Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Ogura

Kiyotaka Ogura 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).

  • Publication number: 20140132690
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section that ejects ink onto a paper-sheet which is transported in a transportation-direction; a first medium support member that supports the paper-sheet and has suction holes which allow a suction force to be applied on the paper-sheet, the suction holes being arranged on the first medium support member in a width-direction which is perpendicular to the transportation-direction; and a second medium support member that supports the paper-sheet and has suction holes which allow a suction force to be applied on the paper-sheet, the suction holes being arranged in pairs on the second medium support member at positions which correspond to end portions of the paper-sheet in the width-direction, wherein the distance between a pair of suction holes on the second medium support member in the width-direction is larger than that between the adjacent suction holes on the first medium support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka SHIMADA, Kiyotaka OGURA
  • Patent number: 8672239
    Abstract: A fuel injector is disclosed that has plural nozzle holes with the same cross-sectional shape and can individually set the flow rate of each nozzle hole. The fuel injector includes the plural nozzle holes, a seat section positioned upstream of the nozzle holes, a valve element that closes a valve when brought into contact with the seat section and opens the valve when separated from the seat section, and a circular cone tapered from an upstream end to a downstream end and provided with the seat section and an inlet opening of the nozzle holes. The plural nozzle holes have an identical shape and a shape of a cross-section of each of the nozzle holes is substantially out-of-round, the cross-section being perpendicular to a central axis of each of the nozzle holes. The cross-section of each of the nozzle holes is rotated around the central axis of each of the nozzle holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ogura, Yasuo Namaizawa
  • Publication number: 20110123376
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump mounted with a discharge valve that can reduce an influence of noise caused by a valve body-circumferential flow and a discharge valve unit used therein. The high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a discharge valve (8) which is a non-return valve between a pressurizing chamber (11) and a discharge port (13). The discharge valve (8) includes a valve body housing (8d), a discharge valve spring (8c), a valve body (8b) and a seat member (8a). The discharge valve (8) is a flat valve. When the valve is opened, a flow of fuel moving from the pressurizing chamber and axially colliding with the valve body is radially distributed in the radial direction of the valve body to become a flow directly moving the discharge ports and a flow colliding with an inner wall of the valve body housing before moving toward the discharge ports and then in a circumferential direction of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Shunsuke Aritomi, Hideki Machimura, Kiyotaka Ogura, Masami Abe, Kenichiro Tokuo
  • Publication number: 20110073682
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve comprises a valve return spring as a coil spring that applies a spring force to a movable valve element toward a valve seat and an adjuster that is used for adjusting a spring force by adjusting the amount of spring compression. The injection valve is provided with parts supporting respectively both ends of the spring in the axial direction, and the parts rotatable in the circumferential direction of the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Irino, Toru Ishikawa, Yasuo Namaizawa, Hisashi Ohwada, Kiyotaka Ogura
  • Publication number: 20100320293
    Abstract: A fuel injector is disclosed that has plural nozzle holes with the same cross-sectional shape and can individually set the flow rate of each nozzle hole. The fuel injector includes the plural nozzle holes, a seat section positioned upstream of the nozzle holes, a valve element that closes a valve when brought into contact with the seat section and opens the valve when separated from the seat section, and a circular cone tapered from an upstream end to a downstream end and provided with the seat section and an inlet opening of the nozzle holes. The plural nozzle holes have an identical shape and a shape of a cross-section of each of the nozzle holes is substantially out-of-round, the cross-section being perpendicular to a central axis of each of the nozzle holes. The cross-section of each of the nozzle holes is rotated around the central axis of each of the nozzle holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka OGURA, Yasuo Namaizawa
  • Patent number: 7021569
    Abstract: A fuel swirler positioned upstream of an injection orifice is disposed at the tip of a nozzle body in a fuel injector, in which the fixed core and the nozzle body are coupled to each other via a non-magnetic cylindrical seal ring press-fitted and welded to the outer circumference of one end on the nozzle body side of the fixed core and the inner circumference of one end of the nozzle body. The inner circumference of the fuel swirler and the inner circumference of the seal ring function serve as a guide for slidably guiding a stroke movement of the needle. The fuel swirler is held between the receiving surface of the nozzle body and the orifice plate, thus defining an annular fuel passage between the outer circumference of the fuel swirler and the inner circumference of the nozzle body, so that fuel flows into a passage groove formed at the lower end surface of the fuel swirler via the annular fuel passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ogura, Atsushi Sekine, Eiichi Kubota, Masafumi Nakano, Keiichi Uraki, Noriyuki Maekawa, Mizuho Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Tanabe, Hiromasa Kubo, Tooru Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6908050
    Abstract: A press-machined fuel induction pipe 40, a hollow tubular type of fixed core 1 with a flange at its upper end, and a nozzle holder 18 that was press-machined into a slender tubular shape and has an orifice plate equipped with a valve seat at the lower end of the nozzle holder, are connected by welding. The upper inner surface of nozzle holder 18 and the outer surface of fixed core 1 are welded after being press-fit. A movable core 14 and a valve body 16 are connected to the welded assembly via a point 15 having a spring function. On the outer surface of nozzle holder 18 is provided an electromagnetic coil 2, the outside of which is provided with a tubular yoke 4 whose upper end is connected by welding to the flange 1a of fixed core 1 and whose lower end is press-fit on the outer surface of nozzle holder 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sekine, Kiyotaka Ogura, Ryuya Ando, Makoto Yamakado, Noriyuki Maekawa
