Patents by Inventor Masahiko Hayatani

Masahiko Hayatani 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: 10890151
    Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump which can fix a cylinder to a pump body using a simple structure, and can reduce a displacement amount inward in a radial direction of the cylinder. A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump body which is formed with a pressing chamber and a cylinder which is inserted in a hole formed in the pump body. The cylinder is swaged to the hole by pressing a convex portion on an outside in a radial direction to fit into the hole on an opposite side to the pressing chamber, by screwing a formed screw thread into the hole, or by being swaged with the opposite side to the pressing chamber. The cylinder is formed with a clearance in the radial direction with respect to the hole of the pump body all over a region from a bonding portion to an upper end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tokumaru, Masahiko Hayatani, Satoshi Usui, Atsuji Saito, Kenichiro Tokuo, Masamichi Yagai, Masayuki Suganami
  • Patent number: 10851751
    Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump which can fix a cylinder to a pump body using a simple structure, and can reduce a displacement amount inward in a radial direction of the cylinder. A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump body which is formed with a pressing chamber and a cylinder which is inserted in a hole formed in the pump body. The cylinder is swaged to the hole by pressing a convex portion on an outside in a radial direction to fit into the hole on an opposite side to the pressing chamber, by screwing a formed screw thread into the hole, or by being swaged with the opposite side to the pressing chamber. The cylinder is formed with a clearance in the radial direction with respect to the hole of the pump body all over a region from a bonding portion to an upper end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tokumaru, Masahiko Hayatani, Satoshi Usui, Atsuji Saito, Kenichiro Tokuo, Masamichi Yagai, Masayuki Suganami
  • Patent number: 10753357
    Abstract: A fuel pump includes an intake valve unit which is provided between a low-pressure chamber and a pressurizing chamber. The intake valve unit includes an intake valve configured to move in an axial direction of the intake valve unit and a valve stopper arranged between the intake valve and the pressurizing chamber. A plurality of fuel passages configured to allow fuel to communicate between the low-pressure chamber and the pressurizing chamber are formed on a radially outward of an outer peripheral surface of the valve stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Tatsuo Kawano, Masahiko Hayatani, Shingo Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10718296
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump including an electromagnetically driven intake valve is configured such that a pressure equalizing hole is provided in the valve stopper positioned between the valve and a pressurizing chamber. The pressure equalization hole connects a spring storage space, provided between a valve and a valve stopper, with a surrounding fluid passage. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is further configured such that an opening of the pressure equalizing hole at the spring storage chamber side is open at a position at the inner side of a diameter of the spring. Since the pressure in the pressurizing chamber can be introduced into the inner side of the spring without traversing the spring, the unstable behavior of the spring or the valve due to the introduced pressure eliminated. Since the force applied to the valve when the valve closes is stabilized, the closing timing of the valve is stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Satoshi Usui, Hideki Machimura, Tatsuo Kawano, Syunsuke Aritomi, Shingo Tamura
  • Patent number: 10655585
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a pressurizing chamber, a piston plunger, and an electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism. The piston plunger reciprocates within the pressurizing chamber. The electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism is provided at an inlet of the pressurizing chamber. The electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism includes an anchor which pulls a plunger rod, a fixed core which attracts the anchor, and a yoke in which inner peripheral part has the fixed core and the anchor. The fixed core is fixed to a bottom part of the yoke. A through hole is formed at a bottom part of the fixed core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Tatsuo Kawano, Masahiko Hayatani, Shingo Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsumi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20200049116
    Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump which can fix a cylinder to a pump body using a simple structure, and can reduce a displacement amount inward in a radial direction of the cylinder. A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump body which is formed with a pressing chamber and a cylinder which is inserted in a hole formed in the pump body. The cylinder is swaged to the hole by pressing a convex portion on an outside in a radial direction to fit into the hole on an opposite side to the pressing chamber, by screwing a formed screw thread into the hole, or by being swaged with the opposite side to the pressing chamber. The cylinder is formed with a clearance in the radial direction with respect to the hole of the pump body all over a region from a bonding portion to an upper end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuaki TOKUMARU, Masahiko HAYATANI, Satoshi USUI, Atsuji SAITO, Kenichiro TOKUO, Masamichi YAGAI, Masayuki SUGANAMI
  • Publication number: 20200011314
    Abstract: A high pressure fuel pump according to the present invention includes a cylinder which is fitted in a concave portion formed in a pump housing and which defines a compression chamber of the pump and a plunger which pressurizes, by sliding against the cylinder, the fluid in the compression chamber. The high pressure fuel pump is structured such that the fluid sucked into the compression chamber by reciprocating motion of the plunger is pressurized and is then discharged from the compression chamber. The cylinder is formed of a cylindrical member which has a ceiling portion and in which the compression chamber is partitionedly formed. A fuel suction path formed in the pump housing reaches the compression chamber through the cylinder and a fuel discharge path formed in the pump housing is connected to the compression chamber through the cylinder. The cylinder is pressed, for sealed fixation, against the pump body by a fuel pressurizing force applied to the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo TAMURA, Atsuji SAITO, Satoshi USUI, Masahiko HAYATANI
