Patents by Inventor Mizuho Yokoyama

Mizuho Yokoyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20200208120
    Abstract: A medium which contains a riboflavin derivative is useful for proliferating and culturing pluripotent stem cells such as iPS cells and ES cells, and is free from degradation due to storage as complete medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Kazuya YONEYAMA, Kotoe Koseki, Mizuho Yokoyama, Satoru Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7021569
    Abstract: A fuel swirler positioned upstream of an injection orifice is disposed at the tip of a nozzle body in a fuel injector, in which the fixed core and the nozzle body are coupled to each other via a non-magnetic cylindrical seal ring press-fitted and welded to the outer circumference of one end on the nozzle body side of the fixed core and the inner circumference of one end of the nozzle body. The inner circumference of the fuel swirler and the inner circumference of the seal ring function serve as a guide for slidably guiding a stroke movement of the needle. The fuel swirler is held between the receiving surface of the nozzle body and the orifice plate, thus defining an annular fuel passage between the outer circumference of the fuel swirler and the inner circumference of the nozzle body, so that fuel flows into a passage groove formed at the lower end surface of the fuel swirler via the annular fuel passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ogura, Atsushi Sekine, Eiichi Kubota, Masafumi Nakano, Keiichi Uraki, Noriyuki Maekawa, Mizuho Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Tanabe, Hiromasa Kubo, Tooru Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6976381
    Abstract: To manufacture a cylindrical member, such as the nozzle body of a fuel injector, in which a fluid passage is formed at high productivity and to improve the reliability. A cylindrical member, such as the nozzle body of a fuel injector, in which a fluid passage is formed is manufactured by drawing martenstic stainless steel. In addition, during the drawing process of martenstic stainless steel, an intermediate product is annealed and lug is removed after another drawing process, and then is subjected to drawing again to obtain a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshizaka, Atsushi Sekine, Keiji Kawahara, Mizuho Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 6918548
    Abstract: An electronic fuel injector capable of supplying fuel in a stable manner is provided by employing a swirler, which is manufactured at a lower cost and has durability, and by ensuring superior wear resistance of the swirler and a valve member provided on a movable part, which is put into frictional contact with the swirler. The electronic fuel injector comprises a movable part, a valve member, a valve seat, a swirler, a stopper, a stator core, a casing, a spring, and an electromagnetic coil. A valve member is provided at a fore end of the movable part. The swirler serves not only to swirl fuel, but also to guide movement of the valve member provided at the fore end of the movable part. The swirler is formed of a powder sintered compact of martensitic stainless steel having corrosion resistance and wear resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Terakado, Mizuho Yokoyama, Arata Kagiyama, Noboru Baba, Masahiro Souma
  • Patent number: 6710745
    Abstract: A high-frequency communication apparatus has a case containing a transmitter-receiver including circuit elements. A functional structure capable of confining radiation energy radiated by unnecessary radio wave source to prevent the radiation energy from interfering with the operations of the transmitter-receiver is formed on at least one of the walls of the case by forming a plurality of projections in regular arrangement by press working. The circuit elements of the transmitter-receiver are packed in the case to suppress the undesired electromagnetic coupling of internal and external electromagnetic waves with the circuit elements of the transmitter-receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshizaka, Shirou Oouchi, Mizuho Yokoyama, Keiji Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20030122727
    Abstract: A high-frequency communication apparatus has a case containing a transmitter-receiver including circuit elements. A functional structure capable of confining radiation energy radiated by unnecessary radio wave source to prevent the radiation energy from interfering with the operations of the transmitter-receiver is formed on at least one of the walls of the case by forming a plurality of projections in regular arrangement by press working. The circuit elements of the transmitter-receiver are packed in the case to suppress the undesired electromagnetic coupling of internal and external electromagnetic waves with the circuit elements of the transmitter-receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshizaka, Shirou Oouchi, Mizuho Yokoyama, Keiji Kawahara
  • Patent number: 6580395
    Abstract: A high-frequency communication apparatus has a case containing a transmitter-receiver including circuit elements. A functional structure capable of confining radiation energy radiated by unnecessary radio wave source to prevent the radiation energy from interfering with the operations of the transmitter-receiver is formed on at least one of the walls of the case by forming a plurality of projections in regular arrangement by press working. The circuit elements of the transmitter-receiver are packed in the case to suppress the undesired electromagnetic coupling of internal and external electromagnetic waves with the circuit elements of the transmitter-receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshizaka, Shirou Oouchi, Mizuho Yokoyama, Keiji Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20030071147
