Patents by Inventor Kazuki Iwatani

Kazuki Iwatani 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: 20180038273
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine is configured to control an exhaust gas flow rate adjusting device for adjusting the flow rate of exhaust gas supplied to a turbine of a turbocharger on the basis of the difference between the target value of the first boost pressure at a part of an intake channel between a compressor of the turbocharger and an electrically driven compressor and the detection value of the first boost pressure with a first pressure sensor, and to control the electrically driven compressor on the basis of the difference between the target value of the second boost pressure at a part of the intake channel on the downstream side of the electrically driven compressor and the detection value of the second boost pressure with a second pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki IWATANI
  • Patent number: 9657629
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine that includes an oxidation catalyst and a selective catalytic reduction catalyst provided for an exhaust gas passage and has the improved entire NOx purification rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Patent number: 9488080
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a reduction in an NOX purification ratio when an addition is implemented to prevent a blockage from occurring in a reducing agent addition valve. A fuel addition valve, a catalyst having an oxidation capacity, and a selective reduction type NOX catalyst are provided in sequence in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, and when a temperature of the selective reduction type NOX catalyst is within a predetermined temperature range while a predetermined condition for injecting fuel from the fuel addition valve is established, an amount of fuel injected from the fuel addition valve is reduced below an amount of fuel injected when the temperature of the selective reduction type NOX catalyst is outside the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Publication number: 20160290204
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine that includes an oxidation catalyst and a selective catalytic reduction catalyst provided for an exhaust gas passage and has the improved entire NOx purification rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki IWATANI
  • Patent number: 9435278
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a control system for an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust gas purification apparatus including an NOx catalyst having an ability of reducing NOx and a particulate filter, and its object is to prevent deterioration in the acceleration performance while preventing an increase in exhaust emissions when the temperature of the NOx catalyst is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Patent number: 9212586
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the increase in the fuel consumption or the increase in emissions caused by processing for raising the temperature of an NOx catalyst in an exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine having the NOx catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. To achieve the above object, an exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention executes processing for raising the temperature of the NOx catalyst on condition that a temperature change ratio with a predetermined amount of assumed temperature rise of the NOx catalyst is equal to or higher than a reference value. According to the present invention, it is possible to activate the NOx quickly while keeping the unwanted increase in the fuel consumption and emissions caused by the temperature raising processing small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Publication number: 20150345359
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a reduction in an NOX purification ratio when an addition is implemented to prevent a blockage from occurring in a reducing agent addition valve. A fuel addition valve, a catalyst having an oxidation capacity, and a selective reduction type NOX catalyst are provided in sequence in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, and when a temperature of the selective reduction type NOX catalyst is within a predetermined temperature range while a predetermined condition for injecting fuel from the fuel addition valve is established, an amount of fuel injected from the fuel addition valve is reduced below an amount of fuel injected when the temperature of the selective reduction type NOX catalyst is outside the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki IWATANI
  • Publication number: 20150226145
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a control system for an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust gas purification apparatus including an NOx catalyst having an ability of reducing NOx and a particulate filter, and its object is to prevent deterioration in the acceleration performance while preventing an increase in exhaust emissions when the temperature of the NOx catalyst is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Publication number: 20150121854
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the increase in the fuel consumption or the increase in emissions caused by processing for raising the temperature of an NOx catalyst in an exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine having the NOx catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. To achieve the above object, an exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention executes processing for raising the temperature of the NOx catalyst on condition that a temperature change ratio with a predetermined amount of assumed temperature rise of the NOx catalyst is equal to or higher than a reference value. According to the present invention, it is possible to activate the NOx quickly while keeping the unwanted increase in the fuel consumption and emissions caused by the temperature raising processing small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Patent number: 9026338
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which can accurately correct a valve timing deviation of an intake valve caused by a variable operating angle mechanism or variable phase mechanism. A variable operating angle mechanism (28a) for making the operating angle of an intake valve (24) variable is provided. Operating angle command values (operating angles 1 and 3) of two points in front and back at which the intake air amount is decreased by a predetermined amount with respect to the value that is judged to be a maximum value of the intake air amount when the operating angle (command value) is kept changing, are acquired. Then, an intermediate value which is at an equal distance from the operating angle command values of the two points is calculated as the maximum operating angle command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Publication number: 20150101571
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which can accurately correct a valve timing deviation of an intake valve caused by a variable operating angle mechanism or variable phase mechanism. A variable operating angle mechanism (28a) for making the operating angle of an intake valve (24) variable is provided. Operating angle command values (operating angles 1 and 3) of two points in front and back at which the intake air amount is decreased by a predetermined amount with respect to the value that is judged to be a maximum value of the intake air amount when the operating angle (command value) is kept changing, are acquired. Then, an intermediate value which is at an equal distance from the operating angle command values of the two points is calculated as the maximum operating angle command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Patent number: 8904994
