Hiroshi Miyamoto
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Tokyo JP
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20110092555 | Thiazolidinedione compound - A compound which is 5-{4-[(6-methoxy-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)methoxy]benzyl}thiazolidine-2,4-dione hydrochloride, in crystal form wherein a powder x-ray diffraction pattern obtained by irradiation with a Cu Kα line shows main peaks at interplanar spacings d=14.29, 7.12, 5.34, 4.97, 4.74, 3.95, 3.85, 3.75, 3.55, 3.51, 3.15, 2.84, 2.76, 2.52 and 2.37. | 04-21-2011 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Susono-Shi JP
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20100211290 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR MULTICYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection amount from fuel injection valves is actively controlled and an input air-fuel ratio is caused forcibly to oscillate. A system from the fuel injection valves to the air-fuel ratio sensor is simulated by a first order delay system, and a gain and time constant are identified on the basis of the input air-fuel ratio relating to the model and an output air-fuel ratio obtained from the air-fuel ratio sensor. The presence of an air-fuel ratio abnormal variation is diagnosed on the basis of whether or not the identified values of the gain and the time constant are less than a first and second predetermined values respectively. | 08-19-2010 |
20100307135 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING CATALYST DETERIORATION - A catalyst deterioration diagnosing apparatus is provided with means for performing stoichiometric feedback control on the air-fuel ratio based on at least output from an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor provided upstream of a catalyst, means for measuring the oxygen storage capacity of the catalyst, and means for correcting the measured value of the oxygen storage capacity based on at least the output behavior of a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor provided downstream of the catalyst during the stoichiometric feedback control. The measured value of the oxygen storage capacity is corrected using the output behavior of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor during stoichiometric feedback control. The diagnostic is performed after eliminating the effects from sulfur by correcting the measured value to a value corresponding to when low sulfur fuel is used, which makes it possible to prevent an erroneous diagnosis from being made. | 12-09-2010 |
20110054761 | CYLINDER-TO-CYLINDER AIR/FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A cylinder-to-cylinder air/fuel ratio imbalance determination system obtains an imbalance determination parameter that increases or decreases as a difference between the air/fuel ratios of different cylinders increases, based on output values of an air/fuel ratio sensor, and makes a cylinder-to-cylinder A/F imbalance determination, based on the result of comparison between the imbalance determination parameter and a threshold value for imbalance determination. The determination system changes the amount of fuel injected into one or more of the cylinders so as to create a forced imbalance condition in which the air/fuel ratio of a particular cylinder deviates from the air/fuel ratio of the remaining cylinders, and obtains an air/fuel ratio sensor evaluation parameter (e.g., rate of change ΔAF of the detected air/fuel ratio) in this condition. Then, the determination system determines whether the air/fuel ratio sensor is adequate for making a cylinder-to-cylinder A/F imbalance determination, by comparing the evaluation parameter with a reference parameter (an evaluation parameter obtained based on output values of a reference air/fuel ratio sensor in the same forced imbalance condition). | 03-03-2011 |
20110191005 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION AMONG CYLINDERS OF MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An apparatus for detecting an abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among cylinders of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes: a catalyst that is arranged in an exhaust passage of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine; a catalyst temperature detecting unit that detects a temperature of the catalyst; and an abnormality detecting unit that detects an abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders on the basis of the detected catalyst temperature, wherein the abnormality detecting unit calculates a temperature parameter on the basis of the detected catalyst temperature, and the abnormality detecting unit detects the abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders on the basis of the temperature parameter at the time when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after a cold start of the internal combustion engine. | 08-04-2011 |
20120022772 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When the ratio of the amount of vaporized fuel (purge amount) to be introduced into an intake passage of an engine from a fuel tank through a purge passage pipe, a purge control valve, etc. to the total amount of fuel (total fuel amount) to be supplied to the engine is large, an abnormality determination system acquires, as a parameter Pon, the air-fuel ratio imbalance index value that increases as the difference between the air-fuel ratios of the respective cylinders increases. When the purge amount is small relative to the total fuel amount, the determination system acquires the air-fuel ratio imbalance index value as a parameter Poff. When the difference between the parameters Pon and Poff is less than a predetermined value and at least one of these parameters is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the determination system determines that an inter-cylinder air intake amount variation abnormality is occurring. | 01-26-2012 |
