Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kawai

Yoshiyuki Kawai 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: 10544719
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder having a combustion chamber formed at an upper side thereof and accommodating a piston to be reciprocally movable; a crankcase provided below the cylinder and accommodates a crankshaft; and a blow-by gas passageway recirculating blow-by gas, which leaks into the crankcase from the combustion chamber, to the combustion chamber through an intake system, in which an inner surface portion of the crankcase is provided with a blow-by gas intake part, and the blow-by gas intake part includes a protruding portion protruding in a direction in which the crankshaft extends, and the intake port opened in the protruding direction is formed at a tip end portion of the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kawai, Yoichi Oyamada, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Akihiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10385810
    Abstract: An intake system of an internal combustion engine with a supercharger includes: a negative pressure control valve which is disposed in the upstream side than an intake side supercharger in an intake passage; a first external gas introduction passage which introduces a single external gas made of blow-by gas, at a part of the intake passage which is on the upstream side of the intake side supercharger and on the downstream side of the negative pressure control valve; and a fresh air introduction passage which introduces fresh air to an internal combustion engine main body from the upstream side of the negative pressure control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Matsushima, Yoichi Oyamada, Daigo USA, Yoshiyuki Kawai, Kohei Hotta
  • Patent number: 10151226
    Abstract: An oil separator includes: a collecting member that collects an oil mist included in blow-by gas of an internal combustion engine; and an oil separator portion inside which the collecting member is disposed, in which the collecting member includes a plurality of wire net members stacked along a flow direction of the blow-by gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daigo Usa, Kohei Hotta, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazuya Matsushima, Akihiro Yamashita, Yoshiyuki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10060530
    Abstract: This internal combustion engine includes an oil seal attached to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine main body, and a cover member including an oil seal securing portion for securing the oil seal attached to the crankshaft, the cover member including a first main body attachment portion which is arranged in a vicinity of the oil seal securing portion and which is for attaching the cover member to the internal combustion engine main body by a first fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kawai, Yoshiharu Takeda, Hirotaka Kurita
  • Publication number: 20180223708
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder having a combustion chamber formed at an upper side thereof and accommodating a piston to be reciprocally movable; a crankcase provided below the cylinder and accommodates a crankshaft; and a blow-by gas passageway recirculating blow-by gas, which leaks into the crankcase from the combustion chamber, to the combustion chamber through an intake system, in which an inner surface portion of the crankcase is provided with a blow-by gas intake part, and the blow-by gas intake part includes a protruding portion protruding in a direction in which the crankshaft extends, and the intake port opened in the protruding direction is formed at a tip end portion of the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KAWAI, Yoichi OYAMADA, Yoshiyuki SUZUKI, Akihiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170175601
    Abstract: An oil separator includes: a collecting member that collects an oil mist included in blow-by gas of an internal combustion engine; and an oil separator portion inside which the collecting member is disposed, in which the collecting member includes a plurality of wire net members stacked along a flow direction of the blow-by gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daigo USA, Kohei HOTTA, Yoshiyuki SUZUKI, Kazuya MATSUSHIMA, Akihiro YAMASHITA, Yoshiyuki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20170107955
    Abstract: An intake system of an internal combustion engine with a supercharger includes: a negative pressure control valve which is disposed in the upstream side than an intake side supercharger in an intake passage; a first external gas introduction passage which introduces a single external gas made of blow-by gas, at a part of the intake passage which is on the upstream side of the intake side supercharger and on the downstream side of the negative pressure control valve; and a fresh air introduction passage which introduces fresh air to an internal combustion engine main body from the upstream side of the negative pressure control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya MATSUSHIMA, Yoichi OYAMADA, Daigo USA, Yoshiyuki KAWAI, Kohei HOTTA
  • Patent number: 9581061
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block, an auxiliary machinery attachment member arranged at a side wall of the cylinder block, the auxiliary machinery attachment member to which an auxiliary machine is attached, and a separator portion disposed in a void between the cylinder block and the auxiliary machinery attachment member, the separator portion being provided as a separate member from the cylinder block and the auxiliary machinery attachment member to perform gas-liquid separation on blow-by gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kurita, Yoshiyuki Kawai, Seiichi Shiigi, Naoki Emori
  • Publication number: 20160298766
    Abstract: This internal combustion engine includes an oil seal attached to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine main body, and a cover member including an oil seal securing portion for securing the oil seal attached to the crankshaft, the cover member including a first main body attachment portion which is arranged in a vicinity of the oil seal securing portion and which is for attaching the cover member to the internal combustion engine main body by a first fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KAWAI, Yoshiharu TAKEDA, Hirotaka KURITA
  • Patent number: 9388765
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a chain cover that is attached to an internal combustion engine main body having a crankshaft; an oil seal that is mounted on the crankshaft in the vicinity of the chain cover; a metallic oil seal fixing member that is disposed on a surface of the chain cover and fixes the oil seal, the surface being present opposite to the internal combustion engine main body; and a first sealing member that is disposed between the oil sealing fixing member and the chain cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kurita, Yoshiharu Takeda, Yoshiyuki Kawai
  • Patent number: 9038585
    Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes: a drive-side rotor rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven-side rotor arranged to have the same shaft center as the drive-side rotor, rotating in synchronization with a camshaft for opening and closing valves; a fluid pressure chamber formed between the drive-side driven-side rotors; a partitioning portion provided in at least one of the drive-side and driven-side rotors; a timing advance chamber and a timing delay chamber formed by partitioning the fluid pressure chamber by the partitioning portion; a lock mechanism including a lock member and a concave portion a lock release flow path through which operating fluid supplied and discharged to and from the concave portion is circulated; a valve arranged in the middle of the lock release flow path; and a control unit controlling the operation of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20150114368