    Abstract: To manufacture a cylindrical member, such as the nozzle body of a fuel injector, in which a fluid passage is formed at high productivity and to improve the reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshizaka, Atsushi Sekine, Keiji Kawahara, Mizuho Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20030025003
    Abstract: An electronic fuel injector capable of supplying fuel in a stable manner is provided by employing a swirler, which is manufactured at a lower cost and has durability, and by ensuring superior wear resistance of the swirler and a valve member provided on a movable part, which is put into frictional contact with the swirler. The electronic fuel injector comprises a movable part, a valve member, a valve seat, a swirler, a stopper, a stator core, a casing, a spring, and an electromagnetic coil. A valve member is provided at a fore end of the movable part. The swirler serves not only to swirl fuel, but also to guide movement of the valve member provided at the fore end of the movable part. The swirler is formed of a powder sintered compact of martensitic stainless steel having corrosion resistance and wear resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Terakado, Mizuho Yokoyama, Arata Kagiyama, Naboru Baba, Masahiro Souma
  • Publication number: 20010050644
    Abstract: A high-frequency communication apparatus has a case containing a transmitter-receiver including circuit elements. A functional structure capable of confining radiation energy radiated by unnecessary radio wave source to prevent the radiation energy from interfering with the operations of the transmitter-receiver is formed on at least one of the walls of the case by forming a plurality of projections in regular arrangement by press working. The circuit elements of the transmitter-receiver are packed in the case to suppress the undesired electromagnetic coupling of internal and external electromagnetic waves with the circuit elements of the transmitter-receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koshizaka, Shirou Oouchi, Mizuho Yokoyama, Keiji Kawahara
  • Patent number: 5346137
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprises a valve body, a valve seat which cooperates with the valve body, a fuel injection port disposed downstream of the valve seat, and a dividing device which serves to divide injection fuel injected from the fuel injection port. The dividing device is formed integrally with a member in which the fuel injection port is formed and includes parallel walls substantially parallel to each other with the fuel injection port interposed therebetween and arcuate walls connected to the parallel walls having a diameter larger than that of the fuel injection port. The walls extend from said member in a direction of an axis of the valve. The dividing device has an outer diameter substantially equal to the largest diameter of the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Hisanobu Kanamaru, Hitoshi Maeda, Satoshi Suzuki, Tohru Ishikawa, Tokuo Kosuge, Kiyoshi Amou, Hiroshi Ohki, Koji Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki Tanabe, Mizuho Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 5239751
    Abstract: A method of producing a cylindrical nozzle incorporated in a fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine including the steps of: setting a cylindrical nozzle blank on a second die so that a lower bottom face of the cylindrical nozzle blank rests on the second die; pressing a punch into the cylindrical nozzle blank while being guided along the inner wall face of the cylindrical nozzle blank; pressing the punch onto a bottom of the cylindrical nozzle blank to induce plastic flow, thereby transfer forming a seat portion at a center on the upper bottom face of the cylindrical nozzle blank; removing a projection formed on the lower bottom face of the cylindrical nozzle blank due to the plastic flow; boring a nozzle injection hole at the center of the transfer formed seat portion of the projection removed cylindrical nozzle blank; and hardening the bored cylindrical nozzle blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanobu Kanamaru, Mizuho Yokoyama, Atsushi Koshizaka, Kenichi Gunji
  • Patent number: 5156341
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic type fuel injection valve including a stator iron core, an electromagnetic coil concentric with the stator iron core, a casing formed of a magnetizable material and accommodating therein the stator iron core and the electromagnetic coil, a moving body provided at its end with a valve body, a stopper for the moving body, a valve seat opposite to the stopper with the moving body interposed therebetween and a spring engaged with an end of the moving body for biasing the same, the moving body being adapted to reciprocate between the valve seat and the stator iron core under the magnetizing force of the electromagnetic coil and the biasing force of the spring, and having an armature adapted to be absorbed by the stator iron core and a rod contiguous with the valve body, the armature and the rod being formed of the same material so as to be integral with each other, a guide portion of the rod and a portion of the moving body adapted to abut against the stopper being subjected to a ha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Terakado, Hisanobu Kanamaru, Mizuho Yokoyama, Tokuo Kosuge
  • Patent number: 5127156
