Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Niwa

Tetsuya Niwa 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: 11434912
    Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger dividably composed of a plurality of pieces including a scroll piece, and a shroud piece. The scroll piece and the shroud piece are assembled to each other by press-fitting a press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a press-fitted portion of the scroll piece. Pressure-contacting portions that are provided on either one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece are pressure-contacted with pressure-contacted portions that are provided on the other one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece, respectively. As a result, the pressure-contacting portions plastically flow to form seal parts for sealing the scroll piece and the shroud piece, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Isogai, Tetsuya Niwa, Ryu Osuka
  • Patent number: 11421705
    Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger dividably composed of a plurality of pieces including a scroll piece and a shroud piece. The scroll piece and the shroud piece are assembled to each other by press-fitting a press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a press-fitted portion of the scroll piece in an axial direction. A pressure-contacting portion provided on either one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece is pressure-contacted with a pressure-contacted portion provided on the other one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece in the axial direction to thereby cause plastic flow to both portions, so that a plastic flow portion is annularly formed. Thus, the scroll piece and the shroud piece are sealed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Niwa, Tomoyuki Isogai
  • Publication number: 20210215169
    Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger dividably composed of a plurality of pieces including a scroll piece and a shroud piece. The scroll piece and the shroud piece are assembled to each other by press-fitting a press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a press-fitted portion of the scroll piece in an axial direction. A pressure-contacting portion provided on either one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece is pressure-contacted with a pressure-contacted portion provided on the other one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece in the axial direction to thereby cause plastic flow to both portions, so that a plastic flow portion is annularly formed. Thus, the scroll piece and the shroud piece are sealed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya NIWA, Tomoyuki ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 11035377
    Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger, which is composed of a scroll piece, a shroud piece, and an outer-circumferential annular piece. The scroll piece includes a through part constituting a discharge port, a first intermediate wall surface extended from an intake-side wall surface of a scroll chamber and smoothly connected with the discharge port, and a scroll outer-circumferential part. The outer-circumferential annular piece includes an outer-circumferential annular press-fit part press fitted into the scroll outer-circumferential part, and a protruding part bent from an outer-circumference-side wall surface of the scroll chamber. The protruding part is inserted into the through part to form an inner wall surface of an intermediate part that communicates the discharge port with the scroll chamber. Then, the compressor housing is fixed to a center housing that is made of iron with high rigidity through joining parts provided at the scroll piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Niwa, Tomoyuki Isogai
  • Patent number: 10982687
    Abstract: A housing for a turbocharger that makes it possible to prevent sticking of deposit and attain satisfactory assembling workability and easy moldability by die casting. The housing dividably includes a scroll piece and a shroud piece, including an annular refrigerant flow path defined by a first flow-path formation part of the scroll piece and a second flow-path formation part of the shroud piece. The first and second flow path formation parts are fitted with each other at inner and outer circumferential seal parts for sealing the refrigerant flow path on inner and outer circumferential sides thereof. The inner circumferential seal part is formed by press-fitting a first press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a first press-fitted portion of the scroll piece. The outer circumferential seal part is formed by press-fitting a second press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a second press-fitted portion of the scroll piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Niwa, Tomoyuki Isogai
  • Publication number: 20200325902
    Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger dividably composed of a plurality of pieces including a scroll piece, and a shroud piece. The scroll piece and the shroud piece are assembled to each other by press-fitting a press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a press-fitted portion of the scroll piece. Pressure-contacting portions that are provided on either one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece are pressure-contacted with pressure-contacted portions that are provided on the other one of the scroll piece and the shroud piece, respectively. As a result, the pressure-contacting portions plastically flow to form seal parts for sealing the scroll piece and the shroud piece, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ISOGAI, Tetsuya NIWA, Ryu OSUKA
  • Publication number: 20190360500
    Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger, which is composed of a scroll piece, a shroud piece, and an outer-circumferential annular piece. The scroll piece includes a through part constituting a discharge port, a first intermediate wall surface extended from an intake-side wall surface of a scroll chamber and smoothly connected with the discharge port, and a scroll outer-circumferential part. The outer-circumferential annular piece includes an outer-circumferential annular press-fit part press fitted into the scroll outer-circumferential part, and a protruding part bent from an outer-circumference-side wall surface of the scroll chamber. The protruding part is inserted into the through part to form an inner wall surface of an intermediate part that communicates the discharge port with the scroll chamber. Then, the compressor housing is fixed to a center housing that is made of iron with high rigidity through joining parts provided at the scroll piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya NIWA, Tomoyuki ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 10458315
