Patents by Inventor Koji Yudate

Koji Yudate 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: 20100089349
    Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device includes a first rotor rotating integrally with a crankshaft; a second rotor secured integrally with an intake or exhaust camshaft; a first hole formed passing through radially to a shoe formed inside the first rotor; a second hole formed through the shoe, intersecting the first hole; a coil spring pressing a lock pin received in the first hole to thereby engage the lock pin into a concavity formed on the outer peripheral surface of the second rotor; and a shaft inserted into the second hole in order to prevent the coil spring from dashing out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Koji Yudate, Akaria Sakata, Hiroyuki Kinugawa
  • Patent number: 7503298
    Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device includes: a first rotor rotating integrally with a crankshaft; a second rotor integrally secured to an intake or exhaust camshaft; and an engaging cavity provided in one of the first rotor and the second rotor. A lock pin is housed in a housing hole provided in the other of the first rotor and the second rotor, protruded by the energizing force of an energizing device at the time of hydraulic pressure reduction, to thus abut on the wall of the engaging cavity from an oblique direction to give a relative rotating force to the first rotor and the second rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kinugawa, Akira Sakata, Koji Yudate
  • Publication number: 20080245328
    Abstract: A first rotor integrally fixes a housing having the bearing of a camshaft, a case, which internally has a plurality of projecting shoes and which forms hydraulic chambers between these shoes, and a cover, which covers the hydraulic chambers, and the first rotor rotates integrally with a crank shaft. A second rotor has a plurality of vanes each dividing the hydraulic chamber into an advanced-angle hydraulic chamber and a retarded-angle hydraulic chamber, can rotate by a predetermined angle within the first rotor, and is integrally fixed with an intake or exhaust camshaft. A groove accommodating an energizing part, opposed to the shoe of the first rotor and to the vane of the second rotor, is provided on the opposite side to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Koji Yudate, Akira Sakata, Hiroyuki Kinugawa
  • Publication number: 20070074691
    Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device includes: a first rotor rotating integrally with a crankshaft; a second rotor integrally secured to an intake or exhaust camshaft; and an engaging cavity provided in one of the first rotor and the second rotor. A lock pin is housed in a housing hole provided in the other of the first rotor and the second rotor, protruded by the energizing force of an energizing device at the time of hydraulic pressure reduction, to thus abut on the wall of the engaging cavity from an oblique direction to give a relative rotating force to the first rotor and the second rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kinugawa, Akira Sakata, Koji Yudate
  • Patent number: 7146946
    Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device includes a first rotor that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an engine; a second rotor that is relatively rotatable by a predetermined angle within the first rotor, and is secured on the end face of an intake or an exhaust camshaft; and a tension spring that acts as an assisting spring for adjusting a relative position between both the rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishiki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Yudate, Hiroyuki Kinugawa, Akira Sakata, Makoto Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 7017540
    Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device includes a first rotor that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an engine, a second rotor that is relatively rotatable by a predetermined angle within the first rotor and is secured on the end face of an intake or exhaust camshaft, and a lock mechanism that restricts a relative rotation between the first rotor and the second rotor. The receiving hole of the lock mechanism is a stepped structure having a small part provided at the outermost located radially to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kinugawa, Koji Yudate
  • Publication number: 20050115527
    Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device includes a first rotor that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an engine, a second rotor that is relatively rotatable by a predetermined angle within the first rotor and is secured on the end face of an intake or exhaust camshaft, and a lock mechanism that restricts a relative rotation between the first rotor and the second rotor. The receiving hole of the lock mechanism is a stepped structure having a small part provided at the outermost located radially to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kinugawa, Koji Yudate
  • Publication number: 20050109300
    Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device includes a first rotor that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an engine; a second rotor that is relatively rotatable by a predetermined angle within the first rotor, and is secured on the end face of an intake or an exhaust camshaft; and a tension spring that acts as an assisting spring for adjusting a relative position between both the rotors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Koji Yudate, Hiroyuki Kinugawa, Akira Sakata, Makoto Yamauchi