Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Kishibata

Kazuyoshi Kishibata 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: 7301247
    Abstract: A power supply device incorporated in a vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine including: a first power supply system for driving a vehicle load that converts an output of a generation coil provided in a generator driven by an internal combustion engine into a DC output to supply the DC output to an electrical load or electrical loads in the vehicle; and a second power supply system for driving an external load that converts an output of another generation coil provided in the generator into a DC output, then converts the DC output into an AC output at a commercial frequency with an inverter, and supplies the AC output to an external load, wherein the inverter is operated as a DC-DC converter to supply assisting power from the inverter through a switch to the first power supply system, when the output of the first power supply system is insufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masanori Nakagawa, Tooru Notsu
  • Patent number: 7295016
    Abstract: An electric leakage detection system having: a detection point forming circuit which forms a detection point being connected through three resistors which are star-connected to a three-phase output line of an AC generator; a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage across the detection point and ground; and an electric leakage detecting part which detects existence of an electric leakage from a period of the detected voltage and determines an occurrence position of the electric leakage from a period of the detected voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou
  • Patent number: 7289901
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted power generator set including: an AC generator driven by an engine of a vehicle; an electric power conversion portion that converts an output of the AC generator into an AC output having commercial frequency; a controller having electric power conversion portion control means for controlling the conversion portion to generate an AC output having commercial frequency when a control mode is a power generation mode, and engine control means for controlling the engine to rotate at a rotational speed suitable for supplying electric power from the conversion portion to a load when the control mode is the power generation mode and controlling the engine to be suitable for driving the vehicle when the control mode is the vehicle driving mode; and a control switch inserted between each output terminal of the AC generator and each input terminal of the electric power conversion portion, and controlled to be in an ON state when the control mode is the power generation mode and in an OFF state when the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou, Tomoaki Sekita
  • Publication number: 20070204827
    Abstract: An engine starting device which makes fuel injected in preparation for ignition performed in a cylinder of an engine after starting drive of a starter motor in a forward rotational direction so as to start the engine, and makes ignition performed in a suitable ignition position at the time of engine start while the starter motor is driven in a forward rotational direction, the engine starting device being comprised so as to continue driving the starter motor in a direction for starting the engine, even when a crankshaft stops before a piston in a cylinder of the engine reaches a top dead center of a compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Mitsuyoshi Shimazaki, Tomohiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20070175454
    Abstract: An engine control device including: a fuel pump driving portion that starts operating a fuel pump between when an operation permit switch is turned on and an operation permit command is given and when a starter switch is closed and a start command is given, and continuously operates the fuel pump after the start command is given; the first fuel injection control portion that causes an injector to perform first fuel injection at the start of an engine when both conditions are met that the start command is given and that the fuel pump is continuously operated for a set time or longer; and a rotating electric machine control portion that starts driving a rotating electric machine that operates as an engine starting motor when the first fuel injection is completed, and stops driving the rotating electric machine when the start of the engine is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Shimazaki, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Hiroyasu Sato, Tomohiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20070062477
    Abstract: An engine control device that controls, using a microprocessor, a fuel injection device including an injector and a fuel pump, and a starter motor that starts an engine, including: first fuel pump driving means for driving the fuel pump only during set time at power-on of the microprocessor; and first fuel injection control means for causing the injector to perform first fuel injection before driving of the starter motor when it is confirmed that the driving of the fuel pump by the first fuel pump driving means is completed and that a start command for commanding the start of the engine is given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Shimazaki, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Hiroyasu Sato, Tomohiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20060279086
    Abstract: An on-vehicle battery and electric unit assembly including: a battery mounted to a body of a vehicle driven by an engine; and an electric unit in which components of an electrical circuit connected to the battery are housed in a unit case provided with a positive DC terminal and a negative DC terminal connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery, wherein the electric unit is placed adjacent to the battery, and the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the battery are connected to the positive DC terminal and the negative DC terminal of the electric unit by a positive busbar and a negative busbar, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou
  • Patent number: 7149620
    Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine driven vehicle that drives a generator by an engine to supply power to an external load when the vehicle is stopped, including: rotational speed limiting means for controlling to limit a rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to an upper limit value accepted while driving when the vehicle is driven, and to limit the rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to a rotational speed slightly higher than an upper limit value of the rotational speed required for supplying power from the generator to the external load when the vehicle is stopped to supply power from the generator to the external load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7149621
    Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine driven vehicle that drives a generator by an engine to supply power to an external load when the vehicle is stopped, including: rotational speed limiting means for controlling to limit a rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to an upper limit value accepted while driving when the vehicle is driven, and to limit the rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to a rotational speed slightly higher than an upper limit value of the rotational speed required for supplying power from the generator to the external load when the vehicle is stopped to supply power from the generator to the external load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7140356
    Abstract: An engine fuel injection control device including: means for detecting an amount of change per minimal time in intake pipe pressure of an engine as an intake pipe pressure change amount; means for performing an arithmetical operation of calculating an opening area of an orifice from a relationship between a mass flow rate of gas and the intake pipe pressure change amount in a process for the intake pipe pressure to increase after an intake valve of the engine is closed, the gas flowing through said orifice by a difference in pressure on both sides of the orifice when a throttle valve is regarded as the orifice; and means for estimating the opening area of the orifice as an opening area of the throttle valve to arithmetically operate an acceleration increase correction value of injection time based on the estimated opening area; and means for correcting an injection amount in acceleration of the engine using the arithmetically operated acceleration increase correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato, Tomoaki Sekita
  • Patent number: 7133762
