Patents by Inventor Kenji SHIGETOYO
Kenji SHIGETOYO 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: 10294875Abstract: A control device includes first and second level ratio calculators and an adjuster. The first level ratio calculator calculates a first level ratio of an amount of a first fuel stored in a first tank to a full tank capacity of the first tank. The second level ratio calculator calculates a second level ratio of an amount of a second fuel stored in a second tank to a full tank capacity of the second tank. An octane number of the second fuel is higher than an octane number of the first fuel. The adjuster adjusts a first fuel ratio of the first fuel in a supplied fuel which is supplied to an internal combustion engine and a second fuel ratio of the second fuel in the supplied fuel such that a deviation ratio of the first level ratio and the second level ratio is within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei Kuzuoka, Tadashi Kurotani, Kenji Shigetoyo
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Patent number: 10247113Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to control a ratio of an amount of low octane number fuel to be supplied to a cylinder to a total amount of the low octane number fuel and a high octane number fuel to be supplied to the cylinder in order to control an overall octane number of fuel to be supplied to the cylinder. The high octane number fuel has a second octane number higher than a first octane number of the low octane number fuel. The circuitry is configured to calculate a maximum octane number of the fuel to be supplied into the cylinder. The circuitry is configured to restrict a power generated by the internal combustion engine based on the maximum octane number.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Kurotani, Kenji Shigetoyo, Kohei Kuzuoka
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Patent number: 9803563Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus includes a material fuel tank, a separator, a condenser, a first fuel tank, and a first storage device. The material fuel tank is to store a material fuel. The separator is to separate the material fuel supplied from the material fuel tank into a first fuel and a second fuel. The condenser is to condense the first fuel supplied from the separator through a primary-order recovery passage. The first fuel tank is to store the first fuel supplied from the condenser through a secondary-order recovery passage. The first storage device is provided in the secondary-order recovery passage to temporarily store the first fuel supplied from the condenser.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotsugu Kudo, Masayoshi Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Chishima, Kenji Shigetoyo
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Patent number: 9784205Abstract: A method for controlling an internal-combustion engine includes detecting knocking in the internal-combustion engine. An EGR gas quantity of EGR gas is increased in a case where the knocking is detected. A part of exhaust gas is circulated into an intake passage as the EGR gas. A fuel octane number of fuel supplied to a cylinder is increased in the case. The fuel octane number is decreased after the fuel octane number has been increased. The EGR gas quantity is maintained so as to prevent the knocking after the EGR gas quantity has been increased.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei Kuzuoka, Tadashi Kurotani, Kenji Shigetoyo
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Publication number: 20170241351Abstract: A control device for an internal-combustion engine to utilize low octane fuel and high octane fuel having a high octane value higher than a low octane value of the low octane fuel, the control device includes an inclination state sensor and a computer processor. The inclination state sensor detects an inclination state of a high octane fuel tank to store the high octane fuel. The computer processor acquires a remaining quantity of the high octane fuel in the high octane fuel tank. The computer processor restricts a power generated by the internal-combustion engine in accordance with the inclination state and the remaining quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi KUROTANI, Kohei KUZUOKA, Kenji SHIGETOYO
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Publication number: 20170241352Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to control a ratio of an amount of low octane number fuel to be supplied to a cylinder to a total amount of the low octane number fuel and a high octane number fuel to be supplied to the cylinder in order to control an overall octane number of fuel to be supplied to the cylinder. The high octane number fuel has a second octane number higher than a first octane number of the low octane number fuel. The circuitry is configured to calculate a maximum octane number of the fuel to be supplied into the cylinder. The circuitry is configured to restrict a power generated by the internal combustion engine based on the maximum octane number.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi KUROTANI, Kenji SHIGETOYO, Kohei KUZUOKA