20120024272 | FUEL INJECTION AMOUNT CONTROL SYSTEM AND FUEL INJECTION AMOUNT CONTROL DEVICE FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection amount control system acquires a pre-correction air-fuel ratio imbalance index value that increases as the degree of ununiformity in the air-fuel ratio among cylinders increases, based on an output value of an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor, and obtains a value (intake air amount correlation value) corresponding to the intake air amount and a value (engine speed correlation value) corresponding to the engine speed over a period in which the pre-correction air-fuel ratio imbalance index value is acquired. Also, a post-correction air-fuel ratio imbalance index value is acquired by correcting the pre-correction air-fuel ratio imbalance index value based on the intake air amount correlation value and the engine speed correlation value, and the air-fuel ratio of the engine is controlled based on the post-correction air-fuel ratio imbalance index value. | 02-02-2012 |
20120024273 | FUEL INJECTION AMOUNT CONTROL SYSTEM, FUEL INJECTION AMOUNT CONTROL DEVICE, AND FUEL INJECTION AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD OF MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection amount control system acquires an air-fuel ratio imbalance index value that increases as the degree of ununiformity in the air-fuel ratio among cylinders increases, based on an output value of an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor, and acquires an imbalance index learned value by performing a first-order lag filtering operation for removing noise, on the air-fuel ratio imbalance index value. Also, the fuel injection amount is increased based on the imbalance index learned value. In the filtering operation, the time constant of the filter is set to a smaller value when a magnitude of a difference between the current value and the last value of the air-fuel ratio imbalance index value is equal to or larger than a threshold value. | 02-02-2012 |
20120116651 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE JUDGMENT DEVICE FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When the intake air amount is smaller than the specific intake air amount, the unit air-fuel ratio change amount calculated during the engine operation is corrected such that the unit air-fuel ratio change amount increases in the condition that the base unit air-fuel ratio change amount is an upper limit and when the intake air amount is greater than the specific intake air amount, the unit air-fuel ratio change amount calculated during the engine operation is corrected such that the unit air-fuel ratio change amount decreases in the condition that the base unit air-fuel ratio change amount is a lower limit. When the corrected unit air-fuel ratio change amount is greater than the judgment value, it is judged that the inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance condition occurs. | 05-10-2012 |
20120173115 | AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE AMONG CYLINDERS DETERMINING APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders determining apparatus according to the present invention comprises an air-fuel ratio sensor having a protective cover and an air-fuel ratio detection element accommodated in the protective cover, and imbalance determining means. The imbalance determining means obtains a detected air-fuel ratio abyfs based on an output Vabyfs of the air-fuel ratio sensor every elapse of a constant sampling time ts, and obtains, as an indicating amount of air-fuel ratio change rate, a difference (detected air-fuel ratio change rate ΔAF) between a present detected air-fuel ratio abyfs which is newly detected and a previous air-fuel ratio abyfsold which was detected the sampling time ts ago, an average of the detected air-fuel ratio change rate ΔAF, and the like. The imbalance determining means determines that the air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders state is occurring, when a magnitude of the indicating amount of air-fuel ratio change rate is larger than an imbalance determination threshold. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173116 | AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINING APPARATUS AMONG CYLINDERS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders determining apparatus according to the present invention obtains an output Vabyfs of an air-fuel ratio sensor disposed at a portion downstream of an exhaust gas aggregated portion of an exhaust gas passage, and obtains a second-order differential value d2AF (a change rate of a change rate of a detected air-fuel ratio abyfs) of a detected air-fuel ratio abyfs represented by the air-fuel ratio sensor output Vabyfs. The imbalance determining apparatus determines that an air-fuel ratio imbalance state among cylinders is occurring when a detected air-fuel ratio second-order differential corresponding value (for example, a second-order differential value d2AF per se) obtained in accordance with the second-order differential value d2AF is larger than a first threshold value. | 07-05-2012 |
20120174900 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VARIATION ABNORMALITY IN AIR-FUEL RATIO BETWEEN CYLINDERS - According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting variation abnormality in an air-fuel ratio between cylinders comprising a wide-range air-fuel ratio sensor and an O | 07-12-2012 |
