Patents by Inventor Fumihiro Itaba

Fumihiro Itaba 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: 12196146
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection control device capable of improving the execution frequency and accuracy of individual difference detection of a plurality of fuel injection valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itaba, Osamu Mukaihara
  • Publication number: 20240151189
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection control device capable of improving the execution frequency and accuracy of individual difference detection of a plurality of fuel injection valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Fumihiro ITABA, Osamu MUKAIHARA
  • Patent number: 11885275
    Abstract: In abnormality determination of determining whether fuel injection has been executed normally, making an erroneous determination is prevented. A fuel injection control device 127 that controls a plurality of fuel injection valves each having a coil for energization includes a drive state detection unit 211 that detects a drive state of a fuel injection valve, from an energization current or an applied voltage of the coil of the fuel injection valve, an injection abnormality detection unit 213 that detects an injection abnormality of the fuel injection valve by comparing a fuel injection instruction with the drive state of the fuel injection valve, and an injection abnormality detection execution determining unit 212 that based on a state of an internal combustion engine, determines whether or not to permit execution of injection abnormality detection by the injection abnormality detection unit 213.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itaba, Osamu Mukaihara
  • Patent number: 11873775
    Abstract: An injection amount variation of a plurality of fuel injection valves is reduced regardless of a state of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itaba, Osamu Mukaihara, Takao Miyake, Takuya Watai
  • Patent number: 11732667
    Abstract: Appropriate detection of an abnormality of voltage information, which is a basis for correcting a fuel injection amount, becomes possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itaba, Osamu Mukaihara, Satoshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20230228227
    Abstract: In abnormality determination of determining whether fuel injection has been executed normally, making an erroneous determination is prevented. A fuel injection control device 127 that controls a plurality of fuel injection valves each having a coil for energization includes a drive state detection unit 211 that detects a drive state of a fuel injection valve, from an energization current or an applied voltage of the coil of the fuel injection valve, an injection abnormality detection unit 213 that detects an injection abnormality of the fuel injection valve by comparing a fuel injection instruction with the drive state of the fuel injection valve, and an injection abnormality detection execution determining unit 212 that based on a state of an internal combustion engine, determines whether or not to permit execution of injection abnormality detection by the injection abnormality detection unit 213.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihiro ITABA, Osamu MUKAIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220412282
    Abstract: An injection amount variation of a plurality of fuel injection valves is reduced regardless of a state of an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiro ITABA, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Takao MIYAKE, Takuya WATAI
  • Patent number: 11401879
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection control device capable of reducing variations in injection amounts of a plurality of fuel injection valves. Thus, the fuel injection control device of the present invention includes a control unit that controls voltages applied to coils of a plurality of fuel injection valves, the coils being adapted for energization. The control unit performs control such that the voltage being applied to the coil is cut off. The control unit changes a timing at which the cutoff of the voltage to the coil of at least one fuel injection valve is started or a timing at which the cutoff of the voltage to the coil of at least one fuel injection valve is ended, based on a valve closing time until closing of the fuel injection valve is completed or a valve opening time until opening of the fuel injection valve is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itaba, Masahiro Toyohara, Osamu Mukaihara
  • Publication number: 20220220916
    Abstract: Appropriate detection of an abnormality of voltage information, which is a basis for correcting a fuel injection amount, becomes possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Fumihiro ITABA, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Satoshi KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11293371
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for identifying a variation in an injection amount by estimating a valve opening start timing in an extremely small injection region of a half lift region. Therefore, a fuel injection control device according to the present invention estimates a valve opening start timing of a fuel injection valve by referring to a characteristic of a reference fuel injection valve acquired in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Oki, Osamu Mukaihara, Fumihiro Itaba, Akira Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11236697
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-efficiency and highly-reliable fuel injection control device that controls a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine and can perform injection amount control in accordance with a deterioration degree of the fuel injection valve. A fuel injection control device controlling a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine includes a deterioration determination unit that determines a deterioration state of the fuel injection valve, an injection amount learning unit that learns the injection amount of the fuel injection valve, and a learning frequency change unit that changes the learning frequency of the injection amount learning unit in accordance with the deterioration state of the fuel injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itaba, Osamu Mukaihara, Akira Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20220010747
