Patents by Inventor Shintaro Aoki

Shintaro Aoki 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: 10514283
    Abstract: The present invention is an exhaust gas flow rate measuring unit that eliminates the disturbance of the flow velocity distribution of exhaust gas flowing through an attachment pipe to accurately measure an exhaust gas flow rate, and is mounted in a vehicle to measure the flow rate of exhaust gas emitted from an exhaust pipe of the vehicle. In addition, the exhaust gas flow rate measuring unit includes the attachment pipe that is connected to the exhaust pipe and forms a flow path through which the exhaust gas flows, a flowmeter that is provided in the flow path and measures the flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing through the flow path, and a straightening mechanism that is provided on the upstream side of the flowmeter in the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kondo, Shintaro Aoki
  • Patent number: 10132785
    Abstract: In a gas analysis apparatus including analyzers that need ignition, such as FIDs, in order to make it possible to surely ignite the analyzers while downsizing the entire apparatus, the apparatus includes first and second analyzers to accept a sample gas, a first gas line provided with the first analyzer, a second gas line provided with the second analyzer and joined downstream of the first analyzer in the first gas line. At least one of the first analyzer and the second analyzer is configured to cause pressure fluctuations in the gas line including the analyzer when analyzing the sample gas. A first backflow prevention mechanism is disposed between another of the analyzers and a junction of the gas lines. The first backflow prevention mechanism is configured to prevent a fluid from flowing backward from the one of the analyzers through the junction toward the another of the analyzers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Fukami, Haruhisa Mohara, Shintaro Aoki
  • Patent number: 10101309
    Abstract: An exhaust gas analyzing apparatus of a vehicle mounted type equipped with an analyzer that is configured to analyze components contained in exhaust gas includes a sampling line that is an exhaust gas flow path extending from an exhaust gas introduction terminal that is configured to introduce the exhaust gas from the outside to the analyzer; a pressure reduction source that is configured to reduce a pressure in the sampling line to a predetermined pressure; and a temperature-regulating mechanism that is configured to regulate a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing in the sampling line to be at least a first temperature. The first temperature is set to be a temperature equal to or higher than an evaporation temperature of moisture at the reduced predetermined pressure and lower than an evaporation temperature of moisture at one atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Horiba Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Fukami, Shintaro Aoki, Toshio Ohta
  • Publication number: 20180202845
    Abstract: The present invention is an exhaust gas flow rate measuring unit that eliminates the disturbance of the flow velocity distribution of exhaust gas flowing through an attachment pipe to accurately measure an exhaust gas flow rate, and is mounted in a vehicle to measure the flow rate of exhaust gas emitted from an exhaust pipe of the vehicle. In addition, the exhaust gas flow rate measuring unit includes the attachment pipe that is connected to the exhaust pipe and forms a flow path through which the exhaust gas flows, a flowmeter that is provided in the flow path and measures the flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing through the flow path, and a straightening mechanism that is provided on the upstream side of the flowmeter in the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: HORIBA, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke KONDO, Shintaro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170336375
    Abstract: In a gas analysis apparatus including analyzers that need ignition, such as FIDs, in order to make it possible to surely ignite the analyzers while downsizing the entire apparatus, the apparatus includes first and second analyzers to accept a sample gas, a first gas line provided with the first analyzer, a second gas line provided with the second analyzer and joined downstream of the first analyzer in the first gas line. At least one of the first analyzer and the second analyzer is configured to cause pressure fluctuations in the gas line including the analyzer when analyzing the sample gas. A first backflow prevention mechanism is disposed between another of the analyzers and a junction of the gas lines. The first backflow prevention mechanism is configured to prevent a fluid from flowing backward from the one of the analyzers through the junction toward the another of the analyzers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: HORIBA, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun FUKAMI, Haruhisa MOHARA, Shintaro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20150330868
    Abstract: An exhaust gas analyzing apparatus of a vehicle mounted type equipped with an analyzer that is configured to analyze components contained in exhaust gas includes a sampling line that is an exhaust gas flow path extending from an exhaust gas introduction terminal that is configured to introduce the exhaust gas from the outside to the analyzer; a pressure reduction source that is configured to reduce a pressure in the sampling line to a predetermined pressure; and a temperature-regulating mechanism that is configured to regulate a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing in the sampling line to be at least a first temperature. The first temperature is set to be a temperature equal to or higher than an evaporation temperature of moisture at the reduced predetermined pressure and lower than an evaporation temperature of moisture at one atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shun FUKAMI, Shintaro AOKI, Toshio OHTA
  • Patent number: 7110878
    Abstract: A differential pressure type emission flow rate measuring method and apparatus and an emission measuring system are capable of correcting measuring error occurring due to pulsation appropriately and enhancing the measuring precision of flow rate. In measuring the flow rate of an emission exhausted from an engine, an accurate flow rate in spite of pulsation is determined by using a differential pressure type flowmeter. The detected differential pressure signal is resolved by frequency, and is corrected by using a correction coefficient predetermined depending on each frequency obtained by frequency resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Masayuki Adachi, Ichiro Asano, Jiro Senda, Shintaro Aoki
  • Publication number: 20050080550
    Abstract: The invention presents a differential pressure type emission flow rate measuring method and apparatus and an emission measuring system using the same apparatus, capable of correcting measuring error occurring due to pulsation appropriately and enhancing the measuring precision of flow rate when measuring the flow rate of emission having pulsation. The invention, in measuring the flow rate of an emission exhausted from an engine, determines an accurate flow rate in spite of pulsation by using a differential pressure type flowmeter as the flowmeter, resolving the detected differential pressure signal by frequency, and correcting by using a correction coefficient predetermined depending on each frequency obtained by frequency resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Masayuki Adachi, Ichiro Asano, Jiro Senda, Shintaro Aoki