Patents by Inventor Hideo Shiomi
Hideo Shiomi 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).
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Publication number: 20220163001Abstract: An engine control device controls an engine provided with an EGR device. The engine control device is provided with an abnormality determining unit, a restricted operation unit, and a restriction released operation unit. The abnormality determining unit determines whether an abnormality has arisen in the EGR device. The restricted operation unit performs restricted operation in which some functions of the engine are restricted, if the abnormality determining unit has determined that an abnormality has arisen in the EGR device. If a manipulation to release the restricted operation has been performed, the restriction released operation unit switches from restricted operation to restriction released operation in which the restrictions on some of the functions of the engine are released, and performs said restriction released operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Itani, Hideo Shiomi, Keiji Kunisawa
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Patent number: 10914210Abstract: An engine unit including a heater provided in a blow-by gas returning path for returning a blow-by gas that leaks out from a combustion chamber of an engine to an intake path. The heater is electrically connected to a controller of the engine through wiring harnesses. The controller is configured to, while controlling energization of the heater, perform an abnormality detection on the wiring harness based on a magnitude of current flowing to the wiring harness during energization of the heater, and perform an abnormality detection on the heater and the wiring harnesses based on a magnitude of voltage applied to the wiring harness located downstream from the heater during non-energization of the heater.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Itani, Shunsuke Mori, Hideo Shiomi
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Publication number: 20190353064Abstract: An engine unit including a heater provided in a blow-by gas returning path for returning a blow-by gas that leaks out from a combustion chamber of an engine to an intake path. The heater is electrically connected to a controller of the engine through wiring harnesses. The controller is configured to, while controlling energization of the heater, perform an abnormality detection on the wiring harness based on a magnitude of current flowing to the wiring harness during energization of the heater, and perform an abnormality detection on the heater and the wiring harnesses based on a magnitude of voltage applied to the wiring harness located downstream from the heater during non-energization of the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro ITANI, Shunsuke MORI, Hideo SHIOMI
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Patent number: 10273856Abstract: An engine device includes an engine, an exhaust gas purification device arranged on an exhaust path of the engine, and an engine control device that controls drive of the engine. The engine control device executes a plurality of regeneration controls with which particulate matter accumulated in the exhaust gas purification device is combusted and removed. As the plurality of regeneration controls, at least non-work regeneration control, in which an exhaust gas temperature is raised in combination of post-injection and a predetermined high rotational speed, is included. The engine control device drives the engine so as to solely combust and remove the particulate matter in the non-work regeneration control and compulsorily executes isochronous control in which a rotational speed of the engine is maintained constant, irrespective of variation in load of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Shiomi, Taiki Hori
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Patent number: 10012171Abstract: The application is directed to a diesel engine. If the rack cannot complete a predetermined operation within a predetermined amount of time due to the key switch being held at a start-position, the control unit controls a starter to cause a plunger to perform a preparatory stroke operation, and the stroke operation by the plunger is stopped before the diesel engine starts.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Shibata, Hideo Shiomi, Taichi Togashi, Hiroyuki Machiyama
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Patent number: 9890683Abstract: It is an object to make it possible to burn and remove particulate matter without generating runaway even if the particulate matter is excessively accumulated at the time of regeneration of an exhaust gas purification device. A common rail engine and the exhaust gas purification device placed in an exhaust gas path of the engine are provided. A plurality of regeneration controls for burning and removing the particulate matter accumulated in the exhaust gas purification device can be executed. The plurality of regeneration controls include at least non-operation regeneration control for raising exhaust gas temperature by combining post injection (E) and predetermined high speed rotation speed, and recovery regeneration control which can be executed when the non-operation regeneration control fails. In the non-operation regeneration control and the recovery regeneration control, the engine is driven exclusively for burning and removing the particulate matter.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Shiomi, Tomohiro Fukuda, Atsushi Ohta
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Publication number: 20170009634Abstract: An engine device includes an engine, an exhaust gas purification device arranged on an exhaust path of the engine, and an engine control device that controls drive of the engine. The engine control device executes a plurality of regeneration controls with which particulate matter accumulated in the exhaust gas purification device is combusted and removed. As the plurality of regeneration controls, at least non-work regeneration control, in which an exhaust gas temperature is raised in combination of post-injection and a predetermined high rotational speed, is included. The engine control device drives the engine so as to solely combust and remove the particulate matter in the non-work regeneration control and compulsorily executes isochronous control in which a rotational speed of the engine is maintained constant, irrespective of variation in load of the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Hideo SHIOMI, Taiki HORI
