Patents by Inventor Keisuke Maruo

Keisuke Maruo 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: 7594495
    Abstract: An electronic throttle valve control system prevents rapid rotation of a throttle valve when the control system has a failure. A throttle valve controls the amount of intake air to an internal combustion engine, an electric motor drives the throttle valve, and a control section controls the electric motor. The throttle valve has an urging mechanism for urging the throttle valve in the closing direction. The control section shifts the electric motor to a regenerative mode when the control system has a failure to control the speed at which the throttle valve is rotated in the closing direction by the urging force of the urging mechanism. The throttle valve is therefore rotated slowly in the closing direction by the urging force of the urging mechanism and then held in a predetermined opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Maruo, Tomoaki Kishi, Takeshi Matsuda, Masato Yokoi, Naoya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7461630
    Abstract: An electronic throttle valve control system prevents rapid rotation of a throttle valve reliably when the control system has a failure. A throttle valve controls the amount of intake air to an internal combustion engine, an electric motor drives the throttle valve, and a rotational speed reduction mechanism reduces the rotation of the electric motor to control the rotation of the throttle valve. An urging mechanism urges the throttle valve in the closing direction. An attenuation mechanism attenuates the speed at which the throttle valve is rotated in the closing direction by the urging mechanism when the control system has a failure. The attenuation mechanism is the electric motor in a regenerative mode or an air damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Maruo, Tomoaki Kishi, Takeshi Matsuda, Masato Yokoi, Naoya Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20080022970
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an electronic throttle valve control system which can prevent rapid rotation of a throttle valve reliably when the control system has a failure. [Solution] A throttle valve 10 for controlling the amount of intake air to an internal combustion engine, an electric motor 20 for driving the throttle valve 10, and a rotational speed reduction mechanism 30 for reducing the rotation of the electric motor 20 to control the rotation of the throttle valve 10 are provided. The rotational speed reduction mechanism 30 has an urging mechanism 31 for urging the throttle valve 10 in the closing direction. The rotational speed reduction mechanism 30 is connected to an attenuation mechanism 38(20) for attenuating the speed at which the throttle valve 10 is rotated in the closing direction by the urging force of the urging mechanism 31 when the control system has a failure. The attenuation mechanism 38 is constituted of the electric motor 20 in a regenerative mode or an air damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Keisuke Maruo, Tomoaki Kishi, Takeshi Matsuda, Masato Yokoi, Naoya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7290526
    Abstract: A throttle body includes a housing that accommodates a connector for a rotation shaft of a throttle valve disposed in the throttle body and a throttle position sensor, a fuel return passage that communicates the housing with an air intake passage in the throttle body, a T-shaped pipe that communicates with the air intake passage upstream from the throttle body to function as a pressure control chamber, and an air inflow passage that communicates the housing with the T-shaped pipe. The throttle body smoothly returns the fuel accumulated in a housing that accommodates a connector that connects a throttle position sensor to the end of the rotation shaft of a throttle valve to an air intake passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Maruo, Mitsuharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070169744
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an electronic throttle valve control system which can prevent rapid rotation of a throttle valve when the control system has a failure. [Solution] There are provided a throttle valve 10 for controlling the amount of intake air to an internal combustion engine, an electric motor 20 for driving the throttle valve 10, and a control section 21 for controlling the electric motor 20. The throttle valve has an urging mechanism 31 for urging the throttle valve 10 in the closing direction. The control section 21 shifts the electric motor 20 to a regenerative mode when the control system has a failure to control the speed at which the throttle valve 10 is rotated in the closing direction by the urging force of the urging mechanism 30. The throttle valve 10 is therefore rotated slowly in the closing direction by the urging force of the urging mechanism 30 and then held in a predetermined opening position 10b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Keisuke Maruo, Tomoaki Kishi, Takeshi Matsuda, Masato Yokoi, Naoya Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20060236980
    Abstract: A throttle body includes a housing that accommodates a connector for a rotation shaft of a throttle valve disposed in the throttle body and a throttle position sensor, a fuel return passage that communicates the housing with an air intake passage in the throttle body, a T-shaped pipe that communicates with the air intake passage upstream from the throttle body to function as a pressure control chamber, and an air inflow passage that communicates the housing with the T-shaped pipe. The throttle body smoothly returns the fuel accumulated in a housing that accommodates a connector that connects a throttle position sensor to the end of the rotation shaft of a throttle valve to an air intake passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Keisuke Maruo, Mitsuharu Yamamoto