Patents by Inventor Taiichi Mori

Taiichi Mori 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: 20130186074
    Abstract: The present invention provides an internal combustion engine includes: a turbocharger arranged in exhaust passage; EGR passage branching off from the exhaust passage downstream of a turbine of the turbocharger and connected to intake passage; a burner device arranged in the exhaust passage between the turbine and the portion where the EGR passage branches off to increase exhaust temperature; a bypass passage branching off from the exhaust passage between the turbine and the burner device and connected to the EGR passage; and a bypass valve to adjust flow rate of exhaust gas passing through bypass passage. When flow rate of the exhaust gas is increased, the bypass valve is open, and part of the exhaust gas is guided to the bypass passage. The flow rate of the exhaust gas to be supplied to the burner device is reduced, and the ignition performance of the burner device is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chika Kanba, Eiji Hashimoto, Taiichi Mori, Koki Uno, Masahiro Fujiwara, Shunichi Hanada
  • Publication number: 20130098008
    Abstract: An exhaust gas heating apparatus (31) according to the present invention comprises an expansion chamber (37) having an inflow port (42) and an outflow port (43), a fuel supplying element (38) for supplying fuel into the expansion chamber, a fuel diffusing plate (39) for dispersing the fuel in the expansion chamber, and ignition means (40) for igniting the fuel in the expansion chamber, wherein an exhaust passage (28) communicated with the inflow port is connected tangentially to a circular peripheral surface (37a) of the expansion chamber, an axis (A) thereof is deviated from an axis (B) of the exhaust passage communicated with the outflow port, and the fuel diffusing plate extends along the peripheral surface of the expansion chamber from close proximity of the inflow port in such a manner as to form a partition between the inflow and outflow ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taiichi Mori
  • Publication number: 20130061585
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes an exhaust treatment apparatus provided in an exhaust passage, and a burner apparatus provided upstream of the exhaust treatment apparatus to increase an exhaust temperature. The burner apparatus includes at least a fuel addition valve that allows fuel to be added into exhaust and ignition means for igniting the fuel added via the fuel addition valve. The fuel addition valve is driven open when fuel is added via the fuel addition valve. The amount of fuel added via the fuel addition valve per unit time is increased beyond a predetermined reference amount when the detected amount of intake air exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The probability of successful ignition by the ignition apparatus is increased, and a flame is prevented from being blown out. Thus, the burner apparatus can demonstrate sufficient ignition performance and sufficient combustion performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiichi Mori, Eiji Hashimoto, Koki Uno, Chika Kanba, Masahiro Fujiwara, Shunichi Hanada
  • Publication number: 20130036725
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes an exhaust treatment apparatus provided in an exhaust passage, and a burner apparatus provided upstream of the exhaust treatment apparatus to raise exhaust temperature. A valve driving state of at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve is controlled so as to reduce a flow rate of exhaust gas passing through the burner apparatus when the flow rate of the exhaust gas is equal to or larger than a predetermined value. Possible flame blow-out in the burner apparatus can be prevented or suppressed to ensure sufficient ignition performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Uno, Eiji Hashimoto, Taiichi Mori, Masahiro Fujiwara, Shunichi Hanada, Chika Kanba
  • Patent number: 8297407
    Abstract: An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taiichi Mori, Hideo Kobayashi, Katuhiko Arisawa, Kenichi Yamada, Yoshio Yamashita, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20120073274
    Abstract: Internal combustion engine according to the invention comprises an exhaust treatment apparatus provided in an exhaust passage, a burner apparatus provided upstream of the exhaust treatment apparatus for increasing exhaust temperature, and a variable mechanism for varying valve timing of an exhaust valve. The variable mechanism is controlled in such a manner that, when a flow amount of exhaust gas passing through the burner apparatus is equal to or more than a predetermined value, the exhaust valve opens in the middle of piston descending during an expansion stroke. When the exhaust valve is opened at this timing, high-temperature exhaust or combustion gas existing in combustion chamber at this time is sent to the burner apparatus, making it possible to increase atmosphere gas temperature of the burner apparatus. Therefore, even when flow amount of exhaust gas is increased to the predetermined value or more, sufficient ignition performance can be ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Uno, Eiji Hashimoto, Taiichi Mori, Masahiro Fujiwara, Shunichi Hanada, Chika Kanba
  • Patent number: 8139461
