Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Abe
Kazuyoshi Abe 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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Patent number: 7322332Abstract: An intake system of a V-engine provided with a surge tank arranged at a position higher than a cylinder head and divided in internal space into a top part and a bottom part. The surge tank has a plurality of intake tubes communicating the surge tank and intake ports, wherein intake tubes communicated with one cylinder bank of the V-engine are connected to the top part of the surge tank and intake tubes communicated with the other cylinder bank are connected to the bottom part of the surge tank. The surge tank is formed so that a front end of the top part is positioned further toward a rear side of the vehicle compared with the front end of the bottom part when the intake system is mounted to a V-engine mounted in the vehicle, whereby the height of the engine hood can be effectively lowered.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuyoshi Abe
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Patent number: 7222600Abstract: An intake system of a V-engine provided with a surge tank arranged at a position higher than a cylinder head of the V-engine when attached to the V-engine and divided in internal space into a top part and a bottom part and a plurality of intake tubes communicating the surge tank and intake ports of the V-engine, wherein intake tubes communicated with one cylinder bank of the V-engine are connected to the top part of the surge tank and intake tubes communicated with the other cylinder bank are connected to the bottom part of the surge tank and the surge tank is formed so that a front end of the top part is positioned further toward a rear side of the vehicle compared with the front end of the bottom part when the intake system is mounted to a V-engine mounted in the vehicle, whereby the height of the engine hood can be effectively lowered.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuyoshi Abe
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Patent number: 7196413Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly in which a heat generator and a heat dissipator are integrated via an electrically insulating and thermally conductive sheet, at least one surface of which a thermally conductive grease is applied to, in which the thermally conductive grease is incompatible with the electrically insulating and thermally conductive sheet. Heat from the heat generator such as a semiconductor device or the like can be effectively dissipated while an electrically insulating condition is maintained over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Fuji Polymer Industries Co., Ltd., Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Shibuya, Motoyuki Furukawa, Mikio Naruse, Atsushi Ehira, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Hirotoshi Oota, Kazuyoshi Abe, Atsushi Ikezawa, Toru Kakehi
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Patent number: 7156071Abstract: An intake device includes an intake pipe, a valve having a downstream side including a cutoff portion and an upstream side rotatably attached to an inner wall of the intake pipe, and a partition plate provided in the intake pipe so as to divide an intake passage in the intake pipe into an upper intake passage and a lower intake passage. The valve has an open state in which the upper and lower intake passages are open, a closed state in which the upper and lower intake passages are closed; and an intermediate state in which the lower intake passage is closed.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuyoshi Abe, Akio Yoshimatsu, Shinya Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 7128050Abstract: In an air intake apparatus for an engine, an intake port is connected to a cylinder of the engine and an intake valve opens and closes a downstream end of the intake port. The air intake apparatus includes a partition wall provided along a longitudinal direction of the intake port so as to cross-sectionally partition the intake port into two sections, and an intake control valve provided in a pipe forming the intake port, opening and closing a first flow path implemented by partition by the partition wall, and closing the first flow path and narrowing a second flow path. Assuming a sliding direction of a piston within cylinder as an up-down direction, the intake port is partitioned into two upper and lower sections.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuyoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20060219202Abstract: An intake device includes an intake pipe, a valve having a downstream side including a cutoff portion and an upstream side rotatably attached to an inner wall of the intake pipe, and a partition plate provided in the intake pipe so as to divide an intake passage in the intake pipe into an upper intake passage and a lower intake passage. The valve has an open state in which the upper and lower intake passages are open, a closed state in which the upper and lower intake passages are closed; and an intermediate state in which the lower intake passage is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Kazuyoshi Abe, Akio Yoshimatsu, Shinya Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20060180114Abstract: An intake system of a V-engine provided with a surge tank arranged at a position higher than a cylinder head of the V-engine when attached to the V-engine and divided in internal space into a top part and a bottom part and a plurality of intake tubes communicating the surge tank and intake ports of the V-engine, wherein intake tubes communicated with one cylinder bank of the V-engine are connected to the top part of the surge tank and intake tubes communicated with the other cylinder bank are connected to the bottom part of the surge tank and the surge tank is formed so that a front end of the top part is positioned further toward a rear side of the vehicle compared with the front end of the bottom part when the intake system is mounted to a V-engine mounted in the vehicle, whereby the height of the engine hood can be effectively lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyoshi Abe
