Patents by Inventor Naoto Toma
Naoto Toma 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).
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Publication number: 20140076254Abstract: A valve opening-closing timing control apparatus includes a partition portion partitioning a fluid pressure chamber into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a phase control portion controlling a rotational phase of a driven-side rotational member relative to a driving-side rotational member, a lock mechanism including a lock member and a lock recess for locking the rotational phase at a predetermined phase, a lock control portion switching the lock mechanism between a locked state and an unlocked state by supplying and discharging a pressurized fluid to and from the lock recess, a phase controlling supply passage supplying the pressurized fluid to the advanced angle chamber and the retarded angle chamber, a lock controlling supply passage supplying the pressurized fluid to the lock recess, and a one-way valve blocking the pressurized fluid supplied to the lock controlling supply passage from flowing into the phase controlling supply passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoto TOMA, Shigemitsu SUZUKI, Hiroki MUKAIDE, Masaki KOBAYASHI, Kazuo UEDA
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Publication number: 20130319357Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, a fluid chamber, an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a fluid control mechanism, a first intermediate lock mechanism configured to selectively lock a relative rotation phase of the driven-side rotation member relative to the driving-side rotation member at a first intermediate lock phase and release a locked state of the relative rotation phase at the first intermediate lock phase, a most retarded angle lock mechanism configured to selectively lock the relative rotation phase at a most retarded angle lock phase and release a locked state of the relative rotation phase at the most retarded angle lock phase, and a second intermediate lock mechanism configured to selectively lock the relative rotation phase at a second intermediate lock phase and release a locked state of the relative rotation phase at the second intermediate lock phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigemitsu SUZUKI, Naoto Toma, Hiroki Mukaide
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Publication number: 20130312679Abstract: A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotating member, an driven-side rotating member, a cam shaft, a control valve switching supply and discharge of a working fluid relative to an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, an advanced angle-side oil passage, a retarded angle-side oil passage, a spider provided with a first oil passage and a second oil passage, a seal mechanism partitioning between at least one of the first oil passage and the second oil passage, and an outside space, and the seal mechanism allows air to come in the at least one of the first oil passage and the second oil passage in a case where pressure inside the at least the one of the first oil passage and the second oil passage is lower than air pressure of the outside space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoto TOMA, Shigemitsu Suzuki, Hiroki Mukaide
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Patent number: 8418664Abstract: A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotor, a driven rotor coaxially arranged with the driving rotor, a fluid pressure chamber defined between the driving rotor and the driven rotor, a partition portion arranged at one of the driving rotor and the driven rotor and dividing the fluid pressure chamber into advanced and retarded angle chambers, a first fluid control mechanism controlling supply and discharge of a hydraulic fluid to and from the fluid pressure chamber, a first phase restriction portion restricting and releasing a relative rotational phase between the driving rotor and the driven rotor within and from a first restriction range, a second phase restriction portion restricting and releasing the relative rotational phase within and from a second restriction range, and a second fluid control mechanism controlling the supply and discharge of the hydraulic fluid to and from the first and second phase restriction portions individually.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma
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Patent number: 8322317Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotational member, a driven side rotational member, a fluid pressure chamber, a dividing portion formed at the other one of the driving side rotational member and the driven side rotational member so as to divide the fluid pressure chamber into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, and a fluid control valve portion arranged orthogonally relative to the camshaft at an opposite side of the camshaft so as to dispose the driving side rotational member and the driven side rotational member between the fluid control valve portion and the camshaft, the fluid control valve portion including a first linearly moving member linearly moving in an orthogonal direction relative to the camshaft, thereby controlling supplying and discharging of a fluid relative to the advanced angle chamber and the retarded angle chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Takeo Asahi
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Patent number: 8281756Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotating member, a driven-side rotating member arranged coaxially with the driving-side rotational member so as to be rotatable relative to the driving-side rotating member, a retarded angle chamber and an advanced angle chamber, each of which is defined by the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotating member, a lock mechanism locking a relative rotational phase of the driven-side rotating member at a predetermined phase between a most advanced angle phase and a retarded angle phase, an operation fluid supply-and-discharge mechanism supplying/discharging an operation fluid to/from the retarded angle chamber, the advanced angle chamber and the lock mechanism, and a first air inlet mechanism for connecting one of the retarded angle chamber and the advanced angle chamber to an outside of the valve timing control apparatus in order to allow air to flow thereinto.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Masaki Kobayashi, Kenji Ikeda, Takeo Asahi, Eiji Miyachi, Yuichi Kato, Yasutaka Miura
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Patent number: 8267058Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes a phase displacing mechanism for displacing relative phase between a drive-side rotational member and a driven-side rotational member rotatable in unison with a cam shaft, a first pump driven by an internal combustion engine, a second pump driven by a drive source different from the internal combustion engine, a locking mechanism capable of locking the relative phase to an initial phase suitable for starting the internal combustion engine, and an urging mechanism 3 for urging the phase displacing mechanism in the advancing direction between the most retarding phase and the initial phase, a minimal urging force of the urging mechanism being set so as to override the displacing force toward the retarding phase side at the minimal pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Toru Fujikawa, Yasutaka Miura, Naoto Toma
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Patent number: 8210142Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes a phase displacing mechanism for displacing relative phase between a drive-side rotational member and a driven-side rotational member rotatable in unison with a cam shaft, a locking mechanism capable of locking the relative phase to an intermediate locking phase suitable for starting and releasing this lock by a work fluid when needed and an urging mechanism configured to provide an urging function for urging the phase displacing mechanism toward an advancing side in a restricted range between an intermediate restricting phase located more on the retarding side than the intermediate locking phase and a most retarding phase.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Yoji Kanada, Hiroki Mukaide
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Patent number: 7927079Abstract: An electrically operated hydraulic pump having a pump portion and a motor portion includes rotation controlling means controlling rotation of a rotor, first rotor position detecting means detecting rotational position of the rotor on the basis of speed electromotive force induced by exciting coils, second rotor position detecting means detecting the rotational position of the rotor on the basis of magnetic field of a magnet provided at the motor portion, and motor operating condition detecting means detecting operating condition of the motor portion. The rotation controlling means switches a first rotation controlling based on the rotational position of the rotor detected by the first rotor position detecting means, and a second rotation controlling based on the rotational position of the rotor detected by the second rotor position detecting means, on the basis of a result detected by the motor operating condition detecting means.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Shigeharu Yamamoto, Naoto Toma
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Patent number: 7918198Abstract: A valve timing control device includes a phase displacement restricting mechanism for creating a restricting state where relative rotational phase displacement of a driven side rotational member relative to a driving side rotational member is restricted within a permissible range and an unrestricting state where the restriction is released, a communication passageway for establishing communication between the phase displacement restricting mechanism and one of an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a valving element chamber provided midway the communication passageway, a valving element provided in the valving element chamber; the valving element selectively positioned to a closing state for closing the communication passageway to render the phase displacement restricting mechanism into the restricting state and an opening state for opening up the communication passageway to render the phase displacement restricting mechanism into the unrestricting state, and a leak passageway formed in the vType: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoto Toma, Shigemitsu Suzuki, Hiroki Mukaide, Yasutaka Miura
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Publication number: 20100319641Abstract: A variable valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotor, a driven rotor coaxially arranged with the driving rotor, a fluid pressure chamber defined between the driving rotor and the driven rotor, a partition portion arranged at one of the driving rotor and the driven rotor and dividing the fluid pressure chamber into advanced and retarded angle chambers, a first fluid control mechanism controlling supply and discharge of a hydraulic fluid to and from the fluid pressure chamber, a first phase restriction portion restricting and releasing a relative rotational phase between the driving rotor and the driven rotor within and from a first restriction range, a second phase restriction portion restricting and releasing the relative rotational phase within and from a second restriction range, and a second fluid control mechanism controlling the supply and discharge of the hydraulic fluid to and from the first and second phase restriction portions individually.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigemitsu SUZUKI, Naoto Toma
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Publication number: 20100212615Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotating member, a driven-side rotating member arranged coaxially with the driving-side rotational member so as to be rotatable relative to the driving-side rotating member, a retarded angle chamber and an advanced angle chamber, each of which is defined by the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotating member, a lock mechanism locking a relative rotational phase of the driven-side rotating member at a predetermined phase between a most advanced angle phase and a retarded angle phase, an operation fluid supply-and-discharge mechanism supplying/discharging an operation fluid to/from the retarded angle chamber, the advanced angle chamber and the lock mechanism, and a first air inlet mechanism for connecting one of the retarded angle chamber and the advanced angle chamber to an outside of the valve timing control apparatus in order to allow air to flow thereinto.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Masaki Kobayashi, Kenji Ikeda, Takeo Asahi, Eiji Miyachi, Yuichi Kato, Yasutaka Miura
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Publication number: 20100186697Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotational member, a driven side rotational member, a fluid pressure chamber, a dividing portion formed at the other one of the driving side rotational member and the driven side rotational member so as to divide the fluid pressure chamber into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, and a fluid control valve portion arranged orthogonally relative to the camshaft at an opposite side of the camshaft so as to dispose the driving side rotational member and the driven side rotational member between the fluid control valve portion and the camshaft, the fluid control valve portion including a first linearly moving member linearly moving in an orthogonal direction relative to the camshaft, thereby controlling supplying and discharging of a fluid relative to the advanced angle chamber and the retarded angle chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigemitsu SUZUKI, Naoto Toma, Takeo Asahi
