Patents by Inventor Tsuguo Kido
Tsuguo Kido 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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Publication number: 20040134892Abstract: A fuel tank for an automobile includes a pair of containers formed by drawing a metal plate. Each container has an opening and a flange formed along an edge of the opening. A side wall of the container has a concavo-convex portion shaped to correspond to a component adjacent to the fuel tank. Each flange is formed into a curved configuration conforming to the concavo-convex portion. The flanges are superposed and welded to each other by laser beam welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2004Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuguo Kido, Seiji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6757974Abstract: A fuel inlet comprises an inlet pipe, a breather tube, a retainer, a spiral groove, and the like. The inlet pipe is formed by processing a metal pipe and has an expanded portion, a taper portion, and a main body in the order from the fuel port. The expanded portion is formed by increasing the diameter by bulging. In order to prevent defects in the pipe such as cracks from being caused during bulging, SUS304, SUS304L, or SUS436 according to JIS is used as the material of the pipe. The diameter of the main body is 25.4 mm and the diameter of the expanded portion is 50 mm. A spiral groove on which a screw-type fuel port cap can be screwed is formed in the vicinity of the open end of the expanded portion, by crimping the inlet pipe and the retainer together. On the outer surface of the expanded portion in the vicinity of the open end is provided an outer-cylinder-like flange formed integrally with the inlet pipe.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuguo Kido, Tetsuji Omori, Keiichi Yamamoto, Masayuki Sugiura, Yuji Nakada, Seiji Yamamoto, Toyohisa Kawabe
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Patent number: 6615489Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fuel inlet having an improved anti-rust property. As material for an inlet pipe 2 and a breather tube 4, stainless pipes are used. A pipe expanding process in which an end portion of the inlet pipe 2 is enlarged in diameter to form a filling part 6, a screw-thread forming process in which a helical groove 12 is formed on a periphery of the filling part 6, a welding process in which the breather tube 4 is welded to the inlet pipe 2, and a coating process in which a cationic electrodeposition coating is applied to a fuel inlet 1 after the welding process are performed in turn, thereby obtaining the fuel inlet 1 having an improved anti-rust property.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2001Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryozo Yoshida, Tsuguo Kido, Seiji Yamamoto, Toyohisa Kawabe
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Patent number: 6453714Abstract: In forming a fuel inlet pipe FP, (1) a portion of a base pipe is expanded by use of an expander punch to form a processed pipe comprising a neck portion, of which the diameter is the same as that of the base pipe, a tapering portion, and an expanded portion, all of these portions being connected in coaxial relation to one another (coaxially expanding process); and (2) a central axis of the neck portion and a central axis of the expanded portion are decentered relative to each other, and the expanded portion of the processed pipe is further expanded by use of an expander punch having a diameter larger than that of the expander punch used in the coaxially expanding process, thereby forming the fuel inlet pipe FP (eccentrically expanding process). The coaxially expanding process is performed one time or a plurality of times, while the eccentrically expanding process is performed only one time.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuguo Kido, Tetsuji Omori, Seiji Yamamoto, Yuji Nakada
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Publication number: 20020100160Abstract: A fuel inlet comprises an inlet pipe, a breather tube, a retainer, a spiral groove, and the like. The inlet pipe is formed by processing a metal pipe and has an expanded portion, a taper portion, and a main body in the order from the fuel port. The expanded portion is formed by increasing the diameter by bulging. In order to prevent defects in the pipe such as cracks from being caused during bulging, SUS304, SUS304L, or SUS436 according to JIS is used as the material of the pipe. The diameter of the main body is 25.4 mm and the diameter of the expanded portion is 5O mm. A spiral groove on which a screw-type fuel port cap can be screwed is formed in the vicinity of the open end of the expanded portion, by crimping the inlet pipe and the retainer together. On the outer surface of the expanded portion in the vicinity of the open end is provided an outer-cylinder-like flange formed integrally with the inlet pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2002Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventors: Tsuguo Kido, Tetsuji Omori, Keiichi Yamamoto, Masayuki Sugiura, Yuji Nakada, Seiji Yamamoto, Toyohisa Kawabe
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Publication number: 20020100168Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fuel inlet having an improved anti-rust property. As material for an inlet pipe 2 and a breather tube 4, stainless pipes are used. A pipe expanding process in which an end portion of the inlet pipe 2 is enlarged in diameter to form a filling part 6, a screw-thread forming process in which a helical groove 12 is formed on a periphery of the filling part 6, a welding process in which the breather tube 4 is welded to the inlet pipe 2, and a coating process in which a cationic electrodeposition coating is applied to a fuel inlet 1 after the welding process are performed in turn, thereby obtaining the fuel inlet 1 having an improved anti-rust property.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2001Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventors: Ryozo Yoshida, Tsuguo Kido, Seiji Yamamoto, Toyohisa Kawabe
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Patent number: 6390124Abstract: A fuel inlet comprises an inlet pipe, a breather tube, a retainer, a spiral groove, and the like. The inlet pipe is formed by processing a metal pipe and has an expanded portion, a taper portion, and a main body in the order from the fuel port. The expanded portion is formed by increasing the diameter by bulging. In order to prevent defects in the pipe such as cracks from being caused during bulging, SUS304, SUS304L, or SUS436 according to JIS is used as the material of the pipe. The diameter of the main body is 25.4 mm and the diameter of the expanded portion is 50 mm. A spiral groove on which a screw-type fuel port cap can be screwed is formed in the vicinity of the open end of the expanded portion, by crimping the inlet pipe and the retainer together. On the outer surface of the expanded portion in the vicinity of the open end is provided an outer-cylinder-like flange formed integrally with the inlet pipe.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Futaba Industrial Co. Ltd.Inventors: Tsuguo Kido, Tetsuji Omori, Keiichi Yamamoto, Masayuki Sugiura, Yuji Nakada, Seiji Yamamoto, Toyohisa Kawabe
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Publication number: 20010027675Abstract: In forming a fuel inlet pipe FP, (1) a portion of a base pipe is expanded by use of an expander punch to form a processed pipe comprising a neck portion, of which the diameter is the same as that of the base pipe, a tapering portion, and an expanded portion, all of these portions being connected in coaxial relation to one another (coaxially expanding process); and (2) a central axis of the neck portion and a central axis of the expanded portion are decentered relative to each other, and the expanded portion of the processed pipe is further expanded by use of an expander punch having a diameter larger than that of the expander punch used in the coaxially expanding process, thereby forming the fuel inlet pipe FP (eccentrically expanding process). The coaxially expanding process is performed one time or a plurality of times, while the eccentrically expanding process is performed only one time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2001Publication date: October 11, 2001Inventors: Tsuguo Kido, Tetsuji Omori, Seiji Yamamoto, Yuji Nakada