Patents by Inventor Kotaro Suzuki

Kotaro Suzuki 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: 10393048
    Abstract: A control device is configured to perform, when it is estimated that a combustion fluctuation increases, estimation related to an ignition delay for initial flame generated from a discharge spark and an air-fuel mixture containing fuel spray injected by intake stroke injection. When it is estimated that the ignition delay for the initial flame is increased from that before the increase in the combustion fluctuation, an injection amount in expansion stroke injection is reduced in a next time cycle. When it is estimated that the ignition delay for the initial flame is reduced from that before the increase in the combustion fluctuation, the injection amount in expansion stroke injection is increased in a next time cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Shota Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20190206615
    Abstract: A small size reactor that effectively utilizes a space is provided. This reactor includes: a reactor body which includes a core and a coil attached to the core, a casing which houses therein the reactor body and which has an opening where a part of the reactor body protrudes outwardly, a bus bar which is a conductive component electrically connected to the coil and which covers a part of a side of the reactor body protruding from the opening, and a terminal stage which includes an extended portion formed of a resin material where a part of the bus bar is embedded and provided along an edge of the opening, and which supports an electrical connection portion between the bus bar and an exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Kotaro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190186406
    Abstract: A controller includes an injection control unit configured to set an injection start timing of fuel based on an engine speed to start injecting the fuel with a cylinder injection valve during an intake stroke. The injection start timing set by the injection control unit when the engine speed is equal to a specified engine speed is referred to as a specified timing. The injection control unit is configured to set the specified timing as the injection start timing or retard the injection start timing from the specified timing when the engine speed is in a range that is higher than the specified engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kotaro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10224134
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reactor includes a pair of coils and a pair of core units of partial I-shaped cores with gap members butted together and mounted in the coils. The respective ends of the I-shaped cores are pressed against the ends of a pair of U-shaped cores. The U-shaped cores and the I-shaped cores are formed by pressing powder in movable dies that preheat any burrs formed during pressing to be positioned in a direction different from the winding axis direction to avoid any contact with the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Nakatsu, Toshikazu Ninomiya, Kotaro Suzuki, Tsutomu Hamada
  • Patent number: 10066562
    Abstract: In a catalyst warming-up control, a first time injection is performed by an injector in an intake stroke. A second time injection is performed with an amount smaller than the first time injection in an expansion stroke after a compression top dead center. In the catalyst warming-up control, an interval from the start of the ignition period of an spark plug to the completion of the second time injection is controlled by the ECU so that the initial flame generated from an air-fuel mixture containing the fuel spray injected by the first time injection is brought into contact with the fuel spray injected by the second time injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota Tsukamoto, Kotaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10026548
    Abstract: First and second divisional cores each including right and left leg portions and a yoke interconnecting those together are formed by molding respective yoke-side core members in a resin. Cylindrical core mounting portions extending from the outer circumference of the surface of the yoke-side core member are formed integrally with the respective right and left leg portions of the first divisional core. I-shaped leg-portion-side core members and spacers are attached in the cylindrical core mounting portion formed in each of the right and left leg portions. The surface of the yoke-side core member molded in the resin and the surface of the leg-portion-side core member are disposed so as to have a spacer therebetween. The two divisional cores are joined together by butting respective leg portions of the two divisional cores with each other to form an annular mold core, and a coil is wound around the mold core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Kensuke Maeno, Ryo Nakatsu
  • Patent number: 9966177
    Abstract: A reactor includes a core made of a magnetic material; a resin mold that encloses the core; a coil that is wound around the core through the resin mold; a plurality of fasteners located on the resin mold; and a supporting member that is secured to the resin mold through the fasteners. At least one of the plurality of fasteners is a flexible fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180075964
    Abstract: An annular core includes an upper core and a lower core. A coil is attached to the leg of the annular core in a way that the winding axis is aligned in the vertical direction. The surface of the upper core is covered by an upper cover formed of resin. The surface of the lower core is covered by the lower cover formed of resin. A casing formed of metal includes a bottom plate having an opening, and a side wall integrated with the bottom plate, and the lower core, the coil, and the upper core are housed in the casing. A part of the lower cover is exposed via the opening of the casing. A filler resin is filled in a gap between the circumference of the annular core and the coil, and the side wall of the casing or the lower cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kotaro SUZUKI, Tsutomu HAMADA
  • Patent number: 9881730
    Abstract: A reactor includes an annular core, coils, a sensor detecting a state of the reactor, and a connector outputting signal from the sensor. Resin-molded bodies are provided around the annular core. The resin-molded body has bobbins for the respective coils and core covering portions formed integrally with each other. An exposed area where no resin covers the bottom of the core is formed in the lower face of the covering portions. A holder to fasten the connector is formed integrally with the upper portion of the covering portion. An assembly including the resin-molded bodies in which the annular core is embedded, and the coils wound around the bobbins are retained in a metal casing. A clearance is formed between the assembly and the casing, and a filler is filled in this clearance. The filler covers the exposed area of the core bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Ryo Nakatsu, Naoki Inoue, Kensuke Maeno
  • Publication number: 20180010540
    Abstract: A control device is configured to perform, when it is estimated that a combustion fluctuation increases, estimation related to an ignition delay for initial flame generated from a discharge spark and an air-fuel mixture containing fuel spray injected by intake stroke injection. When it is estimated that the ignition delay for the initial flame is increased from that before the increase in the combustion fluctuation, an injection amount in expansion stroke injection is reduced in a next time cycle. When it is estimated that the ignition delay for the initial flame is reduced from that before the increase in the combustion fluctuation, the injection amount in expansion stroke injection is increased in a next time cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Kotaro SUZUKI, Shota TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180010538
