Patents by Inventor Keisuke Tashiro
Keisuke Tashiro 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).
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Patent number: 7874145Abstract: Control is performed such that when an HC adsorption catalytic converter having an oxygen storage capacity is in a specified temperature range, fuel supply quantity is increased with a first increase ratio relative to basic fuel quantity based on the operating state of an internal combustion engine, in a first specified period after the end of fuel cut, and increased with a second increase ratio smaller than the first increase ratio, in a second specified period succeeding the first specified period.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsutaka Kojima, Kojiro Okada, Kazuma Sanada, Yuji Sato, Hiroshi Tanada, Kouichi Tomida, Keisuke Tashiro
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Patent number: 7712303Abstract: A degradation estimating apparatus for an unburned fuel component adsorption catalyst, which is connected with an internal combustion engine and has an unburned fuel component adsorbent and an oxygen storage component is provided. The apparatus includes a degradation estimating unit for making estimation for a degradation of the unburned fuel component adsorption catalyst on the basis of a first term and a second term. The first term is from the cancellation of the fuel supply to detecting a variation of an upstream side air-fuel ratio occurring due to the increase of the reductant quantity in the exhaust gas. The second term is from the cancellation of the fuel supply to detecting of a variation of the downstream side air-fuel ratio due to an increase of the reductant quantity.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Yasuyuki Hatsuda, Takehisa Fujita, Takaharu Hashimoto, Keisuke Tashiro, Mizuki Anai, Mitsutaka Kojima, Masayuki Yamashita, Katsuhiko Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20080295490Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes a catalyst disposed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine; a fuel pump that supplies fuel to a common rail; an exhaust-side fuel injection valve that is interposed in the exhaust path so as to be located upstream of the catalyst and injects into the exhaust path the fuel supplied from the fuel pump; and estimation section that estimates a clogging degree of an injection port of the exhaust-side fuel injection valve on the basis of fluctuations in pressure of the common rail and those in revolution speed of the internal combustion engine at the time of fuel injection by the exhaust-side fuel injection valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventors: Yoshio Tagawa, Keisuke Tashiro, Seiji Kikuchi, Takehisa Fujita, Mizuki Anai, Kazuhito Kawashima, Masahiro Tsuda, Jian Wang
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Publication number: 20080184697Abstract: Control is performed such that when an HC adsorption catalytic converter having an oxygen storage capacity is in a specified temperature range, fuel supply quantity is increased with a first increase ratio relative to basic fuel quantity based on the operating state of an internal combustion engine, in a first specified period after the end of fuel cut, and increased with a second increase ratio smaller than the first increase ratio, in a second specified period succeeding the first specified period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Mitsutaka Kojima, Kojiro Okada, Kazuma Sanada, Yuji Sato, Hiroshi Tanada, Kouichi Tomida, Keisuke Tashiro
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Publication number: 20060236678Abstract: The present invention relates to a degradation estimating apparatus for an unburned fuel component adsorption catalyst, which is connected with an internal combustion engine and has an unburned fuel component adsorbent and an oxygen storage component. The apparatus includes a degradation estimating unit for making estimation for a degradation of the unburned fuel component adsorption catalyst on the basis of a first term and a second term. The first term that is from the cancellation of the fuel supply to detecting a variation of an upstream side air-fuel ratio occurring due to the increase of the reductant quantity in the exhaust gas. The second term that is from the cancellation of the fuel supply to detecting of a variation of the downstream side air-fuel ratio due to an increase of the reductant quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Yasuyuki Hatsuda, Takehisa Fujita, Takaharu Hashimoto, Keisuke Tashiro, Mizuki Anai, Mitsutaka Kojima, Masayuki Yamashita, Katsuhiko Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20050172614Abstract: A three-way catalyst (30) comprises a microporous catalyst element (30a) having a micropore group whose average pore opening size is smaller than molecular size of HC in a washcoat and a macroporous catalyst element (30b) having a macropore group whose average pore opening size is larger than the molecular size of HC in a washcoat.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2005Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicants: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, ICT CO., LTD., INTERNATIONAL CATALYST TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Yasuki Tamura, Keisuke Tashiro, Akihisa Okumura
