Patents by Inventor Tamotsu SAITOU

Tamotsu SAITOU 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: 9188066
    Abstract: A speed reduction method for a hand-carried engine-driven working machine is provided in which a speed reduction of an engine can be attained reliably and safely by preventing the occurrence of lean come-down phenomenon in such a state that the engine is operating in a practical revolution speed range. An acceleration is calculated based on a change in revolution speed, and when the acceleration becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold, an ignition timing is retarded by a desired amount based on a determination that the engine is being decelerated, and further, a fuel flow rate is also increased, whereby the decelerated state of the engine is maintained without fail, so that the occurrence of lean come-down phenomenon is prevented in the process of reducing the revolution speed of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: IIDA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD., ZAMA JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yamashita, Akira Yamazaki, Tamotsu Saitou, Hideki Watanabe, Takumi Nonaka
  • Patent number: 9115670
    Abstract: The opening of a solenoid valve is automatically adjusted after an engine is started and before actual work is performed for an appropriate air-fuel ratio, whereby it is possible to attain a good and stable driving of the engine without any delay even for an abrupt change in load. After the engine is started, when a rotation speed enters a “fuel flow rate adjusting rotation speed range” in which a definite load is applied to the engine in a working rotation speed range of the engine in which a throttle valve is opened to a definite opening, a detected rotation speed is fed back to a target rotation speed, and the opening of the solenoid valve is controlled to adjust a fuel flow rate, so that the combustion state in the engine is optimized at the valve opening so determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: IIDA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD., ZAMA JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yamashita, Akira Yamazaki, Tamotsu Saitou, Hideki Watanabe, Takumi Nonaka
  • Patent number: 9062621
    Abstract: A method for making an optimum combustion during engine operating time changes a fuel flow rate of the solenoid valve on the basis of engine rotational speed feedback control during engine idling time at low engine rotational speed and low electric power consumption. During engine idling time of an engine are carried out a rotational speed detecting process, an idle rotation adjusting process of making a rotational speed detected by the rotational speed detecting process equal to an initial value of rotational speed by controlling an ignition timing while comparing the detected rotational speed with the initial value of rotational speed as target value, and a valve opening correction process according to idle ignition timing change (I.I.T.C.) obtained by the idle rotation adjusting process. The valve opening is set to an adjusted valve opening (A.V.O.) plus a correction valve opening (C.V.O.) by the valve opening correction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: IIDA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD., ZAMA JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yamashita, Akira Yamazaki, Tamotsu Saitou, Hideki Watanabe, Takumi Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20130255629
    Abstract: The opening of a solenoid valve is automatically adjusted after an engine is started and before actual work is performed for an appropriate air-fuel ratio, whereby it is possible to attain a good and stable driving of the engine without any delay even for an abrupt change in load. After the engine is started, when a rotation speed enters a “fuel flow rate adjusting rotation speed range” in which a definite load is applied to the engine in a working rotation speed range of the engine in which a throttle valve is opened to a definite opening, a detected rotation speed is fed back to a target rotation speed, and the opening of the solenoid valve is controlled to adjust a fuel flow rate, so that the combustion state in the engine is optimized at the valve opening so determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicants: ZAMA JAPAN CO., LTD., IIDA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouhei YAMASHITA, Akira YAMAZAKI, Tamotsu SAITOU, Hideki WATANABE, Takumi NONAKA