Patents by Inventor Hirosuke Niwa
Hirosuke Niwa 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).
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Publication number: 20220251983Abstract: An engine oil receiving structure comprises a vertically disposed crank shaft, a laterally movable piston, a connecting rod connecting the crank shaft and the piston, a cylinder barrel housing the crank shaft and the piston, a crank case containing the crank shaft together with the cylinder barrel, a cylinder head forming a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber connecting to a piston movable part end face of the cylinder barrel, an oil filter filtering engine lubricant, and an oil case storing oil flowing out when the oil filter is removed from a mounted position, and the oil case is fixed to an engine under the oil filter, and comprises a discharge path to discharge the stored oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Masayoshi Kawaguchi, Yoshio Ikeda, Hirosuke Niwa
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Patent number: 9506425Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a supercharger, an oil tank, a scavenging pump, a first passage, a second passage, and a one-way valve. The supercharger is provided in an intake passage. The oil tank communicates with a crankcase via a collecting passage. The scavenging pump is provided in the collecting passage to transport a fluid in the crankcase to the oil tank. The first passage connects an upper space located above a liquid surface in the oil tank and a downstream portion of the intake passage located on a downstream side with respect to the supercharger. The second passage connects the upper space and an upstream portion of the intake passage located on an upstream side with respect to the supercharger. The one-way valve is provided in the first passage and allows the fluid to flow only from the upper space toward the intake passage.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Sato, Atsushi Sato, Hirosuke Niwa
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Publication number: 20150167591Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a supercharger, an oil tank, a scavenging pump, a first passage, a second passage, and a one-way valve. The supercharger is provided in an intake passage. The oil tank communicates with a crankcase via a collecting passage. The scavenging pump is provided in the collecting passage to transport a fluid in the crankcase to the oil tank. The first passage connects an upper space located above a liquid surface in the oil tank and a downstream portion of the intake passage located on a downstream side with respect to the supercharger. The second passage connects the upper space and an upstream portion of the intake passage located on an upstream side with respect to the supercharger. The one-way valve is provided in the first passage and allows the fluid to flow only from the upper space toward the intake passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki SATO, Atsushi SATO, Hirosuke NIWA
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Patent number: 7798108Abstract: A water-jacket structure, for a water-cooled internal combustion engine, forms a cylinder block water jacket in a cylinder block so as to surround cylinder bores formed in the cylinder block to make cooling water flow through the cylinder block water jacket into a cylinder head water jacket formed in a cylinder head joined to the cylinder block. An upper connecting opening is formed in an upper part of the cylinder block water jacket so as to open into the cylinder head water jacket. In the cylinder block is formed a lower connecting passage opening into a lower part of the cylinder block water jacket, extending upward, and connecting to the cylinder head water jacket.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Konishi, Hirosuke Niwa, Junya Iino, Takayuki Takatoku, Makoto Ito
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Patent number: 7748500Abstract: An oil pan is disposed in a lower part of an internal combustion engine and has an oil pan body divided, with respect to a vertical direction, into oil pan elements having bottom walls respectively of different depths. A baffle plate divides the interior of the oil pan body into a plurality of spaces at the boundary of adjacent ones of the bottom walls to regulate the flow of oil between the adjacent ones of spaces. The baffle plate is divided with respect to a vertical direction into a plurality of baffle plate elements. The baffle plate elements are formed integrally with the oil pan elements, respectively. The oil pan for an internal combustion engine can be manufactured by reduced time and reduced labor at a low manufacturing cost.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naomichi Nagano, Hirosuke Niwa, Takashi Yokoi, Junya Iino, Makoto Ito
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Publication number: 20080283001Abstract: A water-jacket structure, for a water-cooled internal combustion engine, forms a cylinder block water jacket in a cylinder block so as to surround cylinder bores formed in the cylinder block to make cooling water flow through the cylinder block water jacket into a cylinder head water jacket formed in a cylinder head joined to the cylinder block. An upper connecting opening is formed in an upper part of the cylinder block water jacket so as to open into the cylinder head water jacket. In the cylinder block is formed a lower connecting passage opening into a lower part of the cylinder block water jacket, extending upward, and connecting to the cylinder head water jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Konishi, Hirosuke Niwa, Junya Iino, Takayuki Takatoku, Makoto Ito
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Publication number: 20080264727Abstract: An oil pan is disposed in a lower part of an internal combustion engine and has an oil pan body divided, with respect to a vertical direction, into oil pan elements having bottom walls respectively of different depths. A baffle plate divides the interior of the oil pan body into a plurality of spaces at the boundary of adjacent ones of the bottom walls to regulate the flow of oil between the adjacent ones of spaces. The baffle plate is divided with respect to a vertical direction into a plurality of baffle plate elements. The baffle plate elements are formed integrally with the oil pan elements, respectively. The oil pan for an internal combustion engine can be manufactured by reduced time and reduced labor at a low manufacturing cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naomichi Nagano, Hirosuke Niwa, Takashi Yokoi, Junya Iino, Makoto Ito
