Patents Assigned to Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20060107926
    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 means for detecting detonation of said engine; a judgment level setting means for setting a judgment level for judging whether detonation, which requires to be controlled, occurs; an enrich controlling means 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 means is equal to or more than the judgment level; and an ignition controlling means 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 means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Endou, Jun Kawagoe
  • Publication number: 20060103237
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus comprised of a bridge circuit made up of rectification diodes and MOSFETs for rectifying an output of a generator through a full-wave rectifier circuit comprised of rectification diodes and parasitic diodes of the MOSFETs and obtaining a supply voltage of a fuel injection apparatus, the power supply apparatus being comprised of an FET control section which turns ON/OFF the MOSFETs to step up the output voltage of the generator and a transistor provided for each MOSFET, which is set in an ON-state for a period during which a reverse voltage is applied to a parasitic diode of each MOSFET and set in an OFF-state for a period during which a forward voltage is applied to the parasitic diode of each MOSFET, wherein a control voltage for turning ON the MOSFET is given between the gate and source of the corresponding MOSFET for a period during which each transistor is in an OFF-state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Uemura
  • Publication number: 20060103239
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted power generator set including: an AC generator driven by an engine of a vehicle; an electric power conversion portion that converts an output of the AC generator into an AC output having commercial frequency; a controller having electric power conversion portion control means for controlling the conversion portion to generate an AC output having commercial frequency when a control mode is a power generation mode, and engine control means for controlling the engine to rotate at a rotational speed suitable for supplying electric power from the conversion portion to a load when the control mode is the power generation mode and controlling the engine to be suitable for driving the vehicle when the control mode is the vehicle driving mode; and a control switch inserted between each output terminal of the AC generator and each input terminal of the electric power conversion portion, and controlled to be in an ON state when the control mode is the power generation mode and in an OFF state when the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou, Tomoaki Sekita
  • Publication number: 20060097703
    Abstract: An output control device of a generation device including: a rectifier circuit that rectifies an output of an AC generator and applies the output across a battery; an inverter circuit provided between the battery and the generator; inverter control means for controlling the inverter circuit to convert a voltage across the battery into an AC control voltage and apply the voltage to an armature winding of the generator; and phase detection means for detecting a phase of a phase current flowing through the armature winding of the generator as a maximum output current phase, wherein the inverter control means is comprised to control a phase of the AC control voltage so as not to be delayed with respect to the maximum output current phase, and thus prevent a reduction in the output of the generator caused by an excessive delay of the phase of the AC control voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Suzuki, Masakatsu Takahashi, Shuichi Muramatsu, Tomohiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20060089233
    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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sekita, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7032440
    Abstract: An engine rotation information detection device including: a generator that rotates in synchronization with an engine to output an AC voltage; a pulse signal generator that detects reluctors of a rotor having many reluctors and one reluctor missing portion to generate a pulse; counting means that counts the number of detections of a zero point of a waveform of the AC voltage in each detection section, the detection section being a section between a crank angle position where the pulse signal generator detects an edge of each reluctor and a crank angle position where the pulse signal generator detects a next reluctor; and reference crank angle position identification means that specifies a detection section including the reluctor missing portion from a count value counted by the counting means and identifies a pulse generated at a reference crank angle position based on the specified detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7026774
    Abstract: A rotor position determination device for determining a position of a rotor of a rotating electric machine relative to m-phase (m is an integer equal to or more than 2) armature coils, the rotating electric machine including a stator having the m-phase armature coils, and the rotor having a magnetic field, includes: transient current energizing means for performing, for each of the m-phase armature coils, a transient current energizing process for temporarily applying a DC voltage to the armature coil of each phase of the rotating electric machine to pass a transient current through the armature coil of each phase; and rotor position determination means for detecting the transient current passed through each of the m-phase armature coils and determining the position of the rotor relative to the m-phase armature coils from the detected transient currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Inaba, Masakatsu Takahashi, Tomohiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 7000594
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for controlling a fuel injection amount of a two-cycle internal combustion engine with an exhaust control valve wherein the electronic control unit comprises an injection amount determination means for determining the fuel injection amount at various control conditions, a valve abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality of operation of the exhaust control valve, and an injector driving means for driving an injector so as to inject fuel of the amount determined by the injection amount determination means from the injector. The injection amount determination means determines the injection amount so that when the valve abnormality detection means detects the abnormality of operation of the exhaust control valve, an air-fuel mixture is made in a rich state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Arakawa, Kouji Sasaki, Yoshikazu Tsukada, Mitsugu Koike
  • Patent number: 6997167
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for an engine comprising: accelerating/decelerating state detection means which samples an intake pipe pressure of the engine at each sample timing which comes every time a very short time is passed from a timing at which a signal generator generates a signal at a reference crank angle position of the engine, and detects whether the engine is in an accelerating state or in a decelerating state when a difference between the intake pipe pressure sampled at each sample timing and an intake pipe pressure sampled at the corresponding sample timing one combustion cycle before exceeds a set value; and injector drive means which decides a fuel amount to be injected from an injector so as to be suitable for the detected state when the accelerating state or decelerating state is detected and drives the injector so as to inject the decided amount of fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kitagawa, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Hiroyasu Sato, Akira Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20060022623
    Abstract: A rotor position determination device for determining a position of a rotor of a rotating electric machine relative to m-phase (m is an integer equal to or more than 2) armature coils, the rotating electric machine including a stator having the m-phase armature coils, and the rotor having a magnetic field, includes: transient current energizing means for performing, for each of the m-phase armature coils, a transient current energizing process for temporarily applying a DC voltage to the armature coil of each phase of the rotating electric machine to pass a transient current through the armature coil of each phase; and rotor position determination means for detecting the transient current passed through each of the m-phase armature coils and determining the position of the rotor relative to the m-phase armature coils from the detected transient currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yutaka Inaba, Masakatsu Takahashi, Tomohiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20060006846