  • Publication number: 20190316558
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a high-pressure fuel supply pump that can restrict lowering of pressure and generation of cavitation in the vicinity of a seat by providing a throttle in a relief spring holder. Accordingly, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a fuel supply pump that includes a pressurizing chamber configured to pressurize fuel, and a relief valve mechanism configured to return fuel in a discharge path on a downstream side of the discharge valve to the pressurizing chamber. The relief valve mechanism includes a relief seat configured to close a relief channel when a relief valve is seated, a relief spring configured to energize the relief valve to the relief seat, and a relief spring holder configured to hold the relief spring. In the relief spring holder, a throttle section is formed in a fuel path for returning from a relief chamber in which the relief spring is disposed to the pressurizing chamber and the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiko HAYATANI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Yuta SASO, Satoshi USUI, Katsutoshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190301414
    Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel supply pump capable of arranging a relief valve mechanism inside a pump body while suppressing an increase in size and an increase in manufacturing cost. Therefore, a high-pressure fuel supply pump of the present invention includes: a plunger that changes a volume of a pressurizing chamber by reciprocating an inside of a cylinder; a first hole formed from an outer circumferential surface of a pump body toward an inner circumferential side; a relief valve mechanism arranged in the first hole; and a second hole that returns fuel in a flow path on a discharge side of a discharge valve pressurized in the pressurizing chamber to a damper chamber or a plunger seal chamber communicating with the damper chamber when the relief valve mechanism opens in communication with the first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Atsuji SAITO, Minoru HASHIDA, Masamichi YAGAI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Masahiko HAYATANI, Hiroyuki YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10422330
    Abstract: High pressure fuel pump includes a cylinder which is fitted in a concave portion formed in a pump housing and which defines a compression chamber of the pump and a plunger which pressurizes, by sliding against the cylinder, the fluid in the compression chamber. It is structured such that the fluid sucked into the compression chamber by reciprocating motion of the plunger is pressurized and is then discharged from the compression chamber. The cylinder is formed of a cylindrical member which has a ceiling portion and in which the compression chamber is partitionedly formed. A fuel suction path formed in the pump housing reaches the compression chamber through the cylinder and a fuel discharge path formed in the pump housing is connected to the compression chamber through the cylinder. The cylinder is pressed against the pump body by a fuel pressurizing force applied to the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Tamura, Atsuji Saito, Satoshi Usui, Masahiko Hayatani
  • Publication number: 20190017482
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a pressurizing chamber, a piston plunger, and an electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism. The piston plunger reciprocates within the pressurizing chamber. The electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism is provided at an inlet of the pressurizing chamber. The electromagnetically-driven intake valve mechanism includes an anchor which pulls a plunger rod, a fixed core which attracts the anchor, and a yoke in which inner peripheral part has the fixed core and the anchor. The fixed core is fixed to a bottom part of the yoke. A through hole is formed at a bottom part of the fixed core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Tatsuo KAWANO, Masahiko HAYATANI, Shingo TAMURA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Katsumi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180363590
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump including an electromagnetically driven intake valve is configured such that a pressure equalizing hole is provided in the valve stopper positioned between the valve and a pressurizing chamber. The pressure equalization hole connects a spring storage space, provided between a valve and a valve stopper, with a surrounding fluid passage. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is further configured such that an opening of the pressure equalizing hole at the spring storage chamber side is open at a position at the inner side of a diameter of the spring. Since the pressure in the pressurizing chamber can be introduced into the inner side of the spring without traversing the spring, the unstable behavior of the spring or the valve due to the introduced pressure eliminated. Since the force applied to the valve when the valve closes is stabilized, the closing timing of the valve is stable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko HAYATANI, Satoshi USUI, Hideki MACHIMURA, Tatsuo KAWANO, Syunsuke ARITOMI, Shingo TAMURA
  • Patent number: 10087889
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump including an electromagnetically driven intake valve is configured such that a pressure equalizing hole is provided in the valve stopper positioned between the valve and a pressurizing chamber. The pressure equalization hole connects a spring storage space, provided between a valve and a valve stopper, with a surrounding fluid passage. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is further configured such that an opening of the pressure equalizing hole at the spring storage chamber side is open at a position at the inner side of a diameter of the spring. Since the pressure in the pressurizing chamber can be introduced into the inner side of the spring without traversing the spring, the unstable behavior of the spring or the valve due to the introduced pressure eliminated. Since the force applied to the valve when the valve closes is stabilized, the closing timing of the valve is stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Satoshi Usui, Hideki Machimura, Tatsuo Kawano, Syunsuke Aritomi, Shingo Tamura
