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Makoto Kobayashi

Makoto Kobayashi, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110088427Control Valve and Air Conditioner Equipped with the Valve - A four-way valve (04-21-2011

Makoto Kobayashi, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110032221OSD DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT, OSD DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND OSD DISPLAY DEVICE - An OSD display control program product controlling OSD display of an image display device having a display screen, wherein the image display device includes a region ratio storage section storing, as region ratio information, the ratio of the pixel number of a region to the total pixel number of the display screen, the region in which the OSD display is performed, and the OSD display control program product makes a computer of the image display device realize: a total pixel number input step of inputting the total pixel number of the display screen as total pixel number information; a region ratio input step of inputting the region ratio information from the region ratio storage section; and a region pixel number determination step of determining, based on the total pixel number information and the region ratio information, the pixel number of the region in which the OSD display is performed.02-10-2011
20120098853PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector including: a light source; a light modulation device modulating a light emitted from the light source in accordance with an image signal for each of colored lights for color display; a projection optical system projecting each of the colored lights modulated by the light modulation device; an operation accepting section; a registration adjustment section performing correction of the image signal corresponding to each of the colored lights based on an operation accepted by the operation accepting section so that a displacement occurring in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction in a projection screen between the colored lights is reduced, and supply the light modulation device with the image signal corrected if the displacement occurs; and a correction direction display control section displaying a correction direction, in which the correction of the image signal is performed, as an icon indicating a direction.04-26-2012

Patent applications by Makoto Kobayashi, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Makoto Kobayashi, Wako JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110022278VEHICLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A vehicle automatic transmission includes a plurality of gears provided on an input shaft, a countershaft, and an output shaft and are meshed with one another. A plurality of hydraulic clutches are each configured to couple any of the gears to the input shaft, the countershaft, or the output shaft to establish a predetermined shift stage. An engagement unit is configured to couple a reverse gear to the input shaft or the countershaft to establish a reverse shift stage. A shift-position detection unit is configured to detect a shift position. A vehicle-speed detection unit is configured to detect a vehicle speed. A control unit is configured to detect, based on an output of the shift-position detection unit, a first time and a second time. The control unit is configured to delay a timing when the engagement unit operates after the shift position changes to an R-position.01-27-2011
20110035125CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a torque calculator configured to calculate a torque required during a speed change for a hydraulic clutch at a target speed stage based on an output torque of an engine. A supply fluid pressure calculator is configured to obtain, from the calculated torque, a supply fluid pressure to be supplied to the hydraulic clutch by using a clutch friction coefficient. A fluid supplier is configured to supply the obtained supply fluid pressure to the hydraulic clutch to perform the speed change for an output of the engine through a gear corresponding to the target speed stage. A clutch plate temperature estimating device is configured to estimate a plate temperature of the hydraulic clutch. A fluid pressure correcting device is configured to correct the supply fluid pressure based on the estimated plate temperature.02-10-2011
20110035126DRIVING FORCE CONTROLLING APPARATUS OF VEHICLE - A driving force controlling apparatus includes a driving force controller configured to determine a state of a road surface. A driving force controller is configured to control a driving force of a vehicle based on the road surface state. A rear-wheel speed sensor is configured to detect a rear-wheel speed. A low-friction-coefficient road surface determining device is configured to determine whether the road surface is a low-friction-coefficient road surface using the rear-wheel speed on a predetermined condition. A determination prohibition device is configured to prohibit the low-friction-coefficient road surface determining device from determining whether the road surface is a low-friction-coefficient road surface, if (a) the rear-wheel speed sensor is abnormal, or if (b) a predetermined time has elapsed from when a shift range is changed from a reverse range to a drive range and/or (c) a gear position has become greater than or equal to a predetermined gear position.02-10-2011

