Patents by Inventor Takeo Asahi

Takeo Asahi 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: 10161273
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotational body, a driven-side rotational body, a cylindrical member provided at an inner portion of the driven-side rotational body, a bolt including a cylinder shaft portion, an advanced angle flow passage and a retarded angle flow passage, an introduction passage bringing the working fluid supplied from an outside to flow, a first connection passage bringing the working fluid at the introduction passage to flow to an inner side of the cylinder shaft portion, a second communication passage and a third communication passage arranged at the cylinder shaft portion, and a control valve element provided at the inner side of the cylinder shaft portion, the second communication passage and the advanced angle flow passage being in communication with a void provided between the bolt head and the cylindrical member and between the cylinder shaft portion and the driven-side rotational body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo Asahi, Yuji Noguchi, Toru Sakakibara, Masaki Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Kawai, Hiromitsu Shigyo, Hideyuki Suganuma
  • Patent number: 10132213
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotor synchronously rotating with a crankshaft of an engine; a driven side rotor disposed coaxially with the driving side rotor and synchronously rotating with a camshaft in the internal combustion engine; a fluid pressure chamber formed on at least one of the driving side and driven side rotors, and partitioned into advance angle and retard angle chambers; a bolt disposed coaxially with a rotary axis of the driven side rotor, connecting the driven side rotor and the camshaft, and including a cylindrical portion coaxial with the rotary axis; and a partition body including a press-fit portion press-fitted into the cylindrical portion, and partitioning the cylindrical portion into first and second flow passages for use for feeding and discharging working fluid to and from the fluid pressure chamber, wherein the press-fit portion is provided with a cutting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi, Toru Sakakibara, Tomohiro Kajita, Hideyuki Suganuma, Tomokazu Harada
  • Patent number: 10113450
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotor synchronously rotating with a crankshaft of an engine; a driven side rotor disposed at a coaxial core with a rotary shaft core of the driving side rotor and integrally rotating with a camshaft for a valve opening and closing; a connecting bolt disposed at the coaxial core with the rotary shaft core to connect the driven side rotor to the camshaft, and on which an advance angle port and a retard angle port are formed on an outer peripheral surface; and a spool disposed in a spool chamber of the inside of the connecting bolt, and controlling the feeding and discharging of working fluid to the advance angle port or the retard angle port from a pump port formed on the connecting bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Suganuma, Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi, Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Toru Sakakibara, Tomohiro Kajita
  • Publication number: 20180283228
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotator disposed coaxially with a rotation axis of the driving side rotator and configured to rotate integrally with a valve opening and closing camshaft; a phase controller configured to control a relative rotation phase between the driving side rotator and the driven side rotator by supply and discharge of a fluid; and a torsion spring configured to attain a biasing force to displace the relative rotation phase between the driving side rotator and the driven side rotator in a predetermined direction. The driving side rotator is fastened to a cover-shaped plate, and the torsion spring includes a first arm and a second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Sakakibara, Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi, Hideyuki Suganuma, Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Tomohiro Kajita
  • Patent number: 10066520
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a drive-side rotational member, a driven-side rotational member, an intermediate member abutting the driven-side rotational member, a mounting member connecting the driven-side rotational member and the intermediate member to the camshaft in a state being mounted at the camshaft, and a control valve mechanism arranged with a same axis as a rotation axis of the drive-side rotational member. The intermediate member includes an inner peripheral surface in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the mounting member. The flow passage includes an outlet flow passage provided at the intermediate member and positioned along a radial direction for sending out a fluid which is supplied to an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate member to an advanced angle chamber or a retarded angle chamber provided between the drive-side rotational member and the driven-side rotational member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi
  • Publication number: 20180245488
    Abstract: A variable valve timing control device includes a drive-side rotational body, a driven-side rotational body, a connecting bolt coaxially disposed with a rotary axis and connecting the driven-side rotational body to a camshaft, the connecting bolt formed with an advanced-angle port and a retarded-angle port from an outer circumferential surface of the connecting bolt through an inner space, a valve unit disposed at the inner space of the connecting bolt, and a check valve provided at an upstream in a supplying direction of fluid relative to the valve unit. The check valve includes a seat member formed with at least one circulation port at a position being away from the rotary axis; and a valve body configured to close the circulation port at a downstream in the supplying direction of the fluid relative to the seat member, the valve body including an opening portion about the rotary axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HAMASAKI, Yuji NOGUCHI, Takeo ASAHI, Tomohiro KAJITA
  • Publication number: 20180238201
    Abstract: A variable valve timing control device includes a drive-side rotational body, a driven-side rotational body, a connecting bolt being coaxially disposed with a rotary axis and connecting the driven-side rotational body to a camshaft, a valve unit including a spool being disposed at an inner space of the connecting bolt and supplying and discharging a fluid to and from an advanced-angle chamber and a retarded-angle chamber, the valve unit discharging the fluid from an opening of a head portion of the connection bolt when the spool controls the fluid, and a reservoir being coaxially disposed with the rotary axis that is positioned laterally, the reservoir accumulating the fluid discharged from the opening of the head portion from which the fluid is configured to be sucked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo ASAHI, Yuji NOGUCHI, Tomohiro KAJITA