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Patent number: 6825145Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that is capable of substantially reducing the degree of deterioration in an exhaust gas purifying capability, which results from dissipation of an absorbent agent. Accordingly, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, which includes a carrier and a catalyst layer, and to which at least one material selected from a group of alkali metals and alkali earth metals is added as an absorbent agent, is characterized in that acid material with a high affinity with respect to the absorbent agent is mixed in the catalyst layer so as to fix the absorbent agent, and an inhibiting layer is formed between the catalyst layer and the carrier so as to inhibit the movement of the absorbent agent toward the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kazuo Koga
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Patent number: 6797663Abstract: An exhaust gas clean-up catalyst having a catalytic layer which contains, as an occluding agent, at least one (potassium and/or the like) chosen from a group consisting of alkaline metals and alkaline earth metals. The catalytic layer consists of a first catalytic layer (20) which contains the occluding agent (potassium and/or the like) and an acid material (30) having a high affinity to the occluding agent, and a second catalytic layer (40) which contains the occluding agent and does not contain the acid material.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Watanabe, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Hiroshi Tanada
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Patent number: 6794330Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst formed as a single catalyst that has a great deal of flexibility when being assembled into an exhaust system and that is capable of executing both an NOx absorbing function and a three-way function in a desired manner. To attain the this object, an absorbent catalyst layer to which an absorbent agent such as potassium and an acid material such as zeolite are added, an absorbent agent block layer formed of zeolite, and a three-way catalyst layer to which an acid material such as phosphorus is added are bonded together on a cordierite carrier. The acid material in the absorbent catalyst layer and the absorbent agent block layer inhibit the movement of the absorbent agent to the three-way catalyst layer, and transform the absorbent agent into harmless and stable potassium phosphate even if the absorbent agent reaches the three-way catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Patent number: 6790808Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, an acid material with a high affinity with respect to an absorbing agent is dispersed and mixed in a catalyst layer, to which the absorbing agent is added, or a layer of the acid material is formed inside the catalyst layer in order to prevent the absorbing agent from moving from the catalyst layer into the carrier. This reduces the permeation of the absorbing agent added to the catalyst layer into a carrier, the evaporation and splash of the absorbing agent from the catalyst, and the deterioration in the durability and the exhaust gas purifying performance of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20030211939Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that is capable of substantially reducing the degree of deterioration in an exhaust gas purifying capability, which results from dissipation of an absorbent agent. Accordingly, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, which includes a carrier and a catalyst layer, and to which at least one material selected from a group of alkali metals and alkali earth metals is added as an absorbent agent, is characterized in that acid material with a high affinity with respect to the absorbent agent is mixed in the catalyst layer so as to fix the absorbent agent, and an inhibiting layer is formed between the catalyst layer and the carrier so as to inhibit the movement of the absorbent agent toward the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kazuo Koga
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Publication number: 20030144132Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, an acid material with a high affinity with respect to an absorbing agent is dispersed and mixed in a catalyst layer, to which the absorbing agent is added, or a layer of the acid material is formed inside the catalyst layer in order to prevent the absorbing agent from moving from the catalyst layer into the carrier. This reduces the permeation of the absorbing agent added to the catalyst layer into a carrier, the evaporation and splash of the absorbing agent from the catalyst, and the deterioration in the durability and the exhaust gas purifying performance of the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayam, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20030139282Abstract: An exhaust gas clean-up catalyst having a catalytic layer which contains, as an occluding agent, at least one (potassium and/or the like) chosen from a group consisting of alkaline metals and alkaline earth metals. The catalytic layer consists of a first catalytic layer (20) which contains the occluding agent (potassium and/or the like) and an acid material (30) having a high affinity to the occluding agent, and a second catalytic layer (40) which contains the occluding agent and does not contain the acid material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2002Publication date: July 24, 2003Inventors: Tetsuya Watanabe, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Hiroshi Tanada
