Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa Matsura

Yoshimasa Matsura 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: 5218937
    Abstract: A diesel engine includes a variable swirl forming mechanism, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) control mechanism, and an injection timing control mechanism. The variable swirl forming mechanism forms strong, middle or weak air swirls in a combustion chamber according to engine loads and engine speeds. The EGR control mechanism recirculates a part of exhaust gas to the combustion chamber according to the engine loads and the engine speeds. The injection timing control mechanism advances or retards the injection timing according to the engine loads and the engine speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Matsura
  • Patent number: 5186139
    Abstract: A diesel engine includes a variable swirl forming mechanism, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) control mechanism, and an injection timing control mechanism. The variable swirl forming mechanism forms strong, middle or weak air swirls in a combustion chamber according to engine loads and engine speeds. The EGR control mechanism recirculates a part of exhaust gas to the combustion chamber according to the engine loads and the engine speeds. The injection timing control mechanism advances or retards the injection timing according to the engine loads and the engine speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushi Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Matsura
  • Patent number: 4825523
    Abstract: A variable-volume turbocharger device comprises at least two exhaust gas passages (A), (B) different in the flow characteristics, divided by a partition wall (20) provided in a turbine housing (18), and two valve members (34a), (34b) which are actuated so as to open and shut the exhaust gas passages (A), (B). The valve members (34a), (34b) each are actuated to open and shut in response to the speed and load of an engine or the likes, whereby either one of the exhaust gas passages (A), (B) or both of them are opened to provide at least three turbine flow characteristics. An exhaust gas turbine (12) can be thereby operated with remarkably good efficiency suitably to the operating state of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogya Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Nakazawa, Yoshimasa Matsura, Tetsuo Takemoto, Susumu Kohketsu
  • Patent number: 4794758
    Abstract: A variable-volume turbocharger device comprises at least two exhaust gas passages (A), (B) different in the flow characteristics, divided by a partition wall (20) provided in a turbine housing (18), and two valve members (34a), (34b) which are actuated so as to open and shut the exhaust gas passages (A), (B). The valve members (34a), (34b) each are actuated to open and shut in response to the speed and load of an engine or the likes, whereby either one of the exhaust gas passages (A), (B) or both of them are opened to provide at least three turbine flow characteristics. An exhaust gas turbine (12) can be thereby operated with remarkably good efficiency suitable to the operating state of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Nakazawa, Yoshimasa Matsura, Tetsuo Takemoto, Susumu Kohketsu
  • Patent number: 4719757
    Abstract: A variable-volume turbocharger device comprises at least two exhaust gas passages (A), (B) different in the flow characteristics, divided by a partition wall (20) provided in a turbine housing (18), and two valve members (34a), (34b) which are actuated so as to open and shut the exhaust gas passages (A), (B). The valve members (34a), (34b) each are actuated to open and shut in response to the speed and load of an engine or the likes, whereby either one of the exhaust gas passages (A), (B) or both of them are opened to provide at least three turbine flow characteristics. An exhaust gas turbine (12) can be thereby operated with remarkably good efficiency suitably to the operating state of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogya Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Nakazawa, Yoshimasa Matsura, Tetsuo Takemoto, Susumu Kohketsu