Patents by Inventor Shigeki Nabetani

Shigeki Nabetani 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: 10648398
    Abstract: In an intake structure of an internal combustion engine, on an intake upstream side from a valve seat of an intake port, a convex portion is provided which protrudes to an inside of the intake port in a place near an outer circumferential portion of a cylinder chamber when viewed from an upper side of the cylinder chamber. The convex portion includes an upstream guide surface extending from an apex of the convex portion to the intake upstream side, and a downstream guide surface extending from the apex to an intake downstream side and including a curved surface recessed inside the convex portion at a middle portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Yoshihara, Koichi Matsumoto, Shigeki Nabetani, Kazuaki Koyama, Yuya Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20190186343
    Abstract: In an intake structure of an internal combustion engine, on an intake upstream side from a valve seat of an intake port, a convex portion is provided which protrudes to an inside of the intake port in a place near an outer circumferential portion of a cylinder chamber when viewed from an upper side of the cylinder chamber. The convex portion includes an upstream guide surface extending from an apex of the convex portion to the intake upstream side, and a downstream guide surface extending from the apex to an intake downstream side and including a curved surface recessed inside the convex portion at a middle portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira YOSHIHARA, Koichi MATSUMOTO, Shigeki NABETANI, Kazuaki KOYAMA, Yuya OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7669575
    Abstract: A counterbalancing shaft accommodating structure includes: a pair of counterbalancing shafts, provided in an oil pan attached to a lower end portion of an engine; and a housing, adapted to accommodate the counterbalancing shafts in the oil pan. An upper end portion of the housing is provided further upwards than the lower end portion of the engine. An opening is formed continuously to expand over both rotational axes of the pair of counterbalancing shafts in an upper surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeki Nabetani
  • Publication number: 20090032783
    Abstract: A counterbalancing shaft accommodating structure includes: a pair of counterbalancing shafts, provided in an oil pan attached to a lower end portion of an engine; and a housing, adapted to accommodate the counterbalancing shafts in the oil pan. An upper end portion of the housing is provided further upwards than the lower end portion of the engine. An opening is formed continuously to expand over both rotational axes of the pair of counterbalancing shafts in an upper surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventor: Shigeki NABETANI
  • Patent number: 7383831
    Abstract: A structure of a chamber in a combustion engine includes a ring-groove portion formed on the piston, a squish-area making portion formed on a top surface of the piston for a squish-area, an outer edge portion formed around the top surface excepting the squish-area making portion, and a land portion formed around a side surface between the ring-groove portion and the top surface. The land portion includes, a squish-land portion formed between the ring-groove portion and the squish-area making portion, an outer-edge-land portion formed between the ring-groove portion and said outer edge portion, the outer-land portion being smaller than the squish-land portion in height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Nabetani, Tomoharu Sakai, Yoshihiko Tanimura, Hiroshi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20060185642
    Abstract: To improve both fuel consumption and quality of exhaust gas quality the present invention as a structure of a chamber in a combustion engine includes a ring-groove portion formed on the piston, a squish-area making portion formed on a top surface of the piston for a squish-area, an outer edge portion formed around the top surface excepting the squish-area making portion, and a land portion formed around a side surface between the ring-groove portion and the top surface. The land portion includes, a squish-land portion formed between the ring-groove portion and the squish-area making portion, an outer-edge-land portion formed between the ring-groove portion and said outer edge portion, the outer-land portion being smaller than the squish-land portion in height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Shigeki Nabetani, Tomoharu Sakai, Yoshihiko Tanimura, Hiroshi Yanagisawa