Patents by Inventor Masashi Gabe

Masashi Gabe 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: 20050014978
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying system wherein an NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (30) including a catalytic metal and an NOx occluding substance is installed in an exhaust passage (3) of an engine (10), a restore processing against the sulfur poisoning of the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (30) is executed, by performing a lax rich control for controlling the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gas to the theoretical air/fuel ratio or slightly lower than the theoretical air/fuel ratio, when the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (30) is heated equal or superior to the sulfur purge temperature. NOx is purified up effectively, by excluding effects of the sulfur poisoning, suppressing the deterioration of fuel-efficiency, by the control method for exhaust gas purifying system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Daji Nagaoka, Masashi Gabe, Hitoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 6802180
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system includes the DPF to purify particulate matters in the exhaust gas of a diesel engine, comprising a regeneration control device to judge a condition of an engine operation to be an idle operation or not at the time of starting the control operation for regenerating the diesel particulate filter and during the regeneration control operation, when the engine operation is judged to be an idle operation, an idle engine speed is controlled and raised to the predetermined engine speed. Since the system includes such structure, in an operation of the DPF regenerate control, an adequate exhaust gas flow rate can be kept even in an idle operation and a raise of the DPF temperature due to a reduction of the exhaust gas flow rate can be avoided so as to prevent a damage of the DPF from melting and a deterioration of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Masashi Gabe, Takehito Imai, Naofumi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20040154285
    Abstract: The exhaust gas purifying system (1) for the internal combustion engine, comprising the first exhaust gas purifying device (31) provided with the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst arranged in the exhaust gas passage (30) of the internal combustion engine (10), and also comprising the respective oxygen concentration sensors (34, 35) arranged at the upstream and downstream of the first exhaust gas purifying device (31), and which controls to end the rich control when a difference between the oxygen concentrations detected by both of said oxygen concentration sensors (34, 35) falls not higher than a predetermined judgment value during the rich control for restoring the catalytic ability of the first exhaust gas purifying device (31), is provided with the second exhaust gas purifying device (32) for cleaning HC and CO at the downstream of said first exhaust gas purifying device (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiji Nagaoka, Masashi Gabe, Takayuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20040144069
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying system (1) having a continuous regeneration DPF (3) installed in the exhaust passage (2) of a diesel engine (E) provided with a glow plug and a regeneration control means for regenerating the continuous regeneration DPF (3), is constituted so that the regeneration control means performs retarded injection or post-injection in the control of fuel injection into a cylinder (13) and heating the inside of the cylinder (13) by the glow plug (16) for regenerating the continuous regeneration DPF (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Masashi Gabe, Yoshihisa Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20040105801
    Abstract: To provide an exhaust gas purifying method for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine (1) by an exhaust gas purifying system (10) having an oxidation catalyst (3a), which comprises the steps of estimating the quantity of unburnt hydrocarbon accumulated in a support of the oxidation catalyst (3a), performing a hydrocarbon removal control when an estimated accumulation quantity (Vhc) of the unburnt hydrocarbon exceeds a predetermined judgment value (Vhc0) and raising an exhaust gas temperature (T) to activate the oxidation catalyst (3a) and oxidizing and removing the accumulated unburnt hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors, Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Naofumi Ochi, Masashi Gabe, Takehito Imai
  • Publication number: 20040055287
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust gas purifying system (10) having a continuous regenerating diesel particulate filter system (3) on the exhaust passage (2) of an internal combustion engine (1) is constituted by including collected-quantity estimation means (5A) for estimating the quantity of collected particulate matter in a filter (3b) of the filter system for collecting the particulate matter and maximum-fuel-injection-quantity restricting means (5C) for restricting the maximum fuel injection quantity of the internal combustion engine (1) when the quantity of collected particulate matter estimated by the collected-quantity estimation means (51A) is equal to or more than a predetermined judgment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors, Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Naofumi Ochi, Masashi Gabe, Takehito Imai, Takashi Urata
