Patents by Inventor Kiyoaki IWATA

Kiyoaki IWATA 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).

  • Publication number: 20210054802
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for a diesel engine is configured to, during one combustion cycle, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control system comprises a PCM for controlling a fuel injection of the diesel engine. The PCM is configured to execute control for: at a first timing during compression stroke, injecting fuel in a first amount; at a second timing after the first timing and during the compression stroke, injecting fuel in a second amount greater than the first amount; and, at a third timing after the second timing and approximately a top dead center of the compression stroke, injecting fuel in a maximum amount greater than the first and second amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Kiyoaki IWATA, Takeshi MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210054803
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for a diesel engine configured to perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions. A PCM is configured to, during compression stroke, perform a main injection and multiple pre-stage injections prior to the main injection, and to cause a ratio of a maximum injection amount of the multiple pre-stage injections to an injection amount of the main injection to become smaller when the load of the diesel engine is less than a given load than when the load of the diesel engine is greater than the given load, and cause an injection interval between the main injection and one of the multiple pre-stage injections immediately preceding the main injection to become smaller when the load of the diesel engine is less than the given load than when the load of the diesel engine is greater than the given load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Kiyoaki IWATA, Takeshi MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10865731
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device causes an injector to execute main injection or pilot injection toward a joint portion, and low penetration injection to inject fuel at timing earlier than the pilot injection in a PILOT region or at timing later than the main injection in an AFTER region. The fuel injection control device causes the low penetration injection to be executed to inject the fuel only in a radial central region of a combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tunehiro Mori, Kiyoaki Iwata, Takeshi Matsubara, Sangkyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10837397
    Abstract: A fuel injection control causes a fuel injection valve to execute at least: a main injection to inject fuel at timing when a piston is positioned near a compression top dead center; a pilot injection to inject the fuel at timing earlier than the main injection; and a low penetration injection to inject the fuel at timing earlier than the pilot injection or timing later than the main injection. The fuel injection control device includes: a first injection control module that executes at least one of the main injection or the pilot injection at timing to inject the fuel toward a joint portion of a cavity; and a second injection control module that executes the low penetration injection to inject the fuel only into a radial central region of a combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tunehiro Mori, Kiyoaki Iwata, Takeshi Matsubara, Sangkyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200088125
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for a diesel engine is configured to, during one combustion cycle, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. A PCM controls fuel injection of the diesel engine. The PCM is configured to execute control for: at a first timing during compression stroke, starting a first fuel injection; a second timing during the compression stroke at which a time period corresponding to a first crank angle period has elapsed after a completion of the first fuel injection, starting a second fuel injection; and, at a third timing approximately a top dead center of the compression stroke at which a time period corresponding to a second crank angle period has elapsed after a completion of the second fuel injection, starting a third fuel injection. The second crank angle period is less than the first crank angle period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Kiyoaki IWATA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200003147
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device causes an injector to execute main injection or pilot injection toward a joint portion, and low penetration injection to inject fuel at timing earlier than the pilot injection in a PILOT region or at timing later than the main injection in an AFTER region. The fuel injection control device causes the low penetration injection to be executed to inject the fuel only in a radial central region of a combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tunehiro Mori, Kiyoaki Iwata, Takeshi Matsubara, Sangkyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200003146
    Abstract: A fuel injection control causes a fuel injection valve to execute at least: a main injection to inject fuel at timing when a piston is positioned near a compression top dead center; a pilot injection to inject the fuel at timing earlier than the main injection; and a low penetration injection to inject the fuel at timing earlier than the pilot injection or timing later than the main injection. The fuel injection control device includes: a first injection control module that executes at least one of the main injection or the pilot injection at timing to inject the fuel toward a joint portion of a cavity; and a second injection control module that executes the low penetration injection to inject the fuel only into a radial central region of a combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tunehiro Mori, Kiyoaki Iwata, Takeshi Matsubara, Sangkyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10197005
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between temporally-adjacent two of the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the temporally-adjacent multiple fuel injections to 1.7±0.1 msec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Kiyoaki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20180334986
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially constant injection intervals while increasing an injection amount as an intake air temperature decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections near a top dead center of the compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Kiyoaki Iwata, Takeshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 10012174
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between a pre-injection and a main injection in the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the pre-injection and the main injection more largely as an engine load becomes lower at a same engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Kiyoaki Iwata, Kiyonori Nagato
  • Publication number: 20170184047
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between temporally-adjacent two of the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the temporally-adjacent multiple fuel injections to 1.7±0.1 msec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Takeshi MATSUBARA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Kiyoaki IWATA
  • Publication number: 20170184048
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between a pre-injection and a main injection in the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the pre-injection and the main injection more largely as an engine load becomes lower at a same engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Takeshi MATSUBARA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Kiyoaki IWATA, Kiyonori NAGATO