Patents by Inventor Yasuo Namaizawa

Yasuo Namaizawa 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: 11703021
    Abstract: In a fuel injection device, a driving unit structure has a magnetic aperture, in which an inner diameter is gradually enlarged toward the mover side, provided in an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. It is possible to reduce magnetic delay time upon valve opening from the supply of the electric current to the coil to the rise of magnetic flux and magnetic delay time upon valve closing from the stoppage of the electric current to the coil to reduction of magnetic flux, by providing a magnetic aperture in the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. Thus it is possible to improve the dynamic responsiveness upon valve opening and valve closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Kusakabe, Motoyuki Abe, Tohru Ishikawa, Noriyuki Maekawa, Masahiro Soma, Takao Miyake, Yasuo Namaizawa
  • Patent number: 11629678
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection valve capable of stroking a valve body in two stages of large and small strokes and improving responsiveness of a valve opening operation. Therefore, a first mover 201 is attracted to a magnetic core 107. A second mover 202 is formed separately from the first mover 201, and is attracted to the magnetic core 107 on an inner diameter side of the first mover 201. A valve body 101 has a flange portion 101a on an upstream side of the second mover 202. A spacer 213 forms a gap (void g1) in an axial direction between the flange portion 101a and the second mover 202 in a valve closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyasu Miyamoto, Masashi Sugaya, Yasuo Namaizawa, Takuya Watai
  • Patent number: 11591994
    Abstract: For a fuel injection device, a configuration to improve fuel sealability when a valve is closed is provided. Therefore, the fuel injection device includes: a valve body that opens and closes a fuel flow path; a movable iron core in which a fuel passage hole communicating an upstream side and a downstream side is formed, and that operates the valve body toward the upstream side; a biasing spring whose one end contacts the movable iron core, and that biases the movable iron core in a valve opening direction; and a regulating unit that regulates movement of the one end of the biasing spring, in which the shortest distance between the one end of the biasing spring and the fuel passage hole is larger than a radial travel distance of the one end until radial movement of the one end is regulated by the regulating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Sugaya, Takao Miyake, Yasuo Namaizawa
  • Patent number: 11313336
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid control device with an improved effect of suppressing blowhole generation. Therefore, a component for a flow rate control device of the present invention includes: a first component 140 (A); a second component 107 (B) fixed to the first component by a press-fitting portion 802; a butt-welded portion 803 connecting the first component and the second component; and a first gap 1001 and a second gap 1002 formed between mutually opposing surfaces of the first component and the second component. The first gap is provided on a side of the press-fitting portion with respect to the second gap between the press-fitting portion and the butt-welded portion, and is formed in a direction intersecting a press-fitting direction. The second gap is provided on a side of the butt-welded portion with respect to the first gap between the press-fitting portion and the welded portion, and is formed in a direction intersecting the first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Miyake, Yasuo Namaizawa, Takumasa Furuyama
  • Patent number: 11242830
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection valve capable of quickly stopping a position of a movable element at a predetermined position after closing a valve while reducing an impact force of a valve body. Therefore, a valve body 101 includes a sleeve 113. A first movable core 201 (first movable element) lifts the valve body 101 by the attractive force of a magnetic core 107. A second movable core 202 (second movable element) further lifts the valve body 101 by the attractive force of the magnetic core 107 after the first movable core 201 (first movable element) lifts the valve body 101. After the valve body 101 is seated on the seat member 102 and the second movable core 202 (second movable element) is separated from the sleeve 113, a bottom surface 201g of the first movable core 201 (first movable element) collides with a storage bottom surface 111b (collision receiving portion).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyasu Miyamoto, Yasuo Namaizawa, Takao Miyake, Takuya Watai
  • Publication number: 20210310452
    Abstract: In a fuel injection device, a driving unit structure has a magnetic aperture, in which an inner diameter is gradually enlarged toward the mover side, provided in an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. It is possible to reduce magnetic delay time upon valve opening from the supply of the electric current to the coil to the rise of magnetic flux and magnetic delay time upon valve closing from the stoppage of the electric current to the coil to reduction of magnetic flux, by providing a magnetic aperture in the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. Thus it is possible to improve the dynamic responsiveness upon valve opening and valve closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo KUSAKABE, Motoyuki ABE, Tohru ISHIKAWA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Masahiro SOMA, Takao MIYAKE, Yasuo NAMAIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210239081
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection valve capable of improving durability as compared with the conventional case and making the amount of fuel injected uniform as compared with the conventional case. Further, the present invention provides a fuel injection valve capable of injecting fuel with a high fuel pressure as compared with the conventional case and improving the reliability of the product as compared with the conventional case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya WATAI, Takao MIYAKE, Masashi SUGAYA, Yasuo NAMAIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11067045
