Patents by Inventor Hideki Machimura

Hideki Machimura 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: 6488478
    Abstract: An axial plunger pump which does not need bellows by restricting fuel to a cylinder bore configuring a pump portion and by lubricating the other portion with oil. The high pressure fuel pump includes a plunger reciprocating according to a shaking movement of a swash plate, a cylinder block forming a pump chamber together with the plunger, and a sealing member provided between the plunger and a cylinder bore for sealing oil leaked from the pump chamber to a chamber surrounding the pump chamber, wherein oil in the oil chamber is supplied from the outside of the high pressure fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ono, Yukio Takahashi, Hideki Machimura, Minoru Hashida, Masayoshi Kotaki, Takefumi Yamamura
  • Patent number: 6471491
    Abstract: The present invention provides an axial plunger pump which does not need bellows by restricting fuel to a cylinder bore configuring a pump portion and by lubricating the other portion with oil. The high pressure fuel pump comprises a plunger reciprocating according to a shaking movement of a swash plate, a cylinder block forming a pump chamber together with the plunger, and a sealing member provided between the plunger and a cylinder bore for sealing oil leaked from the pump chamber to a chamber surrounding the pump chamber, wherein oil in the oil chamber is supplied from the outside of the high pressure fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ono, Yukio Takahashi, Hideki Machimura, Minoru Hashida, Masayoshi Kotaki, Takefumi Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20020127119
    Abstract: The present invention provides an axial plunger pump which does not need bellows by restricting fuel to a cylinder bore configuring a pump portion and by lubricating the other portion with oil. The high pressure fuel pump comprises a plunger reciprocating according to a shaking movement of a swash plate, a cylinder block forming a pump chamber together with the plunger, and a sealing member provided between the plunger and a cylinder bore for sealing oil leaked from the pump chamber to a chamber surrounding the pump chamber, wherein oil in the oil chamber is supplied from the outside of the high pressure fuel pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ono, Yukio Takahashi, Hideki Machimura, Minoru Hashida, Masayoshi Kotaki, Takefumi Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20020044873
    Abstract: An axial plunger pump according to the present invention is constructed so as to comprise a shaft having a swash plate effecting swing motion and transmitting driving force from the outside, plungers each reciprocating by the swing motion of the swash plate, a cylinder block having cylinders formed so as to open on the side of the swash plate and inserting therein the plungers and having passages for supplying fuel to the cylinders, a body combined with the cylinder block to enclose the swash plate, and sealing members arranged between the plungers and the cylinders on the swash plate side of the passages formed in the cylinder block for sealing gaps between the plungers and the cylinders, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Hashida, Yukio Takahashi, Yoshinobu Ono, Hideki Machimura, Takefumi Yamamura, Masayoshi Kotaki
  • Patent number: 6368071
    Abstract: An axial plunger pump includes a shaft having a swash plate effecting swing motion and transmitting driving force from the outside, plungers reciprocate by the swing motion of the swash plate. A cylinder block has cylinders formed so as to open on the side of the swash plate, with the plungers inserted therein. Passages in the block supply refuel to the cylinders. A body combined with the cylinder block encloses the swash plate. Sealing members are arranged between the plungers and the cylinders on the swash plate side of the passages formed in the cylinder block for sealing gaps between the plungers and the cylinders, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Hashida, Yukio Takahashi, Yoshinobu Ono, Hideki Machimura, Takefumi Yamamura, Masayoshi Kotaki
  • Patent number: 6361286
    Abstract: The drive part for converting the revolution movement to the wobble movement is composed of the shaft for transmitting the drive force from outside, the swash plate rotated by the shaft and the wobble plate for converting the revolution movement of the swash plate to the wobble movement. Plural pistons are reciprocated in responsive to the wobble movement of the wobble plate. The crank room containing the swash plate, the wobble plate and the piston is separated into the fuel room and the drive room by the bellows. The bearings for transmitting the drive force between the shaft in the drive room and the swash plate, and the bearing for transmitting the drive force between the swash plate and the wobble plate are placed inside the drive room in order to lubricate the bearings. By arranging plural pistons inside the fuel room, the fuel is forced to be taken in and discharged by the reciprocate movement of the individual pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd, Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Takahashi, Hideki Machimura, Yoshikazu Hoshi
  • Patent number: 6210127
    Abstract: A motion converting mechanism for converting the rotating motion to the inclined gyration movement in a fuel pump is isolated from gasoline through a flexible isolating member. The lubrication of a load supporting portion in the fuel pump, which is enclosed in an interior portion of the flexible isolating member, can be performed. A sealing portion of a rotating shaft in the fuel pump is isolated from the gasoline by the flexible isolating member. The lubricating oil is sealed in an interior portion of an isolating area formed by the flexible isolating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hoshi, Hideki Machimura
  • Patent number: 6098519
    Abstract: A drive part for converting rotational movement in a fuel pump to the wobble movement includes the shaft for transmitting an outside drive force, the swash plate rotated by the shaft and the wobble plate for converting the rotational movement of the swash plate to the wobble movement. Plural pistons are reciprocated in response to the wobble movement of the wobble plate. The crank room containing the swash plate, the wobble plate and the piston are separated into the fuel room and the drive room by bellows. The bearings for transmitting the drive force between the shaft in the drive room and the swash plate, and the bearing for transmitting the drive force between the swash plate and the wobble plate are placed inside the drive room in order to lubricate the bearings. By arranging plural pistons inside the fuel room, the fuel is forced to be taken in and discharged by the reciprocating movement of the individual pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Takahashi, Hideki Machimura, Yoshikazu Hoshi
  • Patent number: 6074175
    Abstract: A motion converting mechanism for converting the rotating motion to the inclined gyration movement in a fuel pump is isolated from gasoline through a flexible isolating member. The lubrication of a load supporting portion in the fuel pump, which is enclosed in an interior portion of the flexible isolating member, can be performed. A sealing portion of a rotating shaft in the fuel pump is isolated from the gasoline by the flexible isolating member. The lubricating oil is sealed in an interior portion of an isolating area formed by the flexible isolating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hoshi, Hideki Machimura