Patents by Inventor Fumihide Satou

Fumihide Satou 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).

  • Method of handling diesel particulate filter
    Patent number: 6814784
    Abstract: To provide a method of handling DPF capable of ensuring an expected value of a catching function of reclaimed DPF and eliminating waste of useful metals included by DPF, DPF(1) mounted to a diesel engine for catching PM included in exhaust is reclaimed until being brought into a nonreusable state and remounted to the engine by at least once and in remounting, the DPF(1) is mounted such that the DPF(1) is mounted in the direction reverse to a direction of mounting at a preceding time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumihide Satou
  • Method of handling diesel particulate filter
    Publication number: 20030079605
    Abstract: To provide a method of handling DPF capable of ensuring an expected value of a catching function of reclaimed DPF and eliminating waste of useful metals included by DPF, DPF(1) mounted to a diesel engine for catching PM included in exhaust is reclaimed until being brought into a nonreusable state and remounted to the engine by at least once and in remounting, the DPF(1) is mounted such that the DPF(1) is mounted in the direction reverse to a direction of mounting at a preceding time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Fumihide Satou
  • Vehicle abnormality diagnosis system
    Patent number: 6435018
    Abstract: Either a specified point Q or a specified area Ar, at which an operating condition of a vehicle becomes a specified operating condition, is set beforehand from among points or areas on a travel route along which a vehicle travels. Then, an operating parameter P of a point in time ts1, ts2, ts3, ts4 . . . , tsn, at which a vehicle passes either a specified point Q or a specified area Ar, is obtained. Then, a vehicle abnormality is diagnosed on the basis of the values of these obtained operating parameters P (maximum values Pmax).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Murakami, Ichio Ichikawa, Haruo Hashimoto, Fumihide Satou