Patents by Inventor Mao HOSODA

Mao HOSODA 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: 20240103781
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive a change request for a change to a quiet mode in an image forming apparatus that is operating in a normal mode and to which a printing instruction has been issued; and display the change request for the change to the quiet mode on an operation screen of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuya YOSHINARI, Hiroshi KIMURA, Kazuma HOSODA, Mao MORITA
  • Patent number: 10968850
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injector configured to inject fuel, a pressure increasing device that is provided upstream of the feel injector and is configured to increase the pressure of fuel supplied to the fuel injector, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate an actual fuel injection amount based on a difference between a fuel pressure in the fuel injector in a case where the pressure increasing device increases the fuel pressure without fuel injection by the fuel injector and a fuel pressure in the fuel injector in a case where the fuel injector performs fuel injection according to the driving of the pressure increasing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Hirano, Mao Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20180291829
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injector configured to inject fuel, a pressure increasing device that is provided upstream of the feel injector and is configured to increase the pressure of fuel supplied to the fuel injector, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate an actual fuel injection amount based on a difference between a fuel pressure in the fuel injector in a case where the pressure increasing device increases the fuel pressure without fuel injection by the fuel injector and a fuel pressure in the fuel injector in a case where the fuel injector performs fuel injection according to the driving of the pressure increasing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Hirano, Mao Hosoda
  • Patent number: 9605575
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device includes a reforming device, an obtaining section and a controller. The reforming device mixes fuel, which is a hydrocarbon compound, with air, and reforms the fuel by partially oxidizing the fuel with oxygen in the air. A reformed fuel is supplied into the exhaust passage as the reducing agent. The obtaining section obtains a physical quantity as a property index. The physical quantity has a correlation with property of the fuel that is supplied to the reforming device. The controller controls the reforming device according to the property index obtained by the obtaining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Yahata, Masumi Kinugawa, Yuuki Tarusawa, Keiji Noda, Mao Hosoda
  • Patent number: 9556775
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device is for a fuel combustion system that includes a NOx purifying device with a reducing catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage to purify NOx contained in exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The reducing agent supplying device supplies a reducing agent into the exhaust passage at a position upstream of the reducing catalyst. The reducing agent supplying device includes a reforming portion and a reformation suppressing portion. The reforming portion reforms the reducing agent by partially oxidizing the reducing agent. When a temperature of the reducing agent is higher than a first specified temperature that is equal to or higher than an activation temperature of the reducing catalyst, the reformation suppressing portion (i) suppresses the degree of reformation of the reducing agent in comparison with when a temperature of the reducing agent is lower than the first specified temperature, or (ii) stops the reformation of the reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masumi Kinugawa, Shigeto Yahata, Yuuki Tarusawa, Yusuke Majima, Mao Hosoda
  • Patent number: 9528410
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device includes a reaction container. The reaction container has a reaction chamber therein in which fuel of a hydrocarbon compound is mixed with air and is oxidized with oxygen in air. An equivalent ratio of fuel to air inside the reaction chamber is adjusted to be within a specified equivalent ratio range. A temperature inside the reaction chamber is adjusted to be within a specified temperature range. The specified equivalent ratio range and the specified temperature range are set such that a cool flame reaction, through which fuel inside the reaction chamber is partially oxidized with oxygen in air, is generated. The fuel partially oxidized through the cool flame reaction is used as the reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masumi Kinugawa, Shigeto Yahata, Yuuki Tarusawa, Keiji Noda, Mao Hosoda
  • Patent number: 9488082
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device includes a reaction container, an ozone generator, an air pump, an ozone-containing air pipe, a compressed air pipe, a switching device, and a switching controller. The reaction container defines a reaction chamber therein in which a reducing agent is reformed. The ozone generator generates ozone from oxygen in air. The air pump supplies air into the ozone generator. An ozone-containing air flows through the ozone-containing air pipe toward the reaction chamber. A portion of a compressed air flows through the compressed air pipe toward the reaction chamber. The switching device switches between an air pump mode, in which the ozone-containing air is supplied into the reaction chamber, and a supercharging mode, in which the compressed air is supplied into the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Yahata, Masumi Kinugawa, Yuuki Tarusawa, Mao Hosoda, Yusuke Majima
