Patents by Inventor Osamu Takii

Osamu Takii 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: 7980232
    Abstract: A four stroke internal combustion engine has a gas reserving chamber 100 which communicates with an exhaust port 31 and is configured to reserve burned gas discharged from a combustion chamber. The burned gas flows into the gas reserving chamber 100 while an exhaust valve including a valve head 32a and a stem 32b is opened in an expansion stroke. The burned gas reserved in the gas reserving chamber 100 is discharged to the combustion chamber while the exhaust valve is opened in an intake stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Higaki, Osamu Takii, Hirofumi Serikawa
  • Publication number: 20090205608
    Abstract: A four stroke internal combustion engine has a gas reserving chamber 100 which communicates with an exhaust port 31 and is configured to reserve burned gas discharged from a combustion chamber. The burned gas flows into the gas reserving chamber 100 while an exhaust valve including a valve head 32a and a stem 32b is opened in an expansion stroke. The burned gas reserved in the gas reserving chamber 100 is discharged to the combustion chamber while the exhaust valve is opened in an intake stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Higaki, Osamu Takii, Hirofumi Serikawa
  • Patent number: 7556028
    Abstract: A four-cycle internal combustion engine is constructed such that a structure around a cylinder head is not complicated even though the engine has a plurality of cylinders, fuel consumption is improved, and nitrogen oxides are reduced. The engine has cylinder-sided passages, through which burnt gasses pass. Also, the engine includes an inter-cylinder passage in communication with the cylinder-sided passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Higaki, Osamu Takii
  • Patent number: 7469681
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine wherein a direction in which a crank shaft spans is a front and rear direction and a widthwise direction of a cylinder head (1) perpendicular to the front and rear direction is a lateral direction, the multi-cylinder engine comprising the cylinder head (1) which has one lateral side to which an intake-air distributing passage wall (2) and has the other lateral side to which an exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3), a common rail (10) being arranged around the cylinder head (1). In this multi-cylinder engine, the common rail (10) is arranged immediately lateral of the intake-air distributing passage wall (2), thereby positioning the intake-air distributing passage wall (2) between the cylinder head (1) and the common rail (10). Preferably, an intake-air inlet pipe (11) is made to stand up at an upper portion of the intake-air distributing passage wall (2) and is provided with an intake-air flange portion (12), which is positioned just above the common rail (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hataura, Manabu Miyazaki, Toshinori Okajima, Osamu Takii, Mitsuru Kamiyama, Mutsumi Murata, Hiroshi Mikumo, Yasushi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7448204
    Abstract: A four-cycle engine is provided that includes an exhaust port for releasing combusted gas from the engine and an exhaust system. The exhaust system includes an exhaust pipe coupled with the exhaust port, a first catalyst, a second catalyst, and a secondary air introduction pipe. The first catalyst is disposed in the exhaust pipe and the second catalyst is disposed in the exhaust pipe a set distance downstream of the first catalyst. The secondary air introduction pipe is configured to introduce air into the exhaust pipe. The secondary air induction pipe is connected to the exhaust pipe between the first and the second catalysts at a location where a temperature difference of the first and the second catalysts in a cold start transient phase is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidehiro Nishimura, Junichi Ooba, Osamu Takii
  • Publication number: 20080168967
    Abstract: A four-cycle internal combustion engine is constructed such that a structure around a cylinder head is not complicated even though the engine has a plurality of cylinders, fuel consumption is improved, and nitrogen oxides are reduced. The engine has cylinder-sided passages, through which burnt gasses pass. Also, the engine includes an inter-cylinder passage in communication with the cylinder-sided passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki HIGAKI, Osamu TAKII
  • Patent number: 7328691
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine wherein a direction in which a crank shaft spans is a front and rear direction and a widthwise direction of a cylinder head (1) perpendicular to the front and rear direction is a lateral direction, the multi-cylinder engine comprising the cylinder head (1) which has one lateral side to which an intake-air distributing passage wall (2) is attached and has the other lateral side to which an exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3) is attached, an EGR cooler being interposed between an exhaust-gas converging passage and an intake-air distributing passage. In this multi-cylinder engine, the EGR cooler (4) spans in the front and rear direction laterally of a cylinder block (5) and the exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3) is positioned just above the EGR cooler (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hataura, Manabu Miyazaki, Toshinori Okajima, Osamu Takii, Mitsuru Kamiyama, Mutsumi Murata, Hiroshi Mikumo, Yasushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070068492
