Patents by Inventor Koudai Yoshirawa

Koudai Yoshirawa 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: 6725655
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold provides improved output by suppressing exhaust interference between cylinders at the exhaust manifold. An air-fuel ratio sensor is installed in position where it can uniformly detect the exhaust gas of each cylinder. The exhaust manifold has a plurality of exhaust tubes, one per cylinder, that connect with a collector case. Each of exhaust tubes has a linear portion located directly above the section where it merges with the collector case. The exhaust tubes are connected to the collector case such that the center axes of the linear portions intersect at intersection point inside the collector case or downstream thereof. The air-fuel ratio sensor is arranged such that its detecting part is positioned in the vicinity of the intersection point. Depending upon whether the exhaust tubes of cylinders have firing orders that are successive or not determines whether the exhaust tubes are slanted or parallel with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koudai Yoshirawa, Kazuya Hasegawa, Kouji Mori