Patents by Inventor Junichi Kagawa

Junichi Kagawa 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: 11940176
    Abstract: A refrigerant flow path switching unit, disposed between a heat source unit and a utilization unit and that switches a refrigerant flow in the utilization unit, includes: a flow path switching valve; a case that houses the flow path switching valve; and an electric component box that houses an electric component that controls the flow path switching valve. At least two surfaces of the case include a box attachment part that is configured to attach the electric component box to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Kagawa, Kazuki Ikari, Szeping Beh, Junichi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 10501950
    Abstract: A container body including an expansion tube having a bellows-like wall surface is provided to be filled with an injection filler, the container body communicating with a base having an injection port for pressing the injection filler into a crack portion in a wall surface of concrete or the like via a bellows cap communicating with the body, and upon pressing the injection filler into the crack portion by an extrusion part from the injection port of the base, while the container body maintains a state where the injection filler is injected into the crack portion under pressure from an elastic body of the extrusion part, the injection filler remaining in the container body is manually pressed toward the injection port during a period of time when a state where the remaining injection filler is pressed in is maintained, and then the container body is removed from the base and replaced with a new container body to mount the new container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SG ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Kagawa
  • Publication number: 20170030095
    Abstract: A container body including an expansion tube having a bellows-like wall surface is provided to be filled with an injection filler, the container body communicating with a base having an injection port for pressing the injection filler into a crack portion in a wall surface of concrete or the like via a bellows cap communicating with the body, and upon pressing the injection filler into the crack portion by an extrusion part from the injection port of the base, while the container body maintains a state where the injection filler is injected into the crack portion under pressure from an elastic body of the extrusion part, the injection filler remaining in the container body is manually pressed toward the injection port during a period of time when a state where the remaining injection filler is pressed in is maintained, and then the container body is removed from the base and replaced with a new container body to mount the new container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SG Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi KAGAWA
  • Patent number: 6707237
    Abstract: A spark plug is disclosed, in which a center electrode has, at the end thereof which forms a spark discharge gap, a noble metal chip which has a straight rod portion of 1.0 mm or less in diameter and 0.2 mm or more in length; width of coverage K of a ground electrode on which a rectangular noble metal chip is welded satisfies a relation of −d≦K≦0.5 mm (where, d represents the diameter of the end face of the center electrode); and width w of a portion of the discharge plane 111A which falls within a range corresponded to the axial extension of the end face 22B of the noble metal chip 22 provided on the center electrode 2 satisfies a relation of w<2.1−K (in mm), where K is the foregoing width of coverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Teramura, Mamoru Musasa, Junichi Kagawa
  • Publication number: 20030071552
    Abstract: A spark plug is disclosed, in which a center electrode has, at the end thereof which forms a spark discharge gap, a noble metal chip which has a straight rod portion of 1.0 mm or less in diameter and 0.2 mm or more in length; width of coverage K of a ground electrode on which a rectangular noble metal chip is welded satisfies a relation of −d≦K≦0.5 mm (where, d represents the diameter of the end face of the center electrode); and width w of a portion of the discharge plane 111A which falls within a range corresponded to the axial extension of the end face 22B of the noble metal chip 22 provided on the center electrode 2 satisfies a relation of w<2.1−K (in mm), where K is the foregoing width of coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Teramura, Mamoru Musasa, Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 6064143
    Abstract: In order to provide a multielectrode spark plug which is excellent in resistance to fouling and in which the voltage required for producing a spark can be lowered, the tip portion of at least one of plural ground electrodes is positioned by the side of an annular front end face of an insulator to form a semi-creeping spark discharging gap elongating along the surface of the insulator with the tip portion of a center electrode, and the tip portions of the ground other electrodes form aerial spark discharging gaps with the tip portion of the center electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5866973