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Publication number: 20170030275Abstract: A method for controlling an internal-combustion engine includes detecting knocking in the internal-combustion engine. An EGR gas quantity of EGR gas is increased in a case where the knocking is detected. A part of exhaust gas is circulated into an intake passage as the EGR gas. A fuel octane number of fuel supplied to a cylinder is increased in the case. The fuel octane number is decreased after the fuel octane number has been increased. The EGR gas quantity is maintained so as to prevent the knocking after the EGR gas quantity has been increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei KUZUOKA, Tadashi KUROTANI, Kenji SHIGETOYO
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Publication number: 20170022914Abstract: A control device includes first and second level ratio calculators and an adjuster. The first level ratio calculator calculates a first level ratio of an amount of a first fuel stored in a first tank to a full tank capacity of the first tank. The second level ratio calculator calculates a second level ratio of an amount of a second fuel stored in a second tank to a full tank capacity of the second tank. An octane number of the second fuel is higher than an octane number of the first fuel. The adjuster adjusts a first fuel ratio of the first fuel in a supplied fuel which is supplied to an internal combustion engine and a second fuel ratio of the second fuel in the supplied fuel such that a deviation ratio of the first level ratio and the second level ratio is within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei KUZUOKA, Tadashi KUROTANI, Kenji SHIGETOYO
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Patent number: 9133778Abstract: A device capable of supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel while improving the utilization rate of vaporized fuel. A temporary transition from a third state (primary recovery path FL1: closed, secondary recovery path FL2: closed, second vaporized fuel path VL2: closed, condenser 30: decompressed) to a fourth state (primary recovery path FL1: closed, secondary recovery path FL2: closed, second vaporized fuel path VL2: open, condenser 30: decompressed) is achieved. This temporarily increases an internal air pressure P of a condenser 30, and the kinetic energy of a vaporized fuel V leaked out of a first fuel tank 40 through the second vaporized fuel path VL2 is able to sweep away a first fuel F1 in a liquid state accumulated in a vacuum pump 36 to the first fuel tank 40.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Chishima, Hirotsugu Kudo, Masayoshi Kawaguchi, Kenji Shigetoyo
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Patent number: 9074562Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus includes a raw-fuel tank, a separator, a heater, a cooler, and an adjustment mechanism. The raw-fuel tank is to store raw fuel. The separator is to separate the raw fuel into a first fuel and a second fuel. The adjustment mechanism is to perform adjustment of at least one of a first factor, a second factor, and a third factor so that a first temperature of the separator is set to within a predetermined first temperature range or is set to a first target temperature. The first factor includes a flow rate of the raw fuel. The second factor includes an amount by which the raw fuel is heated in the heater. The third factor includes an amount by which the second fuel is cooled in the cooler.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daiko Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Chishima, Hirotsugu Kudo, Masayoshi Kawaguchi, Kenji Shigetoyo
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Patent number: 8985064Abstract: A device capable of supplying an internal combustion engine 60 with a first fuel F1 of a high octane number fuel, and a second fuel F2 of a low octane number fuel or a raw fuel F0. The device is equipped with a cooling medium circulating path LL configured to perform heat exchange between a cooling medium for cooling the internal combustion engine 60 and a separator 20. The device adjusts a flow rate of the cooling medium in the cooling medium circulating path LL, so that a separator temperature T1 is contained in a predetermined temperature range, according to T1, a raw fuel temperature T2 and a cooling medium temperature T3.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Kenji Shigetoyo, Hirotsugu Kudo, Hiroshi Chishima, Masahiko Asanuma
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Publication number: 20140124419Abstract: A fuel separation device includes a raw fuel tank, a separator, a first density sensor, and a state determination element. The raw fuel tank is to store raw fuel. The separator is to separate the raw fuel supplied from the raw fuel tank into high-octane fuel and low-octane fuel. The high-octane fuel contains a high-octane component by a larger amount than an amount of a high-octane component in the raw fuel. The low-octane fuel contains a high-octane component by a smaller amount than the amount of the high-octane component in the raw fuel. The first density sensor is configured to output a signal corresponding to a density of the high-octane component contained in the low-octane fuel. The state determination element is configured to determine a state of the separator in accordance with the density indicated by the signal output from the first density sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi CHISHIMA, Hirotsugu KUDO, Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI, Daiko TSUTSUMI, Kenji SHIGETOYO
