IP Library Granted Patent US 11,428,177
Granted Patent B2
US 11,428,177 · App. 17/389,474 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Engine device

Inventors: Ryoichi Hagiwara (Osaka, JP); Kazuteru Toshinaga (Osaka, JP); Masayoshi Doi (Osaka, JP); Taishi Murakami (Osaka, JP); Tatsuro Ohsara (Osaka, JP); Osamu Yamagishi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
F02D41/0027F02D19/0615F02D19/0618F02D19/0642F02D19/0657F02D19/0686F02D19/105F02D29/02F02D41/0025F02D41/3047F02D41/3064F02D41/401B63H21/14F02D2200/101Y02T10/30Y02T10/40
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Patent No.
US 11,428,177
App. No.
17/389,474
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine device including an intake manifold configured to supply air into a cylinder; an exhaust manifold configured to output exhaust gas from the cylinder; a gas injector which mixes a gaseous fuel with the air supplied from the intake manifold; and a main fuel injection valve configured to inject a liquid fuel into the cylinder for combustion. At the time of switching from a gas mode in which the gaseous fuel is supplied into the cylinder to a diesel mode in which the liquid fuel is supplied into the cylinder, a supply-start timing of the liquid fuel is delayed relative to a supply-stop timing of the gaseous fuel.

Claims (12)

1. An engine on a ship, the engine configured to:

based on the ship being within a reduced emissions area, prohibit an engine switching operation to switch operation of the engine from a gas mode to a diesel mode.

2. The engine of claim 1 , wherein:

the engine is further configured to operate in each of a plurality of modes;

the plurality of modes include:

the gas mode in which a gaseous fuel is supplied to a cylinder of the engine; and

the diesel mode in which a liquid fuel is supplied into the cylinder.

3. The engine of claim 2 , further comprising:

an intake manifold configured to supply air to the cylinder of the engine;

an exhaust manifold configured to output exhaust gas from the cylinder;

a gas injector configured to mix the gaseous fuel with the air supplied form the intake manifold; and

a main fuel injection valve configured to inject the liquid fuel into the cylinder for combustion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: HAGIWARA, RYOICHI; DOI, MASAYOSHI; OHSARA, TATSURO; TOSHINAGA, KAZUTERU; MURAKAMI, TAISHI; YAMAGISHI, OSAMU
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057029/0594 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057043/0494 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16884171 · May 27, 2020
Continuation 15760169
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