Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Uemura
Kiyoshi Uemura 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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Publication number: 20200200120Abstract: Provided is a device that detects a rotational speed variation amount of a multi-cylinder four-cycle engine, a rotation signal corresponding to each of the cylinders are generated once per one rotation of a crankshaft, an amount of time elapsed from a previous generation to a current generation of the rotation signal corresponding to each of the cylinders is detected as a rotation signal generation interval for each of the cylinders every time the rotation signal is newly generated, a difference between newly detected rotation signal generation interval for each of the cylinders and previously detected rotation signal generation interval for the same cylinders is calculated as a rotation signal generation interval change amount every time the rotation signal generation interval is detected, and a rotational speed variation amount of the engine is detected on the basis of the rotation signal generation interval change amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventor: Kiyoshi UEMURA
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Patent number: 8656882Abstract: An engine ignition control device comprising: a start-up ignition controller having a function for preventing the occurrence of kickback by either delaying an ignition position of an engine or stopping ignition; start-up rotation angle detection means for detecting a rotation angle of a crankshaft of the engine after initiation of a start-up operation of the engine; and switching means for switching control specifics of the start-up ignition controller in accordance with the detected start-up rotation angle so that when the detected start-up rotation angle is less than a set angle, there is created a kickback-preventive effect within a range at which engine startability is not compromised, and when the detected start-up rotation angle is equal to or greater than the set angle, there is created a kickback-preventive effect that is greater than the kickback-preventive effect for when the start-up rotation angle is equal to or less than the set angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyasu Sato, Kiyoshi Uemura, Tomoaki Sekita
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Publication number: 20120291764Abstract: An engine ignition control device comprising: a start-up ignition controller having a function for preventing the occurrence of kickback by either delaying an ignition position of an engine or stopping ignition; start-up rotation angle detection means for detecting a rotation angle of a crankshaft of the engine after initiation of a start-up operation of the engine; and switching means for switching control specifics of the start-up ignition controller in accordance with the detected start-up rotation angle so that when the detected start-up rotation angle is less than a set angle, there is created a kickback-preventive effect within a range at which engine startability is not compromised, and when the detected start-up rotation angle is equal to or greater than the set angle, there is created a kickback-preventive effect that is greater than the kickback-preventive effect for when the start-up rotation angle is equal to or less than the set angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: KOKUSAN DENKI CO., LYTD.Inventors: Hiroyasu Sato, Kiyoshi Uemura, Tomoaki Sekita
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Patent number: 7307355Abstract: A power supply apparatus comprised of a bridge circuit made up of rectification diodes and MOSFETs for rectifying an output of a generator through a full-wave rectifier circuit comprised of rectification diodes and parasitic diodes of the MOSFETs and obtaining a supply voltage of a fuel injection apparatus, the power supply apparatus being comprised of an FET control section which turns ON/OFF the MOSFETs to step up the output voltage of the generator and a transistor provided for each MOSFET, which is set in an ON-state for a period during which a reverse voltage is applied to a parasitic diode of each MOSFET and set in an OFF-state for a period during which a forward voltage is applied to the parasitic diode of each MOSFET, wherein a control voltage for turning ON the MOSFET is given between the gate and source of the corresponding MOSFET for a period during which each transistor is in an OFF-state.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2005Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kiyoshi Uemura
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Publication number: 20060103237Abstract: A power supply apparatus comprised of a bridge circuit made up of rectification diodes and MOSFETs for rectifying an output of a generator through a full-wave rectifier circuit comprised of rectification diodes and parasitic diodes of the MOSFETs and obtaining a supply voltage of a fuel injection apparatus, the power supply apparatus being comprised of an FET control section which turns ON/OFF the MOSFETs to step up the output voltage of the generator and a transistor provided for each MOSFET, which is set in an ON-state for a period during which a reverse voltage is applied to a parasitic diode of each MOSFET and set in an OFF-state for a period during which a forward voltage is applied to the parasitic diode of each MOSFET, wherein a control voltage for turning ON the MOSFET is given between the gate and source of the corresponding MOSFET for a period during which each transistor is in an OFF-state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2005Publication date: May 18, 2006Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kiyoshi Uemura
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Patent number: 6889677Abstract: A capacitor discharge ignition device for an internal combustion engine including an ignition capacitor that is charged with a positive half cycle of an output voltage of an exciter coil, a thyristor that is triggered by a negative half cycle of an output voltage of the exciter coil when the internal combustion engine is ignited to discharge charges stored in the ignition capacitor through a primary coil of an ignition coil, and a reverse bias circuit that applies a reverse bias voltage between a gate and a cathode of the thyristor when a current flowing from the exciter coil through the thyristor is detected and when a charging current of the ignition capacitor is detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akifumi Fujima, Katsuhiko Saito, Osamu Igarashi, Kiyoshi Uemura
