Patents by Inventor Noriyasu Kobashi
Noriyasu Kobashi 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: 20220186643Abstract: The exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine includes a filter trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and supporting a three-way catalyst, and a filter regeneration part configured to perform regeneration processing for oxidizing and removing particulate matter deposited on the filter when predetermined conditions are satisfied. The filter regeneration part is configured to increase an NO concentration in exhaust gas flowing into the filter when the predetermined conditions are satisfied compared to when the predetermined conditions are not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Takahiro TSUKAGOSHI, Noriyasu KOBASHI, Takahiko FUJIWARA, Teruaki HAIBARA, Taku MIURA
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Patent number: 11346293Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises an engine body, a filter provided in an exhaust passage of the engine body and trapping particulate matter in the exhaust, and a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of gas flowing cut from the filter. A control device controlling this internal combustion engine comprises a fuel cut control pan configured to perform fuel cut control stopping a supply of fuel to a combustion chamber of the engine body and a forced ending part configured to forcibly make the fuel cut control end even if a condition for performance of fuel cut control had stood based on a trend in change of temperature of the gas temperature detected by the temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriyasu Kobashi, Noriyasu Adachi, Yusuke Saito
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Patent number: 11208936Abstract: An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises a filter 23 arranged in an exhaust passage 23 of an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of cylinders 61, 62, 63, 64 cooled by cooling water are provided and trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, a wall temperature calculation part 51 configured to calculate or detect wall temperatures of a predetermined number of equal to or more than two cylinders among the plurality of cylinders, and a PM amount calculation part 52 configured to calculate an amount of particulate matter discharged from the plurality of cylinders to the exhaust passage based on the wall temperatures calculated or detected by the wall temperature calculation part.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriyasu Kobashi, Noriyasu Adachi, Yusuke Saito
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Patent number: 11162405Abstract: An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises a filter trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, a differential pressure sensor detecting a differential pressure before and after the filter or a differential pressure between a pressure in the exhaust passage and an atmospheric pressure, a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of exhaust gas, and a deposition calculating part configured to calculate an amount of particulate matter deposited at the filter. The deposition calculating part is configured to calculate a first estimated value of an amount of the particulate matter based on the differential pressure, calculate a second estimated value of an amount of the particulate matter based on an amount of increase of temperature of the exhaust gas, and calculate an amount of the particulate matter based on the first estimated value and the second estimated value.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyasu Kobashi, Noriyasu Adachi, Yusuke Saito
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Publication number: 20210231063Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises an engine body, a filter provided in an exhaust passage of the engine body and trapping particulate matter in the exhaust, and a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of gas flowing cut from the filter. A control device controlling this internal combustion engine comprises a fuel cut control pan configured to perform fuel cut control stopping a supply of fuel to a combustion chamber of the engine body and a forced ending part configured to forcibly make the fuel cut control end even if a condition for performance of fuel cut control had stood based on a trend in change of temperature of the gas temperature detected by the temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyasu KOBASHI, Noriyasu ADACHI, Yusuke SAITO
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Publication number: 20210180488Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes a filter, an oxygen supply device, and a controller. The filter is configured to trap particulate matters contained in exhaust gas of an engine. The oxygen supply device is configured to supply oxygen contained in intake air of the engine to the filter. The controller is configured to execute filter regeneration processing to oxidize and remove the particulate matters deposited on the filter. The filter regeneration processing includes regeneration processing during an engine stop that is executed during a shut-down of the engine. In the regeneration processing during the engine stop, a future temperature of the filter is calculated. Then, an operation amount of the oxygen supply device is variably set based on a result of comparing the future temperature with an upper limit temperature of the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyasu ADACHI, Noriyasu KOBASHI, Yusuke SAITO
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Patent number: 11028748Abstract: In a dither control process performed on a fuel injection valve, at least one cylinder is set as a rich combustion cylinder and another cylinder is set as a lean combustion cylinder. A dither control process is executed in a first mode when a vehicle is driven in a normal manner by a user. The dither control process is executed in a second mode on condition that a command signal for performing a temperature raising process on the exhaust gas purifier is input from a device outside the vehicle at a repair shop. The absolute value of the difference between the air-fuel ratio of the lean combustion cylinder and the air-fuel ratio of the rich combustion cylinder obtained by the dither control process is set to be greater in the second mode than in the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriyasu Kobashi, Takashi Nakamura, Tomokazu Akutsu
