Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Komuro

Ryoichi Komuro 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: 7464687
    Abstract: In an injector having three concentrated fuel spray bands, one of the fuel spray bands is directed to an spark plug, and the others are directed to curved grooves on a piston. The sprays that enter each groove advance along each groove, mutually collide substantially under the spark plug, and are ascended. Further, these spray bands are carried to the vicinity of the spark plug by a tumble flow and stable stratified air-fuel mixture is formed. As described above, stable and satisfactory stratified combustion can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Fujii, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Publication number: 20070221165
    Abstract: In an injector having three concentrated fuel spray bands, one of the fuel spray bands is directed to an spark plug, and the others are directed to curved grooves on a piston. The sprays that enter each groove advance along each groove, mutually collide substantially under the spark plug, and are ascended. Further, these spray bands are carried to the vicinity of the spark plug by a tumble flow and stable stratified air-fuel mixture is formed. As described above, stable and satisfactory stratified combustion can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun'ichi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi FUJII, Ryoichi KOMURO
  • Patent number: 7231901
    Abstract: An injector having three concentrated fuel spray bands is used, one of the fuel spray bands is directed to an spark plug, and the others are directed to curved grooves on a piston. The sprays that enter each groove advance along each groove, mutually collide substantially under the spark plug, and are ascended. Further, these spray bands are carried to the vicinity of the spark plug by a tumble flow and stable stratified air-fuel mixture is formed. As described above, stable and satisfactory stratified combustion can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun'ichi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Fujii, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Publication number: 20060254559
    Abstract: An injector having three concentrated fuel spray bands is used, one of the fuel spray bands is directed to an spark plug, and the others are directed to curved grooves on a piston. The sprays that enter each groove advance along each groove, mutually collide substantially under the spark plug, and are ascended. Further, these spray bands are carried to the vicinity of the spark plug by a tumble flow and stable stratified air-fuel mixture is formed. As described above, stable and satisfactory stratified combustion can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun'ichi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Fujii, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Patent number: 6622079
    Abstract: A method comprising a first traveling mode in which the traveling environment ahead is recognized and at least one of the engine, the speed change gear, and the brake is controlled on the basis of a signal representing the recognition and a second traveling mode in which at least one of the engine, the speed change gear, and the brake is controlled on the basis of a signal generated by operation of the driver, in which the second traveling mode is selected in an area where vehicle following-up control is difficult.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimichi Minowa, Kozo Nakamura, Hiroshi Takenaga, Yoshinori Endo, Hiroto Morizane, Tokuji Yoshikawa, Mitsuru Nakamura, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Patent number: 6443124
    Abstract: A control device in an internal combustion engine interlocking with a device to generate swirls in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by providing bypass passages which allow air to bypass a throttle valve for regulating intake air flow rate of the internal combustion engine to control an output power of the internal combustion engine and allow the air to flow in from the atmosphere side to communicate with air intake ports for respective cylinders on the downstream side of the throttle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamaguchi, Minoru Ohsuga, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Publication number: 20020095255
    Abstract: A method comprising a first traveling mode in which the traveling environment ahead is recognized and at least one of the engine, the speed change gear, and the brake is controlled on the basis of a signal representing the recognition and a second traveling mode in which at least one of the engine, the speed change gear, and the brake is controlled on the basis of a signal generated by operation of the driver, in which the second traveling mode is selected in an area where vehicle following-up control is difficult.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimichi Minowa, Kozo Nakamura, Hiroshi Takenaga, Yoshinori Endo, Hiroto Morizane, Tokuji Yoshikawa, Mitsuru Nakamura, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Patent number: 6385529
    Abstract: A method comprising a first traveling mode in which the traveling environment ahead is recognized and at least one of the engine, the speed change gear, and the brake is controlled on the basis of a signal representing the recognition and a second traveling mode in which at least one of the engine, the speed change gear, and the brake is controlled on the basis of a signal generated by operation of the driver, in which the second traveling mode is selected in an area where vehicle following-up control is difficult.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimichi Minowa, Kozo Nakamura, Hiroshi Takenaga, Yoshinori Endo, Hiroto Morizane, Tokuji Yoshikawa, Mitsuru Nakamura, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Publication number: 20010035154
    Abstract: A control device in an internal combustion engine, interlocking with a device to generate swirls in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by providing bypass passages which allow air to bypass a throttle valve for regulating Intake air flow rate of the internal combustion engine to control an output power of the internal combustion engine and allow the air to flow in from the side of atmosphere to communicate with air intake ports for respective cylinders on the downstream side of the throttle valve The device comprises sensors to detect a vehicle speed, a gear position, an opening of an accelerator, an intake air flow rate and the like and a processor to determine an operating state of the internal combustion engine such as a rotating speed, a torque and the like based on the signals from the sensors, calculating an operating condition of the internal combustion engine according to the strength of swirl to be generated based on the operating state, outputting the calculated values as control
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamaguchi, Minoru Ohsuga, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Patent number: 6092503
