Patents by Inventor Tazuki Watanabe

Tazuki Watanabe 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: 10941734
    Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes first and second fuel injection amount calculators, a fuel injection controller, an EGR valve controller, and an EGR valve diagnosis unit. The first and second fuel injection amount calculators are configured to calculate first and second fuel injection amounts on the basis of a detected intake air amount and detected pressure in an intake pipe, respectively. The fuel injection controller is configured to control a fuel injection apparatus for an engine on the basis of a correction fuel injection amount that is a result of addition of the first and second fuel injection amounts respectively multiplied by first and second weight coefficients. When the fuel injection is restarted after diagnosis of the EGR valve carried out by the EGR valve diagnosis unit, the fuel injection controller increases the second weight coefficient, and thereafter gradually increases and reduces the first and second weight coefficients, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tazuki Watanabe, Taichiro Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20190301406
    Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes first and second fuel injection amount calculators, a fuel injection controller, an EGR valve controller, and an EGR valve diagnosis unit. The first and second fuel injection amount calculators are configured to calculate first and second fuel injection amounts on the basis of a detected intake air amount and detected pressure in an intake pipe, respectively. The fuel injection controller is configured to control a fuel injection apparatus for an engine on the basis of a correction fuel injection amount that is a result of addition of the first and second fuel injection amounts respectively multiplied by first and second weight coefficients. When the fuel injection is restarted after diagnosis of the EGR valve carried out by the EGR valve diagnosis unit, the fuel injection controller increases the second weight coefficient, and thereafter gradually increases and reduces the first and second weight coefficients, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tazuki WATANABE, Taichiro KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 9771858
    Abstract: An engine system is mounted on a vehicle and includes an engine and a turbocharger. The engine system control apparatus includes: a driving state identifier that identifies a driving state of the vehicle from a plurality of driving states; a surge determiner that determines whether a surge condition as a condition under which a surge noise is generated is satisfied, based on the identified driving state of the vehicle and an operating state of the engine; and a variable nozzle controller that controls, based on the identified driving state of the vehicle and the operating state of the engine, an opening degree of a variable nozzle of the turbocharger to be varied in an open direction, upon determination by the surge determiner that the surge condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Subaru Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Masuma, Tazuki Watanabe, Hiroshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20160153353
    Abstract: An engine system is mounted on a vehicle and includes an engine and a turbocharger. The engine system control apparatus includes: a driving state identifier that identifies a driving state of the vehicle from a plurality of driving states; a surge determiner that determines whether a surge condition as a condition under which a surge noise is generated is satisfied, based on the identified driving state of the vehicle and an operating state of the engine; and a variable nozzle controller that controls, based on the identified driving state of the vehicle and the operating state of the engine, an opening degree of a variable nozzle of the turbocharger to be varied in an open direction, upon determination by the surge determiner that the surge condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuro MASUMA, Tazuki Watanabe, Hiroshi Kato