Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Otsuki

Hiroshi Otsuki 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: 20160356562
    Abstract: The wall of each heat exchange tube of a condenser for a car air conditioner is composed of a core material layer, a first brazing material layer covering the outer surface of the core material layer, and a second brazing material layer covering the inner surface of the core material layer. A Zn diffused layer is formed in an outer surface layer portion of the core material layer. The deepest portion of the Zn diffused layer is located at a position 70 to 100 ?m deep from an outermost surface of the wall. The Zn concentration of the outermost surface of the wall of the heat exchange tube is 0.55 mass % or higher. The Zn diffused layer includes a high potential portion whose spontaneous potential is at least 41 mV higher than the spontaneous potential at the boundary between the core material layer and the first brazing material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi TERADA, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Mana KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9482133
    Abstract: In order to suppress ammonia from flowing out during regeneration treatment of a filter carrying an SCR catalyst, the prevent invention provides an exhaust emission control system of an internal combustion engine, including a first stage catalyst having an oxidation function, a fuel supply device configured to supply fuel to the first stage catalyst, a filter provided in the exhaust passage downstream of the first stage catalyst and carrying a selective redaction type NOx catalyst, an ammonia supply device configured to supply ammonia to the filter, a filter-regeneration-treatment executing unit configured to execute filter regeneration treatment, and a control unit configured to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is not executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx emitted from the internal combustion engine, and to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx obtained by subtracting, from the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keishi Takada, Nobumoto Ohashi, Shigeki Nakayama, Akira Mikami, Kenji Sakurai, Junichi Matsuo, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Otsuki, Ichiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9464554
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine provided with a filter supporting an SCR catalyst, the present invention is intended to suppress HC and CO from being discharged to the outside at the time of the execution of filter regeneration processing, and to carry out the filter regeneration processing in an efficient manner. In the present invention, a post-catalyst having an oxidation function is arranged in an exhaust passage at the downstream side of the filter. Then, when the temperature of the post-catalyst is lower than a predetermined activation temperature at the time the execution of the filter regeneration processing is requested, the temperature of the post-catalyst is raised by carrying out control of raising the temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and control increasing the flow rate of the exhaust gas, before the execution of the filter regeneration processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Matsuo, Nobumoto Ohashi, Shigeki Nakayama, Kenji Sakurai, Akira Mikami, Keishi Takada, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Otsuki, Ichiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160281565
    Abstract: An exhaust purification device for an internal combustion engine is provided with an NOx adsorbent for adsorbing NOx in exhaust gas and an NOx purifying catalyst for purifying NOx in exhaust gas, which are arranged in an engine exhaust passage. An electric heater is provided for raising the temperature of the NOx adsorbent. When a signal requesting startup of an internal combustion engine is issued, the device starts to supply electric power to the electric heater before the internal combustion engine completely warms up, and supplies the electric heater with a quantity of electric power making the temperature of the NOx adsorbent equal to or higher than the moisture desorption temperature but lower than the NOx desorption temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromasa NISHIOKA, Kazuhiro ITO, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Yasumasa NOTAKE, Daichi IMAI, Ryota KOUTAKE
  • Publication number: 20160265411
    Abstract: Micropore zones ZMI are defined at upstream sides of partition walls 72 of a particulate filter and macropore zones ZMA are defined at downstream sides of partition walls. The pore size of the partition walls at the micropore zones is set so that the particulate matter and the ash can be trapped by the partition walls at the micropore zones, while the pore size of the partition walls at the macropore zones is set so that the ash can pass through the partition walls at the macropore zones. When a quantity of trapped particulate matter is smaller than a limit quantity, control for increasing gas which temporarily increases the flow rate of the gas which flows into the particulate filter in order to remove the ash from the particulate filter, is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Kazuhiro ITOH, Hiromasa NISHIOKA, Daichi IMAI, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Yasumasa NOTAKE
  • Patent number: 9394816
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to suppress deposition of ash in a wall-flow particulate filter while curtailing drops in a trapping rate of PM. To attain the above object, the invention provides a wall-flow particulate filter delimited by porous partition walls having pores of a size that allows ash and ash aggregates to pass therethrough. In the filter, a coat layer having pores smaller than the pores of the partition walls is provided, at a region of the partition walls, from an upstream end thereof up to a position before a downstream end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Daichi Imai, Hiroshi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20160138448
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes an inflow/outflow passage through which exhaust gas flows in/out, and a partition. The outflow passage and the inflow passage is alternately arranged. The partition is configured to divide the inflow passage and the outflow passage from each other, and being porous. The partition includes a coated zone where a surface of a base of the partition is covered with a first coating layer having an average pore diameter smaller than an average pore diameter of the base, and a non-coated zone where the surface of the base is not covered with the first coating layer on a downstream side of the coated zone. The average pore diameter of the base is large enough for ash to pass through the partition, and the first coating layer is constituted by a plurality of particle groups with different average particle diameters from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ITOH, Hiromasa NISHIOKA, Daichi IMAI, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Yasumasa NOTAKE
