Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Eto

Hiroshi Eto 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: 9850867
    Abstract: In a control system that includes a pressure accumulating portion that supplies CNG to a fuel injection valve and a regulator that adjusts a pressure in the pressure accumulating portion to a set pressure and of which a valve element opens when CNG is supplied to the pressure accumulating portion and closes when supply of CNG to the pressure accumulating portion is shut off, a control parameter relating to a combustion state in an internal combustion engine is controlled on the basis of a length of a period during which an opening degree of the valve element reduces from a first predetermined opening degree to a second predetermined opening degree when the pressure in the pressure accumulating portion is adjusted to the set pressure by the regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouseki Sugiyama, Satoshi Taniguchi, Masahiko Masubuchi, Hiroshi Eto
  • Patent number: 9562489
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a technology pertaining to a control system for an internal combustion engine using CNG to allow an internal combustion engine to operate appropriately even when properties of CNG change. To achieve the object, in the control system for an internal combustion engine using compressed natural gas according to the invention, when air-fuel ratio feedback control that corrects the fuel injection quantity in such a way as to make the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture burned in the internal combustion engine substantially equal to a target air-fuel ratio, a control parameter relating to a condition of combustion of the air-fuel mixture is corrected based on the magnitude of the correction value in the air-fuel ratio feedback control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Taniguchi, Masahiko Masubuchi, Koji Kitano, Hiroshi Eto
  • Patent number: 9234155
    Abstract: A refrigerating machine oil composition comprising at least one ester additive selected from tetraesters of pentaerythritol and one selected from fatty acids having 5 to 18 carbon atoms and hexaesters of dipentaerythritol and one selected from fatty acids having 5 to 18 carbon atoms, and a base oil that is an ester other than the ester additive, in which the content of the ester additive is 2 to 20 mass % based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil composition, and the kinematic viscosity of the refrigerating machine oil composition at 40° C. is 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Takeshi Okido, Hiroshi Eto, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Patent number: 9200611
    Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to carry out ignition to a mixture in a more stable manner in a multi-fuel internal combustion engine. In the control apparatus for a multi-fuel internal combustion engine which is able to be operated by mixed combustion of a plurality of kinds of fuels, a mixing ratio of the plurality of kinds of fuels is controlled by a mixing ratio control unit, and ignition timing of a spark plug is controlled by an ignition timing control unit, in such manner that a required discharge voltage is made equal to or less than a voltage which is lower by a fixed value than a voltage to be applied to said spark plug (S104, S108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Taniguchi, Masahiko Masubuchi, Hiroshi Eto
  • Publication number: 20150041705
    Abstract: The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises a refrigerant comprising monofluoroethane, and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one selected from a polyol ester, a polyvinyl ether and a polyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil, wherein a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of the base oil is 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Hiroshi Eto, Tsutomu Takahashi, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20150034061
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce the difference between the torque generated by an internal combustion engine and a required torque in a control system for a multifuel internal combustion engine that can use CNG and liquid fuel. To achieve the object, the control system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention causes the internal combustion engine to operate in a first operation mode in which only CNG is used, when the required torque of the internal combustion engine is equal to or lower than a threshold and to operate in a second operation mode in which at least liquid fuel among CNG and liquid fuel is used, when the required torque of the internal combustion engine is higher than the threshold and changes the magnitude of the threshold in conjunction with the concentration of inert gases contained in CNG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Masubuchi, Satoshi Taniguchi, Kouseki Sugiyama, Hiroshi Eto
  • Publication number: 20150028252
    Abstract: A refrigerating machine oil composition comprising at least one ester additive selected from tetraesters of pentaerythritol and one selected from fatty acids having 5 to 18 carbon atoms and hexaesters of dipentaerythritol and one selected from fatty acids having 5 to 18 carbon atoms, and a base oil that is an ester other than the ester additive, in which the content of the ester additive is 2 to 20 mass % based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil composition, and the kinematic viscosity of the refrigerating machine oil composition at 40° C. is 3 to 500 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Masanori Saito, Takeshi Okido, Hiroshi Eto, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Publication number: 20140360471
    Abstract: In a control system that includes a pressure accumulating portion that supplies CNG to a fuel injection valve and a regulator that adjusts a pressure in the pressure accumulating portion to a set pressure and of which a valve element opens when CNG is supplied to the pressure accumulating portion and closes when supply of CNG to the pressure accumulating portion is shut off, a control parameter relating to a combustion state in an internal combustion engine is controlled on the basis of a length of a period during which an opening degree of the valve element reduces from a first predetermined opening degree to a second predetermined opening degree when the pressure in the pressure accumulating portion is adjusted to the set pressure by the regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouseki Sugiyama, Satoshi Taniguchi, Masahiko Masubuchi, Hiroshi Eto
  • Publication number: 20140318500
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technology with which when a gaseous fuel is supplied into a fuel tank of a vehicle with an internal combustion engine that uses gaseous fuel, properties of the supplied gaseous fuel can be determined promptly. To achieve the object, the fuel property determination system for a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine using gaseous fuel according to the present invention is adapted to calculate, when gaseous fuel is supplied to the fuel tank, the gas constant of the supplied gaseous fuel using a cross sectional area of a passage for delivering gaseous fuel to the fuel tank from a filler port and a change in the pressure in the fuel tank as parameters and to calculate the concentration of inert gases contained in the gaseous fuel using the gas constant as a parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Masubuchi, Satoshi Taniguchi, Koji Kitano, Hiroshi Eto
