Patents by Inventor Suminobu Otsubo
Suminobu Otsubo 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).
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Patent number: 7922004Abstract: A diesel filter includes a filter member and a water reservoir formed below the filter member. The filter member has a case, a cap for closing the opening of the case, an element, and an element-holding member for holding an upper part of the element, and is detachably housed in the case. The element-holding member has an opening that allows fuel to flow out, and the fuel introduced from a fuel inlet port to a portion above the element-holding member is then introduced to the water reservoir via a passage formed between the inner peripheral surface of the case and the outer peripheral surface of the element.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignees: Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiharu Matsushita, Suminobu Otsubo, Yasuji Nishi, Satoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 7906022Abstract: A diesel filter includes a case, a cap for closing the opening of the case, an element housed in the case, and an attachment member having a holding portion and a bracket. The attachment member and the cap hold the case therebetween. The bracket is provided to fix the diesel filter to a predetermined portion. The cap can be detached in a state where the attachment member is fixed to the predetermined portion by the bracket, so that the element can be replaced in the same state.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignees: Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiharu Matsushita, Suminobu Otsubo, Yasuji Nishi, Satoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 7543561Abstract: A swirl generator is arranged in a duct through which air is sent from the exterior to an air cleaner. The swirl generator has a plurality of guide vanes, which change the flow direction of an air flow. Each of the guide vanes has a guide fin that adjusts the air flow and a deflecting fin that applies swirl force to the air flow. The deflecting fin is configured by an upstream portion and a downstream portion, which are connected together at a predetermined angle. The upstream portion and the downstream portion each have a cross section extending linearly along a cylindrical plane coaxial with a nose cone.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masumi Shibata, Kazushige Maruyama, Suminobu Otsubo, Toshio Hayashi
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Publication number: 20090050105Abstract: A swirl generator is arranged in a duct through which air is sent from the exterior to an air cleaner. The swirl generator has a plurality of guide vanes, which change the flow direction of an air flow. Each of the guide vanes has a guide fin that adjusts the air flow and a deflecting fin that applies swirl force to the air flow. The deflecting fin is configured by an upstream portion and a downstream portion, which are connected together at a predetermined angle. The upstream portion and the downstream portion each have a cross section extending linearly along a cylindrical plane coaxial with a nose cone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masumi SHIBATA, Kazushige MARUYAMA, Suminobu OTSUBO, Toshio HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20080149560Abstract: A fuel filter includes: a case; a filter medium disposed in the case; and a fuel discharge guidance member that forms a space between the filter medium and a fuel discharge opening for discharging a fuel filtered by the filter medium to outside the fuel filter, and that has inside the space a sloped surface in which the fuel discharge opening is disposed at a highest position and which is sloped downward from the fuel discharge opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicants: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiichi Koguchi, Yoshiharu Matsushita, Suminobu Otsubo, Satoshi Nagata
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Publication number: 20070090043Abstract: A diesel filter includes a filter member and a water reservoir formed below the filter member. The filter member has a case, a cap for closing the opening of the case, an element, and an element-holding member for holding an upper part of the element, and is detachably housed in the case. The element-holding member has an opening that allows fuel to flow out, and the fuel introduced from a fuel inlet port to a portion above the element-holding member is then introduced to the water reservoir via a passage formed between the inner peripheral surface of the case and the outer peripheral surface of the element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Applicants: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiharu Matsushita, Suminobu Otsubo, Yasuji Nishi, Satoshi Nagata
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Publication number: 20070090037Abstract: A diesel filter includes a case, a cap for closing the opening of the case, an element housed in the case, and an attachment member having a holding portion and a bracket. The attachment member and the cap hold the case therebetween. The bracket is provided to fix the diesel filter to a predetermined portion. The cap can be detached in a state where the attachment member is fixed to the predetermined portion by the bracket, so that the element can be replaced in the same state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Applicants: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiharu Matsushita, Suminobu Otsubo, Yasuji Nishi, Satoshi Nagata