Patents by Inventor Hideki Yoshikane

Hideki Yoshikane 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).

  • Turbocharger and manufacturing method for turbocharger
    Patent number: 9222367
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a turbine wheel that is driven by exhaust gas from an engine and supported rotatably by a predetermined rotary shaft; and a turbine housing that forms an exhaust gas passage that leads the exhaust gas to the turbine wheel, wherein the turbine housing includes a housing main body constituted by a plate-form member and a reinforcement member that forms the exhaust gas passage together with the housing main body and reinforces the housing main body, the reinforcement member includes a pair of annular portions having a substantially annular shape and provided about an axial center of the rotary shaft at an interval in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and a connecting portion that connects the pair of annular portions, and the pair of annular portions and the connecting portion are molded integrally by implementing deformation processing on the plate-form member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN TAKAOKA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoshita, Koichi Mine, Tomoyuki Isogai, Tatsuo Iida, Akira Sato, Takuya Kajita, Hideki Yoshikane
  • TURBOCHARGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TURBOCHARGER
    Publication number: 20110274542
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a turbine wheel that is driven by exhaust gas from an engine and supported rotatably by a predetermined rotary shaft; and a turbine housing that forms an exhaust gas passage that leads the exhaust gas to the turbine wheel, wherein the turbine housing includes a housing main body constituted by a plate-form member and a reinforcement member that forms the exhaust gas passage together with the housing main body and reinforces the housing main body, the reinforcement member includes a pair of annular portions having a substantially annular shape and provided about an axial center of the rotary shaft at an interval in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and a connecting portion that connects the pair of annular portions, and the pair of annular portions and the connecting portion are molded integrally by implementing deformation processing on the plate-form member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicants: AISIN TAKAOKA CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoshita, Koichi Mine, Tomoyuki Isogai, Tatsuo Iida, Akira Sato, Takuya Kajita, Hideki Yoshikane