    Abstract: A plate body 2, multiple hologram layers 3 are provided in the thickness direction of the plate body 2, and at least one of the multiple hologram layers 3 is formed of spirally continuous hologram bands 4. Erasure areas 4A and 4B and non-erasure areas 4C and 4D of the hologram band 4 are provided in the length direction of the hologram band 4. Non-erasure areas 4E and 4F of the hologram band 4 are formed on both sides in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the hologram band 4 in the erasure areas 4A and 4B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Inoue, Hideaki Horio, Taiichi Mori, Tetsuya Araki, Kouichi Bairin
  • Publication number: 20120037456
    Abstract: An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiichi Mori, Hideo Kobayashi, Katuhiko Arisawa, Kenichi Yamada, Yoshio Yamashita, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8089847
    Abstract: The recording and reproducing apparatus has rotary drive unit (a motor) that rotationally drives a multilayer recordable recording medium 1; a reference-light-side recording and reproducing lens 6 and a recording-light-side recording and reproducing lens 7 that are disposed oppositely to the recording medium 1 which is rotationally driven by the rotary drive unit, an address detection lens 5 that is disposed opposite the recording medium 1 and that is provided separately from the recording and reproducing lenses 6 and 7; a light source 9 for recording and reproducing purpose that supplies recording reproduction light to the recording and reproducing lenses 6 and 7; and the address light source 9 that supplies address light to the address detection lens 5. The apparatus is configured in such a way that light whose center axis portion is optically hollow is supplied from the reference-light-side recording and reproducing lens 6 to the recording medium 1 during reproducing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Inoue, Syougo Horinouchi, Hideaki Horio, Taiichi Mori
  • Patent number: 8066100
    Abstract: An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taiichi Mori, Hideo Kobayashi, Katuhiko Arisawa, Kenichi Yamada, Yoshio Yamashita, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8064313
    Abstract: Then, in order to achieve the above-described object, in the optical disk of the present invention, while micro-hologram layers 7 and 8 made of plural layers are provided in an inner portion of a plate body 2 along a thickness direction of the plate body 2, dimensions of micro-holograms 4 along the thickness direction of the plate body 2, which configure the micro-hologram layer 7 formed on the side of one surface of the plate body 2 within the micro-hologram layers 7 and 8 constructed of the plural layers, are made smaller than dimensions of micro-holograms 3 along the thickness direction of the plate body 2, which configure a micro-hologram layer 8 formed on the side of an inner layer of the plate body 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Syougo Horinouchi, Taiichi Mori, Hideaki Horio, Shohei Inoue
  • Patent number: 7920442
    Abstract: An optical pickup device includes light sources for respectively emitting a plurality of different wavelengths of light, a unit structured for causing at least a part of the light emitted from the light sources to pass a same optical path; and a focusing unit for focusing the light. The focusing unit includes at least first and second focusing parts, the first focusing part being to focus mainly a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light to be mainly focused by the second focusing part. The optical pickup device and optical disk device are capable of realizing at least one of thickness reduction, size reduction and suppression against characteristic deterioration even where coping with various wavelengths of laser including a blue laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Horinouchi, Takashi Haruguchi, Taiichi Mori, Hideki Yoshinaka, Nobuyuki Tokubuchi, Shin Ishibashi, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Patent number: 7920443
    Abstract: An optical pickup device includes light sources for respectively emitting a plurality of different wavelengths of light, a unit structured for causing at least a part of the light emitted from the light sources to pass a same optical path; and a focusing unit for focusing the light. The focusing unit includes at least first and second focusing parts, the first focusing part being to focus mainly a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light to be mainly focused by the second focusing part. The optical pickup device and optical disk device are capable of realizing at least one of thickness reduction, size reduction and suppression against characteristic deterioration even where coping with various wavelengths of laser including a blue laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Horinouchi, Takashi Haruguchi, Taiichi Mori, Hideki Yoshinaka, Nobuyuki Tokubuchi, Shin Ishibashi, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20110044151
    Abstract: An electronic device that performs at least reading or regeneration of data in or from a hologram disc is characterized by including an objective lens 11 disposed opposite a hologram disc (MH) 1; a laser light source 5 that emits a beam toward the objective lens 11; and a light receiving element 17 that receives a beam reflected from the hologram disc (MH) 1 by way of the objective lens 11, wherein a corner cube array 8 that reflects a portion of a beam traveling from the laser light source 5 toward the objective lens 11 is interposed between the laser light source 5 and the objective lens 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiichi MORI, Hideaki HORIO, Shouhei INOUE, Syougo HORINOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100315936