    Abstract: An ammonia burning internal combustion engine can feed ammonia and a highly combustible substance burning easier than ammonia to a combustion chamber. When the amount of ammonia fed into the combustion chamber is increased or when the ratio of the amount of the ammonia to the total amount of the ammonia and the highly combustible substance fed into the combustion chamber is increased, the operating parameters of the internal combustion engine are controlled so the air-fuel mixture fed into the combustion chamber is made easier to burn. As a result, an ammonia burning internal combustion engine designed to suppress a drop in combustibility of auxiliary fuel due to ammonia, can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Michikawauchi, Yasushi Ito, Kazuki Iwatani, Shiro Tanno
  • Patent number: 8820297
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes: a variable valve timing portion changing a phase of opening and closing of each of an intake valve and an exhaust valve into a target phase; an EGR valve adjusting an exhaust gas recirculation amount recirculated from an exhaust side to an intake side; a supercharging efficiency control portion controlling a supercharging efficiency of a supercharger; a throttle valve adjusting an intake air amount; and the internal combustion engine feedback-controls at least two of the EGR valve, the supercharging efficiency control portion, and the throttle valve, and feedforward-controls the variable valve timing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Patent number: 8813493
    Abstract: A supercharger control device for an internal combustion engine is preferably applied to a system having a first supercharger and a second supercharger. A switching supercharging pressure setting unit sets a switching supercharging pressure used in case of switching a mode for operating the first supercharger and the second supercharger, based on a difference between a target supercharging pressure and an actual supercharging pressure. When the actual supercharging pressure reaches the switching supercharging pressure, a switching control unit performs a control of switching the mode. Therefore, it becomes possible to appropriately prevent the overshoot of the supercharging pressure at the time of switching the mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Iwatani, Taro Aoyama, Yoshio Yamashita, Hiroshi Oyagi
  • Patent number: 8763396
    Abstract: In a vehicle, which is provided with: a primary turbo and a secondary turbo, each of which is of an exhaust driven type; an exhaust changeover valve and an intake changeover valve, which are placed in a secondary exhaust passage and a secondary intake passage corresponding to the secondary turbo, respectively; and an intake bypass valve placed in an intake bypass passage, an ECU sets the opening/closing state of each changeover valve to an opening/closing state corresponding to a twin turbo mode at the time of engine stop, and it uses the drive control of each changeover valve which is necessitated in the transition to a single turbo mode at the engine start, thereby performing the sticking detection of the changeover valve at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oyagi, Yoshio Yamashita, Kazuki Iwatani, Taro Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8720417
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine can use ammonia and a non-ammonia fuel which is easier to burn than ammonia as fuel. The non-ammonia fuel is directly injected into a combustion chamber by a non-ammonia fuel injector, and the injected non-ammonia fuel is ignited, whereby combustion of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber is commenced. In the control system of the internal combustion engine, the injection timing of the non-ammonia fuel is advanced at a time when a ratio of ammonia in all fuel fed to the internal combustion engine is high in comparison with the time when the ratio is low. Therefore, a control system of an internal combustion engine capable of using ammonia and a non-ammonia fuel (gasoline, light oil, hydrogen, etc.) which is easier to burn than ammonia, which suitably feeds fuel and controls combustion in order to suitably burn an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Iwatani, Yasushi Ito, Shiro Tanno
  • Patent number: 8534237
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine can use ammonia and a non-ammonia fuel which is easier to burn than ammonia as fuel. The non-ammonia fuel is directly injected into a combustion chamber by a non-ammonia fuel injector, and the injected non-ammonia fuel is ignited, whereby combustion of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber is commenced. In the control system of the internal combustion engine, the injection timing of the non-ammonia fuel is advanced at a time when a ratio of ammonia in all fuel fed to the internal combustion engine is high in comparison with the time when the ratio is low. Therefore, a control system of an internal combustion engine capable of using ammonia and a non-ammonia fuel (gasoline, light oil, hydrogen, etc.) which is easier to burn than ammonia, which suitably feeds fuel and controls combustion in order to suitably burn an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Iwatani, Yasushi Ito, Shiro Tanno
  • Patent number: 8423267
    Abstract: A cetane number detection device for an internal combustion engine includes: fuel injection devices that injects fuel individually into cylinders; control device that executes injection of fuel from at least one of the fuel injection devices at a predetermined injection timing when the internal combustion engine is started; combustion determination device; and detection device. The combustion state determination device determines whether the state of combustion in the combustion chamber of at least one cylinder into which fuel is injected by the at least one fuel injection device is an ignition state or a misfire state. The detection device detects the cetane number of the fuel on the basis of the state of combustion in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Publication number: 20130006492
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which can accurately correct a valve timing deviation of an intake valve caused by a variable operating angle mechanism or variable phase mechanism. A variable operating angle mechanism (28a) for making the operating angle of an intake valve (24) variable is provided. Operating angle command values (operating angles 1 and 3) of two points in front and back at which the intake air amount is decreased by a predetermined amount with respect to the value that is judged to be a maximum value of the intake air amount when the operating angle (command value) is kept changing, are acquired. Then, an intermediate value which is at an equal distance from the operating angle command values of the two points is calculated as the maximum operating angle command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani
  • Publication number: 20120285420
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes: a variable valve timing portion changing a phase of opening and closing of each of an intake valve and an exhaust valve into a target phase; an EGR valve adjusting an exhaust gas recirculation amount recirculated from an exhaust side to an intake side; a supercharging efficiency control portion controlling a supercharging efficiency of a supercharger; a throttle valve adjusting an intake air amount; and the internal combustion engine feedback-controls at least two of the EGR valve, the supercharging efficiency control portion, and the throttle valve, and feedforward-controls the variable valve timing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani