公开(公告)号：EP2743497A4

公开(公告)日：2016-07-27

申请号：EP12821437

申请日：2012-07-30

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI

IPC: F02P23/04 ,  F02B23/08 ,  F02P3/01

CPC classification number: F02P23/045 ,  F02B23/08 ,  F02P3/01 ,  F02P23/04 ,  H05H1/52 ,  Y02T10/125

Abstract: The present invention aims at effectively improving a propagation speed of a flame utilizing an electromagnetic wave in an internal combustion engine that promotes combustion of an air fuel mixture utilizing the electromagnetic wave. The present invention is directed to an internal combustion engine including: an internal combustion engine main body formed with a combustion chamber; and an ignition device that ignites the air fuel mixture in the combustion chamber, wherein combustion cycles, in which the ignition device ignites and combusts the air fuel mixture, are repeated. The internal combustion engine further includes: an electromagnetic wave emission device that emits an electromagnetic wave to the combustion chamber from the emission antenna; a flame propagation estimation part that performs an estimation operation of estimating a propagation condition of a flame while the flame is propagating in the combustion chamber; and a control unit that controls the electromagnetic wave emission device based on an estimation result of the estimation operation.

公开(公告)号：EP2618132A4

公开(公告)日：2016-04-06

申请号：EP11825140

申请日：2011-09-12

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI ,  TURUOKA RYOJI

IPC: G01N21/63 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/443 ,  G01N21/67 ,  G01N21/68 ,  G01N21/71

CPC classification number: G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/443 ,  G01N21/68 ,  G01N21/718

公开(公告)号：EP2065592A4

公开(公告)日：2015-10-14

申请号：EP06811190

申请日：2006-10-04

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI

IPC: F02P23/04 ,  B01D53/32 ,  B01J19/08 ,  F02B23/08 ,  F02D19/12 ,  F02M27/04 ,  F02P3/01 ,  F23Q3/00 ,  H05B6/80

CPC classification number: F02P23/045 ,  A61L2/202 ,  B01D53/32 ,  B01D2259/818 ,  C01B13/10 ,  F02B23/08 ,  F02B47/02 ,  F02B47/08 ,  F02M25/03 ,  F02M27/04 ,  H05B6/681 ,  H05B6/806 ,  H05B2206/045 ,  Y02B40/143 ,  Y02T10/121 ,  Y02T10/125

公开(公告)号：EP2799846A4

公开(公告)日：2015-09-02

申请号：EP12863370

申请日：2012-12-26

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI

IPC: G01N21/68 ,  G01N21/67

CPC classification number: G01N21/68 ,  G01N1/2252 ,  G01N21/67 ,  G01N33/004 ,  G01N33/0062 ,  G01N2021/8578 ,  G01N2201/067

Abstract: The present invention aims at realizing a gas concentration estimation apparatus with versatility wherein the gas concentration estimation apparatus estimates concentration of a target component in an analyte gas by analyzing a light emitted from plasma of the analyte gas. The present invention is directed to a gas concentration estimation apparatus including: a plasma generation device that turns an analyte gas into a plasma state; and an analysis device that analyzes plasma light emitted from the plasma generated by the plasma generation device and estimates concentration of a target component in the analyte gas wherein the analysis device estimates the concentration of the target component based on luminescence intensity of a wavelength component corresponding to luminescence from a predetermined radical within the plasma light, and the predetermined radical is different in atomic structure from the target component and includes an atom or a molecule separated from the target component.

公开(公告)号：EP2728133A4

公开(公告)日：2015-04-08

申请号：EP12805070

申请日：2012-06-28

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI

IPC: F01N3/08 ,  B01D53/94 ,  B01J19/08 ,  F01N3/28

CPC classification number: B01D53/92 ,  B01D53/32 ,  B01D53/94 ,  B01D53/9454 ,  B01D2259/80 ,  B01D2259/806 ,  B01D2259/818 ,  F01N3/2882 ,  F01N2240/28 ,  F02M27/042 ,  Y02T10/22

公开(公告)号：EP2733348A4

公开(公告)日：2015-02-25

申请号：EP12815094

申请日：2012-07-13

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI

IPC: F02P23/04 ,  F02P3/01 ,  F02P13/00 ,  H05H1/24

CPC classification number: F02P19/00 ,  F02P3/01 ,  F02P23/04 ,  H05H1/46 ,  H05H2001/463

Abstract: To improve a propagation speed of a flame by effectively utilizing energy of the electromagnetic wave in the combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine that promotes combustion of fuel air mixture in a combustion chamber by means of an electromagnetic wave. The internal combustion engine includes, in addition to an internal combustion engine main body and an ignition device, an electromagnetic wave emission device and a control device. The electromagnetic wave emission device emits an electromagnetic wave to the combustion chamber while the flame is being propagated after ignition of the fuel air mixture. The control device controls a frequency of the electromagnetic wave emitted to the combustion chamber in view of a resonant frequency of the combustion chamber in accordance with an operation condition of the internal combustion engine main body or a propagation condition of the flame.

公开(公告)号：EP2085767A4

公开(公告)日：2014-12-03

申请号：EP07832059

申请日：2007-11-17

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI ,  NISHIYAMA ATSUSHI

IPC: G01N21/71

CPC classification number: G01N21/71

Abstract: The present invention is capable of determining that a reaction region is in an abnormal reaction state precisely with high reproducibility, executing proper analysis processing in accordance with a state of the reaction region, and efficiently analyzing a characteristic of the reaction region. The present invention is provided with obtaining means 330 and 332 for obtaining intensity values of first and second wavelength components from a measurement result 302 of light emitted from the reaction region by a spectrometer; a relative intensity calculating portion 334 for calculating relative intensity of the first wavelength component relative to the second wavelength component from the intensity values of the first and second wavelength components; a determination 336 for determining whether or not the calculated relative intensity is a value within a predetermined range; and an output portion 316 for notifying that the state of the reaction region is a predetermined state when it is determined that the relative intensity is the value within the predetermined range.

公开(公告)号：EP2687714A4

公开(公告)日：2014-11-05

申请号：EP12757632

申请日：2012-03-13

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI

IPC: F02P23/04 ,  F02P3/01 ,  F02P9/00 ,  F02P15/08 ,  H05H1/52

CPC classification number: F02P23/045 ,  F02B9/00 ,  F02B23/08 ,  F02D41/221 ,  F02M27/06 ,  F02M2027/047 ,  F02P3/0407 ,  F02P7/02 ,  F02P9/007 ,  F02P11/00 ,  F02P15/04 ,  F02P15/08 ,  H01T13/08 ,  H01T13/40 ,  H05H1/52 ,  Y02T10/12 ,  Y02T10/125

Abstract: To reduce the amount of exhausted unburned fuel and further improve fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine 10 provided with an ignition device 12 that ignites fuel air mixture more forcefully than a spark discharge in a combustion chamber 20. The internal combustion engine 10 includes an internal combustion engine main body 11 formed with the combustion chamber 20 and the ignition device 12 that ignites the fuel air mixture more forcefully than the spark discharge in the combustion chamber 20. In addition, the internal combustion engine 10 includes an electromagnetic wave emission device 13 that emits an electromagnetic wave supplied from an electromagnetic wave oscillator 32 from an antenna 41. The electromagnetic wave emission device 13 emits the electromagnetic wave from the antenna 41, thereby creating an electric field for accelerating a propagation speed of a flame.

Abstract translation: 为了减少耗尽的未燃烧燃料的量并且进一步提高具有点火装置12的内燃机10的燃料效率，燃料空气混合物比燃烧室20中的火花放电更有力地点燃燃料空气混合物。内燃机10包括内部 形成有燃烧室20的内燃机主体11和点燃装置12，其比燃烧室20中的火花放电更有力地点燃燃料空气混合物。另外，内燃机10包括电磁波发射装置13， 从天线41发射从电磁波振荡器32提供的电磁波。电磁波发射装置13从天线41发射电磁波，从而产生用于加速火焰传播速度的电场。

公开(公告)号：EP2592911A4

公开(公告)日：2014-09-17

申请号：EP11803535

申请日：2011-07-04

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI ,  MAKITA MINORU

IPC: H05H1/24 ,  F02P3/01 ,  F02P15/00 ,  F02P23/04 ,  H01F38/12 ,  H01T13/40 ,  H05H1/46 ,  H05H1/52

CPC classification number: H05H1/50 ,  F02P3/01 ,  F02P23/04 ,  H05H1/46 ,  H05H2001/466

公开(公告)号：EP2178350A4

公开(公告)日：2014-08-06

申请号：EP08791116

申请日：2008-07-12

Applicant: IMAGINEERING INC

Inventor： IKEDA YUJI

IPC: H05H1/24 ,  H05H1/00

CPC classification number: H05H1/46 ,  F02P3/02 ,  F02P9/007 ,  F02P23/045 ,  H01J37/32192 ,  H01J37/32825

Abstract: There is provided a plasma formation region control apparatus, with which a large-scale plasma can be obtained under a high pressure with ease and at low cost. The plasma formation region control apparatus comprises a microwave oscillator, an antenna connected to the microwave oscillator, and control means for controlling the position of each of the microwave oscillator and the antenna. The control means positions the antenna towards a plasma formation region in accordance with a specification for a plasma region for respective points in time t; establishes a driving sequence for the microwave oscillator based on the temperature state of the specified plasma; and drives the microwave oscillator according to the driving sequence.