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Patent number: 6537946Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, an acid material with a high affinity with respect to an absorbing agent is dispersed and mixed in a catalyst layer, to which the absorbing agent is added, or a layer of the acid material is formed inside the catalyst layer in order to prevent the absorbing agent from moving from the catalyst layer into the carrier. This reduces the permeation of the absorbing agent added to the catalyst layer into a carrier, the evaporation and splash of the absorbing agent from the catalyst, and the deterioration in the durability and the exhaust gas purifying performance of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20020172625Abstract: A catalytic apparatus for exhaust purification, provided in an exhaust path of an internal-combustion engine operable with at least a theoretical air-fuel ratio and a lean air-fuel ratio, is provided with a three-way catalyst (4) having an inner layer (12a) thereof mainly containing rhodium as a noble metal to be activated in an oxygen concentration lowering atmosphere and a surface layer (12b) thereof mainly containing platinum or palladium as a noble metal to be activated in an oxygen concentration increasing atmosphere. In the catalytic apparatus, platinum or palladium in the surface layer is activated in lean operation to perform an HC purifying function effectively. If oxygen is temporarily in short supply during the change from a lean air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas over to a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, oxygen is supplemented to purify HC by utilizing the O2 storage function of platinum or palladium as the noble metal, whereby the HC purifying rate can be prevented from temporarily suddenly lowering.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hirokuni Seto, Keisuke Tashiro, Osamu Nakayama, Shigeyoshi Taniguchi, Hideki Gotoh
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Publication number: 20020022574Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that is capable of substantially reducing the degree of deterioration in an exhaust gas purifying capability, which results from dissipation of an absorbent agent. Accordingly, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, which includes a carrier and a catalyst layer, and to which at least one material selected from a group of alkali metals and alkali earth metals is added as an absorbent agent, is characterized in that acid material with a high affinity with respect to the absorbent agent is mixed in the catalyst layer so as to fix the absorbent agent, and an inhibiting layer is formed between the catalyst layer and the carrier so as to inhibit the movement of the absorbent agent toward the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Inventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kazuo Koga
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Publication number: 20020022573Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst formed as a single catalyst that has a great deal of flexibility when being assembled into an exhaust system and that is capable of executing both an NOx absorbing function and a three-way function in a desired manner. To attain the this object, an absorbent catalyst layer to which an absorbent agent such as potassium and an acid material such as zeolite are added, an absorbent agent block layer formed of zeolite, and a three-way catalyst layer to which an acid material such as phosphorus is added are bonded together on a cordierite carrier. The acid material in the absorbent catalyst layer and the absorbent agent block layer inhibit the movement of the absorbent agent to the three-way catalyst layer, and transform the absorbent agent into harmless and stable potassium phosphate even if the absorbent agent reaches the three-way catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Inventors: Hiroshi Tanada, Osamu Nakayama, Keisuke Tashiro, Kinichi Iwachido, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Patent number: 5409702Abstract: Stable and safe cosmetic compositions comprising melanin production inhibitors wherein the melanin production inhibitors have been extracted lichens cell cultures.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1993Date of Patent: April 25, 1995Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masako Higuchi, Yasutaka Miura, Yasuhiro Kinoshita, Yoshikazu Yamamoto, Keisuke Tashiro, Takashi Yoshii
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Patent number: 4627392Abstract: In a ceramic tip comprising a slipper block engaged by a cam arranged for rotation for causing opening and closing movement of an inlet valve on an exhaust valve of an engine, and a cast body block cast integrally with a valve rocker arm body, a round slope is formed at the conjoined boundary area between the slipper block and the cast body block to prevent occurrence of cracks, and retaining channels are formed on the cast body block to prevent escapement of the cast body block from the valve rocker arm body.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1985Date of Patent: December 9, 1986Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventor: Keisuke Tashiro