    Abstract: An engine driven vehicle having a function of supplying power to an external load from a generator driven by an engine that is operated in a power generation mode while the vehicle is stopped, including: throttle position determination means for determining whether a throttle valve is placed closer to an acceleration side than a normal position in the power generation mode while the engine is operated in the power generation mode; and safety engine control means for conducting a control to prevent the engine from being operated at a higher speed than a set speed limit when the determination means determines that the throttle valve is placed closer to the acceleration side than the normal position in the power generation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sekita, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060163879
    Abstract: An engine driven power supply device in which a load connecting receptacle is connected, via a connector, to an output end of a power supply device body that outputs power required for driving a load using a generator driven by an engine as a power supply, wherein a connector state detection switch that holds an OFF state when the connector is separated and holds an ON state when the connector is connected is provided in the connector, the connector state detection switch is inserted between an ignition for the engine and an exciter coil that provides a power supply voltage to the ignition device so that an operation of the ignition device is stopped when the connector is separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sekita, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060137651
    Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine driven vehicle that drives a generator by an engine to supply power to an external load when the vehicle is stopped, including: rotational speed limiting means for controlling to limit a rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to an upper limit value accepted while driving when the vehicle is driven, and to limit the rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower corresponding to a rotational speed slightly higher than an upper limit value of the rotational speed required for supplying power from the generator to the external load when the vehicle is stopped to supply power from the generator to the external load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060103239
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted power generator set including: an AC generator driven by an engine of a vehicle; an electric power conversion portion that converts an output of the AC generator into an AC output having commercial frequency; a controller having electric power conversion portion control means for controlling the conversion portion to generate an AC output having commercial frequency when a control mode is a power generation mode, and engine control means for controlling the engine to rotate at a rotational speed suitable for supplying electric power from the conversion portion to a load when the control mode is the power generation mode and controlling the engine to be suitable for driving the vehicle when the control mode is the vehicle driving mode; and a control switch inserted between each output terminal of the AC generator and each input terminal of the electric power conversion portion, and controlled to be in an ON state when the control mode is the power generation mode and in an OFF state when the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou, Tomoaki Sekita
  • Publication number: 20060089233
    Abstract: An engine driven vehicle having a function of supplying power to an external load from a generator driven by an engine that is operated in a power generation mode while the vehicle is stopped, including: throttle position determination means for determining whether a throttle valve is placed closer to an acceleration side than a normal position in the power generation mode while the engine is operated in the power generation mode; and safety engine control means for conducting a control to prevent the engine from being operated at a higher speed than a set speed limit when the determination means determines that the throttle valve is placed closer to the acceleration side than the normal position in the power generation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sekita, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7032440
    Abstract: An engine rotation information detection device including: a generator that rotates in synchronization with an engine to output an AC voltage; a pulse signal generator that detects reluctors of a rotor having many reluctors and one reluctor missing portion to generate a pulse; counting means that counts the number of detections of a zero point of a waveform of the AC voltage in each detection section, the detection section being a section between a crank angle position where the pulse signal generator detects an edge of each reluctor and a crank angle position where the pulse signal generator detects a next reluctor; and reference crank angle position identification means that specifies a detection section including the reluctor missing portion from a count value counted by the counting means and identifies a pulse generated at a reference crank angle position based on the specified detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Yuichi Kitagawa, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 6997167
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for an engine comprising: accelerating/decelerating state detection means which samples an intake pipe pressure of the engine at each sample timing which comes every time a very short time is passed from a timing at which a signal generator generates a signal at a reference crank angle position of the engine, and detects whether the engine is in an accelerating state or in a decelerating state when a difference between the intake pipe pressure sampled at each sample timing and an intake pipe pressure sampled at the corresponding sample timing one combustion cycle before exceeds a set value; and injector drive means which decides a fuel amount to be injected from an injector so as to be suitable for the detected state when the accelerating state or decelerating state is detected and drives the injector so as to inject the decided amount of fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kitagawa, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Hiroyasu Sato, Akira Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20060006846
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine-driven vehicle equipped with a power supply unit having an AC generator driven by an internal combustion engine, and a power converter which converts an output voltage from the AC generator into an AC voltage of a certain frequency, which comprises a leakage detection means which detects an occurrence of electric leakage in the power supply unit, a leakage occurrence position identification means which identifies a leakage occurrence position, and an electric shock preventing control means which performs control for preventing electric shock on at least one of the internal combustion engine and the power converter, while allowing a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to increase to a speed at which travel of the vehicle is enabled, when the occurrence of electric leakage is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou
  • Publication number: 20050280422
    Abstract: An electric leakage detection system having: a detection point forming circuit which forms a detection point being connected through three resistors which are star-connected to a three-phase output line of an AC generator; a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage across the detection point and ground; an electric leakage detecting part which detects existence of the electric leakage from a period of the voltage detected by the voltage detection circuit; and electric leakage occurrence position determination means which determines an occurrence position of the electric leakage from a period of the voltage across the detection point and ground, and detecting the electric leakage at a position apart from the generator without laying around a grounding conductor which grounds a neutral point of the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Masahiko Endou
  • Patent number: 6971969
    Abstract: A transmission state determination method of a power transmission device for an internal combustion engine driven vehicle including steps of: driving a generator by an internal combustion engine with a vehicle driven by the internal combustion engine stopped; performing an intake air amount gradually increasing process for gradually increasing the intake air amount of the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is controlled so as to generate predetermined power from the generator; determining that the power transmission device for transmitting the output of the internal combustion engine to wheels of the vehicle is in a state of transmitting power when slight movement of a vehicle body is detected in the intake air amount gradually increasing process; and determining that the power transmission device is in a state of cutting power transmission when movement of the vehicle body is not detected in the intake air amount gradually increasing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kitagawa, Kazuyoshi Kishibata, Hiroyasu Sato