  • Publication number: 20180149045
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a drive-side rotational member, a driven-side rotational member, an intermediate member abutting the driven-side rotational member, a mounting member connecting the driven-side rotational member and the intermediate member to the camshaft in a state being mounted at the camshaft, and a control valve mechanism arranged with a same axis as a rotation axis of the drive-side rotational member. The intermediate member includes an inner peripheral surface in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the mounting member. The flow passage includes an outlet flow passage provided at the intermediate member and positioned along a radial direction for sending out a fluid which is supplied to an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate member to an advanced angle chamber or a retarded angle chamber provided between the drive-side rotational member and the driven-side rotational member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji NOGUCHI, Takeo ASAHI
  • Publication number: 20180149044
    Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control device includes a driving rotary body rotatable in synchronism with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven rotary body rotatable in unison with a cam shaft of the internal combustion engine and rotatable also relative to the driving rotary body within this driving rotary body, a fluid pressure chamber formed by the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body, and a partitioning portion that partitions the fluid pressure chamber into an advance chamber and a retard chamber. The driving rotary body includes an aluminum housing having a pulley that receives a drive force of the crankshaft via a drive belt and a plate attached to at least one face of the housing. Between the housing and the plate, there is provided a gap allowing outflow of fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji NOGUCHI, Takeo ASAHI
  • Publication number: 20180135473
    Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotator disposed coaxially with a rotation axis of the driving side rotator and configured to rotate integrally with a valve opening/closing camshaft; a connecting bolt disposed coaxially with the rotation axis to connect the driven side rotator to the camshaft, and having an advanced angle port and a retarded angle port formed to extend from an outer peripheral surface to an inner space thereof, the advanced angle port and the retarded angle port communicating with an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber between the driving side rotator and the driven side rotator, respectively; and a valve unit disposed in the inner space of the connecting bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo ASAHI, Yuji NOGUCHI, Tomohiro KAJITA, Hideyuki SUGANUMA, Hiroyuki HAMASAKI, Hideomi IYANAGA, Toru SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20180135472
    Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotator disposed coaxially with a rotation axis of the driving side rotator so as to rotate integrally with a valve opening and closing camshaft; a connecting bolt disposed coaxially with the rotation axis to connect the driven side rotator to the camshaft and having an advanced angle port and a retarded angle port formed to extend from an outer peripheral surface to an inner space thereof, which respectively communicate with an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber between the driving side rotator and the driven side rotator; and a valve unit disposed in the inner space of the connecting bolt, in which the valve unit includes a check valve, and the check valve includes an opening plate and a valve plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro KAJITA, Yuji NOGUCHI, Takeo ASAHI, Hideyuki SUGANUMA, Hiroyuki HAMASAKI, Toru SAKAKIBARA, Hideomi IYANAGA
  • Publication number: 20180135471
    Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotator disposed coaxially with a rotation axis of the driving side rotator and configured to rotate integrally with a valve opening/closing camshaft; a connecting bolt disposed coaxially with the rotation axis to connect the driven side rotator to the camshaft, and having an advanced angle port and a retarded angle port formed to extend from an outer peripheral surface to an inner space thereof, the advanced angle port and the retarded angle port communicating with an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber between the driving side rotator and the driven side rotator, respectively; and a valve unit disposed in the inner space of the connecting bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro KAJITA, Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi, Hideyuki Suganuma, Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Toru Sakakibara, Hideomi Iyanaga
  • Publication number: 20180135474
    Abstract: A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotator disposed coaxially with a rotation axis of the driving side rotator and configured to rotate integrally with a valve opening/closing camshaft; a connecting bolt disposed coaxially with the rotation axis to connect the driven side rotator to the camshaft, and having an advanced angle port and a retarded angle port formed to extend from an outer peripheral surface to an inner space thereof, the advanced angle port and the retarded angle port communicating with an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber between the driving side rotator and the driven side rotator, respectively; and a valve unit disposed in the inner space of the connecting bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo ASAHI, Yuji NOGUCHI, Tomohiro KAJITA, Hideyuki SUGANUMA, Hiroyuki HAMASAKI, Hideomi IYANAGA, Toru SAKAKIBARA
  • Patent number: 9938864
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a drive-side rotational member rotating synchronously with a crankshaft, a driven-side rotational member arranged at an inner side of the drive-side rotational member to be coaxial with and relatively rotatable to the drive-side rotational member, an adapter arranged between the driven-side rotational member and a camshaft in a state being coaxial with the driven-side rotational member, a fixing member arranged coaxially with the camshaft and integrally fixing the driven-side rotational member and the camshaft in a state where the adapter is disposed between the driven-side rotational member and the camshaft, and a phase change mechanism including a portion which is press-fitted to the fixing member in a coaxial manner, the driven-side rotational member being fixed to the adapter in a state where a clearance is provided between the driven-side rotational member and the adapter in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi
