Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Other

Satoru Itsuaki

Hidetoshi Saito

Shiro Nakajima

Hajime Nakamura

Kunihide Sakaguchi

Youichi Nagai

Hiromichi Yanagihara

Kohei Shimoda

Kazuhiko Shiratani

Zenichiro Kato

Kazutoshi Shibutani

A particulate filter can be prevented from being damaged. The ashes can be removed from the particulate filter without by burning. A non-woven welding operation for a sealing portion can be simplified. The operability is enhanced by facilitating an insertion of a multi-layer body into a heat resisting container. The number of recycling processes executed when particulate matters such as soot are accumulated on the particulate filter is made as small as possible. A particulate filter comprises an axial core composed of a heat resisting metal, a multi-layer body formed by winding said axial core with a multi-layer member into which a non-woven fabric and a corrugated sheet each composed of a heat resisting metal are tiered, and a heat resisting container charged with said multi-layer body

Particulate filter

A three-way valve for changing over the direction of flow of high-temperature gas which can completely close flow paths and which is durable enough to prevent increase in leakage of gas even if the gas is engine exhaust. A valve mechanism provided in a valve chest includes an arm pivotable about a pivot shaft, a support rod mounted on a valve pressing portion of the arm, and two valve bodies supported on the support rod on both sides of the arm so as to be pivotable. The valve bodies have flat sealing surfaces adapted to be brought into surface-to-surface contact with flat valve seats formed at the inlets of bifurcated paths.

Three-way valve and exhaust gas purifier using the same

A disk brake has a brake piston for biasing pads against a disk. The piston is arranged so that the center of its biasing force is offset toward the leading disk side from the center of the frictional surface of the pad. Also, the piston is arranged so that the center of the biasing force is offset toward the center of the disk from a line extending in the tangential direction of the disk and passing the center of the frictional surface of the pad. In another arrangement, a disk brake has a plurality of brake pistons adapted to bias respective pads. One of the brake pistons is located at the leading disk side and has a greater pressure bearing area than that of the other brake piston at the trailing disk side. The brake pistons are arranged so that the center their biasing forces are offset toward the center of the disk from the line extending in the tangential direction of the disk and passing the center of the frictional surfaces of the pads.

Disk brake having means to prevent uneven brake pad wear

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Itami, Japan

Satoru Itsuaki