    Abstract: A compressor structure for turbochargers 1 including a scroll piece 20, a shroud piece 30 and a seal plate 40 assembled with each other in an axial direction, wherein the scroll piece 20 includes a penetration part 22 penetrating in the axial direction so as to constitute a discharge port 13 and a first intermediate wall surface 23 smoothly extending from an intake-side wall surface 21 to the discharge port 13, the shroud piece 30 includes an inner circumferential side wall surface 32, and the seal plate 40 includes a protruding part 42 provided with a second intermediate wall surface 43 extending from an outer circumferential side wall surface 41 and facing the first intermediate wall surface 23 so as to constitute an inner wall surface 14a of an intermediate part 14 through which the discharge port 13 and the scroll chamber 12 are communicated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: OTICS Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Isogai, Tetsuya Niwa
  • Publication number: 20180313361
    Abstract: A housing for a turbocharger, which makes it possible to prevent sticking of deposit and attain satisfactory assembling workability and easy moldability by die casting. The housing is dividably composed of a scroll piece and a shroud piece, including an annular refrigerant flow path defined by a first flow path formation part of the scroll piece and a second flow path formation part of the shroud piece. The first and second flow path formation parts are fitted with each other at inner and outer circumferential seal parts for sealing the refrigerant flow path on inner and outer circumferential sides thereof. The inner circumferential seal part is formed by press-fitting a first press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a first press-fitted portion of the scroll piece. The outer circumferential seal part is formed by press-fitting a second press-fitting portion of the shroud piece into a second press-fitted portion of the scroll piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya NIWA, Tomoyuki ISOGAI
  • Publication number: 20170151608
    Abstract: A compressor housing is constructed by assembling a scroll piece and a shroud piece. The scroll piece includes an inlet cylindrical portion, a front side wall section, and an outlet cylindrical portion in which the inner wall surface of the outlet communicating section is curved to connect an inner wall surface of a scroll chamber and that of an outlet port. Fabrication of the scroll piece includes a die casting step that uses a back mold having a first projecting portion and a front mold having a second projecting portion projecting toward the back side to form an intermediate formed body wherein both the first and second projecting portions are disposed within the outlet cylindrical portion, and a cutting and removal step that removes residue portions in the intermediate formed body by cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: OTICS Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ISOGAI, Tetsuya NIWA
  • Publication number: 20170114714
    Abstract: A compressor housing for a turbocharger and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes steps of preparing a scroll piece having an intake port forming portion forming an intake port, an intake-side wall surface of a scroll chamber, and a scroll outer peripheral portion covering an outer peripheral side of the scroll chamber; preparing a shroud piece having a cylindrical shroud press-fit portion to be press fitted into the intake port forming portion, an inner circumferential wall surface of the scroll chamber, and a recessed portion formed on a wall surface covering an outer peripheral side of an impeller; forming an abradable seal having a shroud surface by injection molding of resin into the recessed portion; and press fitting the shroud press-fit portion into the intake port forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: OTICS Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya NIWA, Masahide SAKURAI, Tomoyuki ISOGAI, Osamu MAEDA, Koichi YONEZAWA
  • Patent number: 9618001
    Abstract: A turbocharger 1 includes a compressor housing 2 and a bearing housing 3. The compressor housing 2 has a shroud surface 221 and a diffuser surface 222. The bearing housing 3 has an opposite surface 311 facing the diffuser surface 222. An adhesion preventing part 4 is provided on at least one of the diffuser surface 222 and the opposite surface 311. The turbocharger 1 is configured so that compressed air spouts out from the adhesion preventing part 4 to the diffuser passage 15 by an ejector effect caused when compressed air passes through the diffuser passage 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: OTICS Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Isogai, Tetsuya Niwa
  • Publication number: 20160123346
    Abstract: A compressor structure for turbochargers 1 including a scroll piece 20, a shroud piece 30 and a seal plate 40 assembled with each other in an axial direction, wherein the scroll piece 20 includes a penetration part 22 penetrating in the axial direction so as to constitute a discharge port 13 and a first intermediate wall surface 23 smoothly extending from an intake-side wall surface 21 to the discharge port 13, the shroud piece 30 includes an inner circumferential side wall surface 32, and the seal plate 40 includes a protruding part 42 provided with a second intermediate wall surface 43 extending from an outer circumferential side wall surface 41 and facing the first intermediate wall surface 23 so as to constitute an inner wall surface 14a of an intermediate part 14 through which the discharge port 13 and the scroll chamber 12 are communicated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: OTICS Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ISOGAI, Tetsuya NIWA
  • Publication number: 20140322003
