Patents by Inventor Shinich Takenouchi

Shinich Takenouchi 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).

  • System and method for controlling fuel supply to internal combustion engine according to operation of automatic transmision applicable to automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 5146891
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling an operation of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle having an automatic transmission in which at least one of predetermined fuel supply recovery engine revolution speed or predetermined fuel supply cut-off engine revolution speed is varied during the engine deceleration condition according to a state of operation of the automatic transmission. In the first preferred embodiment, a downshift operation of the automatic transmission is detected. In the second preferred embodiment, an overrun clutch solenoid is turned on (energized). In the latter case, both fuel supply recovery and fuel supply cut-off engine revolution speeds are set to higher values than those when the clutch solenoid is turned off (deenergized).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shinsuke Nakazawa, Yuji Kato, Tatsuo Wakahara, Shigeki Shimanaka, Hiroshi Asano, Hiroshi Sasaki, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Ishigami, Shinich Takenouchi