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Patent number: 10823035Abstract: An exhaust purification device includes a PM filter and a differential pressure sensor for the PM filter, and calculates a first estimated amount PMf based on the operating state of the internal combustion engine and a second estimated amount PMc based on the differential pressure. The exhaust purification device performs an anomaly determination of the differential pressure sensor based on the state of the differential pressure sensor from stopping of the internal combustion engine to a startup thereof, and corrects the first estimated amount PMf based on the second estimated amount PMc when starting the internal combustion engine. The exhaust purification device calculates, as the PM deposition amount Pr, the larger value of the first and second estimated amounts, and starts a filter regeneration control of the PM filter when the PM deposition amount Pr is equal to or more than a first predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Maeda, Masanao Idogawa, Noriyasu Kobashi
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Publication number: 20200256238Abstract: An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises a filter 23 arranged in an exhaust passage 23 of an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of cylinders 61, 62, 63, 64 cooled by cooling water are provided and trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, a wall temperature calculation part 51 configured to calculate or detect wall temperatures of a predetermined number of equal to or more than two cylinders among the plurality of cylinders, and a PM amount calculation part 52 configured to calculate an amount of particulate matter discharged from the plurality of cylinders to the exhaust passage based on the wall temperatures calculated or detected by the wall temperature calculation part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyasu KOBASHI, Noriyasu ADACHI, Yusuke SAITO
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Publication number: 20200217235Abstract: An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises a filter trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, a differential pressure sensor detecting a differential pressure before and after the filter or a differential pressure between a pressure in the exhaust passage and an atmospheric pressure, a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of exhaust gas, and a deposition calculating part configured to calculate an amount of particulate matter deposited at the filter. The deposition calculating part is configured to calculate a first estimated value of an amount of the particulate matter based on the differential pressure, calculate a second estimated value of an amount of the particulate matter based on an amount of increase of temperature of the exhaust gas, and calculate an amount of the particulate matter based on the first estimated value and the second estimated value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Noriyasu KOBASHI, Noriyasu ADACHI, Yusuke SAITO
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Patent number: 10655525Abstract: An emission control device for an internal combustion engine is configured to perform a particulate matter trap function of trapping, with a particulate filter, particulate matter contained in exhaust gas which flows in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The emission control device includes a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a particulate matter accumulation amount, which is a total amount of particulate matter trapped by the particulate filter based on an operation condition of the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to stop calculating the particulate matter accumulation amount when the particulate matter trap function is not functioning.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Nakamura, Noriyasu Kobashi
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Patent number: 10626814Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit configured to execute dither control processing in a first mode and a second mode. The dither control processing is processing for operating a fuel injection valve such that an air-fuel ratio of at least one cylinder among cylinders becomes lean air-fuel ratio, and an air-fuel ratio of cylinders different from the at least one cylinder becomes rich air-fuel ratio when a condition that a regeneration request of the filter occurs is established. In the second mode, an absolute value of the difference between the air-fuel ratio in the lean combustion cylinder and the air-fuel ratio in the rich combustion cylinder smaller than in the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomokazu Akutsu, Takashi Nakamura, Noriyasu Kobashi
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Publication number: 20190178142Abstract: An exhaust purification device includes a PM filter and a differential pressure sensor for the PM filter, and calculates a first estimated amount PMf based on the operating state of the internal combustion engine and a second estimated amount PMc based on the differential pressure. The exhaust purification device performs an anomaly determination of the differential pressure sensor based on the state of the differential pressure sensor from stopping of the internal combustion engine to a startup thereof, and corrects the first estimated amount PMf based on the second estimated amount PMc when starting the internal combustion engine. The exhaust purification device calculates, as the PM deposition amount Pr, the larger value of the first and second estimated amounts, and starts a filter regeneration control of the PM filter when the PM deposition amount Pr is equal to or more than a first predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki MAEDA, Masanao IDOGAWA, Noriyasu KOBASHI
