is provided on the side of an exhaust gas passage 22 of a bearing 26a supporting a valve rod 25, while a diameter-reduced section 25a is provided in an area on the valve rod 25 in proximity to the filter 26b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Takuro Zui, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20100044614
    Abstract: A surface of a valve rod of an EGR valve is plated with chromium plating, and then the surface of the chrome plating is polished to the maximum height surface roughness of 1.0 ?m to 3.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Naosuke Nojima, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 7013880
    Abstract: An EGR valve device includes a valve housing having one or more exhaust-gas inlet ports and two or more exhaust-gas outlet ports, and forming an exhaust-gas passage communicated with these exhaust-gas inlet ports and exhaust-gas outlet ports; two valve-sheets disposed on the inner peripheral face of the valve housing; a valve shaft assembled into the valve housing; and two valves secured on the valve shaft, and simultaneously abutting on the respective valve-sheets when the valve shaft moved in one direction. It is arranged that the valve housing is formed of material having an axial thermal expansion coefficient larger than that of the valve shaft, and that the distance between the two valve-sheets is set so as to equal with that between the valves at the normal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20050199226
    Abstract: An EGR valve device includes a valve housing having one or more exhaust-gas inlet ports and two or more exhaust-gas outlet ports, and forming an exhaust-gas passage communicated with these exhaust-gas inlet ports and exhaust-gas outlet ports; two valve-sheets disposed on the inner peripheral face of the valve housing; a valve shaft assembled into the valve housing; and two valves secured on the valve shaft, and simultaneously abutting on the respective valve-sheets when the valve shaft moved in one direction. It is arranged that the valve housing is formed of material having an axial thermal expansion coefficient larger than that of the valve shaft, and that the distance between the two valve-sheets is set so as to equal with that between the valves at the normal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20040217683
    Abstract: In a mask assembly for a color cathode ray tube, the color selection mask has the form of a thin metal plate with relatively long vertical slits alternating with vertical columns of relatively short slots, at least in the central screen area. The metal strips bounding a column of slots are joined by real bridges, which define the slots. Dummy bridges project from the metal strips into the slits, to reduce the electron beam flux transmitted through the slits to approximately the same level as the electron beam flux transmitted through the columns of slots, thereby preventing brightness irregularities on the screen. The alternate arrangement of slits and columns of slots also reduces vibration and prevents doming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Hirohisa Nishino, Haruo Watanuki