20120215427 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance determination apparatus (determination apparatus) according to the present invention obtains, as an “EGR supplying state imbalance determination parameter”, a value corresponding to a differential value d(abyfs)dt of a detected air-fuel ratio abyfs represented by an output value of an air-fuel ratio sensor when an EGR gas is being supplied, and obtains, as an “EGR stop state imbalance determination parameter”, a value corresponding to a differential value d(abyfs)dt when an EGR gas supply is being stopped. The determination apparatus obtains an “EGR-causing imbalance determination parameter Pegr” by subtracting the EGR stop state imbalance determination parameter Poff from the EGR supplying state imbalance determination parameter Pon, and determines that an inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance state has occurred due to the supply of the EGR gas when the parameter Pegr is larger than a threshold Pegrth. | 08-23-2012 |
20120277980 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance determination apparatus that obtains, based on an output value Vabyfs of an air-fuel ratio sensor, an air-fuel ratio fluctuation indicating amount (AFD) which becomes larger as an air-fuel ratio fluctuation of an exhaust gas passing through a position at which the air-fuel ratio sensor is disposed becomes larger, during a parameter obtaining period. The determination apparatus estimates an air-fuel ratio sensor element temperature (Temps) having a strong relation with responsiveness of the air-fuel ratio sensor during the parameter obtaining period, and obtains a corrected air-fuel ratio fluctuation indicating amount by correcting the AFD based on the estimated Temps. The determination apparatus adopts the corrected air-fuel ratio fluctuation indicating amount as the imbalance determination parameter X, and determines whether or not an inter-cylinder air-fuel-ratio imbalance state has been occurring based on a comparison between the imbalance determination parameter X and the imbalance determination threshold Xth. | 11-01-2012 |
20120323466 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance determination apparatus (determination apparatus) according to the present invention obtains, based on the output value of the air-fuel ratio sensor, an imbalance determination parameter which becomes larger as an air-fuel ratio fluctuation of an exhaust gas passing through a position at which the air-fuel ratio sensor is disposed becomes larger, during a parameter obtaining period. The determination apparatus energizes the heater of the air-fuel ratio sensor in such a manner that a temperature of the air-fuel ratio element during the parameter obtaining period is higher than a temperature of the air-fuel ratio element during a period other than the parameter obtaining period. Accordingly, the imbalance determination parameter is obtained while the responsiveness of the air-fuel ratio sensor is high, and thus, the inter-cylinder air-fuel-ratio imbalance determination having a high accuracy can be made. | 12-20-2012 |
20130144510 | FUEL INJECTION AMOUNT CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection amount control apparatus includes an air-fuel ratio sensor which is disposed between an exhaust gas merging portion HK and an upstream catalyst. The control apparatus performs a feedback correction on an amount of fuel to be injected by the fuel injection valve in such a manner that an air-fuel ratio represented by an output value of an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor becomes equal to a target air-fuel ratio which is set at stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The control apparatus obtains an air-fuel ratio imbalance indicating value, which becomes larger as a difference in air-fuel ratio of each of the mixtures supplied to each of the combustion chambers among the cylinders becomes larger, and performs an increasing correction to the amount of fuel to be injected by the injection valve in such a manner that an air-fuel ratio becomes a richer air-fuel ratio than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio as the obtained air-fuel ratio imbalance indicating value becomes larger. | 06-06-2013 |
20140129116 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS FOR MULTICYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio variation abnormality detection apparatus for a multicylinder internal combustion engine according to the present invention detects variation abnormality based on a rotational fluctuation of the internal combustion engine. Number-of-rotations feedback control is preformed to make the number of rotations of the internal combustion engine equal to a predetermined target number of rotations. The amount of power generated by a power generation device driven by the internal combustion engine is controlled so as to bring the load on the internal combustion engine into a target range when the abnormality detection is carried out. | 05-08-2014 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Koto JP
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20110046388 | Crystalline forms of thiazolidinedione compound and its manufacturing method - It is an object of the present invention to provide the crystalline form of a thiazolidinedione compound, which is effective as a pharmaceutical ingredient for manufacturing a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) activator and an anticancer pharmaceutical composition. The present invention relates to a crystalline form of a hydrate of 5-(4-{[6-(4-amino-3,5-dimethylphenoxy)-1-methyl-1-H benzimidazol-2-yl]methoxy}benzyl)-1,3-thiazolidine-2,4-dione dihydrochloride represented by the following formula (I). [Formula 1] | 02-24-2011 |
