Patents by Inventor Chisa Watanabe

Chisa Watanabe 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).

  • Patent number: 11181061
    Abstract: A control apparatus performs a diagnosis process for determining whether or not catalyst warm-up control is abnormal by determining whether or not an ignition timing that is set during the performance of catalyst warm-up control is a timing advanced by a threshold or more. The threshold is a value that is set to a timing more advanced than the ignition timing that is set during the performance of catalyst warm-up control by a predetermined margin. The control apparatus performs a setting process for setting the threshold based on a start-up coolant temperature such that the margin becomes larger when the start-up coolant temperature is low than when the start-up coolant temperature is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Ohori, Chisa Watanabe, Yuki Ikejiri
  • Publication number: 20210087989
    Abstract: A control apparatus performs a diagnosis process for determining whether or not catalyst warm-up control is abnormal by determining whether or not an ignition timing that is set during the performance of catalyst warm-up control is a timing advanced by a threshold or more. The threshold is a value that is set to a timing more advanced than the ignition timing that is set during the performance of catalyst warm-up control by a predetermined margin. The control apparatus performs a setting process for setting the threshold based on a start-up coolant temperature such that the margin becomes larger when the start-up coolant temperature is low than when the start-up coolant temperature is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya OHORI, Chisa WATANABE, Yuki IKEJIRI
  • Patent number: 10344701
    Abstract: An engine system includes an engine that, a fuel supply device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the fuel supply device and to perform operation control of the engine by adjusting an injection ratio between fuel injection from an in-cylinder injection valve and a port injection valve according to the operation state of the engine. The electronic control unit is configured to perform imbalance determination. The electronic control unit is configured to change a region of fuel injection from a first fuel injection region to a second fuel injection region when the electronic control unit determines that a lean imbalance is occurred with respect to the fuel injection in which the fuel injection from the port injection valve is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Genko, Daigo Ando, Chisa Watanabe, Shinya Kondo, Takahiro Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20180195459
    Abstract: An engine system includes an engine that, a fuel supply device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the fuel supply device and to perform operation control of the engine by adjusting an injection ratio between fuel injection from an in-cylinder injection valve and a port injection valve according to the operation state of the engine. The electronic control unit is configured to perform imbalance determination. The electronic control unit is configured to change a region of fuel injection from a first fuel injection region to a second fuel injection region when the electronic control unit determines that a lean imbalance is occurred with respect to the fuel injection in which the fuel injection from the port injection valve is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi GENKO, Daigo ANDO, Chisa WATANABE, Shinya KONDO, Takahiro NISHIGAKI
  • Patent number: 9683501
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes: a first fuel injection valve that injects fuel into each cylinder; a second fuel injection valve that injects fuel into an intake passage; and an exhaust recirculation device that causes some of exhaust flowing in an exhaust passage to recirculate into the intake passage. A control device is used in the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. The control device limits recirculation of exhaust into the intake passage by the exhaust recirculation device when imbalance determination is conducted during engine operation by fuel injection from the first fuel injection valve only, compared to when imbalance determination is conducted during engine operation involving fuel injection from the second fuel injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Tomoya Suzuki, Chisa Watanabe, Tatsuya Fujii, Akihiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20160025022
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes: a first fuel injection valve that injects fuel into each cylinder; a second fuel injection valve that injects fuel into an intake passage; and an exhaust recirculation device that causes some of exhaust flowing in an exhaust passage to recirculate into the intake passage. A control device is used in the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. The control device limits recirculation of exhaust into the intake passage by the exhaust recirculation device when imbalance determination is conducted during engine operation by fuel injection from the first fuel injection valve only, compared to when imbalance determination is conducted during engine operation involving fuel injection from the second fuel injection valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Tomoya Suzuki, Chisa Watanabe, Tatsuya Fujii, Akihiro Kaneko