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Patent number: 7081670Abstract: An insulation sheet is formed by a heat conductive filler of an amount of 70–93 mass % in an organopolysiloxane base material. The content of conductive impurities in the insulation sheet is 500 ppm or less. The insulation sheet according to one embodiment is interposed between a semiconductor device and a heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2004Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Shibuya, Motoyuki Furukawa, Mikio Naruse, Atsushi Ehira, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Hirotoshi Oota, Kazuyoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20050252475Abstract: An intake system of a V-engine provided with a surge tank arranged at a position higher than a cylinder head of the V-engine when attached to the V-engine and divided in internal space into a top part and a bottom part and a plurality of intake tubes communicating the surge tank and intake ports of the V-engine, wherein intake tubes communicated with one cylinder bank of the V-engine are connected to the top part of the surge tank and intake tubes communicated with the other cylinder bank are connected to the bottom part of the surge tank and the surge tank is formed so that a front end of the top part is positioned further toward a rear side of the vehicle compared with the front end of the bottom part when the intake system is mounted to a V-engine mounted in the vehicle, whereby the height of the engine hood can be effectively lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20050205989Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly in which a heat generator and a heat dissipator are integrated via an electrically insulating and thermally conductive sheet, at least one surface of which a thermally conductive grease is applied to, in which the thermally conductive grease is incompatible with the electrically insulating and thermally conductive sheet. Heat from the heat generator such as a semiconductor device or the like can be effectively dissipated while an electrically insulating condition is maintained over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2005Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Akihiro Shibuya, Motoyuki Furukawa, Mikio Naruse, Atsushi Ehira, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Hirotoshi Oota, Kazuyoshi Abe, Atsushi Ikezawa, Toru Kakehi
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Publication number: 20050035438Abstract: An insulation sheet is formed by a heat conductive filler of an amount of 70-93 mass % in an organopolysiloxane base material. The content of conductive impurities in the insulation sheet is 500 ppm or less. The insulation sheet according to one embodiment is interposed between a semiconductor device and a heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Akihiro Shibuya, Motoyuki Furukawa, Mikio Naruse, Atsushi Ehira, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Hirotoshi Oota, Kazuyoshi Abe
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Patent number: 5809946Abstract: To prevent deformation, in the upper portions of cylinder bores, that occurs when the cylinder head is mounted on the cylinder block by using head bolts and to prevent deformation in the upper portions of the cylinder bores caused by the thermal expansion of the cylinder head. In an open deck type cylinder block of an internal combustion engine in which the cylinder bores are separated from the outer shell of the cylinder block by water jackets in the upper deck, thick portions are formed near the ends of the cylinder bores located at both ends of the internal combustion engine in the direction of the crank shaft, the end portions being opposed to the outer shell of the cylinder block in the axial direction of the crank shaft, the thick portions being smoothly continuous with the outer shell of the initial cylinder bores. The thick portions have the greatest thickness at the ends in the direction of the crank shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1997Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuyoshi Abe
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Patent number: 5404530Abstract: An information managing apparatus comprising memories for storing a single or plural application kits including no decision process and no data storage process. The application kits are defined only by an execution element routine. A software kit interface is provided for constructing the application kits independently of hardware and operating system. The software kit interface includes a library group for storing and processing a flow of the constructed application kits.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1993Date of Patent: April 4, 1995Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruo Koyanagi, Kazuyoshi Abe, Tohru Nishiyama, Minoru Nomaru, Tomoyasu Yamazaki, Tomohiko Noda
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Patent number: 5127569Abstract: In a flexible manufacturing system for assembling various types of vehicle bodies, there is employed a work piece carrier on which a work piece positioning device is mounted. The work piece positioning device has a plurality of position changeable work piece holders which are grouped into a plurality of groups each having its own power input device. When the carrier comes to a type switching stage together with the work piece positioning device, a power source installed in the type switching stage is brought into connection with the power input device of one of the groups thereby to changing the positions of the corresponding work piece holders. Then, the power source is brought into connection with the other power input device of the other group to change the positions of the corresponding work piece holders.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1991Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignee: Nissan Motor Company LimitedInventors: Yoshitada Sekine, Tatsuo Miyauchi, Kazuyoshi Abe, Tohru Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Ono
