Patents by Inventor Katuhiro Yokomizo

Katuhiro Yokomizo 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: 5413075
    Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control system for a gaseous fuel engine which runs on gaseous fuel containing at least partly hydrogen gas has a fuel supply control valve which adjusts the amount of the gaseous fuel supplied to the engine and a control unit which controls the fuel supply control valve to control the air-fuel ratio according to the engine load. The control unit controls the fuel supply control valve so that the air-fuel ratio becomes higher than a NOx-maximizing air-fuel ratio, at which the amount of NOx emitted from the engine is maximized, in a predetermined operating range of the engine, and in the predetermined operating range of the engine, the control unit controls the fuel supply control valve so that the air-fuel ratio becomes higher in a high engine speed range than in a low engine speed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Mamiya, Tohru Shiraishi, Katuhiro Yokomizo, Takafumi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 5249130
    Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control apparatus for an alcohol engine driven by fuel containing an alcohol component, where oxygen density of the exhaust gas is detected by an O.sub.2 sensor and an air-fuel ratio is controlled to approach a theoretical air-fuel ratio in response to the oxygen density detected by the O.sub.2 sensor, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an engine load detecting means for detecting engine load, and a control unit for correcting the air-fuel ratio to be rich in response to engine load such that the degree of the correction becomes larger as the engine load becomes small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Mamiya, Ichiro Yamagata, Katuhiro Yokomizo, Takayoshi Hayashi