Patents by Inventor Tetsuji Kozuru

Tetsuji Kozuru 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).

  • Connecting rod
    Patent number: 10539175
    Abstract: A connecting rod includes a main body portion of which one end portion is provided with a piston pin and a cap that is fixed to another end portion of the main body portion with a pair of bolts. The cap is provided with a pair of bolt through-holes into which the pair of bolts is inserted respectively. The main body portion is provided with a pair of female screw holes positioned to be respectively coaxial with the pair of bolt through-holes. At least one of the female screw holes is formed as a blind hole. The cap is provided with a communication portion that extends in an outward direction approximately orthogonal to an axial direction of the bolt through-hole coaxial with the female screw hole formed as the blind hole and is open toward an outer wall surface of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Kamakura, Tetsuji Kozuru
  • CONNECTING ROD
    Publication number: 20190271353
    Abstract: A connecting rod includes a main body portion of which one end portion is provided with a piston pin and a cap that is fixed to another end portion of the main body portion with a pair of bolts. The cap is provided with a pair of bolt through-holes into which the pair of bolts is inserted respectively. The main body portion is provided with a pair of female screw holes positioned to be respectively coaxial with the pair of bolt through-holes. At least one of the female screw holes is formed as a blind hole. The cap is provided with a communication portion that extends in an outward direction approximately orthogonal to an axial direction of the bolt through-hole coaxial with the female screw hole formed as the blind hole and is open toward an outer wall surface of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori KAMAKURA, Tetsuji KOZURU
  • Exhaust manifold
    Patent number: D731381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuji Kozuru, Takashi Yamamoto, Tomomori Sakimoto