Patents by Inventor Kaichi Takeuchi

Kaichi Takeuchi 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).

  • Breather device of engine
    Patent number: 7243642
    Abstract: A breather device comprises a breather chamber (22) provided in a valve arm chamber (2) arranged above a cylinder head of an engine. In the breather chamber, blow-by gas including oil mist is separated into oil component and gas component, and the oil mist is removed from the blow-by gas. The interior of the breather chamber is alternately divided into plural horizontally juxtaposed rooms (22a, 22b, 22c) by a partition (23) extended from a bottom surface of the breather chamber and a partition (2a) extended from a ceiling surface of the breather chamber. Plural oil trap members (10) for trapping oil mist in the blow-by gas are arranged in the breather chamber. Especially, the oil trap member arranged at a blow-by gas inlet of the breather chamber is held by a holder (11) made separately from members (2, 7) forming the valve arm chamber (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Nishikawa, Satoshi Iwata, Yasuhiro Ozaki, Michio Sakata, Kaichi Takeuchi
  • Breather device of engine
    Publication number: 20040244785
    Abstract: A breather device comprises a breather chamber (22) provided in a valve arm chamber (2) arranged above a cylinder head of an engine. In the breather chamber, blow-by gas including oil mist is separated into oil component and gas component, and the oil mist is removed from the blow-by gas. The interior of the breather chamber is alternately divided into plural horizontally juxtaposed rooms (22a, 22b, 22c) by a partition (23) extended from a bottom surface of the breather chamber and a partition (2a) extended from a ceiling surface of the breather chamber. Plural oil trap members (10) for trapping oil mist in the blow-by gas are arranged in the breather chamber. Especially, the oil trap member arranged at a blow-by gas inlet of the breather chamber is held by a holder (11) made separately from members (2, 7) forming the valve arm chamber (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Nishikawa, Satoshi Iwata, Yasuhiro Ozaki, Michio Sakata, Kaichi Takeuchi