Patents by Inventor Shoichiro TAKEKAWA

Shoichiro TAKEKAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20160369748
    Abstract: An oil retaining amount determination device includes a collected-liquid tank, an element, a thermistor, and a control unit. The collected-liquid tank is arranged in a supply line of CNG. The element separates oil from the CNG that flows into the collected-liquid tank. The thermistor is arranged in a downward direction from the element in the collected-liquid tank and generates heat by being electrified. The control unit determines whether the thermistor is immersed in the oil based on change of a thermistor voltage at the time of electrification of the thermistor. The control unit performs the determination procedure when flow of the CNG in the supply line is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichiro Takekawa, Nao MURASE
  • Publication number: 20160305359
    Abstract: In a fuel injection control device, a learning value compensating for a steady deviation between actual air-fuel ratio and target air-fuel ratio is updated through an air-fuel ratio feedback control during engine operation, and a fuel injection amount is corrected using the learning value. If fuel having been replenished is detected at the time of engine starting, a correction amount is added to the learning value. Here, in a case where the learning value is a value which is included in a predetermined range, the correction amount is set to “0” and engine starting is performed by using the learning value as it is. Meanwhile, in a case where the learning value is a value which is not included in the predetermined range, the learning value is corrected to a value equal to a boundary value of the predetermined range by the correction amount, and engine starting is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Komoda, Shoichiro Takekawa
  • Publication number: 20160265450
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is applied to a multi-fuel engine. The multi-fuel engine is constructed such that the operation mode of the engine can be switched, while the engine is operating, between a liquid fuel operation mode, in which fuel is supplied by injecting a liquid fuel into an intake passage, and a gas fuel operation mode, in which fuel is supplied by injecting a gas fuel into intake air. The fuel supply apparatus is equipped with a control device that performs a decreasing correction of the injection amount of the gas fuel when the engine operation mode is switched from the liquid fuel operation mode to the gas fuel operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichiro TAKEKAWA, Takao KOMODA