Patents by Inventor Tsuguo Watanabe

Tsuguo Watanabe 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: 6848428
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine in which fuel injection valves are arranged upstream from and downstream from the throttle valve, respectively, the response of the accelerated increase in quantity and correction will be improved. The total injection quantity determination unit determines a total quantity of fuel to be injected from each fuel injection valve. The injection rate determination unit determines an injection rate of the upstream injection valve. The injection quantity correction unit includes an accelerated increase in quantity and correction unit, and during acceleration, increases and corrects only the injection quantity of the downstream injection valve during acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuguo Watanabe, Tatsuo Hayashi, Kenichi Machida, Tomomi Yuhara
  • Patent number: 6834641
    Abstract: In a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in which fuel injectors are arranged on the upstream side and on the downstream side of the throttle valve, respectively, the throttle valve will be prevented from freezing without involving the addition of piping and the like. A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes a device for determining a total injection quantity of each fuel injector, a device for determining a rate of fuel injection for each fuel injector, a device for acquiring temperature information representing the throttle valve temperature, and a device for correcting the fuel injection rate on the basis of the temperature information. The correction device decreases the injection rate of the upstream fuel injector when the throttle valve is at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuguo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6832596
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine in which fuel injection valves are arranged on the upstream side and on the downstream side of the throttle valve respectively, in which process values such as the engine speed and the vehicle speed cause fuel injection to be accurately restricted at predetermined upper limit values. A total injection quantity determination unit determines total quantity Qtotal of fuel to be injected from the upstream side and downstream side fuel injection valves. An injection rate determination unit determines an injection rate Rupper of the upstream injection valve. An injection quantity restriction unit restricts fuel injection of each of the fuel injection valves when process values such as the vehicle speed and the engine speed reach or approach the predetermined upper limit value. The injection quantity determination unit determines the injection quantity Qupper of the upstream injection valve and the injection quantity Qlower of the downstream injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuguo Watanabe, Osamu Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20040077460
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine can obtain an optimum fuel injection quantity in response to a traveling load without the need for a large memory. The gear position discrimination unit determines the present gear position Ngp on the basis of the vehicle speed Vpls and the engine speed NE. The Kgpd calculation unit calculates the correction factor by gear Kgpd on the basis of the gear position Ngp and the engine speed NE. The state judgment unit judges whether the engine is in a steady state or in a transient state. The map selection unit selects, on the basis of the judgment result of the engine state, the PB map or the TH map for determining the basic injection quantity Ti. The basic injection quantity determination unit determines the basic injection quantity Ti on the basis of a product of the PB map or TH map and the correction factor by gear Kgpd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Tsuguo Watanabe, Masahiko Abe, Tatsuo Hayashi, Tomomi Yuhara
  • Publication number: 20040069282
    Abstract: In a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in which fuel injectors are arranged on the upstream side and on the downstream side of the throttle valve, respectively, the throttle valve will be prevented from freezing without involving the addition of piping and the like. A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes a device for determining a total injection quantity of each fuel injector, a device for determining a rate of fuel injection for each fuel injector, a device for acquiring temperature information representing the throttle valve temperature, and a device for correcting the fuel injection rate on the basis of the temperature information. The correction device decreases the injection rate of the upstream fuel injector when the throttle valve is at a low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Tsuguo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040069283
    Abstract: In an international combustion engine in which fuel injection valves are arranged upstream from and downstream from the throttle valve, respectively, the response of the accelerated increase in quantity and correction will be improved. The total injection quantity determination unit determines a total quantity of fuel to be injected from each fuel injection valve on the upstream and downstream sides. The injection rate determination unit determines an injection rate of the upstream injection valve. The correction factor calculation unit calculates a total correction factor. The injection quantity correction unit includes an accelerated increase in quantity and correction unit, and during acceleration, increases and corrects only the injection quantity of the downstream injection valve during acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Tsuguo Watanabe, Tatsuo Hayashi, Kenichi Machida, Tomomi Yuhara
  • Publication number: 20040065302
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine has an upstream fuel injector provided upstream from the throttle valve and a downstream fuel injector provided downstream therefrom. A device is provided for determining a fuel injection quantity of the upstream and downstream fuel injectors. A sensor detects the intake temperature TA on the upstream side from an injection area of the upstream fuel injector. A device is provided for seeking an intake temperature correction factor KTA on the basis of the intake temperature TA and a fuel injection quantity of the upstream fuel injector. At least one of the fuel injection quantities due to the upstream and downstream fuel injectors is corrected on the basis of the intake temperature correction factor KTA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Tsuguo Watanabe, Tomomi Yuhara
  • Publication number: 20040045534
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine in which fuel injection valves are arranged on the upstream side and on the downstream side of the throttle valve respectively, in which process values such as the engine speed and the vehicle speed cause fuel injection to be accurately restricted at predetermined upper limit values. A total injection quantity determination unit determines total quantity Qtotal of fuel to be injected from the upstream side and downstream side fuel injection valves. An injection rate determination unit determines an injection rate Rupper of the upstream injection valve. An injection quantity restriction unit restricts fuel injection of each of the fuel injection valves when process values such as the vehicle speed and the engine speed reach or approach the predetermined upper limit value. The injection quantity determination unit determines the injection quantity Qupper of the upstream injection valve and the injection quantity Qlower of the downstream injection valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Tsuguo Watanabe, Osamu Nishioka
  • Patent number: 4356695
    Abstract: A by-pass valve apparatus for an exhaust turbocharger for an internal combustion engine is disclosed; the by-pass valve opening is controlled by the total pressure of air flow at the impleller outlet of a compressor of the turbocharger, in place of using the suction conduit static pressure of conventional apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Sumi, Tsuguo Watanabe, Ken Yamane