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Publication number: 20140041642Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus includes a raw-fuel tank, a separator, a heater, a cooler, and an adjustment mechanism. The raw-fuel tank is to store raw fuel. The separator is to separate the raw fuel into a first fuel and a second fuel. The adjustment mechanism is to perform adjustment of at least one of a first factor, a second factor, and a third factor so that a first temperature of the separator is set to within a predetermined first temperature range or is set to a first target temperature. The first factor includes a flow rate of the raw fuel. The second factor includes an amount by which the raw fuel is heated in the heater. The third factor includes an amount by which the second fuel is cooled in the cooler.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Daiko TSUTSUMI, Hiroshi CHISHIMA, Hirotsugu KUDO, Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI, Kenji SHIGETOYO
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Publication number: 20140007842Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus includes a material fuel tank, a separator, a condenser, a first fuel tank, and a first storage device. The material fuel tank is to store a material fuel. The separator is to separate the material fuel supplied from the material fuel tank into a first fuel and a second fuel. The condenser is to condense the first fuel supplied from the separator through a primary-order recovery passage. The first fuel tank is to store the first fuel supplied from the condenser through a secondary-order recovery passage. The first storage device is provided in the secondary-order recovery passage to temporarily store the first fuel supplied from the condenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Hirotsugu KUDO, Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI, Hiroshi CHISHIMA, Kenji SHIGETOYO
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Publication number: 20130333644Abstract: A device capable of supplying an internal combustion engine 60 with a first fuel F1 of a high octane number fuel, and a second fuel F2 of a low octane number fuel or a raw fuel F0. The device is equipped with a cooling medium circulating path LL configured to perform heat exchange between a cooling medium for cooling the internal combustion engine 60 and a separator 20. The device adjusts a flow rate of the cooling medium in the cooling medium circulating path LL, so that a separator temperature T1 is contained in a predetermined temperature range, according to T1, a raw fuel temperature T2 and a cooling medium temperature T3.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Kenji Shigetoyo, Hirotsugu Kudo, Hiroshi Chishima, Masahiko Asanuma
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Patent number: 8602010Abstract: A system for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine, while improving the utilization rate of an evaporation fuel, is provided. The raw fuel F0 is separated to a first fuel F1 and a second fuel F2 by a separation device 20. The evaporation fuel V derived from the first fuel F1 is suctioned from a condenser 30 by an operation of a vacuum pump 36, and then supplied to a first fuel tank 40. During this operation, at least a part of the evaporation fuel V transits its phase from a gas phase to a liquid phase and stored in the first fuel tank 40 as the first fuel F1.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Chishima, Hirotsugu Kudo, Masayoshi Kawaguchi, Kenji Shigetoyo
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Publication number: 20130263825Abstract: A device capable of supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel while improving the utilization rate of vaporized fuel. A temporary transition from a third state (primary recovery path FL1: closed, secondary recovery path FL2: closed, second vaporized fuel path VL2: closed, condenser 30: decompressed) to a fourth state (primary recovery path FL1: closed, secondary recovery path FL2: closed, second vaporized fuel path VL2: open, condenser 30: decompressed) is achieved. This temporarily increases an internal air pressure P of a condenser 30, and the kinetic energy of a vaporized fuel V leaked out of a first fuel tank 40 through the second vaporized fuel path VL2 is able to sweep away a first fuel F1 in a liquid state accumulated in a vacuum pump 36 to the first fuel tank 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi CHISHIMA, Hirotsugu KUDO, Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI, Kenji SHIGETOYO
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Publication number: 20130036990Abstract: Disclosed is a system for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine while improving the utilization rate of an evaporation fuel. The raw fuel F0 is separated to a first fuel F1 and a second fuel F2 by a separation device 20. The evaporation fuel V derived from the first fuel F1 is suctioned from a condenser 30 by an operation of a vacuum pump 36, and then supplied to a first fuel tank 40. During this operation, at least a part of the evaporation fuel V transits its phase from a gas phase to a liquid phase and stored in the first fuel tank 40 as the first fuel F1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi CHISHIMA, Hirotsugu KUDO, Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI, Kenji SHIGETOYO