Patents by Inventor Shinji Gotou

Shinji Gotou 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).

  • Patent number: 8973350
    Abstract: In forced regeneration control of an exhaust gas purification device 12, data for control such as the number of meshes of a data map and the number of data maps for forced regeneration control is reduced and occurrence of torque shock is avoided by smoothly changing a fuel pressure. In the forced regeneration control of the exhaust gas purification device, when an operation state of an internal combustion engine is in a high-load operation state, normal injection control by stopping multi injection is carried out and according to a rotation speed and a load of the internal combustion engine, a region for control is divided into a multi-injection control region, a transition region, and a normal injection control region, and in the transition region, data for fuel pressure control obtained by interpolation of data for fuel pressure control on the multi-injection control region side and data for fuel pressure control on the normal injection control region side is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Shinji Gotou, Kenji Hagio, Tatsuo Mashiko, Yoshinobu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8974563
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system includes a diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) which collects particulate matter (“PM”) in exhaust gas, an exhaust pipe injector which performs exhaust pipe injection, and a DPF regeneration control unit which performs temperature rise control of an exhaust gas temperature by the exhaust pipe injection to regenerate the DPF when the PM collected by the DPF exceeds a fixed amount and which, during the regeneration, integrates an amount of time during which the exhaust gas temperature exceeds a PM combustion temperature and completes the regeneration when an integrated value thereof reaches a set regeneration completion value. The DPF regeneration control unit aborts the regeneration when, during regeneration, a total amount of the exhaust pipe injection exceeds an upper limit before the integrated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Shinji Gotou, Hiroyuki Oohira
  • Patent number: 8961668
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system with which a frequency of diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) regeneration requests can be reduced during long low idle regeneration, thereby improving convenience, including a control unit that performs regeneration control on a DPF provided at an exhaust pipe of an engine. The control unit includes a particulate matter (“PM”) accumulation amount predictor for predicting the amount of PM accumulated by calculating a cumulated value of the PM in an idling state. The control unit starts calculating the cumulated value of the PM by the PM accumulation amount predictor after a first predetermined time has elapsed since a detection of the idling state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Hiroyuki Oohira, Shinji Gotou
  • Patent number: 8646254
    Abstract: Forced regeneration start timing of a diesel particulate filter for purifying particulate matter in exhaust gas is judged based on a comparison of a differential pressure across the diesel particulate filter with a predetermined differential pressure threshold across the filter. The predetermined differential pressure threshold is set by multiplying a reference differential pressure threshold by a coefficient which varies stepwise or continuously depending on a mileage of a vehicle after previous forced regeneration. Consequently, particulate matter can be removed by burning while the amount of particulate matter accumulated unevenly in the filter is still small, and excessive temperature rise in the filter resulting from excessive accumulation of particulate matter during forced regeneration and melting-loss of the filter due to excessive temperature rise can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Akira Hirata, Takashi Haseyama, Shinji Gotou, Hitoshi Satou, Tatsuo Mashiko, Futoshi Nakano, Kouichirou Yomogida
  • Patent number: 8453432
    Abstract: An exhaust emission purification system having a controller performing exhaust temperature rise control including multistage delay injection control for raising the exhaust temperature, if the exhaust gas temperature is lower than a predetermined judgment temperature, and performing particulate matter combustion removal control including post injection control, if the exhaust gas temperature becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined judgment temperature, when forced regeneration of a diesel particulate filter is carried out. The multistage delay injection control is forbidden when an idle operation state of an internal combustion engine occurs for a predetermined judgment time and a power take-off device is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Akihiro Inamura, Shinji Gotou, Hitoshi Satou, Tatsuo Mashiko, Akira Hirata, Noriyuki Tsukamoto, Futoshi Nakano, Kouichirou Yomogida
  • Publication number: 20130074458
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system includes a diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) which collects particulate matter (“PM”) in exhaust gas, an exhaust pipe injector which performs exhaust pipe injection, and a DPF regeneration control unit which performs temperature rise control of an exhaust gas temperature by the exhaust pipe injection to regenerate the DPF when the PM collected by the DPF exceeds a fixed amount and which, during the regeneration, integrates an amount of time during which the exhaust gas temperature exceeds a PM combustion temperature and completes the regeneration when an integrated value thereof reaches a set regeneration completion value. The DPF regeneration control unit aborts the regeneration when, during regeneration, a total amount of the exhaust pipe injection exceeds an upper limit before the integrated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Shinji Gotou, Hiroyuki Oohira
  • Publication number: 20130068107
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system with which a frequency of diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) regeneration requests can be reduced during long low idle regeneration, thereby improving convenience, including a control unit that performs regeneration control on a DPF provided at an exhaust pipe of an engine. The control unit includes a particulate matter (“PM”) accumulation amount predictor for predicting the amount of PM accumulated by calculating a cumulated value of the PM in an idling state. The control unit starts calculating the cumulated value of the PM by the PM accumulation amount predictor after a first predetermined time has elapsed since a detection of the idling state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Hiroyuki Oohira, Shinji Gotou
