Patents by Inventor Tomomi Oshima

Tomomi Oshima 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: 10844768
    Abstract: An abnormality determination device is used in an exhaust gas purification system. The exhaust gas purification system is disposed in an exhaust gas passage of an internal-combustion engine and includes an injection valve for injecting a liquid reducing agent to a NOx purification catalyst for purifying NOx in an exhaust gas, and a pump for pressurizing and supplying the reducing agent to the injection valve via a reducing agent passage. The abnormality determination device includes an acquisition section acquiring a rotation speed of the pump when the injection valve is injecting the reducing agent as an injection time rotation speed; and a determiner determining whether the injection valve has an abnormality based on the injection time rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Takemoto, Tomomi Oshima
  • Patent number: 10753256
    Abstract: An injection controller that is applied to an exhaust purification system including an injector that is located in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and injects to supply a reducing agent in a liquid state to a NOx purification catalyst purifying NOx in an exhaust gas, and a pump that pressurizes and pumps the reducing agent to the injector through a reducing-agent passage. The injection controller includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a variation quantity of a rotational speed of the pump caused in response to an injection of the injector or a correlation value that is a value correlative to the variation quantity, as a rotational variation parameter, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an air mixing exists in the reducing-agent passage based on the rotational variation parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Takemoto, Tomomi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20190211727
    Abstract: An injection controller that is applied to an exhaust purification system including an injector that is located in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and injects to supply a reducing agent in a liquid state to a NOx purification catalyst purifying NOx in an exhaust gas, and a pump that pressurizes and pumps the reducing agent to the injector through a reducing-agent passage. The injection controller includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a variation quantity of a rotational speed of the pump caused in response to an injection of the injector or a correlation value that is a value correlative to the variation quantity, as a rotational variation parameter, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an air mixing exists in the reducing-agent passage based on the rotational variation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji TAKEMOTO, Tomomi OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190186328
    Abstract: An abnormality determination device is used in an exhaust gas purification system. The exhaust gas purification system is disposed in an exhaust gas passage of an internal-combustion engine and includes an injection valve for injecting a liquid reducing agent to a NOx purification catalyst for purifying NOx in an exhaust gas, and a pump for pressurizing and supplying the reducing agent to the injection valve via a reducing agent passage. The abnormality determination device includes an acquisition section acquiring a rotation speed of the pump when the injection valve is injecting the reducing agent as an injection time rotation speed; and a determiner determining whether the injection valve has an abnormality based on the injection time rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji TAKEMOTO, Tomomi Oshima
  • Patent number: 6880537
    Abstract: In the control unit of internal combustion engine, in which the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) quantity to an intake pipe is adjusted by the EGR valve, an EGR regulator controls an opening degree of the EGR valve according to the fuel injection value. And the EGR regulator decreases the opening degree of the EGR valve quickly to the minimum when the increase of the fuel injection valve in a unit time exceeds a criterial value. Further, an EGR buffer prevents the EGR regulator from quick-decreasing the opening degree of the EGR valve when the fuel injection value is wiggling by the operation of the cruise controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Tomomi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20050045162
    Abstract: In the control unit of internal combustion engine, in which the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) quantity to an intake pipe is adjusted by the EGR valve, an EGR regulator controls an opening degree of the EGR valve according to the fuel injection value. And the EGR regulator decreases the opening degree of the EGR valve quickly to the minimum when the increase of the fuel injection value in a unit time exceeds a criterial value. Further, an EGR buffer prevents the EGR regulator from quick-decreasing the opening degree of the EGR valve when the fuel injection value is wiggling by the operation of the cruise controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomomi Oshima
  • Patent number: 5477839
    Abstract: An air intake control system for an engine has intake valves which close at a timing retarded at least 50 degrees from a bottom dead center of an intake stroke. The control system is provided with a mechanical supercharger which is activated while the engine is being cranked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Oshima, Masao Inoue, Jiro Kondo