Patents Assigned to Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20070137621
    Abstract: A fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine including: an injector that injects fuel to be supplied to the internal combustion engine; a battery to which a DC converter that charges a capacitor of a capacitor discharge ignition circuit is connected as a load; a control portion that is provided to operate when a power supply voltage is provided from the battery through a power supply circuit, and generates an injection command signal when fuel injection timing is detected; and an injector drive circuit that applies a driving voltage from the battery to the injector while receiving the injection command signal, wherein the device further comprises converter operation stopping portion for stopping an operation of the DC converter during set load driving stop time when the injection command signal is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kimura, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070096575
    Abstract: A flywheel magnet rotor comprising: a flywheel having a peripheral wall portion and a bottom wall portion formed with a boss in a center thereof, and formed with vent holes passing through the bottom wall portion in an area surrounding the boss in the bottom wall portion; a permanent magnet or magnets secured to an inner periphery of the peripheral wall portion of the flywheel; and a magnet protecting cover that comprises an annular outer flange at one axial end and an annular inner flange at the other axial end and covers the permanent magnet or magnets inside the flywheel, an annular water shutoff ridge surrounding the boss outside the area formed with the vent holes are provided inside the bottom wall portion of the flywheel, the magnet protecting cover is placed so that the outer flange covers an axial end surface of the magnet or magnets on a side of an opening of the flywheel and the inner flange surrounds the water shutoff ridge from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicants: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Reiji Sato
  • Publication number: 20070090708
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine which comprises: a magnet rotor which has a rotor yoke having a magnetic attachment surface extending in a peripheral direction, and multiple permanent magnets for constituting a magnetic field which are intermittently arranged in the peripheral direction of the rotor yoke and are attached on the magnetic attachment surface; and a stator in which armature coils are wound around an armature core having a magnetic pole portions opposed to magnetic poles of the magnet rotor, wherein a large number of grooves which extend in the peripheral direction of the rotor yoke are provided on the magnet attachment surface of the rotor yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Takahashi, Hiroshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 7207317
    Abstract: An engine control system for controlling an engine into which fuel is supplied from a fuel supply system and which is ignited by an ignition system, the engine control system comprising: a detonation detecting device for detecting detonation of said engine; a judgment level setting device for setting a judgment level for judging whether detonation, which requires to be controlled, occurs; an enrich controlling device for controlling the fuel supply system so as to vary, to a rich-side, air-fuel ratio of air-fuel mixture being supplied to the engine for controlling the detonation when a level of an output signal of the detonation detecting device is equal to or more that the judgment level; and an ignition controlling device for controlling the ignition system so as to intermittently stop an ignition operation of the engine when the detonation can not be controlled by the enrich controlling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Endou, Jun Kawagoe
  • Publication number: 20070062477
    Abstract: An engine control device that controls, using a microprocessor, a fuel injection device including an injector and a fuel pump, and a starter motor that starts an engine, including: first fuel pump driving means for driving the fuel pump only during set time at power-on of the microprocessor; and first fuel injection control means for causing the injector to perform first fuel injection before driving of the starter motor when it is confirmed that the driving of the fuel pump by the first fuel pump driving means is completed and that a start command for commanding the start of the engine is given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Shimazaki, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Hiroyasu Sato, Tomohiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 7191760
    Abstract: An ignition control device for a two-cycle internal combustion engine that controls an ignition timing for inhibiting detonation while inhibiting an increase in an exhaust pipe temperature, including: map storing means for storing a map that provides a relationship among a throttle valve opening degree and a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and a delay side allowable limit ignition timing, which is a limit ignition timing on a delay side of the internal combustion engine when the exhaust pipe temperature of the internal combustion engine reaches an allowable upper limit value; arithmetical operation means for arithmetically operating the limit ignition timing by searching the map with respect to the throttle valve opening degree and the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine; and ignition operation stopping means for stopping an ignition operation of the internal combustion engine when an ignition timing of the internal combustion engine is further delayed from the limit ignition
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Watanabe, Tsuneaki Endou
  • Patent number: 7171948
