Patents by Inventor Akira Mikami
Akira Mikami 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).
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Publication number: 20170002709Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises: a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst selectively reducing NOx in an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine using ammonia as a reducing agent; a supply device adding an additive agent, such as ammonia, to the exhaust gas at an upstream side of the SCR catalyst; and a controller, when a temperature of SCR catalyst is higher than a predetermined temperature, increases a NOx concentration of the exhaust gas flowing into the SCR catalyst and increases an amount of addition of the additive agent in such a manner that a ratio of an amount of ammonia with respect to an amount of NOx contained in the exhaust gas flowing into the SCR catalyst, becomes large, as compared to when the temperature is equal to or less than the predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira MIKAMI, Shigeki NAKAYAMA, Nobumoto OHASHI, Keishi TAKADA, Junichi MATSUO
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Patent number: 9512769Abstract: A pump share-type urea water supply system includes a first supply valve and a second supply valve. A urea water tank is connected with the respective supply valves by a urea water supply path that includes a first supply path for the first supply valve and a second supply path for the second supply valve. The second supply path has a larger capacity than the first supply path by a predetermined volume. A suck-back control controls opening and closing of the respective supply valves such that a first estimated valve-opening time of the first supply valve for suck-back control in the first supply valve and supply path is shorter than a second estimated valve-opening time of the second supply valve for suck-back control in the second supply valve and in-the-second supply path by at least a first control time corresponding to the predetermined volume.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichi Matsuo, Nobumoto Ohashi, Akira Mikami, Keishi Takada, Shigeki Nakayama
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Patent number: 9482133Abstract: In order to suppress ammonia from flowing out during regeneration treatment of a filter carrying an SCR catalyst, the prevent invention provides an exhaust emission control system of an internal combustion engine, including a first stage catalyst having an oxidation function, a fuel supply device configured to supply fuel to the first stage catalyst, a filter provided in the exhaust passage downstream of the first stage catalyst and carrying a selective redaction type NOx catalyst, an ammonia supply device configured to supply ammonia to the filter, a filter-regeneration-treatment executing unit configured to execute filter regeneration treatment, and a control unit configured to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is not executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx emitted from the internal combustion engine, and to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx obtained by subtracting, from theType: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keishi Takada, Nobumoto Ohashi, Shigeki Nakayama, Akira Mikami, Kenji Sakurai, Junichi Matsuo, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Otsuki, Ichiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9464554Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine provided with a filter supporting an SCR catalyst, the present invention is intended to suppress HC and CO from being discharged to the outside at the time of the execution of filter regeneration processing, and to carry out the filter regeneration processing in an efficient manner. In the present invention, a post-catalyst having an oxidation function is arranged in an exhaust passage at the downstream side of the filter. Then, when the temperature of the post-catalyst is lower than a predetermined activation temperature at the time the execution of the filter regeneration processing is requested, the temperature of the post-catalyst is raised by carrying out control of raising the temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and control increasing the flow rate of the exhaust gas, before the execution of the filter regeneration processing.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichi Matsuo, Nobumoto Ohashi, Shigeki Nakayama, Kenji Sakurai, Akira Mikami, Keishi Takada, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Otsuki, Ichiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9297287Abstract: An exhaust gas control apparatus includes a control device controlling a urea addition valve for adding urea from an upstream side of a NOx reduction catalyst. The control device obtains an ammonia adsorption amount distribution through the NOx reduction catalyst. When an ammonia adsorption amount in a predetermined part on a downstream side equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold, the control device controls the urea addition valve to stop the urea supply or reduce the amount thereof. The urea addition valve is controlled based on an adsorption amount distribution obtained from a model on which the catalyst is divided into cells such that an ammonia adsorption amount in a first cell positioned furthest upstream equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold close to a saturation adsorption amount and an ammonia adsorption amount in a second cell positioned downstream of the first cell reaches a predetermined target value smaller than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shinya Hirota, Shunsuke Toshioka, Akira Mikami, Koichiro Fukuda, Sakutaro Hoshi, Takashi Endo, Ryoichi Hibino, Matsuei Ueda, Akihiko Asano, Takafumi Yamauchi, Akira Shichi, Makoto Koike, Masatoshi Maruyama, Masakazu Sakata
