Patents by Inventor Setsuko Igarashi

Setsuko Igarashi 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).

  • Exhaust gas purification device of an engine
    Publication number: 20030066286
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device of an engine comprising a particulate filter arranged in an exhaust passage. An electric motor able to impart a vehicle drive power separate from the engine and able to generate electric power from the engine is provided. After the particulate filter finishes being warmed up, when the temperature of the particulate filter is low, the output torque of the engine is increased and the amount of increase of the output torque is consumed by the power generating action of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Murata, Toshio Suematsu, Shizuo Sasaki, Kohei Igarashi, Setsuko Igarashi, Shinya Hirota, Kazuhiro Itoh, Takamitsu Asanuma, Shunsuke Toshioka, Koichi Kimura, Akira Mikami, Hiroyuki Nagareda