Patents by Inventor Satoshi Imamura
Satoshi Imamura 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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Patent number: 11073102Abstract: A structure of a combustion chamber for an engine includes a crown surface of a piston, a cylinder wall surface, a combustion chamber ceiling surface, and an ignition plug which includes an ignition portion. The crown surface of the piston includes: a cavity recessed in the cylinder axis direction; a parallel surface portion which is in parallel to a corresponding region on the combustion chamber ceiling surface at a position above the cylinder axis direction with a gap, when the piston is at a compression top dead center; and an inclined surface portion formed to continue to the parallel surface portion in such a way as to be directed to the ignition plug, when the piston is at a compression top dead center. The parallel surface portion and the corresponding region, in combination, constitute a squish flow generation portion generating a squish flow when the piston is lifted.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Imamura, Masaki Fukuma, Yasushi Nakahara, Atsushi Inoue, Kota Matsumoto, Yoshiharu Ueki, Michiharu Kawano, Yuya Honda, Kento Onishi
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Patent number: 11041457Abstract: A structure of a combustion chamber for an engine includes: a crown surface of a piston; a combustion chamber ceiling surface formed on a cylinder head; and an ignition plug mounted on the combustion chamber ceiling surface, and including an ignition portion disposed in such a way as to face the combustion chamber. The crown surface of the piston includes a cavity which is recessed in a cylinder axis direction in a region including a position below the ignition portion of the ignition plug in a plan view from the cylinder axis direction. A rim portion of the cavity includes a guide portion, raised in the cylinder axis direction with respect to an inner region of the rim portion, interposing the ignition portion when the piston is at a compression top dead center, and configured to guide an air-fuel mixture within the combustion chamber to the ignition portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Imamura, Masaki Fukuma, Yasushi Nakahara, Atsushi Inoue, Kota Matsumoto, Yoshiharu Ueki, Michiharu Kawano, Yuya Honda, Kento Onishi
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Publication number: 20210157496Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory region; a communication interface that is connected to an access apparatus different from the information processing apparatus; a storage region that the communication interface accesses in response to an access request from the access apparatus; and a processor coupled to the memory region and the storage region, and configured to access the memory region and the storage region, wherein the processor including a memory controller configured to control an access to the memory region and an access to the storage region, and the processor is configured to control, based on a state of one or more first accesses to the memory region and the storage region via the memory controller, a timing of executing a second access to the storage region that the communication interface makes via the memory controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kazuichi Oe, Satoshi Imamura, Eiji Yoshida
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Patent number: 11015515Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for an engine includes a combustion chamber where SI combustion by spark ignition and CI combustion by self-ignition are conducted. A crown surface includes a cavity recessed to have a bowl-shape; a pair of first raised portions having a mound-shape along a pent roof shape; and a second raised portion provided to protrude at a position orthogonal to a ridge extending direction of the pair of first raised portions. With a height of the first raised portion relative to a height position of a deepest portion of the cavity being represented as H1 and a height of the second raised portion being represented as H2, H1/H2 as a ratio of the height H1 of the first raised portion to the height H2 of the second raised portion is set to be in a range of 1.92 or more and 2.75 or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Satoshi Imamura, Masaki Fukuma, Yasushi Nakahara, Atsushi Inoue, Kota Matsumoto, Michiharu Kawano, Yuya Honda, Futa Nishi
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Patent number: 11010069Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first memory configured to store first conversion information used for converting a virtual address to a physical address of a memory region to access data stored in the memory region; a second memory configured to store second conversion information used for converting a virtual address to a logical block address of a storage device to access data stored in the storage device; memory management circuitry configured to execute a first processor a second process, according to an access destination of a first virtual address, the first process includes address conversion on the first virtual address using the first conversion information or the second conversion information and memory access to the memory region based on a result of the address conversion, the second process including notification of a first logical block address associated with the first virtual address to an operating system.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Satoshi Imamura
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Publication number: 20210073039Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a plurality of groups, each group including a first memory, a second memory different in process speed from the first memory, and a processor including a memory controller that is connected to the first memory and the second memory and that controls an access from a process to the first memory and the second memory, wherein a first processor among a plurality of the processors of the plurality of groups is configured to determine, based on a characteristic of a plurality of the processes accessing data stored in the first memory or the second memory in each of the plurality of groups, an allocation of the plurality of processes onto the plurality of processors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Satoshi Imamura
