Patents by Inventor Mitsuyoshi Kimura
Mitsuyoshi Kimura 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).
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Publication number: 20260201824Abstract: A control device is a control device of an engine system including an engine, an oxidation catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the engine, and a filter configured to collect soot within the exhaust passage, the soot being contained in exhaust gas of the engine, the control device including: an ash accumulation amount estimation unit configured to estimate an ash amount accumulated in the filter; and a regeneration control unit configured to control regeneration of the filter when the ash amount is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value so that a predetermined amount of the soot remains in the filter, and control regeneration of the filter when the ash amount is greater than the threshold value so that the remaining amount of the soot in the filter is less than the predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: July 16, 2026Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Go Aikawa, Akikazu Miyahara, Tatsuya Yoshida
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Patent number: 12680487Abstract: A reducing agent supply device includes a tank configured to store a reducing agent to be supplied into an exhaust pipe of an engine, pressure-feeding means configured to pressure-feed the reducing agent in the tank, a reducing agent supply channel through which the pressure-fed reducing agent is supplied, an injection nozzle configured to inject, into the exhaust pipe, the reducing agent supplied through the reducing agent supply channel, retraction means configured to retract the reducing agent in the reducing agent supply channel back to a tank side, and a control device configured to control operation of the pressure-feeding means, the injection nozzle, and the retraction means, and the control device causes the injection nozzle to repeat a switching operation in a predetermined cycle while the retraction means is being operated.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2023Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Tatsuya Yoshida
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Patent number: 12553370Abstract: This hydrocarbon deposition amount estimation device comprises a hydrocarbon deposition amount estimation unit that estimates the deposition amount of hydrocarbons deposited in an exhaust gas purification device of an internal combustion engine equipped with an oxidation catalyst on the basis of at least a first measured value corresponding to the intake air temperature of the internal combustion engine, a second measured value corresponding to the temperature of a cooling liquid of the internal combustion engine, and a third measured value corresponding to the exhaust gas flow rate of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Yutaka Ono
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Publication number: 20250347241Abstract: A reducing agent supply device includes a tank configured to store a reducing agent to be supplied into an exhaust pipe of an engine, pressure-feeding means configured to pressure-feed the reducing agent in the tank, a reducing agent supply channel through which the pressure-fed reducing agent is supplied, an injection nozzle configured to inject, into the exhaust pipe, the reducing agent supplied through the reducing agent supply channel, retraction means configured to retract the reducing agent in the reducing agent supply channel back to a tank side, and a control device configured to control operation of the pressure-feeding means, the injection nozzle, and the retraction means, and the control device causes the injection nozzle to repeat a switching operation in a predetermined cycle while the retraction means is being operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: November 13, 2025Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Tatsuya Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230417165Abstract: This hydrocarbon deposition amount estimation device comprises a hydrocarbon deposition amount estimation unit that estimates the deposition amount of hydrocarbons deposited in an exhaust gas purification device of an internal combustion engine equipped with an oxidation catalyst on the basis of at least a first measured value corresponding to the intake air temperature of the internal combustion engine, a second measured value corresponding to the temperature of a cooling liquid of the internal combustion engine, and a third measured value corresponding to the exhaust gas flow rate of the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Yutaka Ono
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Patent number: 9708955Abstract: An exhaust purifying device includes a throttle valve, a DOC device, an SCR device, a fuel injector, an inlet temperature sensor, an outlet temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller includes a heatup-control execution control unit configured to perform a regeneration treatment for removing a urea deposit when a predetermined heatup control execution condition is met, and a condition judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the first condition is met during the regeneration treatment by the heatup control.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akira Ito, Akihiro Miki, Takeo Oomori, Mitsuyoshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20170145885Abstract: An exhaust purifying device (10) includes a throttle valve (20), a DOC device (30), an SCR device (50), a fuel injector (7), an inlet temperature sensor (31), an outlet temperature sensor (45), and a controller (8). The controller (8) includes a heatup-control execution control unit (82) configured to perform a regeneration treatment for removing a urea deposit when a predetermined heatup control execution condition is met, and a condition judgment unit (83) configured to judge whether or not the first condition is met during the regeneration treatment by the heatup control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akira Ito, Akihiro Miki, Takeo Oomori, Mitsuyoshi Kimura
