Patents by Inventor Ryotaro Nishida

Ryotaro Nishida 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: 11047350
    Abstract: A bottom surface of a surge tank has such a shape that, in a vehicle-mounted state, the bottom surface is positioned below a lower surface at an upstream end of each of a plurality of independent passages and comes closer to the lower surface at the upstream end of each of the plurality of independent passages in a vertical direction farther away from a connected portion between the surge tank and a third passage in a cylinder array direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hirata, Hidesaku Ebesu, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Patent number: 10982590
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides sufficient support rigidity of a supercharger and an intercooler, while reducing an increase in the overall height of an engine. The supercharger extends along a cylinder bank at a side of a surge tank, and is fixed to an intake manifold. The intercooler is located below the supercharger. A case of the intercooler is connected to a discharge port of the supercharger and an intake air introduction pipe of the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Yoshida, Ryotaro Nishida, Hidesaku Ebesu, Shuhei Tsujita, Hisayuki Yamane, Masafumi Nakano, Taketoshi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10927752
    Abstract: A blow-by gas device of a supercharger-equipped engine includes a blow-by gas passage that introduces blow-by gas into an intake passage via a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve. A supercharger has a supercharger rotor provided integrally with a rotation shaft rotatably supported on a bearing part. A space communicating with the bearing part is connected to a communication passage. The communication passage guides the blow-by gas into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ryotaro Nishida, Tsuyoshi Goto, Mitsutaka Yamaya
  • Patent number: 10920657
    Abstract: An air intake passage (30) has a third passage (37) that connects an intercooler (36) and a bottom portion of a surge tank (38) such that the intercooler (36) is positioned below the surge tank (38). A pair of wall portions (71, 72) configured to catch moisture is formed in a section from an upstream end portion of the third passage (37) to a connected portion between said third passage (37) and the surge tank (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hirata, Hidesaku Ebesu, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Patent number: 10900411
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to improve circulation of intake air and distribution of bypass intake air to cylinders, while reducing an increase in the overall height of an engine. A supercharger extends along a cylinder bank at a side of a surge tank extending along the cylinder bank. A bypass pipe branching off from an upstream intake pipe configured to introduce the intake air into the supercharger extends along the cylinder bank above the supercharger. A downstream side intake pipe configured to guide the intake air from the supercharger to the surge tank extends downward from the supercharger. The downstream intake pipe is, in a U-shape as viewed along the cylinder bank, connected to the surge tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Yoshida, Ryotaro Nishida, Hidesaku Ebesu, Mitsunori Wasada, Mitsutaka Yamaya, Hisayuki Yamane, Yoshihiro Hamazume, Shuhei Tsujita, Hirofumi Shinohara, Eiji Takano, Tatsuya Koga, Tsukasa Hoshino, Masafumi Nakano, Kouichi Shimizu, Jiro Kato, Taketoshi Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20200370518
    Abstract: A bottom surface of a surge tank has such a shape that, in a vehicle-mounted state, the bottom surface is positioned below a lower surface at an upstream end of each of a plurality of independent passages and comes closer to the lower surface at the upstream end of each of the plurality of independent passages in a vertical direction farther away from a connected portion between the surge tank and a third passage in a cylinder array direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hirata, Hidesaku Ebesu, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Publication number: 20200370467
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to improve circulation of intake air and distribution of bypass intake air to cylinders, while reducing an increase in the overall height of an engine. A supercharger extends along a cylinder bank at a side of a surge tank extending along the cylinder bank. A bypass pipe branching off from an upstream intake pipe configured to introduce the intake air into the supercharger extends along the cylinder bank above the supercharger. A downstream side intake pipe configured to guide the intake air from the supercharger to the surge tank extends downward from the supercharger. The downstream intake pipe is, in a U-shape as viewed along the cylinder bank, connected to the surge tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ken Yoshida, Ryotaro Nishida, Hidesaku Ebesu, Mitsunori Wasada, Mitsutaka Yamaya, Hisayuki Yamane, Yoshihiro Hamazume, Shuhei Tsujita, Hirofumi Shinohara, Eiji Takano, Tatsuya Koga, Tsukasa Hoshino, Masafumi Nakano, Kouichi Shimizu, Jiro Kato, Taketoshi Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20200355114