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Publication number: 20190136741Abstract: A controller for an engine includes a temperature raising control unit configured to execute a temperature raising process of raising the temperature of the exhaust gas purifying member and an ambient air amount control unit configured to control driving of the adjustment mechanism. The ambient air amount control unit starts an ambient air amount increasing process that controls the adjustment mechanism so that the amount of ambient air flowing into the engine compartment is increased when the temperature raising process is being executed from that when the temperature raising process is not being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi NAKAMURA, Tomokazu AKUTSU, Noriyasu KOBASHI
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Publication number: 20190107067Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit configured to execute dither control processing in a first mode and a second mode. The dither control processing is processing for operating a fuel injection valve such that an air-fuel ratio of at least one cylinder among cylinders becomes lean air-fuel ratio, and an air-fuel ratio of cylinders different from the at least one cylinder becomes rich air-fuel ratio when a condition that a regeneration request of the filter occurs is established. In the second mode, an absolute value of the difference between the air-fuel ratio in the lean combustion cylinder and the air-fuel ratio in the rich combustion cylinder smaller than in the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomokazu AKUTSU, Takashi NAKAMURA, Noriyasu KOBASHI
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Publication number: 20190107027Abstract: An emission control device for an internal combustion engine is configured to perform a particulate matter trap function of trapping, with a particulate filter, particulate matter contained in exhaust gas which flows in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The emission control device includes a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a particulate matter accumulation amount, which is a total amount of particulate matter trapped by the particulate filter based on an operation condition of the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to stop calculating the particulate matter accumulation amount when the particulate matter trap function is not functioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi NAKAMURA, Noriyasu KOBASHI
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Patent number: 10247114Abstract: In the exhaust gas control system, the electronic control unit is configured to execute first air-fuel ratio control for controlling an air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture in a part of cylinders to a lean air-fuel ratio and controlling an air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture in the other part of the cylinders to a rich air-fuel ratio is executed. The electronic control unit is configured to execute second air-fuel ratio control to perform malfunction diagnosis. The electronic control unit is configured to execute second air-fuel ratio control when the execution of the first air-fuel ratio control is interrupted after the temperature of the three-way catalyst becomes equal to or higher than the diagnosis temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Nakamura, Keiichi Myojo, Yoshiyuki Shogenji, Noriyasu Kobashi, Yuki Nose, Eiji Ikuta
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Publication number: 20190093533Abstract: In a dither control process performed on a fuel injection valve, at least one cylinder is set as a rich combustion cylinder and another cylinder is set as a lean combustion cylinder. A dither control process is executed in a first mode when a vehicle is driven in a normal manner by a user. The dither control process is executed in a second mode on condition that a command signal for performing a temperature raising process on the exhaust gas purifier is input from a device outside the vehicle at a repair shop. The absolute value of the difference between the air-fuel ratio of the lean combustion cylinder and the air-fuel ratio of the rich combustion cylinder obtained by the dither control process is set to be greater in the second mode than in the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyasu Kobashi, Takashi Nakamura, Tomokazu Akutsu
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Patent number: 10125707Abstract: In the present invention, a first regeneration process is executed as a process for oxidizing and removing PM accumulated on the particulate filter if a measured value of a differential pressure sensor is not more than a predetermined upper limit value, assuming that the measured value of the differential pressure sensor is a value to be provided in a state in which only PM is accumulated on the particulate filter, when a difference between an estimated PM accumulation amount estimated from an operation history of an internal combustion engine and a PM accumulation amount calculated from the measured value of the differential pressure sensor is not less than a predetermined threshold value, while a second regeneration process is executed without executing the first regeneration process if the measured value is larger than the predetermined upper limit value.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriyasu Kobashi, Takashi Tsunooka, Takayuki Otsuka, Hiromasa Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20180149102Abstract: In the present invention, a first regeneration process is executed as a process for oxidizing and removing PM accumulated on the particulate filter if a measured value of a differential pressure sensor is not more than a predetermined upper limit value, assuming that the measured value of the differential pressure sensor is a value to be provided in a state in which only PM is accumulated on the particulate filter, when a difference between an estimated PM accumulation amount estimated from an operation history of an internal combustion engine and a PM accumulation amount calculated from the measured value of the differential pressure sensor is not less than a predetermined threshold value, while a second regeneration process is executed without executing the first regeneration process if the measured value is larger than the predetermined upper limit value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyasu KOBASHI, Takashi TSUNOOKA, Takayuki OTSUKA, Hiromasa HASHIMOTO