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Publication number: 20200378334Abstract: A structure of a combustion chamber for an engine includes: a crown surface of a piston; a combustion chamber ceiling surface formed on a cylinder head; and an ignition plug mounted on the combustion chamber ceiling surface, and including an ignition portion disposed in such a way as to face the combustion chamber. The crown surface of the piston includes a cavity which is recessed in a cylinder axis direction in a region including a position below the ignition portion of the ignition plug in a plan view from the cylinder axis direction. A rim portion of the cavity includes a guide portion, raised in the cylinder axis direction with respect to an inner region of the rim portion, interposing the ignition portion when the piston is at a compression top dead center, and configured to guide an air-fuel mixture within the combustion chamber to the ignition portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi IMAMURA, Masaki FUKUMA, Yasushi NAKAHARA, Atsushi INOUE, Kota MATSUMOTO, Yoshiharu UEKI, Michiharu KAWANO, Yuya HONDA, Kento ONISHI
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Publication number: 20200378335Abstract: A structure of a combustion chamber for an engine includes a crown surface of a piston, a cylinder wall surface, a combustion chamber ceiling surface, and an ignition plug which includes an ignition portion. The crown surface of the piston includes: a cavity recessed in the cylinder axis direction; a parallel surface portion which is in parallel to a corresponding region on the combustion chamber ceiling surface at a position above the cylinder axis direction with a gap, when the piston is at a compression top dead center; and an inclined surface portion formed to continue to the parallel surface portion in such a way as to be directed to the ignition plug, when the piston is at a compression top dead center. The parallel surface portion and the corresponding region, in combination, constitute a squish flow generation portion generating a squish flow when the piston is lifted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi IMAMURA, Masaki FUKUMA, Yasushi NAKAHARA, Atsushi INOUE, Kota MATSUMOTO, Yoshiharu UEKI, Michiharu KAWANO, Yuya HONDA, Kento ONISHI
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Patent number: 10851702Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for an engine includes a combustion chamber where SI combustion by spark ignition and CI combustion by self-ignition are conducted. A crown surface includes a cavity recessed to have a bowl-shape, and a pair of raised portions. The cavity includes a bottom portion which is a lower region of the recessed part, the bottom portion having an outer circumferential edge which is circular in a top view. With a height of the raised portion relative to a height position of a deepest portion of the cavity being represented as H1 and a diameter of an outer circumferential edge of the bottom portion of the cavity being represented as D, H1/D as a ratio of the height H1 of the raised portion to the diameter D of the cavity is set to be in a range of 0.05 or more and 0.36 or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Satoshi Imamura, Masaki Fukuma, Yasushi Nakahara, Atsushi Inoue, Kota Matsumoto, Michiharu Kawano, Yuya Honda, Futa Nishi
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Publication number: 20200278925Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first memory whose writing unit is a first size; a second memory whose writing unit is a second size larger than the first size; and a processor configured to: receive a write instruction of write data of the first size to the second memory; generate, in the first memory, a first area of the second size corresponding to a predetermined area of the second size where the write data is written in the second memory; read stored data stored in the predetermined area of the second memory at a timing different from a timing at which the write instruction is received; update the stored data with the write data written to the first area; store the updated stored data in the predetermined area of the second memory; and write the write data to the first area created in the first memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Satoshi Imamura
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Patent number: 10753313Abstract: Disclosed herein is a support structure for a rotary part of an engine (2). The support structure includes crank journal bearing metals (14) and crank pin bearing metals (24, 124). Each crank journal bearing metal (14) includes chamfers (16) and crowned portions (17). On the other hand, each crank pin bearing metal (24, 124) includes chamfers (26) and no crowned portion or crowned portions (127) on its inner peripheral surface. The crowned portions (127) are inclined at a smaller angle than the crowned portions (17).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Okagawa, Satoshi Imamura, Shohei Kimura
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Publication number: 20200166003Abstract: A structure of a combustion chamber for an engine includes a crown surface of a piston, a combustion chamber ceiling surface, an injector and an ignition plug provided on the combustion chamber ceiling surface, and an intake opening and an exhaust opening opened in the combustion chamber ceiling surface. A side where the intake opening is opened is defined as an intake port side, and a side where the exhaust opening is opened is defined as an exhaust port side. An ignition portion of the ignition plug is disposed on the intake port side. The ignition plug is ignited at a timing after the piston passes a compression top dead center. The injector is disposed on the center portion, and is configured to inject fuel toward the exhaust port side. A cavity is provided on the crown surface. A reverse squish flow generation portion is provided in the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi IMAMURA, Masaki FUKUMA, Yasushi NAKAHARA, Atsushi INOUE, Kota MATSUMOTO, Yoshiharu UEKI, Michiharu KAWANO, Yuya HONDA, Kento ONISHI
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Publication number: 20200158006Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for an engine includes a combustion chamber where SI combustion by spark ignition and CI combustion by self-ignition are conducted. A crown surface includes a cavity recessed to have a bowl-shape, and a pair of raised portions. The cavity includes a bottom portion which is a lower region of the recessed part, the bottom portion having an outer circumferential edge which is circular in a top view. With a height of the raised portion relative to a height position of a deepest portion of the cavity being represented as H1 and a diameter of an outer circumferential edge of the bottom portion of the cavity being represented as D, H1/D as a ratio of the height H1 of the raised portion to the diameter D of the cavity is set to be in a range of 0.05 or more and 0.36 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Satoshi IMAMURA, Masaki FUKUMA, Yasushi NAKAHARA, Atsushi INOUE, Kota MATSUMOTO, Michiharu KAWANO, Yuya HONDA, Futa NISHI
