Patents by Inventor Ken MIWA

Ken MIWA 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: 9719404
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a muffler includes: a trimming step, of cutting out a dogleg shaped muffler body member; a bending processing step of processing the muffler body member into a tube by advancing the muffler body member between an upper roller and a lower roller of a bending machine while adjusting an advancing direction with a guide and by changing a relative position of the upper roller and the lower roller; a first joining step of joining two ends of the tubularly-processed muffler body member in a long side direction; an insertion step of inserting an inner structural member into the inside of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; a second joining step of joining caps to opening portions of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; and a third joining step of joining an air intake joint and an exhaust pipe to the sealed muffler body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Yamamoto, Kenji Shikata, Ken Miwa, Koichi Hiramatsu, Isao Nojiri, Tomoyuki Fujita, Kazuki Sugi
  • Publication number: 20160208672
    Abstract: A muffler is a wound muffler formed by inserting a silencer into an inside of a main body formed in a cylindrical shape, the silencer includes an expandable part expandable in an axial direction in an outlet pipe for exhaust gas, and after the silencer is inserted into the inside of the main body with the expandable part of the silencer contracted, the expandable part of the silencer is so expanded as to extend a downstream end of the outlet pipe to an outside of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi YAMAMOTO, Ken MIWA
  • Publication number: 20160053664
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a muffler includes: a trimming step, of cutting out a dogleg shaped muffler body member; a bending processing step of processing the muffler body member into a tube by advancing the muffler body member between an upper roller and a lower roller of a bending machine while adjusting an advancing direction with a guide and by changing a relative position of the upper roller and the lower roller; a first joining step of joining two ends of the tubularly-processed muffler body member in a long side direction; an insertion step of inserting an inner structural member into the inside of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; a second joining step of joining caps to opening portions of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; and a third joining step of joining an air intake joint and an exhaust pipe to the sealed muffler body member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi YAMAMOTO, Kenji SHIKATA, Ken MIWA, Koichi HIRAMATSU, Isao NOJIRI, Tomoyuki FUJITA, Kazuki SUGI