Patents by Inventor Shozo Inouye

Shozo Inouye 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: 4348997
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel injection type carburetor of a multicylinder internal combustion engine. The carburetor comprises: an intake manifold comprising a plurality of horizontal intake passages; a throttle body connected to a converging portion of said intake manifold; a throttle valve installed within said throttle body; and a fuel injector arranged downstream from said throttle valve in a manner such that injected fuel can impinge against at least a part of said throttle valve. An opening direction of a valve portion of said throttle valve against which portion injected fuel impinges is substantially the same as the direction of fuel injection from said fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiso Takeda, Shozo Inouye, Toshimi Kashiwakura
  • Patent number: 4341191
    Abstract: A fuel injection type carburetor of multi-cylinder internal combustion engines including: a throttle body having a throttle bore extending substantially vertically and being connected at the bottom portion thereof to a collecting portion of intake manifolds extending substantially horizontally; a throttle valve arranged in the throttle bore, and; a linear injection type fuel injection valve having a fuel injection nozzle arranged in the throttle bore in a downstream area of the throttle valve and inclined toward the downstream side. The throttle bore has an extension extending downwardly into the intake manifold collecting portion so that a fuel jet injected from the fuel injection nozzle strikes against the extension of the throttle bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiso Takeda, Shozo Inouye, Toshimi Kashiwakura