Patents Assigned to Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki
  • Publication number: 20220136462
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus includes an abnormality determination unit that determines an abnormality of a purge passage. The abnormality determination unit changes an operating cycle of a purge control valve to a cycle longer than an initial set value while maintaining a duty ratio of the purge control valve set according to an operating state of an internal combustion engine, and determines an abnormality of the purge passage based on a first variation range and a second variation range calculated from a detection value detected by an airflow meter before and after the change of the operating cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisaku ASANUMA
  • Patent number: 11313293
    Abstract: A vapor fuel processing includes a canister for absorbing vapor fuel, a purge pipe, a purge control valve, a pump, a pressure sensor, and a determination unit. The pump may be provided on the purge pipe upstream of the purge control valve. The pressure sensor may be provided between the purge control valve and the pump. The determination unit may determine a state of a purge path by comparing a first detected value of the pressure sensor detected when the pump is driven with the purge control valve in a cutoff state with a first reference value and then comparing a second detected value of the pressure sensor detected when the pump is driven with the purge control valve in the communicated state with a second reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kato
  • Patent number: 11306665
    Abstract: A throttle device includes a throttle body, a throttle valve, a throttle shaft, a throttle gear, and a coil spring. A cylindrical spring guide disposed in the coil spring is provided on the throttle body. A full-close stopper and a full-open stopper arranged at a prescribed interval in a circumferential direction are provided on the spring guide. A fully closed opening regulation lever includes a full-close abutment configured to abut against the full-close stopper and full-open abutment configured to abut against the full-open stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Yamaguchi, Toshihide Kokubu
  • Patent number: 11306690
    Abstract: An EGR gas distributor for distributing EGR gas to branch pipes of an intake manifold includes a plurality of gas distribution passages arranged side by side for the branch pipes, a gas inflow passage and a gas chamber to deliver the EGR gas to each of the gas distribution passages. The gas inflow passage includes two, first and second, gas passage parts branched in a single stage. When the EGR gas distributor is mounted on the intake manifold, a passage cross-section of each gas passage part perpendicular to a central axis has an uppermost vertex and a lowermost vertex. The passage cross-sections of the gas passage parts are sized such that their lengths in a vertical direction are gradually longer from an upstream side of the first gas passage part to a downstream side of the second gas passage part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Yoshioka, Kaisho So
  • Patent number: 11306689
    Abstract: An EGR system is configured to allow a part of exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an intake passage to flow as EGR gas to an intake passage through an EGR passage to return to the engine. In the EGR system, a heating film is provided on an inner wall or an outer wall of at least one of the intake passage through which the EGR gas is allowed to flow and the EGR passage. At least a pair of a positive electrode and a negative electrode is provided to energize the heating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Yoshioka, Kaisho So, Takashi Bessho, Shinji Kawai
  • Patent number: 11306686
    Abstract: A fluid control valve includes a housing body, a valve member, and a cap. The housing body includes a pipe part and a valve housing part. The valve housing part includes a valve opening, a pair of flat surfaces and an open end. In addition, the valve housing part houses the valve member configured to open and close the valve opening. The valve housing part has a central axis oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the pipe part. The cap closes the open end of the valve housing part. The flat surfaces are formed on opposite sides of a plane including the central axis of the valve housing part and the central axis of the pipe part. Each of the flat surfaces extend perpendicularly to the central axis of the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Makino, Yasuhiro Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20220112855
    Abstract: A leakage detector for fuel vapor treatment device is configured to diagnose a leakage of a fuel vapor in a vapor path based on an internal pressure change of the vapor path with the vapor path functioning as a closed space. The leakage detector performs the leakage diagnosis of the vapor path by correcting the effect of the pressure of the fuel vapor with regards to the internal pressure change. The leakage detector comprises a vaporization promoting device and is configured to determine whether the fuel vapor in the gas space of a fuel pump has reached a saturated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mariko KAWASE, Yuya TANIDA, Masanobu SHINAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220099053
