Patents by Inventor Shigeru Shibanuma

Shigeru Shibanuma 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: 10526940
    Abstract: A blow-by gas treatment device causes blow-by gas in a space defined by a cylinder head and a head cover in an internal combustion engine to flow back into an intake pipe. The blow-by gas treatment device includes a pipe joint and a blow-by gas pipe connected to the intake pipe. The pipe joint includes a basal end connected to the head cover, a distal end, a sensor-connected part connected to the pressure sensor, and a constriction located closer to the basal end than the sensor-connected part. The blow-by gas pipe is connected to a position of the pipe joint closer to the distal end than the sensor-connected part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masami Ishikawa, Shigeru Shibanuma
  • Publication number: 20190234261
    Abstract: A blow-by gas treatment device causes blow-by gas in a space defined by a cylinder head and a head cover in an internal combustion engine to flow back into an intake pipe. The blow-by gas treatment device includes a pipe joint and a blow-by gas pipe connected to the intake pipe. The pipe joint includes a basal end connected to the head cover, a distal end, a sensor-connected part connected to the pressure sensor, and a constriction located closer to the basal end than the sensor-connected part. The blow-by gas pipe is connected to a position of the pipe joint closer to the distal end than the sensor-connected part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masami ISHIKAWA, Shigeru SHIBANUMA
  • Publication number: 20160265708
    Abstract: A leak check device is for a seal structure of a junction between a first component and a second component. The seal structure is configured such that a fluid passage is defined inside the first and second components connected together, a seal member is attached to the first component, and the seal member prevents leakage of a fluid through the junction. The leak check device includes a test plug configured such that (a) the test plug includes an attachment portion to which the seal member is attached, (b) the attachment portion is connected to the second component separated from the first component, (c) a closed space is defined by an inner peripheral surface of the second component, an outer peripheral surface of the seal member, and an outer peripheral surface of the attachment portion, and (d) the test plug includes an introduction portion through which a test fluid is introduced into the closed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Minai, Koji Nagata, Masaharu Ichise, Masahiro Kuroda, Shigeru Shibanuma