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).
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Publication number: 20090120412Abstract: A plunger type high-pressure fuel pump includes a plunger reciprocated in a cylinder. A fluid pressurizing chamber of the pump has a chamber with a capacity that changes with reciprocation of the plunger. An electromagnetic valve is provided between the pressurizing chamber and a fluid suction passage; as well as a discharge valve. The electromagnetic valve includes a valve member including a suction valve; a solenoid coil adapted to displace the valve member; an anchor made of a magnetic material provided integrally with the valve member; and a core forming a magnetic circuit to attract the anchor by the electromagnetic force and dividing the inside of the electromagnetic valve into a hermetically closed space and an external space communicating with the fluid suction passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Tokuo, Satoshi Usui, Hiroyuki Yamada, Junichi Shimada, Masami Abe
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Patent number: 7513240Abstract: A fuel feed system capable of feeding a fuel to fuel injection valves at a fuel pressure with improved stability is provided. A fuel feed system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel tank and a low-pressure pump for feeding the fuel in the fuel tank to fuel injection valves, is provided with a diaphragm type damper having a wave-shape cross section at a position in contact with the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Hiroshi Odakura, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Masami Abe, Hiroyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20080302333Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masami Abe, Hiroshi Odakura
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Publication number: 20080213028Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2006Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: SHISEIDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kinya Hosokawa, Toshimitsu Kuroiwa, Masami Abe, Takashi Minami, Sadaki Takata
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Patent number: 7398768Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to dampen operating sounds of an electromagnetic drive mechanism used for a variable displacement control mechanism in a high-pressure fuel supply pump to reduce an individual difference depending on apparatus due to the 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masami Abe, Hiroshi Odakura
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Publication number: 20080019853Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Minoru HASHIDA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Junichi SHIMADA, Toru ONOSE, Satoshi USUI, Masami ABE, Tohru HIMOTO
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Publication number: 20070107698Abstract: A fuel feed system capable of feeding a fuel to fuel injection valves at a fuel pressure with improved stability is provided. A fuel feed system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel tank and a low-pressure pump for feeding the fuel in the fuel tank to fuel injection valves, is provided with a diaphragm type damper having a wave-shape cross section at a position in contact with the fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., HITACHI CAR ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Hiroshi Odakura, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Masami Abe, Hiroyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20070110603Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump comprises 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: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kenichiro Tokuo, Toru Onose, Masami Abe
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Patent number: 7165534Abstract: A fuel feed system capable of feeding a fuel to fuel injection valves at a fuel pressure with improved stability is provided. A fuel feed system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel tank and a low-pressure pump for feeding the fuel in the fuel tank to fuel injection valves, is provided with a diaphragm type damper having a wave-shape cross section at a position in contact with the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2002Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Hiroshi Odakura, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Masami Abe, Hiroyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 7152583Abstract: A simple structured high-pressure fuel pump. A fuel pump comprises a reciprocably-supported cylinder, a pressurizing chamber using part of the outer surface of the cylinder as the wall surface which move to change the internal volume, a fuel intake passage forming a fuel passage which introduces fuel to the pressurizing chamber, a fuel discharge passage for the compressed fuel coming out from the pressurizing chamber. A fuel intake valve is provided in fuel intake passage. A fuel discharge valve is provided in said fuel discharge passage. A connecting passage connects upstream side of the intake valve in the fuel intake passage and the downstream side of it. A check valve which flows fuel from the fuel discharge flow passage to the fuel intake passage is provided in the connecting passage.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Abe, Hiroyuki Yamada, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Satoshi Usui, Masayoshi Kotaki, Hiroshi Odakura
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Publication number: 20060228239Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Hiroyuki Yamada, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Masami Abe, Masayoshi Kotaki, Hiroshi Odakura
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Publication number: 20060201485Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to dampen operating sounds of an electromagnetic drive mechanism used for a variable displacement control mechanism in a high-pressure fuel supply pump to reduce an individual difference depending on apparatus due to the 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: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masami Abe, Hiroshi Odakura
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Publication number: 20040096346Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Hiroyuki Yamada, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Masami Abe, Masayoshi Kotaki, Hiroshi Odakura
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Publication number: 20040055580Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Car Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
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Publication number: 20040052652Abstract: A fluid pump, wherein a cylinder supporting a plunger and a pump housing are formed with dissimilar metals and a pressing mechanism to press the cylinder and the pump housing relatively to each other is provided so that a pressurizing chamber is sealed through a pressing surface between the pump housing and the cylinder, whereby the number of seal points can be reduced 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 using a soft member such as aluminum alloy for the pump housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Atsuji Saito, Masayoshi Kotaki, Hiroshi Odakura, Masami Abe
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Publication number: 20040052664Abstract: A high-pressure fuel feed pump, wherein a pump housing is formed of an aluminum alloy, a cylinder is formed of iron base metal, the flange part of a flanged tube member is held in a contact part between the pump housing and the cylinder, the tube member is installed in the pump housing along the inner wall surface thereof. As a result, a seal surface is not corroded directly since cavitation occurs between the tip of the tube member and the pump housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Atsuji Saito, Hiroyuki Yamada, Toru Onose, Masami Abe, Hiroshi Odakura
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Publication number: 20030219346Abstract: A simple structured high-pressure fuel pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Abe, Hiroyuki Yamada, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Satoshi Usui, Masayoshi Kotaki, Hiroshi Odakura
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Patent number: 6651211Abstract: A to-be-sent signal (20) is comprised of a header (21) and convolution encoded data (22). An error correcting code (23) has a capability to correct a bit error or burst error contained in an objective data (24) placed apart from the header (21) in said convolution encoded data (22). Because an error arises easily in data placed apart from a header compared with that positioned near said header generally, said error correcting code (23) is added to data placed apart from said header and the addition of said error correcting code is omitted in data placed near to said header, thereby reducing whole information contents and transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1999Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Abe, Toshio Kato
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Patent number: 6631706Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
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Publication number: 20030164161Abstract: A fuel feed system capable of feeding a fuel to fuel injection valves at a fuel pressure with improved stability is provided. A fuel feed system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel tank and a low-pressure pump for feeding the fuel in the fuel tank to fuel injection valves, is provided with a diaphragm type damper having a wave-shape cross section at a position in contact with the fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Hiroshi Odakura, Toru Onose, Atsuji Saito, Masami Abe, Hiroyuki Yamada