Patents by Inventor Yoshitomo MIZUTA

Yoshitomo MIZUTA 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: 11927239
    Abstract: A balancer structure for an internal combustion engine and the internal combustion engine are provided. A transmission driving gear are arranged to be rotatable integrally with a crankshaft. A transmission driven gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with a first balance shaft. The transmission driven gear meshes with the transmission driving gear. A balancer driving gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with the first balance shaft. A balancer driven gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with the second balance shaft. The balancer driven gear meshes with the balancer driving gear. The first balance shaft includes an output portion. The output portion outputs torque to an engine-driven accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Ikeda, Yoshitomo Mizuta, Hiroaki Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20230332670
    Abstract: A balancer structure for an internal combustion engine and the internal combustion engine are provided. A transmission driving gear are arranged to be rotatable integrally with a crankshaft. A transmission driven gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with a first balance shaft. The transmission driven gear meshes with the transmission driving gear. A balancer driving gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with the first balance shaft. A balancer driven gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with the second balance shaft. The balancer driven gear meshes with the balancer driving gear. The first balance shaft includes an output portion. The output portion outputs torque to an engine-driven accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro IKEDA, Yoshitomo MIZUTA, Hiroaki IKEGAMI
  • Patent number: 10954902
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block including a cylinder, a cylinder head including an intake port, the intake port communicating with the cylinder, an intake manifold fixed to the cylinder head, the intake manifold being configured to supply intake air into the cylinder, and a dynamic vibration absorber configured to suppress vibration of the intake manifold. A direction that is orthogonal to both a central axis of the cylinder and a rotational axis of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is defined as a width direction. The dynamic vibration absorber is attached to the intake manifold on an opposite side of a center of gravity of the intake manifold from the cylinder head in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Mizuta, Masaya Tagawa, Kenta Takatani, Keisuke Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10876498
    Abstract: A fuel vapor treatment apparatus includes a canister into which fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank is introduced, and the canister is configured to absorb the fuel vapor. An outside air introducing passage is connected with the canister and introduces outside air to the canister. The purge passage connects the canister and a portion of an air intake passage, the portion being located downstream of a throttle valve. The purge valve is provided in the purge passage and switches a channel of the purge passage to one of an open state and a closed state. A flow straightening device is provided in an area extending from a connecting place at which an exit portion of the purge valve is connected to the purge passage, to a connecting place at which the purge passage is connected to the air intake passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya Otsuka, Yoshitomo Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20200149500
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block including a cylinder, a cylinder head including an intake port, the intake port communicating with the cylinder, an intake manifold fixed to the cylinder head, the intake manifold being configured to supply intake air into the cylinder, and a dynamic vibration absorber configured to suppress vibration of the intake manifold. A direction that is orthogonal to both a central axis of the cylinder and a rotational axis of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is defined as a width direction. The dynamic vibration absorber is attached to the intake manifold on an opposite side of a center of gravity of the intake manifold from the cylinder head in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitomo MIZUTA, Masaya TAGAWA, Kenta TAKATANI, Keisuke HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190257272
    Abstract: A fuel vapor treatment apparatus includes a canister into which fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank is introduced, and the canister is configured to absorb the fuel vapor. An outside air introducing passage is connected with the canister and introduces outside air to the canister. The purge passage connects the canister and a portion of an air intake passage, the portion being located downstream of a throttle valve. The purge valve is provided in the purge passage and switches a channel of the purge passage to one of an open state and a closed state. A flow straightening device is provided in an area extending from a connecting place at which an exit portion of the purge valve is connected to the purge passage, to a connecting place at which the purge passage is connected to the air intake passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya OTSUKA, Yoshitomo MIZUTA