  • Patent number: 8307629
    Abstract: An exhaust emission purification system and a related method of control, wherein an exhaust throttle valve is opened if an engine load reaches at least a predetermined first judgment value during execution of forced regeneration control, and generating an alarm of failure of the exhaust throttle valve if the engine load reaches at least a second judgment value which is larger than the predetermined first judgment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Gotou, Takashi Haseyama, Takao Onodera, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20100024395
    Abstract: In a control method of an exhaust emission purification system (1) and the exhaust emission purification system (1), an exhaust throttle valve (14) is opened if an engine load reaches at least a predetermined first judgment value during execution of forced regeneration control with said exhaust throttle valve (14) closed when a vehicle is stopping. If the engine load thereby increases during execution of forced regeneration of a DPF (12) for purifying PM (particulate matter) in exhaust gas with the exhaust throttle valve (14) closed when the vehicle is stopping, a good combustion state can be sustained in a cylinder by opening the exhaust throttle valve (14) and taking fresh air into the cylinder of an engine (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji Gotou, Takashi Haseyama, Takao Onodera, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20100012105
    Abstract: An exhaust emission purification system including a controller performing exhaust temperature rise control executing multistage delay injection control for raising the exhaust temperature, if the exhaust gas temperature is lower than a predetermined judgment temperature, and performing particulate matter combustion removal control executing post injection control, if the exhaust gas temperature becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined judgment temperature, when forced regeneration of a diesel particulate filter is carried out. Multistage delay injection control is forbidden when an idle operation state of an internal combustion engine is sustained for a predetermined judgment time and a power take-off is in operating state. The diesel particulate filter is thereby kept in a good state in a vehicle equipped for purifying particulate matter in exhaust gas by executing forced regeneration while avoiding variation in engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Akihiro Inamura, Shinji Gotou, Hitoshi Satou, Tatsuo Mashiko, Akira Hirata, Noriyuki Tsukamoto, Futoshi Nakano, Kouichirou Yomogida
  • Publication number: 20100011750
    Abstract: In an exhaust emission purification method and an exhaust emission purification system where forced regeneration start timing of a DPF for purifying the PM (particulate matters) in exhaust gas is judged based on the comparison of a differential pressure across the DPF with a predetermined differential pressure threshold across the DPF, a differential pressure threshold (?Ps) across the DPF is set by multiplying a reference differential pressure threshold (?Ps0) across the DPF by a coefficient (?(?M)) which varies stepwise or continuously depending on the mileage (?M) of a vehicle after previous forced regeneration. Consequently, the PM can be removed by burning while the amount of PM accumulated unevenly in the DPF is still small, and excessive temperature rise in the DPF resulting from excessive accumulation of PM during forced regeneration and melting-loss of DPF due to excessive temperature rise can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Akira Hirata, Takashi Haseyama, Shinji Gotou, Hitoshi Satou, Tatsuo Mashiko, Futoshi Nakano, Kouichirou Yomogida
  • Publication number: 20090165446
    Abstract: In forced regeneration control of an exhaust gas purification device 12, data for control such as the number of meshes of a data map and the number of data maps for forced regeneration control is reduced and occurrence of torque shock is avoided by smoothly changing a fuel pressure. In the forced regeneration control of the exhaust gas purification device 12, when an operation state of an internal combustion engine 10 is a high-load operation state, normal injection control by stopping multi injection is carried out and according to a rotation speed Ne and a load Q of the internal combustion engine 10, a region for control is divided into a multi-injection control region Rm, a transition region Rt, and a normal injection control region Rn, and in the transition region Rt, data Pt for fuel pressure control obtained by interpolation of data Pml for fuel pressure control on the multi-injection control region Rm side and data Pnl for fuel pressure control on the normal injection control region Rn side is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Shinji Gotou, Kenji Hagio, Tatsuo Mashiko, Yoshinobu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7097795
    Abstract: Waste wood is recycled into a large cross-section wood board without using a hazardous material as a binder. The invention provides a method for manufacturing a recycled wood product, and includes the steps of atomizing, to a wood material containing small wood chips, a mist of high-polymer agent having a natural component as the chief ingredient thereof, pressuring the wood material sprayed with the high polymer mist with the wood material aligned in the length direction thereof, and steam heating the wood material under a high-pressure environment to bond the adjacent wood chips together. A high-polymer agent containing tannin as a chief ingredient is used in one example. A high-polymer agent may be applied on the wood material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Shinji Gotou
  • Publication number: 20040183222
    Abstract: Waste wood is recycled into a large cross-section wood board without using a hazardous material as a binder. The invention provides a method for manufacturing a recycled wood product, and includes the steps of atomizing, to a wood material containing small wood chips, a mist of high-polymer agent having a natural component as the chief ingredient thereof, pressuring the wood material sprayed with the high polymer mist with the wood material aligned in the length direction thereof, and steam heating the wood material under a high-pressure environment to bond the adjacent wood chips together. A high-polymer agent containing tannin as a chief ingredient is used in one example. A high-polymer agent may be applied on the wood material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Shinji Gotou