Patents by Inventor Kakuji Kagoshima

Kakuji Kagoshima 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).

  • Intake amount control apparatus of internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7201143
    Abstract: An intake amount control apparatus of an internal combustion engine in accordance with the invention includes a control portion that controls an opening amount of a throttle valve provided in an intake passageway of the internal combustion engine and operation of a lift amount changing mechanism capable of changing a lift amount of an intake valve. The control portion controls the operation of the lift amount changing mechanism so that, prior to execution of a fuel cut control at the time of an engine deceleration, the lift amount of in intake valve becomes smaller than at the time of a normal engine idle operation where the fuel cut control is not executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Harufumi Muto, Kakuji Kagoshima, Yuichiro Ido
  • Intake amount control apparatus of internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20060075990
    Abstract: An intake amount control apparatus of an internal combustion engine in accordance with the invention includes a control portion that controls an opening amount of a throttle valve provided in an intake passageway of the internal combustion engine and operation of a lift amount changing mechanism capable of changing a lift amount of an intake valve. The control portion controls the operation of the lift amount changing mechanism so that, prior to execution of a fuel cut control at the time of an engine deceleration, the lift amount of in intake valve becomes smaller than at the time of a normal engine idle operation where the fuel cut control is not executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Harufumi Muto, Kakuji Kagoshima, Yuichiro Ido