Patents by Inventor Masanobu Kanamura

Masanobu Kanamura 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).

  • Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and method of controlling internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 6505594
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which performs intake air flow control for controlling an engine speed to a target engine speed during starting of the engine, by adjusting a throttle opening depending upon the engine speed. The control apparatus judges a degree of deterioration of a combustion state in the engine, based on a difference between a predetermined reference peak engine speed and an actual peak engine speed, and switches from the intake air flow control to ignition timing control for controlling the engine speed when the engine operates in a poor combustion state, at a point of time that is determined based on the degree of deterioration of the combustion state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Katayama, Masanobu Kanamura, Satoru Watanabe, Hidemi Ohnaka