Patents by Inventor Koichiro Shinozaki

Koichiro Shinozaki 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: 10882390
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle in which an internal combustion engine can be suitably assisted by a rotating electrical machine. The vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, a transmission, a clutch placed between the transmission and the combination of the internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine, and a motive power control device that controls the motive power of the internal combustion engine and the rotating electrical machine. The motive power control device calculates additional motive power for the rotating electrical machine on the basis of the difference between the motive-power-transmitting capacity of the clutch and the motive power of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuki Iwamitsu, Mitsuo Muraoka, Hisashi Ito, Yoshinori Ando, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 10711724
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes circuitry configured to control a fuel injector of the internal combustion engine to stop injecting fuel to reduce torque generated by the internal combustion engine during upshift. The circuitry is to acquire a target injection amount parameter corresponding to a target injection amount of the fuel to be injected by the fuel injector to operate the internal combustion engine based on an operation state parameter corresponding to an operation state of the internal combustion engine. The circuitry is to acquire a minimum injectable amount parameter corresponding to a minimum injectable amount of the fuel injectable from the fuel injector. The circuitry is to control the fuel injector to start injecting the fuel when the minimum injectable amount parameter exceeds the target injection amount parameter while the fuel injector is controlled to stop injecting the fuel during the upshift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takeuchi, Yosuke Naito, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 10677201
    Abstract: An internal EGR amount calculation device for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly and easily calculating an internal EGR amount according to the change in the valve timing and enhancing the calculation accuracy of the internal EGR amount. The device includes an ECU. The ECU calculates an amount of burned gases remaining in a cylinder when the valve timing is predetermined reference timing, as a reference internal EGR amount. The ECU calculates a change in the amount of burned gases flowing into or out of the cylinder with respect to the amount of burned gases flowing into or out of the cylinder when the valve timing is the predetermined reference timing, as an internal EGR increase/decrease amount. Then, the ECU calculates the internal EGR amount by adding the internal EGR increase/decrease amount to the reference internal EGR amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kosaka, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20200121222
    Abstract: A system including a first sampling portion configured to sample inhalation gas made up of a first gaseous mixture, a second sampling portion configured to sample exhalation gas made up of a second gaseous mixture, a gas analyzer configured to measure gas concentrations, a switching valve that controls flow of the sampled inhalation gas and the sampled exhalation gas to the gas analyzer so as to alternately measure concentration of gaseous components within the first and second gaseous mixtures, a humidity control system that maintains humidity within the first and second gaseous mixtures to a predetermined humidity level, and a calculation section configured to calculate concentration differences of the gaseous components between the first and second gaseous mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Lance Becker, Josh Lampe, Koichiro Shinozaki, Kota Saeki, Steve Weisner, Shinji Yamamori
  • Publication number: 20190184808
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle in which an internal combustion engine can be suitably assisted by a rotating electrical machine. The vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, a transmission, a clutch placed between the transmission and the combination of the internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine, and a motive power control device that controls the motive power of the internal combustion engine and the rotating electrical machine. The motive power control device calculates additional motive power for the rotating electrical machine on the basis of the difference between the motive-power-transmitting capacity of the clutch and the motive power of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuki IWAMITSU, Mitsuo MURAOKA, Hisashi ITO, Yoshinori ANDO, Koichiro SHINOZAKI
  • Patent number: 10240563
    Abstract: A scavenged gas amount calculation device for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of accurately calculating a scavenged gas amount under conditions where scavenged gases are produced during a valve overlap time period, and an internal EGR amount calculation device for the engine, which is capable of calculating an internal EGR amount using the scavenged gas amount thus calculated. The internal EGR amount calculation device includes an ECU. The ECU calculates a basic blown-back gas amount using an average intake pressure, a maximum exhaust pressure, and a correction coefficient (step 6), calculates a scavenged gas amount using the average intake pressure, a minimum exhaust pressure, and a scavenge ratio (step 8), calculates a blown-back gas amount by correcting the basic blown-back gas amount by the scavenged gas amount (step 11), and calculates the internal EGR amount according to the blown-back gas amount (step 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kosaka, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 10221804
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine, includes a fuel pressure sensor and circuitry. The fuel pressure sensor detects an actual fuel pressure of the fuel supplied to a cylinder fuel injection valve. The circuitry calculates a demanded amount of the fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine. The circuitry calculates a cylinder injection amount of fuel injected from the cylinder fuel injection valve. The circuitry corrects the cylinder injection amount to decrease in accordance with a degree of drop in the actual fuel pressure comparing to a target fuel pressure of the fuel supplied to the cylinder fuel injection valve such that fuel injection from the cylinder fuel injection valve ends by a target injection end timing. The circuitry calculates a port injection amount of the fuel injected from a port fuel injection valve based on the demanded fuel amount and the corrected cylinder injection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Masukake, Koichiro Shinozaki, Nobuyuki Fujioka