    Abstract: A spark plug is provided having a center electrode disposed in a metallic shell through an insulator so that the front end of the center electrode forms a spark gap with an outer electrode. A platinum tip is secured to the outer electrode positioned to oppose the front end of the center electrode. The outer electrode is provided with a heat-conductive core metal cladded with a matrix metal which is made of a nickel-based alloy containing 10-20 wt. % chromium. The platinum tip is welded to the outer electrode to form a welded portion between the platinum tip and the outer electrode and the platinum tip is positioned to terminate slightly short of the core metal so that the distance between a circumferential edge of the welded portion and a front end of the core metal is in the range 0.0 mm-2.0 mm measured lengthwise along direction the outer electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kagawa, Wataru Matsutani
  • Patent number: 5793793
    Abstract: Spark plug has a central electrode, an insulator provided exterior to the central electrode, main metallic shell provided exterior to the insulator in such a way that the central electrode protrudes from one end, and a ground electrode coupled at one end to the main metallic shell and which has the other end disposed to face the central electrode 3, with a chip being secured to either the central electrode or the ground electrode or both to form spark discharge gap g. The chip is made of a metal based on Ir which contains Rh in an amount ranging from 3 to 50 wt % (50 wt % being not inclusive).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsutani, Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5793151
    Abstract: A spark plug in use for an internal combustion engine, includes an insulator placed in a metal shell in a manner to extend its front end beyond the metal shell, a center electrode is placed within an axial bore provided by the insulator, an outer electrode which is welded to a front end of the metal shell is so bent that a firing end of the outer electrode faces a front end of the insulator with a space therebetween to cause surface-spark discharges along a front end surface of the insulator and to cause a semi-surface spark discharge between the center electrode and the outer electrode, the front end of the center electrode is protroacted from a front end of the insulator by at most than 0.5 mm or retracted from the front end of the insulator by at most than 1.0 mm, and the firing end of the outer electrode is in line with the front end surface of the insulator, thereby optimizing a carbon-deposit cleaning performance of the spark plug with the semi-surface spark discharge, according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kagawa, Kozo Amano, Yoshihiro Matsubara
  • Patent number: 5574329
    Abstract: A spark plug including a tubular insulator supported within a metallic shell, and a center electrode provided to axially extend within the insulator. An outer electrode is secured to a front end of the metallic shell so as to extend toward an elevational side of the center electrode. A first spark-erosion resistant noble metal tip is secured to an outer surface of the outer electrode, the outer electrode extending across a front open end of the metallic shell so as to form a spark gap between an extended end of the tip and the elevational side of the center electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5556315
    Abstract: A method of making a spark plug involves securing an outer electrode to a metallic shell so that at least a portion of the outer electrode is directed inwardly of a front open end of the metallic shell. The outer electrode has an inner surface, an outer surface, and an end surface. A center electrode is supported in an insulator in the metallic shell. A spark-erosion resistant noble metal tip is attached to the outer surface of the outer electrode with a predetermined distance between an elevational side of the center electrode and one end of the spark-erosion resistant noble metal tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5497045
    Abstract: In a spark plug, a cylindrical metallic shell has a tubular insulator in which a columnar center electrode is place, a front end of the center electrode extending beyond the insulator. A nobel metal portion is thermally bonded to an outer wall of the front end of the center electrode by means of laser beams so as to form a spark gap between the noble metal portion and a ground electrode which is extended from the metallic shell. The noble metal portion has a molten alloy layer in which the center electrode is melted into the noble metal portion, and a diffused alloy layer in which the noble metal portion is diffused into the center electrode, so that the molten alloy layer forms a spark discharge surface against a front end of the ground electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsutani, Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5478265
    Abstract: In a spark plug including a cylindrical metallic shell having an insulator in which a center electrode is placed, a front end of which somewhat extends beyond the insulator, a noble metal portion is bonded to an outer side wall of the front end of the center electrode by means of laser beams so as to form a spark gap between the noble metal portion and a ground electrode which is depended from the metallic shell. The noble metal portion has a molten alloy layer in which the center electrode is melted into the noble metal portion, and a diffused alloy layer in which the noble metal portion is diffused into the center electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsutani, Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5461210
