Patents by Inventor Takuya HARUGUCHI

Takuya HARUGUCHI 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).

  • CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20190203622
    Abstract: A control apparatus and a control method for an internal combustion engine of the present invention integrates an operating time in a state in which temperature TCAT of an exhaust gas purification catalyst is lower than a first temperature, to obtain first integrated time IT1, senses oxygen storage capacity OSC of the exhaust gas purification catalyst, and has a regeneration treatment of sulfur poisoning carried out when first integrated time IT1 exceeds first time THT1 and oxygen storage capacity OSC falls below first capacity OSC1, and furthermore, integrates an operating time in a state in which temperature TCAT of the exhaust gas purification catalyst is higher than second temperature TCAT2, to obtain second integrated time IT2, and has a regeneration treatment of oxidation poisoning carried out when second integrated time IT2 exceeds second time THT2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya HARUGUCHI