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Publication number: 20150361857Abstract: An object is to suppress the occurrence of a failure in supply of urea water as much as possible in suck-back control of urea water in a pump share-type urea water supply system with two supply valves. In the pump share-type urea water supply system with a first supply valve and a second supply valve, a urea water tank is connected with the respective supply valves by a urea water supply path. The urea water supply path includes a first supply path for the first supply valve and a second supply path for the second supply valve. The second supply path has a larger capacity than the capacity of the first supply path by a predetermined volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi MATSUO, Nobumoto OHASHI, Akira MIKAMI, Keishi TAKADA, Shigeki NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20150361858Abstract: An object is to suppress the occurrence of a failure in supply of urea water as much as possible in filling control of urea water in a pump share-type urea water supply system with two supply valves. In the pump share-type urea water supply system with a first supply valve and a second supply valve, a urea water tank is connected with the respective supply valves by a urea water supply path. The urea water supply path includes a first supply path for the first supply valve and a second supply path for the second supply valve. The second supply path has a larger capacity than the capacity of the first supply path by a predetermined volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi MATSUO, Nobumoto OHASHI, Akira MIKAMI, Keishi TAKADA, Shigeki NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 9206724Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system is equipped with a burner in an exhaust passage upstream of an exhaust gas purification apparatus and having a burner combustion chamber in which flame is produced. When the temperature of the exhaust gas purification apparatus is raised, the burner produces flame that extends from the interior of the burner combustion chamber to the interior of the exhaust passage when the flow rate of the exhaust gas is not higher than a predetermined flow rate, and the burner causes the size of the flame to be smaller than when it is determined that the flow rate of the exhaust gas is not higher than the predetermined flow rate or to produce flame only in the interior of the burner combustion chamber when it is determined that the flow rate of exhaust gas is higher than the predetermined flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Hirota, Akira Mikami, Shunsuke Toshioka, Kazuhiro Itoh, Koichiro Fukuda
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Publication number: 20150330275Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a reduction in a NOx purification ratio accompanying filter regeneration processing in an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine that includes a filter carrying an SCR catalyst. In the present invention, the temperature of the filter is increased following completion of the filter regeneration processing by increasing the temperature of exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and in so doing, HC adhered to the filter is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira MIKAMI, Shigeki NAKAYAMA, Nobumoto OHASHI, Keishi TAKADA, Kenji SAKURAI, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Junichi MATSUO, Ichiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20150322837Abstract: In order to suppress ammonia from flowing out during regeneration treatment of a filter carrying an SCR catalyst, the prevent invention provides an exhaust emission control system, of an internal combustion engine, including a first stage catalyst having an oxidation function, a fuel supply device configured to supply fuel to the first stage catalyst, a filter provided in the exhaust passage downstream of the first stage catalyst and carrying a selective redaction type NOx catalyst, an ammonia supply device configured to supply ammonia to the filter, a filter-regeneration-treatment executing unit configured to execute filter regeneration treatment, and a control unit configured to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is not executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx emitted from the internal combustion engine, and to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx obtained by subtracting, from thType: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keishi TAKADA, Nobumoto OHASHI, Shigeki NAKAYAMA, Akira MIKAMI, Kenji SAKURAI, Junichi MATUO, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Ichiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20150308320Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine provided with a filter supporting an SCR catalyst, the present invention is intended to suppress HC and CO from being discharged to the outside at the time of the execution of filter regeneration processing, and to carry out the filter regeneration processing in an efficient manner. In the present invention, a post-catalyst having an oxidation function is arranged in an exhaust passage at the downstream side of the filter. Then, when the temperature of the post-catalyst is lower than a predetermined activation temperature at the time the execution of the filter regeneration processing is requested, the temperature of the post-catalyst is raised by carrying out control of raising the temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and control increasing the flow rate of the exhaust gas, before the execution of the filter regeneration processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Junichi MATSUO, Nobumoto OHASHI, Shigeki NAKAYAMA, Kenji SAKURAI, Akira MIKAMI, Keishi TAKADA, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Ichiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20150290587Abstract: An object of the present invention is to appropriately remove, from an exhaust gas, HC, CO, and ammonia flowing out from a filter (SCRF) on which an SCR catalyst is carried. In the present invention, a post-catalyst 8 is provided for an exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine on a downstream side from SCRF along with a flow of the exhaust gas. The post-catalyst 8 is constructed to include an adsorption reduction part 81c which adsorbs ammonia and which reduces NOx by using ammonia as a reducing agent, a first oxidation part 81b which oxidizes ammonia, and a second oxidation part 82 which oxidizes HO and CO.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Mikami, Shigeki Nakayama, Nobumoto Ohashi, Keishi Takada, Kenji Sakurai, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Otsuki, Junichi Matsuo, Ichiro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150292378Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress HC, CO, and NOx from being discharged to the outside when a filter regeneration process is executed in an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine provided with a filter including an SCR catalyst carried thereon. In the present invention, a post-catalyst is provided for an exhaust gas passage disposed on a downstream side from the filter. The post-catalyst has an oxidizing function, and the post-catalyst has such a function that the production of N2 based on the oxidation of ammonia is facilitated in a predetermined first temperature area. Further, when the filter regeneration process is executed, the temperature of the post-catalyst is adjusted to be in the first temperature area while adjusting the temperature of the filter to be in a predetermined second temperature area lower than a filter regeneration temperature during a certain period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Nobumoto Ohashi, Shigeki Nakayama, Akira Mikami, Kenji Sakurai, Hiroshi Otsuki, Junichi Matsuo, Keishi Takada, Ichiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8783023Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase the flexibility in the layout of an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine including selective catalytic reduction catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and an addition device for supplying reducing agent derived from ammonia to the selective catalytic reduction catalyst, without a deterioration of the performance in reducing nitrogen oxides. To achieve the object, the exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention is configured to supply hydrocarbon at the same time when reducing agent derived from ammonia is supplied to the selective catalytic reduction catalyst, thereby producing reducing agent that is hard to be oxidized by a precious metal catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Toshioka, Shinya Hirota, Kazuhiro Itoh, Koichiro Fukuda, Akira Mikami