Makoto Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090190034DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus displays a plurality of video images on one screen based on a plurality of pieces of content data. The display control apparatus has a selection unit configured to select the plurality of pieces of content data to display the plurality of video images. The display control apparatus also has an adjustment unit configured to adjust a timing of display of the plurality of video images based on information included in the plurality of pieces of content data.07-30-2009
20110007208VIDEO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND VIDEO REPRODUCING METHOD - A video reproduction apparatus according to the present invention includes a decoding unit configured to decode a plurality of frames constituting compressed and encoded video information, a display control unit configured to display the plurality of frames decoded by the decoding unit on a display unit, an interpolation unit configured to generate an interpolation frame from the plurality of frames constituting the video information, and a selection unit configured to select the frame to be decoded by the decoding unit based on a reproduction speed of the video information and a driving speed of the display unit, wherein the display control unit displays the frame selected by the selection unit and the interpolation frame generated by the interpolation unit on the display unit.01-13-2011

Patent applications by Makoto Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Makoto Kobayashi, Yamanashi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100224614Heat Treatment Apparatus, Heater, and Method for Manufacturing the Heater - The present invention provides a heat treatment apparatus having a high degree of freedom of an outlet design and capable of adjusting the rate of a reduction in the temperature of each part of a heater without using an adjustment valve. The heat treatment apparatus having a simple flow path structure can be constructed with simplified sealing and a reduced cost.09-09-2010

Makoto Kobayashi, Yuki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100192531FILTER MEDIUM FOR AIR FILTER AND AIR FILTER - An air filter comprising a filter pack comprising a folded nanofiber filter medium, fitted to a filter frame through a seal material, the nanofiber filter medium being a filter medium for an air filter, comprising a nanofiber filter medium which, when a filter medium face velocity is 5.3 cm/s, has a performance index of collecting target particle diameter of 0.3 μm, 0.040 (1/Pa) or more, performance index of collecting target particle diameter of 0.1 μm, 0.030 (1/Pa) or more, and performance index of collecting target particle diameter of 0.05 μm, 0.050 (1/Pa) or more. By this, a high air volume and low pressure drop type high-performance air filter using a nanofiber filter medium can be provided.08-05-2010

Makoto Kobayashi, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100191434DRIVING-FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - Several low-friction-coefficient road-surface determination devices determine whether a road surface has a low friction coefficient based on the highest and lowest wheel speeds; the wheel speeds of front and rear wheels; wheel speeds of a left-hand and right-hand driving wheels; and by comparing a reference vehicle-body acceleration calculated from a driving force of an engine with an actual vehicle-body acceleration calculated from a calculated number of revolutions of differential gears. A low-friction-coefficient road-surface total-determination device makes a total determination as to whether the road surface has a low friction coefficient based on the determination results of the low-friction-coefficient road-surface determination devices. Accordingly, each low-friction-coefficient road-surface determination device is capable of compensating for disadvantages of the other devices.07-29-2010

Makoto Kobayashi, Miyagi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090020789CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An HCCD includes a channel 01-22-2009
20100053404CHARGE-TRANSFER APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING CHARGE-TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Driving is performed so that a transition start time point ta of drive pulse signals φH03-04-2010