  • Publication number: 20140303876
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a technology pertaining to a control system for an internal combustion engine using CNG to allow an internal combustion engine to operate appropriately even when properties of CNG change. To achieve the object, in the control system for an internal combustion engine using compressed natural gas according to the invention, when air-fuel ratio feedback control that corrects the fuel injection quantity in such a way as to make the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture burned in the internal combustion engine substantially equal to a target air-fuel ratio, a control parameter relating to a condition of combustion of the air-fuel mixture is corrected based on the magnitude of the correction value in the air-fuel ratio feedback control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Taniguchi, Masahiko Masubuchi, Koji Kitano, Hiroshi Eto
  • Publication number: 20130327294
    Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to carry out ignition to a mixture in a more stable manner in a multi-fuel internal combustion engine. In the control apparatus for a multi-fuel internal combustion engine which is able to be operated by mixed combustion of a plurality of kinds of fuels, a mixing ratio of the plurality of kinds of fuels is controlled by a mixing ratio control unit, and ignition timing of a spark plug is controlled by an ignition timing control unit, in such manner that a required discharge voltage is made equal to or less than a voltage which is lower by a fixed value than a voltage to be applied to said spark plug (S104, S108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Satoshi Taniguchi, Masahiko Masubuchi, Hiroshi Eto
  • Patent number: 6064181
    Abstract: The difference voltage between the terminal voltage VB of a rechargeable battery BAT and a reference voltage Vz1 is amplified at an initial gain, thereby reducing an amplified voltage value S12. This amplified voltage value S12 is A/D converted into digital value S13. Further, an electrical signal S18 is detected corresponding to the ambient temperature around the battery and is then A/D converted into a digital value S19. Digital values S13 and S19 charge with the progress of charging of the rechargeable battery. The change in these digital values is read by CPU 14 one after another, and the gain used in amplification of the difference voltage is renewed by the gains corresponding to digital values S13 and S19, which are stored in advance in a ROM 20. In the same manner, the reference voltage used in amplification of the difference voltage is renewed by reference voltages Vz2, Vz3, and Vz4 one by one with the progress of charging of the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sanada, Hiroshi Eto
  • Patent number: 5557589
    Abstract: A disc type detection arm contacts a disc type opening formed in a disc cartridge when the disc cartridge is loaded into a recording and/or reproducing apparatus. The disc type detection arm determines the type of disc which has been loaded by the depth of the disc type opening, and controls the positioning of the magnetic head in response thereto. The magnetic head is spaced-apart from the disc when a read-only type disc is loaded, and positioned close to the disc when a read/write disc is loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukawa, Hiroshi Eto
  • Patent number: 5232832
    Abstract: A monoclonal antibody specifically reactive to hamster immunoglobulins, a hybridoma producing said monoclonal antibody, and an immunoassay utilizing said monoclonal antibody are provided. The monoclonal antibody is useful in an immunoassay as a secondary antibody to a hamster-derived primary antibody or antiserum raised against various antigens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motomi Nakata, Hiroshi Eto, Yukihito Hasunuma, Hideo Yagita, Ko Okumura
  • Patent number: 5168483
    Abstract: A magnetic head position control apparatus for driving the magnetic head of a disc recording apparatus toward or away from the recording surface of a magneto-optical disc to effect position control of the magnetic head detects changes in the distance between the magnetic head and the magneto-optical disc by detecting changes in the capacitance between a capacitance detection electrode mounted on the magnetic head and a surface of the magnetic disc and generates a voltage to control the position of the magnetic head for maintaining it at a constant predetermined distance from the magneto-optical disc. Stray capacitance between the disc and the disc recording apparatus is based on the size of the disc, which is either detected directly or obtained from pre-recorded data on the disc, and is compensated by adding a bias voltage to the voltage generated using the capacitance detection electrode to provide further control of the position of the magnetic head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Oka, Hiroshi Eto, Nobuyuki Yasuda, Tetpei Yokota
  • Patent number: 5111441
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a magnetic field varying in response to an information signal, which comprises a base plate made of electrical insulating material, a magnetic core mounted on one of opposite surfaces of the base plate, the magnetic core having a central leg portion extending through a hole formed in the base plate so as to cause its end face to appear on the other of the opposite surfaces of the base plate, a coil member wound on the central leg portion of the magnetic core to be supplied with a current varying in response to the information signal, and a capacitance detecting electrode formed with a thin conductive layer mounted on the other of the opposite surfaces of the base plate to be opposite to a recording medium having a conductive layer, the capacitance detecting electrode being provided with a cutout for restraining eddy current loss caused in the capacitance detecting electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Eto, Nobuyuki Oka, Takehiro Nagaki
  • Patent number: 5095470
    Abstract: A magnetic head position control apparatus for driving the magnetic head of a disk recording apparatus toward or away from the recording surface of a magneto-optical disk to effect position control of the magnetic head. Changes in the distance between the magnetic head and the magneto-optical disk are detected from changes in capacitance between a capacitance detection electrode mounted on the magnetic head and a surface of the magneto-optical disk. An oscillator circuit connected to the capacitance detection electrode varies its oscillation frequency in response to changes in capacitance and detects such frequency variations and controls the position of the magnetic head for maintaining it at a constant predetermined distance from the magneto-optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Oka, Hiroshi Eto, Nobuyuki Yasuda, Tetpei Yokota