Patents by Inventor Sousuke Imura

Sousuke Imura 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).

  • INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150135706
    Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU) with a surge avoidance unit, wherein, when a turbocharge compressor enters a surging state during vehicle deceleration, the ECU acquires a first target opening degree of a nozzle vane in a turbine of the turbocharger based on an operation state and a first opening map as a surge avoidance control, controls the nozzle vane to a surge avoiding first target opening degree, if the first target opening degree is smaller than a predetermined surge avoiding first target opening degree, and controls the nozzle vane to the first target opening degree, if the first target opening degree is not less than the surge avoiding first target opening degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takafumi Takao, Hirofumi Hashimoto, Sousuke Imura, Syuuichi Hirano