Patents by Inventor Kohnosuke Sobajima

Kohnosuke Sobajima 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: 9802612
    Abstract: A vehicle engine activation control system includes a starter connected to a battery; an idle stop control unit configured to automatically stop an engine and automatically reactivate the engine by the starter; an input unit configured to generate an operation request in response to input from a driver; an electric parking brake device including an electric motor connected to the battery, wherein the electric motor starts driving in response to the operation request; and a mediating unit configured to prohibit the reactivation of the engine by the idle stop control unit, when the electric motor is in a driving state in response to a predetermined operation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE NV/SA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ogata, Hirokazu Kato, Natsumi Oami, Julien Vaissaud, Kohnosuke Sobajima, Remi Delefosse
  • Publication number: 20160311436
    Abstract: A vehicle engine activation control system includes a starter connected to a battery; an idle stop control unit configured to automatically stop an engine and automatically reactivate the engine by the starter; an input unit configured to generate an operation request in response to input from a driver; an electric parking brake device including an electric motor connected to the battery, wherein the electric motor starts driving in response to the operation request; and a mediating unit configured to prohibit the reactivation of the engine by the idle stop control unit, when the electric motor is in a driving state in response to a predetermined operation request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE NV/SA
    Inventors: Masatoshi OGATA, Hirokazu KATO, Natsumi OAMI, Julien VAISSAUD, Kohnosuke SOBAJIMA, Remi DELEFOSSE
  • Patent number: 8794607
    Abstract: A supporting device supports an in-vehicle mounted object on a vehicle body. The supporting device includes a bracket and an elastic member. The bracket has a side-plate part having an opening part. The elastic member is engaged with the first opening part so as to be provided between the bracket and the in-vehicle mounted object. The side-plate part includes a notch having one end connected to the opening part and the other end open outward. The notch does not intersect with a plane containing a line passing substantially a center of the opening part and extending in a main vibrating direction of the in-vehicle mounted object, the plane being substantially perpendicular to the side-plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Sobajima, Yoshihiro Nakagiri, Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Hiroshi Shimofukasako, Katsuyuki Furuhata, Nobuhiko Yoshioka, Masashi Kodan
  • Publication number: 20080157447
    Abstract: A supporting device supports an in-vehicle mounted object on a vehicle body. The supporting device includes a bracket and an elastic member. The bracket has a side-plate part having an opening part. The elastic member is engaged with the first opening part so as to be provided between the bracket and the in-vehicle mounted object. The side-plate part includes a notch having one end connected to the opening part and the other end open outward. The notch does not intersect with a plane containing a line passing substantially a center of the opening part and extending in a main vibrating direction of the in-vehicle mounted object, the plane being substantially perpendicular to the side-plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advices Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Sobajima, Yoshihiro Nakagiri, Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Hiroshi Shimofukasako, Katsuyuki Furuhata, Nobuhiko Yoshioka, Masashi Kodan