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a spark plug electrode, wherein a composite column is provided to have a heat-conductor core embedded in a metallic clad by means of extrusion. A firing tip is provided from a slug which is made of a noble metal. The slug is concentrically placed on an end surface of the metallic clad, and a laser beam welding is applied on the slug to thermally melt the entire the slug so that the end surface of the metallic clad is partly fused into the slug in the range of 0.5 wt % to 80.0 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsutani, Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5461276
    Abstract: In an electrode for a spark plug, an elongated blank metal is made of a nickel-based alloy and including a front surface. A firing tip is provided from a slug made of a noble metal, the slug being concentrically placed on the front surface of the elongated blank metal and laser beam welded to thermally melt the entire slug and thereby produce a thermal weld, so that the front surface of the elongated blank metal is partly fused together with the slug to form a melted portion with the front surface and the slug so as to contain the front surface within the melted portion in the range of 0.5 wt % to 80.0 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsutani, Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5347856
    Abstract: In a misfire detector device for use in internal combustion engine, an electrical interrupter circuit on-off actuates a primary current flowing through a primary circuit of an ignition coil to induce a spark plug voltage. A check diode is provided in a secondary circuit of the ignition coil to prevent a current flowing back to the ignition coil. The spark plug has a center electrode, a front end of which is projected from an insulator, and an outer surface area of the projected front end being 25 mm.sup.2 or more. A spark plug voltage detector circuit detects an attenuation time length of a spark plug voltage waveform presented subsequent to a predetermined time period occurring after an end of a spark action of the spark plug. On the basis of the attenuation time length, a distinction circuit determines whether a misfire occurs in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyata, Yoshihiro Matsubara, Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5347855
    Abstract: In a misfire detector device for use in internal combustion engine, an electrical interrupter circuit on-off actuates a primary current flowing through a primary circuit of an ignition coil to induce a sparkplug voltage which is applied to a multi-electrode type spark plug. A check diode or a series gap is provided in a secondary circuit of the ignition coil so as to prevent a current flowing back to the ignition coil. A sparkplug voltage detector circuit detects an attenuation time length of a sparkplug voltage waveform presented subsequent to a predetermined time period after an end of a spark action of the spark plug. On the basis of the attenuation time length, a distinction circuit determines whether a misfire occurs in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyata, Yoshihiro Matsubara, Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 5189333
    Abstract: In a multi-gap type spark plug for an internal combustion engine, the spark plug has a cylindrical metallic shell into which a tubular ceramic insulator is enclosed. The insulator has a tapered front leg portion, a front end of which extends beyond that of the metallic shell. A center electrode is enclosed into the insulator, having at a front end thereof, a filing tip extending beyond that of the insulator. A plurality of L-shaped outer electrodes each having a vertical piece and lateral piece, the vertical piece depending from the front end of the metallic shell to surround the front end of the insulator, while the lateral piece having an inner surface arranged in parallel with a front end surface of the insulator, and having an end tip terminated to oppose an outer surface of the firing tip through a spark gap established therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kagawa, Masaaki Murase, Shinichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5144188
    Abstract: In a spark plug having a cylindrical metallic shell a front end of which is extended into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, an insulator is provided within the metallic shell so as to provide an annular clearance between a front end of the metallic shell and that of the insulator, a width of the annular clearance being within a range of 0.65 mm .+-.0.25 mm. An extension skirt which the metallic shell is extended into the combustion chamber has a length within a range from 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm. A tapered surface is provided by planing off an inner edge of a front end of the metallic shell, and the surface angularly falls within angles from 20 to 40 degrees. One end of an outer electrode is welded to the tapered surface while other end of the outer electrode is bent to oppose a front end of a center electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Junichi Kagawa, Wataru Matsutani
  • Patent number: RE43758
    Abstract: Spark plug has a central electrode, an insulator provided exterior to the central electrode, main metallic shell provided exterior to the insulator in such a way that the central electrode protrudes from one end, and a ground electrode coupled at one end to the main metallic shell and which has the other end disposed to face the central electrode 3, with a chip being secured to either the central electrode or the ground electrode or both to form spark discharge gap g. The chip is made of a metal based on Ir which contains Rh in an amount ranging from 3 to 50 wt (50 wt % being not inclusive).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsutani, Junichi Kagawa