    Abstract: An EGR device is provided with: an EGR passage for allowing a portion of exhaust gas from an engine to flow to an intake passage; an EGR valve for adjusting an EGR flow rate through the EGR passage; a throttle valve provided in the intake passage; and an electronic control device which calculates a fully closed reference intake pressure based on an operating state of the engine during EGR valve fully-closing, and which diagnoses an abnormality due to valve-opening locking of the EGR valve based on the calculated fully closed reference intake pressure. The ECU determines a foreign matter biting abnormality of the EGR valve based on the intake pressure, and based on the result of adding the fully closed reference intake pressure, calculated according to the rotational speed and the load of the engine, to an intake-pressure increase allowance calculated according to the rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mamoru YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11280298
    Abstract: An evaporative fuel processing device includes a canister, a purge path connected to the canister and an intake path that is connected to an internal combustion engine and through which purge gas flows from the canister to the intake path, and a flow control valve provided in the purge path to control the flow rate of the purge gas, wherein: the device further includes a first pressure detection unit that detects a first pressure at a first position between the canister and the flow control vale, and a concentration estimation unit that estimates a purge concentration of the purge gas flowing in the purge path; and the concentration estimation unit determines an increase in the first pressure generated by closing the flow control valve based on the detection value from the first pressure detection unit, and estimates the purge concentration based on the determined increase in the first pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nakagawa, Takahiro Seko
  • Publication number: 20220082070
    Abstract: An intake pipe includes a pipe body and an ejector part. The pipe body includes an intake passage therein. The ejector part includes an air inlet, a vapor inlet, and an outlet pipe part. The ejector part is configured to generate a negative pressure in response to a compressed air supplied from a compressor through the air inlet to suction fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank through the vapor inlet. The ejector part is configured to discharge a gaseous mixture of the compressed air and the fuel vapor into the intake passage via the outlet pipe part. The pipe body includes a passage wall part formed with the ejector part as a monolithic, single-piece. The passage wall part includes a recess open to the intake passage side. The outlet pipe part is disposed in the recess and extends in a discharge direction of the compressed air from the ejector part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinobu KATO, Takashi BESSHO
  • Patent number: 11274614
    Abstract: The evaporated fuel processing device may include a pump unit including a pump body configured to pump out evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank to an intake passage, and a pump controller configured to drive the pump body; and a controller configured to cause the pump controller to control the pump body. When an index related to a temperature of the pump unit exceeds a predetermined range, the controller may restrict the driving of the pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisaku Asanuma
  • Patent number: 11274750
    Abstract: In a double eccentric valve, a valve seat or valve body includes a rubber seal part in which a seat surface or seal surface is formed. An interference between the valve seat and the valve body is made minimum at a position of a rotary-shaft-directional end of the valve body in the radial direction of the valve body which is parallel to an extending direction of the axis of a rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Itahara, Kazuhiro Yoneshige, Hiroshi Kawazoe, Makoto Fukui, Sadatsugu Nagata
  • Patent number: 11268462
    Abstract: In this evaporated fuel treatment apparatus, there are set a purge condition that is a condition for performing purge control, a first pre purge condition that is met before the purge condition is met, and a second pre purge condition that is met between the purge condition and the first pre purge condition. A purge pump is driven at an idling speed lower than a rated speed to execute idle rotation when the first pre purge condition is met. The purge pump is driven at the rated speed to execute rated rotation when the second pre purge condition is met. A purge valve is opened while the rated rotation is performed when the purge condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220065201
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus includes: a canister; a purge passage; a purge pump provided in the purge passage; and an atmosphere passage communicating with the canister. A leakage diagnostic device includes: two bypass passages provided between the purge passage on the upstream side of the purge pump and the atmosphere passage; a reference orifice; two three-way valves; a pressure sensor; and an ECU. When operating the purge pump under a predetermined condition, the ECU controls the two three-way valves to set a mode in which atmospheric air is pressure-fed into an air intake passage through the reference orifice and the purge pump, and a mode in which vapors in the canister are pressure-fed into the air intake passage through the reference orifice and the purge pump, and determines leakage by comparing a reference pressure and a leakage pressure that are measured when these modes are set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko HONDA, Takanori AKIYAMA, Rina KONDO
