Patents by Inventor Kiyonori Nagato

Kiyonori Nagato 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: 10760636
    Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber or the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber is shifted from associated at least one of the first resonance frequency or the second resonance frequency such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyonori Nagato, Takuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiro Mori, Koichi Hirata, Akira Sumitani, Rumiko Yamada, Toru Morishima, Rei Enokizono, Yuichi Shirasuna
  • Patent number: 10612615
    Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of a ratio of a mass of a body of the first dynamic vibration absorber to a reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism or a ratio of a mass of a body of the second dynamic vibration absorber to the reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism is set such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyonori Nagato, Toru Morishima, Takuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiro Mori, Rei Enokizono, Yuichi Shirasuna, Koichi Hirata, Akira Sumitani, Rumiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190120318
    Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of a ratio of a mass of a body of the first dynamic vibration absorber to a reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism or a ratio of a mass of a body of the second dynamic vibration absorber to the reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism is set such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyonori Nagato, Toru Morishima, Takuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiro Mori, Rei Enokizono, Yuichi Shirasuna, Koichi Hirata, Akira Sumitani, Rumiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190120317
    Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber or the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber is shifted from associated at least one of the first resonance frequency or the second resonance frequency such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyonori Nagato, Takuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiro Mori, Koichi Hirata, Akira Sumitani, Rumiko Yamada, Toru Morishima, Rei Enokizono, Yuichi Shirasuna
  • Patent number: 10012174
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between a pre-injection and a main injection in the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the pre-injection and the main injection more largely as an engine load becomes lower at a same engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Kiyoaki Iwata, Kiyonori Nagato
  • Publication number: 20170184048
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between a pre-injection and a main injection in the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the pre-injection and the main injection more largely as an engine load becomes lower at a same engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Takeshi MATSUBARA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Kiyoaki IWATA, Kiyonori NAGATO
  • Patent number: 8720406
    Abstract: There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an engine. In one example, the engine comprises a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a sheet metal gasket interposed between the block and the head, a first projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the block, and a second projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the head, the first projection and the second projection facing each other along a coupling surface between the block and the head. The engine further comprises an extension extending from a main body of the sheet metal gasket and located between the first projection and the second projection, and a resilient portion which is provided in the extension, formed resiliently in a direction perpendicular to the coupling surface, and compressed between the first projection and the second projection when the head is fastened on the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Abe, Kazuhiro Tomizawa, Yasushi Nakahara, Kiyonori Nagato, Yasuhiro Sudou, Hiroshi Hosokawa, Yuma Miyauchi, Jun Nishikawa, Osamu Torobu, Hiroyuki Abe, Kazuhiro Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20110114056
    Abstract: There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an engine. In one example, the engine comprises a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a sheet metal gasket interposed between the block and the head, a first projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the block, and a second projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the head, the first projection and the second projection facing each other along a coupling surface between the block and the head. The engine further comprises an extension extending from a main body of the sheet metal gasket and located between the first projection and the second projection, and a resilient portion which is provided in the extension, formed resiliently in a direction perpendicular to the coupling surface, and compressed between the first projection and the second projection when the head is fastened on the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Abe, Kazuhiro Tomizawa, Yasushi Nakahara, Kiyonori Nagato, Yasuhiro Sudou, Hiroshi Hosokawa, Yuma Miyauchi, Jun Nishikawa, Osamu Torobu, Hiroyuki Abe, Kazuhiro Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 5450922
    Abstract: A power plant is mounted on both sides in a transverse direction by mounts. Each of the mounts is placed within a triangle defined by a point on a primary inertial axis of the power plant on the transverse side of the power plant, a point at a node of power plant bending vibrations in a twisting mode or in a fluctuation mode, and a point defined by the intersection of a perpendicular line passing through the primary inertial axis and a horizontal line passing through the node of vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Doi, Koji Horikawa, Kiyonori Nagato, Takeshi Ota