Patents by Inventor Kimito Kashiwabara

Kimito Kashiwabara 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: 4987889
    Abstract: In a fuel supply control method including determining a cylinder at a suction stroke in a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine at each generation of a first predetermined crank angle position signal and injecting/supplying into a cylinder at a suction stroke a first amount at fuel which is computed by a first technique based on a sucked amount of air, A, and number of engine rotations, N, representing an engine load, a method comprises determining a cylinder at a suction stroke for asynchronous injection at each generation of a second crank angle position signal which is nearer to a top dead center of each cylinder than the first predetermined crank angle position signal; detecting a throttle valve opening for each predetermined time Ts and computing a throttle value opening variation .DELTA. .circleincircle.H ; and injecting/supplying, upon determining the variation .DELTA. .circleincircle.H as being greater than a predetermined value, a second amount of fuel corresponding to the variation .DELTA. .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Fujita, Kimito Kashiwabara, Yoshiaki Kanno
  • Patent number: 4984552
    Abstract: A fuel injection device for an automotive internal combustion engine is disclosed, which comprises two distinct acceleration state determining means, i.e., a rapid and a slow acceleration state judgement means, for determining the amount of the asynchronous augmentation of fuel. The rapid acceleration state judgement detects the rapid acceleration state by comparing with a first threshold level the increment of the throttle opening degree over each period of an A/D conversion timing signal; the slow acceleration judgement means, on the other hand, detects the slow acceleration state by comparing with a second threshold level the increment of, for example, the throttle opening degree signal over, for example, two successive periods of the same A/D conversion time signal. When the rapid acceleration state is detected, an asynchronous augmentation of fuel for the rapid acceleration is effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Denki Ka bushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishizawa, Kimito Kashiwabara, Osamu Nako, Mitsuaki Ishii, Kouichi Yamane, Masaaki Miyazaki, Ryoji Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 4962742
    Abstract: A fuel injection device for an automotive spark ignition internal combustion engine provided with a supercharger is disclosed, wherein the amount of fuel injected in synchrony with the crank angle signal is determined on the basis of the intake air pressure. The increment of the air pressure data over each fuel injection period is compared with a first threshold level to determine the first augmentation. The pressure data is averaged over each fuel injection period, and the increment of the averaged pressure data over a predetermined interval of time is compared with a second threshold level to determine the second augmentation. The fundamental amount is calculated on the basis of either the instantaneous or the averaged pressure data, in dependency on the value of the first augmentation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishizawa, Kimito Kashiwabara, Osamu Nako, Mitsuaki Ishii, Kouichi Yamane, Masaaki Miyazaki, Ryoji Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 4951634
    Abstract: A fuel injector for a spark ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed, wherein the amount of injected fuel is increased by an extra amount when the engine is in a transient accelerating state. The air pressure within the air inlet passage to the engine is detected by an air pressure sensor, and the load condition is judged by comparing the detected pressure with a reference level. Further, the variation or increment of the detected pressure over each fuel injection period is calculated and compared with a high or a low threshold level selected in accordance with the load condition of the engine. Preferably, the high threshold level is selected when the high load condition continues over a predetermined length of time, the low threshold level being otherwise selected. The amount of transient extra increase is determined in accordance with the result of the comparison of the pressure variation with the selectd threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishizawa, Kimito Kashiwabara, Osamu Nako, Mitsuaki Ishii, Kouichi Yamane, Masaaki Miyazaki, Ryoji Nishiyama