Patents by Inventor Masami Abe

Masami Abe 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: 20130291681
    Abstract: A pinion gear unit includes a rotation member which rotates according to the rotation of a output rotation shaft, a first pinion gear which is fit to the rotation member through a first serration unit, rotates with the rotation member according to the rotation of the output rotation shaft, and moves with the rotation member if the pinion gear unit moves towards an engagement location by a pushing mechanism, to be initially engaged with an engine starting gear, and a second pinion gear which is fit to the rotation member to be adjacent to the first pinion gear through a second serration unit, rotates with the rotation member according to the rotation of the output rotation shaft, and moves with the rotation member if the pinion gear unit further moves towards the engagement location, to be engaged with the engine starting gear later than the first pinion gear, in a state where the first pinion gear is engaged with the engine starting gear, and the fitting is performed by the first and second serration units so
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohito Kaneda, Daisuke Mizuno, Koichiro Kamei, Kazuhiro Odahara, Masami Abe
  • Publication number: 20130291680
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain an engine starting device in which, at the time of initial engagement of a first pinion gear and an engine starting gear, in a case where the first pinion gear collides with the engine starting gear, the first pinion gear is inclined with respect to the second pinion gear, a void having a predetermined size for expanding the inclined state is formed between a surface of an end surface portion of the first pinion gear on the side of an end surface portion of the second pinion gear, and a surface of an end surface portion of the second pinion gear on the side of the end surface portion of the first pinion gear, even in a case where any one of the rotation speed of the engine starting gear and the rotation speed of the pinion gear is larger than the other, rotation synchronization of the engine starting gear and the pinion gear and phase focusing of the teeth between the engine starting gear and the pinion gear is further rapidly and further reliably performed at the time when the engine
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Odahara, Koichiro Kamei, Daisuke Mizuno, Masami Abe, Naohito Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20130280112
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pressurizing chamber for pressurizing fuel, an outlet valve for discharging the fuel pressurized in the pressurizing chamber to an outlet passage, a relief passage for connecting the outlet passage located downstream of the outlet valve and the pressurizing chamber with each other while bypassing the outlet valve. A relief valve device is provided in the relief passage and adapted to open when an internal pressure of the outlet passage becomes higher than that of the pressurizing chamber, thereby providing communication between the outlet passage and the pressurizing chamber. The relief valve includes a relief spring mechanism for pressing a relief valve to a relief valve seat. At least the relief spring mechanism among members of the relief valve device is provided outside the pressurizing chamber in the pump body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Kenichiro TOKUO, Toru ONOSE, Masami ABE
  • Publication number: 20130276579
    Abstract: Since a pinion gear unit which rotates according to the rotation of an output rotation shaft driven by the motor unit, a pushing mechanism which moves the pinion gear unit towards an engagement location of the pinion gear and an engine starting gear, and a bracket which includes a bracket main body unit which supports the motor unit and the pushing mechanism and a nose unit which extends from the bracket main body unit to a side opposite to the motor unit and rotatably bears a tip portion of the output rotation shaft on a side opposite to the motor unit, and which is attached to an engine side are included, a first stopper unit which restricts the movement of the rotation member to the direction of the engine starting gear is provided on the output rotation shaft, a second stopper unit which restricts the movement of the pinion gears to the direction of the engine starting gear by pushing and biasing of the elastic member is provided on the rotation member, and positioning the first stopper unit is positioned
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Abe, Koichiro Kamei, Kazuhiro Odahara, Naohito Kaneda, Daisuke Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20130276578
    Abstract: The engine starting device includes a starter motor, a pinion portion, a pushing mechanism for pushing a pinion gear of the pinion portion to a position at which the pinion gear comes into meshing engagement with a ring gear, and an integrated switch for operating a motor-energization switch to pull a plunger after the pinion gear is pushed, by configuring a switch for actuating the pushing mechanism and turning ON/OFF an energization current to the starter motor by a single plunger coil. When a restart request is issued after an engine stop is requested and therefore the integrated switch is placed in an ON state, operation timing of the pushing mechanism and coil-operation timing of the plunger coil are set so that the starter motor avoids operating until the pinion gear comes into contact or meshing engagement with the ring gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Mizuno, Haruhiko Shimoji, Koichiro Kamei, Masami Abe, Kazuhiro Odahara, Hiroaki Kitano
