Patents by Inventor Machiko Takahashi

Machiko Takahashi 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: 11933238
    Abstract: A controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine, and a memory medium are provided. In a first combustion cylinder, first combustion is caused by control circuitry when the engine is restarted from a state where fuel combustion in cylinders is suspended. An automatic stopping process suspends the fuel combustion in the cylinders and controls a throttle valve to a closed state when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A first calculation process calculates an amount of fuel injected into the first combustion cylinder based on a position of the piston in the first combustion cylinder in a case where a rotation speed of a crankshaft obtained when the restart was requested is zero. A second calculation process calculates the injection amount based on the rotation speed in a case where the rotation speed obtained when the restart was requested is higher than zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kachi, Takehiro Komatsu, Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Machiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11898510
    Abstract: A filter regeneration control device includes a fuel supply controller configured to stop, when there is a forced regeneration request for burning particulate matter collected in a filter provided in an exhaust passage of an engine that is a traveling power source of a vehicle while the vehicle is stopped, fuel supply to at least one of a plurality of cylinders of the engine while supplying fuel to the cylinder other than the at least one cylinder, and a rotation speed controller configured to control a rotation speed of the engine when the forced regeneration request is issued to be higher than a rotation speed when the forced regeneration request is not issued and during an idle operation of the engine while the vehicle is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junji Hyodoh, Masanao Idogawa, Machiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240035425
    Abstract: A filter regeneration control device includes a fuel supply controller configured to stop, when there is a forced regeneration request for burning particulate matter collected in a filter provided in an exhaust passage of an engine that is a traveling power source of a vehicle while the vehicle is stopped, fuel supply to at least one of a plurality of cylinders of the engine while supplying fuel to the cylinder other than the at least one cylinder, and a rotation speed controller configured to control a rotation speed of the engine when the forced regeneration request is issued to be higher than a rotation speed when the forced regeneration request is not issued and during an idle operation of the engine while the vehicle is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Junji HYODOH, Masanao IDOGAWA, Machiko TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230250772
    Abstract: A controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine, and a memory medium are provided. In a first combustion cylinder, first combustion is caused by control circuitry when the engine is restarted from a state where fuel combustion in cylinders is suspended. An automatic stopping process suspends the fuel combustion in the cylinders and controls a throttle valve to a closed state when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A first calculation process calculates an amount of fuel injected into the first combustion cylinder based on a position of the piston in the first combustion cylinder in a case where a rotation speed of a crankshaft obtained when the restart was requested is zero. A second calculation process calculates the injection amount based on the rotation speed in a case where the rotation speed obtained when the restart was requested is higher than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KACHI, Takehiro KOMATSU, Masanao IDOGAWA, Takahiro UCHIDA, Machiko TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230133765
    Abstract: An engine controller is configured to control an engine that includes a turbocharger and an electric pump that supplies a cooling water to the turbocharger. The engine controller includes a processor. The processor is configured to vary a flow rate of the cooling water supplied to the turbocharger by the electric pump during operation of the engine, based on a housing temperature, which is a temperature of a turbine housing of the turbocharger, and a generation site temperature, which is a temperature of a generation site of oil coke inside the turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki MIZOGUCHI, Machiko TAKAHASHI, Nobuo YAGIHASHI
  • Patent number: 10018531
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an engine, the control apparatus includes an ECU. The ECU is configured to: calculate a normalized intake pressure; calculate a pumping loss torque based on the normalized intake pressure; calculate a first value or a value of a linear function as the normalized intake pressure, the first value is obtained by dividing the intake pressure by the atmospheric pressure; calculate the output value based on the normalized intake pressure and a relational data that associate a normalized output value with the normalized intake pressure; the output value is one of a second value obtained by dividing the pumping loss torque by the atmospheric pressure, a normalized pumping loss torque, a third value obtained by dividing an exhaust pressure by the atmospheric pressure, and a normalized exhaust pressure; and calculate one of the pumping loss torque and the exhaust pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Machiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9915211
