Patents by Inventor Kazunari SHIGEMOTO

Kazunari SHIGEMOTO 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: 10533470
    Abstract: To improve the oil separation performance in an oil separation device for an internal combustion engine. The oil separation device (10) comprises a gas liquid separation passage (56) internally defined by a lower wall, an upper wall and a pair of side walls, and extending in a horizontal direction, a gas inlet (54) and a gas outlet (63) provided on either end of the gas liquid separation passage, a plurality of lower partition walls (56H) projecting upward from the lower wall, and a plurality of upper partition walls (56J) projecting downward from the upper wall. The lower partition walls and the upper partition wall are tilted with respective the length wise direction in plan view so as to define a spiral passage. The lower wall is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane such that an upstream part of the lower wall is lower than a downstream part of the lower wall with respect to a direction of the swirl flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujii, Kazunari Shigemoto, Mayuka Odo, Yuya Kasajima, Hirotaka Komatsu, Junya Saito, Kouji Nakano, Sei Maruyama, Yoshiki Matsushiro
  • Patent number: 10329975
    Abstract: To improve the oil separation performance in an oil separation device for an internal combustion engine. The oil separation device (10) comprises a gas liquid separation passage (56) internally defined by a lower wall, an upper wall and a pair of side walls, and extending in a horizontal direction, a gas inlet (54) and a gas outlet (63) provided on either end of the gas liquid separation passage, a plurality of lower partition walls (56H) projecting upward from the lower wall, and a plurality of upper partition walls (56J) projecting downward from the upper wall. The lower partition walls and the upper partition wall are tilted with respective the length wise direction in plan view so as to define a spiral passage. The lower wall is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane such that an upstream part of the lower wall is lower than a downstream part of the lower wall with respect to a direction of the swirl flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujii, Kazunari Shigemoto, Mayuka Odo, Yuya Kasajima, Hirotaka Komatsu, Junya Saito, Kouji Nakano, Sei Maruyama, Yoshiki Matsushiro
  • Publication number: 20170321580
    Abstract: To improve the oil separation performance in an oil separation device for an internal combustion engine. The oil separation device (10) comprises a gas liquid separation passage (56) internally defined by a lower wall, an upper wall and a pair of side walls, and extending in a horizontal direction, a gas inlet (54) and a gas outlet (63) provided on either end of the gas liquid separation passage, a plurality of lower partition walls (56H) projecting upward from the lower wall, and a plurality of upper partition walls (56J) projecting downward from the upper wall. The lower partition walls and the upper partition wall are tilted with respective the length wise direction in plan view so as to define a spiral passage. The lower wall is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane such that an upstream part of the lower wall is lower than a downstream part of the lower wall with respect to a direction of the swirl flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujii, Kazunari Shigemoto, Mayuka Odo, Yuya Kasajima, Hirotaka Komatsu, Junya Saito, Kouji Nakano, Sei Maruyama, Yoshiki Matsushiro
  • Patent number: 9804014
    Abstract: An oil level gauge mounting structure includes an oil level gauge, a dipstick insertion hole, a peripheral wall, and an opening portion. The oil level gauge includes a grip portion and a dipstick. The grip portion has a finger insertion hole which defines a finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole and into which a finger of an operating person is to be inserted from the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole. The peripheral wall surrounds the grip portion from directions except the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole so as to define an insertion recess portion to receive the grip portion in a state in which the dipstick is inserted in the dipstick insertion hole. The opening portion is open in the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole in the state in which the dipstick is inserted in the dipstick insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunari Shigemoto
  • Publication number: 20160265404
    Abstract: To improve the oil separation performance in an oil separation device for an internal combustion engine. The oil separation device (10) comprises a gas liquid separation passage (56) internally defined by a lower wall, an upper wall and a pair of side walls, and extending in a horizontal direction, a gas inlet (54) and a gas outlet (63) provided on either end of the gas liquid separation passage, a plurality of lower partition walls (56H) projecting upward from the lower wall, and a plurality of upper partition walls (56J) projecting downward from the upper wall. The lower partition walls and the upper partition wall are tilted with respective the length wise direction in plan view so as to define a spiral passage. The lower wall is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane such that an upstream part of the lower wall is lower than a downstream part of the lower wall with respect to a direction of the swirl flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujii, Kazunari Shigemoto, Mayuka Odo, Yuya Kasajima, Hirotaka Komatsu, Junya Saito, Kouji Nakano, Sei Maruyama, Yoshiki Matsushiro
  • Publication number: 20160003661
    Abstract: An oil level gauge mounting structure includes an oil level gauge, a dipstick insertion hole, a peripheral wall, and an opening portion. The oil level gauge includes a grip portion and a dipstick. The grip portion has a finger insertion hole which defines a finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole and into which a finger of an operating person is to be inserted from the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole. The peripheral wall surrounds the grip portion from directions except the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole so as to define an insertion recess portion to receive the grip portion in a state in which the dipstick is inserted in the dipstick insertion hole. The opening portion is open in the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole in the state in which the dipstick is inserted in the dipstick insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunari SHIGEMOTO