Patents by Inventor Akira Eiraku

Akira Eiraku 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).

  • Patent number: 6814035
    Abstract: An intake quantity control apparatus for an internal combustion engine which controls a valve opening characteristic and intake pressure to control the intake quantity more suitably is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Eiraku
  • Publication number: 20040182346
    Abstract: An intake quantity control apparatus for an internal combustion engine which controls a valve opening characteristic and intake pressure to control the intake quantity more suitably is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Eiraku
  • Patent number: 6782853
    Abstract: A control apparatus is provided for a valve actuating system which is operable to lift an intake valve or an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine and includes a lift characteristic changing mechanism for changing a lift characteristic of the intake valve or the exhaust valve. The control apparatus calculates a target operation value of the lift characteristic changing mechanism, and calculates a realizable range of the operation value which can be realized by the lift characteristic changing mechanism, based on a controlled variable that can be given to the lift characteristic changing mechanism and at least one parameter related to an environment surrounding the lift characteristic changing mechanism. If the target operation value is not within the realizable range of the operation value, the control apparatus calculates a new target operation value to be within the realizable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanobu Kanamaru, Naohide Fuwa, Akira Eiraku, Gohki Kinoshita, Masashi Hakariya, Takahiro Yamanashi
  • Publication number: 20040040524
    Abstract: A control apparatus is provided for a valve actuating system which is operable to lift an intake valve or an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine and includes a lift characteristic changing mechanism for changing a lift characteristic of the intake valve or the exhaust valve. The control apparatus calculates a target operation value of the lift characteristic changing mechanism, and calculates a realizable range of the operation value which can be realized by the lift characteristic changing mechanism, based on a controlled variable that can be given to the lift characteristic changing mechanism and at least one parameter related to an environment surrounding the lift characteristic changing mechanism. If the target operation value is not within the realizable range of the operation value, the control apparatus calculates a new target operation value to be within the realizable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Kanamaru, Naohide Fuwa, Akira Eiraku, Gohki Kinoshita, Masashi Hakariya, Takahiro Yamanashi
  • Patent number: 5765929
    Abstract: A braking control system for a motor vehicle in which various braking controls, including an antiskid braking control and a traction control, are realized comprehensively, accurately and smoothly without being based on the slip factor of a wheel. The actual wheel speed (Wvr) of the rear wheel side is detected, and the desired wheel speed (Wrf) of the front wheel side is set so as to be lower than the actual wheel speed (Wvr). Besides, the actual wheel speed (Wvf) of the front wheel side is detected, and the deviation (ef) between the actual wheel speed (Wvf) and the desired wheel speed (Wrf) is detected. Subsequently, the desired braking torque (Nrf) of the front wheel side is calculated from the deviation (ef) and the actual wheel speed (Wvf). Further, the desired braking torque (Nrr) of the rear wheel side is set on the basis of the desired braking torque (Nrf). The braking pressure of the braking apparatus is controlled so as to establish the desired braking torques (Nrf) and (Nrr).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Hirano, Akira Eiraku, Shinichi Soejima
  • Patent number: 5577812
    Abstract: A braking force control system for a motor vehicle, in which a hydraulic pressure control device controls a hydraulic pressure generated by the master cylinder or the pump, in such a way that a target braking torque (Nr in FIG. 1) is calculated from a target slip factor (Sr) and an actual slip factor (S), the target braking torque (Nr) is converted into a target braking hydraulic pressure (Pr), and that an estimative braking hydraulic pressure (P) currently under action is calculated by the use of a hydraulic pressure model, while the controlled variable of the hydraulic pressure control device is calculated from the estimative braking hydraulic pressure (P) and the target braking hydraulic pressure (Pr) by the use of a reverse hydraulic pressure model. Thus, the hydraulic pressure can be controlled in conformity with the actual motion state of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Hirano, Akira Eiraku, Shin'ichi Soejima, Yoshinori Kadowaki