Patents by Inventor Daishi Ikeda

Daishi Ikeda 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: 10858976
    Abstract: An NH3 supply amount controller reduces and adjusts a supply amount of NH3 to an SCR catalyst by an NH3 supplier, when an exhaust gas flowing into an NOx catalyst has a rich air-fuel ratio and NOx occluded by the NOx catalyst is reduced to N2. A reduction amount of the supply amount of the NH3 controlled by the NH3 supply amount controller is set larger when s flow amount of the exhaust gas detected or estimated by an exhaust-gas flow amount detector is larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goro Tsuboi, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Daishi Ikeda, Yoshiaki Tomita, Chikara Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10858977
    Abstract: An NH3 supply amount controller reduces and adjusts a supply amount of NH3 to an SCR catalyst by an NH3 supplier, when an exhaust gas flowing into an NOX catalyst has a rich air-fuel ratio and NOX occluded by the NOX catalyst is reduced to N2. A reduction amount of the supply amount of the NH3 controlled by the NH3 supply amount controller is set smaller when a temperature of the NOX catalyst detected or estimated by an NOX catalyst temperature detector is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goro Tsuboi, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Daishi Ikeda, Yoshiaki Tomita, Chikara Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10858978
    Abstract: An NH3 supply amount controller reduces and adjusts a supply amount of NH3 to an SCR catalyst by an NH3 supplier, when an exhaust gas flowing into an NOX catalyst has a rich air-fuel ratio and NOX occluded by the NOX catalyst is reduced to N2. A reduction amount of the supply amount of the NH3 controlled by the NH3 supply amount controller is set larger when an amount of reducing agent detected or estimated by a reducing agent amount detector is larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goro Tsuboi, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Daishi Ikeda, Yoshiaki Tomita, Chikara Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10746072
    Abstract: An engine includes: an NOx catalyst and an SCR catalyst in an exhaust passage; an excess air ratio change device that changes an excess air ratio of an exhaust gas; and a reducing agent supply device that supplies a reducing agent for SCR including a material for NH3 or NH3 to a portion between the NOx catalyst and the SCR catalyst in the exhaust passages. The engine controls the reducing agent supply device in such a manner that a quantity of the reducing agent for SCR to be supplied from the reducing agent supply device to the exhaust passage 40 becomes small when the excess air ratio of the exhaust gas during regeneration control to regenerate the NOx catalyst is small, as compared to when the excess air ratio ? of the exhaust gas during regeneration control to regenerate the NOx catalyst is large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Tsuboi, Kazuma Uchiyama, Daishi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200056527
    Abstract: An NH3 supply amount controller reduces and adjusts a supply amount of NH3 to an SCR catalyst by an NH3 supplier, when an exhaust gas flowing into an NOx catalyst has a rich air-fuel ratio and NOx occluded by the NOx catalyst is reduced to N2. A reduction amount of the supply amount of the NH3 controlled by the NH3 supply amount controller is set larger when an amount of reducing agent detected or estimated by a reducing agent amount detector is larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goro TSUBOI, Takayuki YAMAGUCHI, Daishi IKEDA, Yoshiaki TOMITA, Chikara ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200056526
    Abstract: An NH3 supply amount controller reduces and adjusts a supply amount of NH3 to an SCR catalyst by an NH3 supplier, when an exhaust gas flowing into an NOX catalyst has a rich air-fuel ratio and NOX occluded by the NOX catalyst is reduced to N2. A reduction amount of the supply amount of the NH3 controlled by the NH3 supply amount controller is set smaller when a temperature of the NOX catalyst detected or estimated by an NOX catalyst temperature detector is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goro TSUBOI, Takayuki YAMAGUCHI, Daishi IKEDA, Yoshiaki TOMITA, Chikara ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200056521
    Abstract: An NH3 supply amount controller reduces and adjusts a supply amount of NH3 to an SCR catalyst by an NH3 supplier, when an exhaust gas flowing into an NOx catalyst has a rich air-fuel ratio and NOx occluded by the NOx catalyst is reduced to N2. A reduction amount of the supply amount of the NH3 controlled by the NH3 supply amount controller is set larger when s flow amount of the exhaust gas detected or estimated by an exhaust-gas flow amount detector is larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goro TSUBOI, Takayuki YAMAGUCHI, Daishi IKEDA, Yoshiaki TOMITA, Chikara ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10309328
    Abstract: An exhaust emission control system of an engine is provided, which includes a NOx catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage for storing NOx within exhaust gas when an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is lean, and reducing the stored NOx when the air-fuel ratio is approximately stoichiometric or rich. A processor executes a NOx reduction controlling module for performing, when the NOx stored amount exceeds a given amount, a NOx reduction control in which a fuel injector performs a post injection of fuel to continuously control the air-fuel ratio to a target ratio so that the stored NOx is reduced to be below a given amount, the target air-fuel ratio being a ratio at which the stored NOx is reducible, the post injection causing the injected fuel to combust inside a cylinder, the execution of the control permitted when an engine load is within a medium load range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamaguchi, Takashi Tanaka, Kota Matsue, Hiroshi Hayashibara, Yoshiaki Tomita, Kaoru Yamada, Masayuki Tetsuno, Daishi Ikeda, Kazunori Hirasawa, Masanobu Kanno
  • Publication number: 20190107024
