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).

  • Publication number: 20070144475
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Naoto Toma, Takeshi Hashizume