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Publication number: 20040154592Abstract: A capacitor discharge ignition device for an internal combustion engine including an ignition capacitor that is charged with a positive half cycle of an output voltage of an exciter coil, a thyristor that is triggered by a negative half cycle of an output voltage of the exciter coil when the internal combustion engine is ignited to discharge charges stored in the ignition capacitor through a primary coil of an ignition coil, and a reverse bias circuit that applies a reverse bias voltage between a gate and a cathode of the thyristor when a current flowing from the exciter coil through the thyristor is detected and when a charging current of the ignition capacitor is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventors: Akifumi Fujima, Katsuhiko Saito, Osamu Igarashi, Kiyoshi Uemura
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Patent number: 6575143Abstract: A batteryless fuel injection apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine adapted to generate a start injection command signal for each of cylinders in predetermined order whenever a reference pulse signal is generated by a signal generation device in case that which cylinder the reference pulse signal corresponds to cannot be judged to inject a fuel from the injector for each of the cylinders and to generate the injection command signal for each of the cylinders at a regular injection start position after which cylinder the reference pulse signal corresponds to is judged.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Uemura, Yoshinobu Arakawa, Kouji Sasaki, Yoshikazu Tsukada
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Patent number: 6571769Abstract: A capacitor discharge type internal combustion engine ignition device is provided; wherein a capacitor is charged by a positive half-wave output voltage of an exciter coil; wherein an ignition is performed by giving an ignition signal to a thyristor from an ignition control portion for steady state; wherein a pulse signal obtained by waveform-shaping a negative half-wave output voltage of the exciter coil or the signal generated by a signal generator is given to the thyristor as the ignition signal through an ignition control portion for extremely low speed state so as to perform an ignition at a starting time and at an extremely low speed state; and wherein a power supply circuit which gives a power supply voltage to the ignition control portion for steady state and the power supply circuit which gives the power supply voltage to the ignition control portion for extremely low speed state are provided separately whereby the ignition signal for the starting time and the extremely low speed state can be generatType: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kiyoshi Uemura
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Publication number: 20030029420Abstract: A capacitor discharge type internal combustion engine ignition device is provided; wherein a capacitor is charged by a positive half-wave output voltage of an exciter coil; wherein an ignition is performed by giving an ignition signal to a thyristor from an ignition control portion for steady state; wherein a pulse signal obtained by waveform-shaping a negative half-wave output voltage of the exciter coil or the signal generated by a signal generator is given to the thyristor as the ignition signal through an ignition control portion for extremely low speed state so as to perform an ignition at a starting time and at an extremely low speed state; and wherein a power supply circuit which gives a power supply voltage to the ignition control portion for steady state and the power supply circuit which gives the power supply voltage to the ignition control portion for extremely low speed state are provided separately whereby the ignition signal for the starting time and the extremely low speed state can be generatType: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Inventor: Kiyoshi Uemura
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Publication number: 20020038652Abstract: A batteryless fuel injection apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine adapted to generate a start injection command signal for each of cylinders in predetermined order whenever a reference pulse signal is generated by a signal generation device in case that which cylinder the reference pulse signal corresponds to cannot be judged to inject a fuel from the injector for each of the cylinders and to generate the injection command signal for each of the cylinders at a regular injection start position after which cylinder the reference pulse signal corresponds to is judged.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2001Publication date: April 4, 2002Applicant: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Uemura, Yoshinobu Arakawa, Kouji Sasaki, Yoshikazu Tsukada
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Patent number: 6357418Abstract: An internal combustion engine control system comprising the steps of supplying a reference position detection pulse and a low revolution ignition position detection pulse generated by a single pulser coil of a crank shaft sensor at a reference position of each of cylinders and a low revolution ignition position thereof through respective waveform shaping circuits to a CPU of an electronic control unit and controlling the internal combustion engine so that all the cylinders are simultaneously ignited at an extreme low revolution area where it cannot be judged which of the cylinders each of the pulses generated by the crank shaft sensor corresponds to when the crank shaft sensor generates every reference position detection pulse near a top dead center in a compression stroke of each of the cylinders.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2000Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Uemura, Narutoshi Aoki
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Patent number: 4285661Abstract: A valve nozzle is used at an end of a hot runner or an injection molding machine for an injection molding. The valve nozzle comprises a cylinder as a body of the nozzle, and a piston. The cylinder has a gate and has a larger inner diameter at the rear end and a smaller inner diameter at the front end. The piston has a passage in the piston and has a large outer diameter at the rear end and a smaller outer diameter at the front end.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1979Date of Patent: August 25, 1981Assignee: Osaka CityInventors: Akira Yotsutsuji, Seiichi Ueda, Kiyoshi Uemura