Patents by Inventor Fumihito NAKATANI

Fumihito NAKATANI 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: 11326559
    Abstract: A leakage detector for a fuel vapor treatment device includes a fuel vapor treatment device that maintains the interior of a treatment system of the fuel vapor treatment device in a sealed state. In addition, the leakage detector includes; a closing valve and shutoff valve that can shut off fluid communication between the fuel tank and the canister to section the interior of the treatment system into a first region including the fuel tank and a second region including the canister. Further, the leakage detector includes an aspirator that applies a negative pressure to the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto Nakagawa, Fumihito Nakatani, Kazutaka Hioki
  • Publication number: 20200217276
    Abstract: A leakage detector for a fuel vapor treatment device includes a fuel vapor treatment device that maintains the interior of a treatment system of the fuel vapor treatment device in a sealed state. In addition, the leakage detector includes; a closing valve and shutoff valve that can shut off fluid communication between the fuel tank and the canister to section the interior of the treatment system into a first region including the fuel tank and a second region including the canister. Further, the leakage detector includes an aspirator that applies a negative pressure to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto NAKAGAWA, Fumihito NAKATANI, Kazutaka HIOKI
  • Publication number: 20180320642
    Abstract: An ECU controls a passage switch valve according to the operation state of an engine, to control the temperature of intake air introduced into the engine, by selectively causing outside air from an outside air inlet, high-temperature air from a high-temperature passage, or mixed air comprising the outside air and the high-temperature air to flow towards the downstream side of an intake passage. The ECU calculates the MBT ignition timing and the knock limit ignition timing based on detection results of sensors, and controls the passage switch valve such that, when the knock limit ignition timing is at a more advanced angle than the MBT ignition timing, the high-temperature air or the mixed air is introduced into the engine, and when the knock limit ignition timing is the same as or at a more delayed angle than the MBT ignition timing, the outside air is introduced into the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihito NAKATANI, Takahiko IWAKURA, Kazufumi ISHII
  • Patent number: 8511285
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus collects vapor, generated in a fuel tank, in a canister. A bypass passage is provided for an intake passage. An ejector is placed in the bypass passage to generate a negative pressure by air flowing in the bypass passage. When the negative pressure occurs in the ejector, the vapor collected in the canister is drawn from the canister to the ejector through the purge passage and then purged from the bypass passage to the intake passage. An open/close valve placed in the ejector is configured to allow or block the flow of air from the intake passage to the bypass passage according to a pressure difference between the pressure in an upstream portion and the pressure in a downstream portion of the bypass passage during engine operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirokazu Konohara, Fumihito Nakatani, Tatsuya Furuhashi
  • Publication number: 20110146631
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus collects vapor, generated in a fuel tank, in a canister. A bypass passage is provided for an intake passage. An ejector is placed in the bypass passage to generate a negative pressure by air flowing in the bypass passage. When the negative pressure occurs in the ejector, the vapor collected in the canister is drawn from the canister to the ejector through the purge passage and then purged from the bypass passage to the intake passage. An open/close valve placed in the ejector is configured to allow or block the flow of air from the intake passage to the bypass passage according to a pressure difference between the pressure in an upstream portion and the pressure in a downstream portion of the bypass passage during engine operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu KONOHARA, Fumihito NAKATANI, Tatsuya FURUHASHI