Patents by Inventor Hiroharu Miyazaki

Hiroharu Miyazaki 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: 5096016
    Abstract: A slip control device for a vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine, wherein an engine output torque is controlled independently of a depression of the accelerator pedal so that slip at the driving wheels of the vehicle is controlled. A stand-by means is provided and operates, upon a prediction of an occurrence of slip at the vehicle wheels, to close the throttle valve to a stand-by degree of opening thereof before the occurrence of the slip. The stand-by degree of opening of the throttle valve is controlled in accordance with an engine torque of the engine when the occurrence of slip is predicted. Thus the occurrence of slip is effectively prevented and a good acceleration performance obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tada, Takayoshi Nakatomi, Hiroharu Miyazaki, Kuhihisa Hayashi, Kenji Kondo
  • Patent number: 4880282
    Abstract: A braking system of a motor vehicle including an accumulator, being coupled to a to motor-driven pump, for accumulating a hydraulic pressure which is supplied to a braking device to brake a wheel of the motor vehicle and a control valve provided between the accumulator and the braking device for regulating the hydraulic pressure to be applied from the accumulator to the braking device. Also included in the braking system is a control unit for controlling the control valve in accordance with the condition of the wheel. The control unit controls the motor-driven pump on the basis of the control time of the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Makino, Kimio Tamura, Hiroharu Miyazaki, Tomohiko Hosoda, Fumio Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 4866623
    Abstract: A controller for controlling an acceleration slip on a driving wheel of a vehicle comprising a vehicle speed detector, a driving wheel speed detector, a reference speed setting device for setting low and high reference speeds both higher than the detected vehicle speed, and engine output controller for executing a feedback control of an output of the engine of the vehicle so that the detected speed of the driving wheel approximates the low reference speed, a brake controller for executing a feedback control of a brake system of the driving wheel after the detected speed of the driving wheel exceeds the high reference speed, a brake monitor for detecting whether the brake control is executed, and a gain adjustor for making a feedback gain of the engine output control lower at a time when the brake control is detected as being executed than at a time when the brake control is detected as not being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ise, Shinichi Matsumoto, Hiroharu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 4854411
    Abstract: The device has a first detecting device for detecting a running speed of the vehicle, a second detecting device for detecting a specific point of time during a starting period of the vehicle, and a judging device for comparing the running speed of the vehicle detected by the first detecting device, with a predetermined threshold value, when the specific point of time is detected by the second detecting device. The judging device determines that the vehicle is on the uphill road, if the detected running speed is lower than the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ise, Sinichi Matsumoto, Hiroharu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 4850656
    Abstract: An anti-slip control device for a drive wheel of a vehicle, for preventing an excessive amount of slip of the drive wheel during acceleration of the vehicle, by lowering a speed of the drive wheel when the amount of slip of the drive wheel exceeds a predetermined value. The control device includes a target-speed determining device for determining a target speed of the drive wheel based on a detected speed of the vehicle and the detected speed of the drive wheel. The control device further includes an uphill-road determining device for determining whether the vehicle is on an uphill road, and a low-speed detecting device for detecting that a detected running speed of the vehicle is lower than a predetermined threshold value. If the vehicle is on an uphill road and the vehicle speed is lower than the threshold value, the target speed determining device is operated in an uphill-road mode such that the determined target speed is lower than that determined in a flat-road mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ise, Sinichi Matsumoto, Hiroharu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 4811808
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acceleration slip control device, wherein the control quantity for the throttle valve angle operation is determined not only in response to the slip condition but also to the output torque changeability of the internal combustion engine with regard to the throttle valve angle displacement, therefore the output torque of the engine can be effectively restrained to the optimum value counteractive to the slip condition of the driving wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Ise, Hiroharu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 4733760
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle driven wheel slippage control device is arranged such that the rotational speed of a driven vehicle wheel is determined. The presence of a condition of acceleration slippage is determined by utilizing as a parameter the rotational speed of the driven wheel. The value of a parameter representing the condition of the road surface on which the vehicle is being operated is determined. A braking device provided to the driven wheel is operated and controlled to set braking conditions for the driven wheel when acceleration slippage is determined, the braking conditions being varied according to the current value of the parameter representing road surface condition. The intensity of braking for the driven wheel may be varied, or, alternatively, the time period of braking therefor may be varied. Optionally, the parameter representing road surface condition may be determined from a value representing torque on the driven wheel and a value representing rotational acceleration thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takafumi Inagaki, Kazumasa Nakamura, Hiroharu Miyazaki