    Abstract: The present invention provides an abnormality diagnosis device and an abnormality diagnosis method for a supercharger. In the abnormality diagnosis processing performed by an electronic control unit, a determination of having an abnormality of a turbo charger is made according to the fact that an actual supercharging pressure becomes equal to above the upper-limit supercharging pressure for preventing the over-speed rotation of the turbo charger. The throttle opening is reduced while the output torque of the internal combustion engine is decreased; on the other hand, the actual supercharging pressure is to be decreased by decreasing the rotation speed of the turbo charger. The electronic control unit prohibits the execution of the abnormality determination processing during the reduction of the throttle opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Machiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20170159586
    Abstract: The present invention provides an abnormality diagnosis device and an abnormality diagnosis method for a supercharger. In the abnormality diagnosis processing performed by an electronic control unit, a determination of having an abnormality of a turbo charger is made according to the fact that an actual supercharging pressure becomes equal to above the upper-limit supercharging pressure for preventing the over-speed rotation of the turbo charger. The throttle opening is reduced while the output torque of the internal combustion engine is decreased; on the other hand, the actual supercharging pressure is to be decreased by decreasing the rotation speed of the turbo charger. The electronic control unit prohibits the execution of the abnormality determination processing during the reduction of the throttle opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Machiko TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9644193
    Abstract: A ?-1,3-glucanase that exhibits decomposition activity with respect to paramylon derived from the genus Euglena. The ?-1,3-glucanase is derived from the genus Euglena and exhibits the properties indicated below: (1) effect: hydrolyzing the ?-1,3-bond of ?-1,3-glucan; and (2) substrate specificity: decomposing at least paramylon. The ?-1,3-glucanase additionally exhibits the properties indicated below: (3) decomposition activity: the ratio of paramylon decomposition activity with respect to laminarin decomposition activity is 20% or higher; (4) optimum pH: 3.7-7.0; and (5) optimum temperature: 30-70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Euglena Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Suzuki, Ryo Arashida, Yuka Marukawa, Eriko Yoshida, Takumi Takeda, Yuki Nakano, Naotake Konno, Machiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160252020
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an engine, the control apparatus includes an ECU. The ECU is configured to: calculate a normalized intake pressure; calculate a pumping loss torque based on the normalized intake pressure; calculate a first value or a value of a linear function as the normalized intake pressure, the first value is obtained by dividing the intake pressure by the atmospheric pressure; calculate the output value based on the normalized intake pressure and a relational data that associate a normalized output value with the normalized intake pressure; the output value is one of a second value obtained by dividing the pumping loss torque by the atmospheric pressure, a normalized pumping loss torque, a third value obtained by dividing an exhaust pressure by the atmospheric pressure, and a normalized exhaust pressure; and calculate one of the pumping loss torque and the exhaust pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Machiko TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160186153
    Abstract: A ?-1,3-glucanase that exhibits decomposition activity with respect to paramylon derived from the genus Euglena. The ?-1,3-glucanase is derived from the genus Euglena and exhibits the properties indicated below: (1) effect: hydrolyzing the ?-1,3-bond of ?-1,3-glucan; and (2) substrate specificity: decomposing at least paramylon. The ?-1,3-glucanase additionally exhibits the properties indicated below: (3) decomposition activity: the ratio of paramylon decomposition activity with respect to laminarin decomposition activity is 20% or higher; (4) optimum pH: 3.7-7.0; and (5) optimum temperature: 30-70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Euglena Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo SUZUKI, Ryo ARASHIDA, Yuka MARUKAWA, Eriko YOSHIDA, Takumi TAKEDA, Yuki NAKANO, Naotake KONNO, Machiko TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 6981770
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector comprises an equipment body containing projection device and cooling device and including an air intake port and an air exhaust port, a case for housing the equipment body, and a sliding device for sliding the case so as to take a first state in which the equipment body is pulled out of the case and a second state in which the equipment body is housed in the case. The air intake port and the air exhaust port are closed at the first state and are opened outside at the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Murai, Machiko Takahashi, Takeshi Katayama, Mikiharu Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20050062938
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector comprises an equipment body containing projection device and cooling device and including an air intake port and an air exhaust port, a case for housing the equipment body, and a sliding device for sliding the case so as to take a first state in which the equipment body is pulled out of the case and a second state in which the equipment body is housed in the case. The air intake port and the air exhaust port are closed at the first state and are opened outside at the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Tatsuo Murai, Machiko Takahashi, Takeshi Katayama, Mikiharu Kuwata