    Abstract: A capacitor-discharge-type ignition device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an exciter coil that generates an AC voltage having a positive half-wave voltage and first and second negative half-wave voltages present before and after the positive half-wave voltage synchronously with rotation of the engine; ignition-position detection time data calculating means that arithmetically operates as ignition position detection time data, the time period that is required for the engine to rotate from the generating position of the second negative half-wave voltage to an ignition position suitable in starting period, at the rotational speed of the engine that is obtained from time period from generation of the first negative half-wave voltage to the generation of the second negative half-wave voltage, and from an angle between the generating position of the first negative half-wave voltage and that of the second negative half-wave voltage, wherein a crank angle position when the measurement of the arithmeti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Shimoyama, Kiyotada Nakauchi, Yasukazu Hatano, Masayuki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7157885
    Abstract: A method for controlling an inverter controlled generator set which comprises a DC power source section having as a power source a generator driven by an engine and an inverter which converts an output of said DC power source section into an AC output, the method comprising a step of controlling a rotational speed of the engine so that the AC output suitable for driving a load is output from the inverter; wherein, after the engine is started, the rotational speed of the engine is controlled by a constant speed control mode for maintaining the rotational speed of the engine at a set rotational speed, and the rotational speed of the engine is increased to the set rotational speed; and wherein an operation of the inverter is started after the rotational speed of the engine reaches the set rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Nakagawa, Masahiko Endou, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 7151674
    Abstract: A mold-type electronic control unit comprising: a unit body which includes a printed circuit board, a component case which includes an opening opened toward the circuit board and a hole opened toward the opposite side of the opening and is mounted on the circuit board, a first packing which includes a recess portion and a window portion opened inside of the recess portion and is attached so as to close the opening of the component case with the recess portion directed toward the printed circuit board, a pressure sensor housed in the recess portion of the first packing and having a pressure introducing portion exposed in the component case through the window portion, and a second packing mounted on an outer side of the component case; and a resin molded portion covering the unit body, wherein said second packing is used as means for preventing resin from flowing toward the hole of the case when the molded portion is injection molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Sasaki, Tomihiro Iizumi
  • Publication number: 20060279086
    Abstract: An on-vehicle battery and electric unit assembly including: a battery mounted to a body of a vehicle driven by an engine; and an electric unit in which components of an electrical circuit connected to the battery are housed in a unit case provided with a positive DC terminal and a negative DC terminal connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery, wherein the electric unit is placed adjacent to the battery, and the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the battery are connected to the positive DC terminal and the negative DC terminal of the electric unit by a positive busbar and a negative busbar, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou
  • Patent number: 7149620
    Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine driven vehicle that drives a generator by an engine to supply power to an external load when the vehicle is stopped, including: rotational speed limiting means for controlling to limit a rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to an upper limit value accepted while driving when the vehicle is driven, and to limit the rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to a rotational speed slightly higher than an upper limit value of the rotational speed required for supplying power from the generator to the external load when the vehicle is stopped to supply power from the generator to the external load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7149621
    Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine driven vehicle that drives a generator by an engine to supply power to an external load when the vehicle is stopped, including: rotational speed limiting means for controlling to limit a rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to an upper limit value accepted while driving when the vehicle is driven, and to limit the rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to a rotational speed slightly higher than an upper limit value of the rotational speed required for supplying power from the generator to the external load when the vehicle is stopped to supply power from the generator to the external load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7140356
    Abstract: An engine fuel injection control device including: means for detecting an amount of change per minimal time in intake pipe pressure of an engine as an intake pipe pressure change amount; means for performing an arithmetical operation of calculating an opening area of an orifice from a relationship between a mass flow rate of gas and the intake pipe pressure change amount in a process for the intake pipe pressure to increase after an intake valve of the engine is closed, the gas flowing through said orifice by a difference in pressure on both sides of the orifice when a throttle valve is regarded as the orifice; and means for estimating the opening area of the orifice as an opening area of the throttle valve to arithmetically operate an acceleration increase correction value of injection time based on the estimated opening area; and means for correcting an injection amount in acceleration of the engine using the arithmetically operated acceleration increase correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato, Tomoaki Sekita
  • Patent number: 7133762
