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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Patent number: 12480465Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Minoru Hashida
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Patent number: 12460612Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel pump capable of preventing the occurrence of cavitation near a seat member in a valve mechanism. The fuel pump includes a plunger adapted to reciprocate, a pressurizing chamber adapted to increase and decrease its volumetric capacity through the reciprocation of the plunger, and a relief valve mechanism adapted to return a fuel to the pressurizing chamber. The relief valve mechanism includes a relief valve, and a seat member having a valve contact portion for seating the relief valve thereon. The relief valve is disposed closer to the plunger than the seat member. The seat member has an annular groove portion which forms a space communicating with the pressurizing chamber, between the annular groove portion and a second chamber (a fixing portion) surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the seat member. The space is provided at a position farther from the plunger than the valve contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Moritsugu Akiyama, Shigehiko Omata, Atsushi Takaoku, Satoshi Usui, Minoru Hashida
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Publication number: 20250237186Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to prevent a suction valve from closing due to fluid force when an electromagnetic coil is in an unenergized state. This electromagnetic suction valve comprises: a valve part that is in an open state when not energized and opens/closes a fuel introduction opening; and a stopper that has a bottom section that abuts the valve part in an open state in which the valve part has opened the fuel introduction opening, and a side wall section that faces a side circumferential surface of the valve part. The bottom section of the stopper has a plurality of fuel passage holes. In the direction that the bottom section of the stopper and the valve section face each other, the area of a portion in each of the plurality of fuel passage holes that does not overlap the valve part is greater than the area of a portion that overlaps the valve part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: July 24, 2025Inventors: Tatsuo KAWANO, Minoru HASHIDA, Satoshi USUI, Atsuji SAITO, Takafumi ITO
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Patent number: 12110854Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Minoru Hashida
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Patent number: 12085074Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kiyotaka Ogura, Minoru Hashida
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Publication number: 20240151198Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel pump capable of preventing the occurrence of cavitation near a seat member in a valve mechanism. The fuel pump includes a plunger adapted to reciprocate, a pressurizing chamber adapted to increase and decrease its volumetric capacity through the reciprocation of the plunger, and a relief valve mechanism adapted to return a fuel to the pressurizing chamber. The relief valve mechanism includes a relief valve, and a seat member having a valve contact portion for seating the relief valve thereon. The relief valve is disposed closer to the plunger than the seat member. The seat member has an annular groove portion which forms a space communicating with the pressurizing chamber, between the annular groove portion and a second chamber (a fixing portion) surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the seat member. The space is provided at a position farther from the plunger than the valve contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Moritsugu AKIYAMA, Shigehiko OMATA, Atsushi TAKAOKU, Satoshi USUI, Minoru HASHIDA
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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