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection control device capable of reducing variations in injection amounts of a plurality of fuel injection valves. Thus, the fuel injection control device of the present invention includes a control unit that controls voltages applied to coils of a plurality of fuel injection valves, the coils being adapted for energization. The control unit performs control such that the voltage being applied to the coil is cut off. The control unit changes a timing at which the cutoff of the voltage to the coil of at least one fuel injection valve is started or a timing at which the cutoff of the voltage to the coil of at least one fuel injection valve is ended, based on a valve closing time until closing of the fuel injection valve is completed or a valve opening time until opening of the fuel injection valve is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Fumihiro ITABA, Masahiro TOYOHARA, Osamu MUKAIHARA
  • Patent number: 11193442
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection control device capable of detecting individual differences in fuel injection valves and appropriately collecting information on the individual differences. For this reason, the fuel injection control device includes a fuel injection valve drive circuit that supplies a current or a voltage to a coil of a fuel injection valve to drive the fuel injection valve, a valve body operation time period detection unit that detects a valve body operation time period related to an operation of a valve body of the fuel injection valve, and a state determination unit that determines that at least one of the fuel injection valve, the valve body operation time period detection unit, and the fuel injection valve drive circuit is abnormal based on information related to a valve body operation time period detected by the valve body operation time period detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itaba, Osamu Mukaihara
  • Publication number: 20210180534
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-efficiency and highly-reliable fuel injection control device that controls a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine and can perform injection amount control in accordance with a deterioration degree of the fuel injection valve. A fuel injection control device controlling a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine includes a deterioration determination unit that determines a deterioration state of the fuel injection valve, an injection amount learning unit that learns the injection amount of the fuel injection valve, and a learning frequency change unit that changes the learning frequency of the injection amount learning unit in accordance with the deterioration state of the fuel injection valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiro ITABA, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Akira IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20210164414
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for identifying a variation in an injection amount by estimating a valve opening start timing in an extremely small injection region of a half lift region. Therefore, a fuel injection control device according to the present invention estimates a valve opening start timing of a fuel injection valve by referring to a characteristic of a reference fuel injection valve acquired in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro OKI, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Fumihiro ITABA, Akira IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20210123393
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection control device capable of detecting individual differences in fuel injection valves and appropriately collecting information on the individual differences. For this reason, the fuel injection control device includes a fuel injection valve drive circuit that supplies a current or a voltage to a coil of a fuel injection valve to drive the fuel injection valve, a valve body operation time period detection unit that detects a valve body operation time period related to an operation of a valve body of the fuel injection valve, and a state determination unit that determines that at least one of the fuel injection valve, the valve body operation time period detection unit, and the fuel injection valve drive circuit is abnormal based on information related to a valve body operation time period detected by the valve body operation time period detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro ITABA, Osamu MUKAIHARA
  • Patent number: 10823102
    Abstract: A control device for a fuel injection valve including a variable lift mechanism of two or more stages is provided. The control device includes an inflection point detection unit for detecting an inflection point from at least one of a drive current when the fuel injection valve is opened or a drive voltage when the fuel injection valve is closed. The control device also includes a drive sensing unit for sensing a drive lift of the fuel injection valve from at least one of an inflection point of a drive current during valve opening operation or a drive voltage during valve closing operation. The control device is configured to limit the command drive lift when the sensed drive lift is different from a command drive lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itaba, Osamu Mukaihara, Akiyasu Miyamoto, Akira Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20200088123
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve including a variable lift mechanism of two or more stages, when fuel is injected with a lift different from a command, exhaust emission deterioration and torque fluctuations may occur. A control device for a fuel injection valve including a variable lift mechanism of two or more stages is provided, which senses a drive lift of the fuel injection valve from an inflection point of a drive current during valve opening operation or a drive voltage during valve closing operation, and limits the command drive lift when the sensed drive lift is different from a command drive lift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiro ITABA, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Akiyasu MIYAMOTO, Akira IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20150167615
    Abstract: If the control of a motor becomes impossible, the motor appropriately stops, and drive wheels are driven by an engine to enable retraction travel. A motor/generator 4 is used to drive drive wheels of a vehicle, and start an engine 3. A motor controller 22 implements a first control mode for controlling the motor/generator 4 on the basis of a command from an integrated controller 20 if a CAN communication with the integrated controller 20 is normal. The motor controller 22 implements a second control mode for controlling the motor/generator 4 on the basis of control information stored in advance to allow the motor/generator 4 to start the engine 3 when the engine 3 is in stop if the CAN communication with the integrated controller 20 is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi Komuro, Fumihiro Itaba, Kentaro Shiga