    Abstract: An engine driven vehicle having a function of supplying power to an external load from a generator driven by an engine that is operated in a power generation mode while the vehicle is stopped, including: throttle position determination means for determining whether a throttle valve is placed closer to an acceleration side than a normal position in the power generation mode while the engine is operated in the power generation mode; and safety engine control means for conducting a control to prevent the engine from being operated at a higher speed than a set speed limit when the determination means determines that the throttle valve is placed closer to the acceleration side than the normal position in the power generation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sekita, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7123495
    Abstract: An inverter controlled generator set including: a power supply unit that uses a generator driven by an engine as a power supply to output a DC voltage; an inverter device that converts the output voltage of the power supply unit into an AC voltage; and a rotational speed control unit that controls a rotational speed of the engine so as to be kept at a target rotational speed suitable for a load applied to the inverter device, wherein the rotational speed control unit is comprised so that a settling time when the rotational speed of the engine is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is above a set value is longer than a settling time when the rotational speed is caused to converge to the target rotational speed in a state where the load is below the set value, in order to minimize an operation sound of the engine when the load is intermittently driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Endou, Masanori Nakagawa, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 7091812
    Abstract: An inverter unit comprising component parts including at least an inverter and a filter which removes a high harmonic wave component from an output of said inverter, wherein said component parts are housed in an aluminum case having a bottom wall portion and a side wall portion, said filter includes a coil which is wound around a core extending straight and is arranged at a position closed to one end of said case, an end portion of said core being wound with said coil is arranged closed to an inner surface of said side wall portion of the case, and a ferromagnetic plate, which leads magnetic flux coming in and out said end portion of the core arranged closed to said wall portion of the case to the direction along the inner surface of the side wall portion of the case, is disposed between said end portion of said core and said inner surface of said side wall portion of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sugisawa, Masahiko Endou, Masanori Nakagawa, Katsumi Yamamoto, Kaoru Shinba
  • Publication number: 20060169249
    Abstract: A capacitor-discharge-type ignition device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an exciter coil that generates an AC voltage having a positive half-wave voltage and first and second negative half-wave voltages present before and after the positive half-wave voltage synchronously with rotation of the engine; ignition-position detection time data calculating means that arithmetically operates as ignition position detection time data, the time period that is required for the engine to rotate from the generating position of the second negative half-wave voltage to an ignition position suitable in starting period, at the rotational speed of the engine that is obtained from time period from generation of the first negative half-wave voltage to the generation of the second negative half-wave voltage, and from an angle between the generating position of the first negative half-wave voltage and that of the second negative half-wave voltage, wherein a crank angle position when the measurement of the arithmeti
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Shimoyama, Kiyotada Nakauchi, Yasukazu Hatano, Masayuki Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20060163879
    Abstract: An engine driven power supply device in which a load connecting receptacle is connected, via a connector, to an output end of a power supply device body that outputs power required for driving a load using a generator driven by an engine as a power supply, wherein a connector state detection switch that holds an OFF state when the connector is separated and holds an ON state when the connector is connected is provided in the connector, the connector state detection switch is inserted between an ignition for the engine and an exciter coil that provides a power supply voltage to the ignition device so that an operation of the ignition device is stopped when the connector is separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sekita, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7081738
    Abstract: A generating device that includes an AC/DC conversion unit having a rectifier circuit that rectifies an output of a magneto rotor and applies the output to a battery, and an inverter circuit that converts a voltage of the battery into an AC control voltage and applies the AC control voltage to an armature coil of the magneto generator, performs chopper control that controls switch elements of the inverter circuit so as to interrupt an output current of the magneto generator to control the output of the magneto generator when a rotational speed of the magneto generator is lower than a set speed, and performs drive control that applies the AC control voltage from the battery through the inverter circuit to the armature coil when the rotational speed becomes higher than the set speed, and changes a phase angle of the AC control voltage to control the output of the magneto generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Muramatsu, Hideaki Suzuki, Masanori Nakagawa, Masakatsu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20060137651
    Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine driven vehicle that drives a generator by an engine to supply power to an external load when the vehicle is stopped, including: rotational speed limiting means for controlling to limit a rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to an upper limit value accepted while driving when the vehicle is driven, and to limit the rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to a rotational speed slightly higher than an upper limit value of the rotational speed required for supplying power from the generator to the external load when the vehicle is stopped to supply power from the generator to the external load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato