Patents by Inventor Yasuharu Hourai

Yasuharu Hourai 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: 8020533
    Abstract: To provide a fuel injection device for controlling a fuel injection valve including a solenoid and a magnetostrictive element to generate a drive force for driving the fuel injection valve, the fuel injection device including: a solenoid power source (31) for driving the solenoid, a solenoid drive circuit (10) adapted to control the electrification to the solenoid by the solenoid power source (31), a plurality of magnetostrictive element driving power sources (32, 33) for driving the magnetostrictive element, and a magnetostrictive element drive circuit (20) adapted to control the electrification to a magnetostrictive coil of the magnetostrictive element by the magnetostrictive element driving power sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao Tsuchiya, Manabu Shouji, Tsukasa Naganuma, Yasuharu Hourai, Kenichi Omori, Kazuhito Kakimoto, Hidetaka Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7312972
    Abstract: An actuator driving circuit for driving an electromagnetic actuator, includes a boosting circuit which boosts a source voltage, and a boosted voltage controller which is connected to an output terminal of the boosting circuit, i.e., the downstream of the boosting circuit, to control a boosted voltage generated by the boosting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Hourai, Kenichi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20070284456
    Abstract: To provide a fuel injection device for controlling a fuel injection valve including a solenoid and a magnetostrictive element to generate a drive force for driving the fuel injection valve, the fuel injection device including: a solenoid power source (31) for driving the solenoid, a solenoid drive circuit (10) adapted to control the electrification to the solenoid by the solenoid power source (31), a plurality of magnetostrictive element driving power sources (32, 33) for driving the magnetostrictive element, and a magnetostrictive element drive circuit (20) adapted to control the electrification to a magnetostrictive coil of the magnetostrictive element by the magnetostrictive element driving power sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadao Tsuchiya, Manabu Shouji, Tsukasa Naganuma, Yasuharu Hourai, Kenichi Omori, Kazuhito Kakimoto, Hidetaka Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7265953
    Abstract: A power supply boost control device and a fault location identification and judgment method for the power supply boost control device of this invention comprise a step of judging whether a power supply relay has a turn-on fault, a precharge circuit has a turn-on fault, or the power supply relay has a turn-on fault; second judgment unit is comprised for judging whether a boosting prohibit function is faulty, or the precharge circuit has a turn-off fault, or the precharge circuit has a turn-off fault; and third judgment unit is comprised for judging, based on the judgment result of the first voltage judgment unit, whether or not the power supply relay has a turn-off fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Hourai, Kenichi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7164570
    Abstract: An excitation control circuit for suitably exciting a solenoid while current consumption and heating are effectively reduced. The control circuit has a driving circuit for driving a coil of a solenoid in response to a pulse signal supplied from an external device; a counter-electromotive force absorbing circuit, inserted in a path of a return current of the coil, for absorbing counter-electromotive force produced by the coil; and a return current circuit, connected in parallel to the counter-electromotive force absorbing circuit, for intermittently bypassing the return current. The return current circuit may have a field effect transistor switched on according to a signal for defining the timing of bypassing the return current, where the current path of the transistor is connected between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuharu Hourai
  • Publication number: 20050265087
    Abstract: A power supply boost control device and a fault location identification and judgment method for the power supply boost control device of this invention comprise a step of judging whether a power supply relay has a turn-on fault, a precharge circuit has a turn-on fault, or the power supply relay has a turn-on fault; second judgment unit is comprised for judging whether a boosting prohibit function is faulty, or the precharge circuit has a turn-off fault, or the precharge circuit has a turn-off fault; and third judgment unit is comprised for judging, based on the judgment result of the first voltage judgment unit, whether or not the power supply relay has a turn-off fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuharu Hourai, Kenichi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20040150433
    Abstract: An excitation control circuit for suitably exciting a solenoid while current consumption and heating are effectively reduced. The control circuit has a driving circuit for driving a coil of a solenoid in response to a pulse signal supplied from an external device; a counter-electromotive force absorbing circuit, inserted in a path of a return current of the coil, for absorbing counter-electromotive force produced by the coil; and a return current circuit, connected in parallel to the counter-electromotive force absorbing circuit, for intermittently bypassing the return current. The return current circuit may have a field effect transistor switched on according to a signal for defining the timing of bypassing the return current, where the current path of the transistor is connected between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuharu Hourai