  • Publication number: 20040035101
    Abstract: A regeneration control method for regenerating a continuously regenerating diesel particulate filter device (1) capable of regenerating a filter (4) by efficiently removing PM while suppressing the deterioration of fuel consumption and preventing a drivability from being deteriorated, wherein the clogged-state of the filter (4) is judged in three or more phases of the clogged-state and, when the clogged-state of the filter (4) reaches a specified phase, a specified regenerating mode operation set in correspondence with the reached phase is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Takehito Imai, Tsuneo Suzuki, Masashi Gabe, Naofumi Ochi
  • Patent number: 6622480
    Abstract: A diesel particulate filer unit 1 comprising a filter 4 for capturing particulates in the exhaust gas G of an engine E, and a regeneration control means 50 judging the start of the regeneration operation of said filter 4, according to the comparison between the value measured by exhaust pressure sensors 51, 52 and a predetermined exhaust pressure judgment value &Dgr;Pes, Pes, Res wherein said regeneration control means 50 is configured to estimate the ash accumulated quantity SAsh of ash leaked into the exhaust gas G and accumulated in said filer 4, and correct said exhaust pressure judgment value &Dgr;Pes, Pes, Res for judging the regeneration operation start based on this. Thereby, a diesel particulate filter that can judge the regeneration start timing appropriately, taking accumulation and deposit of ash generated from lubricant oil on the filter into consideration, and remove particulates efficiently all the way preventing the filter from clogging is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tashiro, Takehito Imai, Tsuneo Suzuki, Naofumi Ochi, Masashi Gabe
  • Publication number: 20030145581
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an diesel engine fuel injection control, and a regeneration control method of exhaust gas post-treatment apparatus using this fuel injection control, and the engine fuel injection control for performing after injections (Fas, Fam) after a main injection (Fm) for activation and regeneration of the exhaust gas post-treatment apparatus, through the rising of diesel engine exhaust gas temperature or the decrease of the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas, is composed to perform the after injections (Fas, Fam) in a range of 40° ATDC to 90° ATDC of the crank angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tashiro, Takehito Imai, Tsuneo Suzuki, Naofumi Ochi, Masashi Gabe
  • Publication number: 20030106308
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system includes the DPF to purify particulate matters in the exhaust gas of a diesel engine, comprising a regeneration control device to judge a condition of an engine operation to be an idle operation or not at the time of starting the control operation for regenerating the diesel particulate filter and during the regeneration control operation, when the engine operation is judged to be an idle operation, an idle engine speed is controlled and raised to the predetermined engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Masashi Gabe, Takehito Imai, Naofumi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20030097834
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system having a diesel particulate filter to purify particulate matter in the exhaust gas G from a diesel engine, wherein a an exhaust gas passage prevention structure or the like is installed in portions where particulate matter in the exhaust gas is collected and accumulated easily, and, the temperature raises easily by the oxidation of accumulated particulate matter, in said diesel particulate filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Masashi Gabe, Takehito Imai, Naofumi Ochi, Yoshihisa Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20020112472
    Abstract: A diesel particulate filer unit 1 comprising a filter 4 for capturing particulates in the exhaust gas G of an engine E, and a regeneration control means 50 judging the start of the regeneration operation of said filter 4, according to the comparison between the value measured by exhaust pressure sensors 51, 52 and a predetermined exhaust pressure judgment value &Dgr; Pes, Pes, Res wherein said regeneration control means 50 is configured to estimate the ash accumulated quantity SAsh of ash leaked into the exhaust gas G and accumulated in said filer 4, and correct said exhaust pressure judgment value &Dgr;Pes, Pes, Res for judging the regeneration operation start based on this. Thereby, a diesel particulate filter that can judge the regeneration start timing appropriately, taking accumulation and deposit of ash generated from lubricant oil on the filter into consideration, and remove particulates efficiently all the way preventing the filter from clogging is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Tashiro, Takehito Imai, Tsuneo Suzuki, Naofumi Ochi, Masashi Gabe