Patents by Inventor Yuusuke Kihara

Yuusuke Kihara 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: 20230250767
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a controller device for a variable valve timing apparatus capable of controlling a phase to an arbitrary fixed valve timing from immediately before an internal combustion engine stops until after the internal combustion engine has stopped. The controller device for the variable valve timing apparatus according to the present invention performs, during engine stop processing of the internal combustion engine, normal control of changing the relative rotational phase of a camshaft to a most advanced position or a most retarded position when the rotational speed of a crankshaft is equal to or more than a first threshold, and low-speed control of fixing a current or a voltage supplied to the motor to be constant to maintain the relative rotational phase of the camshaft at the most advanced position or the most retarded position in a period from when the rotational speed of the crankshaft is lower than the first threshold until the rotational speed becomes zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta KOIKE, Masayuki SARUWATARI, Yuusuke KIHARA, Akihiro KOMORI
  • Publication number: 20190145305
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to form a highly homogeneous air-fuel mixture which is not influenced by an engine rotation speed. Therefore, the invention provides a fuel injection control device including a cylinder, a first injector disposed at an upper portion of the cylinder in the axial direction and a center portion thereof in the radial direction, an intake valve disposed at an upper portion of the cylinder in the axial direction and an outer portion thereof in the radial direction in relation to the first fuel injection device, and a second injector supplying fuel from an upper portion of the cylinder in the axial direction and at least an outer portion in the radial direction in relation to the intake valve, in which a rotation speed of the engine is high, a fuel supply amount ratio of the first injector with respect to the second injector is controlled to be larger than that of a case where the rotation speed is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Yuusuke KIHARA, Yoshihiro SUKEGAWA, Kazuhiro ORYOJI, Kenichiro OGATA, Minoru OOSUGA, Masayuki SARUWATARI
  • Publication number: 20190107041
    Abstract: Stratified air-fuel mixture is stably formed around an ignition plug during a stratified charge combustion operation. For this reason, to solve the above problem, the present invention provides an internal combustion engine control device for controlling an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes: a fluid injection valve provided along an axial direction of an ignition plug; and a fuel injection valve formed separately from the fluid injection valve and provided in a direction intersecting with the axial direction of the fluid injection valve, and the internal combustion engine control device includes a control unit which controls the fluid injection valve and the fuel injection valve so as to inject fluid from the fuel injection valve after injecting fluid from the fluid injection valve in a compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SUKEGAWA, Yuusuke KIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170314500
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an engine control device with which it is possible to minimize decreases in combustion speed even when the EGR rate has been increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiroh OGATA, Takashi OKAMOTO, Yoshinobu ARIHARA, Kazuhiro ORYOJI, Yoshihiro SUKEGAWA, Yuusuke KIHARA
  • Patent number: 7089913
    Abstract: A control apparatus operates a compression ignition internal combustion engine by switching between spark ignition combustion using an ignition device and compression ignition combustion which self-ignites a mixture by piston compression. Variable valve mechanisms vary at least one of the valve timings and valve lifts of an intake valve and an exhaust valve. Intake air is regulated to vary the amount of air intake into a combustion chamber on the upstream side of a combustion chamber inlet of the compression ignition internal combustion engine. The variable valve mechanisms and the intake air regulation are controlled during the compression ignition combustion so as to perform the compression ignition combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Yamaoka, Toshiharu Nogi, Minoru Oosuga, Takuya Shiraishi, Shinji Nakagawa, Yuusuke Kihara
  • Patent number: 7055495
    Abstract: A compression ignition internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber, an intake valve 19a, intake port 6, and an exhaust valve 19b. The temperature and pressure in the combustion chamber are increased to self-ignite an air-fuel mixture with the compressive operation of a piston after closing of the intake valve 19a. A fuel injection valve 11 injects pressurized air, serving as an ignition trigger factor, directly into the combustion chamber so that the air-fuel mixture under the expansion stroke of the piston is brought into an ignitable state. An ECU 1 controls the injection timing of the pressurized air depending on the ignition timing. The self-ignition timing can be controlled to a proper timing in a wide engine operating range with respect to a load and a revolution speed without changing the shape of the combustion chamber to a large extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Yamaoka, Minoru Oosuga, Toshiharu Nogi, Takuya Shiraishi, Yuusuke Kihara
  • Patent number: 6966295