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine wherein a direction in which a crank shaft spans is a front and rear direction and a widthwise direction of a cylinder head (1) perpendicular to the front and rear direction is a lateral direction, the multi-cylinder engine comprising the cylinder head (1) which has one lateral side to which an intake-air distributing passage wall (2) and has the other lateral side to which an exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3), a common rail (10) being arranged around the cylinder head (1). In this multi-cylinder engine, the common rail (10) is arranged immediately lateral of the intake-air distributing passage wall (2), thereby positioning the intake-air distributing passage wall (2) between the cylinder head (1) and the common rail (10). Preferably, an intake-air inlet pipe (11) is made to stand up at an upper portion of the intake-air distributing passage wall (2) and is provided with an intake-air flange portion (12), which is positioned just above the common rail (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hataura, Manabu Miyazaki, Toshinori Okajima, Osamu Takii, Mitsuru Kamiyama, Mutsumi Murata, Hiroshi Mikumo, Yasushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070068498
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine wherein a direction in which a crank shaft spans is a front and rear direction and a widthwise direction of a cylinder head (1) perpendicular to the front and rear direction is a lateral direction, the multi-cylinder engine comprising the cylinder head (1) which has one lateral side to which an intake-air distributing passage wall (2) is attached and has the other lateral side to which an exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3) is attached, an EGR cooler being interposed between an exhaust-gas converging passage and an intake-air distributing passage. In this multi-cylinder engine, the EGR cooler (4) spans in the front and rear direction laterally of a cylinder block (5) and the exhaust-gas converging passage wall (3) is positioned just above the EGR cooler (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hataura, Manabu Miyazaki, Toshinori Okajima, Osamu Takii, Mitsuru Kamiyama, Mutsumi Murata, Hiroshi Mikumo, Yasushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060150617
    Abstract: A four-cycle engine is provided that includes an exhaust port for releasing combusted gas from the engine and an exhaust system. The exhaust system includes an exhaust pipe coupled with the exhaust port, a first catalyst, a second catalyst, and a secondary air introduction pipe. The first catalyst is disposed in the exhaust pipe and the second catalyst is disposed in the exhaust pipe a set distance downstream of the first catalyst. The secondary air introduction pipe is configured to introduce air into the exhaust pipe. The secondary air induction pipe is connected to the exhaust pipe between the first and the second catalysts at a location where a temperature difference of the first and the second catalysts in a cold start transient phase is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Hidehiro Nishimura, Junichi Ooba, Osamu Takii
  • Patent number: 6250281
    Abstract: An entire peripheral surface of a port bent portion (5) of a direct intake port (2) has a peripheral side surface portion (11) close to a cylinder axis (10). The peripheral side surface portion (11) provides a projection (12) for deviating intake air current (A) from the peripheral side surface portion (11) toward an opposite peripheral side surface portion (13). Further, the bent portion (5) has a peripheral side surface portion (14) close to an upper end surface (9) of a cylinder chamber (8), which provides a projection (15) for deviating the intake air current (A). This projection (15) turns a direction of the intake air current (A) from a peripheral side surface portion (14) close to the upper end surface (9) of the cylinder chamber (8) toward an opposite peripheral side surface portion (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Takii, Kiyoshi Hataura, Manabu Miyazaki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Masayuki Hagiwara, Takatoshi Imai
  • Patent number: 5961294
    Abstract: A fuel injection device 23 adapted to be attached to an engine and provided with a pump case 1, a fuel injection pump 2, a fuel injection cam shaft 3, a connecting portion 5, an input end portion 6 of the fuel injection cam shaft 3 and a temporary holding means 10 is employed and the following procedures are carried out. Both, revolution of the fuel injection cam shaft 3 and of a crankshaft 17 is stopped. The pump case 1 is connected to an engine timing gear case 8, and engagements for a timing gear train 43 are carried out. Play in the timing gear train 43 is removed during the turning of the pump case 1 and the pump case 1 is fixedly secured to the timing gear case 8. Thereafter, of the fuel injection cam shaft 3 and the crankshaft 17 are released and allowed rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hataura, Osamu Takii, Hiroshi Mikumo
