Patents by Inventor Takuro Iwashita

Takuro Iwashita 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: 9127584
    Abstract: A recovery control system that allows a dosing valve to recover from a malfunction to a normal state, or a liquid feed line through which urea solution is fed to recover from clogging to a normal state. An abnormality detector detects an abnormality of the dosing valve and a recovery controller controls a supply module to feed urea solution in the dosing valve back to an urea tank when the abnormality detector detects the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Takuro Iwashita, Masanobu Minezawa
  • Patent number: 8627652
    Abstract: In forced regeneration control of an exhaust gas purification device a number of data for injection control, such as a number of meshes of a data map and a number of data maps for multi injection control, is decreased while occurrence of torque shock, which is a rapid fluctuation of a generated torque, is avoided. In this forced regeneration control, when an operation state of an internal combustion engine is a high-load operation state, the normal injection control by stopping the multi injection is carried out and, according to a rotation speed and a load of the internal combustion engine, a region for control is divided into a multi-injection control region, a transition region, and a normal injection control region. In the transition region, data for injection control obtained by interpolation of data for injection control on the multi-injection control region side and data for injection control on the normal injection control region side is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takuro Iwashita, Tetsuya Murata, Takashi Ikeda, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20130186073
    Abstract: A recovery control system that allows a dosing valve to recover from a malfunction to a normal state, or a liquid feed line through which urea solution is fed to recover from clogging to a normal state. An abnormality detector detects an abnormality of the dosing valve and a recovery controller controls a supply module to feed urea solution in the dosing valve back to an urea tank when the abnormality detector detects the abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Takuro Iwashita, Masanobu Minezawa
  • Patent number: 8316637
    Abstract: In emergency regeneration, i.e., after a judgment is made that purification is insufficient after ending forced regeneration, forced regeneration has expired before completion, or when a pressure difference across a diesel particulate filter exceeds a predetermined first judging pressure difference when traveling distance of a vehicle is shorter than a predetermined distance, an alarm for urging manual regeneration is issued. When manual regeneration is designated thereafter by the vehicle's user, manual regeneration is performed. When predetermined conditions are satisfied before receiving a designation of manual regeneration, automatic regeneration is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takuro Iwashita, Tetsuya Murata, Hitoshi Satou, Takao Onodera, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Patent number: 8001774
    Abstract: At regeneration control while a vehicle mounting an internal combustion engine (10) is parked, both an exhaust throttle valve (13) and an exhaust brake valve (18) are used and if a catalyst temperature index temperature (Tg2) is lower than a predetermined first determining temperature (Tc1), first exhaust gas temperature rise control is conducted that the exhaust brake valve (18) is set to a fully closed side and multiple injection is carried out in in-cylinder fuel injection control, while if a catalyst temperature index temperature (Tg2) is equal to the predetermined first determining temperature (Tc1) or above, second exhaust gas temperature rise control is conducted that the exhaust brake valve (18) is set to an open side, the exhaust throttle valve (13) is set to the fully closed side, and post injection is carried out in the in-cylinder fuel injection control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Takashi Haseyama, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Takuro Iwashita, Kenji Hagio, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7992383
    Abstract: In regeneration control, when the catalyst temperature index temperature (Tg2) using the temperature of the oxidation catalyst (12a) as an index is below a predetermined first determination temperature (Tc1), the engine speed of idling is brought to a predetermined first target engine speed (Nei1) which is higher than the engine speed of idling (Nei0) in the ordinary operation, and, further, multi-injection is carried out. On the other hand, when the catalyst temperature index temperature (Tg2) is the predetermined first determination temperature (Tc1) or above, the engine speed of idling is brought to a predetermined second target engine speed (Nei2), which is lower than the predetermined first target engine speed (Nei1) and is higher than the engine speed of idling (Nei0) in ordinary operation, and, further, post injection is carried out, followed by raising of the temperature of an exhaust gas flown into a DPF apparatus (12b) to a predetermined second determination temperature (Tc2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Takashi Haseyama, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Takuro Iwashita, Kenji Hagio, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7729845
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device that prevents a misfire is provided. The fuel injection control device comprises: target injection amount determination means 3 for determining a target injection amount of each fuel injection, so that the amount of fuel to be supplied to a cylinder in one combustion cycle is supplied in a plurality of fuel injections; and fuel injection correction amount determination means 4 for determining a fuel correction amount of one combustion cycle, wherein the fuel injection correction amount determination means 4 distributes the correction amount among each fuel injection in accordance with the ratio of a target injection amount of each fuel injection in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takuro Iwashita, Takashi Haseyama, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Naofumi Ochi, Kenji Hagio, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7716920
