Patents by Inventor Hiroaki IMAHARA

Hiroaki IMAHARA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230280999
    Abstract: An information update system is provided, which can update information stored in a control unit mounted on an industrial machine by using an update file transmitted wirelessly, while battery exhaustion is suppressed. The information update system 2 includes an ignition 62, a control unit 41, a gateway 3 which performs update of information stored in the control unit 41, a first relay 51 controlled to be connected and disconnected by the control unit 41 and switches between transmission and shut-off of electricity from a battery 61, and a second relay 52 controlled to be connected and disconnected by the gateway 3and switches between transmission and shut-off of the electricity from the battery 61. The control unit 41 disconnects the first relay 51 when the ignition 62 is set to off. The gateway 3 performs the information update in a state where the second relay 52 is kept connected, when the ignition 62 is set to off, and disconnects the second relay 52 after the information update is finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuo FUJII, Hiroaki IMAHARA, Kenji NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11499492
    Abstract: Provided is a diesel engine capable of regenerating a DPF even during no-load and/or light-load operation. In a DPF regeneration process, opening-degree reduction control S2 for an exhaust-air throttle valve is performed after a start condition S1 of the regeneration process of the DPF in which PM is deposited is satisfied. When exhaust air reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined after-injection permissible temperature TA, after-injection control is subsequently started S5. Post-injection control is started S7 after the exhaust air reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection permissible temperature TP by combustion of after-injection fuel. The PM deposited in the DPF is incinerated by the exhaust air increased in temperature by catalytic combustion of post-injection fuel in a valve downstream-side DOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi Kato, Yuki Ishii, Hiroaki Imahara, Hiroaki Okano
  • Publication number: 20220205403
    Abstract: Provided is a diesel engine capable of regenerating a DPF even during no-load and/or light-load operation. In a DPF regeneration process, opening-degree reduction control S2 for an exhaust-air throttle valve is performed after a start condition S1 of the regeneration process of the DPF in which PM is deposited is satisfied. When exhaust air reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined after-injection permissible temperature TA, after-injection control is subsequently started S5. Post-injection control is started S7 after the exhaust air reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection permissible temperature TP by combustion of after-injection fuel. The PM deposited in the DPF is incinerated by the exhaust air increased in temperature by catalytic combustion of post-injection fuel in a valve downstream-side DOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Daichi KATO, Yuki ISHII, Hiroaki IMAHARA, Hiroaki OKANO