Patents by Inventor Nobuo Iida

Nobuo Iida 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: 6694780
    Abstract: A needle selection module finger (30) is comprised of a finger member (31) and a finger holding member (40). The finger member (31) has a butt abutting portion (33) and a support (34). The support (34) has projections (35, 36) at its lower part. The finger holding member (40) has, from its one end toward the other end, a connecting portion (41) having concave parts (42, 42a) for accommodating the projections (35, 36) at the lower part of the support (34), a finger pivot support (43), and a piezoelectric body engaging portion (45). The finger member (31) and finger holding member (40) are positioned by inserting the projections (35, 36) of the finger member (31) in the concave parts (42, 42a) of the finger holding member (40), and are integrally connected to each other by inserting a pin 50 in holes (37, 37a) formed in the projection (35) and a connecting portion (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignees: WAC Data Service Kabushiki Kaisha, Nihon Balluff Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Nobuo Iida
  • Publication number: 20030164008
    Abstract: A needle selection module finger (30) is comprised of a finger member (31) and a finger holding member (40). The finger member (31) has a butt abutting portion (33) and a support (34). The support (34) has projections (35, 36) at its lower part. The finger holding member (40) has, from its one end toward the other end, a connecting portion (41) having concave parts (42, 42a) for accommodating the projections (35, 36) at the lower part of the support (34), a finger pivot support (43), and a piezoelectric body engaging portion (45). The finger member (31) and finger holding member (40) are positioned by inserting the projections (35, 36) of the finger member (31) in the concave parts (42, 42a) of the finger holding member (40), and are integrally connected to each other by inserting a pin 50 in holes (37, 37a) formed in the projection (35) and a connecting portion (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: WAC DATA SERVICE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Nobuo Iida
  • Patent number: 5520145
    Abstract: A valve timing controller for varying the rotating phase of a cam shaft which drives a valve of an internal combustion engine. A pulley is disposed on the circumference of the cam shaft at an end to be freely rotatable. In the pulley, a first hydraulic chamber and a second hydraulic chamber are made, and these hydraulic chambers are separated in the circumferential direction of the pulley by a vane located on the circumference of the cam shaft. By controlling the pressures in the first and second hydraulic chambers, the vane is set selectively in a middle position, a valve timing retardation position which is an opposite position with respect to a pulley rotating direction and a valve timing advance position which is a farther forward position with respect to the pulley rotating direction. The cam shaft rotates with the movement of the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Osaka Fuji Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Nagai, Nobuo Iida
  • Patent number: 5505168
    Abstract: A variable lift height valve driving device which drives a valve of an internal combustion engine, varying the lift height of the valve. An inner shaft is disposed in a hollow cam shaft to be capable of reciprocating along the axis. A primary cam which has a primary cam surface is fitted around the hollow cam shaft at a specified position, and a secondary cam which has a secondary cam surface is fitted to the primary cam. With movement of the inner shaft, the secondary cam moves such that the secondary cam surface is set in a position to be on a level with the primary cam surface or in a position to protrude outward from the primary cam surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Osaka Fuji Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Nagai, Nobuo Iida