Patents by Inventor Osamu Yoda

Osamu Yoda 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: 12140106
    Abstract: Provided is a belt cover of an internal combustion engine having ease of attachment and detachment and sealability. A belt cover structure for an internal combustion engine includes an oil pump case OP and a lower cover 9 that cover a timing belt TB, and a side mount bracket 8 that is adjacent to an upper side of the lower cover 9 and is held by a cylinder block CB. Mating surfaces 96c and 86c that are aligned with each other are respectively formed on the lower cover 9 and the side mount bracket 8. A lower seal member 41 is disposed on the mating surface 96c, and the mating surface 86c is configured to cover the mating surface 96c from the outside. The lower cover 9 and the side mount bracket 8 are fixed in a state where the mating surface 86c of the side mount bracket 8 is pressed against the mating surface 96c of the lower cover 9 via the seal member 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro Asame, Osamu Yoda
  • Publication number: 20240301571
    Abstract: The electrochemical module is formed by stacking a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies having electrolyte membranes, anodes and cathodes. The plurality of membrane electrode assemblies are stacked so that a first region where the anodes face each other and a second region where the cathodes face each other appear alternately in the stacking direction. Further, at least one of the first region and the second region includes a common flow path shared by two adjacent membrane electrode assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Toru HONDA, Osamu YODA
  • Patent number: 12037959
    Abstract: Provided is a seal structure of a belt cover for an internal combustion engine having excellent sealability on the composite mating surfaces of an upper cover, a lower cover, and an inside cover constituting the belt cover. The seal structure of the belt cover for the internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes: an inside cover member disposed on a side of the body of the internal combustion engine; and an outside cover member disposed on a side opposite to the body of the internal combustion engine, and accommodating a timing belt TB in a liquid-tight state together with the inside cover member. The outside cover member is divided into an upper outside cover 4 and a lower outside cover 5. A first seal is formed between the upper outside cover 4 and the inside cover member. A second seal is formed between the upper outside cover 4 and the lower outside cover 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro Asame, Motoyuki Sunaoka, Osamu Yoda
  • Publication number: 20240229708
    Abstract: A belt cover for an internal combustion engine is provided, and the belt cover efficiently discharges water from a drain hole and has good sealing performance. A water pump 30, which is disposed on one side surface of a cylinder block CB, and which includes a drain hole 35, an oil pump case OP, which covers the inside of a timing belt TB, and a lower cover 9, which covers the outside of the timing belt TB are included. The oil pump case OP and the lower cover 9 are fixed with each other through a seal member 40, and constitute a lower case 90. A guide rib 91 and a discharge port 92 are formed inside the lower case 90, the guide rib 91 being for guiding drained water from the drain hole 35, while separating from the timing belt TB, the discharge port 92 being for discharging the drained water from the lower case 90 at a bottom end of the lower case 90, and the drained water from the drain hole 35 is guided by the guide rib 91 toward the discharge port 92.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Koichiro ASAME, Osamu YODA, Tadashi KANAMORI
  • Publication number: 20240229735
    Abstract: Provided is a belt cover of an internal combustion engine having ease of attachment and detachment and sealability. A belt cover structure for an internal combustion engine includes an oil pump case OP and a lower cover 9 that cover a timing belt TB, and a side mount bracket 8 that is adjacent to an upper side of the lower cover 9 and is held by a cylinder block CB. Mating surfaces 96c and 86c that are aligned with each other are respectively formed on the lower cover 9 and the side mount bracket 8. A lower seal member 41 is disposed on the mating surface 96c, and the mating surface 86c is configured to cover the mating surface 96c from the outside. The lower cover 9 and the side mount bracket 8 are fixed in a state where the mating surface 86c of the side mount bracket 8 is pressed against the mating surface 96c of the lower cover 9 via the seal member 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Koichiro ASAME, Osamu YODA
  • Patent number: 12031499
    Abstract: Provided is a seal structure and a mounting method of a belt cover for an internal combustion engine, the belt cover ensuring good sealability, minimizing detachment and attachment of peripheral pipe and the like when the belt cover is detached and attached, and having excellent maintainability by allowing detachment and attachment of only a necessary cover member. The belt cover includes an inner cover member (3, CH) and an outer cover member on both sides of a timing belt TB, and the outer cover member is divided into upper and lower outer covers (7) and (8). Sealing in a cylinder bore row direction with respect to the upper outer cover is formed by a first seal member (31) accommodated in a mating surface of the inner cover member, and sealing in a cylinder axis direction with respect to the upper outer cover is formed by a second seal member (33) accommodated in a lower mating surface of the lower outer cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro Asame, Osamu Yoda
  • Publication number: 20240218843