20110213158 | Crystalline forms of thiazolidinedione compound and its manufacturing method - It is an object of the present invention to provide the crystalline form of a thiazolidinedione compound, which is effective as a pharmaceutical ingredient for manufacturing a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) activator and an anticancer pharmaceutical composition. The present invention relates to a crystalline form of a hydrate of 5-(4-{[6-(4-amino-3,5-dimethylphenoxy)-1-methyl-1-H benzimidazol-2-yl]methoxy}benzyl)-1,3-thiazolidine-2,4-dione dihydrochloride represented by the following formula (I). [Formula 1] | 09-01-2011 |
20120252854 | CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF THIAZOLIDINEDIONE COMPOUND AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A crystalline form of a hydrate of a dihydrochloride 5-(4-{[6-(4-amino-3,5-dimethylphenoxy)-1-methyl-1-H-benzimidazol-2-yl]methoxy}benzyl)-1,3-thiazolidine-2,4-dione represented by the following formula: | 10-04-2012 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Chigasaki JP
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20100234612 | Intermediate of 6-substituted-1-methyl-1-H-benzimidazole derivative and method for producing same - A compound having the following formula (III) | 09-16-2010 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Kobe-Shi JP
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20100051470 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLIC LITHIUM - Provided is a safe and efficient method for producing lithium metal which facilitates efficient production of anhydrous lithium chloride without corrosion of the system materials by chlorine gas or molten lithium carbonate, and which allows production of lithium metal by molten salt electrolysis of the produced anhydrous lithium chloride as a raw material. The method includes the steps of (A) contacting and reacting lithium carbonate and chlorine gas in a dry process to produce anhydrous lithium chloride, and (B) subjecting the raw material for electrolysis containing the anhydrous lithium chloride to molten salt electrolysis under such conditions as to produce lithium metal, wherein the chlorine gas generated by the molten salt electrolysis in step (B) is used as the chlorine gas in step (A) to continuously perform steps (A) and (B). | 03-04-2010 |
20130001097 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLIC LITHIUM - Provided is a safe and efficient method for producing lithium metal which facilitates efficient production of anhydrous lithium chloride without corrosion of the system materials by chlorine gas or molten lithium carbonate, and which allows production of lithium metal by molten salt electrolysis of the produced anhydrous lithium chloride as a raw material. The method includes the steps of (A) contacting and reacting lithium carbonate and chlorine gas in a dry process to produce anhydrous lithium chloride, and (B) subjecting the raw material for electrolysis containing the anhydrous lithium chloride to molten salt electrolysis under such conditions as to produce lithium metal, wherein the chlorine gas generated by the molten salt electrolysis in step (B) is used as the chlorine gas in step (A) to continuously perform steps (A) and (B). | 01-03-2013 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Chiba JP
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20080302188 | Ultrasonic Testing Method and Ultrasonic Testing Device Using This - A ultrasonic testing method capable of carrying out a test of high degree of freedom where a degree of freedom of arranging a transmission element and a reception element is high and the scope of an object of testing is not likely to be limited, and a ultrasonic testing device using this. An ultrasonic wave is sent from a transmission element ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090165561 | Ultrasonic Wave Propagating Method and Ultrasonic Propagating Device and Ultrasonic Testing Device Using This Method - An ultrasonic wave propagating method capable of propagating plate waves between a probe and a test piece despite variations in the thickness or the surface angle of a test piece, and an ultrasonic propagating device and an ultrasonic testing device using this method. Ultrasonic waves are propagated between a probe ( | 07-02-2009 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Hitachinaka JP
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20090125212 | ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide an engine control apparatus that can perform combustion pattern changeover at a time point where fuel injection can be performed plural times in an engine operating state where fuel injection is performed plural times in each combustion. | 05-14-2009 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Kanagawa JP
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20090023929 | Intermediate of 6-Substituted 1-Methyl-1-H-Benzimidazole Derivative and Method for Producing Same - A method for preparing a compound having the following formula (I) | 01-22-2009 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Houston, TX US
