Patents by Inventor Motohiro Sugimoto

Motohiro Sugimoto 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: 11965473
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a port injection valve, a direct injection valve, and a forced-induction device. A ratio of an amount of fuel injected from the port injection valve with respect to a total amount of fuel supplied for one fuel combustion in the cylinder is defined as a port injection ratio. The internal combustion engine is controlled such that, in a case in which a condition is satisfied that the forced-induction device is in an operation of performing forced induction and the internal combustion engine is in an engine operation region in which a valve overlap period is greater than zero, the port injection ratio is set to be small and a start timing of fuel injection from the port injection valve is delayed as compared with a case in which the condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao Idogawa, Rihito Kaneko, Motohiro Sugimoto, Takahiro Uchida
  • Publication number: 20230287844
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a port injection valve, a direct injection valve, and a forced-induction device. A ratio of an amount of fuel injected from the port injection valve with respect to a total amount of fuel supplied for one fuel combustion in the cylinder is defined as a port injection ratio. The internal combustion engine is controlled such that, in a case in which a condition is satisfied that the forced-induction device is in an operation of performing forced induction and the internal combustion engine is in an engine operation region in which a valve overlap period is greater than zero, the port injection ratio is set to be small and a start timing of fuel injection from the port injection valve is delayed as compared with a case in which the condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masanao IDOGAWA, Rihito KANEKO, Motohiro SUGIMOTO, Takahiro UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11313314
    Abstract: A control apparatus of an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes a port injection valve that injects fuel into an intake-air port, and a cylinder injection valve that injects fuel into a cylinder. The control apparatus includes an electronic control unit that controls the port injection valve and the cylinder injection valve such that when returning from a fuel cut, a value of a port increase amount correction, which is a fuel increase amount correction in which a fuel amount is decreased with a lapse of time during a port injection, differs from a value of a cylinder increase amount correction, which is a fuel increase amount correction in which a fuel amount is decreased with a lapse of time during a cylinder injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Seo, Masatomo Yoshihara, Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Motohiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20210404409
    Abstract: A control apparatus of an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes a port injection valve that injects fuel into an intake-air port, and a cylinder injection valve that injects fuel into a cylinder. The control apparatus includes an electronic control unit that controls the port injection valve and the cylinder injection valve such that when returning from a fuel cut, a value of a port increase amount correction, which is a fuel increase amount correction in which a fuel amount is decreased with a lapse of time during a port injection, differs from a value of a cylinder increase amount correction, which is a fuel increase amount correction in which a fuel amount is decreased with a lapse of time during a cylinder injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hiromitsu SEO, Masatomo YOSHIHARA, Masanao IDOGAWA, Takahiro UCHIDA, Motohiro SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10711722
    Abstract: A controller includes a P/L learning unit that performs P/L learning, a purge learning unit that performs purge learning, an air-fuel ratio learning unit that performs air-fuel ratio learning, and a storage unit that stores learning result. When the learning result of each learning process is not stored in the storage unit at the time of engine start, the P/L learning unit learns an injection characteristic of an in-cylinder injection valve through the P/L learning process whenever the in-cylinder injection valve performs the P/L injection and interrupts the P/L learning process before the P/L learning process is completed. The purge learning unit performs the purge learning process, and the air-fuel ratio learning unit starts the air-fuel ratio learning process provided that the P/L learning process is interrupted. The P/L learning unit then resumes the P/L learning process provided that the purge learning process is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao Idogawa, Narumi Murakami, Motohiro Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10487769
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a low pressure fuel pump, a low pressure fuel passage, a high pressure fuel pump, a high pressure fuel passage, a fuel injection valve, a high pressure controller, and a low pressure controller. The low pressure controller calculates a feedforward correction amount that increases as a request injection amount of the fuel injection valve increases and an increase rate of the high pressure target value increases when a high pressure target value increases. The low pressure controller calculates a feedback correction amount based on a low-side pressure deviation when the high pressure target value increases. The low pressure controller controls driving of the low pressure fuel pump based on a sum of the feedforward correction amount and the feedback correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sohichi Imai, Motohiro Sugimoto, Masanao Idogawa
  • Publication number: 20190162132
    Abstract: An electronic control unit is configured to switch a drive mode of a first high-pressure fuel pump and a second high-pressure fuel pump, in accordance with an operating state of an internal combustion engine, either to a twin-drive mode, in which both the first high-pressure fuel pump and the second high-pressure fuel pump are driven, or to a single-drive mode, in which either one of the first high-pressure fuel pump and the second high-pressure fuel pump is driven. The electronic control unit is configured to determine whether or not a pump ambient temperature, which is the ambient temperature of the first high-pressure fuel pump and the second high-pressure fuel pump, is equal to or higher than a predetermined first temperature. In a case where the pump ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the first temperature, the electronic control unit turns ON a twin-drive mode request flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro SUGIMOTO, Masanao IDOGAWA, Narumi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20190153972
    Abstract: A controller includes a P/L learning unit that performs P/L learning, a purge learning unit that performs purge learning, an air-fuel ratio learning unit that performs air-fuel ratio learning, and a storage unit that stores learning result. When the learning result of each learning process is not stored in the storage unit at the time of engine start, the P/L learning unit learns an injection characteristic of an in-cylinder injection valve through the P/L learning process whenever the in-cylinder injection valve performs the P/L injection and interrupts the P/L learning process before the P/L learning process is completed. The purge learning unit performs the purge learning process, and the air-fuel ratio learning unit starts the air-fuel ratio learning process provided that the P/L learning process is interrupted. The P/L learning unit then resumes the P/L learning process provided that the purge learning process is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao IDOGAWA, Narumi MURAKAMI, Motohiro SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190093591
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a low pressure fuel pump, a low pressure fuel passage, a high pressure fuel pump, a high pressure fuel passage, a fuel injection valve, a high pressure controller, and a low pressure controller. The low pressure controller calculates a feedforward correction amount that increases as a request injection amount of the fuel injection valve increases and an increase rate of the high pressure target value increases when a high pressure target value increases. The low pressure controller calculates a feedback correction amount based on a low-side pressure deviation when the high pressure target value increases. The low pressure controller controls driving of the low pressure fuel pump based on a sum of the feedforward correction amount and the feedback correction amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sohichi IMAI, Motohiro SUGIMOTO, Masanao IDOGAWA
  • Patent number: 7493517
    Abstract: Each time a sync controller sequentially issues a read request to a memory controller, a count value of a first counter is incremented. When a read operation is conducted for the read request, a count value of a second counter is incremented and the data is transferred to a standby computer. If a memory write instruction is issued during a memory copy operation, an address comparator compares a write address of the memory write instruction with the count values of the first and second counters. If the write address is more than the count values, the memory write operation is permitted. If the write address is equal to the count value of the first counter, the process waits for termination of the data read operation. Otherwise, the write operation is immediately permitted and the write data is transferred to the sync controller. Data of a memory on the active side can be hence copied onto the standby computer without stopping the system operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20060149903
    Abstract: Each time a sync controller sequentially issues a read request to a memory controller, a count value of a first counter is incremented. When a read operation is conducted for the read request, a count value of a second counter is incremented and the data is transferred to a standby computer. If a memory write instruction is issued during a memory copy operation, an address comparator compares a write address of the memory write instruction with the count values of the first and second counters. If the write address is more than the count values, the memory write operation is permitted. If the write address is equal to the count value of the first counter, the process waits for termination of the data read operation. Otherwise, the write operation is immediately permitted and the write data is transferred to the sync controller. Data of a memory on the active side can be hence copied onto the standby computer without stopping the system operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiro Sugimoto