Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Soga

Yoshihiko Soga 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: 10458328
    Abstract: A combustion pressure sensor has a case member with a joint surface on the side of a tip end and in which an opening portion is provided. A joint surface of a pressure reception member on which a combustion pressure acts is brought into planar contact with the joint surface of the case member so as to block the opening portion. A welding portion joins the joint surfaces to each other. A piezoelectric element stored in the case member converts a pressing force based on the combustion pressure transmitted from the pressure reception member into a signal. On the side of one edge side in at least the one joint surface, the one joint surface is limited to a given depth of welding from the other edge side. A predetermined clearance portion is provided so as to form a predetermined gap with the opposite joint surface and a welding portion is provided which includes at least all the limited joint surface from the other edge side in the one joint surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshihiko Soga
  • Patent number: 9835523
    Abstract: A combustion pressure detection device for detecting combustion pressure inside a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the combustion pressure detection device being attachable to a communication hole communicating an inside of a cylinder head configuring the combustion chamber and an outside thereof, the combustion pressure detection device includes: a housing; and an piezoelectric element and the like that are located in the housing and detect the combustion pressure. The housing has an attachment structural part attachable to the communication hole, the attachment structural part has a third outer peripheral surface to which a first seal member is attachable, and a inclined surface to which a second seal member is attachable, and the inclined surface is arranged at a front end side in a direction to the combustion chamber relative to the third outer peripheral surface when the combustion pressure detection device is attached to the communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Misaizu, Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshihiko Soga, Hiromichi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20170130650
    Abstract: When a combustion pressure sensor is formed that includes at least: a case member which has a joint surface on the side of a tip end and in which an opening portion is provided; a joint surface which is brought into planar contact with the joint surface of the case member so as to block the opening portion; a pressure reception member on which a combustion pressure acts; a welding portion in which the joint surfaces are joined to each other; and a piezoelectric element which is stored in the case member and converts a pressing force based on the combustion pressure transmitted from the pressure reception member into a signal, on the side of one edge side in at least the one joint surface, the one joint surface is limited to a given depth of welding from the other edge side, a predetermined clearance portion is provided so as to form a predetermined gap with the opposite other joint surface and a welding portion is provided which includes at least all the limited joint surface from the other edge side in the o
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicants: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Yoshihiko SOGA
  • Patent number: 9222424
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine fitted with a combustion pressure detection device includes: an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber, a pressure detection device having a housing, a diaphragm, and a detection member, and having a shoulder part. The diaphragm is provided on the front end side of the housing and the detection member arranged inside the housing and behind the diaphragm, allowing it to detect the pressure working via the diaphragm. Also provided is a second seal member in a ring shape that seals the opening in the combustion chamber and the housing in the shoulder part of the housing in the pressure detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshihiko Soga, Tsuyoshi Misaizu
  • Patent number: 9175620
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine fitted with a combustion pressure detection device includes: an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber, a pressure detection device having a housing, a diaphragm, and a detection member, and having a shoulder part. The diaphragm is provided on the front end side of the housing and the detection member arranged inside the housing and behind the diaphragm, allowing it to detect the pressure working via the diaphragm. Also provided is a second seal member in a ring shape that seals the opening in the combustion chamber and the housing in the shoulder part of the housing in the pressure detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshihiko Soga, Tsuyoshi Misaizu
  • Publication number: 20150128687
    Abstract: A combustion pressure detection device for detecting combustion pressure inside a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the combustion pressure detection device being attachable to a communication hole communicating an inside of a cylinder head configuring the combustion chamber and an outside thereof, the combustion pressure detection device includes: a housing; and an piezoelectric element and the like that are located in the housing and detect the combustion pressure. The housing has an attachment structural part attachable to the communication hole, the attachment structural part has a third outer peripheral surface to which a first seal member is attachable, and a inclined surface to which a second seal member is attachable, and the inclined surface is arranged at a front end side in a direction to the combustion chamber relative to the third outer peripheral surface when the combustion pressure detection device is attached to the communication hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CITIZEN FINETECH MIYOTA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Misaizu, Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshihiko Soga, Hiromichi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20150034039
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine fitted with a combustion pressure detection device includes: an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber, a pressure detection device having a housing, a diaphragm, and a detection member, and having a shoulder part. The diaphragm is provided on the front end side of the housing and the detection member arranged inside the housing and behind the diaphragm, allowing it to detect the pressure working via the diaphragm. Also provided is a second seal member in a ring shape that seals the opening in the combustion chamber and the housing in the shoulder part of the housing in the pressure detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicants: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., CITIZEN FINETECH MIYOTA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshihiko Soga, Tsuyoshi Misaizu