  • Publication number: 20130263588
    Abstract: In an electric motor-driven booster, a sharp change of reaction force to an operation of a brake pedal is reduced to improve the brake pedal operation feeling. Operation of the brake pedal causes an input rod (34) and an input piston (32) to advance, and an electric motor (40) is driven according to the movement of the input piston to propel a primary piston (10) through a ball-screw mechanism, thereby generating a desired brake hydraulic pressure in a master cylinder. At this time, the input piston receives the hydraulic pressure in the master cylinder to feed back a part of reaction force during braking to the brake pedal. When the brake pedal is further depressed after the output of the electric motor has reached a maximum output and the primary piston 10 has stopped, a lock nut abuts against a movable spring retainer and compresses a reaction force spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Masayuki Yoshimoto, Ryozo Ikeuchi, Ryo Sekiya, Hideaki Ishii, Kazumoto Sano, Hiroshi Shigeta, Naoki Shirakawa, Ryoichi Yagi, Masami Abe
  • Publication number: 20130233128
    Abstract: The engine starter includes: a starter motor; a pinion unit (30) for sliding in an axial direction on an output shaft of the starter motor; and a ring gear (100) which meshes with a pinion pushed out by a push-out mechanism (60) and receives a transmission of a rotational force of the starter motor to thereby start an engine, and the pinion portion (30) includes a pinion gear divided in the axial direction into two pinion gears which are a first pinion gear (35) having a protruded shape for synchronization, for first colliding with the ring gear upon start of meshing with the ring gear, and a second pinion gear (34) for serving to transmit the rotational force after the meshing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Mizuno, Haruhiko Shimoji, Koichiro Kamei, Masami Abe, Kazuhiro Odahara, Masahiko Kurishige, Hiroaki Kitano, Yuhei Tsukahara, Masahiro Iezawa
  • Publication number: 20130192419
    Abstract: An engine starting device includes: a starter motor; a pinion unit coupled to an output-shaft side of the starter motor by a spline, for sliding in an axial direction; and a ring gear which meshes with a pinion gear of the pinion unit pushed out by a push-out mechanism, and receives a transmission of a rotation force of the starter motor, thereby starting an engine. The pinion unit includes, on all teeth on distal end portions in a meshing axial direction of the pinion gear meshing with the ring gear, synchronization surfaces which are a pair of surfaces parallel with the meshing axial direction, and have a thickness thinner than a tooth thickness of the pinion gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Mizuno, Haruhiko Shimoji, Koichiro Kamei, Masami Abe, Masahiko Kurishige, Hiroaki Kitano, Yuhei Tsukahara, Masahiro Iezawa, Kazuhiro Odahara
  • Publication number: 20130180490
    Abstract: Engine starting device, including: a crank signal generation unit (13); and an engine control unit (10) for identifying a predetermined crank position of a crankshaft, and starting the engine, in which the engine control unit estimates, in a course of stopping the engine when a stop condition for the engine is established, based on an engine rpm at the identified predetermined crank position, whether or not the engine rotates backward before reaching the predetermined crank position for a next time, and after estimating that the engine rotates backward, sets an inhibition range which is prescribed from a starter drive inhibition start timing to a starter drive inhibition reset timing, and a permission range which is other than the inhibition range, and when the restart condition is established during rotation of the engine, inhibits restart in the inhibition range and carries out the restart in the permission range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ODAHARA, Koichiro KAMEI, Masami ABE
  • Publication number: 20130081514
    Abstract: In the engine starter related to the present invention, a torsional angle ?1 of a helical spline 4a of an output shaft 4 is set in such a way that a reactive force Fp1 of a plunger spring 33, which is operated to a clutch 5, is larger than a propulsive force F, which is operated so as to extrude the clutch 5 by a rotational force of the motor 2 in a shaft direction along a helical spline 4a of an output shaft 4, before a pinion extruding solenoid 8 is operated. Thereby, it can be prevented that the clutch 5 is extruded in the shaft direction, so that it can be prevented without upsizing the engine starter that the pinion 6 is protruded in the shaft direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami ABE, Koichiro KAMEI, Kazuhiro ODAHARA
  • Patent number: 8382458
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump is comprises of: a plunger which slidably fits to a cylinder and reciprocates for pressurizing and discharging a fuel taken in a pressurizing chamber; an inlet valve device for taking in a fuel into the pressurizing chamber; an outlet valve device for discharging the pressurized fuel from the pressurizing chamber; and a communicating pass which comprises a hole or a groove formed in the cylinder, and communicates between a pressurized fuel area and a gap between the cylinder and the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Hashida, Hiroyuki Yamada, Junichi Shimada, Toru Onose, Satoshi Usui, Masami Abe, Tohru Himoto
