Patents by Inventor Tatsuhiko HORITA

Tatsuhiko HORITA 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: 10539091
    Abstract: An injection control apparatus includes an injector for injecting fuel which is accumulated under pressure toward a combustion chamber, an injector driver for supplying a current to an electromagnetic actuator used for a solenoid valve, and a state detection unit for detecting a state of an engine or an ambient environment. A valve opening control unit supplies a first current to the electromagnetic actuator for opening the solenoid valve. An opened-state maintaining control unit supplies a second current to the electromagnetic actuator for maintaining the solenoid valve continuously in an opened position. A timing control unit variably adjusts a period of time from a starting time of the valve opening control unit to a time when the opened-state maintaining control unit becomes active in place of the valve opening control unit, in accordance with a result of detection provided by the state detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Horita, Naruhiro Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20160290275
    Abstract: An injection control apparatus includes an injector for injecting fuel which is accumulated under pressure toward a combustion chamber, an injector driver for supplying a current to an electromagnetic actuator used for a solenoid valve, and a state detection unit for detecting a state of an engine or an ambient environment. A valve opening control unit supplies a first current to the electromagnetic actuator for opening the solenoid valve. An opened-state maintaining control unit supplies a second current to the electromagnetic actuator for maintaining the solenoid valve continuously in an opened position. A timing control unit variably adjusts a period of time from a starting time of the valve opening control unit to a time when the opened-state maintaining control unit becomes active in place of the valve opening control unit, in accordance with a result of detection provided by the state detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko HORITA, Naruhiro MATSUO