  • Patent number: 10196055
    Abstract: A power control device of a vehicle disallows generation of additional power of rotating electrical machines when power of an internal combustion engine is transmitted to a transmission via a clutch and an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is lower than an operation threshold value. The power control device allows generation of additional power of the rotating electrical machines when power of the internal combustion engine is transmitted to the transmission via the clutch and the amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is higher than the operation threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuki Iwamitsu, Mitsuo Muraoka, Yoshinori Ando, Hisashi Ito, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 10189345
    Abstract: In a vehicle, a first rotating electrical machine, is connected to first wheels via a clutch, and second rotating electrical machines are connected to second wheels or the first wheels without going through the clutch. A power control device allocates electric power to the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over the first rotating electrical machine when adding additional power to power of an internal combustion engine, thereby generating power of the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over power of the first rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuki Iwamitsu, Mitsuo Muraoka, Yoshinori Ando, Hisashi Ito, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 10151255
    Abstract: A control device for an internal-combustion engine includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to calculate, in accordance with an operating state of the internal-combustion engine, a basic supercharging pressure of intake gas generated by a supercharger provided in the internal-combustion engine. The circuitry is configured to acquire a flow rate change state parameter that correlates with a change state of the flow rate of the intake gas controlled by a flow rate control mechanism provided in the internal-combustion engine. The circuitry is configured to calculate a correction value in accordance with the flow rate change state parameter. The circuitry is configured to calculate an estimated supercharging pressure of the intake gas by correcting the basic supercharging pressure with the correction value. The circuitry is configured to control operation of the internal-combustion engine using the estimated supercharging pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takeuchi, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 10132274
    Abstract: An internal EGR amount calculation device for an internal combustion engine, which, even when a timing position relationship between a valve overlap period and an exhaust top dead center has changed, can properly calculate an internal EGR amount according to the change and can improve a calculation accuracy of the internal EGR amount. The internal EGR amount calculation device for an internal combustion engine includes an ECU. The ECU calculates a basic blow back gas amount, calculates a crank angle position in the center between the starting point and the ending point of the valve overlap period as an overlap center position, calculates a blow back gas amount by correcting the basic blow back gas amount according to the overlap center position, and calculates the internal EGR amount, using the calculated blow back gas amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kosaka, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20170334281
    Abstract: In a vehicle, a first rotating electrical machine, is connected to first wheels via a clutch, and second rotating electrical machines are connected to second wheels or the first wheels without going through the clutch. A power control device allocates electric power to the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over the first rotating electrical machine when adding additional power to power of an internal combustion engine, thereby generating power of the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over power of the first rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuki Iwamitsu, Mitsuo Muraoka, Yoshinori Ando, Hisashi Ito, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20170334434
    Abstract: A power control device of a vehicle disallows generation of additional power of rotating electrical machines when power of an internal combustion engine is transmitted to a transmission via a clutch and an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is lower than an operation threshold value. The power control device allows generation of additional power of the rotating electrical machines when power of the internal combustion engine is transmitted to the transmission via the clutch and the amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is higher than the operation threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuki Iwamitsu, Mitsuo Muraoka, Yoshinori Ando, Hisashi Ito, Koichiro Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20170226952
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes circuitry configured to control a fuel injector of the internal combustion engine to stop injecting fuel to reduce torque generated by the internal combustion engine during upshift. The circuitry is to acquire a target injection amount parameter corresponding to a target injection amount of the fuel to be injected by the fuel injector to operate the internal combustion engine based on an operation state parameter corresponding to an operation state of the internal combustion engine. The circuitry is to acquire a minimum injectable amount parameter corresponding to a minimum injectable amount of the fuel injectable from the fuel injector. The circuitry is to control the fuel injector to start injecting the fuel when the minimum injectable amount parameter exceeds the target injection amount parameter while the fuel injector is controlled to stop injecting the fuel during the upshift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEUCHI, Yosuke NAITO, Koichiro SHINOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170226955