  • Publication number: 20120230933
    Abstract: A stick-type cosmetic includes a solid wax whose content is more than or equal to 5% by weight and less than or equal to 8% by weight, wherein hardness of the stick-type cosmetic is more than or equal to 0.1 and less than or equal to 0.4, and gloss of the stick-type cosmetic is more than or equal to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Kinya Hosokawa, Masami Abe, Hisayoshi Yamashita, Osamu Asada
  • Patent number: 7967518
    Abstract: Stick-shaped solid cosmetic 10 comprises a wax with a melting point of 45° C. or higher and liquid oil, wherein the hardness of top portion 16 is 0.07 N to 0.38 N and the hardness of boundary portion 20, which is a border between a retained portion in inner holder 12 and a portion outside of the inner holder 12, is 0.03 N to 0.31 N higher than the hardness of the top portion, and wherein the hardness gradually increases from the top portion 16 to the boundary portion 20. Thus, the stick-shaped solid cosmetic 10 has smooth spreadability and excellent product strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinya Hosokawa, Toshimitsu Kuroiwa, Masami Abe, Takashi Minami, Sadaki Takata
  • Publication number: 20110123376
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump mounted with a discharge valve that can reduce an influence of noise caused by a valve body-circumferential flow and a discharge valve unit used therein. The high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a discharge valve (8) which is a non-return valve between a pressurizing chamber (11) and a discharge port (13). The discharge valve (8) includes a valve body housing (8d), a discharge valve spring (8c), a valve body (8b) and a seat member (8a). The discharge valve (8) is a flat valve. When the valve is opened, a flow of fuel moving from the pressurizing chamber and axially colliding with the valve body is radially distributed in the radial direction of the valve body to become a flow directly moving the discharge ports and a flow colliding with an inner wall of the valve body housing before moving toward the discharge ports and then in a circumferential direction of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Shunsuke Aritomi, Hideki Machimura, Kiyotaka Ogura, Masami Abe, Kenichiro Tokuo
  • Patent number: 7757663
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to dampen operating sounds of an electromagnetic drive mechanism used for a variable displacement to reduce an individual difference depending on apparatus due to the control mechanism in a high-pressure fuel supply pump change over time or installation tolerance. To achieve the above objective, the present invention is configured such that before the electromagnetic drive mechanism supplies a drive force to a plunger which is electromagnetically driven by the electromagnetic drive mechanism, another displacement force situates the plunger in a specific position. When compared to an occasion where the plunger is displaced all strokes by a magnetic biasing force, the above configuration is able to reduce the force of impact on a member (for example, valve body) mounted to the plunger and a restricting member, thereby damping the collision noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masami Abe, Hiroshi Odakura
  • Patent number: 7744353
    Abstract: A fluid pump has a cylinder supporting a plunger and a pump housing formed with dissimilar metals. A pressing mechanism presses the cylinder and the pump housing relative to each other so that a pressurizing chamber is sealed through a pressing surface between the pump housing and the cylinder. The number of seal points can be reduce, and a reduction in reliability can be eliminated while realizing a reduction in weight of the pump housing and a reduction in cost due to increase in cutting capability, by using a soft material such as an aluminum alloy for the pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Atsuji Saito, Masayoshi Kotaki, Hiroshi Odakura, Masami Abe
  • Patent number: 7707996
    Abstract: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
  • Patent number: 7665976
    Abstract: A high pressure fuel pump for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder, a plunger slidably fitted in the cylinder and a seal mechanism for blocking fuel leakage from an end of a sliding portion between the cylinder and the plunger and also for preventing an lubricant for a driving mechanism of the plunger from entering into the cylinder from the end of the sliding portion of the cylinder and the plunger. A holder surrounding the end of the sliding portion of the cylinder and the plunger is provided. The seal mechanism comprises two mutually independent seal devices mounted with a specific spacing in a longitudinal direction from the end of the sliding portion of the cylinder and the plunger along a circumference of the plunger. The two seal devices are held on the circumference of the plunger by the holder surrounding the end of the sliding portion of the cylinder and the plunger while keeping the specific spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Hiroyuki Yamada, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Masami Abe, Masayoshi Kotaki, Hiroshi Odakura
  • Publication number: 20090178652
    Abstract: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
  • Patent number: 7540274
    Abstract: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe