Patents by Inventor Kenichi Fujiki

Kenichi Fujiki 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: 10801494
    Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus is provided including: an electromagnetic valve that has an input port communicating with a supply destination unit of oil and a control port that is switched between communication and disconnection by resultant force of a hydraulic pressure of the supply destination unit and electromagnetic force; a variable displacement pump which has a suction port communicating with a supply source of the oil, an ejection port communicating with the supply destination unit, and a control chamber communicating with the control port and rotates in accordance with drive of the supply destination unit, in which an amount of the oil ejected to the supply destination unit through the ejection port changes in accordance with a pressure in the control chamber; and a control unit that controls a value of a necessary current that is caused to flow through the electromagnetic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Senbongi, Kenichi Fujiki, Toru Kobayashi, Ken Kaneko, Takahiro Satou, Haruyo Kobayashi, Yoshiharu Segawa, Naoki Oikawa, Syu Murayama, Kentaro Yamanaka, Yuhki Jyo
  • Patent number: 10247204
    Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus includes: a branch path that branches from a passage connected to an oil pump and equipment to which oil is supplied by the oil pump; an accumulator connected to the branch path to accumulate and discharge high-pressure oil supplied from the branch path; a check valve provided in an oil inlet path through which oil flows into the accumulator; a balance valve unit including a reference pressure chamber, a balance valve body that is biased toward an opening side by an opening compression spring, and a control pressure chamber; and a control solenoid that introduces or discharges the high-pressure oil into or from the control pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kawaura, Masato Izutsu, Kenichi Fujiki, Yasuhiko Kan, Hiroyuki Taguchi, Yoshiro Umezawa, Shimpei Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20190017596
    Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus is provided including: an electromagnetic valve that has an input port communicating with a supply destination unit of oil and a control port that is switched between communication and disconnection by resultant force of a hydraulic pressure of the supply destination unit and electromagnetic force; a variable displacement pump which has a suction port communicating with a supply source of the oil, an ejection port communicating with the supply destination unit, and a control chamber communicating with the control port and rotates in accordance with drive of the supply destination unit, in which an amount of the oil ejected to the supply destination unit through the ejection port changes in accordance with a pressure in the control chamber; and a control unit that controls a value of a necessary current that is caused to flow through the electromagnetic valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yuji Senbongi, Kenichi Fujiki, Toru Kobayashi, Ken Kaneko, Takahiro Satou, Haruyo Kobayashi, Yoshiharu Segawa, Naoki Oikawa, Syu Murayama, Kentaro Yamanaka, Yuhki Jyo
  • Publication number: 20170284424
    Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus includes: a branch path that branches from a passage connected to an oil pump and equipment to which oil is supplied by the oil pump; an accumulator connected to the branch path to accumulate and discharge high-pressure oil supplied from the branch path; a check valve provided in an oil inlet path through which oil flows into the accumulator; a balance valve unit including a reference pressure chamber, a balance valve body that is biased toward an opening side by an opening compression spring, and a control pressure chamber; and a control solenoid that introduces or discharges the high-pressure oil into or from the control pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiaki KAWAURA, Masato IZUTSU, Kenichi FUJIKI, Yasuhiko KAN, Hiroyuki TAGUCHI, Yoshiro UMEZAWA, Shimpei IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20170218953
    Abstract: A pump is provided, which includes: an internal housing inside which a vane rotor is housed; a pump housing 1 in which the centre of rotation of the vane rotor is immovable and the internal housing is able to move; a first control oil chamber which causes the internal housing to move in a direction of decreasing the discharge volume; and a second control oil chamber which causes the internal housing to move in a direction of increasing the discharge volume; a pressure adjustment valve; a temperature-sensitive valve; and an elastic member which elastically impels the internal housing. A flow passage area of the temperature-sensitive valve changes gradually with change in oil temperature, and the pressure adjustment valve changes a discharge volume in accordance with increase in pressure of the discharge oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Takatoshi WATANABE, Kenichi FUJIKI, Toru KOBAYASHI, Junichi MIYAJIMA, Yuya KATO
  • Patent number: 9464525
    Abstract: An internal gear pump in which an inner rotor and an outer rotor are arranged in a rotor housing chamber. A deepest meshing section is located in the vicinity on a line connecting a center of the inner rotor and a center of the outer rotor. A center of the rotor housing chamber is offset, from a position in which the center and the center of the outer rotor coincide with each other, to the deepest meshing section side by an amount smaller than a tip clearance, which is a gap between the tooth tip of the inner rotor and the tooth tip of the outer rotor in the vicinity of a seal land between a terminal end side of an intake port and a start end side of a discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Masato Izutsu
  • Patent number: 9309883
    Abstract: An oil pump includes: a rotor chamber; an outer rotor; and an inner rotor. A partition surface between a starting end side of the intake port and a terminal end side of the discharge port is set as a first seal land. An intake groove portion that projects from the starting end side of the intake port toward the terminal end side of the discharge port and a discharge groove portion that projects from the terminal end side of the discharge port toward the starting end side of the intake port are formed in positions which are located on the first seal land. The intake groove portion and the discharge groove portion are provided in intermediate tooth height direction positions of a meshing location between the inner rotor and the outer rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Masato Izutsu
  • Patent number: 9097250
    Abstract: A pump rotor is an inner rotor of an internal gear pump, the inner rotor having a tooth profile, wherein a half-tooth portion of the tooth profile is formed of three tooth-profile formation circles that are elliptical or true-circular. Two of the tooth-profile formation circles are a combination of a small tooth-profile formation circle and a large tooth-profile formation circle in which the small tooth-profile formation circle is inscribed and is entirely included. A portion of the small tooth-profile formation circle forms an addendum portion of the half-tooth portion. A portion of the large tooth-profile formation circle in which the small tooth-profile formation circle is inscribed and is entirely included forms an engagement portion of the half-tooth portion. A portion of another tooth-profile formation circle that circumscribes the large tooth-profile formation circle forms a dedendum portion of the half-tooth portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Masato Izutsu
  • Patent number: 9039397
    Abstract: A rotor for an oil pump according to the present invention is a rotor that includes an inner rotor configured by teeth, each of which has a plurality of ellipses or circles, and an outer rotor that is disposed on the outside of the inner rotor and has one tooth more than the inner rotor, wherein, in a tooth of the inner rotor, a tooth top and a tooth root of a drive-side half-tooth region extending from the tooth top to the tooth root and a tooth top and a tooth root of a non-drive-side half-tooth region extending from the tooth top to the tooth root are each configured by a different ellipse or a circle. A circumferential axis along a circumferential direction of the ellipse or circle configuring the tooth top is longer in the non-drive-side half-tooth region than in the drive-side half-tooth region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Masato Izutsu, Takatoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8870556
    Abstract: An oil pump is increased to inhibit noise generation and durability is also improved. The oil pump includes a pump body, an inner rotor having outer teeth, and an outer rotor having inner teeth. A maximum partition portion is formed between a trailing end side of an intake port and a leading end side of a discharge port in a rotor chamber of the pump body. Among cells constituted by the outer teeth of the inner rotor and the inner teeth of the outer rotor, a central cell positioned in the location of the maximum partition portion and adjacent cells positioned before and after the central cell in the direction of rotation are sealed by mutual contact of the outer teeth and the inner teeth. The outer teeth and the inner teeth constituting cells other than the central cell and adjacent cells are not in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Masato Izutsu
  • Publication number: 20130323106
    Abstract: A rotor for an oil pump according to the present invention is a rotor that includes an inner rotor configured by teeth, each of which has a plurality of ellipses or circles, and an outer rotor that is disposed on the outside of the inner rotor and has one tooth more than the inner rotor, wherein, in a tooth of the inner rotor, a tooth top and a tooth root of a drive-side half-tooth region extending from the tooth top to the tooth root and a tooth top and a tooth root of a non-drive-side half-tooth region extending from the tooth top to the tooth root are each configured by a different ellipse or a circle. A circumferential axis along a circumferential direction of the ellipse or circle configuring the tooth top is longer in the non-drive-side half-tooth region than in the drive-side half-tooth region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Masato IZUTSU, Takatoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20120328464
    Abstract: An oil pump is increased to inhibit noise generation and durability is also improved. The oil pump includes a pump body, an inner rotor having outer teeth, and an outer rotor having inner teeth. A maximum partition portion is formed between a trailing end side of an intake port and a leading end side of a discharge port in a rotor chamber of the pump body. Among cells constituted by the outer teeth of the inner rotor and the inner teeth of the outer rotor, a central cell positioned in the location of the maximum partition portion and adjacent cells positioned before and after the central cell in the direction of rotation are sealed by mutual contact of the outer teeth and the inner teeth. The outer teeth and the inner teeth constituting cells other than the central cell and adjacent cells are not in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Masato Izutsu
