Patents by Inventor Masayuki Suganami

Masayuki Suganami 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: 10294907
    Abstract: A high pressure fuel supply pump includes: an electromagnetic suction valve that adjusts an amount of fuel sucked into a pressuring chamber; a discharge valve that discharges the fuel from the pressuring chamber; and a plunger that makes a reciprocating motion in the pressuring chamber. The electromagnetic suction valve includes an electromagnetic coil, a suction valve, and a movable portion that is able to close the suction valve by a magnetic force when the electromagnetic coil is energized. The movable portion includes an anchor that is driven to close the suction valve by the magnetic force and stops at a fixed member, and a rod that is driven with the anchor and is able to move even after the anchor stops. The electromagnetic suction valve includes a first and second springs that bias the suction valve in closed and open direction, respectively, and a third spring in the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Hashida, Hiroyuki Yamada, Satoshi Usui, Kenichirou Tokuo, Masayuki Suganami, Atsushi Hohkita, Masamichi Yagai
  • Publication number: 20190128229
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high-pressure fuel supply pump having a pump body capable of improving corrosion resistance and weldability and being manufacturable by forging. Therefore, in the high-pressure fuel supply pump having a metal pump body forming a pressurizing chamber, the pump body is made of a steel material containing 12% to 18% of Cr and 3% to 7% of Ni, and the pump body has a forging surface on a part of the outer peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Minoru HASHIDA, Atsushi HOHKITA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Satoshi USUI, Masaru KAWAI, Arata KAGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190003475
    Abstract: A high pressure fuel pump includes a pump housing, pressure and damper chambers, a metal diaphragm, a press-fitted portion, and a weld portion. The pressure chamber is provided in the pump housing. The damper chamber is formed by the pump housing and a damper cover. The metal diaphragm damper is arranged in the damper chamber. At the press-fitted portion, an annular surface of the damper cover is press fitted to an annular surface of the pump housing. The weld portion fixes the damper cover to the pump housing at an entire circumference of the press-fitted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Shingo TAMURA, Katsumi MIYAZAKI, Sunao TAKAHASHI, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Minoru HASHIDA
  • Patent number: 10107285
    Abstract: A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion. Gas is sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, and a pair of pressing members give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion. The mechanism is unitized, with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Shingo Tamura, Katsumi Miyazaki, Sunao Takahashi, Masayuki Suganami, Minoru Hashida
  • Publication number: 20180238287
    Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump in which responsiveness of closing a suction valve can be maintained even when the high-pressure fuel pump is increased in pressure or capacity of the high-pressure fuel pump is increased, thereby ensuring discharge efficiency. Therefore, the high-pressure fuel pump includes the rod that urges the suction valve in the valve opening direction, the mover that drives the rod in the valve closing direction, and the solenoid that generates a magnetic attraction force for moving the mover in the valve closing direction. After the suction valve starts moving from the suction valve closing position in the valve opening direction, the rod reaches the suction valve closing position and further moves in the valve opening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichiro TOKUO, Ryo KUSAKABE, Shunsuke ARITOMI, Satoshi USUI, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Minoru HASHIDA, Masamichi YAGAI, Yuta SASO, Atsuji SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180171992
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump capable of reducing the number of components and decreasing the manufacturing cost by processing of a pump body is provided. The high-pressure fuel pump includes a metal damper, a pump body in which a damper housing that houses the metal damper is formed, a damper cover attached to the pump body, covering the damper housing, and holding the metal damper between the pump body and the damper cover, and a holding member fixed to the damper cover and holding the metal damper from a side opposite to the damper cover. The holding member is provided with an elastic portion that urges the pump body so that the metal damper is urged toward the damper cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuji SAITO, Satoshi USUI, Masamichi YAGAI, Minoru HASHIDA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Atsushi HOHKITA, Yuta SASO, Kazuaki TOKUMARU
  • Publication number: 20180135579
    Abstract: Responsiveness of an electromagnetic flow-rate control valve provided for closing a suction valve is improved and a discharge flow rate is controlled to a desired value. A flow-rate control valve includes a fixed core arranged on an inner circumferential side of a coil, a yoke arranged on an outer circumferential side of the coil, and a cover portion opposed to the coil in an axial direction, in which the fixed core has an enlarged portion in contact with the cover portion in the axial direction and enlarging toward the coil, and the cover portion is regulated in the axial direction only by a contact portion with the fixed core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ryo KUSAKABE, Kenichiro TOKUO, Satoshi USUI, Minoru HASHIDA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Atsushi HOHKITA, Eiichi KUBOTA, Daisuke KITAJIMA, Hiroshi HORIE
