Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Kamimura

Yasuhiro Kamimura 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: 6837217
    Abstract: A method is provided for easily avoiding undesirable effects on various physical values due to the change in temperature of a motor for driving a throttle valve without causing secondary problems. A technique is also provided for measuring the temperature of the motor electrically. The method uses a compensation device for correcting the power supply to the motor by detecting the impedance of the motor windings and/or the change in the motor temperature. The temperature of the motor is estimated from the current and voltage to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hoshino, Katsuji Marumoto, Minoru Oosuga, Yasuhiro Kamimura, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20040060541
    Abstract: The invention is intended to simplify a default mechanism of a throttle valve opening and closing device for the purpose of improving mountability of the device to a vehicle. When a motor generate no driving forces, a throttle valve is held in a position (1) by a return spring. In this position, gaps are formed between the throttle valve and a wall surface of an intake passage. Spherical recesses are formed in parts of the wall surface of the intake passage. In a position (2) where the throttle valve is opposed to the spherical recesses, the gaps are minimized in an operating range of the throttle valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Soshino, Takehiko Kowatari, Yuzo Kadomukai, Yuki Ejiri, Kenji Ono, Yasuhiro Kamimura, Norihiro Isozaki, Eisuke Wayama, Hitoshi Andoh, Yutaka Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20030209229
    Abstract: An electronic throttle apparatus permits aggregating of various parts and rationalization of installation, and can simplify assembling operation and wiring operation to an engine room for rationalization of an installation space. The throttle apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body housing therein a throttle valve and disposed in an air intake of the engine, a throttle actuating motor, a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle valve angle and an air flow sensor located on upstream of the throttle valve and measuring an intake air flow rate. The throttle actuating motor, the throttle position sensor and the air flow sensor are mounted on the throttle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Norio Tomita, Kazuo Nagayama, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20030150423
    Abstract: An electronic throttle apparatus permits aggregating of various parts and rationalization of installation, and can simplify assembling operation and wiring operation to an engine room for rationalization of an installation space. The throttle apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body housing therein a throttle valve and disposed in an air intake of the engine, a throttle actuating motor, a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle valve angle and an air flow sensor located on upstream of the throttle valve and measuring an intake air flow rate. The throttle actuating motor, the throttle position sensor and the air flow sensor are mounted on the throttle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Norio Tomita, Kazuo Nagayama, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6598587
    Abstract: An electronic throttle apparatus permits aggregating of various parts and rationalization of installation, and can simplify assembling operation and wiring operation to an engine room for rationalization of an installation space. The throttle apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body housing therein a throttle valve and disposed in an air intake of the engine, a throttle actuating motor, a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle valve angle and an air flow sensor located on upstream of the throttle valve and measuring an intake air flow rate. The throttle actuating motor, the throttle position sensor and the air flow sensor are mounted on the throttle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Norio Tomita, Kazuo Nagayama, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6474301
    Abstract: An electronic control throttle body has a default mechanism for securing the self-propelling of a vehicle at the time of faulty. A throttle control unit controls the position of a throttle valve by using a motor on the basis of a target throttle valve opening degree obtained by an engine control unit. In this respect, when the target throttle valve opening degree inputted from the engine control unit crosses over a default opening degree f0 of a default mechanism, an integration value having been added is set to 0, and an integration value having been calculated hereinafter is added to the set value to thereby perform a feedback control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Yasushi Sasaki, Norio Tomita, Tsugio Tomita, Syuuichi Nakano
  • Publication number: 20020040974
    Abstract: An electronic throttle apparatus permits aggregating of various parts and rationalization of installation, and can simplify assembling operation and wiring operation to an engine room for rationalization of an installation space. The throttle apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body housing therein a throttle valve and disposed in an air intake of the engine, a throttle actuating motor, a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle valve angle and an air flow sensor located on upstream of the throttle valve and measuring an intake air flow rate. The throttle actuating motor, the throttle position sensor and the air flow sensor are mounted on the throttle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Norio Tomita, Kazuo Nagayama, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6341593
    Abstract: An electronic throttle apparatus permits aggregating of various parts and rationalization of installation, and can simplify assembling operation and wiring operation to an engine room for rationalization of an installation space. The throttle apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body housing therein a throttle valve and disposed in an air intake of the engine, a throttle actuating motor, a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle valve angle and an air flow sensor located on upstream of the throttle valve and measuring an intake air flow rate. The throttle actuating motor, the throttle position sensor and the air flow sensor are mounted on the throttle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Norio Tomita, Kazuo Nagayama, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6302084
