Patents by Inventor Toshiharu Noguchi
Toshiharu Noguchi 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).
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Patent number: 11703012Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft. The crankshaft includes multiple crank journals, at least two crank pins positioned between two of the multiple crank journals that neighbor one another, and at least one pin arm. Each pin arm may be positioned between two of the crank pins neighboring one another. Arrangements may include multiple crankshaft supports and multiple thrust bearings. These elements may be distributed about the crankshaft such that two or more of the multiple crankshaft supports have at least one associated thrust bearing. Each of the crankshaft supports having the associated thrust bearing may support one of the multiple the crank journals. Each thrust bearing may be positioned between the crankshaft and the crankshaft support having the associated thrust bearing.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Samuel D. Koch, Yeongching Lin, Toshiharu Noguchi
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Publication number: 20170167434Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft. The crankshaft includes multiple crank journals, at least two crank pins positioned between two of the multiple crank journals that neighbor one another, and at least one pin arm. Each pin arm may be positioned between two of the crank pins neighboring one another. Arrangements may include multiple crankshaft supports and multiple thrust bearings. These elements may be distributed about the crankshaft such that two or more of the multiple crankshaft supports have at least one associated thrust bearing. Each of the crankshaft supports having the associated thrust bearing may support one of the multiple the crank journals. Each thrust bearing may be positioned between the crankshaft and the crankshaft support having the associated thrust bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Samuel D. Koch, Yeongching Lin, Toshiharu Noguchi
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Patent number: 8544434Abstract: The variable valve timing mechanism includes a housing, a rotor rotatably supported within the housing, and a lock pin. The housing includes a plurality of fluid chambers one of which includes a lock bore. The rotor includes a central portion and a plurality of vanes extending radially from the central portion. Each of the vanes extends into the fluid chambers of the housing to define an advanced fluid chamber and a retarded fluid chamber. One of the plurality of vanes includes a pin bore. The lock pin includes a shank section and an insertion section. The insertion section includes a nonlinear outer side profile. The lock pin is slidably received within the pin bore between an unlocked position and a locked position in which the insertion section of the lock pin is received within the lock bore of the housing thereby prohibiting relative rotation between the housing and the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Motor CorporationInventors: Yeongching Lin, Neal Berner, Kyle Bernier, Toshiharu Noguchi
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Patent number: 8455425Abstract: The present invention relates to [1] alkali agent-containing particles which are free from deterioration of dissolvability in water and excellent in anti-caking property and which include (a) particles containing an alkali agent and having an average particle size of from 150 to 1000 ?m, and a layer of (b) clay mineral particles exhibiting a water impregnation capacity of 200% by mass or more and having an average particle size of from 1 to 200 ?m, the layer being formed on a surface of the respective particles (a); and [2] a method for suppressing caking of the alkali agent-containing particles including the step of forming a layer of the clay mineral particles (b) on a surface of the respective particles (a).Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yoichi Sugiyama, Sachiko Yoshioka, Toshiharu Noguchi
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Publication number: 20130125845Abstract: The variable valve timing mechanism includes a housing, a rotor rotatably supported within the housing, and a lock pin. The housing includes a plurality of fluid chambers one of which includes a lock bore. The rotor includes a central portion and a plurality of vanes extending radially from the central portion. Each of the vanes extends into the fluid chambers of the housing to define an advanced fluid chamber and a retarded fluid chamber. One of the plurality of vanes includes a pin bore. The lock pin includes a shank section and an insertion section. The insertion section includes a nonlinear outer side profile. The lock pin is slidably received within the pin bore between an unlocked position and a locked position in which the insertion section of the lock pin is received within the lock bore of the housing thereby prohibiting relative rotation between the housing and the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicants: Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Yeongching Lin, Neal Berner, Kyle Bernier, Toshiharu Noguchi
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Patent number: 8288331Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition containing (a) a specific compound having one alkyl group selected from a 2-ethylhexyl group, an isononyl group and an isodecyl group, (b) a surfactant selected from anionic surfactants and amphoteric surfactants, (c) a hydrophobic organic solvent that is liquid at 20° C., and (d) water in specific ratios.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Junya Hanai, Toshiharu Noguchi, Kazunori Tsukuda
