Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Umehara
Tsutomu Umehara 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).
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Patent number: 10302028Abstract: Provided are a work machine, a power unit, and a diesel engine of a work machine that make it possible to reduce emitted noxious substances to levels below reference values stipulated by exhaust gas regulations in advanced countries and regions while also omitting or simplifying a post-treatment device. A hydraulic pump is driven by a diesel engine that limits maximum output torque in a low revolution speed region lower than a high revolution speed region including a rated revolution speed in such a manner that the maximum output torque has a characteristic of intermediate torque lower than torque of a maximum output horsepower point at the rated revolution speed, and a hydraulic actuator is driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Manabu Edamura, Yuusuke Kajita, Masatoshi Hoshino, Kouji Ishikawa, Kentarou Itoga, Naoki Ishikawa, Tsutomu Umehara
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Publication number: 20170350327Abstract: Provided are a work machine, a power unit, and a diesel engine of a work machine that make it possible to reduce emitted noxious substances to levels below reference values stipulated by exhaust gas regulations in advanced countries and regions while also omitting or simplifying a post-treatment device. A hydraulic pump is driven by a diesel engine that limits maximum output torque in a low revolution speed region lower than a high revolution speed region including a rated revolution speed in such a manner that the maximum output torque has a characteristic of intermediate torque lower than torque of a maximum output horsepower point at the rated revolution speed, and a hydraulic actuator is driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Manabu EDAMURA, Yuusuke KAJITA, Masatoshi HOSHINO, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Kentarou ITOGA, Naoki ISHIKAWA, Tsutomu UMEHARA
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Patent number: 9677497Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus of a compression ignition type internal combustion engine includes a controller adapted to control an injector so that pre-stage injection and post-stage injection are performed as fuel injection during one cycle. The controller controls an interval between the timing of the pre-stage injection and the timing of the post-stage injection so that an interval ?t1 between the timing of the pre-stage peak and the timing of the post-stage peak approximately satisfies a condition. The condition is that the interval ?t1 is 0.5 times an inverse number of the frequency f0 at which a combustion noise level becomes the maximum.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Hiroshi Kuzuyama, Tsutomu Umehara, Takayuki Fuyuto, Masahiro Taki
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Publication number: 20150090217Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus of a compression ignition type internal combustion engine includes a controller adapted to control an injector so that pre-stage injection and post-stage injection are performed as fuel injection during one cycle. The controller controls an interval between the timing of the pre-stage injection and the timing of the post-stage injection so that an interval ?t1 between the timing of the pre-stage peak and the timing of the post-stage peak approximately satisfies a condition. The condition is that the interval ?t1 is 0.5 times an inverse number of the frequency f0 at which a combustion noise level becomes the maximum.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Hiroshi KUZUYAMA, Tsutomu UMEHARA, Takayuki FUYUTO, Masahiro TAKI
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Patent number: 8875488Abstract: An internal combustion engine, in which intake air flows through an intake passage into a combustion chamber and exhaust gas resulting from the combustion in the combustion chamber flows through an exhaust passage, includes an exhaust gas purifier provided in the exhaust passage and having an oxidation catalyst, an LPL-EGR passage connecting between the intake passage and the exhaust passage at a position downstream of the exhaust gas purifier as seen in exhaust gas flow direction, a first estimating device for estimating exhaust gas composition at a position upstream of the exhaust gas purifier, a second estimating device for estimating exhaust gas composition at a position downstream of the exhaust gas purifier, a cylinder temperature adjusting device for adjusting temperature in the combustion chamber, and a controller for controlling the cylinder temperature adjusting device based on the difference in the exhaust gas composition between the first and second estimating devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Takehito Hamamatsu, Tsutomu Umehara, Hiroshi Kuzuyama
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Publication number: 20120144806Abstract: An internal combustion engine, in which intake air flows through an intake passage into a combustion chamber and exhaust gas resulting from the combustion in the combustion chamber flows through an exhaust passage, includes an exhaust gas purifier provided in the exhaust passage and having an oxidation catalyst, an LPL-EGR passage connecting between the intake passage and the exhaust passage at a position downstream of the exhaust gas purifier as seen in exhaust gas flow direction, a first estimating device for estimating exhaust gas composition at a position upstream of the exhaust gas purifier, a second estimating device for estimating exhaust gas composition at a position downstream of the exhaust gas purifier, a cylinder temperature adjusting device for adjusting temperature in the combustion chamber, and a controller for controlling the cylinder temperature adjusting device based on the difference in the exhaust gas composition between the first and second estimating devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takehito Hamamatsu, Tsutomu Umehara, Hiroshi Kuzuyama
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Patent number: 6973785Abstract: An engine including a recirculation passage, which connects an exhaust passage to an intake passage, and an EGR valve arranged in the recirculation passage. An electronic control unit (ECU) obtains a target opening degree of the EGR valve in accordance with an operating state of the engine and controls the EGR valve so that the opening degree of the EGR valve becomes equal to the obtained target opening degree. When opening the EGR valve from a fully closed state, the ECU restricts the opening degree of the EGR valve to a restricted opening degree that is smaller than the target opening degree during a predetermined delay time before actuating the EGR valve to the target opening degree. This prevent exhaust gas from being excessively recirculated to the intake passage even if the difference between the exhaust pressure and the intake pressure is too large when starting EGR.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Tsutomu Umehara, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hiroki Kinuhata
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Publication number: 20040134192Abstract: An engine including a recirculation passage, which connects an exhaust passage to an intake passage, and an EGR valve arranged in the recirculation passage. An electronic control unit (ECU) obtains a target opening degree of the EGR valve in accordance with an operating state of the engine and controls the EGR valve so that the opening degree of the EGR valve becomes equal to the obtained target opening degree. When opening the EGR valve from a fully closed state, the ECU restricts the opening degree of the EGR valve to a restricted opening degree that is smaller than the target opening degree during a predetermined delay time before actuating the EGR valve to the target opening degree. This prevent exhaust gas from being excessively recirculated to the intake passage even if the difference between the exhaust pressure and the intake pressure is too large when starting EGR.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Tsutomu Umehara, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hiroki Kinuhata