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20110197628 | CRYOAGGREGATE FILTRATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARDIOMYOPATHY AND OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES - Various embodiments of the present invention disclose processes and systems for the off-line in-vitro purification of plasma harvested from a patient. In an embodiment of a process, in a first step cellular components are capable of being eliminated by membrane plasma separation at temperatures sufficiently high to avoid formation of a cryoaggregates, and in a second step the resulting plasma solution is cooled to a temperature that allows the formation of cryoaggragated molecules, but no formation of a cryogel. | 08-18-2011 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Susono-Shi Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20110271665 | AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE AMONG CYLINDERS DETERMINING APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders determining apparatus (a determining apparatus) according to an aspect of the present invention, obtains a parameter X for imbalance determination which becomes larger as a variation of an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas passing through a position at which the air-fuel ratio sensor is disposed becomes larger, based on an output value Vabyfs of an air-fuel ratio sensor | 11-10-2011 |
20120029792 | FUEL INJECTION AMOUNT CONTROL SYSTEM AND FUEL INJECTION AMOUNT CONTROL DEVICE FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection amount control system corrects the amount of fuel injected from each fuel injection valve in a feedback manner, based on an output value of an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor, so that the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into a three-way catalyst coincides with a target air-fuel ratio. Also, the control system performs a high-pass filtering operation on the output value of the upstream air-fuel ratio sensor, so as to obtain a post-high-pass-filtering output value by removing a component that varies with variations in the center air-fuel ratio of the engine, from the output value of the upstream air-fuel ratio sensor. Then, the control system acquires an air-fuel ratio imbalance index value that increases as the degree of ununiformity in the air-fuel ratio among cylinders is larger, based on the post-high-pass-filtering output value. | 02-02-2012 |
20120185156 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE AMONG CYLINDERS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An apparatus for determining an air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders based on an output value of an air-fuel ratio sensor, an imbalance determination parameter which becomes larger or smaller as a difference among air-fuel ratios becomes larger, and performs determining an air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders based on a result of a comparison between the imbalance determination parameter and a imbalance determination threshold. The determining apparatus calculates a purge correction coefficient which compensates for a change in the air-fuel ratio due to an evaporated fuel gas which is generated in a fuel tank, while the evaporated fuel gas is being introduced into an intake passage, and corrects a fuel injection amount with the purge correction coefficient FPG. | 07-19-2012 |
20120232773 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance determination apparatus (determination apparatus) according to the present invention obtains, based on the output value of the air-fuel ratio sensor | 09-13-2012 |
20130073184 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance determining apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an air-fuel ratio sensor; fuel injection valves; an instructed fuel injection amount control unit; and an imbalance determination unit configured: to acquire a time-differential-value corresponding value that is an amount of change per predetermined time in an output value of the sensor or a detected air-fuel ratio represented by the output value; to acquire a positive gradient corresponding value based on a positive value of the time-differential-value corresponding value; to acquire a negative gradient corresponding value based on a negative value of the time-differential-value corresponding value; to determine an imbalance determination threshold based on a magnitude of a ratio of the negative gradient corresponding value to the positive gradient corresponding value; and to determine whether inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance has occurred by comparing a magnitude of the negative gradient corresponding value with the imbalance determination threshold. | 03-21-2013 |
20140156205 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS FOR MULTICYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A first parameter correlated with a degree of a variation in the output from the air-fuel ratio sensor is calculated. A possible range of a second parameter representing a degree of a variation in air-fuel ratio among the cylinders is determined based on the first parameter. The first parameter is calculated with an air-fuel ratio of a predetermined cylinder forcibly changed. A difference between the unchanged first parameter and the forcibly changed first parameter is determined. A first characteristic representing a relation between the second parameter and the difference is determined based on the possible range of the second parameter and the difference. One of the determination value and the first parameter calculated before the forced change is corrected based on inclination of the determined first characteristic. | 06-05-2014 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Tokushima JP
