Patents by Inventor Shigenori Tahara

Shigenori Tahara 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).

  • Publication number: 20170356412
    Abstract: Provided is a solution to a problem on a discharge valve mechanism disposed at an exit of a pressurizing chamber of a high-pressure fuel supply pump, that is, an occurrence of a backward flow of the fuel concentrates on a limited fuel passage, leading to a higher fuel flow rate, and this easily induces the occurrence of cavitation, and collapse of the generated cavitation might damage a seat surface, making it difficult to maintain valve functions. The present invention provides a valve mechanism including a seat member having a seat section, a valve body configured to attach to or detached from the seat section, and a housing member arranged on an outer peripheral side of the seat member. A first fluid flow-path is formed to connect an inner peripheral side and an outer peripheral side of the seat section in a case where the valve is detached from the seat section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Moritsugu AKIYAMA, Shigehiko OMATA, Shigenori TAHARA, Katsutoshi KOBAYASHI, Kenichirou TOKUO
  • Patent number: 9145860
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump which has no probability of discontinuity of a thin film of fuel at a sliding portion even when the fuel is not needed to be compressed to a high pressure is obtained. Two low-pressure fuel ports are provided on the high-pressure fuel supply pump in addition to a high-pressure discharge port to a high-pressure fuel capacity chamber. One of the two low-pressure fuel ports is connected to a low-pressure fuel capacity chamber and remaining one is connected to a low-pressure fuel supply pump. Accordingly, the interior of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is always filled with fresh fuel even in a mode in which a high-pressure fuel injecting valve does not inject fuel and only a low-pressure fuel injection valve injects fuel, so that a temperature rise of a plunger and a cylinder is prevented and locking of the plunger and the cylinder can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Shigenori Tahara, Kenichiro Tokuo, Masashi Nemoto, Akihiro Munakata, Masayuki Suganami, Tatsuo Kawano
  • Publication number: 20120312278
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump which has no probability of discontinuity of a thin film of fuel at a sliding portion even when the fuel is not needed to be compressed to a high pressure is obtained. Two low-pressure fuel ports are provided on the high-pressure fuel supply pump in addition to a high-pressure discharge port to a high-pressure fuel capacity chamber. One of the two low-pressure fuel ports is connected to a low-pressure fuel capacity chamber and remaining one is connected to a low-pressure fuel supply pump. Accordingly, the interior of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is always filled with fresh fuel even in a mode in which a high-pressure fuel injecting valve does not inject fuel and only a low-pressure fuel injection valve injects fuel, so that a temperature rise of a plunger and a cylinder is prevented and locking of the plunger and the cylinder can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Shigenori Tahara, Kenichiro Tokuo, Masashi Nemoto, Akihiro Munakata, Masayuki Suganami, Tatsuo Kawano
  • Patent number: 7707996
    Abstract: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
  • Publication number: 20090178652
    Abstract: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
  • Patent number: 7540274
    Abstract: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
  • Publication number: 20040055580
    Abstract: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Car Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
  • Patent number: 6631706
    Abstract: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigenori Tahara, Atsuji Saito, Yukio Takahashi, Masami Abe
  • Patent number: 5699768
    Abstract: A throttle control device freely sets the throttle opening area changing ratio in the low opening degree range to the intermediate and high opening degree range. The throttle valve is rotatably supported to an air intake passage to vary the area of the air intake passage, and rotated by a throttle lever fixed to the throttle valve. A drive lever is rotated with stepping down of an accelerator pedal by the driver. A cam mechanism transmits rotation of the drive lever, to the throttle lever and a link mechanism having a connecting lever transmits rotation of the drive lever to the throttle lever. The cam mechanism and the link mechanism are switched to be operated corresponding to the opening degree of the throttle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Saito, Shigenori Tahara, Hiroyuki Yamada, Atsushi Hohkita