Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kakigi

Takeshi Kakigi 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: 6408825
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine system, a fuel injection control apparatus for preventing fuel leakage with high reliability in the engine-stopped state. The apparatus includes various types of sensors (5, 6, 14, 15) for detecting operation states of an internal combustion engine (1), a fuel pump (24) and a fuel supply pipe (22) for supplying a fuel from a fuel tank (23) to the engine (1), a fuel injector (8) for injecting the fuel into the engine, an engine stoppage detecting means for detecting a stopped state of the engine (1), a fuel temperature estimating means for estimating temperature of the fuel within the fuel supply pipe (22), and a fuel pressure lowering means for lowering pressure of the fuel within the fuel supply pipe (22). The fuel pressure lowering means is designed to lower pressure of the fuel within the fuel supply pipe (22) after the stoppage of operation of the engine (1) in dependence on an estimated fuel temperature determined by the fuel temperature estimating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Enoki, Tadahiro Azuma, Takeshi Kakigi