Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu MIYABE

Yoshikazu MIYABE 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).

  • Publication number: 20150330337
    Abstract: A fuel vapor processing apparatus may include a vapor passage connecting a canister and a fuel tank of an engine system. An opening and closing valve may be disposed in the vapor passage. A valve opening device may be coupled to the opening and closing valve and may forcibly open the valve when the internal pressure of the fuel tank detected by a pressure has reached to a set pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki TAGAWA, Yoshikazu MIYABE, Minoru AKITA
  • Publication number: 20150322902
    Abstract: A vaporized fuel treating device having a canister that is configured to adsorb vaporized fuel in a fuel tank and to feed the adsorbed vaporized fuel to an engine may include a pressure sensor that is configured to periodically detect an inner pressure of the fuel tank, and a pressure sensor failure determination device that is configured to determine that the pressure sensor has failed when a change of the inner pressure detected by the pressure sensor in a unit of time is not less than a predetermined pressure value that is greater than a maximum value of possible pressure changes within the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru AKITA, Yoshikazu MIYABE, Naoyuki TAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150292447
    Abstract: A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a fuel tank, a canister configured to adsorb vaporized fuel, a vapor path connecting the canister to the fuel tank, a closing valve provided in the vapor path, a pressure sensor measuring inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit connected with the closing valve and the pressure sensor. The electric control unit is configured to close or open the closing valve in order to initialize the closing valve or open the closing valve in order to release the vaporized fuel from the fuel tank. Further, the electric control unit is configured to detect failure of the closing valve depending on change in the inner pressure of the fuel tank within a predetermined time from when the closing valve is opened or is closed for initialization of the closing valve or release of the vaporized fuel from the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki TAGAWA, Minoru AKITA, Yoshikazu MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20150159598
    Abstract: A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a canister capable of adsorbing vaporized fuel generated in a fuel tank, a vapor path connecting the canister to the fuel tank, a closing valve provided in the vapor path, a purge path connecting the canister to an intake path of an engine, a pressure sensor for detecting the inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit controlling the vaporized fuel processing apparatus. When the inner pressure of the fuel tank is in excess of the measurement range of the pressure sensor, the learning of the valve opening start position is prohibited, and pre-learning depressurization control is performed through change of the stroke amount of the closing valve in the valve opening direction until the inner pressure of the fuel tank is within the measurement range of the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki TAGAWA, Minoru AKITA, Yoshikazu MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20150159566
    Abstract: A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a closing valve provided in a vapor path connecting an adsorbent canister to the fuel tank, a pressure sensor configured to detect the inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit configured to determine whether the amount of increase in the inner pressure of the fuel tank is within an acceptable range or not, to learn a valve opening start position of the closing valve when the inner pressure of the fuel tank is reduced by an amount not less than a predetermined value, and to stop or prohibit the learning of the valve opening start position of the closing valve when the amount of increase in the inner pressure of the fuel tank is not within the acceptable range during or before the learning of the valve opening start position of the closing valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru AKITA, Yoshikazu MIYABE, Naoyuki TAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150159567
    Abstract: A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a canister loaded with an adsorbent capable of adsorbing vaporized fuel generated in a fuel tank, a closing valve provided a vapor path connecting the canister and the fuel tank and having a valve seat and a valve movable portion such that a distance between the valve seat and the valve movable portion is stroke amount, a pressure sensor configured to detect inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit. The electric control unit is configured to perform abnormal state depressurization control of the fuel tank, in a state that the pressure sensor cannot detect the inner pressure of the fuel tank, by setting the stroke amount of the closing valve at a fail-safe value in which the closing valve is closed, and then changing the stroke amount in a valve opening direction of the closing valve from the fail-safe value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru AKITA, Yoshikazu MIYABE, Naoyuki TAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150159568
    Abstract: A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a canister capable of adsorbing vaporized fuel generated in a fuel tank, a closing valve provided in the vapor path connecting the canister and the fuel tank and having a valve seat and a valve movable portion, a pressure sensor configured to detect inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit. The electric control unit is configured to set a learning value that is an axial distance between the valve seat and the valve movable portion at a valve opening start position at a fail-safe value such that the closing valve is in the valve closing state when the inner pressure of the fuel tank decreases by less than a predetermined value after repeating a stroke control process more than predetermined times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki TAGAWA, Minoru AKITA, Yoshikazu MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20150143996
    Abstract: A fuel vapor processing apparatus may include a canister, a closing valve provided in a vapor passage connecting the canister and the fuel tank, an actuator coupled to the movable valve member, and a control device coupled to the actuator. The control device may perform a learning control, in which a valve opening start position is learned based on a stroke distance of the movable valve member, which is given at the time when an internal pressure of the fuel tank is reduced by a predetermined pressure value while the moving distance of the movable valve member is changed such that (a) the movable valve member moves from the reference position to a learning start position at a first speed in a valve opening direction and (b) the movable valve member moves further from the learning start position at a second speed in the valve opening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Junya KIMOTO, Yuzuru ITO, Naoyuki TAGAWA, Yoshikazu MIYABE, Minoru AKITA
  • Publication number: 20150144111
    Abstract: A fuel vapor processing apparatus may include a canister capable of adsorbing fuel vapor produced in a fuel tank, a closing valve provided in a vapor passage connecting the canister and the fuel tank, a purge passage connecting the canister and an intake passage of an engine, and a control device. The closing valve may include a movable valve member movable along a linear path and an actuator coupled to the movable valve member. The control device may be coupled to the actuator and may be configured to control the actuator such that the position of the movable valve member along the linear path changes according to a deviation of an actual tank internal pressure of the fuel tank from a target tank internal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru AKITA, Yoshikazu MIYABE, Naoyuki TAGAWA