Patents by Inventor Masanori HIROCHI

Masanori HIROCHI 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: 11767796
    Abstract: A spark ignition type engine enabling engine startability to be favorable is provided. The spark ignition type engine includes a main intake-air passage; a throttle valve of the main intake-air passage; a bypass intake-air passage bypassing the throttle valve; an ISC valve of the bypass intake-air passage; and an electronic control device that controls an engine speed by adjusting an opening degree of the ISC valve, in which when the engine is started, cranking is performed at a cranking opening degree at which the ISC valve is narrowed by a predetermined amount from a fully opened state by control of the electronic control device, so that an intake-air negative pressure is generated on an intake-air downstream side of the ISC valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michisuke Iga, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Masanori Hirochi, Yoshinori Oyama
  • Publication number: 20230203997
    Abstract: A spark ignition type engine enabling engine startability to be favorable is provided. The spark ignition type engine includes a main intake-air passage; a throttle valve of the main intake-air passage; a bypass intake-air passage bypassing the throttle valve; an ISC valve of the bypass intake-air passage; and an electronic control device that controls an engine speed by adjusting an opening degree of the ISC valve, in which when the engine is started, cranking is performed at a cranking opening degree at which the ISC valve is narrowed by a predetermined amount from a fully opened state by control of the electronic control device, so that an intake-air negative pressure is generated on an intake-air downstream side of the ISC valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Michisuke IGA, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Masanori HIROCHI, Yoshinori OYAMA