Patents by Inventor Keiji Shimotani

Keiji Shimotani 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: 8437946
    Abstract: an intake system control device includes: an acquisition section that acquires an operation condition of an engine; a steady-state value determination section that determines input and output steady-state values for an intake system of the engine based on the acquired operation condition; a gain determination section that determines a gain for a state space model; and a first input calculation section that calculates the intake system input from the acquired operation condition, the input steady-state value, the output steady-state value, and an intake system output by using the state space model having the determined gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Transtron Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Sasaki, Keiji Shimotani
  • Publication number: 20110029220
    Abstract: an intake system control device includes: an acquisition section that acquires an operation condition of an engine; a steady-state value determination section that determines input and output steady-state values for an intake system of the engine based on the acquired operation condition; a gain determination section that determines a gain for a state space model; and a first input calculation section that calculates the intake system input from the acquired operation condition, the input steady-state value, the output steady-state value, and an intake system output by using the state space model having the determined gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: TRANSTRON INC.
    Inventors: Jun Sasaki, Keiji Shimotani
  • Patent number: 6997144
    Abstract: A cylinder head structure for an internal combustion engine that is disposed on the upper surface of a cylinder body in which a plurality of cylinders are arranged in the lengthwise direction thereof, and that has an exhaust port, an intake port and a fuel injector mounting hole for each of the cylinders; a boss for bolt hole having a bolt hole for inserting a cylinder head bolt on the exhaust port side and a boss for bolt hole having a bolt hole for inserting a cylinder head bolt on the intake port side being provided between the exhaust ports and between the intake ports of the neighboring cylinders, and a partitioning wall being formed for coupling the boss for bolt hole on the exhaust port side to the boss for bolt hole on the intake port side and for sectionalizing the cooling water chamber, wherein the boss for bolt hole on the intake port side is provided with guide portions that guide the cooling water flowing into the cooling water chamber to the side of the fuel injector mounting hole from the exhau
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sugano, Keiji Shimotani, Hideki Kubo, Yumiko Umemura
  • Publication number: 20040200444
    Abstract: A cylinder head structure for an internal combustion engine that is disposed on the upper surface of a cylinder body in which a plurality of cylinders are arranged in the lengthwise direction thereof, and that has an exhaust port, an intake port and a fuel injector mounting hole for each of the cylinders; a boss for bolt hole having a bolt hole for inserting a cylinder head bolt on the exhaust port side and a boss for bolt hole having a bolt hole for inserting a cylinder head bolt on the intake port side being provided between the exhaust ports and between the intake ports of the neighboring cylinders, and a partitioning wall being formed for coupling the boss for bolt hole on the exhaust port side to the boss for bolt hole on the intake port side and for sectionalizing the cooling water chamber, wherein the boss for bolt hole on the intake port side is provided with guide portions that guide the cooling water flowing into the cooling water chamber to the side of the fuel injector mounting hole from the exhau
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sugano, Keiji Shimotani, Hideki Kubo, Yumiko Umemura
  • Patent number: 6460329
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying apparatus 1 provided with a nitrogen oxides absorption-reduction catalyst 2 for executing rich spike when the integrated value NOx mass of the NOx computed from the operating state of the engine E exceeds the predetermined first reference value NOxSL, a NOx sensor 13 is provided downstream from the nitrogen oxides absorption-reduction catalyst 2 so that the predetermined first reference value NOXSL is corrected when the value RSNOX detected by the NOx sensor 13 immediately after the rich spike is executed exceeds the predetermined second reference value RSSL. In this arrangement, since the variations in the NOx absorbing amount caused by the deterioration of the catalyst is monitored using the value detected by the NOx sensor for introducing a rich spike at appropriate moments, the purifying performance with respect to NOx in exhaust gas can be improved outstanding as a hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Keiji Shimotani, Hiroshi Tsunoda, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20020026790
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying apparatus 1 provided with a nitrogen oxides absorption-reduction catalyst 2 for executing rich spike when the integrated value NOx mass of the NOx computed from the operating state of the engine E exceeds the predetermined first reference value NOxSL, a NOx sensor 13 is provided downstream from the nitrogen oxides absorption-reduction catalyst 2 so that the predetermined first reference value NOxSL is corrected when the value RSNOx detected by the NOx sensor 13 immediately after the rich spike is executed exceeds the predetermined second reference value RSSL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Keiji Shimotani, Hiroshi Tsunoda, Hiroyuki Yamada