Patents by Inventor Tsunehiro Mori

Tsunehiro Mori 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).

  • Publication number: 20210054802
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for a diesel engine is configured to, during one combustion cycle, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control system comprises a PCM for controlling a fuel injection of the diesel engine. The PCM is configured to execute control for: at a first timing during compression stroke, injecting fuel in a first amount; at a second timing after the first timing and during the compression stroke, injecting fuel in a second amount greater than the first amount; and, at a third timing after the second timing and approximately a top dead center of the compression stroke, injecting fuel in a maximum amount greater than the first and second amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Kiyoaki IWATA, Takeshi MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210054803
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for a diesel engine configured to perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions. A PCM is configured to, during compression stroke, perform a main injection and multiple pre-stage injections prior to the main injection, and to cause a ratio of a maximum injection amount of the multiple pre-stage injections to an injection amount of the main injection to become smaller when the load of the diesel engine is less than a given load than when the load of the diesel engine is greater than the given load, and cause an injection interval between the main injection and one of the multiple pre-stage injections immediately preceding the main injection to become smaller when the load of the diesel engine is less than the given load than when the load of the diesel engine is greater than the given load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Kiyoaki IWATA, Takeshi MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10760636
    Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber or the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber is shifted from associated at least one of the first resonance frequency or the second resonance frequency such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyonori Nagato, Takuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiro Mori, Koichi Hirata, Akira Sumitani, Rumiko Yamada, Toru Morishima, Rei Enokizono, Yuichi Shirasuna
  • Patent number: 10612615
    Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of a ratio of a mass of a body of the first dynamic vibration absorber to a reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism or a ratio of a mass of a body of the second dynamic vibration absorber to the reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism is set such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyonori Nagato, Toru Morishima, Takuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiro Mori, Rei Enokizono, Yuichi Shirasuna, Koichi Hirata, Akira Sumitani, Rumiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200088125
    Abstract: A fuel injection control system for a diesel engine is configured to, during one combustion cycle, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. A PCM controls fuel injection of the diesel engine. The PCM is configured to execute control for: at a first timing during compression stroke, starting a first fuel injection; a second timing during the compression stroke at which a time period corresponding to a first crank angle period has elapsed after a completion of the first fuel injection, starting a second fuel injection; and, at a third timing approximately a top dead center of the compression stroke at which a time period corresponding to a second crank angle period has elapsed after a completion of the second fuel injection, starting a third fuel injection. The second crank angle period is less than the first crank angle period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Kiyoaki IWATA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10557419
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes acquiring an oxygen concentration inside the cylinder, performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially even injection intervals while increasing the injection intervals as the oxygen concentration decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections, near a top dead center of the compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takeshi Inazumi, Keisuke Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10557436
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially constant injection intervals while increasing an injection amount as an in-cylinder oxygen concentration decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections near a top dead center of the compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takeshi Inazumi, Tetsuya Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20190120317
    Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber or the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber is shifted from associated at least one of the first resonance frequency or the second resonance frequency such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyonori Nagato, Takuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiro Mori, Koichi Hirata, Akira Sumitani, Rumiko Yamada, Toru Morishima, Rei Enokizono, Yuichi Shirasuna
  • Publication number: 20190120318
    Abstract: A second dynamic vibration absorber is higher in resonance frequency than a first dynamic vibration absorber. At least one of a ratio of a mass of a body of the first dynamic vibration absorber to a reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism or a ratio of a mass of a body of the second dynamic vibration absorber to the reciprocating inertial mass of the reciprocative rotation mechanism is set such that a peak frequency of antiresonance occurring in a higher frequency region of the first dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the first dynamic vibration absorber is substantially different from that of antiresonance occurring in a lower frequency region of the second dynamic vibration absorber than the resonance frequency of the second dynamic vibration absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyonori Nagato, Toru Morishima, Takuya Kikuchi, Tsunehiro Mori, Rei Enokizono, Yuichi Shirasuna, Koichi Hirata, Akira Sumitani, Rumiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 10197005
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between temporally-adjacent two of the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the temporally-adjacent multiple fuel injections to 1.7±0.1 msec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Kiyoaki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20180334968
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes acquiring an oxygen concentration inside the cylinder, performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially even injection intervals while increasing the injection intervals as the oxygen concentration decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections, near a top dead center of the compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takeshi Inazumi, Keisuke Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20180334987
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially constant injection intervals while increasing an injection amount as an atmospheric pressure decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Inazumi
  • Publication number: 20180334988
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially constant injection intervals while increasing an injection amount as an in-cylinder oxygen concentration decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections near a top dead center of the compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takeshi Inazumi, Tetsuya Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20180334986
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially constant injection intervals while increasing an injection amount as an intake air temperature decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections near a top dead center of the compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Kiyoaki Iwata, Takeshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 10087877
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between a pre-injection and a main injection in the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase a fuel injection amount of the pre-injection more largely as an engine load becomes lower at the same engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Inazumi, Keisuke Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10024250
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus for an engine in which fuel is injected into a cylinder a plurality of times to cause a plurality of combustions is provided, which includes a controller for controlling a time interval of performing the plurality of fuel injections so that a waveform indicating a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave that is produced by each of the plurality of combustions has valley points at frequencies within a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structural system of the engine, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takahiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 10012174
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between a pre-injection and a main injection in the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the pre-injection and the main injection more largely as an engine load becomes lower at a same engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Kiyoaki Iwata, Kiyonori Nagato
  • Patent number: 10012285
    Abstract: In order to reduce bending vibration of a connecting rod, a dynamic absorber (50) configured to reduce the bending vibration of the connecting rod (10) is provided on a piston (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Kanda, Tsunehiro Mori, Masatoshi Nitta, Yukiyoshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 9926998
    Abstract: An engine piston structure includes: a piston (1); a connecting rod (10) having a small end part (10a) coupled to the piston (1), and having a large end part (10b) coupled to a crankshaft; a piston pin (2) through which the piston (1) and the small end part (10a) of the connecting rod (10) are coupled together and which has a hollow cross section; and at least one dynamic vibration absorber (20) provided inside the piston pin (2) to reduce resonance of the piston (1), the piston pin (2), and the small end part (10a) of the connecting rod (10) in combination with respect to the large end part (10b) of the connecting rod (10) during a combustion stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Kanda, Tsunehiro Mori, Yasuhiro Sudou, Masakazu Kikuchi, Kazuo Toyoda, Tetsuya Hanzawa, Yukiyoshi Fukuda, Akira Sumitani, Masahiro Koizumi, Koichi Hirata, Shuji Takuma, Kouji Kubo, Kazuya Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20170184048
    Abstract: The compression self-ignition engine fuel injection control device is configured to, during one combustion stroke, perform multiple fuel injections to induce multiple combustions in a cylinder. The fuel injection control device comprises a PCM (70) configured to set an interval between a pre-injection and a main injection in the multiple fuel injections, so as to allow valley regions of a curve indicative of a frequency characteristic of a combustion pressure wave generated by the multiple combustions to fall within respective ranges of a plurality of resonant frequency bands of a structure of an engine body of the engine, wherein the PCM is operable to increase the interval between the pre-injection and the main injection more largely as an engine load becomes lower at a same engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIRAHASHI, Tsunehiro MORI, Takeshi MATSUBARA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Kiyoaki IWATA, Kiyonori NAGATO