    Abstract: A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine, includes a fuel pressure sensor and circuitry. The fuel pressure sensor detects an actual fuel pressure of the fuel supplied to a cylinder fuel injection valve. The circuitry calculates a demanded amount of the fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine. The circuitry calculates a cylinder injection amount of fuel injected from the cylinder fuel injection valve. The circuitry corrects the cylinder injection amount to decrease in accordance with a degree of drop in the actual fuel pressure comparing to a target fuel pressure of the fuel supplied to the cylinder fuel injection valve such that fuel injection from the cylinder fuel injection valve ends by a target injection end timing. The circuitry calculates a port injection amount of the fuel injected from a port fuel injection valve based on the demanded fuel amount and the corrected cylinder injection amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi MASUKAKE, Koichiro SHINOZAKI, Nobuyuki FUJIOKA
  • Publication number: 20170218861
    Abstract: A control device for an internal-combustion engine includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to calculate, in accordance with an operating state of the internal-combustion engine, a basic supercharging pressure of intake gas generated by a supercharger provided in the internal-combustion engine. The circuitry is configured to acquire a flow rate change state parameter that correlates with a change state of the flow rate of the intake gas controlled by a flow rate control mechanism provided in the internal-combustion engine. The circuitry is configured to calculate a correction value in accordance with the flow rate change state parameter. The circuitry is configured to calculate an estimated supercharging pressure of the intake gas by correcting the basic supercharging pressure with the correction value. The circuitry is configured to control operation of the internal-combustion engine using the estimated supercharging pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEUCHI, Koichiro SHINOZAKI
  • Patent number: 9366198
    Abstract: In a malfunction judging method for a fuel feeding apparatus in an internal-combustion engine, a feedback correction value is calculated based on an air-fuel ratio parameter and a predetermined feedback control algorithm. In which region a load parameter exists among a first region in which only a first fuel feeding apparatus is used, a second region in which only a second fuel feeding apparatus is used, and a third region other than the first region and the second region is determined. The feedback correction value calculated in a case where the load parameter exists in the first region is determined as a first learned value using a predetermined first learning method. The feedback correction value calculated in a case where the load parameter exists in the second region is determined as a second learned value using a predetermined second learning method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Izumiura, Koichiro Shinozaki, Takahide Mizuno, Kentaro Onuma, Yuichi Masukake
  • Publication number: 20150198107
    Abstract: In a malfunction judging method for a fuel feeding apparatus in an internal-combustion engine, a feedback correction value is calculated based on an air-fuel ratio parameter and a predetermined feedback control algorithm. In which region a load parameter exists among a first region in which only a first fuel feeding apparatus is used, a second region in which only a second fuel feeding apparatus is used, and a third region other than the first region and the second region is determined. The feedback correction value calculated in a case where the load parameter exists in the first region is determined as a first learned value using a predetermined first learning method. The feedback correction value calculated in a case where the load parameter exists in the second region is determined as a second learned value using a predetermined second learning method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi IZUMIURA, Koichiro SHINOZAKI, Takahide MIZUNO, Kentaro ONUMA, Yuichi MASUKAKE
  • Publication number: 20140020656
    Abstract: A scavenged gas amount calculation device for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of accurately calculating a scavenged gas amount under conditions where scavenged gases are produced during a valve overlap time period, and an internal EGR amount calculation device for the engine, which is capable of calculating an internal EGR amount using the scavenged gas amount thus calculated. The internal EGR amount calculation device includes an ECU. The ECU calculates a basic blown-back gas amount using an average intake pressure, a maximum exhaust pressure, and a correction coefficient (step 6), calculates a scavenged gas amount using the average intake pressure, a minimum exhaust pressure, and a scavenge ratio (step 8), calculates a blown-back gas amount by correcting the basic blown-back gas amount by the scavenged gas amount (step 11), and calculates the internal EGR amount according to the blown-back gas amount (step 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yosuke KOSAKA, Koichiro SHINOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140007854
    Abstract: An internal EGR amount calculation device for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly and easily calculating an internal EGR amount according to the change in the valve timing and enhancing the calculation accuracy of the internal EGR amount. The device includes an ECU. The ECU calculates an amount of burned gases remaining in a cylinder when the valve timing is predetermined reference timing, as a reference internal EGR amount. The ECU calculates a change in the amount of burned gases flowing into or out of the cylinder with respect to the amount of burned gases flowing into or out of the cylinder when the valve timing is the predetermined reference timing, as an internal EGR increase/decrease amount. Then, the ECU calculates the internal EGR amount by adding the internal EGR increase/decrease amount to the reference internal EGR amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Yosuke KOSAKA, Koichiro SHINOZAKI