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Patent number: 5103551Abstract: For holding a plurality of different, in shape, workpieces, a holding unit comprises a laminated body with a number of thin identical shaped elongate plates which have one ends forming a workpiece supporting surface, a vibrator unit for moving the elongate plates so as to vary the shape of the workpiece supporting surface to create a new one, and a bias mechanism for clamping the laminated body, so the newly created shape of the workpiece supporting surface is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1990Date of Patent: April 14, 1992Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kinichi Tamura, Susumu Kawada, Yoshitada Sekine, Kazuyoshi Abe, Ryosuke Ishikawa, Fumiki Yokota
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Patent number: 5044541Abstract: In a flexible manufacturing system for assembling various types of vehicle bodies, there is employed a work piece carrier on which a work piece positioning device is mounted. The work piece positioning device has a plurality of position changeable work piece holders which are grouped into a plurality of groups each having its own power input device. When the carrier comes to a type switching state together with the work piece positioning device, a power source installed in the type switching stage is brought into connection with the power input device of one of the groups thereby to change the positions of the corresponding work piece holders. Then, the power source is brought into connection with the other power input device of the other group to change the positions of the corresponding work piece holders.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1990Date of Patent: September 3, 1991Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitada Sekine, Tatsuo Miyauchi, Kazuyoshi Abe, Tohru Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Ono
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Patent number: 4962917Abstract: For holding a plurality of different, in shape, workpiece, a holding unit comprises a laminated body with a number of thin identical shaped elongate plates which have one ends forming a workpiece supporting surface, a vibrator unit for moving the elongate plates so as to vary the shape of the workpiece supporting surface to create a new one, and a bias mechanism for clamping the laminated body, so the newly created shape of the workpiece supporting surface is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1989Date of Patent: October 16, 1990Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kinichi Tamura, Susumu Kawada, Yoshitada Sekine, Kazuyoshi Abe, Ryosuke Ishikawa, Fumiki Yokota
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Patent number: 4837904Abstract: A bar-code label has a combination of a plurality of narrower slots and a plurality of wider slots encoded to represent specific binary data containing information and/or instructions. The slotted bar-code is encoded on a rigid label member, such as a metal sheet. A bar-code encoding device used to encode the slotted bar-code has a pair of punches, one of which is adapted to form the narrower slots and the other of which is adapted to form the wider slots. Both of the punches are operated simultaneously whenever one of the narrower or wider slots is formed. The blank label is fed past one of the punches to form all of the narrower or wider slots before forming the rest of the wider or narrower slots with the other punch. The encoded label thus formed in suitable for use in painting or coating processes which would obscure a conventionally printed bar-code label.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1988Date of Patent: June 13, 1989Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Abe, Kazuhiko Yazaki
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Patent number: 4811935Abstract: For holding a plurality of different, in shape, workpieces, a holding unit comprises a laminated body with a number of thin identical shaped elongate plates which have one ends forming a workpiece supporting surface, a vibrator unit for moving the elongate plates so as to vary the shape of the workpiece supporting surface to create a new one, and a bias mechanism for clamping the laminated body, so the newly created shape of the workpiece supporting surface is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1987Date of Patent: March 14, 1989Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kinichi Tamura, Susumu Kawada, Yoshitada Sekine, Kazuyoshi Abe, Ryosuke Ishikawa, Fumiki Yokota
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Patent number: 4764667Abstract: A bar-code label has a combination of a plurality of narrower slots and a plurality of wider slots encoded to represent specific binary data containing information and/or instructions. The slotted bar-code is encoded on a rigid label member, such as a metal sheet. A bar-code encoding device used to encode the slotted bar-code has a pair of punches, one of which is adapted to form the narrower slots and the other of which is adapted to form the wider slots. Both of the punches are operated simultaneously whenever one of the narrower or wider slots is formed. The blank label is fed past one of the punches to form all of the narrower or wider slots before forming the rest of the wider or narrower slots with the other punch. The encoded label thus formed is suitable for use in painting or coating processes which would obscure a conventionally printed bar-code label.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1983Date of Patent: August 16, 1988Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, LimitedInventors: Kazuyoshi Abe, Kazuhiko Yazaki