    Abstract: An engine includes an intake electric S-VT configured to change a rotational phase of an intake camshaft, an exhaust electric S-VT configured to change a rotational phase of an exhaust camshaft, a fuel pump, and a supercharger driven by the engine. Both the fuel pump and the supercharger are driven by power transmitted from a crankshaft. The power is transmitted to the fuel pump via a first drive mechanism, and the power is transmitted to the supercharger via a second drive mechanism whose system is different from a system of the first drive mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Shinji Fujihira, Tsuyoshi Goto, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Patent number: 10774793
    Abstract: Substances in external EGR gas are smoothly guided to a combustion chamber. An intake passage includes: a main intake passage including intake ports and communicating with a combustion chamber and having a supercharger interposed in the main intake passage; and a bypass passage branching off from the main intake passage upstream of the supercharger, and connected downstream of the supercharger; a flow rage adjustment valve changing a cross-sectional flow area of the bypass passage. The bypass passage is provided above the main intake passage, and includes an upper passage to which an EGR passage is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidesaku Ebesu, Kouichi Shimizu, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Patent number: 10738730
    Abstract: A head-side jacket through which coolant flows is formed in a cylinder head. A main circulation path and a sub circulation path through which coolant fed from a coolant pump respectively circulates are formed. The head-side jacket is separated into an exhaust-port side jacket formed around an exhaust port, and a combustion-chamber-side jacket closer to a combustion chamber than the exhaust-port-side jacket. A heat exchanger is not formed in the main circulation path including the combustion-chamber-side jacket, but is formed in the sub circulation path excluding the combustion-chamber-side jacket and including the exhaust-port-side jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ryotaro Nishida, Tomohiro Koguchi, Mikimasa Kawaguchi, Yuichi Ayukawa, Tatsuya Takahata, Takayuki Tominaga, Shinji Watanabe, Keita Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200191100
    Abstract: An engine (1) of a vehicle powertrain unit (P) includes: an electric exhaust S-VT (27) that is mounted on one end of an exhaust camshaft (26) and changes a rotational phase of the exhaust camshaft; and an EGR device (60) that is provided outside an engine body (10) and connects an intake passage (30) and an exhaust passage (50) together. The EGR device is located closer to a cylinder block (13) than the electric exhaust S-VT in a direction from a cylinder head (14) to the cylinder block, and is arranged so that at least a part of the EGR device and the electric exhaust S-VT overlap with each other when viewed in the direction from the cylinder head to the cylinder block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro KOGUCHI, Shinji FUJIHIRA, Ryotaro NISHIDA, Takeshi NAKAHIRA
  • Publication number: 20200182134
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides sufficient support rigidity of a supercharger and an intercooler, while reducing an increase in the overall height of an engine. The supercharger extends along a cylinder bank at a side of a surge tank, and is fixed to an intake manifold. The intercooler is located below the supercharger. A case of the intercooler is connected to a discharge port of the supercharger and an intake air introduction pipe of the intake manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ken Yoshida, Ryotaro Nishida, Hidesaku Ebesu, Shuhei Tsujita, Hisayuki Yamane, Masafumi Nakano, Taketoshi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10626805
    Abstract: The present disclosure improves serviceability of an automotive powertrain unit without deteriorating NVH characteristics. A powertrain includes an engine having a cylinder head; and a transmission coupled to the engine. The engine includes an EGR connected between an intake passage and an exhaust passage. The transmission is provided below the cylinder head in a vehicle height direction. The EGR is provided along a side of the cylinder head toward the transmission, and supported by the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Koguchi, Shinji Fujihira, Ryotaro Nishida, Takeshi Nakahira
  • Publication number: 20200095923