Patent applications by Makoto Kobayashi, Miyagi JP

Makoto Kobayashi, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090027704Tint Block Image Generation Program, Tint Block Image Generation Device, and Tint Block Image Generation Method - A computer readable storage medium stores a tint block image generation program for generating tint block image data for forming, on a print medium, a tint block image including a latent image portion which is reproduced by copying, and a background portion of which copy output density drops. The program has a latent image portion generation step of generating data of a plurality of first dots in the latent image portion based on a dot clustered screen; and a background portion generation step of generating data of a plurality of second dots and data of a plurality of third dots dispersed among the second dots and having a size smaller than the second dots. And the first dots in the latent image portion and the second dots in the background portion are arranged at positions on common displacement vectors in an area of the tint block image.01-29-2009
20090059254Tint Block Image Generation Program and Tint Block Image Generation Device - A tint block image generation program causes a computer to execute a tint block image generation step of generating tint block image data. The tint block image generation step comprises a step of acquiring camouflage pattern data that has multi-grayscales exceeding two grayscales; a step of generating corrected camouflage pattern data by correcting grayscale values of the camouflage pattern data based on input grayscale values of the latent image portion and background portion; and a step of generating latent image portion image data corresponding to the grayscale values of the corrected camouflage pattern data by referring to a latent image portion dither matrix in an area corresponding to the latent image portion, and generating background portion image data corresponding to the grayscale values by referring to a background portion dither matrix in an area corresponding to the background portion.03-05-2009
20090067006Tint block image generation program and tint block image generation device - A image generation device generates, on a print medium, an image including a first image portion and a second image portion. The device has a first screen processing unit which generates image data by an area modulation screen having a first screen ruling, for pixels of the first image portion; and a second screen processing unit which generates image data by an area modulation screen or a density modulation screen having a second screen ruling which is higher than the first screen ruling for pixels of the second image portion. And the first screen processing unit generates a halftone dot at a center of gravity position of an image of the first image portion in a cell corresponding to a halftone dot formation area in the area modulation screen processing.03-12-2009
20090185225Tint Block Image Generation Program and Tint Block Image Generation Device - A computer readable medium which stores a tint block image generation program that causes a computer to execute a tint block image generation step of generating tint block image data having a latent image portion and a background portion, which have different output densities to be reproduced during copying has: an adjustment step of adjusting grayscale values of multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data to a lower lightness so as to generate adjusted multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data; and a tint block image data generation step of generating latent image portion image data based on a latent image portion screen for an area corresponding to the latent image portion, and generating background portion image data based on a background portion screen for an area corresponding to the background portion, for grayscale values of the adjusted multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data.07-23-2009
20090185226Tint Block Image Generation Program and Tint Block Image Generation Device - A computer-readable tint block image generation program that causes a computer to execute a tint block image generation step of generating tint block image data including a latent image portion and a background portion which have different output densities to be reproduced during copying has: a camouflage pattern registration step of inputting and storing in a memory multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data; and a tint block image data generation step of generating a latent image portion image data based on a latent image portion screen for an area corresponding to the latent image portion, and generating a background portion image data based on a background portion screen for an area corresponding to the background portion, for grayscale values of the multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data.07-23-2009
20090185233Tint Block Image Generation Program and Tint Block Image Generation Device - A tint block image generation program for executing a tint block image generation step of generating tint block image data having a latent image portion and a background portion which have different output densities to be reproduced during copying has: an adjustment step, in which an input of multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data is accepted, and in response to designation of an image type of the multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data, a first adjustment for adjusting grayscale values of the multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data to a lower lightness and enhancing lightness contrast at all the pixels of a pattern image of camouflage pattern is performed when the image type is a first image type, and a second adjustment for adjusting grayscale values of the multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data to a lower lightness and enhancing lightness contrast in an edge portion of the pattern image is performed when the image type is a second image type, so as to generate adjusted multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data; and a tint block image data generation step, in which latent image portion image data is generated based on a latent image portion screen, and background portion image data is generated based on a background portion screen, for grayscale values of the adjusted multi-grayscale camouflage pattern data.07-23-2009
20090315907Tint Block Image Generation Program and Tint Block Image Generation Device - A tint block image generation program generates tint block image data which forms a tint block image including a latent image portion, which is reproduced during copying, and a background portion, of which output density drops during copying, on a print medium. The program causing a computer to execute: a latent image portion generation step of generating data of a plurality of first dots on the latent image portion; and a background portion generation step of generating data of a plurality of second dots having a second screen ruling, and data of a plurality of third dots which are dispersed among the second dots, and of which size is smaller than that of the second dots, in the background portion.12-24-2009