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Patent number: 7438665Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a switching mechanism for switching between an all-cylinder operation in which all of the plurality of cylinders are operated and a partial-cylinder operation in which at least one of the plurality of cylinders is halted. A condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is determined, based on the detected operating parameters of the vehicle driven by the engine. A result of the determination is modified so that the partial-cylinder operation may be continued, when the detected operating parameters satisfy a predetermined continuation condition within a predetermined time period from the time a vehicle operating state where the condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is satisfied, has changed to another vehicle operating state where the condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2006Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiro Takagi, Yasuaki Asaki, Nobuyuki Kawaguchi, Makoto Segawa, Hirosuke Niwa
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Publication number: 20070042863Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a switching mechanism for switching between an all-cylinder operation in which all of the plurality of cylinders are operated and a partial-cylinder operation in which at least one of the plurality of cylinders is halted. A condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is determined, based on the detected operating parameters of the vehicle driven by the engine. A result of the determination is modified so that the partial-cylinder operation may be continued, when the detected operating parameters satisfy a predetermined continuation condition within a predetermined time period from the time a vehicle operating state where the condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is satisfied, has changed to another vehicle operating state where the condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiro Takagi, Yasuaki Asaki, Nobuyuki Kawaguchi, Makoto Segawa, Hirosuke Niwa
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Patent number: 7169080Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a switching mechanism for switching between an all-cylinder operation in which all of the plurality of cylinders are operated and a partial-cylinder operation in which at least one of the plurality of cylinders is halted. A condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is determined, based on the detected operating parameters of the vehicle driven by the engine. A result of the determination is modified so that the partial-cylinder operation may be continued, when the detected operating parameters satisfy a predetermined continuation condition within a predetermined time period from the time a vehicle operating state where the condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is satisfied, has changed to another vehicle operating state where the condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiro Takagi, Yasuaki Asaki, Nobuyuki Kawaguchi, Makoto Segawa, Hirosuke Niwa
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Patent number: 6947828Abstract: A knock control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders. Operation of the engine is switchable between a partial-cylinder operation for operating some of the cylinders and an all-cylinder operation for operating all of the cylinders. A determination threshold for determining knocking is set according to an output signal from the knock sensor. A level of the output signal from the knock sensor is compared with the determination threshold, and occurrence of knocking is determined according to a result of the comparison. The determination threshold used during the partial-cylinder operation is set to a value less than a value of the determination threshold used during the all-cylinder operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Fujiwara, Yasuaki Asaki, Jiro Takagi, Hirosuke Niwa
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Publication number: 20040209736Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a switching mechanism for switching between an all-cylinder operation in which all of the plurality of cylinders are operated and a partial-cylinder operation in which at least one of the plurality of cylinders is halted. A condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is determined, based on the detected operating parameters of the vehicle driven by the engine. A result of the determination is modified so that the partial-cylinder operation may be continued, when the detected operating parameters satisfy a predetermined continuation condition within a predetermined time period from the time a vehicle operating state where the condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is satisfied, has changed to another vehicle operating state where the condition for performing the partial-cylinder operation is not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiro Takagi, Yasuaki Asaki, Nobuyuki Kawaguchi, Makoto Segawa, Hirosuke Niwa
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Publication number: 20040158388Abstract: A knock control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders. Operation of the engine is switchable between a partial-cylinder operation for operating some of the cylinders and an all-cylinder operation for operating all of the cylinders. A determination threshold for determining knocking is set according to an output signal from the knock sensor. A level of the output signal from the knock sensor is compared with the determination threshold, and occurrence of knocking is determined according to a result of the comparison. The determination threshold used during the partial-cylinder operation is set to a value less than a value of the determination threshold used during the all-cylinder operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Mikio Fujiwara, Yasuaki Asaki, Jiro Takagi, Hirosuke Niwa
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Patent number: 5634444Abstract: In an intake port structure in an internal combustion engine, an edge portion is formed on a lower surface of an intake port at a location immediately upstream of an intake bore 7. The angle .theta. formed by the center line L of the intake port with respect to a deck surface is set smaller than the angle .theta..sub. formed by an exhaust valve seat provided in a pent roof of a combustion chamber with respect to the deck surface. Further, if the height of an apex of the pent roof of the combustion chamber is represented by H.sub.0, and an intersection between an extension of the center line L of the intake port 5 and a straight vertical line L.sub.0 passing through the apex of the pent roof of the combustion chamber to intersect the deck surface at a right angle is represented by P, the height H of the intersection P is set so that a relation, H.sub.0 >H>2H.sub.0 /3 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1995Date of Patent: June 3, 1997Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masato Matsuki, Hirosuke Niwa, Izumi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 4495356Abstract: 1,4-Dihydropyridine compound having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R and R' are independently a methyl, ethyl, or propyl group. This compound has a remarkable liver protective action and a low toxicity.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1983Date of Patent: January 22, 1985Assignees: Nikken Chemicals Co., Ltd., Institute of Organic Synthesis Academy of Sciences Latvian SSR.Inventors: Yoichi Inoue, Toshio Matsumoto, Hirosuke Niwa, Kenichi Suzuki, Yasuo Hoshide