Patents by Inventor Tomonari Hatta

Tomonari Hatta 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: 9702558
    Abstract: A combustion pressure sensor having a tubular housing extending in an axial direction DX, a displacement member disposed within the housing, and a tubular connection member which elastically connects the displacement member to the housing. The combustion pressure sensor has a housing weld W1 that connects the housing and the connection member At least a circumferential portion of the housing weld is a bulge housing weld RW1 which bulges in a radial direction DR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonari Hatta, Yoshihiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9599341
    Abstract: A glow plug includes a housing having an axial hold and provided with a screw portion, and a heater member inserted into the axial hole. The housing includes a front-end-side body portion extending to the front end side from a front end of the screw portion, and a gasket portion lying adjacent to a front end side of the front-end-side body portion and bent at a bent portion provided at a rear end thereof so that at least a rear end portion thereof extends in a direction intersecting a direction of an axis. The gasket portion includes a pressure contact portion in which a surface thereof located at an outer circumferential side is brought into pressure contact with a seat surface of an internal combustion engine when the screw portion is screwed into a mounting hole in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonari Hatta, Shuei Ishii
  • Publication number: 20150114095
    Abstract: A combustion pressure sensor having a tubular housing extending in an axial direction DX, a displacement member disposed within the housing, and a tubular connection member which elastically connects the displacement member to the housing. The combustion pressure sensor has a housing weld W1 that connects the housing and the connection member At least a circumferential portion of the housing weld is a bulge housing weld RW1 which bulges in a radial direction DR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonari HATTA, Yoshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150076136
    Abstract: A glow plug includes a housing having an axial hold and provided with a screw portion, and a heater member inserted into the axial hole. The housing includes a front-end-side body portion extending to the front end side from a front end of the screw portion, and a gasket portion lying adjacent to a front end side of the front-end-side body portion and bent at a bent portion provided at a rear end thereof so that at least a rear end portion thereof extends in a direction intersecting a direction of an axis. The gasket portion includes a pressure contact portion in which a surface thereof located at an outer circumferential side is brought into pressure contact with a seat surface of an internal combustion engine when the screw portion is screwed into a mounting hole in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonari Hatta, Shuei Ishii