Patents by Inventor Atsuhito IWASE
Atsuhito IWASE 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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Patent number: 10677182Abstract: In a method for controlling an engine, based on a control map of an engine speed N and a fuel injection amount Q of a common-rail fuel injection unit, a controller calculating the fuel injection amount Q depending on the engine speed N, calculating an injection amount deviation ?Qn as a fuel injection amount increase, and determining that an engine is in a transient state if the injection amount deviation ?Qn exceeds a reference transient injection amount deviation A2 or if a transient injection amount deviation count Xq is larger than or equal to a reference transient injection amount deviation count X2. If it is determined that the engine is in the transient state, the controller controls an EGR unit and a boost controller according to an excess air ratio ? that is an indicator indicating the state of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventor: Atsuhito Iwase
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Patent number: 10502156Abstract: An engine includes a fuel injector, an atmospheric pressure sensor, and an engine controller coupled to the fuel injector. The atmospheric pressure sensor detects the atmospheric pressure. The engine controller includes a first control device and a second control device. The first control device is configured to determine whether the engine is in a steady state or a transient state. The second control device is configured to calculate a fuel injection timing in the steady state, a the fuel injection timing in the transient state, and an atmospheric pressure correction process for correcting the fuel injection timing on the basis of the atmospheric pressure. The atmospheric correction process is performed only in the steady state to avoid redundancy. The engine controller outputs a final injection timing to the fuel injector as a result of the calculated fuel injection timing and the calculated atmospheric correction process.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Otani, Atsuhito Iwase
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Publication number: 20190153967Abstract: In a method for controlling an engine (1), based on a control map (75) of an engine speed N and a fuel injection amount Q of a common-rail fuel injection unit (3), a controller (7) calculating the fuel injection amount Q depending on the engine speed N, calculating an injection amount deviation ?Qn as a fuel injection amount increase, and determining that an engine is in a transient state if the injection amount deviation ?Qn exceeds a reference transient injection amount deviation A2 or if a transient injection amount deviation count Xq is larger than or equal to a reference transient injection amount deviation count X2. If it is determined that the engine is in the transient state, the controller controls an EGR unit (4) and a boost controller (8) according to an excess air ratio ? that is an indicator indicating the state of the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuhito IWASE
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Patent number: 9915213Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an engine with improved startability and stable operation regardless of the driving environment and usage conditions. The engine is equipped with a control means, which calculates a standard injection timing on the basis of the target rotational frequency of the engine and a standard injection amount, that is, the amount of fuel injected, and which corrects the standard injection timing using at least one correction amount. A fuel injection control unit calculates a cooling water correction amount on the basis of the target rotational frequency of the engine, the standard injection amount, and the cooling water temperature, and when the cooling water temperature is less than a first prescribed temperature the control unit corrects the standard injection timing using only the cooling water correction amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsuhito Iwase, Tomohiro Otani, Yasuaki Oku, Yuki Fujimoto, Tomohiro Fukuda
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Patent number: 9759144Abstract: Provided is an engine which is provided with an EGR device, wherein: an actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?1 of an intake-gas pressure P1 to an exhaust-gas pressure P2 is calculated from the detected exhaust-gas pressure P2 and the detected intake-gas pressure P1; an estimated intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?2 of the intake-gas pressure P1 to the exhaust-gas pressure P2 is calculated from an engine rotational frequency N, and a fuel injection amount F; and, in cases when the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?1 is less than a prescribed value ?0, an EGR gas weight Megr is calculated based on the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?1, and in cases when the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?1 is equal to or more than the prescribed value ?0, the EGR gas weight Megr is calculated based on the estimated intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?2.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhito Iwase, Yusuke Amari
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Publication number: 20170204798Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an engine with improved startability and stable operation regardless of the driving environment and usage conditions. The engine is equipped with a control means, which calculates a standard injection timing on the basis of the target rotational frequency of the engine and a standard injection amount, that is, the amount of fuel injected, and which corrects the standard injection timing using at least one correction amount. A fuel injection control unit calculates a cooling water correction amount on the basis of the target rotational frequency of the engine, the standard injection amount, and the cooling water temperature, and when the cooling water temperature is less than a first prescribed temperature the control unit corrects the standard injection timing using only the cooling water correction amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Atsuhito IWASE, Tomohiro OTANI, Yasuaki OKU, Yuki FUJIMOTO, Tomohiro FUKUDA
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Patent number: 9644567Abstract: An engine includes a control means that calculates a standard injection time based on the target number of revolutions of the engine and a standard injection amount being a fuel injection amount of the engine and corrects the standard injection time based on at least a correction amount, and a fuel injection control unit calculates a coolant correction amount based on the target number of revolutions, the standard injection amount, and a coolant temperature of the engine, and when the coolant temperature is less than a first predetermined temperature, the fuel injection control unit corrects the standard injection time only based on the coolant correction amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsuhito Iwase, Tomohiro Otani, Yasuaki Oku, Yuki Fujimoto, Tomohiro Fukuda
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Publication number: 20160363086Abstract: An engine includes a fuel injector, a state determination unit, an atmospheric pressure sensor and an injection timing control unit. The state determination unit determines whether an engine state is a steady or transient state. The atmospheric pressure sensor detects the atmospheric pressure. The injection timing control unit performs a steady process for calculating a fuel injection timing in a steady state, a transient process for calculating the fuel injection timing in the transient state, and an atmospheric pressure correction process for correcting the fuel injection timing on the basis of the atmospheric pressure. The injection timing control unit changes either whether or not the atmospheric pressure correction process is performed or the contents of the atmospheric pressure correction process, depending on cases when the engine state is the steady or transient state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Tomohiro OTANI, Atsuhito IWASE
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Publication number: 20160245201Abstract: Provided is an engine which is provided with an EGR device, wherein: an actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?1 of an intake-gas pressure P1 to an exhaust-gas pressure P2 is calculated from the detected exhaust-gas pressure P2 and the detected intake-gas pressure P1; an estimated intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?2 of the intake-gas pressure P1 to the exhaust-gas pressure P2 is calculated from an engine rotational frequency N, and a fuel injection amount F; and, in cases when the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?1 is less than a prescribed value ?0, an EGR gas weight Megr is calculated based on the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?1, and in cases when the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?1 is equal to or more than the prescribed value ?0, the EGR gas weight Megr is calculated based on the estimated intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio ?2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Atsuhito IWASE, Yusuke AMARI
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Publication number: 20160195034Abstract: An engine includes a control means that calculates a standard injection time based on the target number of revolutions of the engine and a standard injection amount being a fuel injection amount of the engine and corrects the standard injection time based on at least a correction amount, and a fuel injection control unit calculates a coolant correction amount based on the target number of revolutions, the standard injection amount, and a coolant temperature of the engine, and when the coolant temperature is less than a first predetermined temperature, the fuel injection control unit corrects the standard injection time only based on the coolant correction amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Atsuhito IWASE, Tomohiro OTANI, Yasuaki OKU, Yuki FUJIMOTO, Tomohiro FUKUDA