Patents by Inventor Yoshihito Yasukawa
Yoshihito Yasukawa 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: 20190078543Abstract: Electromagnetic solenoid has movable core having end surface that is formed between inner circumferential surface and outer circumferential surface of movable core; and fixed core having end surface that is formed between inner circumferential surface and outer circumferential surface of fixed core and faces the end surface of movable core. Ring-shaped protruding portion is formed at least either one of the end surface of the movable core or the end surface of the fixed core. Protruding portion is provided at a position that is shifted to a radially inner circumferential side of the end surface. A length between apex and inner circumferential edge of protruding portion is shorter than a length between the apex and an outer circumferential edge of protruding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Akihiro YAMAZAKI, Takahiro SAITO, Nobuaki KOBAYASHI, Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Yoshihito YASUKAWA
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Publication number: 20190063387Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve body, a coil, an inner fixed iron core that is arranged on an inner peripheral side of the coil, and an outer fixed iron core that is arranged on an outer peripheral side of the coil. The fuel injection valve also includes a movable element that is configured to be attracted to the inner fixed iron core and the outer fixed iron core, wherein the movable element is configured to be separable from the valve body and is configured to move the valve body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Hideharu EHARA, Tohru ISHIKAWA, Motoyuki ABE, Ryo KUSAKABE
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Patent number: 10197028Abstract: A fuel injector is provided. A movable iron core is provided relatively displaceable to a valve body. A fixed iron core is opposed to the movable iron core. A first spring member energizes the valve body in a valve closing direction. A second spring member energizes the movable iron core in a valve closing direction. Contact portions are in contact with each other in a case where the movable iron core displaces in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve body. A gap is formed between the contact portions in a valve closing state. In a state in which the movable iron core and the valve body move in different directions after the movable iron core collides with the fixed iron core while a valve is opened, a spring force is not applied between the movable iron core and the valve body.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTDInventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa, Takao Miyake, Atsushi Nakai, Masashi Sugaya, Akiyasu Miyamoto, Kiyotaka Ogura, Motoyuki Abe
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Publication number: 20190024601Abstract: A control device of a fuel injection device improves stabilization in an opening operation of a valve element and stabilizes an injection amount. The control device includes a valve element to open a fuel passage by being separated from a valve seat, a movable iron core to perform an opening/closing operation of the valve element, and a fixed iron core to attract the movable iron core when a current flows to a coil. The control device includes a control unit which performs an intermediate energization in which the coil is energized again to attract the movable iron core to the fixed iron core and then the energizing to the coil is blocked and the movable iron core is displaced in a direction away from the fixed core. The control unit controls whether the intermediate energization is performed according to an injection interval of the fuel injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Masahiro TOYOHARA, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Yoshihito YASUKAWA
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Publication number: 20190003436Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection device in which variations in an injection flow rate for each injection is suppressed and an injection amount is stabilized. The fuel injection device according to the present invention includes: a valve element that is seated on or unseated from a valve seat; a plurality of guide parts (302a, 302b, 302c) that slidably guide the valve element; and flow paths (306a, 306b, 306c) sandwiched between the guide parts in a circumferential direction. In the fuel injection device, one guide part (302a) among the plurality of guide parts is formed to have a longer circumferential length than that of other guide parts (302b, 302c).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Akira IIZUKA, Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Kazuki YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20180363615Abstract: A spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve includes, at least, a seat member provided with a fuel injection hole and a valve seat and a valve body which controls fuel injection from the injection hole by contacting and separating from the valve seat. In the spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve: the injection hole has an injection hole inlet which is open inwardly of the seat member and an injection hole outlet which is open outwardly of the seat member; an opening edge of the injection hole inlet has a first round-chamfered portion formed on an upstream side with respect to a fuel flow toward the injection hole inlet; and an extending length (L) of the injection hole does not exceed three times a hole diameter (D) of the injection hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Eiji ISHII, Motoyuki ABE, Tohru ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180363608Abstract: A drive unit of a fuel injection device includes a driver circuit. The driver circuit opens and closes a valve element of the fuel injection device by supplying a drive current to the fuel injection device. The driver circuit supplies the drive current to open the valve element and sets the drive current to zero in an intermediate lift area. The intermediate lift area is an area is which a lift amount of the valve element is smaller than a maximum target lift amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Ryo KUSAKABE, Motoyuki ABE, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Takuya MAYUZUMI, Tohru ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10082117Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection device that can control a small amount of injection is provided. A fuel injection device for use in an internal combustion engine, includes: a valve body that can open and close a fuel passage, a needle that transfers a force with the valve body, and executes valve opening/closing operation, and an electromagnet that includes a coil and a magnetic core provided as a driver for driving the needle, and a cylindrical nozzle holder disposed on an outer periphery of the magnetic core and the needle, in which a current is supplied to the coil to exert a magnetic attractive force between the magnetic core and the needle to open the valve body.