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Publication number: 20130247543Abstract: An exhaust gas control apparatus includes a control device controlling a urea addition valve for adding urea from an upstream side of a NOx reduction catalyst. The control device obtains an ammonia adsorption amount distribution through the NOx reduction catalyst. When an ammonia adsorption amount in a predetermined part on a downstream side equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold, the control device controls the urea addition valve to stop the urea supply or reduce the amount thereof. The urea addition valve is controlled based on an adsorption amount distribution obtained from a model on which the catalyst is divided into cells such that an ammonia adsorption amount in a first cell positioned furthest upstream equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold close to a saturation adsorption amount and an ammonia adsorption amount in a second cell positioned downstream of the first cell reaches a predetermined target value smaller than the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Hirota, Shunsuke Toshioka, Akira Mikami, Koichiro Fukuda, Sakutaro Hoshi, Takashi Endo, Ryoichi Hibino, Matsuei Ueda, Akihiko Asano, Takafumi Yamauchi, Akira Shichi, Makoto Koike, Masatoshi Maruyama, Masakazu Sakata
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Publication number: 20130055703Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase the flexibility in the layout of an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine including selective catalytic reduction catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and an addition device for supplying reducing agent derived from ammonia to the selective catalytic reduction catalyst, without a deterioration of the performance in reducing nitrogen oxides. To achieve the object, the exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention is configured to supply hydrocarbon at the same time when reducing agent derived from ammonia is supplied to the selective catalytic reduction catalyst, thereby producing reducing agent that is hard to be oxidized by a precious metal catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke Toshioka, Shinya Hirota, Kazuhiro Itoh, Koichiro Fukuda, Akira Mikami
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Publication number: 20130058832Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system is equipped with a burner in an exhaust passage upstream of an exhaust gas purification apparatus and having a burner combustion chamber in which flame is produced. When the temperature of the exhaust gas purification apparatus is raised, the burner produces flame that extends from the interior of the burner combustion chamber to the interior of the exhaust passage when the flow rate of the exhaust gas is not higher than a predetermined flow rate, and the burner causes the size of the flame to be smaller than when it is determined that the flow rate of the exhaust gas is not higher than the predetermined flow rate or to produce flame only in the interior of the burner combustion chamber when it is determined that the flow rate of exhaust gas is higher than the predetermined flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Hirota, Akira Mikami, Shunsuke Toshioka, Kazuhiro Itoh, Koichiro Fukuda
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Publication number: 20090291355Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, etc. that can reduce the manufacturing cost of the battery, meet the need for increased battery capacity, and at the same time improve various battery characteristics, such as high-rate charge-discharge capability, high-temperature cycle performance, and storage performance. A porous layer (32) is disposed between a separator and a negative electrode (13). The porous layer has a non-aqueous electrolyte permeability higher than that in TD of the separator. An excess electrolyte is contained in at least a portion of an internal space of a battery case that is other than an electrode assembly, and the excess electrolyte and at least a portion of the porous layer are in contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2006Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Baba, Naoki Imachi, Yuko Sibutani, Akira Mikami, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Shigeki Matsuta, Shin Fujitani
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Publication number: 20070182313Abstract: A method of manufacturing an image display unit comprising forming a light-shielding layer by patterning on a front-side substrate opposed to a back-side substrate on which a number of electron emission elements are arranged, forming a plurality of fluorescent layer as a discontinuous pattern at intervals in an area where the light-shielding layer does not exist, and forming a metal back layer having an anode function on a top face of the fluorescent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Akiyoshi NAKAMURA, Tomoko Kozuka, Akira Mikami, Takeo Ito
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Publication number: 20070164655Abstract: A display device comprises a fluorescent screen provided with a shading portion including a plurality of openings, and a fluorescent layer formed on the shading portion, and a metal-back layer provided on the fluorescent screen and including a plurality of dividing means and a plurality of divisions defined by the dividing means, wherein the dividing means are provided on the shading portion via the fluorescent layer interposed therebetween, and an electrical resistance between each pair of adjacent ones of the divisions located with a corresponding dividing means interposed between the each pair falls within a range of 102? to 105? via the fluorescent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: July 19, 2007Inventors: Tomoko KOZUKA, Hajime Tanaka, Akiyoshi Nakamura, Akira Mikami, Takeo Ito