  • Publication number: 20120308423
    Abstract: An oil pump includes: a rotor chamber; an outer rotor; and an inner rotor. A partition surface between a starting end side of the intake port and a terminal end side of the discharge port is set as a first seal land. An intake groove portion that projects from the starting end side of the intake port toward the terminal end side of the discharge port and a discharge groove portion that projects from the terminal end side of the discharge port toward the starting end side of the intake port are formed in positions which are located on the first seal land. The intake groove portion and the discharge groove portion are provided in intermediate tooth height direction positions of a meshing location between the inner rotor and the outer rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi FUJIKI, Masato Izutsu
  • Patent number: 8038416
    Abstract: A device including a first discharge passage from a first rotor assembly to an engine, a first return passage that returns to an intake side of the first rotor assembly, a second discharge passage from a second rotor assembly to the engine, a second return passage that returns to an intake side of the second rotor assembly, and a pressure control valve whose valve main body is provided between a discharge port from the second rotor assembly and the first discharge passage. The first discharge passage and the second discharge passage are coupled, and a flow passage control is executed in each of: a low revolution range; an intermediate revolution range; and a high revolution range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Ono, Keiichi Kai, Kenichi Fujiki, Kosuke Yamane
  • Patent number: 7967585
    Abstract: The present invention enables the manufacture of a trochoid pump having a crescent which has been considered theoretically impossible by employing an inner rotor of a trochoid pump. An inner rotor having a predetermined number N of teeth that is equal to or larger than 4 is formed in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Masaru Amano, Keiichi Kai, Takatoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7967586
    Abstract: The present invention enables the manufacture of a trochoid pump having a crescent which has been considered theoretically impossible, by employing an inner rotor of a trochoid pump. An inner rotor having a predetermined number N of teeth that is equal to or larger than 4 is formed in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiki, Takatoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110068730
    Abstract: In an automatic transmission position control by a motor, it is determined whether the present instant belongs to a starting period, that is, the present instant is immediately after resetting of a control unit or application of power to it. If it is the starting period, an actual shift position that is detected from an output of an output shaft sensor for detecting a rotation position of a motor is set as an instructed shift position. With this measure, even if the control unit is reset for a certain reason while the vehicle is running, the instructed shift position is not changed in association with the resetting. This prevents trouble that the shift position is switched contrary to the intention of the driver, whereby the reliability of a position switching control can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakai, Shigeru Kamio, Kenichi Fujiki
  • Patent number: 7801670
    Abstract: To avoid potentially erroneous results, monitoring the operation of an oxygen sensor of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle to detect a slow response of the oxygen sensor as indicative of an oxygen sensor fault is temporarily suspended in response to a brake operation transition of a braking system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Richardson, Kenichi Fujiki
  • Patent number: 7681565
    Abstract: An air/fuel ratio control system is provided for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and an air/fuel ratio sensor. The air/fuel ratio sensor is disposed at an exhaust gas merging portion of an exhaust passage where exhaust gas discharged from the plurality of cylinders merges together. The system includes an air/fuel ratio control device, an abnormality diagnosis device, and an enabling device. The air/fuel ratio control device individually controls an air/fuel ratio of each of the plurality of cylinders based on an output of the air/fuel ratio sensor. The abnormality diagnosis device determines whether abnormality of the air/fuel ratio sensor exists. The enabling device enables the air/fuel ratio control device to execute the controlling of the air/fuel ratio of each of the plurality of cylinders when the abnormality diagnosis device determines that the abnormality of the air/fuel ratio sensor does not exist after starting of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Fujiki
  • Patent number: 7667427
    Abstract: Presence/absence of a failure in a feedback control system of a motor is monitored. When a failure is detected in the feedback control system, the motor is driven by switching to an open-loop control. During the open-loop control, the motor is rotated by sequentially switching the motor current supply phase without feeding back encoder count information. The position count is incremented or decremented every time the current supply phase is switched. When the position count has reached a target count, it is determined that the rotor has reached a target position, whereupon the open-loop control is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Kamio, Kenichi Fujiki, Sumiko Amamiya, Yasushi Kobiki, Yuji Inoue