Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Kozaki

Tomohiro Kozaki 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: 11280275
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an internal combustion engine body including an intake valve and an exhaust valve, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to set a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine body to a predetermined rotational speed based on an environmental temperature at a time of starting the internal combustion engine body, and perform a control to drive the internal combustion engine body at the set predetermined rotational speed during a time period until when fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine body and first ignition is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Fujimoto, Tomohiro Kozaki, Masaaki Kaneko, Suguru Kamiya, Atsushi Hanaura, Tatsuki Okude, Tomoaki Fukao
  • Patent number: 11181050
    Abstract: A driving-side rotating body that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven-side rotating body that is allowed to rotate relative to the driven-side rotating body and that rotates integrally with a camshaft that opens and closes an intake valve, and a phase adjustment mechanism for setting a relative rotation phase of the driving-side rotating body and the driven-side rotating body using a driving force of an electric motor are included. The phase adjustment mechanism is configured to be able to execute retarding control for setting the relative rotation phase to the retarding side until reaching a phase in which the internal combustion engine cannot be started and autonomous running is not possible even if fuel injection and ignition are performed in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kozaki, Seiichi Fujimoto, Masaaki Kaneko, Tatsuki Okude, Tomoaki Fukao
  • Publication number: 20210270194
    Abstract: A driving-side rotating body that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven-side rotating body that is allowed to rotate relative to the driven-side rotating body and that rotates integrally with a camshaft that opens and closes an intake valve, and a phase adjustment mechanism for setting a relative rotation phase of the driving-side rotating body and the driven-side rotating body using a driving force of an electric motor are included. The phase adjustment mechanism is configured to be able to execute retarding control for setting the relative rotation phase to the retarding side until reaching a phase in which the internal combustion engine cannot be started and autonomous running is not possible even if fuel injection and ignition are performed in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro KOZAKI, Seiichi FUJIMOTO, Masaaki KANEKO, Tatsuki OKUDE, Tomoaki FUKAO
  • Publication number: 20210172389
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an internal combustion engine body including an intake valve and an exhaust valve, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to set a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine body to a predetermined rotational speed based on an environmental temperature at a time of starting the internal combustion engine body, and perform a control to drive the internal combustion engine body at the set predetermined rotational speed during a time period until when fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine body and first ignition is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiichi FUJIMOTO, Tomohiro KOZAKI, Masaaki KANEKO, Suguru KAMIYA, Atsushi HANAURA, Tatsuki OKUDE, Tomoaki FUKAO
  • Patent number: 10619588
    Abstract: A controller for an internal combustion engine includes: a failure determination section which determines a failure state in a case where a relative rotation phase of an intake side valve opening and closing timing control mechanism does not change when controlling the mechanism after starting the driving of a starter motor and trying to change the relative rotation phase of the mechanism in a start control for starting an internal combustion engine. When the section determines a failure, the controller performs at least one of an intake air amount increase control in which an opening degree of a throttle valve is increased, an ignition timing advance angle control in which injection of fuel is performed at a timing earlier than a set timing and ignition is performed, and a multi-injection control in which the fuel is injected immediately before the ignition in addition to the fuel injection in an intake stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiichi Fujimoto, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kaneko, Tomohiro Kozaki, Suguru Kamiya, Atsushi Hanaura
  • Publication number: 20190017457
    Abstract: A controller for an internal combustion engine includes: a failure determination section which determines a failure state in a case where a relative rotation phase of an intake side valve opening and closing timing control mechanism does not change when controlling the mechanism after starting the driving of a starter motor and trying to change the relative rotation phase of the mechanism in a start control for starting an internal combustion engine. When the section determines a failure, the controller performs at least one of an intake air amount increase control in which an opening degree of a throttle valve is increased, an ignition timing advance angle control in which injection of fuel is performed at a timing earlier than a set timing and ignition is performed, and a multi-injection control in which the fuel is injected immediately before the ignition in addition to the fuel injection in an intake stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiichi Fujimoto, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masaaki Kaneko, Tomohiro Kozaki, Suguru Kamiya, Atsushi Hanaura