Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Adachi

Hitoshi Adachi 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: 7784281
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiya Kotou, Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Hideo Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20100198484
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an engine having a revision means which regulates rotation speed of each of cylinders while reflecting specific unevenness of rotation of each of the cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Adachi, Shusuke Okada, Tomohiro Otani
  • Publication number: 20100198483
    Abstract: In an engine which may show a behavior where an engine speed is not always minimized after compression top dead center of a cylinder in which poor fuel injection occurred, the cylinder in which poor fuel injection occurred is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Adachi, Shusuke Okada, Tomohiro Otani
  • Patent number: 7753030
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Fumiya Kotou, Hideo Shiomi
  • Patent number: 7707995
    Abstract: Rotation recognition means for recognizing a revolution of a crankshaft based on the cylinders before the combustion cycle of a cylinder in question is provided. When the supply of fuel by injection from an injector to a certain cylinder of the six cylinders has become impossible, then control is performed to change the number of cylinders targeted by the rotation recognition means so as to recognize the revolution of the crankshaft for all six cylinders whose combustion cycles are consecutive prior to the combustion cycle of the cylinder in question, and to stop the supply of fuel from the injectors for supplying fuel to cylinders whose combustion cycles are equally spaced from the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible, so that the spacing between the combustion cycles in the cylinders whose combustion cycles come before and after and sandwich the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible becomes uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiya Kotou, Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Hideo Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20100063710
    Abstract: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which a traveling with reduced cylinders is controlled according to the idle-speed after the engine starting, so as to restrain the discharge of white smokes at the time lag for temperature equilibration soon after a cold starting. The method comprises a coolant water temperature detecting means 10 for detecting the coolant water temperature in the internal combustion engine 1, a rotation speed detecting means 12 for detecting the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine 1 and a control means for controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine 1 in accordance with the coolant water temperature and the rotation speed. When the internal combustion engine is evaluated that it is at the cold starting and the rotation speed reaches the predetermined rotation speed after the engine starting, a traveling with reduces cylinders is performed, which reduces the number of cylinders injecting fuels for a certain period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Gou Asai, Hitoshi Adachi, Isao Takagawa, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7661411
    Abstract: A fuel control method which recognizes a revolution of a crankshaft based on the cylinders before the combustion cycle of a cylinder in question. When the supply of fuel by injection from an injector to a certain cylinder of the six cylinders has become impossible, then control is performed to change the number of cylinders targeted by the rotation recognition means so as to recognize the revolution of the crankshaft for all six cylinders whose combustion cycles are consecutive prior to the combustion cycle of the cylinder in question, and to stop the supply of fuel from the injectors for supplying fuel to cylinders whose combustion cycles are equally spaced from the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible, so that the spacing between the combustion cycles in the cylinders whose combustion cycles come before and after and sandwich the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible becomes uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiya Kotou, Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Hideo Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20090277420
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro OTANI, Hitoshi ADACHI, Fumiya KOTOU, Hideo SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20090253316
    Abstract: Rotation recognition means for recognizing a revolution of a crankshaft based on the cylinders before the combustion cycle of a cylinder in question is provided. When the supply of fuel by injection from an injector to a certain cylinder of the six cylinders has become impossible, then control is performed to change the number of cylinders targeted by the rotation recognition means so as to recognize the revolution of the crankshaft for all six cylinders whose combustion cycles are consecutive prior to the combustion cycle of the cylinder in question, and to stop the supply of fuel from the injectors for supplying fuel to cylinders whose combustion cycles are equally spaced from the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible, so that the spacing between the combustion cycles in the cylinders whose combustion cycles come before and after and sandwich the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible becomes uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiya Kotou, Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Hideo Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20090248227
    Abstract: Rotation recognition means for recognizing a revolution of a crankshaft based on the cylinders before the combustion cycle of a cylinder in question is provided. When the supply of fuel by injection from an injector to a certain cylinder of the six cylinders has become impossible, then control is performed to change the number of cylinders targeted by the rotation recognition means so as to recognize the revolution of the crankshaft for all six cylinders whose combustion cycles are consecutive prior to the combustion cycle of the cylinder in question, and to stop the supply of fuel from the injectors for supplying fuel to cylinders whose combustion cycles are equally spaced from the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible, so that the spacing between the combustion cycles in the cylinders whose combustion cycles come before and after and sandwich the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible becomes uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiya Kotou, Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Hideo Shiomi