    Abstract: A turbocharger 1 includes a compressor housing 2 and a bearing housing 3. The compressor housing 2 has a shroud surface 221 and a diffuser surface 222. The bearing housing 3 has an opposite surface 311 facing the diffuser surface 222. An adhesion preventing part 4 is provided on at least one of the diffuser surface 222 and the opposite surface 311. The turbocharger 1 is configured so that compressed air spouts out from the adhesion preventing part 4 to the diffuser passage 15 by an ejector effect caused when compressed air passes through the diffuser passage 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: OTICS Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ISOGAI, Tetsuya Niwa
  • Patent number: 7621242
    Abstract: The present invention provides a variable valve operating mechanism which includes two valve operating members for opening and closing two valves individually, a drive cam provided on a single camshaft, two swing arms for transmitting a power of the drive cam to the valve operating members individually by swinging about a different axis to the camshaft, and a variable device for modifying a displacement of the swing arm per rotation of the drive cam in accordance with an operating condition of an internal combustion engine. The variable device includes a single control shaft, an actuator for driving the control shaft, and a cam device that operates in conjunction with the control shaft to dissimilate the displacement of the two swing arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: OTICS Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Kitagawa, Akira Sugiura, Tomiyasu Hirano, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Tetsuya Niwa
  • Patent number: 7606351
    Abstract: A telephone number change notification method is provided in which a calling party is reliably identified when a new telephone number of a called party is notified to the calling party when the called party changed the telephone number. When a telephone exchange detects that a called number is changed based on a subscriber information database, the telephone exchange sends a prompt message asking for sending a telephone number notification request to a calling telephone. The calling telephone creates a digital signature and sends it to the telephone exchange. The telephone exchange forwards it to a new telephone number of a called telephone. The called telephone receives the digital signature and verifies it. If the digital signature is valid, the called telephone notifies a new telephone number to the calling telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Niwa
  • Patent number: 7451729
    Abstract: The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism which includes a rotating cam provided on a camshaft, a swing arm that contacts with the rotating cam to swing, a drive arm that drives a valve in conjunction with the swing arm, a variable arm that turns the drive arm around a swing axis of the swing arm, an actuator that drives the variable arm, and cam device that is provided between the swing arm and the drive arm. The variable arm is provided so as to be able to rotate relatively around the same axis as the swing arm, and the cam device changes the initial position of the drive arm with respect to the swing arm accompanying the turning of the drive arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Otics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sugiura, Tetsuya Niwa, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Katsutoshi Kitagawa, Tomiyasu Hirano, Tomoki Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20070295292
    Abstract: The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism which includes a rotating cam provided on a camshaft, a swing arm that contacts with the rotating cam to swing, a drive arm that drives a valve in conjunction with the swing arm, a variable arm that turns the drive arm around a swing axis of the swing arm, an actuator that drives the variable arm, and cam device that is provided between the swing arm and the drive arm. The variable arm is provided so as to be able to rotate relatively around the same axis as the swing arm, and the cam device changes the initial position of the drive arm with respect to the swing arm accompanying the turning of the drive arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sugiura, Tetsuya Niwa, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Katsutoshi Kitagawa, Tomiyasu Hirano, Tomoki Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20070144474
    Abstract: The present invention provides a variable valve operating mechanism which includes two valve operating members for opening and closing two valves individually, a drive cam provided on a single camshaft, two swing arms for transmitting a power of the drive cam to the valve operating members individually by swinging about a different axis to the camshaft, and a variable device for modifying a displacement of the swing arm per rotation of the drive cam in accordance with an operating condition of an internal combustion engine. The variable device includes a single control shaft, an actuator for driving the control shaft, and a cam device that operates in conjunction with the control shaft to dissimilate the displacement of the two swing arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: OTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Kitagawa, Akira Sugiura, Tomiyasu Hirano, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Tetsuya Niwa
  • Publication number: 20050254636
    Abstract: A telephone number change notification method is provided in which a calling party is reliably identified when a new telephone number of a called party is notified to the calling party when the called party changed the telephone number. When a telephone exchange detects that a called number is changed based on a subscriber information database, the telephone exchange sends a prompt message asking for sending a telephone number notification request to a calling telephone. The calling telephone creates a digital signature and sends it to the telephone exchange. The telephone exchange forwards it to a new telephone number of a called telephone. The called telephone receives the digital signature and verifies it. If the digital signature is valid, the called telephone notifies a new telephone number to the calling telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Tetsuya Niwa