Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Yokoya

Hiroyuki Yokoya 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: 7603985
    Abstract: A small-diameter circular column portion having a diameter slightly smaller than that of a small-diameter hole (press-fitting hole) of an inside-outside communication hole is formed at a press-fitting end portion of a bush. A narrow annular clearance is formed between the small-diameter circular column portion and the small-diameter hole when the bush is press-fitted. Even if a press-fitting burr is produced at the press-fitting end portion during manufacturing of a common rail, the press-fitting burr is confined in the depth of the annular clearance. Even when fuel flows through the inside-outside communication hole during engine operation, movement of the fuel and the fuel flow acting on the press-fitting burr are limited in the depth of the annular clearance, inhibiting the press-fitting burr from dropping out or flowing out. Thus, a highly reliable common rail can be provided at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nagasaka, Hiroyuki Yokoya
  • Publication number: 20080178457
    Abstract: A small-diameter circular column portion having a diameter slightly smaller than that of a small-diameter hole (press-fitting hole) of an inside-outside communication hole is formed at a press-fitting end portion of a bush. A narrow annular clearance is formed between the small-diameter circular column portion and the small-diameter hole when the bush is press-fitted. Even if a press-fitting burr is produced at the press-fitting end portion during manufacturing of a common rail, the press-fitting burr is confined in the depth of the annular clearance. Even when fuel flows through the inside-outside communication hole during engine operation, movement of the fuel and the fuel flow acting on the press-fitting burr are limited in the depth of the annular clearance, inhibiting the press-fitting burr from dropping out or flowing out. Thus, a highly reliable common rail can be provided at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nagasaka, Hiroyuki Yokoya
  • Patent number: 7216631
    Abstract: A flow damper is provided with a clearance to absorb a deformation occurring in proximate to a lower end of the valve body by the clearance on an entire outer circumference of a lower side of a large diameter portion of a piston. By the configuration in this manner, even if the slight deviation in the accuracy or the shape of the seat surface occurs a radially inward deformation of a lower portion of the valve body when the valve body is fastened to the common rail body at a large axial force, the clearance absorbs the deformation. Thus, the deformation of the valve body does not affect the piston sliding hole. Accordingly, a sliding clearance of the piston does not change, not to spoil a slide motion of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Nishiwaki, Hiroyuki Yokoya, Masayuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060090736
    Abstract: A flow damper is provided with a clearance to absorb a deformation occurring in proximate to a lower end of the valve body by the clearance on an entire outer circumference of a lower side of a large diameter portion of a piston. By the configuration in this manner, even if the slight deviation in the accuracy or the shape of the seat surface occurs a radially inward deformation of a lower portion of the valve body when the valve body is fastened to the common rail body at a large axial force, the clearance absorbs the deformation. Thus, the deformation of the valve body does not affect the piston sliding hole. Accordingly, a sliding clearance of the piston does not change, not to spoil a slide motion of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Nishiwaki, Hiroyuki Yokoya, Masayuki Nakamura