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Publication number: 20160281632Abstract: The application is directed to a diesel engine. If the rack cannot complete a predetermined operation within a predetermined amount of time due to the key switch being held at a start-position, the control unit controls a starter to cause a plunger to perform a preparatory stroke operation, and the stroke operation by the plunger is stopped before the diesel engine starts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Yoshiaki SHIBATA, Hideo SHIOMI, Taichi TOGASHI, Hiroyuki MACHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20160061086Abstract: It is an object to make it possible to burn and remove particulate matter without generating runaway even if the particulate matter is excessively accumulated at the time of regeneration of an exhaust gas purification device. A common rail engine and the exhaust gas purification device placed in an exhaust gas path of the engine are provided. A plurality of regeneration controls for burning and removing the particulate matter accumulated in the exhaust gas purification device can be executed. The plurality of regeneration controls include at least non-operation regeneration control for rising exhaust gas temperature by combining post injection (E) and predetermined high speed rotation speed, and recovery regeneration control which can be executed when the non-operation regeneration control fails. In the non-operation regeneration control and the recovery regeneration control, the engine is driven exclusively for burning and removing the particulate matter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo SHIOMI, Tomohiro FUKUDA, Atsushi OHTA
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Patent number: 9068520Abstract: An engine control apparatus in which a fuel injection apparatus injects a fuel to an engine; detecting means detects a drive state of the engine, and an ECU controls actuation of the fuel injection apparatus on the basis of a detection information of the detecting means and a specific output characteristic data of the engine, wherein compensating means for compensating the output characteristic data is provided, and the ECU is structured such as to compute a limit torque value on the basis of a result of compensation of the output characteristic data by the compensating means and the detection information of the detecting means, and actuate the fuel injection apparatus in correspondence to the limit torque value.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Masuda, Yasuo Noma, Akihito Nishimura, Hideo Shiomi, Kimiyori Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8801822Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an engine can perform manual regeneration control for regenerating a particulate removal filter by increasing the engine rotation speed. The system can suppress the engine rotation speed increase while maintaining the exhaust gas temperature required to regenerate the particulate removal filter. The system can set the target engine rotation speed to a first set value when a regeneration instruction signal from a manual regeneration switch is received. When, although the engine rotation speed falls within a predetermined engine rotation speed range including the first set value that is the target engine rotation speed for a predetermined time period, the exhaust gas temperature does not reach the filter's regeneration temperature within the predetermined time period, the target engine rotation speed is repeatedly reset by being increased from the first set value by a predetermined rotation speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Shiomi, Taichi Togashi
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Patent number: 8660774Abstract: An engine governor calculates the amount of fuel supplied to an engine based on the difference in speed between the target engine speed (Nset) and actual engine speed (Nact). The amount of fuel supplied to the engine is adjusted based on the calculation results. When the difference in speed between the target engine speed (Nset) and low idle engine speed (Nlow) is equal to or less than a first predetermined speed, the difference in speed between the actual engine speed (Nact) and target engine speed (Nset) is equal to or greater than a second predetermined speed, and the calculation results are equal to or less than the minimum value of the actual engine speed (Nact), the P gain is set at a value equal to or greater than the normal value, and in cases where the I component is a negative value, the I component is set to zero.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taichi Togashi, Hideo Shiomi
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Patent number: 8484969Abstract: In an engine such as an engine for driving a pump or dynamo, in which a load increasing state does not appear as an accelerating state of rotation speed, it is intended to prevent the smoke emission in an abruptly load-increasing state, which might otherwise be caused by the suppression or interruption of an EGR quantity. The engine 10 comprises a supercharger 11 and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device 12. The engine 10 makes an isochronous control or a droop control, when its rotation speed N is shifted from a no-load (idle) or light-load run to a high-load (load-increasing) state. In case it is detected, when the state of the engine 10 shifts to a load state, that the actual rotation speed N becomes lower by a predetermined rotation speed ?N than a target rotation speed Nm, an EGR valve 13 of the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device 12 is either throttled to an opening smaller by a predetermined opening ?F than the ordinary set opening F corresponding to the load state or fully closed.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Shiomi, Yasuhiro Ozaki, Takeshi Fujii
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Publication number: 20120325093Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an engine can perform manual regeneration control for regenerating a particulate removal filter by increasing the engine rotation speed. The system can suppress the engine rotation speed increase while maintaining the exhaust gas temperature required to regenerate the particulate removal filter. The system can set the target engine rotation speed to a first set value when a regeneration instruction signal from a manual regeneration switch is received. When, although the engine rotation speed falls within a predetermined engine rotation speed range including the first set value that is the target engine rotation speed for a predetermined time period, the exhaust gas temperature does not reach the filter's regeneration temperature within the predetermined time period, the target engine rotation speed is repeatedly reset by being increased from the first set value by a predetermined rotation speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Hideo Shiomi, Taichi Togashi