    Abstract: In a catalyst warming-up control, a first time injection is performed by an injector in an intake stroke. A second time injection is performed with an amount smaller than the first time injection in an expansion stroke after a compression top dead center. In the catalyst warming-up control, an interval from the start of the ignition period of an spark plug to the completion of the second time injection is controlled by the ECU so that the initial flame generated from an air-fuel mixture containing the fuel spray injected by the first time injection is brought into contact with the fuel spray injected by the second time injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota TSUKAMOTO, Kotaro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9786433
    Abstract: First and second divisional cores each including right and left leg portions and a yoke interconnecting those together are formed by molding respective yoke-side core members in a resin. Cylindrical core mounting portions extending from the outer circumference of the surface of the yoke-side core member are formed integrally with the respective right and left leg portions of the first divisional core. I-shaped leg-portion-side core members and spacers are attached in the cylindrical core mounting portion formed in each of the right and left leg portions. The surface of the yoke-side core member molded in the resin and the surface of the leg-portion-side core member are disposed so as to have a spacer therebetween. The two divisional cores are joined together by butting respective leg portions of the two divisional cores with each other to form an annular mold core, and a coil is wound around the mold core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Kensuke Maeno, Ryo Nakatsu
  • Patent number: 9605616
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes: an NH3 generating catalyst which generates NH3 from NOx and H2 at a rich air-fuel ratio; an in-cylinder injection valve which injects fuel into a cylinder; and a control apparatus which, when setting a rich air-fuel ratio, sets a timing of fuel injection from the in-cylinder injection valve to a second half of a compression stroke when a temperature of the NH3 generating catalyst is within a first prescribed range and sets a timing f of fuel injection from the in-cylinder injection valve to a first half of an intake stroke when the temperature of the NH3 generating catalyst is within a second prescribed range that is a higher temperature range than the first prescribed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kotaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9589717
    Abstract: Divided cores 11, 12 includes left and right leg portions and a yoke portion and formed by molding a yoke portion side core material within resin. The leg portions of the divided core are formed by tubular core mounting portions 41, 42. I-shaped leg portion side core materials 51-53 and spacers 6 are mounted in the tubular core mounting portions. A ring-shaped molded core 1 is formed by abutting and integrating the respective leg portions of two divided cores, and a coil 100 is wound around the molded core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Kensuke Maeno, Ryo Nakatsu
  • Publication number: 20170002723
    Abstract: A spark-ignition internal combustion engine includes a pent roof type combustion chamber, intake valves, exhaust valves, ignition plug, and an airflow guide member. The airflow guide member is provided on a housing of the ignition plug or a wall surface of at least one of pair of roofs. The airflow guide member is configured to deflect airflow that passes through the discharge gap at the time of ignition, in a direction that is inclined relative to a reference direction perpendicular to a line of intersection of wall surfaces of the pair of roofs as viewed in a direction of a center axis of a cylinder. A connecting portion of the ignition plug is located outside a direction of the airflow deflected by the airflow guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kotaro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20160358704
    Abstract: A reactor includes: a reactor body having a core; and an installation destination object on which the reactor body is mounted; wherein the reactor body has three fixing portions for fixing the reactor body to the installation destination object, the installation destination object has mount portions for mounting the fixing portions, and the reactor body is fixed to the installation destination object by the fixing portions being mounted on the mount portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kotaro SUZUKI, Tsutomu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160348606
    Abstract: In a spark-ignition internal combustion engine including a port injection valve that injects fuel into an intake port and an in-cylinder injection valve that injects fuel directly into a combustion chamber, switching from a first combustion mode which realizes lean combustion with an air-fuel ratio that is leaner in fuel than a theoretical air-fuel ratio and which is constituted mainly by fuel injection by the port injection valve, to a second combustion mode which realizes lean combustion by fuel injection in an intake stroke by the in-cylinder injection valve is enabled while maintaining a low amount of NOx emissions. The control device for an internal combustion engine of this disclosure makes a discharge time period of a spark plug in the second combustion mode longer than a discharge time period in the first combustion mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Kotaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9508482
    Abstract: U-shaped cores and fasteners are embedded in resin members, and brackets provided at respective ends of the fasteners protrude from the resin members. By fixing the brackets and a casing with screws, a reactor main body and the casing are fixed together. Openings formed by a partition wall that suppresses a direct application of a resin flowing from resin-filling portions to the fasteners are provided between the respective fasteners and the respective resin-filling portions. A protrusion extending in an opposite direction to a core and in parallel with the partition wall is provided between the resin-filling portions and the partition wall. The resin flowing from the resin-filling portion flows in between a core upper face and the fastener, and between a fastener surface located behind the partition wall and the internal surface of a die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160329144
    Abstract: A reactor includes a core made of a magnetic material; a resin mold that encloses the core; a coil that is wound around the core through the resin mold; a plurality of fasteners located on the resin mold; and a supporting member that is secured to the resin mold through the fasteners. At least one of the plurality of fasteners is a flexible fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9424976
    Abstract: A reactor includes a core made of a magnetic material; a resin mold that encloses the core; a coil that is wound around the core through the resin mold; a plurality of fasteners located on the resin mold; and a supporting member that is secured to the resin mold through the fasteners. At least one of the plurality of fasteners is a flexible fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Suzuki