Patents by Inventor Takuro Zui

Takuro Zui 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: 8944407
    Abstract: A rotation axis O2 of a shaft 3 is attached thereto with double-offset in the X and Y directions with respect to a center line O1 of a valve seat 2. A bevel process is implemented on the outer peripheral surface of a valve 1 such that the valve 1 and the valve seat 2 is line-sealed, and the sign of the angles of inclination is switched between plus and minus at two places of the outer peripheral surface of the valve 1 deviated from the center of the axis. Further, a section where the angle of inclination is constant is prepared in each of the sections connecting the two places, while the other sections are smoothly connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Kurihara, Takuro Zui, Satoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8286605
    Abstract: In an EGR valve provided in an exhaust gas recirculation passage for recirculating the exhaust gas of an engine, a filter 26b is provided on the side of an exhaust gas passage 22 of a bearing 26a supporting a valve rod 25, while a diameter-reduced section 25a is provided in an area on the valve rod 25 in proximity to the filter 26b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Takuro Zui, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20120061603
    Abstract: A rotation axis O2 of a shaft 3 is attached thereto with double-offset in the X and Y directions with respect to a center line O1 of a valve seat 2. A bevel process is implemented on the outer peripheral surface of a valve 1 such that the valve 1 and the valve seat 2 is line-sealed, and the sign of the angles of inclination is switched between plus and minus at two places of the outer peripheral surface of the valve 1 deviated from the center of the axis. Further, a section where the angle of inclination is constant is prepared in each of the sections connecting the two places, while the other sections are smoothly connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Akihiro Kurihara, Takuro Zui, Satoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7997557
    Abstract: A valve shaft 8 and a drive shaft 11 of an EGR valve 1 are butted to each other; protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b formed on the inner sides of cotter members 24, 25 of a cotter 23 are engaged with grooves 21, 22 respectively formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the ends of the shafts 8, 11; the urging force of a spring 28 for exerting an urging force in the closing direction of valve disks 6, 7 on the cotter 23 is applied to the cotter 23 through a spring holder 30 to press the protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b to the grooves 21, 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Zui, Haruo Watanuki, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20110094481
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas recirculation valve device, a sealing member 15 supported by a plug 15c is disposed between a portion of a housing 1 on an exhaust gas passage side of a bearing 8, and a valve shaft 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Takuro Zui, Naosuke Nojima, Haruo Watanuki, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20110017934
    Abstract: A valve shaft 8 and a drive shaft 11 of an EGR valve 1 are butted to each other; protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b formed on the inner sides of cotter members 24, 25 of a cotter 23 are engaged with grooves 21, 22 respectively formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the ends of the shafts 8, 11; the urging force of a spring 28 for exerting an urging force in the closing direction of valve disks 6, 7 on the cotter 23 is applied to the cotter 23 through a spring holder 30 to press the protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b to the grooves 21, 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Takuro Zui, Haruo Watanuki, Sotsuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20100065026
    Abstract: In an EGR valve provided in an exhaust gas recirculation passage for recirculating the exhaust gas of an engine, a filter 26b is provided on the side of an exhaust gas passage 22 of a bearing 26a supporting a valve rod 25, while a diameter-reduced section 25a is provided in an area on the valve rod 25 in proximity to the filter 26b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Haruo Watanuki, Satoru Hasegawa, Takuro Zui, Sotsuo Miyoshi