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Publication number: 20120173124Abstract: An engine control apparatus in which a fuel injection apparatus injects a fuel to an engine; detecting means detects a drive state of the engine, and an ECU controls actuation of the fuel injection apparatus on the basis of a detection information of the detecting means and a specific output characteristic data of the engine, wherein compensating means for compensating the output characteristic data is provided, and the ECU is structured such as to compute a limit torque value on the basis of a result of compensation of the output characteristic data by the compensating means and the detection information of the detecting means, and actuate the fuel injection apparatus in correspondence to the limit torque value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Masuda, Yasuo Noma, Akihito Nishimura, Hideo Shiomi, Kimiyori Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8176895Abstract: In an electronic control governor that adjusts the amount of fuel supplied to an engine so as to coincide an engine rotation speed with a target rotation speed, by driving an actuator for actuating a fuel adjusting mean due to an actuator driving current overlapped with a dither current, an amplitude or frequency of the dither current is changed, corresponding to a change in the supply quantity of the actuator driving current. Or, the amplitude and frequency of the dither current are changed corresponding to a change in the engine rotation speed. Alternatively, a ratio between turn-on time and turn-off time during one period of the dither current is changed, depending on the velocity ratio between the increased velocity and the decreased velocity of the actuator driving current. Preferably, the ratio of the turn-on time to one period of the dither current is set at 20 to 40%.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hokuto Kusaka, Hideo Shiomi, Isao Takagawa
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Publication number: 20120016570Abstract: An engine governor (10) comprising a fuel supply calculation means for calculating the amount of fuel supplied to an engine (3) on the basis of the difference in speed between the target engine speed (Nset) and the actual engine speed (Nact), and a fuel supply adjustment means for adjusting the amount of fuel supplied to the engine (3) on the basis of the calculation results from the fuel supply calculation means, wherein in cases when the difference in speed between the target engine speed (Nset) and the low idle engine speed (Nlow) is equal to or less than a first predetermined speed, the difference in speed between the actual engine speed (Nact) and the target engine speed (Nset) is equal to or greater than a second predetermined speed, and the calculation results from the fuel supply calculation means are equal to or less than the minimum value of the actual engine speed (Nact), the P gain is set at a value equal to or greater than the normal value, and additionally in cases where the I component is a negType: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: Yanmar Co. Ltd.Inventors: Taichi Togashi, Hideo Shiomi
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Publication number: 20110203556Abstract: In an engine such as an engine for driving a pump or dynamo, in which a load increasing state does not appear as an accelerating state of rotation speed, it is intended to prevent the smoke emission in an abruptly load-increasing state, which might otherwise be caused by the suppression or interruption of an EGR quantity. The engine 10 comprises a supercharger 11 and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device 12. The engine 10 makes an isochronous control or a droop control, when its rotation speed N is shifted from a no-load (idle) or light-load run to a high-load (load-increasing) state. In case it is detected, when the state of the engine 10 shifts to a load state, that the actual rotation speed N becomes lower by a predetermined rotation speed ?N than a target rotation speed Nm, an EGR valve 13 of the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device 12 is either throttled to an opening smaller by a predetermined opening ?F than the ordinary set opening F corresponding to the load state or fully closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2008Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Hideo Shiomi, Yasuhiro Ozaki, Takeshi Fujii
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Patent number: 7784281Abstract: A propulsion apparatus for synchronizing the revolution speeds of a plurality of engines, each engine having a screw propeller shaft. A single regulator lever synchronously adjusts a revolution speed of the propeller shafts of the engines. When an output rpm of one of the engines has dropped, a control means lowers the revolution speed of the propeller shafts of the remaining engines to a revolution speed which is synchronized to the revolution speed of the propeller shaft of the engine whose rpm has dropped. Synchronization of revolution speeds of the remaining engines with the engine having reduced output rpm is terminated if the output rpm of that engine falls below a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumiya Kotou, Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Hideo Shiomi
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Patent number: 7753030Abstract: A high-pressure pump (8) for providing a pressurized supply of fuel in an engine furnished with a common rail type fuel injection apparatus is provided with two actuators (88, 89). Of these actuators (88, 89), one (88) is stopped and the operation for providing a pressurized supply of fuel is performed from only the other actuator (89), so that the timing at which the load torque that acts on the crankshaft of the engine becomes a local maximum and the timing at which the load torque that acts on the driveshaft of the high-pressure pump (8) becomes a local minimum are made to coincide with one another.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Fumiya Kotou, Hideo Shiomi