  • Patent number: 9255505
    Abstract: A particulate filter arranged in an engine exhaust passage is provided with alternately arranged exhaust gas inflow and outflow passages and porous partition walls which separate these passages from each other. In each partition wall, a coated zone where a coated layer with an average pore size smaller than that of a partition wall substrate is used to cover the substrate surface and a non-coated zone downstream of the coated zone where the substrate surface is not covered by said coated layer, are defined, and the ash in the exhaust gas can pass through the partition wall in the non-coated zone. Judgment processing which judges if a particulate matter trapping rate of the particulate filter has fallen below an allowable lower limit value is performed. PM removal processing is performed when it is judged that the particulate matter trapping rate has fallen below the allowable lower limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Daichi Imai, Hiroshi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20150330275
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a reduction in a NOx purification ratio accompanying filter regeneration processing in an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine that includes a filter carrying an SCR catalyst. In the present invention, the temperature of the filter is increased following completion of the filter regeneration processing by increasing the temperature of exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and in so doing, HC adhered to the filter is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira MIKAMI, Shigeki NAKAYAMA, Nobumoto OHASHI, Keishi TAKADA, Kenji SAKURAI, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Junichi MATSUO, Ichiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150322832
    Abstract: An exhaust cleaning filter for collecting particulate matter contained in exhaust gas and suitable for being disposed in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine is provided with: an exhaust gas inflow passage and an exhaust gas outflow passage disposed in alternating fashion; and a porous partition wall for setting the exhaust gas inflow passage and the exhaust gas outflow passage at a distance from each other. A small pore region is sectioned off on the upstream side of the partition wall and a large pore region is sectioned off on the downstream side of the partition wall. The average pore diameter of the partition wall in the large pore region is set to be greater than the average pore diameter of the partition wall in the small pore region, and is set so that ash contained in the exhaust gas is able to pass through the partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ITOH, Hiromasa NISHIOKA, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Daichi IMAI, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Ryota KOUTAKE
  • Publication number: 20150322837
    Abstract: In order to suppress ammonia from flowing out during regeneration treatment of a filter carrying an SCR catalyst, the prevent invention provides an exhaust emission control system, of an internal combustion engine, including a first stage catalyst having an oxidation function, a fuel supply device configured to supply fuel to the first stage catalyst, a filter provided in the exhaust passage downstream of the first stage catalyst and carrying a selective redaction type NOx catalyst, an ammonia supply device configured to supply ammonia to the filter, a filter-regeneration-treatment executing unit configured to execute filter regeneration treatment, and a control unit configured to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is not executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx emitted from the internal combustion engine, and to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx obtained by subtracting, from th
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keishi TAKADA, Nobumoto OHASHI, Shigeki NAKAYAMA, Akira MIKAMI, Kenji SAKURAI, Junichi MATUO, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Ichiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150308320
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine provided with a filter supporting an SCR catalyst, the present invention is intended to suppress HC and CO from being discharged to the outside at the time of the execution of filter regeneration processing, and to carry out the filter regeneration processing in an efficient manner. In the present invention, a post-catalyst having an oxidation function is arranged in an exhaust passage at the downstream side of the filter. Then, when the temperature of the post-catalyst is lower than a predetermined activation temperature at the time the execution of the filter regeneration processing is requested, the temperature of the post-catalyst is raised by carrying out control of raising the temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and control increasing the flow rate of the exhaust gas, before the execution of the filter regeneration processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Junichi MATSUO, Nobumoto OHASHI, Shigeki NAKAYAMA, Kenji SAKURAI, Akira MIKAMI, Keishi TAKADA, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi OTSUKI, Ichiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150298058
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter that is suitable for arrangement in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and for collecting particulate matter contained in exhaust gas, comprises: exhaust gas inflow passages and exhaust gas outflow passages that are arranged alternately; and porous partitions that separate the exhaust gas inflow passages and the exhaust gas outflow passages from each other. Each of the partitions is divided into a coated zone in which a surface of a partition base is coated with a coating layer having a smaller average pore diameter than an average pore diameter of the partition base and a non-coated zone that is located on a downstream side of the coated zone and in which a surface of the partition base is not coated with the coating layer. A pore diameter of the partitions is set such that ash contained in the exhaust gas is able to pass through the partitions in the non-coated zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi OTSUKI, Hiromasa NISHIOKA, Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Daichi IMAI, Kazuhiro ITOH, Ryota KOUTAKE
