Patents by Inventor Tsuneo Endoh

Tsuneo Endoh 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).

  • Publication number: 20030115877
    Abstract: In a drive system, there is provided a waste heat recovering device forming a Rankine cycle by an evaporator for heating water with waste heat of an internal combustion engine to generate high-pressure vapor, the internal combustion engine being connected to a transmission, a displacement-type expander for converting high-pressure vapor generated by the evaporator to an output with constant torque, a condenser for liquefying low-pressure vapor discharged from the expander, and a feed pump for supplying water liquefied by the condenser to the evaporator. The expander is connected to a power generator/motor via a planetary gear mechanism, and the expander is connected to an output shaft of the internal combustion engine via the planetary gear mechanism and a belt-type continuously variable transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Bara, Hiroyuki Niikura, Yasunobu Kawakami, Hiroyuki Horimura, Tsuneo Endoh
  • Publication number: 20030111026
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, a combustion chamber is provided in a cylinder head on one side of a partition wall, and a heat-insulating layer is provided in the cylinder head on the other side of the partition wall. Cooling passages are provided in a plurality of regions provided with different heat loads in the partition wall, respectively. The flow rate of a cooling medium is set, so that the flow rate in the cooling passage existing in the region of the larger heat load is larger than that in the cooling passage existing in the region of the smaller heat load. Thus, the temperature of an exhaust gas can be maintained at a high level by maintaining the combustion chamber at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Atsushi Baba, Tatsuya Nakagawa, Masahiko Minemi, Tsuneo Endoh, Taizuo Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20030106316
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery system for an internal combustion engine is provided, which is configured as follows. The internal combustion engine (1) generates first and second raised temperature portions (202, 204) by operation thereof. A degree of raised temperature is higher at the first raised temperature portion (202) than at the second raised temperature portion (204). A first evaporating portion (205) of evaporating device (3) generates a first vapor with raised temperature by using the first raised temperature portion (202). A second evaporating portion (206) generates a second vapor with raised temperature by using the second raised temperature portion (204) and with a lower pressure than the first vapor. A first energy converting portion (207) of a displacement type expander (4) converts an expansion energy of the first vapor into a mechanical energy. A second energy converting portion (208) converts an expansion energy of the second vapor into a mechanical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Tsuneo Endoh, Haruhiko Komatsu, Masahiko Minemi, Tsuyoshi Baba, Kensuke Honma
  • Publication number: 20030089488
    Abstract: A condenser includes a cooling section having a plurality of vapor passages to convert vapor into water, a blower for drawing water produced in the vapor passages out of the vapor passages, and a recovery section for receiving the drawn-out water. Thus, the water produced in the vapor passages in the cooling section can be prevented from occluding the vapor passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Taniguchi, Tsuneo Endoh, Tsutomu Takahashi, Taizou Kitamura, Takashi Takazawa
  • Publication number: 20030089110
    Abstract: A waste heat recovering device for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, wherein among a plurality of exhaust pipes extending from cylinders of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, a plurality of exhaust pipes unlikely to cause exhaust interference are collected to form one or more collecting pipes. A heat exchanger for recovering heat of exhaust gas is provided in the one or more collecting pipes. Therefore, a waste heat recovering device can be provided, in which the number of heat exchangers is reduced compared to the number of cylinders of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine to reduce rest periods of the heat exchanger and reduce spaces occupied by the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Niikura, Tsuneo Endoh, Yuichi Itoh, Naoki Ohta
  • Publication number: 20030084868
    Abstract: Rotary type fluid machine includes a casing 7, a rotor 31 and a plurality of vane-piston units U1-U12 which are disposed in a radiate arrangement on the rotor 31. Each of the vane-piston units U1-U12 has a vane 42 sliding in a rotor chamber 14 and a piston 41 placed in abutment against an on-slide side of the vane 42. When it functions as an expanding machine 4, the expansion of a high pressure gas is used to operate the pistons 41 thereby to rotate the rotor 31 via vanes 42 and the expansion of a low pressure gas caused by a pressure reduction in the high pressure gas is used to rotate the rotor 31 via the vanes 41. On the other hand, when it functions as a compressing machine, the rotation of rotor 31 is used to supply a low pressure air to the side of pistons 41 via vanes 42 and further, the pistons 41 are operated by the vanes 42 to convert the low pressure air to the high pressure air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuneo Endoh, Kensuke Honma
