Patents by Inventor Kouhei Kiyota

Kouhei Kiyota 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: 8752532
    Abstract: This invention relates to an internal combustion engine and a control device for the internal combustion engine and has an object to provide an internal combustion engine and a control device therefore that can suppress occurrence of knocking if an EGR rate is increased. An EGR gas can be made to flow separately through one path via one EGR passage and an other path via another EGR passage. The EGR gas flow through the other path can be cooled by an intercooler. Since the intercooler usually has a capacity larger than that of an EGR cooler, its cooling capability is high, and the EGR gas can be made to flow into a surge tank in a state where heat of the EGR gas has been sufficiently emitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Korenaga, Shigeki Miyashita, Hiroki Ito, Yusuke Saitou, Kouhei Kiyota
  • Publication number: 20130061575
    Abstract: This invention relates to an internal combustion engine and a control device for the internal combustion engine and has an object to provide an internal combustion engine and a control device therefore that can suppress occurrence of knocking if an EGR rate is increased. An EGR gas can be made to flow separately through one path via one EGR passage and an other path via another EGR passage. The EGR gas flow through the other path can be cooled by an intercooler. Since the intercooler usually has a capacity larger than that of an EGR cooler, its cooling capability is high, and the EGR gas can be made to flow into a surge tank in a state where heat of the EGR gas has been sufficiently emitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Korenaga, Shigeki Miyashita, Hiroki Ito, Yusuke Saitou, Kouhei Kiyota
  • Patent number: 8234908
    Abstract: An object is to provide an abnormal combustion determining apparatus for an internal combustion engine that can identify a major factor causing an oil to flow into a cylinder. The abnormal combustion determining apparatus for the internal combustion engine that includes a plurality of cylinders detects, for each cylinder, a cylinder in which abnormal combustion has occurred. The cylinder in which the abnormal combustion has occurred, and a history of load applied during an operation are stored in memory. It is determined whether or not the cylinder in which the abnormal combustion has occurred and which is stored in memory, is a specific cylinder. It is determined whether or not load present in the history stored in memory and used prior to the occurrence of the abnormal combustion is higher than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Korenaga, Shigeki Miyashita, Hiroki Ito, Yusuke Saitou, Kouhei Kiyota
  • Publication number: 20110290004
    Abstract: An object is to provide an abnormal combustion determining apparatus for an internal combustion engine that can identify a major factor causing an oil to flow into a cylinder. The abnormal combustion determining apparatus for the internal combustion engine that includes a plurality of cylinders detects, for each cylinder, a cylinder in which abnormal combustion has occurred. The cylinder in which the abnormal combustion has occurred, and a history of load applied during an operation are stored in memory. It is determined whether or not the cylinder in which the abnormal combustion has occurred and which is stored in memory, is a specific cylinder. It is determined whether or not load present in the history stored in memory and used prior to the occurrence of the abnormal combustion is higher than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Korenaga, Shigeki Miyashita, Hiroki Ito, Yusuke Saitou, Kouhei Kiyota