    Abstract: An engine includes: an NOx catalyst and an SCR catalyst in an exhaust passage; an excess air ratio change device that changes an excess air ratio of an exhaust gas; and a reducing agent supply device that supplies a reducing agent for SCR including a material for NH3 or NH3 to a portion between the NOx catalyst and the SCR catalyst in the exhaust passages. The engine controls the reducing agent supply device in such a manner that a quantity of the reducing agent for SCR to be supplied from the reducing agent supply device to the exhaust passage 40 becomes small when the excess air ratio of the exhaust gas during regeneration control to regenerate the NOx catalyst is small, as compared to when the excess air ratio X of the exhaust gas during regeneration control to regenerate the NOx catalyst is large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Goro Tsuboi, Kazuma Uchiyama, Daishi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20180017003
    Abstract: An exhaust emission control system of an engine is provided, which includes a NOx catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage for storing NOx within exhaust gas when an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is lean, and reducing the stored NOx when the air-fuel ratio is approximately stoichiometric or rich. A processor executes a NOx reduction controlling module for performing, when the NOx stored amount exceeds a given amount, a NOx reduction control in which a fuel injector performs a post injection of fuel to continuously control the air-fuel ratio to a target ratio so that the stored NOx is reduced to be below a given amount, the target air-fuel ratio being a ratio at which the stored NOx is reducible, the post injection causing the injected fuel to combust inside a cylinder, the execution of the control permitted when an engine load is within a medium load range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamaguchi, Takashi Tanaka, Kota Matsue, Hiroshi Hayashibara, Yoshiaki Tomita, Kaoru Yamada, Masayuki Tetsuno, Daishi Ikeda, Kazunori Hirasawa, Masanobu Kanno
  • Patent number: 9470184
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation control device of an engine includes an exhaust turbocharger having a turbine disposed in an exhaust passage and a compressor disposed in an intake passage, low-pressure and high-pressure EGR passages connecting the exhaust passage downstream of the turbine to the intake passage upstream of the compressor and connecting the exhaust passage upstream of the turbine with the intake passage downstream of the compressor, respectively, low-pressure and high-pressure EGR valves disposed in the low-pressure and high-pressure EGR passages and for changing cross-sectional areas thereof, respectively, a valve control device for controlling openings of the low-pressure and high-pressure EGR valves, a total intake gas amount detector for detecting a total intake gas amount, a fresh air amount detector for detecting a fresh air amount, and a pressure difference detector for detecting a pressure difference between the exhaust and intake passage sides of the high-pressure EGR valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kihara, Daishi Ikeda, Yosuke Honda, Takashi Hatano
  • Patent number: 9458776
    Abstract: Abnormality diagnosis device for a variable valve mechanism configured to open an exhaust valve even during an intake stroke and capable of selecting a first mode wherein the exhaust valve only opens during an exhaust stroke, or a second mode wherein the exhaust valve opens during both an exhaust stroke and an intake stroke. The abnormality diagnosis by the device determines the mechanism is abnormal when a difference between an exhaust gas returning amount calculated to recirculate from an exhaust passage into a cylinder in the second mode based on intake air amounts in the first and second modes, and an exhaust gas returning amount estimated to recirculate from an exhaust passage in the second mode based on an exhaust gas pressure, exceeds a diagnosis threshold value. The higher an exhaust gas pressure is, the larger an exhaust gas returning amount is estimated to be.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haehara, Daishi Ikeda, Takahiro Kono
  • Publication number: 20150198104
    Abstract: Abnormality diagnosis device for a variable valve mechanism configured to open an exhaust valve even during an intake stroke and capable of selecting a first mode wherein the exhaust valve only opens during an exhaust stroke, or a second mode wherein the exhaust valve opens during both an exhaust stroke and an intake stroke. The abnormality diagnosis by the device determines the mechanism is abnormal when a difference between an exhaust gas returning amount calculated to recirculate from an exhaust passage into a cylinder in the second mode based on intake air amounts in the first and second modes, and an exhaust gas returning amount estimated to recirculate from an exhaust passage in the second mode based on an exhaust gas pressure, exceeds a diagnosis threshold value. The higher an exhaust gas pressure is, the larger an exhaust gas returning amount is estimated to be.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haehara, Daishi Ikeda, Takahiro Kono
  • Publication number: 20150089942
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation control device of an engine includes an exhaust turbocharger having a turbine disposed in an exhaust passage and a compressor disposed in an intake passage, low-pressure and high-pressure EGR passages connecting the exhaust passage downstream of the turbine to the intake passage upstream of the compressor and connecting the exhaust passage upstream of the turbine with the intake passage downstream of the compressor, respectively, low-pressure and high-pressure EGR valves disposed in the low-pressure and high-pressure EGR passages and for changing cross-sectional areas thereof, respectively, a valve control device for controlling openings of the low-pressure and high-pressure EGR valves, a total intake gas amount detector for detecting a total intake gas amount, a fresh air amount detector for detecting a fresh air amount, and a pressure difference detector for detecting a pressure difference between the exhaust and intake passage sides of the high-pressure EGR valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kihara, Daishi Ikeda, Yosuke Honda, Takashi Hatano