Patents by Inventor Masashi SUGAYA

Masashi SUGAYA 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: 10030621
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a valve member; an anchor configured to be relatively displaceable in a valve opening-and-closing direction with respect to the valve member; a fixed core; a first spring biasing the valve member in a valve closing direction; a second spring biasing the anchor in the valve opening direction from an opposite side of the fixed core; and a third spring biasing the anchor in the valve closing direction from the fixed core side and has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring and larger than a biasing force of the second spring where engagement portions are provided in both the anchor and the valve member to be engaged with each other when the anchor is displaced in the valve opening direction with respect to the valve member, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor in the valve opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakai, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Masashi Sugaya, Kiyotaka Ogura, Takao Miyake, Ryo Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20180163685
    Abstract: A solenoid valve provided with a valve element that abuts against and separates from a valve seat to seal fuel; a movable iron core capable of being separated from the valve element; and a fixed iron core arranged opposed to the movable iron core. The solenoid valve also includes: a first spring member that energizes the valve element toward a side of the valve seat; a second spring member that energizes the movable iron core toward the fixed iron core; and a stopper part disposed on the side of the valve seat with respect to the movable iron core, and arranged with the movable iron core via a gap in a displacement direction in a valve closed state. The gap is set so the movable iron core collides with the stopper part when being displaced in the valve closing direction after the valve element is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Takao MIYAKE, Takatoshi IIZUKA, Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Motoyuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20180017005
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a drive device that improves the precision of injection quantities by stabilizing the behavior of a valve body 214 under the condition that a valve body reaches a height position lower than a maximum height position and making the injection pulse width and the injection quantity gradient small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo KUSAKABE, Takatoshi IIZUKA, Takao MIYAKE, Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Shirou YAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170292488
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve which has a structure where failure hardly occurs in a valve member and a peripheral member thereof at the time of press-fitting of a fixed core. The present invention provides a fuel injection valve that includes: a valve member 114A; an anchor 102 which is relatively displaceable with respect to the valve member 114A; a fixed core 107 in which a through-hole 107A is formed; a gap forming member 133 which forms a gap between an engagement portion 129B on the valve member side and an engagement portion 102D on the anchor side; and a biasing spring 134 which biases the gap forming member 133 in a valve closing direction. The engagement portions 102D and 129B are provided in both the anchor 102 and the valve member 114A so as to be engaged with each other when the anchor 102 is displaced in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve member 114A, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor 102 in the valve opening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Ryo KUSAKABE, Atsushi NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20170260952
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a valve member; an anchor configured to be relatively displaceable in a valve opening-and-closing direction with respect to the valve member; a fixed core; a first spring biasing the valve member in a valve closing direction; a second spring biasing the anchor in the valve opening direction from an opposite side of the fixed core; and a third spring biasing the anchor in the valve closing direction from the fixed core side and has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring and larger than a biasing force of the second spring where engagement portions are provided in both the anchor and the valve member to be engaged with each other when the anchor is displaced in the valve opening direction with respect to the valve member, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor in the valve opening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NAKAI, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Ryo KUSAKABE
  • Publication number: 20170241389
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injector which can promote convergence of a motion of a valve body while a valve is opened and promote stabilization of an injection amount. In the present invention, a fuel injector includes a movable iron core 404, a fixed iron core 401, a first spring member 405, a second spring member 406, contact portions 102c and 404b?, and a gap g1. The movable iron core 404 is provided relatively displaceable to a valve body 102. The fixed iron core 401 is opposed to the movable iron core 404. The first spring member 405 energizes the valve body 102 in a valve closing direction. The second spring member 406 energizes the movable iron core 404 in a valve closing direction. The contact portions 102c and 404b? are in contact with each other in a case where the movable iron core 404 displaces in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve body 102. The gap g1 is formed between the contact portions 102c and 404b? in a valve closing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Takao MIYAKE, Atsushi NAKAI, Masashi SUGAYA, Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Kiyotaka OGURA, Motoyuki ABE