  • Patent number: 7540275
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Fumiya Kotou, Hideo Shiomi
  • Patent number: 7500471
    Abstract: A fuel injection start timing is determined based on the engine revolution or the engine load, and a common rail pressure is detected simultaneous to this fuel injection start timing. The fuel injection duration is then calculated based on the detected value of the common rail pressure. By doing this, it is possible to obtain a fuel injection duration that is suited for the common rail pressure at the actual fuel injection start time, resulting in an appropriate injection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Adachi, Tomohiro Otani, Fumiya Kotou, Hideo Shiomi
  • Patent number: 7467039
    Abstract: An engine revolution in an expansion stroke of a cylinder is calculated, and stored, from a time that is required for a crank shaft to rotate by a predetermined angle from a compression upper dead center of that cylinder, and to determine the fuel injection amount, in averaging these stored revolutions from the cylinder immediately prior to a cylinder before the cylinder that is immediately prior to obtain a revolution that serves as the engine revolution, how many past cylinders are retroactively averaged is switched according to the engine operation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Adachi, Tomohiro Otani, Fumiya Kotou, Hideo Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20080302334
    Abstract: Rotation recognition means for recognizing a revolution of a crankshaft based on the cylinders before the combustion cycle of a cylinder in question is provided. When the supply of fuel by injection from an injector to a certain cylinder of the six cylinders has become impossible, then control is performed to change the number of cylinders targeted by the rotation recognition means so as to recognize the revolution of the crankshaft for all six cylinders whose combustion cycles are consecutive prior to the combustion cycle of the cylinder in question, and to stop the supply of fuel from the injectors for supplying fuel to cylinders whose combustion cycles are equally spaced from the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible, so that the spacing between the combustion cycles in the cylinders whose combustion cycles come before and after and sandwich the cylinder to which the supply of fuel is not possible becomes uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Fumiya Kotou, Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Hideo Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20080060617
    Abstract: A fuel injection start timing is determined based on the engine revolution or the engine load, and a common rail pressure is detected simultaneous to this fuel injection start timing. The fuel injection duration is then calculated based on the detected value of the common rail pressure. By doing this, it is possible to obtain a fuel injection duration that is suited for the common rail pressure at the actual fuel injection start time, resulting in an appropriate injection amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hitoshi Adachi, Tomohiro Otani, Fumiya Kotou, Hideo Shiomi
  • Patent number: 7333017
    Abstract: A read and write box of a wireless tag reader and writer according to and embodiment of the invention has an open end and a closed end. Multiple envelopes each having a wireless tag at the end are inserted through the open end into the read and write box. The read and write box has a first read antenna and a second read antenna on the upper surface. The first read antenna detects wireless tags in a write area at the closed end; and the second read antenna detects wireless tags outside the write area. A write antenna is disposed at the closed end of the read and write box. The write antenna writes data to wireless tags. A step is formed on the lower surface of the read and write box in such a manner that the bottom of the write area is lower than the bottom adjacent to the open end so that the ends of the envelops align in the vicinity of the closed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu Mori, Hitoshi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20070227505
    Abstract: An engine revolution in an expansion stroke of a cylinder is calculated, and stored, from a time that is required for a crank shaft to rotate by a predetermined angle from a compression upper dead center of that cylinder, and to determine the fuel injection amount, in averaging these stored revolutions from the cylinder immediately prior to a cylinder before the cylinder that is immediately prior to obtain a revolution that serves as the engine revolution, how many past cylinders are retroactively averaged is switched according to the engine operation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Adachi, Tomohiro Otani, Fumiya Kotou, Hideo Shiomi
  • Patent number: 7267106
    Abstract: In collecting fuel pressure data in a common rail 2 during engine operation, the common rail fuel pressure is detected each time a crank shaft rotates 6°, and the common rail fuel pressure is stored in storage means 12 by associating the common rail fuel pressure with a cylinder number and a crank angle for tabulation, thus providing improved detection data accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Adachi, Hideo Shiomi, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20070186907
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the 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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: YANMAR CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Otani, Hitoshi Adachi, Fumiya Kotou, Hideo Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20070176153
    Abstract: An object is to provide an electromagnetic wave shielding film and a method of manufacturing the same, exhibiting a high electromagnetic wave shielding property and high transparency at the same time, which is capable of easily forming a thin line pattern, and also exhibiting excellent sharpness together with excellent color tone. Another object is further to provide an electromagnetic wave shielding film and an optical film which are utilized for a plasma display panel by using an electromagnetic wave shielding film of the present invention. Disclosed are an electromagnetic wave shielding film possessing a metal portion and a light transparent portion, wherein the metal portion comprises a metal ion reducing agent, and an auxiliary agent by which reaction with a metal ion reducing agent is accelerated, and the method of manufacturing an electromagnetic wave shielding film thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Hitoshi ADACHI