    Abstract: An inner cylindrical component is disposed on a bottom portion of an outer cylindrical component with a clearance which is formed between an outer diameter portion of the inner component and an inner diameter portion of the outer component. A guiding pin for positioning is inserted concentrically through the inner component and a tip end portion of the guiding pin engages with the bottom portion of the outer component. An outer peripheral portion of the positioned inner component is locally and vertically pressure-pressed. A portion of the inner component is extended in an outer diameter direction according to the pressure-pressing plastic deformation. The extended member of the inner component is joined together with the inner diameter portion of the outer component. The extended member of the inner component and the outer component are mutually combined together. After the pressing operation the guiding pin is withdrawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuho Yokoyama, Hisanobu Kanamaru, Kenichi Gunji, Atsushi Koshizaka
  • Patent number: 5109823
    Abstract: A fuel injector device has a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat and capable of imparting a swirling force to a fuel supplied thereto, a fuel injection nozzle orifice disposed downstream of the valve seat, and a fuel distributing adapter disposed downstream of the fuel injection nozzle orifice and capable of distributing the flow of the fuel injected by the fuel injection nozzle orifice in two directions. The adapter has an axial fuel passage having a fuel inlet of a diameter greater than that of the injection orifice and an outlet end of a substantially "8"-shape having a minimum diameter smaller than that of the inlet end. The adapter can be formed by preparing a blank having an axial fuel passage and then conducting a plastic work by a punch press on an end face of the blank so as to restrict the outlet end of the fuel passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuho Yokoyama, Hisanobu Kanamaru, Yoshio Okamoto, Tunemitu Kuroha, Atsushi Koshizaka, Hironori Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 5040731
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injector suitable for use in an automotive engine has a cylindrical yoke constituting a body of the fuel injector, a solenoid coil and a stator core fixedly received in the cylindrical yoke, a movable core adapted to be attracted by the stator core, and a movable valve responsive to the movable core so as to be moved into and out of contact with a fuel injection valve seat in accordance with the balance of force between an electromagnetic force produced by the solenoid coil and a force produced by a spring received in the stator core. The stator core is coaxially received in the cylindrical yoke with a portion of the material of either one of the stator core and the yoke being plastically deformed into an annular groove formed in the opposing surface of the other of the stator core and the yoke. In consequence, the stator core and the yoke are coupled to and held on each other by the contracting force produced by the plastically deformed material in and around the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuho Yokoyama, Hisanobu Kanamaru, Tokuo Kosuge
  • Patent number: 5012982
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injector comprising: a movable member with a valve body provided at one end and an armature made of a magnetic material provided at the other end; a cylindrical core made of a magnetic material, the core being disposed in such a manner that the distal end thereof opposes the armature; an electromagnetic coil disposed around the cylindrical core for producing an electromagnetic force between the cylindrical core and the armature when the coil is energized; and guide sections for guiding the movement of the movable member in the axial direction, the guide sections being disposed in the vicinities of the valve body and the armature of the movable member. The guide section provided in the vicinity of the armature comprises a sliding member made of a non-magnetic material and disposed between the armature and the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Souma, Tokuo Kosuge, Tohru Ishikawa, Hisanobu Kanamaru, Mizuho Yokoyama, Yasuo Kamituma
  • Patent number: 4974312
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injector suitable for use in an automotive engine has a cylindrical yoke constituting a body of the fuel injector, a solenoid coil and a stator core fixedly received in the cylindrical yoke, a movable core adapted to be attracted by the stator core, and a movable valve responsive to the movable core so as to be moved into and out of contact with a fuel injection valve seat in accordance with the balance of force between an electromagnetic force produced by the solenoid coil and a force produced by a spring received in the stator core. The stator core is coaxially received in the cylindrical yoke with a portion of the material of either one of the stator core and the yoke being plastically deformed into an annular groove formed in the opposing surface of the other of the stator core and the yoke. In consequence, the stator core and the yoke are coupled to and held on each other by the contracting force produced by the plastically deformed material in and around the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuho Yokoyama, Hisanobu Kanamaru, Tokuo Kosuge
  • Patent number: 4756362
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising fins and at least one heat transfer tube. An even number, not smaller than four, of louvers are severed and raised in an alternate and staggered manner with respect to a fin base line between the remaining adjacent fin base. Furthermore, the louvers raised on the same side with respect to the fin base line have heights defined by a line slanted at a constant angle in a stepped manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mituo Kudoh, Takuji Torii, Seigo Miyamoto, Yoshitomo Sawahata, Mizuho Yokoyama, Masaru Takenouchi, Yoshifumi Kunugi