Patents by Inventor Makoto Namba

Makoto Namba 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: 11955919
    Abstract: An electric motor system includes a battery, an inverter, an electric motor, a zero-phase switching arm and a control unit. The inverter converts DC power output from the battery into three-phase AC power and outputs the three-phase AC power to the electric motor. A rotor of the electric motor rotates by the three-phase AC power output from the inverter. A neural point of the electric motor is connected to the zero-phase switching arm. A zero-phase current flowing through respective windings of the electric motor is adjusted by switching of the zero-phase switching arm. By this means, in the electric motor system, torque is generated at the rotor also using the zero-phase current as well as a three-phase AC current flowing through the respective windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Taniguchi, Kazunari Moriya, Kenji Hiramoto, Hideo Nakai, Yuuko Ohtani, Shinya Urata, Masafumi Namba
  • Patent number: 10041395
    Abstract: A structure of a combustion chamber is provided. The structure includes a cavity formed in a central part of a crown surface of a piston and a wall surface constituting the cavity. The wall surface has a central ridge portion bulging farther toward a bottom surface of a cylinder head toward a center of the cavity, a periphery concave portion formed radially outward of the central ridge portion to concave radially outward, and a lip portion formed between the periphery concave portion and an opening edge of the cavity to convex radially inward. An outer circumferential part of the crown surface has a first portion and a second portion located radially outward of the first portion. A stepped portion is formed between the first and second portions. A stepped portion volume ratio of a stepped portion volume to a top dead center volume is set to 0.1 or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Shimo, Sangkyu Kim, Makoto Namba, Masahiro Miyazaki, Yudai Kato, Shuji Takuma, Tadashi Tadokoro
  • Patent number: 9897059
    Abstract: A diesel engine includes a piston, a cylinder head, and a fuel injector. The fuel injector has a valve body with bored nozzle holes in its tip part. A cavity having a circular shape in plan view is formed in a crown surface of the piston to concave to the counter cylinder head side. A wall surface constituting the cavity has a central ridge portion bulging toward the fuel injector while bulging larger toward the center of the cavity, a periphery concave portion formed radially outward of the central ridge portion to concave radially outward, and a lip portion formed between the periphery concave portion and the crown surface to convex radially inward. A lip radius R, a nozzle hole length L, a nozzle hole diameter D, and a bore radius B are designed to satisfy the following equation: 99.4D×(1?3D)×(L+2.7)?R?min{237.1D×(1?3D)×(0.8L+1),2B/3}.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Shimo, Sangkyu Kim, Kazunori Hirabayashi, Makoto Namba, Masahiro Miyazaki, Yudai Kato
  • Publication number: 20150354519
    Abstract: A diesel engine includes a piston, a cylinder head, and a fuel injector. The fuel injector has a valve body with bored nozzle holes in its tip part. A cavity having a circular shape in plan view is formed in a crown surface of the piston to concave to the counter cylinder head side. A wall surface constituting the cavity has a central ridge portion bulging toward the fuel injector while bulging larger toward the center of the cavity, a periphery concave portion formed radially outward of the central ridge portion to concave radially outward, and a lip portion formed between the periphery concave portion and the crown surface to convex radially inward. A lip radius R, a nozzle hole length L, a nozzle hole diameter D, and a bore radius B are designed to satisfy the following equation: 99.4D×(1?3D)×(L+2.7)?R?min{237.1D×(1?3D)×(0.8L+1), 2B/3}.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke Shimo, Sangkyu Kim, Kazunori Hirabayashi, Makoto Namba, Masahiro Miyazaki, Yudai Kato
  • Publication number: 20150354439
    Abstract: A structure of a combustion chamber is provided. The structure includes a cavity formed in a central part of a crown surface of a piston and a wall surface constituting the cavity. The wall surface has a central ridge portion bulging farther toward a bottom surface of a cylinder head toward a center of the cavity, a periphery concave portion formed radially outward of the central ridge portion to concave radially outward, and a lip portion formed between the periphery concave portion and an opening edge of the cavity to convex radially inward. An outer circumferential part of the crown surface has a first portion and a second portion located radially outward of the first portion. A stepped portion is formed between the first and second portions. A stepped portion volume ratio of a stepped portion volume to a top dead center volume is set to 0.1 or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke Shimo, Sangkyu Kim, Makoto Namba, Masahiro Miyazaki, Yudai Kato, Shuji Takuma, Tadashi Tadokoro
  • Publication number: 20100152321
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous hot casting repair mix which, while enjoying simple and convenient installation, can substantially reduce hardening time after installation. The hot casting repair mix according to the invention is characterized by containing 5 to 30% by weight of a binder capable of forming a carbon bond in hot condition and 1 to less than 5% by weight of an iron powder and the balance consisting of a refractory aggregate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SHINAGAWA REFRACTORIES, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Namba, Hisaharu Sasaki, Kiyoyuki Komatsubara, Takaaki Koyama
  • Patent number: D1024961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Suto, Akihiro Namba, Akeshi Takahashi, Makoto Ito