Patents by Inventor Minoru Hashida
Minoru Hashida 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: 20240003322Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel pump capable of discharging fuel at high pressure and suppressing sticking between a plunger and a cylinder. A high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a plunger that reciprocates, a cylinder in which a guide hole for guiding a reciprocating motion of the plunger extends in an axial direction, and a pump body including a third room (cylinder insertion hole) into which the cylinder is press-fitted, and a pressurizing chamber that communicates with the third room and has a volume increased or decreased by the reciprocating motion of the plunger. The pressure of a fixed gap generated between the cylinder and the pump body is set to be equal to or higher than pressure of a sliding gap generated between the plunger and the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Minoru HASHIDA
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Publication number: 20230407828Abstract: A fuel pump includes a damper, a suction valve chamber, a pressurization chamber, a relief valve chamber, a relief valve mechanism, and a shock wave absorber. The shock wave absorber is provided in the relief valve chamber, and is disposed to face the relief valve holder on the downstream side in the direction in which the relief valve holder moves when the relief valve mechanism is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Minoru HASHIDA
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Patent number: 11713741Abstract: Provided is a fuel supply pump capable of improving welding quality while securing a function of a valve body. A fuel supply pump of the present invention includes a regulating member (discharge valve stopper 84) that guides movement of a valve body (discharge valve 82), a main body portion (body 1) provided with a valve chamber (discharge valve chamber 1d) that houses the regulating member, a sealing member (plug 85) that seals the valve chamber, and a welded portion (welded portion 86) that fixes the sealing member to the main body portion. An annular space portion (annular space portion 60) along an outer periphery of the regulating member is formed between the welded portion and the regulating member.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Yagai, Kiyotaka Ogura, Shingo Tamura, Yuto Ishizuka, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kenichiro Tokuo, Minoru Hashida
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Publication number: 20230003215Abstract: An object of the present invention is to secure a gap between a component on a suction valve side and a component on an anchor side when a valve is closed, regardless of an integration tolerance of a plurality of components, and to be able to reliably close the valve. In an electromagnetic valve mechanism 300 including an anchor assembly 36 and a magnetic core 33 between which a magnetic attraction force acts, and a suction valve 30 configured to be able to come into and out of contact with the anchor assembly 36, the anchor assembly 36 includes a first anchor assembly component 36a having a facing surface 36ab that faces the magnetic core 33, a second anchor assembly component 36b configured integrally with the first anchor assembly component 36a, and a press-fitting portion 36c that fixes the first anchor assembly component 36a and the second anchor assembly component 36b.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo TAMURA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Minoru HASHIDA
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Publication number: 20220381213Abstract: Provided is a fuel supply pump capable of improving welding quality while securing a function of a valve body. A fuel supply pump of the present invention includes a regulating member (discharge valve stopper 84) that guides movement of a valve body (discharge valve 82), a main body portion (body 1) provided with a valve chamber (discharge valve chamber 1d) that houses the regulating member, a sealing member (plug 85) that seals the valve chamber, and a welded portion (welded portion 86) that fixes the sealing member to the main body portion. An annular space portion (annular space portion 60) along an outer periphery of the regulating member is formed between the welded portion and the regulating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Masamichi YAGAI, Kiyotaka OGURA, Shingo TAMURA, Yuto ISHIZUKA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Kenichiro TOKUO, Minoru HASHIDA
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Patent number: 11105305Abstract: In some examples, a fuel injector rail assembly may include a fuel rail including a tubular body, with a fuel outlet passage formed through a wall of the tubular body. An injector cup may be connected to the tubular body and may include an injector chamber configured to receive a fuel injector. A first fuel passage formed in the injector cup may include a first diameter, and the first fuel passage may be connected to the fuel outlet passage of the tubular body. Additionally, a second fuel passage may be formed in the injector cup between the first fuel passage and the injector chamber. The second fuel passage may have a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter of the first fuel passage.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC.Inventors: Anthony Boone, Prashanth Avireddi, Malcolm Mizuba, Su-Wei Sung, Minoru Hashida
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Patent number: 11047380Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Shingo Tamura, Katsumi Miyazaki, Sunao Takahashi, Masayuki Suganami, Minoru Hashida