  • Patent number: 9926817
    Abstract: The valve opening/closing timing control device includes: a driving rotating body; a driven rotating body; a fixed shaft portion; a fluid pressure chamber; a partitioning portion; and a phase control unit for controlling a rotation phase by supplying/discharging pressurized fluid to/from an advancing chamber or a retarding chamber via an inside of the fixed shaft portion. The driven rotating body has: an inner circumferential member with a cylindrical portion, and a coupling plate portion of the camshaft, the cylindrical portion and the coupling plate portion being integrated with each other; and an outer circumferential member provided with the partitioning portion. The outer circumferential member includes the inner circumferential member in a unified manner so as to have the same rotational axis. The inner circumferential member is formed with an iron-based material. The outer circumferential member is formed with a material that is lighter in weight than the iron-based material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Ikeda, Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi, Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Yoshiaki Iguchi, Tomohiro Kajita
  • Patent number: 9926818
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a driven-side rotational member connected to a camshaft by a mounting member, a spool movably provided at an inner portion of a tubular wall portion of the mounting member, a first flow passage connecting a first port of the tubular wall portion and the advanced angle chamber to each other and a second flow passage connecting a second port of the tubular wall portion and the retarded angle chamber to each other, the first flow passage and the second flow passage being provided at the driven-side rotational member. A thermal expansion coefficient of a material forming the driven-side rotational member is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of a material forming the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo Asahi, Yuji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9903237
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a drive-side rotational member, a driven-side rotational member, an intermediate member arranged between the driven-side rotational member and a camshaft, a mounting member connecting the driven-side rotational member and the intermediate member to the camshaft in a state being mounted at the camshaft, and a control valve mechanism arranged with a same axis as a rotation axis of the drive-side rotational member. The intermediate member includes a first side wall making contact with the driven-side rotational member and a second side wall making contact with the camshaft. An outlet flow passage is provided at an intermediate position between the first side wall and the second side wall to be positioned along a radial direction for sending out a fluid which is supplied to an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate member to the control valve mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi
  • Patent number: 9879574
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a torsion coil spring provided at an accommodation chamber which is defined by a front member provided at a drive-side rotational member and a tubular void provided at a driven-side rotational member, the torsion coil spring engaging with the front member and the driven-side rotational member to bias the driven-side rotational member in an advanced or a retarded angle direction relative to the driven-side rotational member and an oil reservoir portion defined by an outer surface of the torsion coil spring facing the driven-side rotational member and at least one recess portion provided at the driven-side rotational member, the recess portion being provided in a radially outer direction from a position at a radially outer side than an inner diameter of the torsion coil spring and at a radially inner side than an outer diameter of the torsion coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Iguchi, Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi, Kenji Ikeda, Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Tomohiro Kajita
  • Patent number: 9874118
    Abstract: The valve opening/closing timing control device includes: an advancing chamber and a retarding chamber that are formed by partitioning a fluid pressure chamber that is formed between a driving rotating body and a driven rotating body that is located on an inner circumference side of the driving rotating body so as to be relatively rotatable, with a partitioning portion that is provided on an outer circumference side of the driven rotating body; an advancing channel that is in communication with the advancing chamber; and a retarding channel that is in communication with the retarding chamber. The driven rotating body has a first member and a second member, and the advancing channel and the retarding channel are formed to penetrate through a boundary between the first member and the second member after the first member and the second member have been installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kajita, Yuji Noguchi, Takeo Asahi, Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Kenji Ikeda, Yoshiaki Iguchi
  • Patent number: 9850787
    Abstract: The valve opening/closing timing control device includes: the driving rotating body; the driven rotating body; an advancing chamber and a retarding chamber formed by partitioning a fluid pressure chamber between the driving and driven rotating bodies; and a phase control unit supplying pressurized fluid to the advancing or retarding chamber via an advancing channel or a retarding channel penetrating through the driven rotating body. In the driven rotating body, an outer circumferential member and an inner circumferential member are formed integrally/coaxially with each other. The advancing and retarding channel form a predetermined angle. Between every pair of an advancing channel and a retarding channel, a groove portion is formed in one of an inner circumferential surface of the outer circumferential member and an outer circumferential surface of the inner circumferential member, and an elongated protruding portion is formed on the other, at a position that corresponds to the groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo Asahi, Yuji Noguchi, Kenji Ikeda, Hiroyuki Hamasaki, Yoshiaki Iguchi, Tomohiro Kajita