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Publication number: 20100175649Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes a phase displacing mechanism for displacing relative phase between a drive-side rotational member and a driven-side rotational member rotatable in unison with a cam shaft, a locking mechanism capable of locking the relative phase to an intermediate locking phase suitable for starting and releasing this lock by a work fluid when needed and an urging mechanism configured to provide an urging function for urging the phase displacing mechanism toward an advancing side in a restricted range between an intermediate restricting phase located more on the retarding side than the intermediate locking phase and a most retarding phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Yoji Kanada, Hiroki Mukaide
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Publication number: 20100175650Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes a phase displacing mechanism for displacing relative phase between a drive-side rotational member and a driven-side rotational member rotatable in unison with a cam shaft, a first pump driven by an internal combustion engine, a second pump driven by a drive source different from the internal combustion engine, a locking mechanism capable of locking the relative phase to an initial phase suitable for starting the internal combustion engine, and an urging mechanism 3 for urging the phase displacing mechanism in the advancing direction between the most retarding phase and the initial phase, a minimal urging force of the urging mechanism being set so as to override the displacing force toward the retarding phase side at the minimal pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Toru Fujikawa, Yasutaka Miura, Naoto Toma
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Publication number: 20090288625Abstract: A valve timing control device includes a phase displacement restricting mechanism for creating a restricting state where relative rotational phase displacement of a driven side rotational member relative to a driving side rotational member is restricted within a permissible range and an unrestricting state where the restriction is released, a communication passageway for establishing communication between the phase displacement restricting mechanism and one of an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a valving element chamber provided midway the communication passageway, a valving element provided in the valving element chamber; the valving element selectively positioned to a closing state for closing the communication passageway to render the phase displacement restricting mechanism into the restricting state and an opening state for opening up the communication passageway to render the phase displacement restricting mechanism into the unrestricting state, and a leak passageway formed in the vType: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoto Toma, Shigemitsu Suzuki, Hiroki Mukaide, Yasutaka Miura
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Patent number: 7536985Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control device includes a phase control unit having a drive side rotation member for rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven side rotation member provided coaxially with the drive side rotation member for rotating in synchronization with a camshaft of the engine and a phase control mechanism for controlling a relative rotational phase between the drive side member and the driven side member by being supplied with an operation fluid. The phase control unit is provided at each set of camshafts of the internal combustion engine having plurality sets of camshafts.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Takeshi Hashizume
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Patent number: 7363898Abstract: A valve timing control device includes a driving side rotational member synchronously rotatable with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven side rotational member synchronously rotatable with a camshaft that controls an opening and closing operation of valves of the internal combustion engine, a retarded angle chamber, an advanced angle chamber, a fluid supply and discharge mechanism, a lock mechanism for locking the relative rotational phase at a predetermined lock phase, a phase displacement restriction mechanism switching the relative rotational phase between a restricted state and an unrestricted state, the phase displacement restriction mechanism includes a recess portion and an insertion member so as to achieve the restricted state and the unrestricted state, and a retention mechanism for retaining the phase displacement restriction mechanism in the unrestricted state in which the insertion member is retracted from the recess portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Takeshi Hashizume
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Publication number: 20080075608Abstract: An electrically operated hydraulic pump having a pump portion and a motor portion includes rotation controlling means controlling rotation of a rotor, first rotor position detecting means detecting rotational position of the rotor on the basis of speed electromotive force induced by exciting coils, second rotor position detecting means detecting the rotational position of the rotor on the basis of magnetic field of a magnet provided at the motor portion, and motor operating condition detecting means detecting operating condition of the motor portion. The rotation controlling means switches a first rotation controlling based on the rotational position of the rotor detected by the first rotor position detecting means, and a second rotation controlling based on the rotational position of the rotor detected by the second rotor position detecting means, on the basis of a result detected by the motor operating condition detecting means.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigemitsu SUZUKI, Shigeharu Yamamoto, Naoto Toma
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Publication number: 20070261651Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control device includes a phase control unit having a drive side rotation member for rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven side rotation member provided coaxially with the drive side rotation member for rotating in synchronization with a camshaft of the engine and a phase control mechanism for controlling a relative rotational phase between the drive side member and the driven side member by being supplied with an operation fluid. The phase control unit is provided at each set of camshafts of the internal combustion engine having plurality sets of camshafts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Takeshi Hashizume