Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Hokazono
Kazuaki Hokazono 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: 20200324643Abstract: A fuel supply device of an engine includes: a fuel tank; a fuel filter which is disposed in front of the fuel tank in a front-rear direction of a vehicle; a fuel pump which is disposed in front of the fuel filter in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; a first fuel supply pipe which connects the fuel tank and the fuel filter to each other; and a second fuel supply pipe which connects the fuel filter and the fuel pump to each other. A first connecting portion to which the first fuel supply pipe is connected is formed on a front portion of the fuel filter, and a second connecting portion to which the second fuel supply pipe is connected is formed on a rear portion of the fuel filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Kazuaki HOKAZONO, Osamu NOZAKI, Yoshiyuki MATSUMOTO, Yusuke IKUSHIMA, Hirotoshi SAITO, Kazutoshi MATSUYAMA, Tetsuya DATE, Yuki KODA
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Publication number: 20190242349Abstract: A fuel supply system is provided, which supplies fuel to a longitudinal engine having a plurality of cylinders disposed in front-and-rear directions of a vehicle, and a side surface to which a mount member is coupled, the mount member fixing the engine to a vehicle frame. The system includes a fuel supply piping configured to guide fuel from a lower part of the engine to the plurality of cylinders located in an upper part of the engine. The fuel supply piping is disposed at least partially rearward of a front end of an engine auxiliary machine that is disposed rearward of the mount member and that has a higher rigidity than the mount member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Kazuaki Hokazono, Hiroshi Yoshida, Osamu Nozaki, Yusuke Ikushima
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Patent number: 5186126Abstract: An intake system distributes air into cylinders of an internal combustion engine, which are divided into two groups. The cylinders in each group are arranged in the same row so that adjoining cylinders in each row do not fire one after another. An intake passage is formed with an upstream passage and two separate downstream passages, extending from the upstream passage, which are connected to the two groups of cylinders. The upstream passage is divided by a partition wall into two separate upstream passages in communication with the two separate downstream passages, respectively. A throttle valve is disposed adjacent to the intake passage so as to extend a path of each separate upstream passage when the throttle valve is in its full throttle position.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1991Date of Patent: February 16, 1993Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kenji Tarekado, Masanori Nakamura, Kazuaki Hokazono, Hirotaka Fukada, Takashige Ishikawa
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Patent number: 5123383Abstract: An intake system delivers air into cylinders of an internal combustion engine which are divided into two groups. The cylinders in each group are arranged in one and the same row so that adjoining cylinders in each row do not fire one after another. The intake system has conflux chambers for the cylinder rows, connected to the cylinders by intake passages, and also interconnected to each other by a communication passage having a valve. First and second resonant passages are each connected at one end to the respective conflux chambers and are joined together to communicate with each other at another end, opposite to the one end, in a location at which a throttle body is located. The first resonant passage has a connection point with one conflux chamber closer to an interconnection between both the conflux chambers than a connection point in a lengthwise direction of the second resonant passage with another conflux chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1991Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Fukada, Takashige Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Kawasako, Kazuaki Hokazono, Masanori Nakamura
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Patent number: 4977865Abstract: A V-type engine has a plurality of cylinders formed in a pair of cylinder banks. An intake system for the V-type engine includes a surge tank which is communicated with the atmosphere through a common intake passage provided with a throttle valve, discrete intake passages which branch off from the surge tank and are connected to the responsive cylinders, branch passages which branch off from the respective discrete intake passages, one or more volume chambers each of which is communicated with at least two of the branch passages, on-off valves which are respectively provided in the branch passages and are opened and closed according to the operating conditions of the engine. The surge tank is disposed above one of the cylinder banks and the volume chamber or volume chambers are disposed above the other cylinder bank.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1989Date of Patent: December 18, 1990Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Hiraoka, Takenori Ohtsuka, Kazuaki Hokazono, Shinji Seike, Tomohiro Sunada
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Patent number: 4784091Abstract: Each of the cylinder heads forming right and left cylinder banks of a V-type engine is provided, in the inner side wall thereof, with intake ports each communicating with a cylinder formed in the cylinder bank. A camshaft is provided in each cylinder bank above intake and exhaust valves to drive the valves in synchronization with the rotation of the engine and supported for rotation by a plurality of bearings. Each discrete intake passage is connected to one of the intake port of one of the cylinder banks and extends above the other cylinder bank. Cylinder head covers mounted on the respective cylinder heads are provided with recessed portions at the portions corresponding to the inter-bearing portions of the camshaft and said discrete intake passages extend through the recessed portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1987Date of Patent: November 15, 1988Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Okada, deceased, Masami Nishida, Kazuaki Hokazono
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Patent number: 4736714Abstract: This invention relates to an internal combustion engine including a plurality of groups of combustion chambers and at least a first expansion chamber and a second expansion chamber. The first and second expansion chambers extend in a lengthwise direction and are separated from each other by a partition wall. The first expansion chamber is connected with one group of combustion chambers through separate branch passages. The second expansion chamber is also connected with another group of combustion chambers respectively through separate branch passages. First and second intake passages are connected at downstream ends with the first expansion chamber and the second expansion chamber, respectively. An auxiliary communicating passage is provided along the partition wall independent from said first and second intake passages and connects the first and second expansion chambers with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1986Date of Patent: April 12, 1988Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Hokazono, Tetsuo Hiraoka, Koichi Hatamura
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Patent number: 4708097Abstract: An induction system for a V-type internal combustion engine having a first and second banks respectively constituted with a plurality of cylinders and shifted with respect to each other in the direction of alignment of the cylinders, including intake ports provided to face a space between two banks, surge tank means for leading intake air to each intake port arranged above one of the banks, first intake passage means curvedly formed for feeding intake air from the surge tank means to the cylinders of the first bank, each being connected with the side portion of the surge tank means at one end thereof and with one of the intake ports of the cylinder of the first bank at the other end thereof and consisting of an upstream intake passage means and a downstream passage means, and second intake passage means curvedly formed for feeding intake air from the surge tank means to the cylinders of the second bank, each being connected with the side portion of the surge tank means at one end thereof and with one of the iType: GrantFiled: October 2, 1986Date of Patent: November 24, 1987Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kouichi Hatamura, Tetsuo Hiraoka, Kazuaki Hokazono, Shinji Seike