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Patent number: 11002236Abstract: An object of the present invention is to supply a high-pressure fuel supply pump capable of holding a spring holding member while reducing the height of the pump body. A high-pressure fuel supply pump is provided with a pump body for forming a pressurizing chamber at an inner wall portion, and a flange portion for fixing the pump body to a high-pressure fuel supply pump mounting portion. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is provided with a cylinder and a spring holding member. The cylinder is inserted into a hole portion of the pump body from a lower side and in which the pressurizing chamber is formed further above an uppermost end surface. The spring holding member has an outer peripheral portion press-fitted and fixed to the pump body and a holding portion holding a spring portion for biasing the pump body between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsuji Saito, Satoshi Usui, Minoru Hashida, Masayuki Suganami, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kenichiro Tokuo, Masamichi Yagai, Yuta Saso
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Publication number: 20200332750Abstract: In some examples, a fuel injector rail assembly may include a fuel rail including a tubular body, with a fuel outlet passage formed through a wall of the tubular body. An injector cup may be connected to the tubular body and may include an injector chamber configured to receive a fuel injector. A first fuel passage formed in the injector cup may include a first diameter, and the first fuel passage may be connected to the fuel outlet passage of the tubular body. Additionally, a second fuel passage may be formed in the injector cup between the first fuel passage and the injector chamber. The second fuel passage may have a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter of the first fuel passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Anthony BOONE, Prashanth AVIREDDI, Malcolm MIZUBA, Su-Wei SUNG, Minoru HASHIDA
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Patent number: 10788003Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Hashida, Atsushi Hohkita, Masayuki Suganami, Satoshi Usui, Masaru Kawai, Arata Kagiyama
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Patent number: 10731615Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Kusakabe, Kenichiro Tokuo, Satoshi Usui, Minoru Hashida, Masayuki Suganami, Atsushi Hohkita, Eiichi Kubota, Daisuke Kitajima, Hiroshi Horie
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Patent number: 10655580Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Minoru Hashida, Masayuki Suganami, Hiroyuki Yamada, Atsushi Hohkita
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Patent number: 10584668Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Atsushi Hohkita, Masayuki Suganami, Kenichiro Tokuo, Minoru Hashida, Masamichi Yagai, Yuta Saso, Kazuaki Tokumaru, Atsuji Saito
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Publication number: 20190323465Abstract: An object of the present invention is to supply a high-pressure fuel supply pump capable of holding a spring holding member while reducing the height of the pump body. A high-pressure fuel supply pump is provided with a pump body for forming a pressurizing chamber at an inner wall portion, and a flange portion for fixing the pump body to a high-pressure fuel supply pump mounting portion. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is provided with a cylinder and a spring holding member. The cylinder is inserted into a hole portion of the pump body from a lower side and in which the pressurizing chamber is formed further above an uppermost end surface. The spring holding member has an outer peripheral portion press-fitted and fixed to the pump body and a holding portion holding a spring portion for biasing the pump body between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Atsuji SAITO, Satoshi USUI, Minoru HASHIDA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Kenichiro TOKUO, Masamichi YAGAI, Yuta SASO
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Publication number: 20190301414Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel supply pump capable of arranging a relief valve mechanism inside a pump body while suppressing an increase in size and an increase in manufacturing cost. Therefore, a high-pressure fuel supply pump of the present invention includes: a plunger that changes a volume of a pressurizing chamber by reciprocating an inside of a cylinder; a first hole formed from an outer circumferential surface of a pump body toward an inner circumferential side; a relief valve mechanism arranged in the first hole; and a second hole that returns fuel in a flow path on a discharge side of a discharge valve pressurized in the pressurizing chamber to a damper chamber or a plunger seal chamber communicating with the damper chamber when the relief valve mechanism opens in communication with the first hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Atsuji SAITO, Minoru HASHIDA, Masamichi YAGAI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Masahiko HAYATANI, Hiroyuki YAMADA
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Patent number: 10378524Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsuji Saito, Satoshi Usui, Masamichi Yagai, Minoru Hashida, Masayuki Suganami, Kenichiro Tokuo, Atsushi Hohkita, Yuta Saso, Kazuaki Tokumaru
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Patent number: 10337480Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Tokuo, Ryo Kusakabe, Shunsuke Aritomi, Satoshi Usui, Masayuki Suganami, Minoru Hashida, Masamichi Yagai, Yuta Saso, Atsuji Saito
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Patent number: 10294907Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Minoru Hashida, Hiroyuki Yamada, Satoshi Usui, Kenichirou Tokuo, Masayuki Suganami, Atsushi Hohkita, Masamichi Yagai
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Publication number: 20190128229Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Minoru HASHIDA, Atsushi HOHKITA, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Satoshi USUI, Masaru KAWAI, Arata KAGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20190003475Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Shingo TAMURA, Katsumi MIYAZAKI, Sunao TAKAHASHI, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Minoru HASHIDA