Patents by Inventor Masashi Hosoya

Masashi Hosoya 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).

  • Intake device of internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7198040
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an intake device of an internal combustion engine, having a plurality of intake passages for introducing an intake gas into a row of engine cylinders, respectively; and a secondary gas passage for introducing a secondary gas into the intake passages. The secondary gas passage includes a main gas channel, an adjacent gas channel extending downstream from the main gas channel adjacently and substantially in parallel with the main gas channel, and branch gas channels branching off from the adjacent gas channel and continuing to the intake passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Noda, Shigekazu Fuji, Masashi Hosoya
  • Intake device of internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20050076891
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an intake device of an internal combustion engine, having a plurality of intake passages for introducing an intake gas into a row of engine cylinders, respectively; and a secondary gas passage for introducing a secondary gas into the intake passages. The secondary gas passage includes a main gas channel, an adjacent gas channel extending downstream from the main gas channel adjacently and substantially in parallel with the main gas channel, and branch gas channels branching off from the adjacent gas channel and continuing to the intake passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Yasushi Noda, Shigekazu Fuji, Masashi Hosoya