    Abstract: An intake and exhaust device (1) for a vehicle engine is capable to perform a compression self-ignition operation, the device comprising on an intake passage a supercharger (9) driven by a force other than an exhaust gas, wherein an exhaust purification device (18) disposed on an exhaust passage is disposed adjacent to an outer surface of the engine (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Keishi KITABATAKE, Taku KURAMASHI, Ryotaro NISHIDA, Mitsunori WASADA, Takeshi NAKAHIRA, Yuji KOJIMA, Amane TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200040854
    Abstract: An air intake passage (30) has a third passage (37) that connects an intercooler (36) and a bottom portion of a surge tank (38) such that the intercooler (36) is positioned below the surge tank (38). A pair of wall portions (71, 72) configured to catch moisture is formed in a section from an upstream end portion of the third passage (37) to a connected portion between said third passage (37) and the surge tank (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko HIRATA, Hidesaku EBESU, Ryotaro NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10513963
    Abstract: An engine cooling device includes a heater circulation passage including an exhaust-side channel and a heater channel, the exhaust-side channel extending through an exhaust port-side portion of a cylinder head, the heater channel extending through a heater core; an auxiliary device circulation passage including a main channel and an auxiliary device channel, the main channel extending through a portion of the cylinder head other than the exhaust port-side portion, the auxiliary device channel extending through an auxiliary device; a temperature detecting portion configured to detect a temperature of an engine; and a channel switching valve configured to perform connection between the main channel and the auxiliary device channel and connection between the heater circulation passage and the auxiliary device circulation passage depending on the detected temperature falling within one of three temperature ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Koguchi, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Publication number: 20190368411
    Abstract: A blow-by gas device of a supercharger-equipped engine includes a blow-by gas passage that introduces blow-by gas into an intake passage via a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve. A supercharger has a supercharger rotor provided integrally with a rotation shaft rotatably supported on a bearing part. A space communicating with the bearing part is connected to a communication passage. The communication passage guides the blow-by gas into the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ryotaro Nishida, Tsuyoshi Goto, Mitsutaka Yamaya
  • Patent number: 10323614
    Abstract: A supercharged engine is provided, which includes an engine body having cylinders, an intake passage disposed outside the engine body and connected to the cylinders via intake ports, a supercharger provided in the intake passage and spaced apart from an intake-side side surface of the engine body, the intake-side side surface being connected to the intake passage, and a fuel pump disposed on the intake-side side surface. A portion of the intake passage constitutes an intervening part located between the supercharger and the engine body. The intervening part overlaps with the fuel pump in one of vertical and lateral directions of the engine body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hidesaku Ebesu, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Publication number: 20190063340
    Abstract: The present disclosure improves serviceability of an automotive powertrain unit without deteriorating NVH characteristics. A powertrain includes an engine having a cylinder head; and a transmission coupled to the engine. The engine includes an EGR connected between an intake passage and an exhaust passage. The transmission is provided below the cylinder head in a vehicle height direction. The EGR is provided along a side of the cylinder head toward the transmission, and supported by the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro KOGUCHI, Shinji FUJIHIRA, Ryotaro NISHIDA, Takeshi NAKAHIRA
  • Publication number: 20190063376
    Abstract: Substances in external EGR gas are smoothly guided to a combustion chamber. An intake passage includes: a main intake passage including intake ports and communicating with a combustion chamber and having a supercharger interposed in the main intake passage; and a bypass passage branching off from the main intake passage upstream of the supercharger, and connected downstream of the supercharger; a flow rage adjustment valve changing a cross-sectional flow area of the bypass passage. The bypass passage is provided above the main intake passage, and includes an upper passage to which an EGR passage is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidesaku EBESU, Kouichi SHIMIZU, Ryotaro NISHIDA