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20130046225 | IMMUNOACTIVATION BLOOD PERFUSION FILTER FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT TUMORS - The invention provides a way of producing a natural immunologically active state in a person by subjecting him to an apheresis procedure with bioincompatible biomaterials for about one hour. To safely control the immunological shock induced by this procedure, the person is put under general anesthesia for about six hours, including the apheresis time and at least an additional five hours thereafter. This immunological activation is useful for treating malignant tumors and diseases related to immunosuppression, such as AIDS. The invention also provides for the use of an apheresis column containing a blood perfusion filter with bioincompatible materials for treating malignant tumors and infectious diseases. | 02-21-2013 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Suntou-Gun Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20130253802 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air-fuel ratio imbalance detection apparatus includes an air-fuel ratio sensor that is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and that includes an electrode and a diffusion layer provided on the electrode; an estimating unit configured to estimate or detect an output variation amount that is an amount of variation in an output of the air-fuel ratio sensor due to an influence of a pressure pulsation of exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine; and a determination unit configured to determine whether there is an air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders of the internal combustion engine, on the basis of the output variation amount and a determination value based on the output of the air-fuel ratio sensor. | 09-26-2013 |
20160069242 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF AIR-FUEL RATIO SENSOR - An air-fuel ratio sensor is provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine which can perform fuel cut control, and detects an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas. The system calculates the response time of the air-fuel ratio sensor based on a changing output value of the air-fuel ratio sensor while performing or after fuel cut control, and compares the calculated response time and a threshold value to diagnose an abnormality. The abnormality diagnosis system is configured to correct the response time so that the response of the air-fuel ratio sensor is treated as becoming faster, the smaller the lean degree of the air-fuel ratio corresponding to the converged value of the air-fuel ratio sensor during fuel cut control; and diagnose an abnormality in the response of the air-fuel ratio sensor based on the corrected calculated response time and threshold value. | 03-10-2016 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Suntou-Gun JP
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20130261934 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE AMONG CYLINDERS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An apparatus for determining an air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders based on an output value of an air-fuel ratio sensor, an imbalance determination parameter which becomes larger or smaller as a difference among air-fuel ratios becomes larger, and performs determining an air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders based on a result of a comparison between the imbalance determination parameter and a imbalance determination threshold. The determining apparatus calculates a purge correction coefficient which compensates for a change in the air-fuel ratio due to an evaporated fuel gas which is generated in a fuel tank, while the evaporated fuel gas is being introduced into an intake passage, and corrects a fuel injection amount with the purge correction coefficient FPG. | 10-03-2013 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Minakami-Machi JP
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20140093345 | CRAWLER-TYPE TRAVELING VEHICLE - A travel control section | 04-03-2014 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Sunto-Gun Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20140298889 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING VARIATION ABNORMALITY IN AIR-FUEL RATIO BETWEEN CYLINDERS - An apparatus for detecting a variation abnormality in an air-fuel ratio between cylinders according to the present invention is configured to calculate a value representing a change in an air-fuel ratio based on an output of an air-fuel ratio sensor that is provided in an exhaust passage in a predetermined operating state in which fuel is injected from a fuel injection valve, perform, to the calculated value, sensitivity correction in accordance with a sensitivity of the sensor based on the output of the sensor during fuel-cut operation and outside atmospheric pressure correction based on outside atmospheric pressure, and determine the presence or absence of a variation abnormality in an air-fuel ratio between cylinders by comparing the corrected value with a predetermined value. | 10-09-2014 |