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Publication number: 20200158007Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for an engine includes a combustion chamber where SI combustion by spark ignition and CI combustion by self-ignition are conducted. A crown surface includes a cavity recessed to have a bowl-shape; a pair of first raised portions having a mound-shape along a pent roof shape; and a second raised portion provided to protrude at a position orthogonal to a ridge extending direction of the pair of first raised portions. With a height of the first raised portion relative to a height position of a deepest portion of the cavity being represented as H1 and a height of the second raised portion being represented as H2, H1/H2 as a ratio of the height H1 of the first raised portion to the height H2 of the second raised portion is set to be in a range of 1.92 or more and 2.75 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Satoshi IMAMURA, Masaki FUKUMA, Yasushi NAKAHARA, Atsushi INOUE, Kota MATSUMOTO, Michiharu KAWANO, Yuya HONDA, Futa NISHI
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Publication number: 20200141306Abstract: A structure of a combustion chamber for an engine includes a crown surface of a piston, a combustion chamber ceiling surface formed on a cylinder head, an injector and an ignition plug provided on the combustion chamber ceiling surface, and an intake opening and an exhaust opening opened in the combustion chamber ceiling surface. A side where the intake opening is opened is defined as an intake port side, and a side where the exhaust opening is opened is defined as an exhaust port side, with respect to a position, as a reference, where an ignition portion of the ignition plug is disposed in a plan view from one side in a cylinder axis direction, the injector is configured to inject fuel toward the exhaust port side, and a reverse squish flow generation portion, which draws an air-fuel mixture toward the intake port side, is provided in the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi IMAMURA, Masaki FUKUMA, Yasushi NAKAHARA, Atsushi INOUE, Kota MATSUMOTO, Yoshiharu UEKI, Michiharu KAWANO, Yuya HONDA, Kento ONISHI
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Patent number: 10605328Abstract: A counterweight forms a crankshaft of an engine, and includes: an arm connecting a crank journal and crank pin of the crankshaft; a neck extending from a first connection face of the arm in a direction opposite to the crank pin; and a substantially fan-shaped weight continuous with a portion of the neck opposite to the crank journal. The weight has left and right shoulders continuous with the neck, and each of the shoulders is tilted to be away from the neck at an angle with respect to a horizontal line orthogonal to a crankshaft center when viewed along the crankshaft center, the angle being 15° or more and 22.5° or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki Imano, Masaki Fukuma, Satoshi Imamura, Hisashi Kajikawa, Toshinobu Yoneya, Ryoko Motohiro, Yuichi Someno, Takahiro Iwai
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Patent number: 10578149Abstract: A connecting rod includes a rod having the form of a bar, a smaller end part, and a larger end part. The rod is provided with a friction generation portion at which friction is generated due to deformation of the rod.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Fukuma, Satoshi Imamura, Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Masayuki Kidokoro
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Patent number: 10514858Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a DRAM, a nonvolatile memory, and nonvolatile storage. A process execution unit executes, in response to a write instruction, a first writing process of writing write data to the DRAM and storing a write log of the write data in the nonvolatile storage or a second writing process of writing the write data to the nonvolatile memory. A page management unit moves, based on the number of times predetermined data stored in the DRAM or the nonvolatile memory is written or read in a predetermined time period, the processing speed of each of the DRAM and the nonvolatile memory, and the time needed to store the log in the nonvolatile storage executed by the process execution unit, the predetermined data between the DRAM and the nonvolatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Satoshi Imamura
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Publication number: 20190369904Abstract: An apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute an access processing that includes making access to a storage, execute a monitoring processing that includes monitoring a state of usage of the storage in given timing, and execute a control processing that includes changing an operating frequency of the processor performing the access processing according to a monitoring result of the monitoring processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Satoshi Imamura
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Publication number: 20190258415Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first memory configured to store first conversion information used for converting a virtual address to a physical address of a memory region to access data stored in the memory region; a second memory configured to store second conversion information used for converting a virtual address to a logical block address of a storage device to access data stored in the storage device; memory management circuitry configured to execute a first processor a second process, according to an access destination of a first virtual address, the first process includes address conversion on the first virtual address using the first conversion information or the second conversion information and memory access to the memory region based on a result of the address conversion, the second process including notification of a first logical block address associated with the first virtual address to an operating system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Satoshi Imamura