Patents by Inventor Yoichi Anzo

Yoichi Anzo 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: 10190563
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine ignition coil according to the present invention includes: a central iron core; a primary coil disposed on an outer circumference of the central iron core; a secondary coil disposed on an outer circumference of the primary coil; a side iron core disposed on an outer circumference of the secondary coil; and an insulating material sealing the central iron core, the primary coil, and the secondary coil on an inner side of the side iron core. A first layered silicate having a particle diameter less than a winding diameter of the secondary coil is present at a higher concentration in a vicinity of the secondary coil than that in a vicinity of the side iron core in the insulating material. A second layered silicate having a particle diameter greater than the winding diameter of the secondary coil is present at a higher concentration than that of the first layered silicate between the outer circumference side of the secondary coil and the side iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Hanshin, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamikawa, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Toshiaki Ishii, Yoichi Anzo
  • Publication number: 20170241393
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine ignition coil according to the present invention includes: a central iron core; a primary coil disposed on an outer circumference of the central iron core; a secondary coil disposed on an outer circumference of the primary coil; a side iron core disposed on an outer circumference of the secondary coil; and an insulating material sealing the central iron core, the primary coil, and the secondary coil on an inner side of the side iron core. A first layered silicate having a particle diameter less than a winding diameter of the secondary coil is present at a higher concentration in a vicinity of the secondary coil than that in a vicinity of the side iron core in the insulating material. A second layered silicate having a particle diameter greater than the winding diameter of the secondary coil is present at a higher concentration than that of the first layered silicate between the outer circumference side of the secondary coil and the side iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMIKAWA, Nobutake TSUYUNO, Toshiaki ISHII, Yoichi ANZO
  • Patent number: 9147522
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ignition coil for use in an internal combustion engine, offering improved water drainage performance, while achieving high waterproof performance with controlled entry of water in a plug hole. A high-voltage generating section 3 that generates a high voltage is housed inside a coil case 4. A plug hole seal 5 closes an opening in a plug hole 2 in which an ignition plug 21 is mounted. The ignition coil further includes a space portion 6 placed on an outer side portion of the high-voltage generating section 3 and an air path 9 for venting air between the space portion 6 and the plug hole 2. The space portion 9 has an open lower surface (an entirely open surface facilitates demolding).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makio Takahashi, Takanobu Kobayashi, Yoichi Anzo, Gakuji Moriya, Makoto Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 8922314
    Abstract: An auxiliary core portion and a main core portion, including a magnet if the magnet is attached, are covered by a resin film or an elastomer film and fixed as a single assembly. In this state, a coil is attached to the assembly and a side core portion is assembled to the assembly. The auxiliary core portion and the main core portion, including the magnet if it is attached, can be supplied, as the single assembly, to an automated assembly line for ignition coils. It is not necessary to position such components on the assembly line. Thus, the workability of the automated assembly can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Kobayashi, Yoichi Anzo, Makio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140043717
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ignition coil for use in an internal combustion engine, offering improved water drainage performance, while achieving high waterproof performance with controlled entry of water in a plug hole. A high-voltage generating section 3 that generates a high voltage is housed inside a coil case 4. A plug hole seal 5 closes an opening in a plug hole 2 in which an ignition plug 21 is mounted. The ignition coil further includes a space portion 6 placed on an outer side portion of the high-voltage generating section 3 and an air path 9 for venting air between the space portion 6 and the plug hole 2. The space portion 9 has an open lower surface (an entirely open surface facilitates demolding).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makio Takahashi, Takanobu Kobayashi, Yoichi Anzo, Gakuji Moriya, Makoto Kurahashi
  • Publication number: 20120299679
    Abstract: An auxiliary core portion and a main core portion, including a magnet if the magnet is attached, are covered by a resin film or an elastomer film and fixed as a single assembly. In this state, a coil is attached to the assembly and a side core portion is assembled to the assembly. The auxiliary core portion and the main core portion, including the magnet if it is attached, can be supplied, as the single assembly, to an automated assembly line for ignition coils. It is not necessary to position such components on the assembly line. Thus, the workability of the automated assembly can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu KOBAYASHI, Yoichi Anzo, Makio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8161955
