Patents by Inventor Toshifumi Hiraboshi

Toshifumi Hiraboshi 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: 11162449
    Abstract: The invention is related to a fuel pressure control device for an internal combustion engine, which controls a pressure of fuel supplied to a fuel injection valve and includes: a fuel pump, adopting the internal combustion engine as a driving source, and discharging pressurized fuel to a side of the fuel injection valve; a boost control part, setting a fuel discharge amount of the high-pressure fuel pump to a maximum value for boosting a pressure from a time when cranking starts until a predetermined timing halfway during a startup of the internal combustion engine; and a limit control part, performing limit control which follows the boost control and limits the fuel discharge amount to an upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Hirofumi Ohara, Takayoshi Okuda, Toshifumi Hiraboshi, Yoichi Kanou
  • Publication number: 20210231079
    Abstract: The invention is related to a fuel pressure control device for an internal combustion engine, which controls a pressure of fuel supplied to a fuel injection valve and includes: a fuel pump, adopting the internal combustion engine as a driving source, and discharging pressurized fuel to a side of the fuel injection valve; a boost control part, setting a fuel discharge amount of the high-pressure fuel pump to a maximum value for boosting a pressure from a time when cranking starts until a predetermined timing halfway during a startup of the internal combustion engine; and a limit control part, performing limit control which follows the boost control and limits the fuel discharge amount to an upper limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMADA, Hirofumi OHARA, Takayoshi OKUDA, Toshifumi HIRABOSHI, Yoichi Kanou
  • Patent number: 9181894
    Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine is provided. A wide-open intake air amount, which is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount, which is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine, is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. An intake air amount of the engine is detected or estimated, and an amount of the evaporative fuel/air mixture supplied through the evaporative fuel passage to the intake passage is calculated. An intake gas amount is calculated by correcting the intake air amount using the evaporative fuel/air mixture amount, and an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the intake gas amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Irie, Hiroshi Kubo, Yoshitomo Kono, Hiroaki Tone, Toshifumi Hiraboshi, Junpei Yamamoto, Hirotaka Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20130245922
    Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine is provided. A wide-open intake air amount, which is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount, which is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine, is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. An intake air amount of the engine is detected or estimated, and an amount of the evaporative fuel/air mixture supplied through the evaporative fuel passage to the intake passage is calculated. An intake gas amount is calculated by correcting the intake air amount using the evaporative fuel/air mixture amount, and an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the intake gas amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Irie, Hiroshi Kubo, Yoshitomo Kono, Hiroaki Tone, Toshifumi Hiraboshi, Junpei Yamamoto, Hirotaka Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20120290195
    Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine is provided. A wide-open intake air amount, which is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount, which is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine, is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. An actual intake air amount of the engine is detected or estimated, and an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the actual intake air amount. The engine is controlled using the calculated exhaust gas recirculation ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Irie, Yoshitomo Kono, Hirotaka Komatsu, Hiroaki Tone, Junpei Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kubo, Toshifumi Hiraboshi
  • Patent number: 7877192
    Abstract: A rotational speed parameter is detected in accordance with a rotational speed of the engine. A reference value of the rotational speed parameter is calculated. For each cylinder, an error between the reference value and the rotational speed parameter detected every predetermined crank angle is calculated as a relative speed parameter. For each cylinder, an integrated value is calculated by integrating the relative speed parameters over a predetermined period. For each cylinder, an average value per cylinder of the sum of the integrated values of all the cylinders is calculated. For each cylinder, an error between the integrated value of the cylinder and the average value is calculated. For each cylinder, the output of the engine is controlled in accordance with the error calculated for the cylinder such that variations in the output between the cylinders are suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahito Shikama, Toshinori Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Ando, Hideharu Takamiya, Toshifumi Hiraboshi
  • Publication number: 20090064967
    Abstract: A rotational speed parameter is detected in accordance with a rotational speed of the engine. A reference value of the rotational speed parameter is calculated. For each cylinder, an error between the reference value and the rotational speed parameter detected every predetermined crank angle is calculated as a relative speed parameter. For each cylinder, an integrated value is calculated by integrating the relative speed parameters over a predetermined period. For each cylinder, an average value per cylinder of the sum of the integrated values of all the cylinders is calculated. For each cylinder, an error between the integrated value of the cylinder and the average value is calculated. For each cylinder, the output of the engine is controlled in accordance with the error calculated for the cylinder such that variations in the output between the cylinders are suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Mahito Shikawa, Toshinori Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Ando, Hideharu Takamiya, Toshifumi Hiraboshi