Patents by Inventor Toshiya Kono

Toshiya Kono 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: 7475675
    Abstract: An in-cylinder direct fuel injection engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a fuel injection valve engaged in a fuel injection hole, a cylinder head, and an ignition plug engaged in an ignition hole, The fuel injection valve is attached to the fuel rail and the fuel injection nozzle injects fuel from the fuel rail. The fuel injection hole and the ignition hole are positioned in a central portion of the a roof of the cylinder head so as to be located between an intake and exhaust air ports and are generally aligned along an axis of a crank shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motors Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hiraya, Masahiro Fukuzumi, Toshiya Kono, Hirofumi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20080102230
    Abstract: A transmissive screen includes a diffusing plate 7 having two first diffusing layers 13 and 15, to which diffusing particles are added respectively, arranged with a second diffusing layer 14, to which diffusing particles whose particle size is smaller than that of the first diffusing layers 13 and 15 are added, in between. Accordingly, even in the case where a diameter of a projection pupil of a projection lens that projects light onto the transmissive screen is small, an image glaring when displaying a bright image can be controlled, while minimizing deterioration of gain, resolution and uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Satoru Murata, Takaaki Iwaki, Yasuaki Nakanishi, Toshiya Kono, Yukio Kokuzawa, Katsuyuki Murai
  • Patent number: 7234437
    Abstract: A direct-injection internal combustion engine and a combustion method therefore in which fuel injection timing of a fuel injection valve is so configured that (a) the fuel inverted from a cavity in a crown portion of a piston reaches proximity to the discharge electrode portion of a spark plug later than the time of ignition or (b) fuel injection by the fuel injection valve is completed at approximately the same time of ignition. There is no risk of rich combustion at the discharge electrode portion due to the mixed fuel-air mass having a high fuel density, and consequently problems such as wear on the spark plug or smoke generation can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hiraya, Toshiya Kono, Masahiro Fukuzumi
  • Publication number: 20070084436
    Abstract: An in-cylinder direct fuel injection engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a fuel injection valve engaged in a fuel injection hole, a cylinder head, and an ignition plug engaged in an ignition hole, The fuel injection valve is attached to the fuel rail and the fuel injection nozzle injects fuel from the fuel rail. The fuel injection hole and the ignition hole are positioned in a central portion of the a roof of the cylinder head so as to be located between an intake and exhaust air ports and are generally aligned along an axis of a crank shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Koji Hiraya, Masahiro Fukuzumi, Toshiya Kono, Hirofumi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 7194999
    Abstract: A combustion control apparatus configured to operate a direct-injection spark-ignition internal combustion engine in a top dead center injection operating mode. In the top dead center injection operating mode, a fuel injection start timing is set to be before compression top dead center, a fuel injection end timing is set to be after compression top dead center, and an ignition timing is set to be after compression top dead center. The combustion control apparatus is configured to promote incylinder fuel spray penetration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiya Kono, Hitoshi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Akagi, Katsuaki Uchiyama, Masayuki Tomita, Akira Nakajima, Taro Sakai, Masatoshi Hidaka
  • Patent number: 7134421
    Abstract: When, with a piston assuming the top dead center (TDC) on the compression stroke, a fuel is injected from a nozzle of a fuel injection valve, the injected fuel from the nozzle is guided to reach electrodes of a spark plug by a concave surface defined by a crown portion of a piston. A control unit is provided that controls the fuel injection valve and the spark plug. The control unit is configured to carry out under a given condition controlling the fuel injection valve to start the fuel injection at a time before the top dead center (TDC) on the compression stroke and finish the fuel injection at a time after the top dead center (TDC) on the compression stroke; and controlling the spark plug to carry out the ignition at a time after the top dead center (TDC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Nissna Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiya Kono, Hitoshi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Akagi, Katsuaki Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20060219211
