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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136819 | Sealing structure and gasket There is provided a sealing structure and a gasket which can seal both of a portion where a groove for mounting the gasket is formed and a portion where a groove for mounting the gasket is not formed when the portions are connected. The gasket includes a firs... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8099999 | Purge gas concentration estimation apparatus A purge gas concentration estimation apparatus has a canister having a casing that is filled with adsorbent which adsorbs and desorbs evaporated fuel and a heat capacity detection device that is disposed in the casing. The heat capacity detection device detects a he... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8082898 | Resonator A resonator is provided with a neck portion and a resonator main body. The resonator main body includes a main volume chamber communicated with an air intake duct of an internal combustion engine for a vehicle via the neck portion, and at least one sub-volume chambe... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8015965 | Fuel vapor storage canister, fuel vapor adsorbent for canister, and method of producing fuel vapor adsorbent A fuel vapor storage canister for adsorbing fuel vapor evaporated from a fuel tank of an automotive vehicle. The fuel vapor storage canister includes a casing provided with charge and purge ports at its first end and an atmospheric port at its second end. At least f... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7975802 | Intake air sound generation device An intake air sound generation device 40 for an internal combustion engine 2, comprises an introduction tube 41 which is connected to an intake passage 30 of the internal combustion engine 2 to introduce an intake pulse of an intak... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7815198 | Gasket A gasket is to be disposed in a compressed state between a groove bottom surface defining a gasket groove formed in a first member and a seat surface of a second member so as to make a hermetical sealing between the groove bottom surface and the seal surface. The ga... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7621370 | Sound increase apparatus A sound increase apparatus includes a partition wall adapted to divide an engine room for defining a first engine room space that is located on a side of a dash panel and a second engine room space in which an engine is installed, and a first pressure fluctuation am... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7543574 | Canister A canister includes a casing having a gas passage which extends from a first passage end formed with a charge port to let in fuel vapor and a purge port to let out the fuel vapor, to a second passage end formed with an atmospheric air port to let in air, and which i... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7448353 | Intake device of internal combustion engine A resonator 13 is provided including a resonating body 13 which is vibrated by intake air pulsation in an intake system 5, a volume chamber 14 connected through the resonating body 13 to the intake system 5, and a neck secti... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7434558 | Intake apparatus and intake manifold for internal combustion engine An intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes a passage section defining an intake passage; and a throttle valve located in the intake passage, the throttle valve including a rotation shaft, and a plate-shaped valve element arranged to rotate about... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7402199 | Adsorbing element An adsorbing element for adsorbing and releasing a gas includes a plurality of adsorbing sheets. Each adsorbing sheet includes gas-permeable sheets such as non-woven fabrics or filter papers, and an adsorbing material filled between the gas-permeable sheets. First a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7323041 | Gas storage canister A gas storage canister for use in an automotive vehicle, includes a case having first and second end sections which are opposite to each other in a direction of flow of gas. The first end section has a gas inflow port and a gas outflow port. The second end section h... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322343 | Fuel vapor storage canister A fuel vapor storage canister for an automotive vehicle, includes a casing formed thereinside with charge, purge and drain ports connected to a gas passage. First, second, third and fourth adsorption layers are disposed in the gas passage and arranged in order of fi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309381 | Gas storage canister A vapor storage canister used to treat fuel vapor of an automotive internal combustion engine. The vapor storage canister includes a casing. A granular formed heat accumulative material is disposed in the casing and includes a powdered heat accumulative agent formed... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305974 | Activated carbon and evaporative fuel treatment apparatus using the activated carbon An activated carbon adsorbing and desorbing evaporative fuel has pores formed therein with the following rates: a rate of a pore whose pore diameter is smaller than or equal to 20 Å in which butane is apt to remain with respect to a pore whose pore diameter is sma... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7134426 | Fuel vapor treatment device A fuel vapor treatment device for suppressing emission of fuel vapor from a fuel tank or the like of an automotive vehicle. The fuel vapor treatment device comprises a casing having a charge port connected to a fuel tank, a purge port connected to an intake section ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117858 | Oil separator combined with cylinder head cover An oil separator provided in combination with a cylinder head cover of an internal combustion engine. The oil separator includes a separator cover fixed to an inner surface of the cylinder head cover defining a space extending in a first direction perpendicular to a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097697 | Fuel vapor treatment device A fuel vapor treatment device for an automotive vehicle includes a casing having a charge port connected to a fuel tank, a purge port connected to an intake side of an engine, and an atmospheric air port through which atmospheric air is introduced. Fuel vapor adsorb... | 08/29/2006 |
