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).
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Patent number: 11933238Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Kachi, Takehiro Komatsu, Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Machiko Takahashi
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Patent number: 11898510Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junji Hyodoh, Masanao Idogawa, Machiko Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240035425Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Junji HYODOH, Masanao IDOGAWA, Machiko TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230250772Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Masahiro KACHI, Takehiro KOMATSU, Masanao IDOGAWA, Takahiro UCHIDA, Machiko TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230133765Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Hiroaki MIZOGUCHI, Machiko TAKAHASHI, Nobuo YAGIHASHI
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Patent number: 10018531Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Machiko Takahashi
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Patent number: 9915211Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Machiko Takahashi
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Publication number: 20170159586Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Machiko TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9644193Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Euglena Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo Suzuki, Ryo Arashida, Yuka Marukawa, Eriko Yoshida, Takumi Takeda, Yuki Nakano, Naotake Konno, Machiko Takahashi
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Publication number: 20160252020Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Machiko TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20160186153Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Euglena Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo SUZUKI, Ryo ARASHIDA, Yuka MARUKAWA, Eriko YOSHIDA, Takumi TAKEDA, Yuki NAKANO, Naotake KONNO, Machiko TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 6981770Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2004Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Murai, Machiko Takahashi, Takeshi Katayama, Mikiharu Kuwata
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Publication number: 20050062938Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Inventors: Tatsuo Murai, Machiko Takahashi, Takeshi Katayama, Mikiharu Kuwata