Patents by Inventor Kazunari Nakaya

Kazunari Nakaya 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).

  • Publication number: 20140209190
    Abstract: A fuel tank valve having: a housing that is arranged in a fuel tank and has a communication port communicating with an outside of the fuel tank; and a float valve body that is installed in the housing and closes the communication port when fuel in the housing increases, where a wall part of the housing has an opening part through which the fuel flows in and out, and a projecting part that is formed to correspond to the opening part and projects outwardly from the wall part, and the projecting part is separated above from the opening part by a predetermined distance, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunari Nakaya, Toshinori Seki, Kenichiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8720472
    Abstract: A fuel cutoff valve comprises a casing main body with a connecting hole and a valve chamber, a cover forming the tube member, and the float housed in the valve chamber. The valve comprises, above the casing main body, the liquid closure member forming the retaining chamber for temporarily retaining liquid fuel flown out of the connecting hole and the partition member formed in plurality in a ridge form on the upper surface of the upper wall within the retaining chamber. Each partition member is arranged radially so as to be connected to the liquid closure member from the near center of the connecting hole, and configured in such a way that the retaining chamber is divided into multiple divided chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kito, Kenichiro Kaneko, Kenta Kuwayama, Toru Matsuzaki, Kazunari Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20130025700
    Abstract: A fuel cutoff valve comprises a casing main body with a connecting hole and a valve chamber, a cover forming the tube member, and the float housed in the valve chamber. The valve comprises, above the casing main body, the liquid closure member forming the retaining chamber for temporarily retaining liquid fuel flown out of the connecting hole and the partition member formed in plurality in a ridge form on the upper surface of the upper wall within the retaining chamber. Each partition member is arranged radially so as to be connected to the liquid closure member from the near center of the connecting hole, and configured in such a way that the retaining chamber is divided into multiple divided chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki KITO, Kenichiro KANEKO, Kenta KUWAYAMA, Toru MATSUZAKI, Kazunari NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20100186828
    Abstract: An air flow control valve includes a housing arranged in a fuel tank and having a canister communication port in an upper portion of the housing; and a float valve body embedded in the housing and closing the communication port by the valve body along with a rise of fuel in the housing, where orifice holes and vents configured to communicate with an inside and outside of the housing are formed and where the vents are configured to be located below the orifice holes and above a fuel level in a full state of the tank, wherein, regarding the orifice holes and the vents, when the communication port is closed by the valve body, only the orifice holes are in an air flow state, and when the communication port is open in the full state, the orifice holes and the vents are in the air flow state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru MATSUZAKI, Kazunari Nakaya