Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Tokugawa

Kazuhito Tokugawa 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: 8738274
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle, it is configured to have a falling signal generator that generates a falling signal indicative of falling of the vehicle when the vehicle falls; an operation stopper that stops operation of the engine in response to the generated falling signal; and a suspender that suspends processing of the operation stopper to stop the operation of the engine until a predetermined time period elapses. With this, when the falling of the vehicle is not serious and the operator lifts the vehicle body within the predetermined time period, the operator can restart the vehicle to drive immediately after lifting the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishikawa, Kazuhito Tokugawa
  • Patent number: 8327825
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle, comprising an engine speed detector that detects speed of the engine, an ignition timing calculator that calculates an ignition timing of the engine based on at least the detected engine speed, a load detector that detects load in a compression stroke of the engine, and an ignition controller that controls the ignition timing to be the calculated timing, and controls the ignition timing to be a retarded timing than the calculated timing when the detected load is equal to or greater than a threshold value. With this, it becomes possible to avoid the unnecessary decrease of engine output which adversely affects driving feel of the operator, and effectively prevent the knocking and kickback from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishikawa, Kazuhito Tokugawa
  • Patent number: 8181637
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit; a generator; and a control unit to which alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals, performs ignition control so as to spark the internal combustion engine at the ignition timings, performs polarity determination processing in which the control unit determines a polarity of the alternating voltage signal each predetermined cycle and determines a current polarity determination result, and performs reverse rotation detection processing in which the control unit obtains the current polarity determination result each time the crank signal is detected so that the control unit ascertains a polarity cycle of the alternating voltage signals and in which the control unit determines that the crankshaft is in reverse rotation and stops the ignition control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishikawa, Kazuhito Tokugawa
  • Patent number: 7997245
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus includes: an internal combustion engine; a fuel injection unit provided in the internal combustion engine; an intake state detection unit that detects an intake state value indicating an intake state of the internal combustion engine, and that outputs an intake state signal; and a control unit to which the intake state signal is input, that determines based on the intake state signal whether or not the internal combustion engine is on an intake stroke, and that controls the fuel injection unit so that an initial fuel injection is performed in order to start up the engine when the control unit determines that the engine is on an intake stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Tokugawa, Shinichi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110180053
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit; a generator; and a control unit to which alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals, performs ignition control so as to spark the internal combustion engine at the ignition timings, performs polarity determination processing in which the control unit determines a polarity of the alternating voltage signal each predetermined cycle and determines a current polarity determination result, and performs reverse rotation detection processing in which the control unit obtains the current polarity determination result each time the crank signal is detected so that the control unit ascertains a polarity cycle of the alternating voltage signals and in which the control unit determines that the crankshaft is in reverse rotation and stops the ignition control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi ISHIKAWA, Kazuhito TOKUGAWA
  • Patent number: 7949457
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit; a generator; and a control unit to which alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals, performs ignition control so as to spark the internal combustion engine at the ignition timings, performs polarity determination processing in which the control unit determines a polarity of the alternating voltage signal each predetermined cycle and determines a current polarity determination result, and performs reverse rotation detection processing in which the control unit obtains the current polarity determination result each time the crank signal is detected so that the control unit ascertains a polarity cycle of the alternating voltage signals and in which the control unit determines that the crankshaft is in reverse rotation and stops the ignition control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishikawa, Kazuhito Tokugawa
  • Patent number: 7930092
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a fuel injection unit; an ignition unit; a crank angle detection unit; a fuel pump; a booster unit; an ignition discharge unit; and a control unit that controls the fuel injection unit, the ignition unit, and the fuel pump, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals output from the crank angle detection unit, and that performs a startup control sequence that is made up of fuel injection processing, voltage boosting processing, ignition processing, and fuel supply processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Tokugawa, Shinichi Ishikawa, Tomoo Shimokawa, Katsuaki Wachi, Satoshi Chida, Hiroyuki Utsumi, Takayuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 7841318
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit that outputs a crank signal; a generator that rotates in synchronization with the rotation of the crankshaft, and that outputs alternating voltage signals with one-phase; and a control unit, to which the alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on the crank signals, performs ignition control so as to spark the internal combustion engine at the ignition timings, determines a polarity of the alternating voltage signal each time the crank signal is detected, ascertains a polarity cycle of the alternating voltage signals based on the determination result of the polarity, and determines that a failure has occurred in the generator when the polarity cycles do not continuously coincide multiple times with the polarity cycles at the time of forward rotation of the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Tokugawa, Shinichi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100235075
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle, it is configured to have a falling signal generator that generates a falling signal indicative of falling of the vehicle when the vehicle falls; an operation stopper that stops operation of the engine in response to the generated falling signal; and a suspender that suspends processing of the operation stopper to stop the operation of the engine until a predetermined time period elapses. With this, when the falling of the vehicle is not serious and the operator lifts the vehicle body within the predetermined time period, the operator can restart the vehicle to drive immediately after lifting the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishikawa, Kazuhito Tokugawa
  • Publication number: 20100212633
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle, comprising an engine speed detector that detects speed of the engine, an ignition timing calculator that calculates an ignition timing of the engine based on at least the detected engine speed, a load detector that detects load in a compression stroke of the engine, and an ignition controller that controls the ignition timing to be the calculated timing, and controls the ignition timing to be a retarded timing than the calculated timing when the detected load is equal to or greater than a threshold value. With this, it becomes possible to avoid the unnecessary decrease of engine output which adversely affects driving feel of the operator, and effectively prevent the knocking and kickback from occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishikawa, Kazuhito Tokugawa
