Patents by Inventor Yoji Fukami

Yoji Fukami 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: 6505583
    Abstract: A fuel controlling apparatus includes: a fuel injector, the fuel injector being controlled on a basis of a throttle opening degree and an engine speed without measuring a quantity of an intake air; and a carburetor that supplies the fuel to the engine using a negative pressure produced by the intake system of the engine. The fuel is supplied to the engine solely by the fuel injector while the engine speed is lower than a lower limit of a high engine speed range including an upper limit engine speed. The fuel is supplied to the engine by both the fuel injector and the carburetor so that the fuel of a necessary quantity is supplied to the engine by combining a quantity of the fuel supplied by the fuel injector and a quantity of the fuel supplied by the carburetor while the engine speed is in the high engine speed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimoto Matsuda, Yoji Fukami, Satoru Watabe
  • Publication number: 20010018900
    Abstract: A fuel controlling apparatus of an internal combustion engine for controlling a quantity of a fuel that is supplied to the engine includes: a fuel injector that injects the fuel to the engine, the fuel injector being controlled on a basis of a throttle opening degree and an engine speed without measuring a quantity of an intake air that is taken through an intake system of the engine; and a carburetor that supplies the fuel to the engine using a negative pressure produced by the intake system of the engine. The fuel is supplied to the engine solely by the fuel injector while the engine speed is lower than a lower limit of a high engine speed range including an upper limit engine speed. The fuel is supplied to the engine by both the fuel injector and the carburetor so that the fuel of a necessary quantity is supplied to the engine by combining a quantity of the fuel supplied by the fuel injector and a quantity of the fuel supplied by the carburetor while the engine speed is in the high engine speed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimoto Matsuda, Yoji Fukami, Satoru Watabe