Patents by Inventor Masaki Funahashi

Masaki Funahashi 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: 5996910
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve has a single pipe member made of composite magnetic material which can be processed to form ferro-magnetic structures and non-magnetic structures. A magnetic fuel connector, a magnetic valve body, a nonmagnetic intermediate pipe are formed in the single pipe member. An electromagnetic solenoid is disposed around the intermediate pipe, and a needle valve is disposed in the valve body. A magnetic stationary core is disposed inside the fuel connector, and a magnetic movable core is disposed inside the valve body in a magnetic circuit composed of the solenoid, the fuel connector, the stationary core and the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Takeda, Satoshi Sugiyama, Haruo Suzuki, Masaki Funahashi, Yoshihiro Tanimura, Eiji Iwanari
  • Patent number: 5881957
    Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a valve body, a needle valve, and a hollow nozzle body with a bottom having formed therein spray holes.The needle valve is controlled to be selectively brought into and out of engagement with a valve seat in the valve body to close and open a fuel outlet formed in an end surface of the valve body. The hollow nozzle body is welded to the valve body with the bottom urged into constant engagement with the end surface of the valve body at a given level of pressure which is greater than a maximum fuel injection pressure. This makes it possible to establish the constant engagement of the bottom of the hollow nozzle body with the end surface of the valve body without any clearances even when the maximum fuel injection pressure acts on a portion of the bottom of the hollow nozzle body around the spray holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Mizuno, Yoshimi Ogihara, Hideo Kiuchi, Masaki Funahashi