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).

  • Patent number: 10302028
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Manabu Edamura, Yuusuke Kajita, Masatoshi Hoshino, Kouji Ishikawa, Kentarou Itoga, Naoki Ishikawa, Tsutomu Umehara
  • Publication number: 20170350327
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Manabu EDAMURA, Yuusuke KAJITA, Masatoshi HOSHINO, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Kentarou ITOGA, Naoki ISHIKAWA, Tsutomu UMEHARA
  • Patent number: 9677497
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuzuyama, Tsutomu Umehara, Takayuki Fuyuto, Masahiro Taki
  • Publication number: 20150090217
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUZUYAMA, Tsutomu UMEHARA, Takayuki FUYUTO, Masahiro TAKI
  • Patent number: 8875488
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Takehito Hamamatsu, Tsutomu Umehara, Hiroshi Kuzuyama
  • Publication number: 20120144806
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takehito Hamamatsu, Tsutomu Umehara, Hiroshi Kuzuyama
  • Patent number: 6973785
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Tsutomu Umehara, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hiroki Kinuhata
  • Publication number: 20040134192
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Tsutomu Umehara, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hiroki Kinuhata