20150114376 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS - An apparatus according to the present invention includes a control apparatus configured to detect inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio variation abnormality based on a parameter correlated with the degree of a fluctuation in output from the air-fuel ratio sensor. The control apparatus is configured to execute a step of identifying two cylinders estimated to have a deviation of the air-fuel ratio based on an output waveform from the air-fuel ratio sensor during one engine cycle, a step of performing reducing control to reduce the deviation of the air-fuel ratio on each of the two cylinders, that is, a first cylinder and a second cylinder, to calculate first and second values of the parameter, respectively, and a step of identifying one of the two cylinders having the most significant deviation of the air-fuel ratio based on the first and second values. | 04-30-2015 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Sunto-Shi Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20140283801 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS FOR MULTICYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A first parameter correlated with a degree of fluctuation of output from an air-fuel ratio sensor is calculated, and whether or not the calculated first parameter has a value between a predetermined primary determination upper-limit value α1H and a primary determination lower-limit value is determined. Such forced active control as reduces an air-fuel ratio shift in one of the cylinders which is subjected to a most significant air-fuel ratio shift is performed when the calculated first parameter is determined to have a value between the predetermined primary determination upper-limit value and the primary determination lower-limit value. A first parameter is calculated while the forced active control is in execution. The calculated first parameter is compared with a predetermined secondary determination value to determine whether or not variation abnormality is present. | 09-25-2014 |
20150086428 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An abnormality diagnosis system of an internal combustion engine which is provided with an exhaust purification catalyst | 03-26-2015 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Sunntou-Gun Sizuoka-Ken JP
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20150089927 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst which can store oxygen, controller for controlling the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas to become a target air-fuel ratio, and a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor. An abnormality diagnosis system performs an active air-fuel ratio control which alternately controls the target air-fuel ratio to rich and lean air-fuel ratios, and diagnoses abnormality of said exhaust purification catalyst based on the output air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel ratio sensor. The abnormality diagnosis system judges that the exhaust purification catalyst is abnormal when the output air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a rich judgment air-fuel ratio and a lean judgment air-fuel ratio during the active air-fuel ratio control, and judges that said air-fuel ratio control is abnormal when the output air-fuel ratio reaches only one of the rich and lean judgment air-fuel ratios. | 04-02-2015 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Sunto-Gun JP
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20150107346 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an air-fuel ratio sensor installed in an exhaust passage common to a plurality of cylinders in a multicylinder internal combustion engine, and a control apparatus configured to detect an inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio variation abnormality based on a parameter correlated with a degree of variation in output from the air-fuel ratio sensor. The control apparatus is configured to calculate a division crank angle that bisects an area of a region present in at least one of a rich and a lean sides with respect to a mean value of an output waveform from the air-fuel ratio sensor during one cycle of the internal combustion engine or such a predetermined constant value as corresponds to a center of fluctuation in the output waveform and to identify an abnormal cylinder with a deviation of the air-fuel ratio based on the division crank angle. | 04-23-2015 |
20150192083 | INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO VARIATION ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS - An apparatus according to the present invention includes a control apparatus to detect an inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio variation abnormality based on an output fluctuation parameter correlated with a degree of variation in output from an air-fuel ratio sensor. The control apparatus is configured to calculate a positive slope value and a negative slope value when the output from the air-fuel ratio sensor changes to lean side and to a rich side; calculate a determination index value by dividing a difference or a ratio between the positive slope value and the negative slope value by an amplitude index value correlated with a magnitude of a maximum amplitude of the output waveform from the air-fuel ratio sensor; and determine whether a deviation of the air-fuel ratio in one cylinder is a lean-side deviation or a rich-side deviation, based on the determination index value. | 07-09-2015 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Shizuoka-Ken JP
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20160115893 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF AIR-FUEL RATIO SENSOR - An abnormality diagnosis system of limit current type air-fuel ratio sensors comprises a current detecting part and a sensor temperature control device. The abnormality diagnosis system uses the current detecting part to detect the output current of the air-fuel ratio sensor when the air-fuel ratio is made the rich air-fuel ratio in the state where temperature of the air-fuel ratio is made the first temperature and when the air-fuel ratio is made the rich air-fuel ratio in the state where the temperature of the air-fuel ratio is made a second temperature higher than the first temperature. It is judged that the air-fuel ratio sensor is abnormal if the output current when the temperature of the air-fuel ratio sensor is the first temperature is larger than the output current when it is the second temperature by a predetermined value or more. | 04-28-2016 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Aichi JP