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Kusakabe, Motoyuki Abe, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Noriyuki Maekawa, Takuya Mayuzumi, Tohru Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20180252192Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic valve capable of stabilizing an injection amount even when injection is performed while an intermediate member continues to be displaced after valve closing and returns to a closed valve standby state. For that purpose, a valve body 303 opens or closes a flow path. A movable iron core 404 moves the valve body 303 in a valve opening direction using a magnetic attraction force. An intermediate member 414 forms a preliminary stroke gap (g1) between the movable iron core 404 and the valve body 303 in a closed valve state. A stopper portion 410c collides with the intermediate member 414 when the intermediate member 414 moves in a direction in which the preliminary stroke gap (g1) is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Yoshihito YASUKAWA
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Publication number: 20180209366Abstract: A drive device capable of detecting individual variations of an injection quantity of a fuel injection device of each cylinder and adjusting a current waveform provided to an injection pulse width and a solenoid such that the individual variations of the fuel injection devices are reduced. The fuel injection device in the present invention includes a valve body that close a fuel passage by coming into contact with a valve seat and opens the fuel passage by separating from the valve seat and a magnetic circuit constructed of a solenoid, a fixed core, a nozzle holder a housing and a needle and when a current is supplied to the solenoid a magnetic suction force acts on the needle and the needle has a function to open the valve body by colliding against the valve body after performing a free running operation and changes of acceleration of the needle due to collision of the needle against the valve body are detected by a current flowing through the solenoid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Ryo KUSAKABE, Motoyuki ABE, Ayumu HATANAKA, Toshihiro AONO, Teppei HIROTSU, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO, Masahiro TOYOHARA, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Takao FUKUDA, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Akiyasu MIYAMOTO
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Patent number: 10030621Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a valve member; an anchor configured to be relatively displaceable in a valve opening-and-closing direction with respect to the valve member; a fixed core; a first spring biasing the valve member in a valve closing direction; a second spring biasing the anchor in the valve opening direction from an opposite side of the fixed core; and a third spring biasing the anchor in the valve closing direction from the fixed core side and has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring and larger than a biasing force of the second spring where engagement portions are provided in both the anchor and the valve member to be engaged with each other when the anchor is displaced in the valve opening direction with respect to the valve member, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor in the valve opening direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Nakai, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Masashi Sugaya, Kiyotaka Ogura, Takao Miyake, Ryo Kusakabe
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Patent number: 10024288Abstract: A spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve includes, at least, a seat member provided with a fuel injection hole and a valve seat and a valve body which controls fuel injection from the injection hole by contacting and separating from the valve seat. In the spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve: the injection hole has an injection hole inlet which is open inwardly of the seat member and an injection hole outlet which is open outwardly of the seat member; an opening edge of the injection hole inlet has a first round-chamfered portion formed on an upstream side with respect to a fuel flow toward the injection hole inlet; and an extending length (L) of the injection hole does not exceed three times a hole diameter (D) of the injection hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa, Kiyotaka Ogura, Takao Miyake, Eiji Ishii, Motoyuki Abe, Tohru Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20180163685Abstract: A solenoid valve provided with a valve element that abuts against and separates from a valve seat to seal fuel; a movable iron core capable of being separated from the valve element; and a fixed iron core arranged opposed to the movable iron core. The solenoid valve also includes: a first spring member that energizes the valve element toward a side of the valve seat; a second spring member that energizes the movable iron core toward the fixed iron core; and a stopper part disposed on the side of the valve seat with respect to the movable iron core, and arranged with the movable iron core via a gap in a displacement direction in a valve closed state. The gap is set so the movable iron core collides with the stopper part when being displaced in the valve closing direction after the valve element is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Takao MIYAKE, Takatoshi IIZUKA, Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Motoyuki ABE