  • Patent number: 5746173
    Abstract: In a divided combustion chamber for diesel engine, a main combustion chamber (2) communicates with a sub-chamber (5) through a communication hole (6), the communication hole (6) being composed of a main communication hole (7) and sub communication holes (8), a pair of sub communication holes (8),(8) being provided in the shape of grooves in opposite right and left peripheral surface portions of the main communication hole (7). Provided at boundaries between a peripheral surface of the main communication hole (7) and peripheral surfaces of the sub communications holes (8),(8) are auxiliary communication grooves (9),(9) smaller than the sub communication holes (8),(8) in width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Takii, Shuichi Yamada, Akinori Muraoka, Kiyoshi Hataura, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hideo Hasegawa, Manabu Miyazaki, Hideya Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 5365908
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine and method for operating the engine wherein a leaner than stoichiometric air/fuel ratio is maintained under all running conditions. The desired torque curve is obtained by increasing the amount of boost generated to the intake air charge without enrichening the air/fuel mixture. In addition, an anti-knocking system is incorporated that avoids knocking by retarding the spark advance and, at the same time, providing a leaning in the air/fuel mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Takii, Motoshi Baba, Takao Mori, Sumito Abe
  • Patent number: 5048471
    Abstract: An improved compact high performance induction system for a V-type engine. The induction system includes a pair of plenum chambers each disposed above a respective one of the cylinder heads and each plenum chamber is provided with runners that serve common intake passages of both the adjacent and remotely positioned cylinder heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Takii, Iwao Masumoto
  • Patent number: 4809647
    Abstract: An improved induction system for a V type engine that is tuned for substantially all running conditions and which is nevertheless compact in construction. The system includes a pair of plenum chambers each disposed adjacent one of the cylinder heads of the engine. Each cylinder head has at least two intake passages serving the respective cylinder bores and a first conduit extends from the adjacent plenum chamber to one of the intake passages and a second conduit extends from the other of the plenum chambers to the other intake passage. A throttle valve arrangement is also incorporated so that good performance is achieved under all running conditions. The plenum chambers communicate with each other as their opposite ends to improve airflow and a common inlet opening serves each plenum chamber inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Iwao Masumoto, Osamu Takii
  • Patent number: 4766866
    Abstract: A compound induction system for an internal combustion engine embodying at least two intake passages serving each combustion chamber. A throttle valve arrangement is incorporated for controlling the flow through one of the intake passages and this throttle valve is opened in a staged sequence so that that induction passage will not act as a side branch resonant chamber under any experienced running conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Takii, Hironobu Ukei, Keiji Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 4658795
    Abstract: Vapors normally arising within a standing gasoline tank are captured in a charcoal filled cannister. When the engine is running, air is drawn through the cannister thereby purging gasoline adsorbed on the charcoal within the cannister and delivering the purged gasoline vapors to the carburetor ultimately for combustion within the engine. Interference by the presence of such accumulated gasoline vapors in the carburetor, particularly during warm restarts and idling, can be avoided by preventing the injection of these gasoline vapors into the carburetor at the inappropriate times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsukoki Kabushiki Kaisa
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Katsuaki Asano, Osamu Takii
  • Patent number: 4653270
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a transversely disposed V-type engine with first and second exhaust manifolds associated with the forward and rearward cylinder banks, respectively. An exhaust pipe interconnects both of the exhaust manifolds with a single rearwardly positioned catalytic converter and an auxiliary catalytic converter is positioned in the exhaust pipe so that only the exhaust gases from the forwardmost exhaust manifold pass through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Takii