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20160138504 | DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst and an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, stops or decreases a feed of fuel as fuel cut control, and controls an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas to a rich air-fuel ratio after the end of the fuel cut control as post reset rich control. A first characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio at the time the output air-fuel ratio first passes a first air-fuel ratio region and a second characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio at the time when the output air-fuel ratio first passes a second air-fuel ratio region different from the first air-fuel ratio region are calculated. The diagnosis system judges any one of normality, abnormality, and whether a hold should be put on judgment for the state of the air-fuel ratio sensor, based on the first characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio and, if it is judged that a hold should be put on judgment, judges if the state of the air-fuel ratio sensor is normal or abnormal based on the second characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio. As a result, it is possible to suppress the effects of the change of state of the exhaust purification catalyst while accurately diagnosing the abnormality of deterioration of response of a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138506 | DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and being able to store oxygen in inflowing exhaust gas and an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst in a direction of exhaust flow and detecting an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing out from the exhaust purification catalyst and stops or decreases a feed of fuel to a combustion chamber as fuel cut control. The abnormality diagnosis system calculates a characteristic of change of an air-fuel ratio based on an output air-fuel ratio output from the air-fuel ratio sensor at the time when the output air-fuel ratio first passes a part of an air-fuel ratio region of a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or more after an end of the fuel cut control, and diagnoses abnormality of the air-fuel ratio sensor based on the characteristic of change of the air-fuel ratio. As a result, the diagnosis system can diagnose the abnormality of deterioration of response of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor when necessary without fail when performing fuel cut control. | 05-19-2016 |
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Suntou-Gun, Shizuoka JP
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20160138504 | DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst and an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, stops or decreases a feed of fuel as fuel cut control, and controls an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas to a rich air-fuel ratio after the end of the fuel cut control as post reset rich control. A first characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio at the time the output air-fuel ratio first passes a first air-fuel ratio region and a second characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio at the time when the output air-fuel ratio first passes a second air-fuel ratio region different from the first air-fuel ratio region are calculated. The diagnosis system judges any one of normality, abnormality, and whether a hold should be put on judgment for the state of the air-fuel ratio sensor, based on the first characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio and, if it is judged that a hold should be put on judgment, judges if the state of the air-fuel ratio sensor is normal or abnormal based on the second characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio. As a result, it is possible to suppress the effects of the change of state of the exhaust purification catalyst while accurately diagnosing the abnormality of deterioration of response of a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138506 | DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and being able to store oxygen in inflowing exhaust gas and an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst in a direction of exhaust flow and detecting an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing out from the exhaust purification catalyst and stops or decreases a feed of fuel to a combustion chamber as fuel cut control. The abnormality diagnosis system calculates a characteristic of change of an air-fuel ratio based on an output air-fuel ratio output from the air-fuel ratio sensor at the time when the output air-fuel ratio first passes a part of an air-fuel ratio region of a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or more after an end of the fuel cut control, and diagnoses abnormality of the air-fuel ratio sensor based on the characteristic of change of the air-fuel ratio. As a result, the diagnosis system can diagnose the abnormality of deterioration of response of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor when necessary without fail when performing fuel cut control. | 05-19-2016 |