  • Patent number: 11248543
    Abstract: A vaporized-fuel treating apparatus is configured to perform purge control in which a purge valve is placed in an open state while a purge pump is being driven to introduce purge gas from a canister to an intake passage through a purge passage. When an actual value of a flow rate of the purge gas during execution of the purge control is defined as an actual purge flow rate, and an upper-limit value of the purge flow rate to prevent the occurrence of A/F disturbance where A/F in a combustion chamber of an engine excessively fluctuates, as an upper-limit purge flow rate, the number of rotations of the purge pump is controlled during execution of the purge control to adjust the actual purge flow rate to a value equal to or lower than the upper-limit purge flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisaku Asanuma
  • Publication number: 20220042523
    Abstract: This fuel supply apparatus includes a fuel injection unit for injecting a gaseous fuel to be supplied to a fuel cell, and an injection control unit for controlling the fuel injection unit, wherein the fuel injection unit is provided with a first fuel injection valve capable of injecting the gaseous fuel by maintaining an opening degree of an injection port for the gaseous fuel at a prescribed opening degree between a fully closed opening degree and fully open opening degree, and a second fuel injection valve for intermittently injecting the gaseous fuel, and wherein the injection control unit controls actuation of the first fuel injection valve and actuation of the second fuel injection valve in coordination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka TESHIMA, Masaaki MATSUSUE
  • Patent number: 11242860
    Abstract: A fuel pump includes an output shaft of a motor and an impeller configured to rotate integrally with the output shaft. An outer periphery of the output shaft includes a first flat portion for engaging with the impeller. The impeller includes a through hole at a center thereof, the through hole being larger than an outer diameter of the output shaft and including a second flat portion for engaging with the output shaft. In this fuel pump, when the output shaft and the impeller are arranged coaxially, spots exist which have different lengths of a gap between the first flat portion and the second flat portion in a rotational axis direction of the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Seiji Il
  • Publication number: 20220025908
    Abstract: An ejector having a nozzle for jetting a hydrogen gas (working fluid), wherein the nozzle includes an inner nozzle and an outer nozzle, both the nozzles are disposed to encompass an axis of a diffuser, an axis of the inner nozzle or an axis of the outer nozzle is arranged to align with the axis, an inner jet hole through which the hydrogen gas flows is formed in the inner nozzle, an outer jet hole having a ring-shaped cross section through which the hydrogen gas flows is provided between the inner nozzle and the outer nozzle, the outer jet hole when a main body casing is horizontally disposed includes an upper hole portion above the axis and a lower hole portion under the axis, and the inner nozzle and the outer nozzle are mutually eccentrically disposed so that the lower hole portion is narrower than the upper hole portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka TESHIMA, Masaaki MATSUSUE
  • Publication number: 20220010810
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump includes a pump body that defines a partition between a rotor chamber and a pump chamber, a motor case that forms the rotor chamber together with the pump body, a pump cover that forms the pump chamber together with the pump body, and a bearing that rotatably supports a rotor shaft of a rotor with respect to the pump body. The pump body includes a boss part that projects from a partition wall toward the rotor chamber and rotatably supports the bearing. A projection part projects from a lateral section of the boss part. The projection part has an inclined surface section inclined radially inward toward the leading end side of the boss part. The boss part has a connection hole that extends from the rotor chamber to the pump chamber. A rotor chamber side opening end portion of the connection hole opens to the inclined surface section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro KATO
  • Publication number: 20220001318
    Abstract: A dust filter is configured to filter air drawn into a vehicle canister. The dust filter includes a filtration member and a case. The case has an inner chamber for accommodating the filtration member. The case has a drainage port for draining liquid that has infiltrated the inner chamber. The drainage port is at least one opening formed at the bottom of the inner chamber. The case includes a cover that covers the drainage port. The cover has an outlet that opens to the outside. The outlet is lower than the drainage port. At least one baffle plate is disposed inside the cover. The baffle plate has a slope on the side of the baffle plate facing the drainage port, thereby forming a ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi TSUCHIYA, Norihiro KONDO, Tsuneyuki KURATA