Patents by Inventor Minoru Hideshima

Minoru Hideshima 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: 10598073
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes a turbine housing and an air-fuel ratio sensor. The turbine housing includes a first collecting exhaust pipe including a first passage, a second collecting exhaust pipe including a second passage, and a junction exhaust pipe including a junction passage. The first passage and the second passage are arranged in parallel. When an inner wall forming the junction passage is defined into a first continuous inner wall and a second continuous inner wall, the air-fuel ratio sensor is provided in the first continuous inner wall so as to protrude toward the center of the junction passage. A guide portion that protrudes toward the center of the junction passage is provided in the first continuous inner wall on the upstream side of the air-fuel ratio sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Hideshima, Noritaka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180340462
    Abstract: A flange joining structure comprises flanges of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and a turbine housing joined through a gasket. The flange of cylinder head has, in an end face thereof, end parts of a first collecting exhaust pipe and a second collecting exhaust pipe; the flange of turbine housing has, in an end face thereof, end parts of a first pre-merge exhaust pipe and a second pre-merge exhaust pipe corresponding to the end parts of the first collecting exhaust pipe and the second collecting exhaust pipe; and the gasket has, on a face on the cylinder head side, a bead formed into an edge-rounded rectangle having a straight part shorter than the radius of curvature thereof, and surrounding the end parts of the first collecting exhaust pipe and the second collecting exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minoru Hideshima, Noritaka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180334944
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes a turbine housing and an air-fuel ratio sensor. The turbine housing includes a first collecting exhaust pipe including a first passage, a second collecting exhaust pipe including a second passage, and a junction exhaust pipe including a junction passage. The first passage and the second passage are arranged in parallel. When an inner wall forming the junction passage is defined into a first continuous inner wall and a second continuous inner wall, the air-fuel ratio sensor is provided in the first continuous inner wall so as to protrude toward the center of the junction passage. A guide portion that protrudes toward the center of the junction passage is provided in the first continuous inner wall on the upstream side of the air-fuel ratio sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Hideshima, Noritaka Yamamoto