  • Publication number: 20180135581
    Abstract: Provide is a high-pressure fuel pump capable of improving the degree of freedom of layout of members to be attached to a pump body and a producing method thereof. Therefore, the high-pressure fuel pump includes the suction joint that sucks fuel, the pump body formed with the pressurizing chamber that pressurizes the fuel sucked from the suction joint, and the discharge joint that discharges the fuel pressurized in the pressurizing chamber. The pump body is formed so that at least a part of the side surface portion thereof becomes a cylindrical portion or a polygonal shape portion. At least one of the discharge joint and the suction joint may be fixed on the inner peripheral side with respect to the outermost peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion or the polygonal shape portion of the side surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Atsushi HOHKITA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Minoru HASHIDA, Masamichi YAGAI, Yuta SASO, Kazuaki TOKUMARU, Atsuji SAITO
  • Patent number: 9890753
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electromagnetic valve structure improved in terms of the responsiveness of the electromagnetic valve and helping to realize a more accurate flow rate control, and to provide a high-pressure fuel supply pump in which the same is mounted. There is provided a high-pressure fuel supply pump having an electromagnetic valve equipped with an electromagnetic coil generating an electromagnetic force for opening and closing a valve body provided between a fuel intake path and a pressure chamber, a movable member operated by the electromagnetic force, a housing accommodating the movable member, and a back-pressure chamber formed between the housing and the movable member, wherein a first fuel path causing the back-pressure chamber to communicate with the intake path passes the center axis of the movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Aritomi, Hitoshi Konno, Yukio Takahashi, Masayuki Suganami, Katsumi Miyazaki, Kenichirou Tokuo
  • Publication number: 20170306905
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a high pressure fuel supply pump capable of reducing pressure pulsation that occurs in a low pressure pipe, preventing damage to the low pressure pipe, or reducing noise due to vibrations of the low pressure pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Minoru HASHIDA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Atsushi HOHKITA
  • Patent number: 9797387
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a plunger, a valve member, a valve seat, a pressurizing chamber, and a fuel passage. The fuel passage includes a gap passage portion formed in a gap between the valve seat and the valve member. The fuel passage also includes a bent passage portion extending in a bent direction with respect to the gap passage portion, on the downstream side of the gap passage portion. The inner surface of the valve member, on a side thereof that faces the valve seat, has a convex shape in an area of the valve member that is between the bent passage portion and the gap passage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Aritomi, Satoshi Usui, Atsuji Saito, Tatsuo Kawano, Masayuki Suganami, Kenichirou Tokuo
  • Publication number: 20170276130
    Abstract: A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion. Gas is sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, and a pair of pressing members give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion. The mechanism is unitized, with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Shingo TAMURA, Katsumi MIYAZAKI, Sunao TAKAHASHI, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Minoru HASHIDA
  • Patent number: 9759173
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump body, a plunger, a retainer, a spring that is configured to energize the plunger in a direction opposite to a direction of the pressurizing chamber, and a tappet covering the retainer from a side of an end portion of the retainer and the plunger. The retainer is provided with a projection portion protruding to a side of the tappet. The projection portion is separated from the tappet by a predetermined distance along an axial direction of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Hashida, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masayuki Suganami, Sunao Takahashi, Toru Onose, Hideaki Yamauchi, Kazuichi Ishige
  • Publication number: 20170248110
    Abstract: A high pressure fuel supply pump includes: an electromagnetic suction valve that adjusts an amount of fuel sucked into a pressuring chamber; a discharge valve that discharges the fuel from the pressuring chamber; and a plunger that makes a reciprocating motion in the pressuring chamber. The electromagnetic suction valve includes an electromagnetic coil, a suction valve, and a movable portion that is able to close the suction valve by a magnetic force when the electromagnetic coil is energized. The movable portion includes an anchor that is driven to close the suction valve by the magnetic force and stops at a fixed member, and a rod that is driven with the anchor and is able to move even after the anchor stops. The electromagnetic suction valve includes a first and second springs that bias the suction valve in closed and open direction, respectively, and a third spring in the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru HASHIDA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Satoshi USUI, Kenichirou TOKUO, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Atsushi HOHKITA, Masamichi YAGAI
