Patents by Inventor Yutaka Masuda
Yutaka Masuda 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).
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Patent number: 11306649Abstract: Provided is an engine system including: a bypass pipe (bypass flow passage) connecting an upstream side and a downstream side of the turbine on an exhaust flow passage; a bypass valve configured to open and close the bypass flow passage; and a catalytic activation controller configured to control the bypass valve and a compression ratio of a combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yasunori Ashikaga, Yoshiyuki Umemoto
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Patent number: 11276521Abstract: An electronic component includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers, a circuit pattern, and band-shaped conductor patterns. The circuit pattern includes a conductor pattern that is disposed inside the multilayer body and defines an inductor. The band-shaped conductor patterns are grounded and cover a portion of a shield surface. An internal surface is located between the circuit pattern and an upper surface. On a shield surface, a non-shielded area is provided which is not covered with any of the band-shaped conductor patterns, and through which magnetic flux generated from the inductor is able to pass.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunihiro Miyahara, Yutaka Masuda, Kanta Motoki, Shoji Nagumo
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Patent number: 11199140Abstract: Provided is an engine, including: a cylinder including a cylinder liner; a piston provided inside the cylinder liner; a piston ring provided on the piston; a contact detector configured to detect a contact between a step formed in an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder liner and the piston ring; and a compression ratio controller configured to control a top dead center position of the piston so that the piston ring at the top dead center position is located on a combustion chamber side with respect to the step when the contact is detected.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yoshiyuki Umemoto, Ryoichi Kanehira
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Patent number: 11174826Abstract: Provided is an engine, including: a cylinder; a piston accommodated in the cylinder; a combustion chamber facing the piston; a sliding portion (large-diameter portion) configured to perform a stroke motion together with the piston; a hydraulic surface of the sliding portion facing a side opposite to the combustion chamber; a hydraulic chamber, which the hydraulic surface faces; and an auxiliary hydraulic chamber, which communicates with the hydraulic chamber, and has a volume changeable in accordance with a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yoshiyuki Umemoto, Jun Teramoto
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Patent number: 11162440Abstract: A variable compression device includes a piston rod, a first fluid chamber configured to move the piston rod in a direction in which a compression ratio is increased by supplying a pressurized working fluid thereto, a regulation member configured to regulate movement of the piston rod in a direction in which a compression ratio is increased, a second fluid chamber provided between the piston rod and the regulation member and configured to store the working fluid, a supply flow path configured to guide the working fluid supplied to the second fluid chamber, a discharge flow path configured to guide the working fluid discharged from the second fluid chamber, and a flow rate regulation unit provided in the discharge flow path and configured to regulate a flow of the working fluid when the piston rod approaches the regulation member.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yoshiyuki Umemoto
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Patent number: 11156172Abstract: Provided is a compression ratio varying mechanism, including: a discharge oil passage connected to a first hydraulic chamber; a supply oil passage connected to a hydraulic pump; a pump cylinder including a first oil storage chamber connected to the discharge oil passage and the supply oil passage and a second oil storage chamber partitioned from the first oil storage chamber by a plunger; a branch oil passage connected to the second oil storage chamber; and an orifice provided in the branch oil passage.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Mitsuaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 11131254Abstract: Provided is a marine engine, including: a piston; and a compression ratio controller configured to execute lowering processing of moving a top dead center position of the piston toward a bottom dead center side when an engine rotation speed falls within a resonance occurrence range set in advance. A geometrical compression ratio is reduced, and a resonance stress caused by a torsional vibration in a rotary system can thus be suppressed while suppressing a decrease in thermal efficiency compared with a case in which retarding control is applied to a fuel injection timing or a closing timing of an exhaust valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yoshiyuki Umemoto, Toshihiko Shimizu, Takahiro Takimoto
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Patent number: 11105281Abstract: Provided is a marine engine, including: an air controller configured to supply compressed air to a combustion chamber in an upstroke of a piston after a crash astern signal is output; a fuel controller configured to stop supply of fuel to the combustion chamber when the crash astern signal is output, and to resume the supply of the fuel after a backward rotation of a crankshaft; and a compression ratio controller configured to move a top dead center position of the piston toward an opposite side of a bottom dead center position of the piston when the crash astern signal is output, and the top dead center position of the piston is on the bottom dead center position side with respect to a predetermined position set in advance.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yoshiyuki Umemoto, Toshihiko Shimizu
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Patent number: 11098620Abstract: Provided is a compression ratio varying mechanism, including a communication hole including: a first opening opened in an outer peripheral side surface of a piston rod; and a second opening, which is prevented from being opposed to the first opening in a radial direction of a piston rod, and is connected to an oil passage at a position apart from the first opening in a stroke direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Jun Teramoto, Ryo Ohara
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Patent number: 11085380Abstract: An engine control system includes: a delay estimating unit configured to estimate a auto-ignition delay based on first parameters including a composition of fuel gas; a auto-ignition predicting unit configured to predict a auto-ignition timing based on the auto-ignition delay; a completion predicting unit configured to predict a combustion completion timing of the fuel gas; and an operation control unit configured to control an engine based on a result of comparison between the auto-ignition timing and the combustion completion timing.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Takahide Aoyagi, Takayuki Hirose, Takayuki Yamada, Hayato Nakajima
