Patents by Inventor Tatsuhiko Kanzawa

Tatsuhiko Kanzawa 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: 7802424
    Abstract: An exhaust device for adjusting an exhaust gas cross sectional area of an exhaust passage in a combustion engine includes a valve body arranged in the exhaust passage communicating to an exhaust port of the combustion engine; a valve shaft fixed or integrally formed to the valve body and arranged so as to transverse the exhaust passage, the valve shaft changing the opening of the valve body by turning with the valve body about an axis of the valve shaft; a pair of bearing members for supporting rotatably the valve shaft at both ends thereof in a axial direction of the valve shaft; and a stopper arranged on the valve shaft so as to face an end face on the inward side of the exhaust passage of each bearing member in the axial direction. The stopper is restricted in the axial direction by the end face of each of the bearing members so that the valve body and the valve shaft do not move in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kanzawa, Kazumasa Wakahara, Naoki Tamai, Yota Katsukawa, Akira Soeda, Hidehiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080168767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust device for adjusting an exhaust gas cross sectional area of an exhaust passage in a combustion engine. The exhaust device includes a valve body arranged in the exhaust passage communicating to an exhaust port of the combustion engine; a valve shaft fixed or integrally formed to the valve body and arranged so as to transverse the exhaust passage, the valve shaft changing the opening of the valve body by turning with the valve body about an axis of the valve shaft; a pair of bearing members for supporting rotatably the valve shaft at both ends thereof in a axial direction of the valve shaft; and a stopper arranged on the valve shaft so as to face an end face on the inward side of the exhaust passage of each bearing member in the axial direction. The stopper is restricted in the axial direction by the end face of each of the bearing members so that the valve body and the valve shaft do not move in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kanzawa, Kazumasa Wakahara, Naoki Tamai, Yota Katsukawa, Akira Soeda, Hidehiko Yamamoto