Makoto Kobayashi, Matsumoto City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090243471ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic EL device is disclosed in which the amount of dopant added is easily controlled, and which is able to achieve stable light emission that does not depend on the current density of electrical current passing through the device. The organic electroluminescent device includes a first electrode, an organic electroluminescent layer having a hole injecting and transporting layer, an organic emissive layer and an electron injecting and transporting layer, and a second electrode. The organic emissive layer has an inner layer interposed between two outer layers. The outer layers contact the hole injecting and transporting layer and the electron injecting and transporting layer, respectively. The two outer layers are composed of a host material and a first fluorescent dopant, and the inner layer is composed of a host material, a first fluorescent dopant and a second fluorescent dopant. The first fluorescent dopant has a larger bandgap than the second fluorescent dopant.10-01-2009

Makoto Kobayashi, Tachikawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090245175MOBILE RADIO TERMINAL - A mobile radio terminal has a first radio communication unit and a second radio communication unit adopting mutually different communication systems, first starts the first radio communication unit and connects to a content server CS, obtains meta-data of a desired content, and a control unit determines a communication system to be applied to downloading on the basis of the meta-data, and downloads the content data with one of the first radio communication unit and that second radio communication unit that corresponds to the determination.10-01-2009

Makoto Kobayashi, Osaka-Shi JP

Makoto Kobayashi, Koganei-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090214971HYBRID DEVELOPING METHOD USING SPECIFIED DEVELOPER AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS USING THEREOF - An image-forming method includes a process in which a toner is supported and transported on the surface of a toner supporting member placed face to face to an electrostatic latent image-supporting member, and electrostatic latent images formed on the electrostatic latent image-supporting member is developed by the toner; and a process in which a two-component developer containing the toner and a carrier is supported on the surface of a developer-supporting member placed face to face to the toner supporting member and the toner is supplied onto the toner-supporting member. The developer includes toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant; a carrier charging the toner particles in friction-contact with the toner particles; and reverse polarity particles and homopolarity particles respectively charged to polarity reversed to and the same polarity as polarity of the toner particles charged in friction-contact with the carrier.08-27-2009

Makoto Kobayashi, Nirasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080205864Heat processing furnace and vertical-type heat processing apparatus - The present invention is a heat processing furnace comprising: a processing vessel for accommodating an object to be processed and performing thereto a heat process; and a cylindrical heater disposed to surround a circumference of the processing vessel, for heating the object to be processed; wherein: the heater includes a cylindrical heat insulating member, ribbed shelf sections that are axially formed in a tier-like manner on an inner circumference of the heat insulating member, and heating resistance wires of a helical pattern that are placed along the respective shelf sections; and pin members are arranged in the heat insulating member at suitable intervals therebetween, the pin members holding the heating resistance wires such that the heating resistance wires are movable in a radial direction of the heater, while preventing dropout of the heating resistance wires from the shelf sections.08-28-2008
20080232787Heat processing furnace and vertical-type heat processing apparatus - There is provided a heat processing furnace capable of quickly increasing and decreasing a temperature, while achieving improvement in durability. A heat processing furnace 09-25-2008
20080296282Heat processing furnace and method of manufacturing the same - The object of the present invention is to reduce a frictional resistance which is generated between a support member and a heating resistor when the heating resistor is thermally expanded and thermally shrunk, whereby generation of a permanent deformation of the heating resistor caused by a residual stress thereof can be restrained, to thereby improve the durability. A heat processing furnace comprises: a processing vessel 12-04-2008
20090194521Thermal processing furnace - A thermal processing furnace comprises: a tubular heat insulation member 08-06-2009

Makoto Kobayashi, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090160155STABILIZER - A stabilizer configured to connect suspension devices situated right and left of an automobile, the stabilizer is characterized in that the stabilizer extends below a suspension member where a steering device of the automobile is fixed; at a side of the suspension member, the stabilizer extends above a lower arm and toward a front of the automobile; and the stabilizer is connected to the suspension devices.06-25-2009