  • Publication number: 20030084867
    Abstract: Rotary type fluid machine includes a casing 7, a rotor 31 and a plurality of vane-piston units U1-U12 which are disposed in a radiate arrangement on the rotor 31. Each of the vane-piston units U1-U12 has a vane 42 sliding in a rotor chamber 14 and a piston 41 placed in abutment against anon-slide side of the vane 42. When it functions as an expanding machine 4, the expansion of a high pressure gas is used to operate the pistons 41 thereby to rotate the rotor 31 via vanes 42 and the expansion of a low pressure gas caused by a pressure reduction in the high pressure gas is used to rotate the rotor 31 via the vanes 41. On the other hand, when it functions as a compressing machine, the rotation of rotor 31 is used to supply a low pressure air to the side of pistons 41 via vanes 42 and further, the pistons 41 are operated by the vanes 42 to convert the low pressure air to the high pressure air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuneo Endoh, Kensuke Honma
  • Publication number: 20030084866
    Abstract: Rotary type fluid machine includes a casing 7, a rotor 31 and a plurality of vane-piston units U1-U12 which are disposed in a radiate arrangement on the rotor 31. Each of the vane-piston units U1-U12 has a vane 42 sliding in a rotor chamber 14 and a piston 41 placed in abutment against a non-slide side of the vane 42. When it functions as an expanding machine 4, the expansion of a high pressure gas is used to operate the pistons 41 thereby to rotate the rotor 31 via vanes 42 and the expansion of a low pressure gas caused by a pressure reduction in the high pressure gas is used to rotate the rotor 31 via the vanes 41. On the other hand, when it functions as a compressing machine, the rotation of rotor 31 is used to supply a low pressure air to the side of pistons 41 via vanes 42 and further, the pistons 41 are operated by the vanes 42 to convert the low pressure air to the high pressure air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuneo Endoh, Kensuke Honma
  • Publication number: 20030056504
    Abstract: A waste heat recovering device for an internal combustion engine includes: an internal combustion engine; and an evaporator into which an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine is introduced as a high temperature fluid. An exhaust gas inlet of the evaporator is placed adjacent to an exhaust valve of the internal combustion engine. Thus, there can be provided a waste heat recovering device having a high waste heat recovery rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Naoki Ohta, Tsuneo Endoh, Atsushi Baba, Tsutomu Takahashi, Masashi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 6513482
    Abstract: Rotary type fluid machine includes a casing 7, a rotor 31 and a plurality of vane-piston units U1-U12 which are disposed in a radiate arrangement on the rotor 31. Each of the vane-piston units U1-U12 has a vane 42 sliding in a rotor chamber 14 and a piston 41 placed in abutment against a non-slide side of the vane 42. When it functions as an expanding machine 4, the expansion of a high pressure gas is used to operate the pistons 41 thereby to rotate the rotor 31 via vanes 42 and the expansion of a low pressure gas caused by a pressure reduction in the high pressure gas is used to rotate the rotor 31 via the vanes 41. On the other hand, when it functions as a compressing machine, the rotation of rotor 31 is used to supply a low pressure air to the side of pistons 41 via vanes 42 and further, the pistons 41 are operated by the vanes 42 to convert the low pressure air to the high pressure air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuneo Endoh, Kensuke Honma
  • Publication number: 20020171157
    Abstract: Each of junctions formed between a semiconductor device and a substrate comprises metal balls of Cu etc. and compounds of Sn and the metal balls, and the metal balls are bonded together by the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Tasao Soga, Hanae Shimokawa, Tetsuya Nakatsuka, Kazuma Miura, Mikio Negishi, Hirokazu Nakajima, Tsuneo Endoh
  • Publication number: 20020114726
    Abstract: Each of junctions formed between a semiconductor device and a substrate comprises metal balls of Cu, or other materials and compounds of Sn and the metal balls, and the metal balls are bonded together by the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasao Soga, Hanae Shimokawa, Tetsuya Nakatsuka, Kazuma Miura, Mikio Negishi, Hirokazu Nakajima, Tsuneo Endoh
  • Publication number: 20020100986
    Abstract: Each of junctions formed between a semiconductor device and a substrate comprises metal balls of Cu, etc., and compounds of Sn and the metal balls, and the metal balls are bonded together by the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasao Soga, Hanae Shimokawa, Tetsuya Nakatsuka, Kazuma Miura, Mikio Negishi, Hirokazu Nakajima, Tsuneo Endoh
  • Publication number: 20020089052