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine ignition coil device has an annular seal rubber at its lower side coil. An annular projection is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. An air path is formed in part of a coil case by mounting the seal rubber into a groove, enabling inside and outside portions of the plug hole to communicate. A gas-permeable thin film resin member is bonded to an inlet of the air path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Anzo, Makio Takahashi, Takanobu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110247600
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine ignition coil device has an annular seal rubber at its lower side coil. An annular projection is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. An air path is formed in part of a coil case by mounting the seal rubber into a groove, enabling inside and outside portions of the plug hole to communicate. A gas-permeable thin film resin member is bonded to an inlet of the air path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi ANZO, Makio TAKAHASHI, Takanobu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7984707
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine ignition coil device has an annular seal rubber at its lower side coil. An annular projection is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. An air path is formed in part of a coil case by mounting the seal rubber into a groove, enabling inside and outside portions of the plug hole to communicate. A gas-permeable thin film resin member is bonded to an inlet of the air path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Anzo, Makio Takahashi, Takanobu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100275893
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine ignition coil device has an annular seal rubber at its lower side coil. An annular projection is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. An air path is formed in part of a coil case by mounting the seal rubber into a groove, enabling inside and outside portions of the plug hole to communicate. A gas-permeable thin film resin member is bonded to an inlet of the air path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi ANZO, Makio TAKAHASHI, Takanobu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7789078
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine ignition coil device has an annular seal rubber at its lower side coil. An annular projection is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. An air path is formed in part of a coil case by mounting the seal rubber into a groove, enabling inside and outside portions of the plug hole to communicate. A gas-permeable thin film resin member is bonded to an inlet of the air path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Anzo, Makio Takahashi, Takanobu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7487767
    Abstract: A long and narrow shape independent ignition type ignition apparatus has a long and narrow shape center core for an internal combustion engine. At least one of magnet member and a rubber material member is arranged at an end portion of the center core. A circumference of the center core including said magnet member and said rubber material member is surrounded using a soft material member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20080029074
    Abstract: An ignition coil device for an internal combustion engine, which has a superior waterproof property and can be reduced in size and easily produced. An annular seal rubber (2) is mounted to the lower side of an ignition coil device (1). An annular projection (2a) is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. A substantially L-shaped groove for forming an air path (4) is formed in a part of a coil case (1a). The air path (4) is formed by mounting the seal rubber (2) into the groove, enabling the inside and the outside of the plug hole to communicate with each other. A thin film resin member (3) with a porous structure being permeable to gas but not to liquid is fixedly bonded to an inlet (4a) of the air path (4) to prevent water from entering the plug hole. Those features realize the ignition coil device for the internal combustion engine, which has a superior waterproof property and can be reduced in size and easily produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Yoichi Anzo, Makio Takahashi, Takanobu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060129890
    Abstract: A long and narrow shape independent ignition type ignition apparatus has a long and narrow shape center core for an internal combustion engine. At least one of magnet member and a rubber material member is arranged at an end portion of the center core. A circumference of the center core including said magnet member and said rubber material member is surrounded using a soft material member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
  • Patent number: 7013883