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Patent number: 9478072Abstract: A controller in a form of an engine controller controls an aftertreatment device for a residual substance in exhaust gas. The engine controller includes a regeneration occurrence-condition output unit that outputs regeneration occurrence-condition data indicating occurrence of a regeneration treatment of the aftertreatment device, and a regeneration division detector that detects division of the regeneration treatment by a key-off operation conducted during execution of the regeneration treatment. The regeneration occurrence-condition output unit outputs regeneration occurrence-condition data that is analyzable to show that a regeneration treatment before the division detected by the regeneration division detector and a regeneration treatment after the division are a series of regeneration treatments.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Hashimoto, Tatsuro Nakazato, Akikazu Miyahara, Mitsuyoshi Kimura
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Patent number: 9389146Abstract: A malfunction-determining device for an exhaust gas purifying device, which includes a filter device and a pressure measuring device, includes a usability determiner being configured to determine whether or not the pressure measuring device is usable based on a pressure measured by the pressure measuring device and an exhaust gas flow rate, a frozen-state determiner being configured to determine whether or not the pressure measuring device is frozen, and a malfunction determiner being configured to determine that the pressure measuring device has a malfunction when the usability determiner determines that the pressure measuring device is unusable and the frozen-state determiner determines that the pressure measuring device is not frozen.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Saitou, Shouhei Nagasaka, Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Ken Nakano
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Publication number: 20150248794Abstract: A controller in a form of an engine controller controls an aftertreatment device for a residual substance in exhaust gas. The engine controller includes a regeneration occurrence-condition output unit that outputs regeneration occurrence-condition data indicating occurrence of a regeneration treatment of the aftertreatment device, and a regeneration division detector that detects division of the regeneration treatment by a key-off operation conducted during execution of the regeneration treatment. The regeneration occurrence-condition output unit outputs regeneration occurrence-condition data that is analyzable to show that a regeneration treatment before the division detected by the regeneration division detector and a regeneration treatment after the division are a series of regeneration treatments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Toshihiro Hashimoto, Tatsuro Nakazato, Akikazu Miyahara, Mitsuyoshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20150240696Abstract: A malfunction-determining device for an exhaust gas purifying device, which includes a filter device and a pressure measuring device, includes a usability determiner being configured to determine whether or not the pressure measuring device is usable based on a pressure measured by the pressure measuring device and an exhaust gas flow rate, a frozen-state determiner being configured to determine whether or not the pressure measuring device is frozen, and a malfunction determiner being configured to determine that the pressure measuring device has a malfunction when the usability determiner determines that the pressure measuring device is unusable and the frozen-state determiner determines that the pressure measuring device is not frozen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Shinichi Saitou, Shouhei Nagasaka, Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Ken Nakano
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Patent number: 5150055Abstract: A gradient magnetic field coil is excited by coil exciting means, thereby a gradient magnetic field being generated. The gradient magnetic field generates eddy current in an eddy current generating portion, the magnetic field due to this eddy current disturbing the gradient magnetic field. Means for compensating the magnetic field due to the eddy current is disposed, this means having a transmission function representing an inverse of the transmission function of a gradient magnetic field system including the gradient magnetic field coil and the eddy current generating portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1990Date of Patent: September 22, 1992Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Yoshikazu Amano
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Patent number: 4647202Abstract: A spectrophosphorimeter with a single spectrometer so as to obviate the need of a couple of spectrometers of conventional spectrophosphorimeters, wherein one spectrometer is operated as an excitation-side spectrometer only when the light is allowed to pass a light interceptor, and the other spectrometer works as a phosphorescence-side spectrometer only when the light is substantially interrupted. The single spectrometer is used on the excitation side when the light is allowed to pass and on the phosphorescence side when the light is interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1984Date of Patent: March 3, 1987Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kimura, Taro Nogami, Minoru Owada, Hiroyuki Koshi