Patents by Inventor Naoki Hiramatsu

Naoki Hiramatsu 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: 7673605
    Abstract: A rocker arm that is rockably attached to a cylinder head actuates a valve by a guide groove that is formed at an end thereof engaging with an upper end of a valve stem, and a roller that is mounted in a roller housing portion of the arm main unit contacting against a cam and rocking. The guide groove is formed by press working ends of the arm main unit in the thickness direction of the plate material to form a pair of walls, and thereafter applying sandwiching pressure in the lateral direction to the walls to increase the height thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignees: Otics Corporation, Nakanishi Metal Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Hiramatsu, Akira Takeuchi, Kimihiko Todo, Tomiyasu Hirano, Yoshio Kawatake
  • Publication number: 20090194050
    Abstract: The rocker arm 1 of this embodiment has a pair of side wall portions 21 formed so as to face each other, an engaging portion 22 connecting the pair of side wall portions 21 and adapted to engage with a rocking support member 4 arranged in an engine, a sliding portion 26 connecting the pair of side wall portions 21 and being adapted to be in slidable contact with a stem front end portion 631 of an engine valve 63. The engaging portion 22 has a board surface portion 23 connecting the pair of side wall portions 21 and a protruding portion 24 protruding from the board surface portion 23 toward the rocking support member 4. In the protruding portion 24, a spherical concave portion 25 adapted to engage with a spherical protruding portion 41 of the rocking support member 4 is formed as a depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: OTICS Corporation
    Inventors: Masahide SAKURAI, Naoki HIRAMATSU, Eiichi NOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20090145388
    Abstract: A valve gear comprises a cylinder head, a supporting member fixed to the cylinder head, a rocker arm which is mounted on the supporting member so as to be placed on the latter, a substantially plate-shaped clip mountable to the rocker arm, the clip having a fitting hole in which an outer periphery of the supporting member is fitted so that the clip is prevented from falling off, a pair of walls which is formed on the rocker arm so as to be opposed to each other with the supporting member being located therebetween, and a pair of locking portions formed in inner faces of the walls so that outer edges of the clip are elastically engaged with the locking portions thereby to be locked, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Naoki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20090007869
    Abstract: A rocker arm includes a roller rotatably mounted between two sidewalls thereof. The roller is pressed by a cam. The rocker arm also includes two washers that reduce a wobbling motion of the roller with respect to the cam. The washers guiding mechanism the rocking movement of the rocker arm in the up-and-down direction, thereby reducing wobbling motion of the rocker arm when an engine runs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Masahide Sakurai, Naoki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20080127923
    Abstract: A rocker arm installed module 1 is constructed by installing the cam shaft 3, the rocker arm 4 and the pivot 5 to the housing 2. The housing 2 is provided with a drop-off preventing means 21 for supporting and preventing the rocker arm 4, which is disposed on the pivot 5, from dropping off. The rocker arm installed module 1 is constructed by disposing the rocker arm 4 among the cam 31 of the cam shaft 3, the pivot 5 and the drop-off preventing means 21 in the housing 2 to form a module, the module being configured to be disposed in a concave portion 61 of the cylinder head 6 while preventing the rocker arm 4 from dropping off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: OTICS Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yamamoto, Masahide Sakurai, Tomoki Miyoshi, Naoki Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20070175428
    Abstract: A rocker arm 6 that is rockably attached to a cylinder head 1 actuates a valve 4 by means of a guide groove 73b that is formed at an end thereof engaging with an upper end of a valve stem 41, and a roller 8 that is mounted in a roller housing portion 72 of the arm main unit 7 contacting against a cam 31 and rocking. The guide groove 73b is formed by press working ends of the arm main unit 7 in the thickness direction of the plate material to form a pair of walls 73d, and thereafter applying sandwiching pressure in the lateral direction to the walls 73d to increase the height thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Naoki Hiramatsu, Akira Takeuchi, Kimihiko Todo, Tomiyasu Hirano, Yoshio Kawatake