    Abstract: In a fuel injection device, a driving unit structure has a magnetic aperture, in which an inner diameter is gradually enlarged toward the mover side, provided in an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. It is possible to reduce magnetic delay time upon valve opening from the supply of the electric current to the coil to the rise of magnetic flux and magnetic delay time upon valve closing from the stoppage of the electric current to the coil to reduction of magnetic flux, by providing a magnetic aperture in the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. Thus it is possible to improve the dynamic responsiveness upon valve opening and valve closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Kusakabe, Motoyuki Abe, Tohru Ishikawa, Noriyuki Maekawa, Masahiro Soma, Takao Miyake, Yasuo Namaizawa
  • Publication number: 20210102520
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection valve capable of stroking a valve body in two stages of large and small strokes and improving responsiveness of a valve opening operation. Therefore, a first mover 201 is attracted to a magnetic core 107. A second mover 202 is formed separately from the first mover 201, and is attracted to the magnetic core 107 on an inner diameter side of the first mover 201. A valve body 101 has a flange portion 101a on an upstream side of the second mover 202. A spacer 213 forms a gap (void g1) in an axial direction between the flange portion 101a and the second mover 202 in a valve closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Masashi SUGAYA, Yasuo NAMAIZAWA, Takuya WATAI
  • Publication number: 20210040926
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid control device with an improved effect of suppressing blowhole generation. Therefore, a component for a flow rate control device of the present invention includes: a first component 140 (A); a second component 107 (B) fixed to the first component by a press-fitting portion 802; a butt-welded portion 803 connecting the first component and the second component; and a first gap 1001 and a second gap 1002 formed between mutually opposing surfaces of the first component and the second component. The first gap is provided on a side of the press-fitting portion with respect to the second gap between the press-fitting portion and the butt-welded portion, and is formed in a direction intersecting a press-fitting direction. The second gap is provided on a side of the butt-welded portion with respect to the first gap between the press-fitting portion and the welded portion, and is formed in a direction intersecting the first gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao MIYAKE, Yasuo NAMAIZAWA, Takumasa FURUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200291910
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection valve capable of quickly stopping a position of a movable element at a predetermined position after closing a valve while reducing an impact force of a valve body. Therefore, a valve body 101 includes a sleeve 113. A first movable core 201 (first movable element) lifts the valve body 101 by the attractive force of a magnetic core 107. A second movable core 202 (second movable element) further lifts the valve body 101 by the attractive force of the magnetic core 107 after the first movable core 201 (first movable element) lifts the valve body 101. After the valve body 101 is seated on the seat member 102 and the second movable core 202 (second movable element) is separated from the sleeve 113, a bottom surface 201g of the first movable core 201 (first movable element) collides with a storage bottom surface 111b (collision receiving portion).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Yasuo NAMAIZAWA, Takao MIYAKE, Takuya WATAI
  • Publication number: 20200232433
    Abstract: For a fuel injection device, a configuration to improve fuel sealability when a valve is closed is provided. Therefore, the fuel injection device includes: a valve body that opens and closes a fuel flow path; a movable iron core in which a fuel passage hole communicating an upstream side and a downstream side is formed, and that operates the valve body toward the upstream side; a biasing spring whose one end contacts the movable iron core, and that biases the movable iron core in a valve opening direction; and a regulating unit that regulates movement of the one end of the biasing spring, in which the shortest distance between the one end of the biasing spring and the fuel passage hole is larger than a radial travel distance of the one end until radial movement of the one end is regulated by the regulating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi SUGAYA, Takao MIYAKE, Yasuo NAMAIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200165998
    Abstract: Provided are a flow volume control device capable of securing a strength withstanding a high fuel pressure, and a method for manufacturing the flow volume control device. A fuel injection valve 1 includes a movable element 102 and a nozzle holder 101 that is positioned on the outer peripheral side of the movable element 102 and holds the movable element 102 inside in a radial direction. The nozzle holder 101 is molded using precipitation hardening stainless steel as a material. In addition, the manufacturing method includes forging and molding a material by forging using the precipitation hardening stainless steel as the nozzle holder 101, performing solution thermal treatment on the material after the forging and molding step, and performing precipitation hardening thermal treatment on the material after the solution thermal treatment, and finishing and molding the material after the precipitation hardening thermal treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Takao MIYAKE, Masaru KAWAI, Masashi SUGAYA, Yasuo NAMAIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10125733
    Abstract: In some examples, a clip prevents relative rotation between a fuel injector and an injector cup of a fuel rail. For instance, the fuel injector may be rotated following insertion into the injector cup to prevent removal of the fuel injector. The clip includes a clip body having a pair of arms extending from the clip body with an opening between the arms for receiving the fuel injector. A tab extends from the clip body into the opening for engaging a first alignment slot in the injector cup and a second alignment slot in the fuel injector when the clip is installed on the fuel injector. Following installation of the clip on the fuel injector, the tab is disposed in the first and second alignment slots to prevent relative rotation between the fuel injector and the injector cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Mizuba, Steven J. Miller, Yasuo Namaizawa, Shannon Jones, Jeff Rohrback, Anthony Boone