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Publication number: 20110086792Abstract: The present invention relates to [1] alkali agent-containing particles which are free from deterioration of dissolvability in water and excellent in anti-caking property and which include (a) particles containing an alkali agent and having an average particle size of from 150 to 1000 ?m, and a layer of (b) clay mineral particles exhibiting a water impregnation capacity of 200% by mass or more as calculated according to the following method and having an average particle size of from 1 to 200 ?m, the layer being formed on a surface of the respective particles (a); and [2] a method for suppressing caking of the alkali agent-containing particles including the step of forming a layer of the clay mineral particles (b) on a surface of the respective particles (a): Method for calculation of water impregnation capacity: A dispersion of the clay mineral particles (b) obtained after measuring a swelling power thereof according to JBAS-104-77 is subjected to suction filtration to measure a mass (A) of a residue of the cType: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Yoichi Sugiyama, Sachiko Yoshioka, Toshiharu Noguchi
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Publication number: 20100152090Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition containing (a) a specific compound having one alkyl group selected from a 2-ethylhexyl group, an isononyl group and an isodecyl group, (b) a surfactant selected from anionic surfactants and amphoteric surfactants, (c) a hydrophobic organic solvent that is liquid at 20° C., and (d) water in specific ratios.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Junya Hanai, Toshiharu Noguchi, Kazunori Tsukuda
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Patent number: 7199759Abstract: The invention is to provide such an antenna module making broadband of transmitting and receiving frequencies, while realizing miniaturization. The invention has a structure comprising a mounting body; a chip antenna having a substrate mounted on the mounting body and a substrate and a couple of terminal parts provided on the substrate; an feeding portion to which one of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; a open portion to which the other of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; and a capacitive conductor provided in opposition to the substrate, thereby to make use of a bottom area hidden when mounting the chip antenna so as to increase capacitive components for realizing broadband of the antenna module.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Keisuke Maruyama, Yoshitaka Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 7170453Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas having different resonance frequencies and a feeding section for supplying common power to feeding terminals of the plurality of antennas. Open terminals of the plurality of antennas are separate. As at least one of the plurality of antennas is implemented as a helical antenna having a helical conductor section trimmed, the transmission-reception band can be put into a wide band. Further, an antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, a connection conductor provided between the antennas for connecting the antennas in series, a feeding section provided in one of terminal sections to which the connection conductor is not connected in the plurality of antennas connected in series, and an additional conductor provided in the other terminal section to which the connection conductor is not connected, wherein the additional conductor is an open end part.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Keisuke Maruyama
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Patent number: 7141538Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition containing (a) a specific compound having one alkyl group selected from a 2-ethylhexyl group, an isononyl group and an isodecyl group, (b) anonionic surfactant having an alkyl or alkenyl group having 11 to 16 carbon atoms, (c) a hydrophobic organic solvent which is liquid at 20° C. and (d) water, wherein (c)/(d) and (c)+(d) are respectively in a specific range.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Junya Hanai, Kazunori Tsukuda, Mitsuru Uno
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Patent number: 7115548Abstract: A high-density detergent composition comprises 10 to 60% by weight of a surfactant composition having a weight ratio of an anionic surfactant to a nonionic surfactant of 4:10 or more and 10:0 or less, wherein the high-density detergent composition has a bulk density of from 600 to 1200 g/L, and has a total summation of a product of a mass base frequency Wi and a dissolving rate Vi of each group of classified granules obtained by classifying detergent granules by using a classifier, which satisfies the following formula: ?(Wi·Vi)?95(%), and wherein a mass base frequency of the classified granules having a size of less than 125 ?m is 0.1 or less, wherein the classifier comprises sieves each having a sieve-opening 2000 ?m, 1410 ?m, 1000 ?m, 710 ?m, 500 ?m, 355 ?m, 250 ?m, 180 ?m, and 125 ?m, and a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2000Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shu Yamaguchi, Hideichi Nitta, Kyoko Okada, Kimihiro Mizusawa, Jun Kozuka, Toshiharu Noguchi, Hiroyuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 7042418Abstract: A chip antenna includes a substrate, a plurality of helical conductors provided on the substrate, and a pair of terminals provided on the substrate. One of the plurality of helical conductors is connected electrically to one of the terminals, and another one of the helical conductors is connected electrically to the other terminal. Thus, the antenna is of a small size, yet is a single unit which alone is capable of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves of a plurality of frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Toshiharu Noguchi, Kazuhiro Eguchi, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi
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Publication number: 20050231429Abstract: The invention is to provide such an antenna module making broadband of transmitting and receiving frequencies, while realizing miniaturization. The invention has a structure comprising a mounting body; a chip antenna having a substrate mounted on the mounting body and a substrate and a couple of terminal parts provided on the substrate; an feeding portion to which one of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; a open portion to which the other of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; and a capacitive conductor provided in opposition to the substrate, thereby to make use of a bottom area hidden when mounting the chip antenna so as to increase capacitive components for realizing broadband of the antenna module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2004Publication date: October 20, 2005Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Keisuke Maruyama, Yoshitaka Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20050057430Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas having different resonance frequencies and a feeding section for supplying common power to feeding terminals of the plurality of antennas. Open terminals of the plurality of antennas are separate. As at least one of the plurality of antennas is implemented as a helical antenna having a helical conductor section trimmed, the transmission-reception band can be put into a wide band. Further, an antenna apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, a connection conductor being provided between the antennas for connecting the antennas in series, a feeding section being provided in one of terminal sections to which the connection conductor is not connected in the plurality of antennas connected in series, and an additional conductor being provided in the other of terminal sections to which the connection conductor is not connected, wherein the additional conductor is an open end part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2004Publication date: March 17, 2005Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Keisuke Maruyama
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Publication number: 20050003989Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition containing (a) a specific compound having one alkyl group selected from a 2-ethylhexyl group, an isononyl group and an isodecyl group, (b) aknonionic surfactant having an alkyl or alkenyl group having 11 to 16 carbon atoms, (c) a hydrophobic organic solvent which is liquid at 20° C. and (d) water, wherein (c)/(d) and (c)+(d) are respectively in a specific range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2004Publication date: January 6, 2005Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Junya Hanai, Kazunori Tsukuda, Mitsuru Uno
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Publication number: 20040108967Abstract: A chip antenna includes a substrate, a plurality of helical conductors provided on the substrate, and a pair of terminals provided on the substrate. One of the plurality of helical conductors is connected electrically to one of the terminals, and another one of the helical conductors is connected electrically to the other terminal. Thus, the antenna is of a small size, yet is a single unit which alone is capable of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves of a plurality of frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Munenori Fujimura, Hiromi Tokunaga, Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Toshiharu Noguchi, Kazuhiro Eguchi, Kenichi Kozaki, Shigefumi Akagi
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Patent number: 6174852Abstract: A high-density powdered detergent composition which has a bulk density of 0.6 to 1.2 g/ml and which comprises 0.5 to 30% by weight of (a) a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative, 20 to 50% by weight of (b) an anionic surfactant, 0.5 to 5% by weight of (c) an ether-type nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10.5 to 15.0 and 1 to 30% by weight of (d) an aluminosilcate, each percentage being based on the total weight of the composition, and the component (c) being contained in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component (b). This composition contains both a glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivative which is a builder excellent in biodegradability and sequestering power and an inorganic builder such as zeolite or crystalline silicate, and exhibits high detergency.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1998Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hiromitsu Hayashi, Toshiharu Noguchi, Masaki Tsumadori, Masaaki Yamamura, Noboru Moriyama
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Patent number: 5850812Abstract: An engine includes a crankshaft, a camshaft being driven by the crankshaft for opening and closing intake valves, a variable valve timing mechanism (VVT) attached to one end of the camshaft, which applies torque to the camshaft so as to change the valve timing. The camshaft has an increased outside diameter at a portion adjacent to the VVT as compared to other portions that are more distant from the VVT.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1997Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshiharu Noguchi
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Patent number: 5818312Abstract: A dielectric filter includes two dielectric resonators each having a dielectric base body including first, second, third and fourth side surfaces and first and second end surfaces. A through hole is provided from the first end surface to the second end surface to define an inner surface. An outer conductor is located on and partially covers the four side surfaces. Uncovered portions of the second and third side surfaces are provided that are adjacent to each other and bounded by the outer conductor in three directions. An uncovered portion of the fourth side surface is adjacent to an uncovered portion of the first side surface and the first end surface, and is separated from the third side surface by the outer conductor. An inner conductor is located on the inner surface. A connection conductor is also located on the second end surface and connects the inner conductor to the outer conductor. An interstage coupling electrode is located on the uncovered portion of the first side surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1995Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiharu Noguchi, Kazuhiro Eguchi, Hiroshi Ohno