    Abstract: A direct-injection internal combustion engine and a combustion method therefore in which fuel injection timing of a fuel injection valve is so configured that (a) the fuel inverted from a cavity in a crown portion of a piston reaches proximity to the discharge electrode portion of a spark plug later than the time of ignition or (b) fuel injection by the fuel injection valve is completed at approximately the same time of ignition. There is no risk of rich combustion at the discharge electrode portion due to the mixed fuel-air mass having a high fuel density, and consequently problems such as wear on the spark plug or smoke generation can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Koji Hiraya, Toshiya Kono, Masahiro Fukuzumi
  • Patent number: 7104249
    Abstract: A control apparatus is configured to achieve considerably delayed ignition timing and combustion stability, and to bring about an increase in exhaust gas temperature and a reduction in HC discharge when the engine is cold. Normal stratified combustion operation and homogeneous combustion operation are carried out when warming has been completed and the coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine has exceeded 80° C. In an injection operation at the top dead center, the injection start timing ITS occurs prior to compression top dead center (TDC) and the injection end timing ITE occurs after compression top dead center (TDC), whereby fuel injection is carried out so as to straddle the compression top dead center. The ignition timing ADV occurs after compression top dead center (TDC) and ignition occurs with a timing that is delayed from the injection start timing ITS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ishii, Masayuki Tomita, Toshiya Kono
  • Publication number: 20060016419
    Abstract: When, with a piston assuming the top dead center (TDC) on the compression stroke, a fuel is injected from a nozzle of a fuel injection valve, the injected fuel from the nozzle is guided to reach electrodes of a spark plug by a concave surface defined by a crown portion of a piston. A control unit is provided that controls the fuel injection valve and the spark plug. The control unit is configured to carry out under a given condition controlling the fuel injection valve to start the fuel injection at a time before the top dead center (TDC) on the compression stroke and finish the fuel injection at a time after the top dead center (TDC) on the compression stroke; and controlling the spark plug to carry out the ignition at a time after the top dead center (TDC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiya Kono, Hitoshi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Akagi, Katsuaki Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20060016425
    Abstract: A combustion control apparatus configured to operate a direct-injection spark-ignition internal combustion engine in a top dead center injection operating mode. In the top dead center injection operating mode, a fuel injection start timing is set to be before compression top dead center, a fuel injection end timing is set to be after compression top dead center, and an ignition timing is set to be after compression top dead center. The combustion control apparatus is configured to promote incylinder fuel spray penetration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiya Kono, Hitoshi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Akagi, Katsuaki Uchiyama, Masayuki Tomita, Akira Nakajima, Taro Sakai, Masatoshi Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20050161021
    Abstract: A control apparatus is configured to achieve considerably delayed ignition timing and combustion stability, and to bring about an increase in exhaust gas temperature and a reduction in HC discharge when the engine is cold. Normal stratified combustion operation and homogeneous combustion operation are carried out when warming has been completed and the coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine has exceeded 80° C. In an injection operation at the top dead center, the injection start timing ITS occurs prior to compression top dead center (TDC) and the injection end timing ITE occurs after compression top dead center (TDC), whereby fuel injection is carried out so as to straddle the compression top dead center. The ignition timing ADV occurs after compression top dead center (TDC) and ignition occurs with a timing that is delayed from the injection start timing ITS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ishii, Masayuki Tomita, Toshiya Kono
  • Patent number: 6256145
    Abstract: A rear projection display apparatus is provided with a screen unit. The screen unit includes a Fresnel lens sheet for gathering incident image light, a lenticular lens sheet for causing the image light gathered by the Fresnel lens sheet to be incident thereon and to be diffused, and having an external-light absorbing layer on the emergent side thereof, and a light diffusing structure for diffusing the image light incident on the lenticular lens sheet. The haze of the light diffusing structure is set at a predetermined value, and the covering ratio per unit area of the external-light absorbing layer is set according to the diffusion property represented by the haze so that it is smaller than the case in which no light diffusing structure is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiya Kono, Yasuaki Nakanishi