Patents by Inventor Hiroto Uchi

Hiroto Uchi 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: 7430997
    Abstract: A variable valve operating device is provided that can swiftly adjust a valve timing of an engine and is for adjusting a valve lift and the valve timing of the engine. The variable valve operating device includes a rocking cam, a rocking cam support member, a valve, a rocking position changing unit, and a lock unit that can fix the rocking cam support member so as not to move during a valve-opening period of the valve. The lock unit includes a support base that movably supports the rocking cam support member, and a push-link which is rocked by an actuator. When a tip end of the push-link abuts against the rocking cam support member, the push-link pushes the rocking cam support member toward the support base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: MIKUNI Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Muraji, Yukinori Nishimoto, Hiroto Uchi, Hideki Shono
  • Publication number: 20070163524
    Abstract: To provide a variable valve operating device that can swiftly adjust a valve timing of an engine, the variable valve operating device is for adjusting a valve lift and the valve timing of the engine. The variable valve operating device includes a rocking cam 27 which is rocked by cams 21 provided on a rotatable cam shaft 19, a rocking cam support member 25 that rockably supports the rocking cam 27, a valve 5 which is opened and closed by a rocking motion of the rocking cam 27, a rocking position changing unit 35 that moves the rocking cam support member 25 to change a lever ratio of the rocking cam 27 and that changes a rocking position of the rocking cam 27, and a lock unit 37 that can fix the rocking cam support member 25 so as not to move during a valve-opening period of the valve 5. The lock unit 37 includes a support base 23 that movably supports the rocking cam support member 25, and a push-link 43 which is rocked by an actuator 39.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Tetsuo Muraji, Yukinori Nishimoto, Hiroto Uchi, Hideki Shono