    Abstract: A throttle valve control apparatus of an engine is constructed so that the poorer the response of the throttle valve, the larger the value of a control signal given as a control signal for opening of the throttle valve, whereby the speediness of control and response of the throttle valve are improved. The engine throttle valve control apparatus has means for comparing a target opening which is a control target of the throttle valve and a real opening which obtained by a sensor or the like, and obtaining a corrected target opening of the throttle valve by a map or computing, corresponding to a difference obtained as the result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Yasushi Sasaki, Norio Tomita
  • Publication number: 20010013331
    Abstract: An electronic throttle apparatus permits aggregating of various parts and rationalization of installation, and can simplify assembling operation and wiring operation to an engine room for rationalization of an installation space. The throttle apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body housing therein a throttle valve and disposed in an air intake of the engine, a throttle actuating motor, a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle valve angle and an air flow sensor located on upstream of the throttle valve and measuring an intake air flow rate. The throttle actuating motor, the throttle position sensor and the air flow sensor are mounted on the throttle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Norio Tomita, Kazuo Nagayama, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6267099
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine is configured to switch over at least one of fuel injection amount and ignition timing to an emergency traveling mode in the event that an electric actuator for driving a throttle valve malfunctions, at which time the throttle valve is set at a default position. At the time of the emergency traveling mode, throttle valve opening degree is set at a value larger than the opening degree when an accelerator pedal is not depressed during normal operation. Fuel amount is set to obtain necessary engine rpm for the emergency traveling mode and when the acceleration pedal is not depressed or the vehicle speed is zero, ignition timing is retarded with respect to ignition timing during normal idling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Yasuhiro Kamimura, Kenji Ono, Norihiro Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6240899
    Abstract: A motor-driven throttle valve control device has a main body in which an air intake path is formed. The throttle valve is secured on a rotatable shaft supported by the main body. An electric motor drives the throttle valve through a gear mechanism. A throttle valve sensor is provided to detect the valve opening angle. Default and return springs are provided to bias the throttle valve. The main body includes a cover at one end of the throttle shaft. The gear mechanism, angle sensor and default and return springs are located between the cover and the main body of the throttle valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Yasuhiro Kamimura, Kenji Ono, Norihiro Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6067958
    Abstract: An electronic throttle apparatus permits aggregating of various parts and rationalization of installation, and can simplify assembling operation and wiring operation to an engine room for rationalization of an installation space. The throttle apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body housing therein a throttle valve and disposed in an air intake of the engine, a throttle actuating motor, a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle valve angle and an air flow sensor located on upstream of the throttle valve and measuring an intake air flow rate. The throttle actuating motor, the throttle position sensor and the air flow sensor are mounted on the throttle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Norio Tomita, Kazuo Nagayama, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 5975051
    Abstract: A motor-driven throttle valve control device has a throttle shaft and a coupling lever rotatably provided on the shaft, both being coupled by a spring. A default spring energizes the coupling lever toward a position of the default opening of the throttle valve. The throttle shaft rotates separately from the coupling lever in the direction of the full open throttle valve from a point at which the coupling lever comes into contact with a stopper defining the default position and, together with the coupling lever, in the full close direction of the throttle valve from the point. Thereby, the throttle valve can be kept at the default position by the default spring through the coupling lever when a motor driving the throttle valve is not powered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Yasuhiro Kamimura, Kenji Ono, Norihiro Isozaki
  • Patent number: 5868114
    Abstract: A throttle control apparatus for an engine on a vehicle is provided, in which the number of component parts in the position detection means and the driven means is reduced to improve the accuracy in its position control and at the same time an integrated wiring is achieved and connectors are aggregated. The position detection means for detecting the position of a control valve, the driven means for controlling the position of the control valve, the means for processing control signals, an output from the position control means for controlling the position of the control valve are disposed within a sealed space defined by a body supporting a control valve shaft, and a cover. Based on the fact that the number of component parts of the position detection means may be reduced, the mechanical hysteresis and electrical hysteresis may also be reduced to improve the accuracy in controlling the control valve position, and it is possible to aggregate the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamimura, Yasushi Sasaki, Sadayuki Aoki, Kazuo Nagayama
  • Patent number: 5297521
    Abstract: A throttle valve controller for use with an internal combustion engine has construction advantageous in terms of cost and enables, by a fail-safe function, "abnormal-state auxiliary driving" by the operation of an accelerator pedal in a case where an abnormality such as a failure has occurred in the actuator driving system. The risk of occurrence of a serious accident such as self-speeding of the vehicle is thereby eliminated substantially completely. A flexing driving force transmission mechanism or a fluid driving force transmission mechanism is provided at a driving force connection between a member displaced with the accelerator pedal operation and an opening/closing drive member of a throttle valve. The flexing driving force transmission mechanism absorbs the difference between the opening of the throttle valve controlled with the actuator and the opening to which the throttle valve is to be set by the accelerator pedal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Sasaki, Yasuhiro Kamimura