Patents by Inventor Naoto MURASAWA

Naoto MURASAWA 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: 20160237930
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes: a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) provided on an exhaust passage of an engine; a diesel particulate filter (DPF) provided on the exhaust passage at a position downstream of the DOC to collect particulate matter contained in exhaust gas; electrodes that detect a capacitance of the DOC; a particulate matter accumulation estimating unit that estimates an amount of particulate matter accumulated in the DPF on the basis of the detected capacitance; and a forced regeneration control unit that injects fuel into the DOC and performs forced regeneration that burns and removes at least the particulate matter accumulated in the DPF when the estimated accumulated particulate matter amount surpasses a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadashi UCHIYAMA, Hidekazu FUJIE, Naoto MURASAWA, Satoshi HANAWA
  • Publication number: 20160237873
    Abstract: A diagnostic device for an exhaust gas purification system that has a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), a diesel particulate filter, and an exhaust pipe injection device. The device includes a sensor for detecting a temperature of the DOC, a first calculation unit for converting an integration time of the detected temperature between regeneration intervals into a thermal history time with respect to a predetermined set temperature, and calculating a degree of degradation of the DOC based on this thermal history time, a second calculation unit for calculating a quantity of heat generated in the DOC based on the detected temperature during a forced regeneration execution period, and calculating another degree of degradation of the DOC based on the quantity of heat generated; and a diagnosis unit for diagnosing a degradation state of the DOC based on the degrees of degradation entered from the first and second calculation units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hidekazu FUJIE, Kazuo OOSUMI, Tadashi UCHIYAMA, Satoshi HANAWA, Naoto MURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160230635
    Abstract: A diagnostic device includes: a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) for oxidizing hydrocarbon (HC) and nitrogen monoxide in an exhaust gas; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst for reducing and purifying NOx contained in the exhaust gas; a NOx purification rate calculation unit which calculates, based on NOx values at upstream and downstream sides of the SCR catalyst, a low temperature NOx purification rate and a high temperature NOx purification rate; a HC heat generation rate calculation unit which calculates an HC purification rate based on at least the difference between the exhaust gas heat quantities at upstream and downstream sides of the DOC; and a deterioration determination unit which determines the deterioration in the NO2 producing capability of the DOC based on the calculated low temperature NOx purification rate, the calculated high temperature NOx purification rate, and the calculated HC purification rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hidekazu FUJIE, Tadashi UCHIYAMA, Satoshi HANAWA, Naoto MURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160222861
    Abstract: A diagnostic device includes: a DOC for oxidizing hydrocarbon (HC) contained in an exhaust gas; a first sensor for detecting an exhaust gas temperature at a DOC inlet; a second sensor for detecting an exhaust gas temperature at a DOC outlet; a third sensor for detecting ambient temperature; an HC heat generation rate calculation unit which calculates, based on detection values of the first and second sensors, a difference in an exhaust gas heat quantity between upstream and downstream sides of the DOC, calculates, based on the detection values of the three sensors, a heat loss quantity released to-the outside air from the DOC, and adds the heat loss quantity and the exhaust gas heat quantity difference to calculate a heat generation quantity of HC in the DOC; and a DOC deterioration determination unit which determines, based on the calculated HC heat generation quantity, deterioration of the DOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hidekazu FUJIE, Tadashi UCHIYAMA, Satoshi HANAWA, Naoto MURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160169100
    Abstract: A diagnosis device diagnoses a cooler adapted to cool a fluid flowing through intake and exhaust systems of an engine, and includes: a downstream temperature sensor for detecting a fluid temperature downstream of the cooler; a fluid temperature calculation unit for calculating a fluid temperature upstream of the cooler based on a fluid state quantity; a sensor output value calculation unit for assuming an upstream temperature sensor configured to detect a fluid temperature upstream of the cooler, reflecting a sensor response delay in the calculated fluid temperature, and calculating an estimated sensor output value of the upstream temperature sensor; and a cooler diagnosis unit for diagnosing the cooling efficiency of the cooler based on an actual sensor input value entered from the downstream temperature sensor and the calculated estimated sensor output value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi HANAWA, Tadashi UCHIYAMA, Hidekazu FUJIE, Naoto MURASAWA