  • Publication number: 20090076704
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit that outputs a crank signal; a generator that rotates in synchronization with the rotation of the crankshaft, and that outputs alternating voltage signals with one-phase; and a control unit, to which the alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on the crank signals, performs ignition control so as to spark the internal combustion engine at the ignition timings, determines a polarity of the alternating voltage signal each time the crank signal is detected, ascertains a polarity cycle of the alternating voltage signals based on the determination result of the polarity, and determines that a failure has occurred in the generator when the polarity cycles do not continuously coincide multiple times with the polarity cycles at the time of forward rotation of the crankshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito TOKUGAWA, Shinichi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20090063008
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit; a generator; and a control unit to which alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals, performs ignition control so as to spark the internal combustion engine at the ignition timings, performs polarity determination processing in which the control unit determines a polarity of the alternating voltage signal each predetermined cycle and determines a current polarity determination result, and performs reverse rotation detection processing in which the control unit obtains the current polarity determination result each time the crank signal is detected so that the control unit ascertains a polarity cycle of the alternating voltage signals and in which the control unit determines that the crankshaft is in reverse rotation and stops the ignition control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi ISHIKAWA, Kazuhito TOKUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20090063015
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus includes: an internal combustion, engine; a fuel injection unit provided in the internal combustion engine; an intake state detection unit that detects an intake state value indicating an intake state of the internal combustion engine, and that outputs an intake state signal; and a control unit to which the intake state signal is input, that determines based on the intake state signal whether or not the internal combustion engine is on an intake stroke, and that controls the fuel injection unit so that an initial fuel injection is performed in order to start up the engine when the control unit determines that the engine is on an intake stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Tokugawa, Shinichi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20090063014
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a fuel injection unit; an ignition unit; a crank angle detection unit; a fuel pump; a booster unit; an ignition discharge unit; and a control unit that controls the fuel injection unit, the ignition unit, and the fuel pump, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals output from the crank angle detection unit, and that performs a startup control sequence that is made up of fuel injection processing, voltage boosting processing, ignition processing, and fuel supply processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito TOKUGAWA, Shinichi ISHIKAWA, Tomoo SHIMOKAWA, Katsuaki WACHI, Satoshi CHIDA, Hiroyuki UTSUMI, Takayuki AOKI
  • Patent number: 7380444
    Abstract: The engine acceleration detection device compares a intake manifold pressure at a certain crankshaft angle with the intake manifold pressure at 720 degrees before this crankshaft angle. If the difference between these two pressures is a predetermined value or more and the former is higher than the latter, the engine acceleration detection device determines that the engine is in acceleration status. The acceleration of the engine is determined without using a throttle valve opening sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Tokugawa, Tomoo Shimokawa, Shinichi Ishikawa, Takashi Namari
  • Patent number: 7360407
    Abstract: A rotor is provided such that the rotor rotates with a crank shaft of an engine. A plurality of detection sections are formed on a rotor periphery at equal angle intervals. A particular detection section is used for detection of a reference crank angle. A pickup is provided near the rotor periphery. A crank angle detecting apparatus receives pulse signals from the pickup, and sequentially detects a detection section time. The detection section time is a time interval from the front end to the rear end of the detection section. The crank angle detecting apparatus also sequentially detects a time between each two adjacent detection sections (detection section distance time), which is a time from the rear end of one detection section to the front end of the next detection section. A reference angle detection signal, which indicates detection of the detection section dedicated for the reference angle, is generated when at least two ratio conditions are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Namari, Kazuhito Tokugawa, Satoshi Chida
  • Publication number: 20080087249
    Abstract: A crank angle detector and an ignition timing controller comprises a rotor rotated in association with a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine and having detection portions to be detected at equivalent angle intervals in the outer circumference; and a pickup arranged in the vicinity of the outer circumference of the rotor, for generating a pulse signal when the detection portions each pass; wherein one detection portion located immediately before the crank angle corresponding to the upper dead point of a piston of the internal combustion engine, of the detection portions is set to detect a reference angle of the crank angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Namari, Kazuhito Tokugawa, Satoshi Chida
  • Patent number: 7210443
    Abstract: The present invention provides an engine stoppage notification apparatus with which, due to its compatibility with and good correspondence to the intention of a driver to start off a vehicle and to stop and idle the vehicle, it is possible to anticipate the possibility of enhancement of product quality along with alleviation of the burden upon the driver. This engine stoppage notification apparatus notifies the driver that the engine is about to stop when the engine has satisfied certain predetermined stoppage permission conditions, and includes a notification device which, from when the stoppage permission conditions are satisfied until the engine stops, issues a notification of the engine stoppage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoo Shimokawa, Satoshi Chida, Kazuhito Tokugawa, Shinichi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20070033995
    Abstract: A rotor is provided such that the rotor rotates with a crank shaft of an engine. A plurality of detection sections are formed on a rotor periphery at equal angle intervals. A particular detection section is used for detection of a reference crank angle. A pickup is provided near the rotor periphery. A crank angle detecting apparatus receives pulse signals from the pickup, and sequentially detects a detection section time. The detection section time is a time interval from the front end to the rear end of the detection section. The crank angle detecting apparatus also sequentially detects a time between each two adjacent detection sections (detection section distance time), which is a time from the rear end of one detection section to the front end of the next detection section. A reference angle detection signal, which indicates detection of the detection section dedicated for the reference angle, is generated when at least two ratio conditions are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Namari, Kazuhito Tokugawa, Satoshi Chida
  • Publication number: 20060096361
    Abstract: The engine acceleration detection device compares a intake manifold pressure at a certain crankshaft angle with the intake manifold pressure at 720 degrees before this crankshaft angle. If the difference between these two pressures is a predetermined value or more and the former is higher than the latter, the engine acceleration detection device determines that the engine is in acceleration status. The acceleration of the engine is determined without using a throttle valve opening sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Tokugawa, Tomoo Shimokawa, Shinichi Ishikawa, Takashi Namari