Patents by Inventor Yozaburo Aoki

Yozaburo Aoki 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: 10024294
    Abstract: When an accelerator opening degree becomes zero, a fuel cut-permission vehicle speed is set on the bases of a cooling water temperature. During a delay time, torque reduction has the characteristic of being dependent on cooling water temperature, and in an unwarmed state, a relatively large amount of air is supplied. The fuel cut-permission vehicle speed has the characteristic of taking a high value when an engine is not warmed up and cooling water temperature is low, in accordance with delay time air amount reduction control, which is performed in accordance with cooling water temperature. This reduces any shocks or odd feelings experienced by an occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Onozato, Yasushi Ohmura, Yozaburo Aoki, Hiromichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20180156181
    Abstract: When an accelerator opening degree becomes zero, a fuel cut-permission vehicle speed is set on the bases of a cooling water temperature. During a delay time, torque reduction has the characteristic of being dependent on cooling water temperature, and in an unwarmed state, a relatively large amount of air is supplied. The fuel cut-permission vehicle speed has the characteristic of taking a high value when an engine is not warmed up and cooling water temperature is low, in accordance with delay time air amount reduction control, which is performed in accordance with cooling water temperature. This reduces any shocks or odd feelings experienced by an occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Naoya Onozato, Yasushi Ohmura, Yozaburo Aoki, Hiromichi Sato
  • Patent number: 9279404
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a low-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure fuel pump, an accumulator for accumulating the pressurized fuel, fuel injection valves, a relief valve for restricting an upper limit value of a fuel pressure in the accumulator, a high-pressure fuel pressure sensor, and a control unit for setting a target fuel injection pressure, controlling the high-pressure fuel pump so that the fuel pressure in the accumulator reaches the target fuel injection pressure, and regarding the present target fuel injection pressure as a detection value of the high-pressure fuel pressure sensor and setting the high-pressure fuel pump in an operational state with a maximum discharge amount or a non-operational state when detecting an abnormality of the high-pressure fuel pressure sensor. This enables the fuel to be injected with an appropriate injection pulse width corresponding to an actual fuel pressure even if the high-pressure fuel pressure sensor experiences disconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yozaburo Aoki, Tomohiko Takahashi, Takatsugu Katayama
  • Publication number: 20120255521
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a low-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure fuel pump, an accumulator for accumulating the pressurized fuel, fuel injection valves, a relief valve for restricting an upper limit value of a fuel pressure in the accumulator, a high-pressure fuel pressure sensor, and a control unit for setting a target fuel injection pressure, controlling the high-pressure fuel pump so that the fuel pressure in the accumulator reaches the target fuel injection pressure, and regarding the present target fuel injection pressure as a detection value of the high-pressure fuel pressure sensor and setting the high-pressure fuel pump in an operational state with a maximum discharge amount or a non-operational state when detecting an abnormality of the high-pressure fuel pressure sensor. This enables the fuel to be injected with an appropriate injection pulse width corresponding to an actual fuel pressure even if the high-pressure fuel pressure sensor experiences disconnection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Yozaburo Aoki, Tomohiko Takahashi, Takatsugu Katayama