    Abstract: An optical pickup device includes light sources for respectively emitting a plurality of different wavelengths of light, a unit structured for causing at least a part of the light emitted from the light sources to pass a same optical path; and a focusing unit for focusing the light. The focusing unit includes at least first and second focusing parts, the first focusing part being to focus mainly a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light to be mainly focused by the second focusing part. The optical pickup device and optical disk device are capable of realizing at least one of thickness reduction, size reduction and suppression against characteristic deterioration even where coping with various wavelengths of laser including a blue laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Horinouchi, Takashi Haruguchi, Taiichi Mori, Hideki Yoshinaka, Nobuyuki Tokubuchi, Shin Ishibashi, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20100315935
    Abstract: An optical pickup device includes light sources for respectively emitting a plurality of different wavelengths of light, a unit structured for causing at least a part of the light emitted from the light sources to pass a same optical path; and a focusing unit for focusing the light. The focusing unit includes at least first and second focusing parts, the first focusing part being to focus mainly a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light to be mainly focused by the second focusing part. The optical pickup device and optical disk device are capable of realizing at least one of thickness reduction, size reduction and suppression against characteristic deterioration even where coping with various wavelengths of laser including a blue laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Horinouchi, Takashi Haruguchi, Taiichi Mori, Hideki Yoshinaka, Nobuyuki Tokubuchi, Shin Ishibashi, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Patent number: 7813235
    Abstract: An optical pickup device includes light sources for respectively emitting a plurality of different wavelengths of light, a unit structured for causing at least a part of the light emitted from the light sources to pass a same optical path; and a focusing unit for focusing the light. The focusing unit includes at least first and second focusing parts, the first focusing part being to focus mainly a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light to be mainly focused by the second focusing part. The optical pickup device and optical disk device are capable of realizing at least one of thickness reduction, size reduction and suppression against characteristic deterioration even where coping with various wavelengths of laser including a blue laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Horinouchi, Takashi Haruguchi, Taiichi Mori, Hideki Yoshinaka, Nobuyuki Tokubuchi, Shin Ishibashi, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20100149945
    Abstract: A plate body 2, multiple hologram layers 3 are provided in the thickness direction of the plate body 2, and at least one of the multiple hologram layers 3 is formed of spirally continuous hologram bands 4. Erasure areas 4A and 4B and non-erasure areas 4C and 4D of the hologram band 4 are provided in the length direction of the hologram band 4. Non-erasure areas 4E and 4F of the hologram band 4 are formed on both sides in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the hologram band 4 in the erasure areas 4A and 4B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Inoue, Hideaki Horio, Taiichi Mori, Tetsuya Araki, Kouichi Bairin
  • Publication number: 20100142353
    Abstract: To accomplish the object, the invention provides a record medium including a plate body 2; multiple hologram layers 3 formed in the thickness direction of the plate body 2; and hologram bands 4 formed in at least one of the multiple hologram layers 3. The hologram band 4 is formed with erasure areas 4A and 4B of the hologram band 4 with no hologram band 4 in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the hologram band 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Inoue, Hideaki Horio, Taiichi Mori, Tetsuya Araki, Kouichi Bairin
  • Publication number: 20100097916
    Abstract: Then, in order to achieve the above-described object, in the optical disk of the present invention, while micro-hologram layers 7 and 8 made of plural layers are provided in an inner portion of a plate body 2 along a thickness direction of the plate body 2, dimensions of micro-holograms 4 along the thickness direction of the plate body 2, which configure the micro-hologram layer 7 formed on the side of one surface of the plate body 2 within the micro-hologram layers 7 and 8 constructed of the plural layers, are made smaller than dimensions of micro-holograms 3 along the thickness direction of the plate body 2, which configure a micro-hologram layer 8 formed on the side of an inner layer of the plate body 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syougo Horinouchi, Taiichi Mori, Hideaki Horio, Shohei Inoue