    Abstract: A compression ignition internal combustion engine in which the temperature and pressure in the combustion chamber are increased to self-ignite an air-fuel mixture with the compressive operation of a piston after closing of the intake valve. An ECU [1] controls injection timing of the pressurized air depending on the ignition timing. Self-ignition timing can be controlled to a proper timing in a wide engine operating range with respect to a load and a revolution speed without substantially changing the shape of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Yamaoka, Minoru Oosuga, Toshiharu Nogi, Takuya Shiraishi, Yuusuke Kihara
  • Publication number: 20040194746
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a compression ignition internal combustion engine capable of making compatible an increase in compression self-ignition operating area with an optimum output torque control in the operating area and also smoothly switching between a self-ignition combustion and a spark ignition combustion. The compression ignition internal combustion engine operates by switching between the spark ignition combustion using an ignition device and the compression ignition combustion which self-ignites a mixture by piston compression. Variable valve mechanisms vary at least one of the valve timings and valve lifts of an intake valve and an exhaust valve. Intake air is regulated to vary the amount of air intake into a combustion chamber on the upstream side of a combustion chamber inlet of the compression ignition internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Yamaoka, Toshiharu Nogi, Minoru Oosuga, Takuya Shiraishi, Shinji Nakagawa, Yuusuke Kihara
  • Publication number: 20040177830
    Abstract: A compression ignition internal combustion engine comprises a combustion chamber 16 to which air and fuel are supplied, an intake valve 19a for opening and closing a passage between the combustion chamber and an intake port 6 communicating with the combustion chamber, and an exhaust valve 19b for opening and closing a passage between the combustion chamber and an exhaust port 14 communicating with the combustion chamber. The temperature and pressure in the combustion chamber are increased to self-ignite an air-fuel mixture with the compressive operation of a piston after closing of the intake valve 19a. A fuel injection valve 11 injects pressurized air, serving as an ignition trigger factor, directly into the combustion chamber so that the air-fuel mixture under the expansion stroke of the piston is brought into an ignitable state. An ECU 1 controls the injection timing of the pressurized air depending on the ignition timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Yamaoka, Minoru Oosuga, Toshiharu Nogi, Takuya Shiraishi, Yuusuke Kihara
  • Publication number: 20040154581
    Abstract: A compression ignition internal combustion engine comprises a combustion chamber 16 to which air and fuel are supplied, an intake valve 19a for opening and closing a passage between the combustion chamber and an intake port 6 communicating with the combustion chamber, and an exhaust valve 19b for opening and closing a passage between the combustion chamber and an exhaust port 14 communicating with the combustion chamber. The temperature and pressure in the combustion chamber are increased to self-ignite an air-fuel mixture with the compressive operation of a piston after closing of the intake valve 19a. A fuel injection valve 11 injects pressurized air, serving as an ignition trigger factor, directly into the combustion chamber so that the air-fuel mixture under the expansion stroke of the piston is brought into an ignitable state. An ECU 1 controls the injection timing of the pressurized air depending on the ignition timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Shiro Yamaoka, Minoru Oosuga, Toshiharu Nogi, Takuya Shiraishi, Yuusuke Kihara
  • Patent number: 6739295
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a compression ignition internal combustion engine capable of making compatible an increase in compression self-ignition operating area with an optimum output torque control in the operating area and also smoothly switching between a self-ignition combustion and a spark ignition combustion. The compression ignition internal combustion engine operates by switching between the spark ignition combustion using an ignition device and the compression ignition combustion which self-ignites a mixture by piston compression. Variable valve mechanisms vary at least one of the valve timings and valve lifts of an intake valve and an exhaust valve. Intake air is regulated to vary the amount of air intake into a combustion chamber on the upstream side of a combustion chamber inlet of the compression ignition internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Yamaoka, Toshiharu Nogi, Minoru Oosuga, Takuya Shiraishi, Shinji Nakagawa, Yuusuke Kihara
  • Publication number: 20030226528
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a compression ignition internal combustion engine capable of making compatible an increase in compression self-ignition operating area with an optimum output torque control in the operating area and also smoothly switching between a self-ignition combustion and a spark ignition combustion. The compression ignition internal combustion engine operates by switching between the spark ignition combustion using an ignition device and the compression ignition combustion which self-ignites a mixture by piston compression. Variable valve mechanisms (15a, 15b) vary at least one of the valve timings and valve lifts of an intake valve and an exhaust valve. Intake air regulating means (7; 30; 32; 40, 42) vary the amount of air intake into a combustion chamber on the upstream side of a combustion chamber inlet of the compression ignition internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Yamaoka, Toshiharu Nogi, Minoru Oosuga, Takuya Shiraishi, Shinji Nakagawa, Yuusuke Kihara