    Abstract: The present invention provides an engine exhaust gas purification device comprising a filter B provided in an exhaust passage (10) of an engine (1) for trapping particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas, a catalyst A for regenerating the filter B by burning the particulate matter trapped in the filter B, an EGR valve (8) provided in an EGR passage (7) linking the intake side and exhaust side of the engine 1, an injector (2) for injecting fuel into a cylinder, and control unit (20) for controlling the injector (2) and EGR valve (8). During regeneration of the filter B, the control unit (20) close the EGR valve (8) when fuel injection from the injector (2) is controlled to supply unburned fuel components to the catalyst A, and open the EGR valve (8) when no fuel is injected from the injector (2) upon a request for speed reduction or the like. In so doing, residual unburned fuel components in the EGR passage (7) are scavenged by air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Wei Wu, Takashi Haseyama, Takuro Iwashita, Atsushi Matsunuma, Shigeru Ikeda, Toshio Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20100089032
    Abstract: In case of emergency regeneration, i.e. any one of forced regeneration after a judgment is made that purification is insufficient in purification judgment after ending forced regeneration, forced regeneration after time has expired before completing of forced regeneration, or forced regeneration when the pressure difference across a DPF exceeds a predetermined first judging pressure difference under a state where traveling distance of a vehicle is shorter than a predetermined distance for judgment an alarm for urging manual regeneration is issued, and wherein when manual regeneration is designated thereafter manual regeneration is performed and when predetermined conditions are satisfied without the reception of a designation of manual regeneration, automatic regeneration is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takuro Iwashita, Tetsuya Murata, Hitoshi Satou, Takao Onodera, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20090183494
    Abstract: In forced regeneration control of an exhaust gas purification device 12, the number of data for injection control such as the number of meshes of a data map and the number of data maps for multi injection control is decreased while occurrence of torque shock, which is a rapid fluctuation of a generated torque, is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuro Iwashita, Tetsuya Murata, Takashi Ikeda, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20090150045
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device that prevents a misfire is provided. The fuel injection control device comprises: target injection amount determination means 3 for determining a target injection amount of each fuel injection, so that the amount of fuel to be supplied to a cylinder in one combustion cycle is supplied in a plurality of fuel injections; and fuel injection correction amount determination means 4 for determining a fuel correction amount of one combustion cycle, wherein the fuel injection correction amount determination means 4 distributes the correction amount among each fuel injection in accordance with the ratio of a target injection amount of each fuel injection in the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuro Iwashita, Takashi Haseyama, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Naofumi Ochi, Kenji Hagio, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20090025372
    Abstract: In regeneration control, when the catalyst temperature index temperature (Tg2) using the temperature of the oxidation catalyst (12a) as an index is below a predetermined first determination temperature (Tc1), the engine speed of idling is brought to a predetermined first target engine speed (Nei1) which is higher than the engine speed of idling (Nei0) in the ordinary operation, and, further, multi-injection is carried out. On the other hand, when the catalyst temperature index temperature (Tg2) is the predetermined first determination temperature (Tc1) or above, the engine speed of idling is brought to a predetermined second target engine speed (Nei2), which is lower than the predetermined first target engine speed (Nei1) and is higher than the engine speed of idling (Nei0) in ordinary operation, and, further, post injection is carried out, followed by raising of the temperature of an exhaust gas flown into a DPF apparatus (12b) to a predetermined second determination temperature (Tc2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Takashi Haseyama, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Takuro Iwashita, Kenji Hagio, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20090007547
    Abstract: At regeneration control while a vehicle mounting an internal combustion engine (10) is parked, both an exhaust throttle valve (13) and an exhaust brake valve (18) are used and if a catalyst temperature index temperature (Tg2) is lower than a predetermined first determining temperature (Tc1), first exhaust gas temperature rise control is conducted that the exhaust brake valve (18) is set to a fully closed side and multiple injection is carried out in in-cylinder fuel injection control, while if a catalyst temperature index temperature (Tg2) is equal to the predetermined first determining temperature (Tc1) or above, second exhaust gas temperature rise control is conducted that the exhaust brake valve (18) is set to an open side, the exhaust throttle valve (13) is set to the fully closed side, and post injection is carried out in the in-cylinder fuel injection control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Takashi Haseyama, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Takuro Iwashita, Kenji Hagio, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7104050
