Patents by Inventor Kentarou KITA

Kentarou KITA 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: 9458753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diesel engine capable of preventing a PM accumulation amount from increasing excessively. If DOC inlet exhaust gas temperature (“IEGT”) does not reach a predetermined value T0, a control unit carries out air intake amount feedback control (“AIAFC”), and a target value of intake throttling is set to a predetermined air intake amount. If the DPF regenerating processing is not started even if elapsed time reaches a predetermined value t after AIAFC is started in a state where the DOC IEGT does not reach the predetermined value T0, the control unit changes AIAFC to exhaust gas temperature feedback control (“EGTFC”). In EGTFC, the control unit changes a target value of intake throttling to a predetermined DOC IEGT T0. If application of a load exceeding a predetermined amount is detected before the DOC IEGT reaches the predetermined value T0, the control unit returns EGTFC to AIAFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: KUBOTA Corporation
    Inventors: Kentarou Kita, Tamotsu Kuno, Katsushi Inoue, Yuuji Takemura, Yuuki Ishii, Yusuke Komemushi, Tomoya Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20150089925
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diesel engine capable of preventing a PM accumulation amount from increasing excessively. If DOC inlet exhaust gas temperature (“IEGT”) does not reach a predetermined value T0, a control unit carries out air intake amount feedback control (“AIAFC”), and a target value of intake throttling is set to a predetermined air intake amount. If the DPF regenerating processing is not started even if elapsed time reaches a predetermined value t after AIAFC is started in a state where the DOC IEGT does not reach the predetermined value T0, the control unit changes AIAFC to exhaust gas temperature feedback control (“EGTFC”). In EGTFC, the control unit changes a target value of intake throttling to a predetermined DOC IEGT T0. If application of a load exceeding a predetermined amount is detected before the DOC IEGT reaches the predetermined value T0, the control unit returns EGTFC to AIAFC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Kentarou KITA, Tamotsu KUNO, Katsushi INOUE, Yuuji TAKEMURA, Yuuki ISHII, Yusuke KOMEMUSHI, Tomoya HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 8534239
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a multi-cylinder diesel engine in which a thermal damage of a common rail, and a rise in fuel temperature can be suppressed. In order to achieve the object, a multi-cylinder diesel engine in which, while the extension direction of a crank shaft 1 is set to the anteroposterior direction, a common rail 3 which is directed in the anteroposterior direction is placed above an intake manifold 2, and an engine cooling fan 4 is placed in front of the engine is configured so that the width direction of the engine which is perpendicular to the anteroposterior direction is set to the lateral direction, an air intake portion 6 of the intake manifold 2 is placed on the outer lateral side of the both lateral sides of the common rail 3, the outer lateral side being opposite to a head cover 5, and the common rail 3 is placed in a place to which engine cooling air produced by the engine cooling fan 4 is blown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yoshii, Akihiko Kai, Hiroki Oso, Yuuji Takemura, Tamotsu Kuno, Kentarou Kita, Tomoya Hasegawa, Wataru Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20110061630
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a multi-cylinder diesel engine in which a thermal damage of a common rail, and a rise in fuel temperature can be suppressed. In order to achieve the object, a multi-cylinder diesel engine in which, while the extension direction of a crank shaft 1 is set to the anteroposterior direction, a common rail 3 which is directed in the anteroposterior direction is placed above an intake manifold 2, and an engine cooling fan 4 is placed in front of the engine is configured so that the width direction of the engine which is perpendicular to the anteroposterior direction is set to the lateral direction, an air intake portion 6 of the intake manifold 2 is placed on the outer lateral side of the both lateral sides of the common rail 3, the outer lateral side being opposite to a head cover 5, and the common rail 3 is placed in a place to which engine cooling air produced by the engine cooling fan 4 is blown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu YOSHII, Akihiko KAI, Hiroki OSO, Yuuji TAKEMURA, Tamotsu KUNO, Kentarou KITA, Tomoya HASEGAWA, Wataru MIYAUCHI