    Abstract: To improve an anti-heat shock performance and an electric field concentration relaxation (an insulation performance) between a secondary coil and a center core, to attain a narrow diameter structure in an individual ignition type ignition coil and further to improve an assembling working of the ignition coil. The individual ignition type ignition coil is adopted to an engine having a plastic head cover. A secondary coil 3 is positioned at an inner side of a primary coil 5 and between a secondary bobbin 2 and a center core 1 a soft epoxy resin 17 is filled up. In the secondary bobbin 2, a secondary coil low voltage side is a potting side of the soft epoxy resin 17 and an inclination having a difference in an inner diameter is provided on the inner diameter in which the secondary coil low voltage side is formed large and secondary coil high voltage side is formed small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20040231652
    Abstract: A center core 1, a secondary coil 3 wound at a secondary bobbin 2 and a primary coil 5 wound at a primary bobbin 4 are placed concentrically inside a coil case 6 in sequence from the inside of the coil case. One end of the secondary coil 3 is connected to the primary coil side and becomes a low-voltage side, and the other side becomes a high-voltage side due to an induced voltage and used with connection to the individual ignition plugs of the internal combustion engine. The radial thickness of the bobbin at the low-voltage side 3a and the high-voltage side 3c of the secondary coil, each located at the both ends of the secondary coil, is made larger than the radial thickness of the bobbin at the center part 3b of the secondary coil. The radial thickness of an insulating layer 8 between the secondary coil 3 and the primary coil 5 at the low-voltage side 3a of the secondary coil is smaller and the radial thickness of the insulating layer at the high-voltage side 3b of the secondary coil is larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Junichi Shimada, Yoichi Anzo, Kenji Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Saito
  • Publication number: 20040069288
    Abstract: An individual ignition type ignition coil is adopted to an engine having a plastic head cover. A secondary coil is positioned at an inner side of a primary coil, and between a secondary bobbin and a center core, a soft epoxy rein is filled The soft epoxy resin has a dent according to a compression molding and has a glass transition point Tg which satisfies a specified condition. The secondary bobbin is formed by PTS and the primary bobbin is set to the primary coil at the outer side of the secondary assembling body, and under an assembling condition the winding is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20030184424
    Abstract: A center core 1, a secondary coil 3 wound at a secondary bobbin 2 and a primary coil 5 wound at a primary bobbin 4 are placed concentrically inside a coil case 6 in sequence from the inside of the coil case. One end of the secondary coil 3 is connected to the primary coil side and becomes a low-voltage side, and the other side becomes a high-voltage side due to an induced voltage and used with connection to the individual ignition plugs of the internal combustion engine. The radial thickness of the bobbin at the low-voltage side 3a and the high-voltage side 3c of the secondary coil, each located at the both ends of the secondary coil, is made larger than the radial thickness of the bobbin at the center part 3b of the secondary coil. The radial thickness of an insulating layer 8 between the secondary coil 3 and the primary coil 5 at the low-voltage side 3a of the secondary coil is smaller and the radial thickness of the insulating layer at the high-voltage side 3b of the secondary coil is larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicants: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Junichi Shimada, Yoichi Anzo, Kenji Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Saito
  • Patent number: 6571784
    Abstract: An individual ignition type ignition coil is adopted to an engine having a plastic head cover. A secondary coil is positioned at an inner side of a primary coil and between a secondary bobbin and a center core a soft epoxy resin is filled up. The soft epoxy resin hash a dent according t a compression molding and has a glass transition point Tg which satisfies a specified condition. The secondary bobbin is formed by PPS and the primary bobbin is set to the primary coli at outer side of the secondary assembling body and under an assembling condition the winding is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Shimada, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Eiichiro Kondo, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Takahide Kosai, Toshiaki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20020067233
    Abstract: A center core 1, a secondary coil 3 wound at a secondary bobbin 2 and a primary coil 5 wound at a primary bobbin 4 are placed concentrically inside a coil case 6 in sequence from the inside of the coil case. One end of the secondary coil 3 is connected to the primary coil side and becomes a low-voltage side, and the other side becomes a high-voltage side due to an induced voltage and used with connection to the individual ignition plugs of the internal combustion engine. The radial thickness of the bobbin at the low-voltage side 3a and the high-voltage side 3c of the secondary coil, each located at the both ends of the secondary coil, is made larger than the radial thickness of the bobbin at the center part 3b of the secondary coil. The radial thickness of an insulating layer 8 between the secondary coil 3 and the primary coil 5 at the low-voltage side 3a of the secondary coil is smaller and the radial thickness of the insulating layer at the high-voltage side 3b of the secondary coil is larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Junichi Shimada, Yoichi Anzo, Kenji Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Saito