  • Patent number: 6783109
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprises a movable unit having a valve element, an electromagnetic coil, and a magnetic circuit for magnetically attracting the movable unit toward a valve opening side through energization of the electromagnetic coil. The magnetic circuit is composed of a hollow, cylindrical stationary core, which defines a fuel passage extending axially through an injection valve body, a hollow seal ring made of a nonmagnetic or a feeble magnetic material, a hollow nozzle housing, and a movable core constituting a part of the movable unit. The stationary core and the nozzle housing are joined together through the seal ring. This electromagnetic fuel injection valve has improved responsibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ogura, Atsushi Sekine, Noriyuki Maekawa
  • Patent number: 6766789
    Abstract: An injector driving control apparatus operates with minimum power consumption, while ensuring linearity (proportionality between the current supply duration and fuel injection volume of the injector) in a wide fuel pressure range. A coil current feedback circuit is provided for controlling the current feedback duration according to the fuel pressure after applying the current at a boost voltage. This enables optimal control of the injector, and, hence, an improvement in the fuel injection volume characteristics (linearity) and a reduction in the heat generated in the injector driving control circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yamakado, Noriyuki Maekawa, Kiyotaka Ogura, Kazutaka Hino, Tohru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20040135014
    Abstract: A press-machined fuel induction pipe 40, a hollow tubular type of fixed core 1 with a flange at its upper end, and a nozzle holder 18 that was press-machined into a slender tubular shape and has an orifice plate equipped with a valve seat at the lower end of the nozzle holder, are connected by welding. The upper inner surface of nozzle holder 18 and the outer surface of fixed core 1 are welded after being press-fit. A movable core 14 and a valve body 16 are connected to the welded assembly via a point 15 having a spring function. On the outer surface of nozzle holder 18 is provided an electromagnetic coil 2, the outside of which is provided with a tubular yoke 4 whose upper end is connected by welding to the flange 1a of fixed core 1 and whose lower end is press-fit on the outer surface of nozzle holder 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., HITACHI CAR ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sekine, Kiyotaka Ogura, Ryuya Ando, Makoto Yamakado, Noriyuki Maekawa
  • Patent number: 6695233
    Abstract: A press-machined fuel induction pipe 40, a hollow tubular type of fixed core 1 with a flange at its upper end, and a nozzle holder 18 that was press-machined into a slender tubular shape and has an orifice plate equipped with a valve seat at the lower end of the nozzle holder, are connected by welding. The upper inner surface of nozzle holder 18 and the outer surface of fixed core 1 are welded after being press-fit. A movable core 14 and a valve body 16 are connected to the welded assembly via a point 15 having a spring function. On the outer surface of nozzle holder 18 is provided an electromagnetic coil 2, the outside of which is provided with a tubular yoke 4 whose upper end is connected by welding to the flange 1a of fixed core 1 and whose lower end is press-fit on the outer surface of nozzle holder 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Atsushi Sekine, Kiyotaka Ogura, Ryuya Ando, Makoto Yamakado, Noriyuki Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20030151014
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprises a movable unit having a valve element, an electromagnetic coil, and a magnetic circuit for magnetically attracting the movable unit toward a valve opening side through energization of the electromagnetic coil. The magnetic circuit is composed of a hollow, cylindrical stationary core, which defines a fuel passage extending axially through an injection valve body, a hollow seal ring made of a nonmagnetic or a feeble magnetic material, a hollow nozzle housing, and a movable core constituting a part of the movable unit. The stationary core and the nozzle housing are joined together through the seal ring. This electromagnetic fuel injection valve has improved responsibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ogura, Atsushi Sekine, Noriyuki Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20020189593
    Abstract: Providing an injector driving control apparatus that operates with minimum power consumption while ensuring linearity (proportionality between the current supply duration and fuel injection volume of the injector) in a wide fuel pressure range. Providing a coil current feedback circuit and controlling the current feedback duration according to fuel pressure after applying the current at a boost voltage. The present invention enables optimal control of the injector and hence, the improvement of its fuel injection volume characteristics (linearity) and the reduction of the heat generated in the injector driving control circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Makoto Yamakado, Noriyuki Maekawa, Kiyotaka Ogura, Kazutaka Hino, Tohru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20020043575
    Abstract: A press-machined fuel induction pipe 40, a hollow tubular type of fixed core 1 with a flange at its upper end, and a nozzle holder 18 that was press-machined into a slender tubular shape and has an orifice plate equipped with a valve seat at the lower end of the nozzle holder, are connected by welding. The upper inner surface of nozzle holder 18 and the outer surface of fixed core 1 are welded after being press-fit. A movable core 14 and a valve body 16 are connected to the welded assembly via a point 15 having a spring function. On the outer surface of nozzle holder 18 is provided an electromagnetic coil 2, the outside of which is provided with a tubular yoke 4 whose upper end is connected by welding to the flange 1a of fixed core 1 and whose lower end is press-fit on the outer surface of nozzle holder 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sekine, Kiyotaka Ogura, Ryuya Ando, Makoto Yamakado, Noriyuki Maekawa