  • Patent number: 9765740
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is provided that can reduce variations in stroke length by reducing distortion during welding, and consequently can reduce variations in flow rate of injected fuel. The fuel injection valve has a nozzle; a fixed valve that is press-fit into a tip of the nozzle and has a fuel injection port from which the fuel is injected; and a movable element that forms a fuel seal section by abutting against the fixed valve, and opens and closes the fuel injection port. The fixed valve and the nozzle are fixed in place by welding at a position with no space due to press-fitting. A groove that serves as an empty space is provided in a continuation of a welded section that is formed in the fixed valve and the nozzle by the welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takaoku, Yasuo Namaizawa, Hideharu Ehara, Masahiro Soma
  • Patent number: 9284929
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve includes: a valve element which closes a fuel passage by coming into contact with a valve seat and opens the fuel passage by going away from the valve seat; an electromagnet which includes a coil and a magnetic core formed as a drive portion for driving the valve element; a movable element which is held by the valve element in a state where the movable element is displaceable in the direction of a drive force of the valve element relative to the valve element; a first biasing portion for biasing the valve element in the direction opposite to the direction of a drive force generated by the drive portion; a second biasing portion for biasing the movable element in the direction of the drive force with a biasing force smaller than the biasing force generated by the first biasing portion; and a restricting portion for restricting the displacement of the movable element in the direction of the drive force relative to the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nakai, Motoyuki Abe, Toru Ishikawa, Yasuo Namaizawa, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Yoshii, Hitoshi Furudate
  • Patent number: 8991783
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve, it is intended to enhance valve-closing responsivity while maintaining durability (anti wear property) of a collision portion between a stationary core and a movable core and valve-opening responsivity. An annular end face 106A of the movable core 106 in the fuel injection valve is provided with a collision portion 106C that collides to a stationary core 107 when the movable core is magnetically attracted toward the stationary core side and a non-collision portion that keeps a fluid gap between both cores at an area of an outer side or an inner side from the collision portion. The annular end faces of the stationary core and the movable core are coated with platings 30, 31 having anti wear property, and at least one of the platings of the stationary core and the movable core is formed in such a manner that the thickness thereof at the collision portion 106C is to be thicker and the thickness thereof at the non-collision portion is to be thinner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Abe, Masahiko Hayatani, Tohru Ishikawa, Takehiko Kowatari, Atsushi Takaoku, Yasuo Namaizawa, Yusuke Irino
  • Publication number: 20140367498
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is provided that can reduce variations in stroke length by reducing distortion during welding, and consequently can reduce variations in flow rate of injected fuel. The fuel injection valve has a nozzle; a fixed valve that is press-fit into a tip of the nozzle and has a fuel injection port from which the fuel is injected; and a movable element that forms a fuel seal section by abutting against the fixed valve, and opens and closes the fuel injection port. The fixed valve and the nozzle are fixed in place by welding at a position with no space due to press-fitting. A groove that serves as an empty space is provided in a continuation of a welded section that is formed in the fixed valve and the nozzle by the welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takaoku, Yasuo Namaizawa, Hideharu Ehara, Masahiro Soma
  • Patent number: 8672239
    Abstract: A fuel injector is disclosed that has plural nozzle holes with the same cross-sectional shape and can individually set the flow rate of each nozzle hole. The fuel injector includes the plural nozzle holes, a seat section positioned upstream of the nozzle holes, a valve element that closes a valve when brought into contact with the seat section and opens the valve when separated from the seat section, and a circular cone tapered from an upstream end to a downstream end and provided with the seat section and an inlet opening of the nozzle holes. The plural nozzle holes have an identical shape and a shape of a cross-section of each of the nozzle holes is substantially out-of-round, the cross-section being perpendicular to a central axis of each of the nozzle holes. The cross-section of each of the nozzle holes is rotated around the central axis of each of the nozzle holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ogura, Yasuo Namaizawa
  • Publication number: 20130087639
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve includes: a valve element which closes a fuel passage by coming into contact with a valve seat and opens the fuel passage by going away from the valve seat; an electromagnet which includes a coil and a magnetic core formed as a drive portion for driving the valve element; a movable element which is held by the valve element in a state where the movable element is displaceable in the direction of a drive force of the valve element relative to the valve element; a first biasing portion for biasing the valve element in the direction opposite to the direction of a drive force generated by the drive portion; a second biasing portion for biasing the movable element in the direction of the drive force with a biasing force smaller than the biasing force generated by the first biasing portion; and a restricting portion for restricting the displacement of the movable element in the direction of the drive force relative to the valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nakai, Motoyuki Abe, Toru Ishikawa, Yasuo Namaizawa, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Yoshii, Hitoshi Furudate