    Abstract: A method and system providing a vehicle condition detection means (38C) for detecting the stopped and traveling state of a vehicle, and when the vehicle condition detection means (38C) detects that the vehicle has stopped during operation of an exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C), closing an exhaust gas throttling valve (16) in addition to continuing the operation of the exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C), and subsequently, when the vehicle's traveling state is detected, opening the exhaust gas throttling valve (16) and continuing the operation of the exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Tatsuo Mashiko, Takao Onodera, Atsushi Matsunuma, Takashi Haseyama, Wei Wu, Takuro Iwashita, Shigeru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6966179
    Abstract: To provide an exhaust gas purifying system capable of forcibly regenerating DPF by efficiently raising the temperature of exhaust gas even when an exhaust gas temperature is very low at the time of low load and low engine speed such as an idling operation. In an exhaust purifying system (1) having an exhaust throttling valve (31) and a DPF (3) in an exhaust passage and having regeneration control means (P1) for regenerating the DPF (3), the regeneration control means (P1) is provided with an exhaust gas temperature detection means (P22), a fuel injection control means (P11), and an exhaust throttling control means (P12) and includes regeneration control for performing the exhaust gas temperature raising control through the multistage delay injection by the fuel injection control means (P11) and through the exhaust throttling of the exhaust throttling valve (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Hidetaka Shibata, Takashi Haseyama, Takeshi Igarashi, Takuro Iwashita, Masashi Gabe, Yoshihisa Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20050223697
    Abstract: The present invention provides an engine exhaust gas purification device comprising a filter B provided in an exhaust passage (10) of an engine (1) for trapping particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas, a catalyst A for regenerating the filter B by burning the particulate matter trapped in the filter B, an EGR valve (8) provided in an EGR passage (7) linking the intake side and exhaust side of the engine 1, an injector (2) for injecting fuel into a cylinder, and control unit (20) for controlling the injector (2) and EGR valve (8). During regeneration of the filter B, the control unit (20) close the EGR valve (8) when fuel injection from the injector (2) is controlled to supply unburned fuel components to the catalyst A, and open the EGR valve (8) when no fuel is injected from the injector (2) upon a request for speed reduction or the like. In so doing, residual unburned fuel components in the EGR passage (7) are scavenged by air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Wei Wu, Takashi Haseyama, Takuro Iwashita, Atsushi Matsunuma, Shigeru Ikeda, Toshio Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20050217245
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a exhaust gas purification system (1), provided with a continuous regeneration-type DPF device (13) having a filter (13b) for collecting PM in exhaust gas (G), provided in an exhaust gas passage (12) of an internal combustion engine (10) provided with an EGR system, for supplying unburned fuel to exhaust gas (G) flowing in the continuous regeneration-type DPF device (13) during the forced regeneration control for regenerating the filter (13b) by forcibly burning PM collected by the filter (13b), characterized by stopping the recirculation of EGR gas (Ge) to the intake passage (14) side in the EGR system, when unburned fuel is supplied to exhaust gas (G) during the forced regeneration control. This prevents the blocking of EGR passage (15) and the sticking of intake valve and so on, caused by the unburned fuel supplied into exhaust gas (G), during the forced regeneration control of the continuous regeneration-type DPF device (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Haseyama, Atsushi Matsunuma, Wei Wu, Takuro Iwashita, Takao Onodera, Shigeru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20050217252
    Abstract: A method and system providing a vehicle condition detection means (38C) for detecting the stopped and traveling state of a vehicle, and when the vehicle condition detection means (38C) detects that the vehicle has stopped during operation of an exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C), closing an exhaust gas throttling valve (16) in addition to continuing the operation of the exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C), and subsequently, when the vehicle's traveling state is detected, opening the exhaust gas throttling valve (16) and continuing the operation of the exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Tatsuo Mashiko, Takao Onodera, Atsushi Matsunuma, Takashi Haseyama, Wei Wu, Takuro Iwashita, Shigeru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20050044845
    Abstract: To provide an exhaust gas purifying system capable of forcibly regenerating DPF by efficiently raising the temperature of exhaust gas even when an exhaust gas temperature is very low at the time of low load and low engine speed such as an idling operation. In an exhaust purifying system (1) having an exhaust throttling valve (31) and a DPF (3) in an exhaust passage and having regeneration control means (P1) for regenerating the DPF (3), the regeneration control means (P1) is provided with an exhaust gas temperature detection means (P22), a fuel injection control means (P11), and an exhaust throttling control means (P12) and includes regeneration control for performing the exhaust gas temperature raising control through the multistage delay injection by the fuel injection control means (P11) and through the exhaust throttling of the exhaust throttling valve (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao Onodera, Hidetaka Shibata, Takashi Haseyama, Takeshi Igarashi, Takuro Iwashita, Masashi Gabe, Yoshihisa Tashiro