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine-driven vehicle equipped with a power supply unit having an AC generator driven by an internal combustion engine, and a power converter which converts an output voltage from the AC generator into an AC voltage of a certain frequency, which comprises a leakage detection means which detects an occurrence of electric leakage in the power supply unit, a leakage occurrence position identification means which identifies a leakage occurrence position, and an electric shock preventing control means which performs control for preventing electric shock on at least one of the internal combustion engine and the power converter, while allowing a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to increase to a speed at which travel of the vehicle is enabled, when the occurrence of electric leakage is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou
  • Publication number: 20050280422
    Abstract: An electric leakage detection system having: a detection point forming circuit which forms a detection point being connected through three resistors which are star-connected to a three-phase output line of an AC generator; a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage across the detection point and ground; an electric leakage detecting part which detects existence of the electric leakage from a period of the voltage detected by the voltage detection circuit; and electric leakage occurrence position determination means which determines an occurrence position of the electric leakage from a period of the voltage across the detection point and ground, and detecting the electric leakage at a position apart from the generator without laying around a grounding conductor which grounds a neutral point of the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou
  • Publication number: 20050281009
    Abstract: An electronic circuit unit for an internal combustion engine including: a printed board; and an electronic component that is mounted to the printed board and configures an electronic circuit for an internal combustion engine, wherein a coupler for connecting a connector mounted to wiring that connects the electronic circuit to an external device is directly mounted to the printed board, the electronic component, the printed board, and the coupler are coated with an injection molded protective coating layer with a connector connection of the coupler being exposed, and the protective coating layer is formed of resin that can be injection molded at low pressure and low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Sasaki, Tomihiro Iizumi
  • Patent number: 6971969
    Abstract: A transmission state determination method of a power transmission device for an internal combustion engine driven vehicle including steps of: driving a generator by an internal combustion engine with a vehicle driven by the internal combustion engine stopped; performing an intake air amount gradually increasing process for gradually increasing the intake air amount of the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is controlled so as to generate predetermined power from the generator; determining that the power transmission device for transmitting the output of the internal combustion engine to wheels of the vehicle is in a state of transmitting power when slight movement of a vehicle body is detected in the intake air amount gradually increasing process; and determining that the power transmission device is in a state of cutting power transmission when movement of the vehicle body is not detected in the intake air amount gradually increasing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kitagawa, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Publication number: 20050242783
    Abstract: An inverter controlled generator set including: an AC generator driven by a prime mover; a converter which converts an output of the AC generator into a DC output; an inverter which converts an output of the converter into an AC output having a predetermined frequency and a rated voltage value; and protection means for blocking the output of the inverter when an output current of the inverter exceeds a predetermined limit value, wherein the AC generator has a drooping characteristic that an output voltage of the AC generator is lowered following an increase of an output current of the AC generator, and wherein the drooping characteristic is a characteristic that the output voltage of the AC generator becomes less than the rated voltage value, when a value of the output current of the AC generator exceeds a set value which is set between the rated value and the limit value of the output current of the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Nakagawa, Masahiko Endou, Kaoru Shinba, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20050235956
    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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Watanabe, Tsuneaki Endou
  • Patent number: 6940259
    Abstract: A generating device including a magneto generator, wherein: an AC control voltage is applied to an armature coil of the magneto generator from a battery via an inverter to change a phase angle of the AC control voltage, thus increase/reduce an output of the magneto generator and match the output of the generator with a target value; it is determined that a characteristic, in which the output of the magneto generator increases when the phase angle of the AC control voltage is delayed, is a normal control characteristic, and a characteristic, in which the output of the magneto generator decreases when the phase angle of the AC control voltage is delayed, is a reciprocal control characteristic; and it is determined whether a present control characteristic of the output of the generator relative to the phase angle of the AC control voltage is the normal control characteristic or the reciprocal control characteristic to decide, based on a determination result, a changing direction of the phase angle of the AC cont
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Suzuki, Masanori Nakagawa, Shuichi Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20050188960
    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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato, Tomoaki Sekita
  • Patent number: 6935168
    Abstract: A section where a piston of a four cycle internal combustion engine makes one rotation from a position reaching a top dead point to a next top dead point is taken as a determination object section, and an output of a pressure sensor for detecting an intake air pressure of the internal combustion engine is sampled. A maximum value of an inclination of a change in the intake air pressure in the process of increasing an absolute value of the intake air pressure sampled in each determination object section is found and, when the maximum value of the inclination of the change in the intake air pressure found in each determination object section is larger than the maximum value of the inclination of the change in the intake air pressure found in the determination object section which is one section before each determination object section, each determination object section is determined to be a section where the intake stroke and the compression stroke are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20050133011
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for an engine comprising: accelerating/decelerating state detection means which samples an intake pipe pressure of the engine at each sample timing which comes every time a very short time is passed from a timing at which a signal generator generates a signal at a reference crank angle position of the engine, and detects whether the engine is in an accelerating state or in a decelerating state when a difference between the intake pipe pressure sampled at each sample timing and an intake pipe pressure sampled at the corresponding sample timing one combustion cycle before exceeds a set value; and injector drive means which decides a fuel amount to be injected from an injector so as to be suitable for the detected state when the accelerating state or decelerating state is detected and drives the injector so as to inject the decided amount of fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kitagawa, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Hiroyasu Sato, Akira Shimoyama