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Patent number: 11053865Abstract: A compression ratio control device includes a compression ratio controller configured to control a compression ratio of a combustion chamber so that the maximum combustion pressure approaches a combustion pressure upper limit value (cylinder-internal-pressure upper limit value) based on a detection signal of a detector at least when an engine load is equal to or less than a predetermined load (engine full load).Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yoshiyuki Umemoto, Takahiro Takimoto, Jun Teramoto, Kazuki Yotsui, Keitoku Iguchi
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Publication number: 20210071550Abstract: Provided is a compression ratio varying mechanism, including a communication hole including: a first opening opened in an outer peripheral side surface of a piston rod; and a second opening, which is prevented from being opposed to the first opening in a radial direction of a piston rod, and is connected to an oil passage at a position apart from the first opening in a stroke direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MASUDA, Jun TERAMOTO, Ryo OHARA
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Publication number: 20210040881Abstract: Provided is an engine system including: a bypass pipe (bypass flow passage) connecting an upstream side and a downstream side of the turbine on an exhaust flow passage; a bypass valve configured to open and close the bypass flow passage; and a catalytic activation controller configured to control the bypass valve and a compression ratio of a combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MASUDA, Yasunori ASHIKAGA, Yoshiyuki UMEMOTO
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Publication number: 20200408160Abstract: Provided is a marine engine, including: an air controller configured to supply compressed air to a combustion chamber in an upstroke of a piston after a crash astern signal is output; a fuel controller configured to stop supply of fuel to the combustion chamber when the crash astern signal is output, and to resume the supply of the fuel after a backward rotation of a crankshaft; and a compression ratio controller configured to move a top dead center position of the piston toward an opposite side of a bottom dead center position of the piston when the crash astern signal is output, and the top dead center position of the piston is on the bottom dead center position side with respect to a predetermined position set in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MASUDA, Yoshiyuki UMEMOTO, Toshihiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20200408158Abstract: A compression ratio control device includes a compression ratio controller configured to control a compression ratio of a combustion chamber so that the maximum combustion pressure approaches a combustion pressure upper limit value (cylinder-internal-pressure upper limit value) based on a detection signal of a detector at least when an engine load is equal to or less than a predetermined load (engine full load).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Yutaka MASUDA, Yoshiyuki UMEMOTO, Takahiro TAKIMOTO, Jun TERAMOTO, Kazuki YOTSUI, Keitoku IGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200400082Abstract: A variable compression device includes a piston rod, a first fluid chamber configured to move the piston rod in a direction in which a compression ratio is increased by supplying a pressurized working fluid thereto, a regulation member configured to regulate movement of the piston rod in a direction in which a compression ratio is increased, a second fluid chamber provided between the piston rod and the regulation member and configured to store the working fluid, a supply flow path configured to guide the working fluid supplied to the second fluid chamber, a discharge flow path configured to guide the working fluid discharged from the second fluid chamber, and a flow rate regulation unit provided in the discharge flow path and configured to regulate a flow of the working fluid when the piston rod approaches the regulation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Masuda, Yoshiyuki Yoshiyuki
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Publication number: 20200392929Abstract: Provided is an engine, including: a cylinder; a piston accommodated in the cylinder; a combustion chamber facing the piston; a sliding portion (large-diameter portion) configured to perform a stroke motion together with the piston; a hydraulic surface of the sliding portion facing a side opposite to the combustion chamber; a hydraulic chamber, which the hydraulic surface faces; and an auxiliary hydraulic chamber, which communicates with the hydraulic chamber, and has a volume changeable in accordance with a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MASUDA, Yoshiyuki UMEMOTO, Jun TERAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200362774Abstract: Provided is a compression ratio varying mechanism, including: a discharge oil passage connected to a first hydraulic chamber; a supply oil passage connected to a hydraulic pump; a pump cylinder including a first oil storage chamber connected to the discharge oil passage and the supply oil passage and a second oil storage chamber partitioned from the first oil storage chamber by a plunger; a branch oil passage connected to the second oil storage chamber; and an orifice provided in the branch oil passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MASUDA, Mitsuaki HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200300183Abstract: Provided is a marine engine, including: a piston; and a compression ratio controller configured to execute lowering processing of moving a top dead center position of the piston toward a bottom dead center side when an engine rotation speed falls within a resonance occurrence range set in advance. A geometrical compression ratio is reduced, and a resonance stress caused by a torsional vibration in a rotary system can thus be suppressed while suppressing a decrease in thermal efficiency compared with a case in which retarding control is applied to a fuel injection timing or a closing timing of an exhaust valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MASUDA, Yoshiyuki Umemoto, Toshihiko Shimizu, Takahiro Takimoto
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Publication number: 20200291874Abstract: Provided is an engine, including: a cylinder including a cylinder liner; a piston provided inside the cylinder liner; a piston ring provided on the piston; a contact detector configured to detect a contact between a step formed in an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder liner and the piston ring; and a compression ratio controller configured to control a top dead center position of the piston so that the piston ring at the top dead center position is located on a combustion chamber side with respect to the step when the contact is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MASUDA, Yoshiyuki UMEMOTO, Ryoichi KANEHIRA