Makoto Kobayashi, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090156662Fat Absorption Inhibitor - Disclosed is a composition or beverage/food for inhibiting the fat absorption, which is derived from a natural material and therefore is safe, and which can be ingested continuously. The composition or beverage/food comprises the following components: (A) theaflavine monogallate; (B) theaflavine; (C) theaflavine digallate; and (D) polyphenol, wherein these components satisfy the following requirements: (1) a weight-based content ratio [(A)/(B)] is 0.4-100%; (2) the weight of the component (A) is larger that that of the component (C); and (3) a weight-based content ratio [A)/(D)] is 0.01-1.0%. The composition or beverage/food can be used for the prevention or treatment of a disease such as arteriosclerosis and an ischemic heart disease (e.g., angina pectoris, myocardial infarction).06-18-2009
20120018621SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTION DEVICE - In a signal processing device of an embodiment, an integration circuit accumulates a charge from a photodiode in an integrating capacitor element, and outputs a voltage value according to the amount of charge. A comparator circuit, when the voltage value from the integration circuit has reached a reference value, outputs a saturation signal. A charge injection circuit, in response to the saturation signal, injects an opposite polarity of charge into the integrating capacitor element. A counter circuit performs counting based on the saturation signal. A holding circuit holds the voltage value from the integration circuit. An amplifier circuit outputs a voltage value that is K times (where K>1) larger than the voltage value held by the holding circuit. An A/D converter circuit sets a voltage value that is K times larger than the reference value as the maximum input voltage value, that is, a full-scale value, and outputs a digital value corresponding to the voltage value from the amplifier circuit.01-26-2012

Makoto Kobayashi, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090031994MULTI LINK TYPE PISTON-CRANK MECHANISM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A multi link type piston-crank mechanism comprises an upper link that has one end pivotally connected to a piston of the engine through a piston pin, a lower link that is pivotally connected to the other end of the upper link through an upper pin and rotatably disposed on a crank pin of a crankshaft of the engine; and a control link that has a base end part swingably held by a body of the engine and a leading end pivotally connected to the lower link through a control pin. An axis of the piston pin is offset relative to an axis of the piston in thrust and counter thrust directions. When the piston comes to BDC, a part of the piston takes a position below a lower edge of a corresponding cylinder of the engine and the upper pin is offset relative to the axis of the piston pin in the same direction as a pin offset direction in which the axis of the piston pin is offset in the thrust and counter thrust directions relative to the axis of the piston.02-05-2009
20090044782INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, comprising: an upper link (02-19-2009

Makoto Kobayashi, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090041562Part-delivery apparatus and method for the same - According to an aspect of an embodiment, there is provided a part-delivery apparatus which transports a part to a designated part-delivery position by drawing the part onto a head by suction pressure at a designated part-suction position, and which releases the part at the part-delivery position by stopping application of the suction pressure. The apparatus includes: a compliance mechanism for allowing movement of the head in a horizontal plane; an upper-side positioning unit for positioning the head in the part-suction position by responding to an upward movement of the head; and a lower-side positioning unit for positioning the head in the part-delivery position by responding to the downward movement of the head.02-12-2009

Patent applications by Makoto Kobayashi, Kawasaki JP

Makoto Kobayashi, Niigata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090030218Method For Producing Aminoalcohol Derivative Having Biphenyl Group - The present invention provides an industrial method for preparing aminoalcohol derivatives (I) having a biphenyl group, biphenyloxyacetaldehyde derivatives which are used therefore, preparing methods thereof, and intermediates used for the preparing method.01-29-2009

Makoto Kobayashi, Oume-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080264457Substrate Treatment Apparatus - A substrate treatment apparatus (10-30-2008