    Abstract: An improved intake equipment, in which the formation of a liquid fuel film due to deflection of the fuel can be avoided, has a plurality of independent air intake pipes connected to a combustion chamber, for introducing air thereto, collectors connected to the independent air intake pipes, for distributing the introduced air into them, and a throttle valve connected to the collectors, for controlling the amount of air flow. A fuel supplying mechanism is provided on a wall of the independent intake pipes, for supplying fuel to the air and mixing the air and fuel, and a deflection mechanism is provided for deflecting the air flow of the independent intake pipes so as to avoid undersirable deflective of the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ohsuga, Jun'ichi Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Komuro, Masakichi Momono
  • Patent number: 5765524
    Abstract: An air intake system for an internal combustion engine uniformly distributes the fuel-air mixture in the cylinder, and concentrates the mixture in the vicinity of an ignition plug in the cylinder by selecting the direction of supply of sprayed fuel, thereby improving ignitability of the mixture at the time of lean-burn operation. The system produces tumble flow in the cylinder for accelerating combustion and provides lean-burn operation, thereby suppressing consumption of the fuel and reducing the amount of exhaust gas.The fuel is injected by a fuel injection valve and collides with an intake valve, before being atomized. The atomized fuel flows into the cylinder from the side of the intake valve closer to the fuel injection valve. On the other hand, high-velocity air flow from bypass passages enters the cylinder from the side of the intake valve closer to the ignition plug, so as to produce tumble flow in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ohsuga, Takuya Shiraishi, Junichi Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Komuro, Masakichi Momono
  • Patent number: 5718195
    Abstract: An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine has an intake assembly to which the air supplied from an air cleaner flows in accordance with the opening of a throttle valve, and independent intake pipes receive the air in the intake assembly and distribute the air into each cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The intake passage between the air cleaner and the throttle valve assembly is arranged next to and separated by a partition wall from at least one of a negative pressure part of the intake passage downstream of the throttle vale, the intake assembly provided in the negative pressure part and the independent intake pipes, whereby two independent intake spaces are formed on either side of the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ohsuga, Jun'ichi Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Komuro, Yasushi Sasaki, Teruhiko Minegishi
  • Patent number: 5671713
    Abstract: A control device in an internal combustion engine, interlocking with a device to generate swirls in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by providing bypass passages which allow air to bypass a throttle valve for regulating intake air flow rate of the internal combustion engine to control an output power of the internal combustion engine and allow the air to flow in from the side of atmosphere to communicate with air intake ports for respective cylinders on the downstream side of the throttle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yamaguchi, Minoru Ohsuga, Ryoichi Komuro
  • Patent number: 5645029
    Abstract: An air intake system for an internal combustion engine uniformly distributes the fuel-air mixture in the cylinder, and concentrates the mixture in the vicinity of an ignition plug in the cylinder by selecting the direction of supply of sprayed fuel, thereby improving ignitability of the mixture at the time of lean-burn operation. The system produces tumble flow in the cylinder for accelerating combustion and provides lean-burn operation, thereby suppressing consumption of the fuel and reducing the amount of exhaust gas. The fuel is injected by a fuel injection valve and collides with an intake valve, before being atomized. The atomized fuel flows into the cylinder from the side of the intake valve closer to the fuel injection valve. On the other hand, high-velocity air flow from bypass passages enters the cylinder from the side of the intake valve closer to the ignition plug, so as to produce tumble flow in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ohsuga, Takuya Shiraishi, Junichi Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Komuro, Masakichi Momono
  • Patent number: 5617824
    Abstract: An improved intake equipment, in which the formation of a liquid fuel film due to deflection of the fuel can be avoided, has a plurality of independent air intake pipes connected to a combustion chamber, for introducing air thereto, collectors connected to the independent air intake pipes, for distributing the introduced air into them, and a throttle valve connected to the collectors, for controlling the amount of air flow. A fuel supplying mechanism is provided on a wall of the independent intake pipes, for supplying fuel to the air and mixing the air and fuel, and a deflection mechanism is provided for deflecting the air flow of the independent intake pipes so as to avoid undesirable deflection of the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ohsuga, Jun'ichi Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Komuro, Masakichi Momono
  • Patent number: 5572965
    Abstract: An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine has an intake assembly to which the air supplied from an air cleaner flows in accordance with the opening of a throttle valve, and independent intake pipes receive the air in the intake assembly and distribute the air into each cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The intake passage between the air cleaner and the throttle valve assembly is arranged next to and separated by a partition wall from at least one of a negative pressure part of the intake passage downstream of the throttle vale, the intake assembly provided in the negative pressure part and the independent intake pipes, whereby two independent intake spaces are formed on either side of the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ohsuga, Jun'ichi Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Komuro, Yasushi Sasaki, Teruhiko Minegishi
  • Patent number: 5564384
    Abstract: An air intake system for an internal combustion engine distributes the fuel-air mixture in the cylinder, and concentrates the mixture in the vicinity of an ignition plug in the cylinder by selecting the direction of supply of sprayed fuel, thereby improving ignitability of the mixture at the time of lean-burn operation. The system produces tumble flow in the cylinder for accelerating combustion and provides lean-burn operation, thereby suppressing consumption of the fuel and reducing the amount of exhaust gas. The fuel is injected by a fuel injection valve and collides with an intake valve, before being atomized. The atomized fuel flows into the cylinder from the side of the intake valve closer to the fuel injection valve. On the other hand, high-velocity air flow from bypass passages enters the cylinder from the side of the intake valve closer to the ignition plug, so as to produce tumble flow in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ohsuga, Takuya Shiraishi, Junichi Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Komuro, Masakichi Momono