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising semiconductor chips each formed with plural pads at the main surface, chip parts each formed with connection terminals at both ends thereof, a module substrate on which the semiconductor chips and the chip parts are mounted, solder connection portions for connecting the chip parts and the substrate terminals of the module substrate by soldering, gold wires for connecting the pads of the semiconductor chips and corresponding substrate terminals of the module substrate, and a sealing portion formed with a low elasticity resin such as an insulative silicone resin or a low elasticity epoxy resin for covering the semiconductor chips, chip parts, solder connection portions and gold wires which prevents flow out of the solder in the solder connection portion by re-melting thereby preventing short-circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Masashi Yamaura, Hirokazu Nakajima, Nobuyoshi Maejima, Mikio Negishi, Tomio Yamada, Tomomichi Koizumi, Tsuneo Endoh
  • Publication number: 20010023983
    Abstract: Supply of a semiconductor device capable of preventing the likely occurrence of cracking of a ceramic substrate, and the consequential disconnection of internal layer wiring, due to the thermal changes suffered when the semiconductor device is mounted on external wiring boards different in thermal expansion coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Yasutoshi Kurihara, Takumi Ueno, Nobuyoshi Maejima, Hirokazu Nakajima, Tomio Yamada, Tsuneo Endoh
  • Patent number: 5908012
    Abstract: A sub-piston 19 is supported movably in the upward and downward direction on an upper end of a main piston 4 to define an air-fuel mixture cooling chamber 20 between the pistons 4 and 19. The air-fuel mixture cooling chamber 20 communicates with a peripheral edge of a combustion chamber 12. The sub-piston 19 is connected to a cam member 23 which is supported on a crankshaft 7 through a subsidiary connecting rod 21. The volume of the air-fuel mixture cooling chamber 20 is increased and decreased in operative association with the rotation of the crankshaft 7. The air-fuel mixture cooling chamber 20 has an increased volume in a phase from a compression stroke to a point immediately after ignition, and the generation of a knocking is prevented by cooling an air-fuel mixture filled in such air-fuel mixture cooling chamber 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuneo Endoh
  • Patent number: 5317865
    Abstract: An improved gas generator apparatus having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine having a turbine rotor coupled by a rotor shaft to the compressor rotor of the compressor. The combustor is spiral shaped and positioned between the compressor and turbine which allows the direction of flow of air or working gas to remain substantially unchanged from the compressor to the turbine, while maintaining a compact configuration. In operation, air drawn into the compressor is swirled circumferentially and pressurized by the compressor, and then delivered into a combustion chamber while it is being swirled. Air is expanded in the combustion chamber as it is swirled in and along the spirally shaped expansion chamber tube and then flows as a working gas into the turbine in which the gas drives the turbine rotor while the gas is still being swirled in the same direction. The air or working gas, therefore, maintains a swirling flow in one direction from the compressor to the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Inoue, Osamu Kubota, Tsuneo Endoh
  • Patent number: 5274997
    Abstract: A reduction gear for producing and feeding the rotation of a low pressure turbine driven by a combustion gas generated in a combustor to an output shaft is received in a central opening of a rotary type heat exchanger which is disposed so as to be perpendicular to a turbine shaft at a rear portion of a body housing of a gas turbine engine. As a result, not only the engine can be made small but also the output can be produced at to the opposite side of the heat exchanger. The combustor and a collector housing for collecting combustion gas are disposed on diametrical opposite sides in a transverse cross section of the body housing whereby an internal space of the body housing is effectively utilized and an axial dimension of the engine is shortened. Since the compressed air is supplied to the heat exchanger through peripheral walls of the body housing having a double construction, prevention of heat radiation from the body housing and effective utilization of an internal space of the body housing are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Inoue, Noriyuki Kishi, Takashi Bannai, Tsuneo Endoh, Hisayoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 4785533
    Abstract: The present invention resides in a hybrid integrated circuit device comprising; a plurality of electronic parts; a wiring board mounting the plurality of electronic parts on the primary front surface thereof; and a plurality of leads secured to the edge of the wiring board, the device being featured in that a fixing section of each of the leads consists of a main fixing portion secured to the primary rear surface of the wiring board, and an auxiliary fixing portion secured to the side face of the wiring board, the auxiliary fixing portion of the lead being branched from the main fixing portion thereof such that the branched auxiliary fixing portion is bent at an angle of approximately 90.degree. with respect to the main fixing portion. This provides the hybrid integrated circuit device in which the leads have the enhanced connection strength against the wiring board, and the wiring board has a lower mounted height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Tobu Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mituaki Seino, Tsuneo Endoh