  • Publication number: 20150292378
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress HC, CO, and NOx from being discharged to the outside when a filter regeneration process is executed in an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine provided with a filter including an SCR catalyst carried thereon. In the present invention, a post-catalyst is provided for an exhaust gas passage disposed on a downstream side from the filter. The post-catalyst has an oxidizing function, and the post-catalyst has such a function that the production of N2 based on the oxidation of ammonia is facilitated in a predetermined first temperature area. Further, when the filter regeneration process is executed, the temperature of the post-catalyst is adjusted to be in the first temperature area while adjusting the temperature of the filter to be in a predetermined second temperature area lower than a filter regeneration temperature during a certain period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Nobumoto Ohashi, Shigeki Nakayama, Akira Mikami, Kenji Sakurai, Hiroshi Otsuki, Junichi Matsuo, Keishi Takada, Ichiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150290587
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to appropriately remove, from an exhaust gas, HC, CO, and ammonia flowing out from a filter (SCRF) on which an SCR catalyst is carried. In the present invention, a post-catalyst 8 is provided for an exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine on a downstream side from SCRF along with a flow of the exhaust gas. The post-catalyst 8 is constructed to include an adsorption reduction part 81c which adsorbs ammonia and which reduces NOx by using ammonia as a reducing agent, a first oxidation part 81b which oxidizes ammonia, and a second oxidation part 82 which oxidizes HO and CO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Mikami, Shigeki Nakayama, Nobumoto Ohashi, Keishi Takada, Kenji Sakurai, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Otsuki, Junichi Matsuo, Ichiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150211817
    Abstract: Heat exchange tubes of a heat exchanger are formed of an alloy containing Mn (0.2 to 0.3 mass %), Cu (0.1 mass % or less), and Fe (0.2 mass % or less), the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. A Zn diffused layer is formed in an outer surface layer portion of the peripheral wall of each heat exchange tube. T?200, 0.57?A?1.5, D/T?0.55, and 0.0055?A/D?0.025 are satisfied, where T is the thickness [?m] of the peripheral wall of the heat exchange tube, A is the Zn concentration [mass %] at the outermost surface of the outer surface layer portion, and D is the maximum depth [?m] of the Zn diffused layer. The spontaneous potential of the Zn diffused layer is lower than that of a portion of the peripheral wall located on the inner side of the Zn diffused layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youhei IKAWA, Takashi TERADA, Hiroshi OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 9080480
    Abstract: A wall flow type particulate filter is arranged inside the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine where combustion is performed under an excess of oxygen. The particulate filter carries a solid acid. The solid acid has an acid strength which is higher than the acid strength of sulfurous acid and lower than the acid strength of sulfuric acid. To remove the ash from the particulate filter, ash atomization processing for rendering the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is lowered in concentration of oxygen and the particulate filter is raised in temperature is temporarily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Otsuki, Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Katsuhiko Oshikawa, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Junichi Matsuo, Yuichi Sobue, Daichi Imai, Kou Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20150167518
    Abstract: A particulate filter arranged in an engine exhaust passage is provided with alternately arranged exhaust gas inflow and outflow passages and porous partition walls which separate these passages from each other. In each partition wall, a coated zone where a coated layer with an average pore size smaller than that of a partition wall substrate is used to cover the substrate surface and a non-coated zone downstream of the coated zone where the substrate surface is not covered by said coated layer, are defined, and the ash in the exhaust gas can pass through the partition wall in the non-coated zone. Judgment processing which judges if a particulate matter trapping rate of the particulate filter has fallen below an allowable lower limit value is performed. PM removal processing is performed when it is judged that the particulate matter trapping rate has fallen below the allowable lower limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Daichi Imai, Hiroshi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 9057298
    Abstract: A wall flow type particulate filter is arranged inside the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine where combustion is performed under an excess of oxygen. The particulate filter carries a solid acid. The solid acid has a Hammett acidity function smaller than ?0.83 and larger than ?12 in the standard state. To remove the ash from the particulate filter, ash atomization processing for rendering the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is lowered in concentration of oxygen and the particulate filter is raised in temperature is temporarily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Otsuki, Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Katsuhiko Oshikawa, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Junichi Matsuo, Yuichi Sobue, Daichi Imai, Kou Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9057299
    Abstract: A wall flow type particulate filter is arranged inside the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine where combustion is performed under an excess of oxygen. The particulate filter carries an ash atomization agent. To remove the ash from the particulate filter, ash atomization processing for rendering the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is lowered in concentration of oxygen and the particulate filter is raised in temperature is temporarily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Otsuki, Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Katsuhiko Oshikawa, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Junichi Matsuo, Yuichi Sobue, Daichi Imai, Kou Sugawara