Patents by Inventor Naobumi Yamada

Naobumi Yamada 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: 8181446
    Abstract: A reduction catalyst is disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine. A reducing agent added to the exhaust gas is urged to react with NOx in the exhaust gas, catalyzed by the reduction catalyst. A member for distributing the exhaust gas to which the reducing agent has been added is provided. This member is formed by applying of an axial welding and is disposed in the exhaust passage such that the internal surface of its joining portion is disposed to overhang from the topmost position of the joining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koutarou Honda, Yuuji Naitou, Isamu Kanaya, Daisuke Shirai, Hitoshi Hiramoto, Naobumi Yamada
  • Patent number: 7784273
    Abstract: An exhaust emission purifying apparatus has a NOx reduction catalytic converter in an exhaust passage of an engine, for purifying nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas by reduction with urea aqueous solution; an injection nozzle injecting the urea solution toward an exhaust upstream side of the converter in the exhaust passage; and fins disposed on an exhaust upstream side of an injection position of the urea solution in the injection nozzle, for generating a spiral swirling flow of the gas swirling about a center corresponding to the central axis of an exhaust pipe. The swirling flow generated in the exhaust gas prior to the injection-supply of the urea aqueous solution promotes mixing of the solution with the gas to thereby promote the hydrolysis of the urea solution. And the exhaust gas and ammonia generated from the urea solution are uniformly mixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo Roki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Kanaya, Koutarou Honda, Tomoko Amemiya, Kiminobu Hirata, Nobuhiko Masaki, Shinya Obana, Daisuke Shirai, Hitoshi Hiramoto, Naobumi Yamada
  • Patent number: 7562521
    Abstract: The flow of exhaust gas flowing through the SCR muffler becomes good, thus improving the efficiency of purging nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in exhaust gas. Further, vibrations that are caused by vibrations of the vehicle, exhaust gas, and the like, to which a reducing agent, etc., supplying nozzle is subject, are suppressed or reduced, thus improving the efficiency of an SCR catalyst purging nitrogen oxide (NOx) and the durability of the reducing agent, etc., supplying nozzle. The SCR muffler comprises an SCR catalyst 1 for selectively reducing and purging nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in exhaust gas; an exhaust pipe 2 that allows the exhaust gas to flow into the SCR catalyst; and a reducing agent, etc., supplying means 3 that supplies a reducing agent or a reducing agent precursor to the exhaust gas. A plate 4 having air holes 5 which disperse and make a flow of the exhaust gas uniform is provided downstream of the reducing agent, etc., supplying means and upstream of the SCR catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignees: Tokyo Roki Co., Ltd., Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Shirai, Naobumi Yamada, Hitoshi Hiramoto, Isamu Kanaya, Hiroki Ueno
  • Publication number: 20080072576
    Abstract: A reduction catalyst is disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine. A reducing agent added to the exhaust gas is urged to react with NOx in the exhaust gas, catalyzed by the reduction catalyst. A member for distributing the exhaust gas to which the reducing agent has been added is provided. This member is formed by applying of an axial welding and is disposed in the exhaust passage such that the internal surface of its joining portion is disposed to overhang from the topmost position of the joining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicants: NISSAN DIESEL MOTOR CO., LTD., TOKYO ROKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koutarou HONDA, Yuuji NAITOU, Isamu KANAYA, Daisuke SHIRAI, Hitoshi HIRAMOTO, Naobumi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20070169467
    Abstract: The flow of exhaust gas flowing through the SCR muffler becomes good, thus improving the efficiency of purging nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in exhaust gas. Further, vibrations that are caused by vibrations of the vehicle, exhaust gas, and the like, to which a reducing agent, etc., supplying nozzle is subject, are suppressed or reduced, thus improving the efficiency of an SCR catalyst purging nitrogen oxide (NOx) and the durability of the reducing agent, etc., supplying nozzle. The SCR muffler comprises an SCR catalyst 1 for selectively reducing and purging nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in exhaust gas; an exhaust pipe 2 that allows the exhaust gas to flow into the SCR catalyst; and a reducing agent, etc., supplying means 3 that supplies a reducing agent or a reducing agent precursor to the exhaust gas. A plate 4 having air holes 5 which disperse and make a flow of the exhaust gas uniform is provided downstream of the reducing agent, etc., supplying means and upstream of the SCR catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Daisuke Shirai, Naobumi Yamada, Hitoshi Hiramoto, Isamu Kanaya, Hiroki Ueno
  • Publication number: 20070101703
    Abstract: An exhaust emission purifying apparatus has a NOx reduction catalytic converter in an exhaust passage of an engine, for purifying nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas by reduction with urea aqueous solution; an injection nozzle injecting the urea solution toward an exhaust upstream side of the converter in the exhaust passage; and fins disposed on an exhaust upstream side of an injection position of the urea solution in the injection nozzle, for generating a spiral swirling flow of the gas swirling about a center corresponding to the central axis of an exhaust pipe. The swirling flow generated in the exhaust gas prior to the injection-supply of the urea aqueous solution promotes mixing of the solution with the gas to thereby promote the hydrolysis of the urea solution. And the exhaust gas and ammonia generated from the urea solution are uniformly mixed together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicants: NISSAN DIESEL MOTOR CO., LTD., TOKYO ROKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isamu Kanaya, Koutarou Honda, Tomoko Amemiya, Kiminobu Hirata, Nobuhiko Masaki, Shinya Obana, Daisuke Shirai, Hitoshi Hiramoto, Naobumi Yamada