  • Publication number: 20180066619
    Abstract: A fuel pump includes an intake valve unit which is provided between a low-pressure chamber and a pressurizing chamber. The intake valve unit includes an intake valve configured to move in an axial direction of the intake valve unit and a valve stopper arranged between the intake valve and the pressurizing chamber. A plurality of fuel passages configured to allow fuel to communicate between the low-pressure chamber and the pressurizing chamber are formed on a radially outward of an outer peripheral surface of the valve stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Tatsuo KAWANO, Masahiko HAYATANI, Shingo TAMURA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Katsumi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9797357
    Abstract: Responsiveness is improved in valve opening and valve closing of an electromagnetically driven intake valve unit in which a valve is provided on a pressurizing chamber side of a valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts the valve seat to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat, and the outer surface of an end part of the bottomed cylindrical part is exposed to fuel in a low pressure fuel chamber provided upstream of the fuel introduction hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Tatsuo Kawano, Masahiko Hayatani, Shingo Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9169816
    Abstract: The present invention eliminates a valve holder and accommodates a valve guide in a small space provided between a valve seat and a peripheral surface part of a pressure chamber to reduce the size of a pump. The valve guide guides a stroke of the valve and is provided inside the valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts a valve seat formed in a valve housing to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part is provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat. A member having a cylindrical surface part that supports a reciprocating motion of the valve, is fixed to the valve housing, face-to-face with an inner peripheral part of the bottomed cylindrical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Tatsuo Kawano, Masahiko Hayatani, Shingo Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsumi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20150159611
    Abstract: Responsiveness is improved in valve opening and valve closing of an electromagnetically driven intake valve unit in which a valve is provided on a pressurizing chamber side of a valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts the valve seat to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat, and the outer surface of an end part of the bottomed cylindrical part is exposed to fuel in a low pressure fuel chamber provided upstream of the fuel introduction hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Tatsuo KAWANO, Masahiko HAYATANI, Shingo TAMURA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Katsumi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8991783
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve, it is intended to enhance valve-closing responsivity while maintaining durability (anti wear property) of a collision portion between a stationary core and a movable core and valve-opening responsivity. An annular end face 106A of the movable core 106 in the fuel injection valve is provided with a collision portion 106C that collides to a stationary core 107 when the movable core is magnetically attracted toward the stationary core side and a non-collision portion that keeps a fluid gap between both cores at an area of an outer side or an inner side from the collision portion. The annular end faces of the stationary core and the movable core are coated with platings 30, 31 having anti wear property, and at least one of the platings of the stationary core and the movable core is formed in such a manner that the thickness thereof at the collision portion 106C is to be thicker and the thickness thereof at the non-collision portion is to be thinner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Abe, Masahiko Hayatani, Tohru Ishikawa, Takehiko Kowatari, Atsushi Takaoku, Yasuo Namaizawa, Yusuke Irino
  • Patent number: 8985973
    Abstract: Responsiveness is improved in valve opening and valve closing of an electromagnetically driven intake valve unit in which a valve is provided on a pressurizing chamber side of a valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts the valve seat to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat, and the outer surface of an end part of the bottomed cylindrical part is exposed to fuel in a low pressure fuel chamber provided upstream of the fuel introduction hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Tatsuo Kawano, Masahiko Hayatani, Shingo Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsumi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140377109
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump including an electromagnetically driven intake valve is configured such that a pressure equalizing hole is provided in the valve stopper positioned between the valve and a pressurizing chamber. The pressure equalization hole connects a spring storage space, provided between a valve and a valve stopper, with a surrounding fluid passage. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is further configured such that an opening of the pressure equalizing hole at the spring storage chamber side is open at a position at the inner side of a diameter of the spring. Since the pressure in the pressurizing chamber can be introduced into the inner side of the spring without traversing the spring, the unstable behavior of the spring or the valve due to the introduced pressure eliminated. Since the force applied to the valve when the valve closes is stabilized, the closing timing of the valve is stable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Satoshi Usui, Hideki Machimura, Tatsuo Kawano, Syunsuke Aritomi, Shingo Tamura