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Patent number: 9926874Abstract: A drive device capable of detecting individual variations of an injection quantity of a fuel injection device of each cylinder and adjusting a current waveform provided to an injection pulse width and a solenoid such that the individual variations of the fuel injection devices are reduced. The fuel injection device in the present invention includes a valve body that closes a fuel passage by coming into contact with a valve seat and opens the fuel passage by separating from the valve seat and a magnetic circuit constructed of a solenoid, a fixed core, a nozzle holder, a housing, and a needle and when a current is supplied to the solenoid, a magnetic suction force acts on the needle and the needle has a function to open the valve body by colliding against the valve body after performing a free running operation and changes of acceleration of the needle due to collision of the needle against the valve body are detected by a current flowing through the solenoid.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Kusakabe, Motoyuki Abe, Ayumu Hatanaka, Toshihiro Aono, Teppei Hirotsu, Hideyuki Sakamoto, Masahiro Toyohara, Osamu Mukaihara, Takao Fukuda, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Akiyasu Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20170370337Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve configured to suppress bouncing of a valve element that is caused as a result of the valve element being rendered elastic when the valve element collides with a valve seat. The fuel injection valve of the present invention includes the valve element configured to come into contact with the valve seat for closing an injection hole and to separate from the valve seat for unclosing the injection hole, an elastic member urging the valve element toward the valve seat, a movable iron core disposed to be in and out of contact with the valve element, a fixed iron core disposed to be opposed to the movable iron core, and a coil configured to generate electromagnetic force for moving the movable iron core.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Motoyuki ABE, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Takao MIYAKE, Akira IIZUKA, Kiyotaka OGURA
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Publication number: 20170298882Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve body, a coil, an inner fixed iron core that is arranged on an inner peripheral side of the coil, and an outer fixed iron core that is arranged on an outer peripheral side of the coil. The fuel injection valve also includes a movable element that is configured to be attracted to the inner fixed iron core and the outer fixed iron core, wherein the movable element is configured to be separable from the valve body and is configured to move the valve body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Hideharu EHARA, Tohru ISHIKAWA, Motoyuki ABE, Ryo KUSAKABE
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Publication number: 20170292488Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve which has a structure where failure hardly occurs in a valve member and a peripheral member thereof at the time of press-fitting of a fixed core. The present invention provides a fuel injection valve that includes: a valve member 114A; an anchor 102 which is relatively displaceable with respect to the valve member 114A; a fixed core 107 in which a through-hole 107A is formed; a gap forming member 133 which forms a gap between an engagement portion 129B on the valve member side and an engagement portion 102D on the anchor side; and a biasing spring 134 which biases the gap forming member 133 in a valve closing direction. The engagement portions 102D and 129B are provided in both the anchor 102 and the valve member 114A so as to be engaged with each other when the anchor 102 is displaced in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve member 114A, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor 102 in the valve opening direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Ryo KUSAKABE, Atsushi NAKAI
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Publication number: 20170260952Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a valve member; an anchor configured to be relatively displaceable in a valve opening-and-closing direction with respect to the valve member; a fixed core; a first spring biasing the valve member in a valve closing direction; a second spring biasing the anchor in the valve opening direction from an opposite side of the fixed core; and a third spring biasing the anchor in the valve closing direction from the fixed core side and has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring and larger than a biasing force of the second spring where engagement portions are provided in both the anchor and the valve member to be engaged with each other when the anchor is displaced in the valve opening direction with respect to the valve member, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor in the valve opening direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi NAKAI, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Ryo KUSAKABE
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Publication number: 20170241391Abstract: A spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve includes, at least, a seat member provided with a fuel injection hole and a valve seat and a valve body which controls fuel injection from the injection hole by contacting and separating from the valve seat. In the spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve: the injection hole has an injection hole inlet which is open inwardly of the seat member and an injection hole outlet which is open outwardly of the seat member; an opening edge of the injection hole inlet has a first round-chamfered portion formed on an upstream side with respect to a fuel flow toward the injection hole inlet; and an extending length (L) of the injection hole does not exceed three times a hole diameter (D) of the injection hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Eiji ISHII, Motoyuki ABE, Tohru ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170241389Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injector which can promote convergence of a motion of a valve body while a valve is opened and promote stabilization of an injection amount. In the present invention, a fuel injector includes a movable iron core 404, a fixed iron core 401, a first spring member 405, a second spring member 406, contact portions 102c and 404b?, and a gap g1. The movable iron core 404 is provided relatively displaceable to a valve body 102. The fixed iron core 401 is opposed to the movable iron core 404. The first spring member 405 energizes the valve body 102 in a valve closing direction. The second spring member 406 energizes the movable iron core 404 in a valve closing direction. The contact portions 102c and 404b? are in contact with each other in a case where the movable iron core 404 displaces in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve body 102. The gap g1 is formed between the contact portions 102c and 404b? in a valve closing state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Takao MIYAKE, Atsushi NAKAI, Masashi SUGAYA, Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Kiyotaka OGURA, Motoyuki ABE