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block, an auxiliary machinery attachment member arranged at a side wall of the cylinder block, the auxiliary machinery attachment member to which an auxiliary machine is attached, and a separator portion disposed in a void between the cylinder block and the auxiliary machinery attachment member, the separator portion being provided as a separate member from the cylinder block and the auxiliary machinery attachment member to perform gas-liquid separation on blow-by gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka KURITA, Yoshiyuki KAWAI, Seiichi SHIIGI, Naoki EMORI
  • Publication number: 20150096526
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a chain cover that is attached to an internal combustion engine main body having a crankshaft; an oil seal that is mounted on the crankshaft in the vicinity of the chain cover; a metallic oil seal fixing member that is disposed on a surface of the chain cover and fixes the oil seal, the surface being present opposite to the internal combustion engine main body; and a first sealing member that is disposed between the oil sealing fixing member and the chain cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka KURITA, Yoshiharu TAKEDA, Yoshiyuki KAWAI
  • Patent number: 8991348
    Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, a first lock mechanism selectively achieving a first lock state in which a relative rotation phase of the driven-side rotation member relative to the driving-side rotation member is locked at an intermediate lock phase and a first lock release state, and a second lock mechanism selectively achieving a second lock state in which the relative rotation phase is locked at one of a most advanced angle phase and a most retarded angle phase and a second lock release state, the driven-side rotation member being rotatable relative to the driving-side rotation member by a first clearance angle in the first lock state, the driven-side rotation member being rotatable relative to the driving-side rotation member by a second clearance angle in the second lock state, the second clearance angle being smaller than the first clearance angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kawai, Shohei Masuda, Masaki Kobayashi, Kazuo Ueda, Hideomi Iyanaga
  • Publication number: 20140251248
    Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, and a lock mechanism including a recess portion, a lock member engageable and disengageable relative to the recess portion, and a biasing member. The recess portion includes a lock groove portion with which the lock member is configured to engage to lock a relative rotation phase at a lock phase, and a restriction groove portion. The lock groove portion includes a lock bottom surface and the restriction groove portion includes a restriction bottom surface. A second depth from an opening position of the recess portion to the restriction bottom surface is smaller than a first depth from the opening position to the lock bottom surface. The second depth from the opening position to the restriction bottom surface is smaller than a third depth from the restriction bottom surface to the lock bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KAWAI, Shohei Masuda, Masaki Kobayashi, Kazuo Ueda, Hideomi Iyanaga
  • Publication number: 20140251245
    Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, a first lock mechanism selectively achieving a first lock state in which a relative rotation phase of the driven-side rotation member relative to the driving-side rotation member is locked at an intermediate lock phase and a first lock release state, and a second lock mechanism selectively achieving a second lock state in which the relative rotation phase is locked at one of a most advanced angle phase and a most retarded angle phase and a second lock release state, the driven-side rotation member being rotatable relative to the driving-side rotation member by a first clearance angle in the first lock state, the driven-side rotation member being rotatable relative to the driving-side rotation member by a second clearance angle in the second lock state, the second clearance angle being smaller than the first clearance angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KAWAI, Shohei Masuda, Masaki Kobayashi, Kazuo Ueda, Hideomi Iyanaga
  • Publication number: 20140251244
    Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes: a drive-side rotor rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven-side rotor arranged to have the same shaft center as the drive-side rotor, rotating in synchronization with a camshaft for opening and closing valves; a fluid pressure chamber formed between the drive-side driven-side rotors; a partitioning portion provided in at least one of the drive-side and driven-side rotors; a timing advance chamber and a timing delay chamber formed by partitioning the fluid pressure chamber by the partitioning portion; a lock mechanism including a lock member and a concave portion a lock release flow path through which operating fluid supplied and discharged to and from the concave portion is circulated; a valve arranged in the middle of the lock release flow path; and a control unit controlling the operation of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki KAWAI
  • Patent number: 7921820
    Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotation member, a driven rotation member, an advance angle chamber displacing a rotation phase of the driven rotation member relative to the driving rotation member in an advance angle direction, a retard angle chamber displacing the relative rotation phase in a retard angle direction, a groove provided on at least one of an inner surface of the driving rotation member and an outer surface of the driven rotation member for supplying the hydraulic fluid to a sliding contact portion formed by the inner surface of the driving rotation member and the outer surface of the driven rotation member, an advance angle oil passage, a retard angle oil passage, and a groove oil passage for supplying the hydraulic fluid to the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ichiro Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20090159025
    Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotation member, a driven rotation member, an advance angle chamber displacing a rotation phase of the driven rotation member relative to the driving rotation member in an advance angle direction, a retard angle chamber displacing the relative rotation phase in a retard angle direction, a groove provided on at least one of an inner surface of the driving rotation member and an outer surface of the driven rotation member for supplying the hydraulic fluid to a sliding contact portion formed by the inner surface of the driving rotation member and the outer surface of the driven rotation member, an advance angle oil passage, a retard angle oil passage, and a groove oil passage for supplying the hydraulic fluid to the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kawai
  • Patent number: 7311069
    Abstract: A variable valve timing control device includes a housing member, a rotor member assembled to the housing member so as to be rotatable relative thereto and including vane portions each forming an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber within the housing member, a stopper formed on the convex portion for restricting a relative rotation between the housing member and the rotor member, a lock mechanism for restricting the relative rotation by a lock member, and a fluid pressure circuit for controlling an operation oil to be supplied to or discharged from the advanced angle chamber, the retarded angle chamber, and the lock mechanism. When the relative rotation is restricted, the lock member is in contact with an inner peripheral face of the receiving hole on the advanced angle side and the retarded angle side between an opening portion and a bottom portion of the receiving hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Eguchi, Kazumi Ogawa, Yoshiyuki Kawai