Patents by Inventor Naomichi Nagano

Naomichi Nagano 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).

  • Oil pan for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7748500
    Abstract: An oil pan is disposed in a lower part of an internal combustion engine and has an oil pan body divided, with respect to a vertical direction, into oil pan elements having bottom walls respectively of different depths. A baffle plate divides the interior of the oil pan body into a plurality of spaces at the boundary of adjacent ones of the bottom walls to regulate the flow of oil between the adjacent ones of spaces. The baffle plate is divided with respect to a vertical direction into a plurality of baffle plate elements. The baffle plate elements are formed integrally with the oil pan elements, respectively. The oil pan for an internal combustion engine can be manufactured by reduced time and reduced labor at a low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomichi Nagano, Hirosuke Niwa, Takashi Yokoi, Junya Iino, Makoto Ito
  • OIL PAN FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20080264727
    Abstract: An oil pan is disposed in a lower part of an internal combustion engine and has an oil pan body divided, with respect to a vertical direction, into oil pan elements having bottom walls respectively of different depths. A baffle plate divides the interior of the oil pan body into a plurality of spaces at the boundary of adjacent ones of the bottom walls to regulate the flow of oil between the adjacent ones of spaces. The baffle plate is divided with respect to a vertical direction into a plurality of baffle plate elements. The baffle plate elements are formed integrally with the oil pan elements, respectively. The oil pan for an internal combustion engine can be manufactured by reduced time and reduced labor at a low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi Nagano, Hirosuke Niwa, Takashi Yokoi, Junya Iino, Makoto Ito