  • Patent number: 9726104
    Abstract: In an electromagnetically controlled inlet valve actuator provided to a high pressure fuel pump, an impinging sound which is generated at the time of operating the mechanism is reduced. In a high pressure fuel pump provided with an electromagnetically controlled inlet valve (operated by way of a plunger rod), a current supply period includes a 1st current supply period for performing an operation of attracting the plunger rod in a valve closing direction, a 2nd current supply period for alleviating a speed at which the plunger rod moves in a valve opening direction, and a limited current supply period disposed between the 1st current supply period and the 2nd current supply period in the form of spanning a pump top dead center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tokuo, Satoshi Usui, Masayuki Suganami, Shunsuke Aritomi
  • Patent number: 9709055
    Abstract: A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion. Gas is sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, and a pair of pressing members give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion. The mechanism is unitized, with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Shingo Tamura, Katsumi Miyazaki, Sunao Takahashi, Masayuki Suganami, Minoru Hashida
  • Publication number: 20170037822
    Abstract: To increase a valve-opening pressure at which a pressure relief valve is opened in order to deal with a higher pressure of the fuel, a large pressure relief valve is installed in a high-pressure fuel supply pump. This upsizes the high-pressure fuel supply pump. A pressure relief valve is installed in a discharge joint. This can provide a high-pressure fuel supply pump that is not large too much and sufficiently performs a relief function by efficiently using the excessive space in the pump even when the fuel pressure is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd
    Inventors: Masamichi YAGAI, Atsushi HOHKITA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Satoshi USUI, Atsuji SAITO, Kenichirou TOKUO, Yuta SASO
  • Publication number: 20160290299
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electromagnetic valve structure improved in terms of the responsiveness of the electromagnetic valve and helping to realize a more accurate flow rate control, and to provide a high-pressure fuel supply pump in which the same is mounted. There is provided a high-pressure fuel supply pump having an electromagnetic valve equipped with an electromagnetic coil generating an electromagnetic force for opening and closing a valve body provided between a fuel intake path and a pressure chamber, a movable member operated by the electromagnetic force, a housing accommodating the movable member, and a back-pressure chamber formed between the housing and the movable member, wherein a first fuel path causing the back-pressure chamber to communicate with the intake path passes the center axis of the movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Shunsuke ARITOMI, Hitoshi KONNO, Yukio TAKAHASHI, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Katsumi MIYAZAKI, Kenichirou TOKUO
  • Publication number: 20160281693
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce erosion due to cavitation in proximity to a valve seat in a high-pressure fuel supply pump including a fuel flow passage having a bent portion in proximity to the valve seat, formed therein. The high-pressure fuel supply pump includes fuel passages interconnecting with a pressurizing chamber of fuel in which volume varies due to reciprocating motion of a plunger to be in the reciprocation motion, and fluid valves formed on the fuel passage. The fuel valves are included in a valve seat and a valve member. The fuel passages include a gap passage portion formed in a gap between the valve seat and the valve member, and a bent passage portion extending in a bent direction on the downstream side of the gap passage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shunsuke ARITOMI, Satoshi USUI, Atsuji SAITO, Tatsuo KAWANO, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Kenichirou TOKUO
  • Patent number: 9145860
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump which has no probability of discontinuity of a thin film of fuel at a sliding portion even when the fuel is not needed to be compressed to a high pressure is obtained. Two low-pressure fuel ports are provided on the high-pressure fuel supply pump in addition to a high-pressure discharge port to a high-pressure fuel capacity chamber. One of the two low-pressure fuel ports is connected to a low-pressure fuel capacity chamber and remaining one is connected to a low-pressure fuel supply pump. Accordingly, the interior of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is always filled with fresh fuel even in a mode in which a high-pressure fuel injecting valve does not inject fuel and only a low-pressure fuel injection valve injects fuel, so that a temperature rise of a plunger and a cylinder is prevented and locking of the plunger and the cylinder can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Shigenori Tahara, Kenichiro Tokuo, Masashi Nemoto, Akihiro Munakata, Masayuki Suganami, Tatsuo Kawano