    Abstract: Provided is a seal structure of a belt cover for an internal combustion engine having excellent sealability on the composite mating surfaces of an upper cover, a lower cover, and an inside cover constituting the belt cover. The seal structure of the belt cover for the internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes: an inside cover member disposed on a side of the body of the internal combustion engine; and an outside cover member disposed on a side opposite to the body of the internal combustion engine, and accommodating a timing belt TB in a liquid-tight state together with the inside cover member. The outside cover member is divided into an upper outside cover 4 and a lower outside cover 5. A first seal is formed between the upper outside cover 4 and the inside cover member. A second seal is formed between the upper outside cover 4 and the lower outside cover 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Koichiro ASAME, Motoyuki SUNAOKA, Osamu YODA
  • Patent number: 12025051
    Abstract: A belt cover for an internal combustion engine is provided, and the belt cover efficiently discharges water from a drain hole and has good sealing performance. A water pump 30, which is disposed on one side surface of a cylinder block CB, and which includes a drain hole 35, an oil pump case OP, which covers the inside of a timing belt TB, and a lower cover 9, which covers the outside of the timing belt TB are included. The oil pump case OP and the lower cover 9 are fixed with each other through a seal member 40, and constitute a lower case 90. A guide rib 91 and a discharge port 92 are formed inside the lower case 90, the guide rib 91 being for guiding drained water from the drain hole 35, while separating from the timing belt TB, the discharge port 92 being for discharging the drained water from the lower case 90 at a bottom end of the lower case 90, and the drained water from the drain hole 35 is guided by the guide rib 91 toward the discharge port 92.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro Asame, Osamu Yoda, Tadashi Kanamori
  • Publication number: 20240209811
    Abstract: Provided is a seal structure and a mounting method of a belt cover for an internal combustion engine, the belt cover ensuring good sealability, minimizing detachment and attachment of peripheral pipe and the like when the belt cover is detached and attached, and having excellent maintainability by allowing detachment and attachment of only a necessary cover member. The belt cover includes an inner cover member (3, CH) and an outer cover member on both sides of a timing belt TB, and the outer cover member is divided into upper and lower outer covers (7) and (8) . Sealing in a cylinder bore row direction with respect to the upper outer cover is formed by a first seal member (31) accommodated in a mating surface of the inner cover member, and sealing in a cylinder axis direction with respect to the upper outer cover is formed by a second seal member (33) accommodated in a lower mating surface of the lower outer cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Koichiro ASAME, Osamu YODA
  • Patent number: 10526937
    Abstract: A baffle plate includes a curved part which in turn includes a bottom portion (40), an upstream inclined portion (41), and a downstream inclined portion (42). A part of the downstream inclined portion adjacent to the bottom portion is provided with a first downstream through hole (49) elongated in the axial direction of the crankshaft, and a downstream side wall (50) extending from a downstream edge of the first downstream through hole in an upstream direction with respect to the rotational direction of the crankshaft, and a part of the downstream inclined portion remote from the bottom portion is provided with a plurality of second downstream through holes (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Ono, Atsushi Suenaga, Osamu Yoda, Koichiro Asame
  • Publication number: 20190153917
    Abstract: A baffle plate includes a curved part which in turn includes a bottom portion (40), an upstream inclined portion (41), and a downstream inclined portion (42). A part of the downstream inclined portion adjacent to the bottom portion is provided with a first downstream through hole (49) elongated in the axial direction of the crankshaft, and a downstream side wall (50) extending from a downstream edge of the first downstream through hole in an upstream direction with respect to the rotational direction of the crankshaft, and a part of the downstream inclined portion remote from the bottom portion is provided with a plurality of second downstream through holes (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Takuya ONO, Atsushi SUENAGA, Osamu YODA, Koichiro ASAME
  • Patent number: 6449856
    Abstract: A laser plumbing device including a laser beam emitting device; a supporting device for supporting the laser beam emitting device and allowing swinging movements of the laser beam emitting device in a first direction X1 and a second direction Y1; a two-direction drive device for swinging the laser beam emitting device in the first and second directions X1 and Y1; an inclination angle detecting device for detecting an inclination angle of the laser beam emitting direction with respect to the vertical direction; and a controller for controlling the position of the laser beam emitting device by the two-direction drive device so as to change the laser beam emitting direction toward the vertical direction based on the angle detected by the inclination angle detecting device. The long member plumbing device and method utilizing the laser plumbing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Matsumotokoumuten
    Inventors: Yuuji Matsumoto, Tatsusei Minami, Osamu Yoda, Akira Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20020053144
    Abstract: A laser plumbing device including a laser beam emitting device; a supporting device for supporting the laser beam emitting device and allowing swinging movements of the laser beam emitting device in a first direction X1 and a second direction Y1; a two-direction drive device for swinging the laser beam emitting device in the first and second directions X1 and Y1; an inclination angle detecting device for detecting an inclination angle of the laser beam emitting direction with respect to the vertical direction; and a controller for controlling the position of the laser beam emitting device by the two-direction drive device so as to change the laser beam emitting direction toward the vertical direction based on the angle detected by the inclination angle detecting device. The long member plumbing device and method utilizing the laser plumbing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: YUUJI MATSUMOTO, TATSUSEI MINAMI, OSAMU YODA, AKIRA TANABE