  • Publication number: 20160084130
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device includes a reaction container, an ozone generator, an air pump, an ozone-containing air pipe, a compressed air pipe, a switching device, and a switching controller. The reaction container defines a reaction chamber therein in which a reducing agent is reformed. The ozone generator generates ozone from oxygen in air. The air pump supplies air into the ozone generator. An ozone-containing air flows through the ozone-containing air pipe toward the reaction chamber. A portion of a compressed air flows through the compressed air pipe toward the reaction chamber. The switching device switches between an air pump mode, in which the ozone-containing air is supplied into the reaction chamber, and a supercharging mode, in which the compressed air is supplied into the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeto YAHATA, Masumi KINUGAWA, Yuuki TARUSAWA, Mao HOSODA, Yusuke MAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160017780
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device is for a fuel combustion system that includes a NOx purifying device with a reducing catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage to purify NOx. The reducing agent supplying device supplies a reducing agent into the exhaust passage upstream of the reducing catalyst. The reducing agent supplying device includes an air pipe, a vaporizing container, an injector, a heating member and a mixing plate. The air pipe defines an air passage therein. The vaporizing chamber is connected to the air pipe. The vaporizing container defines a vaporizing chamber therein that branches off from the air passage. The injector injects liquid hydrocarbon compound as a reducing agent. The heating member is disposed in the vaporizing chamber. The heating member heats and vaporizes the reducing agent. The mixing plate is connected to the heating member. The mixing plate extends from the vaporizing chamber into the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Masumi KINUGAWA, Shigeto YAHATA, Yuuki TARUSAWA, Yusuke MAJIMA, Mao HOSODA
  • Publication number: 20150369102
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device is for a fuel combustion system that includes a NOx purifying device with a reducing catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage to purify NOx contained in exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The reducing agent supplying device supplies a reducing agent into the exhaust passage at a position upstream of the reducing catalyst. The reducing agent supplying device includes a reforming portion and a reformation suppressing portion. The reforming portion reforms the reducing agent by partially oxidizing the reducing agent. When a temperature of the reducing agent is higher than a first specified temperature that is equal to or higher than an activation temperature of the reducing catalyst, the reformation suppressing portion (i) suppresses the degree of reformation of the reducing agent in comparison with when a temperature of the reducing agent is lower than the first specified temperature, or (ii) stops the reformation of the reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Masumi KINUGAWA, Shigeto YAHATA, Yuuki TARUSAWA, Yusuke MAJIMA, Mao HOSODA
  • Publication number: 20150211402
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device includes a reforming device, an obtaining section and a controller. The reforming device mixes fuel, which is a hydrocarbon compound, with air, and reforms the fuel by partially oxidizing the fuel with oxygen in the air. A reformed fuel is supplied into the exhaust passage as the reducing agent. The obtaining section obtains a physical quantity as a property index. The physical quantity has a correlation with property of the fuel that is supplied to the reforming device. The controller controls the reforming device according to the property index obtained by the obtaining section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeto YAHATA, Masumi KINUGAWA, Yuuki TARUSAWA, Keiji NODA, Mao HOSODA
  • Publication number: 20150211400
    Abstract: A reducing agent supplying device includes a reaction container. The reaction container has a reaction chamber therein in which fuel of a hydrocarbon compound is mixed with air and is oxidized with oxygen in air. An equivalent ratio of fuel to air inside the reaction chamber is adjusted to be within a specified equivalent ratio range. A temperature inside the reaction chamber is adjusted to be within a specified temperature range. The specified equivalent ratio range and the specified temperature range are set such that a cool flame reaction, through which fuel inside the reaction chamber is partially oxidized with oxygen in air, is generated. The fuel partially oxidized through the cool flame reaction is used as the reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Masumi KINUGAWA, Shigeto YAHATA, Yuuki TARUSAWA, Keiji NODA, Mao HOSODA