Patents by Inventor Masanobu Akita

Masanobu Akita 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: 10132225
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to, at the time of directly measuring a flow rate of exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust gas flow path and an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, and on the basis of the flow rate and air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, calculating fuel consumption, reduce a measurement error of the fuel consumption. Also, the invention is a fuel consumption calculation unit that, with use of an exhaust gas flow rate obtained by a flow rate sensor provided in an exhaust gas flow path through which exhaust gas of an engine flows, and an air-fuel ratio obtained by an air-fuel ratio sensor provided in the exhaust gas flow path, calculates fuel consumption of the engine, and on the basis of the air-fuel ratio obtained by the air-fuel ratio sensor, changes a value of exhaust gas density used for the calculation of the fuel consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Akita, Hiroshi Nakamura, Ichiro Asano, Masayuki Adachi
  • Patent number: 10041406
    Abstract: In order to provide a flow rate measurement device that can measure a flow rate of a sample fluid passing a tube body with high accuracy even though temperature irregularity of the sample fluid generates along a radial direction of the tube body, the flow rate measurement device comprise a temperature measurement device that measures a mean temperature of a sample fluid discharged from an internal combustion engine or temperature distribution of the sample fluid along a radial direction of the tube body, and a flow rate of the sample fluid is measured based on the mean temperature or the temperature distribution measured by the temperature measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanobu Akita
  • Publication number: 20170167372
    Abstract: In order to provide a flow rate measurement device that can measure a flow rate of a sample fluid passing a tube body with high accuracy even though temperature irregularity of the sample fluid generates along a radial direction of the tube body, the flow rate measurement device comprise a temperature measurement device that measures a mean temperature of a sample fluid discharged from an internal combustion engine or temperature distribution of the sample fluid along a radial direction of the tube body, and a flow rate of the sample fluid is measured based on the mean temperature or the temperature distribution measured by the temperature measurement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: HORIBA, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanobu AKITA
  • Patent number: 9453751
    Abstract: An instrument that directly measures a flow rate and air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas, and from the flow rate and air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, calculates fuel consumption measures the fuel consumption at high response speed and with high accuracy. The instrument is provided with: an ultrasonic flowmeter 2 that measures a flow rate QEX of exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust gas flow path R; and an arithmetic unit 4 that calculates fuel consumption Fe of an engine with use of the exhaust gas flow rate QEX obtained by the ultrasonic flowmeter 2 and an air-fuel ratio AFR obtained by an air-fuel ratio sensor 3 that measures the air-fuel ratio AFR of the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust gas flow path R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Akita, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150046101
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to, at the time of directly measuring a flow rate of exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust gas flow path and an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, and on the basis of the flow rate and air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, calculating fuel consumption, reduce a measurement error of the fuel consumption. Also, the invention is a fuel consumption calculation unit that, with use of an exhaust gas flow rate obtained by a flow rate sensor provided in an exhaust gas flow path through which exhaust gas of an engine flows, and an air-fuel ratio obtained by an air-fuel ratio sensor provided in the exhaust gas flow path, calculates fuel consumption of the engine, and on the basis of the air-fuel ratio obtained by the air-fuel ratio sensor, changes a value of exhaust gas density used for the calculation of the fuel consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Masanobu AKITA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Ichiro ASANO, Masayuki ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20140345373
    Abstract: An instrument that directly measures a flow rate and air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas, and from the flow rate and air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas, calculates fuel consumption measures the fuel consumption at high response speed and with high accuracy. The instrument is provided with: an ultrasonic flowmeter 2 that measures a flow rate QEX of exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust gas flow path R; and an arithmetic unit 4 that calculates fuel consumption Fe of an engine with use of the exhaust gas flow rate QEX obtained by the ultrasonic flowmeter 2 and an air-fuel ratio AFR obtained by an air-fuel ratio sensor 3 that measures the air-fuel ratio AFR of the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust gas flow path R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu AKITA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8794048
    Abstract: A system for determining a number of particles includes a diluter arranged at a connecting point of a main flow channel and dilution gas flow channel, a dilution gas flow rate control part that controls the flow rate of the dilution gas introduced into the diluter, a particle number measuring unit that measures a number of solid particles in a diluted exhaust gas, a bypass flow channel that bifurcates from between the diluter and particle number measuring unit in the main flow channel and in which a constant flow rate unit is arranged, and an information processing unit that calculates the dilution factor of the exhaust gas based on a dilution gas flow rate controlled by the dilution gas flow rate control part, and a total of a unit flow rate of the particle number measuring unit and a set flow rate of the constant flow rate unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuyama, Masayoshi Shinohara, Yoshinori Otsuki, Kaoru Okada, Masanobu Akita
  • Publication number: 20120090377
    Abstract: Provided is a system for determining a number of particles, which has a simplified and compact structure as well as a reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuyama, Masayoshi Shinohara, Yoshinori Otsuki, Kaoru Okada, Masanobu Akita