Makoto Kobayashi, Hsin-Chu TW

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110132873SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE BETWEEN ELECTRODES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A distance between electrodes can be accurately measured by using a lifter. A substrate processing apparatus includes an upper electrode 06-09-2011
20110240224SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus capable of suppressing generation of plasma in the space between a moving electrode and an end wall at one side of a cylindrical chamber. The substrate processing apparatus includes a cylindrical chamber to receive a wafer, a shower head movable along a central axis of the chamber inside the chamber, a susceptor opposing the shower head in the chamber, and a flexible bellows connecting the shower head to a cover of the chamber, wherein a high frequency power is applied to a processing space presented between the shower head and the susceptor, processing gas is introduced into the processing space, the shower head and the side wall of the chamber are non-contact to each other, and a bypass member is installed electrically connecting the shower head and the cover or the side wall of the chamber.10-06-2011
20110303643SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The substrate processing apparatus includes a susceptor, which is connected to a high frequency power source and on which a substrate is held, an upper electrode plate facing the susceptor, and a processing space PS formed between the susceptor and the upper electrode, to perform a plasma etching process on the wafer by using plasma. The substrate processing apparatus includes a dielectric plate which covers a surface of the upper electrode plate, the surface of which faces the processing space PS, the upper electrode plate is divided into an inner electrode facing a center portion of the wafer and an outer electrode facing a circumferential portion of the wafer, the inner electrode and the outer electrode are electrically insulated from each other, and a second variable DC power source applies a positive DC voltage to the inner electrode and the outer electrode is electrically grounded.12-15-2011
20110318934SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber accommodating a wafer, a susceptor disposed inside the chamber and on which the wafer is held, an upper electrode facing the susceptor, and a second high frequency power source connected to the susceptor, wherein the upper electrode is electrically connected to a ground and is moveable with respect to the susceptor. The substrate processing apparatus divides a potential difference between plasma generated in a processing space and the ground into a potential difference between the plasma and a dielectric and a potential difference between the dielectric and the ground by burying the dielectric in the upper electrode, and changes a gap between the upper electrode and the susceptor. Accordingly, plasma density between the upper electrode and the susceptor is changed12-29-2011

Makoto Kobayashi, Oshu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110220089VERTICAL HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND ASSEMBLY OF PRESSURE DETECTION SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A vertical heat treatment apparatus including a furnace body having heater elements, and a treatment container, disposed in the furnace body, for housing and heat treating objects W to be treated. An air supply line and an air exhaust line are connected to the furnace body. An air supply blower and an air supply line valve mechanism are disposed in the air supply line, and an air exhaust blower and an air exhaust line valve mechanism are disposed in the air exhaust line. A protective tube is provided which penetrates through the furnace body and in which a temperature sensor signal line is housed, and a pressure detection hole is formed in the protective tube. A pressure detection sensor is connected to the pressure detection hole.09-15-2011
20110223552VERTICAL HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING THE APPARATUS - A vertical heat treatment apparatus including a furnace body having a heating section in the inner circumferential surface; a treatment container for housing a plurality of objects W to be treated. An air supply line is connected to the furnace body, and an air exhaust line is connected to the furnace body. An air supply blower and an air supply line valve mechanism, and an air exhaust blower and an air exhaust line valve mechanism are provided in the air supply line and the air exhaust line, respectively. A pressure detection system is provided for detecting the pressure in the space. A control section controls, based on a detection signal from the pressure detection system the blowers, the air supply line valve mechanism and the air exhaust line valve mechanism to keep the space at a slightly negative pressure.09-15-2011

Makoto Kobayashi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120111143CRANKSHAFT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PROVIDED WITH MULTI LINK-TYPE PISTON-CRANK MECHANISM AND MULTI LINK-TYPE PISTON-CRANK MECHANISM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine wherein a crankthrow is shortened by the use of a multi-link mechanism, the crankthrow from the axis of a main journal to the axis of a crankpin is set shorter than one-half of a piston stroke, and an oil passage is formed to supply lubricating oil to a bearing portion of the crankpin. The pin-side opening of the oil passage, which is open at the outer peripheral surface of the crankpin, is formed in ranges other than angular ranges of 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° with respect to a reference line extending from the axis of the main journal toward the axis of the crankpin in a decentering direction of the crankpin, thereby alleviating a stress concentration caused by a torsional torque in the vicinity of the pin-side opening of the oil passage.05-10-2012