Patents by Inventor Masaya Agata
Masaya Agata 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).
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Patent number: 11745722Abstract: A vehicle control device is configured to: execute a fuel cut control for stopping fuel supply to the internal combustion engine in response to a deceleration request to the vehicle; engage the lock-up clutch and open a throttle of the vehicle during the execution of the fuel cut control; close the throttle and execute the motor assist in a case where there is an acceleration request to the vehicle while the lock-up clutch is engaged, the throttle is opened, and the fuel cut control is executed; end the fuel cut control and resume fuel supply to the internal combustion engine when an intake pressure of the internal combustion engine reaches a predetermined startable negative pressure after the throttle is closed; and disengage the lock-up clutch when the fuel supply to the internal combustion engine is resumed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Fukao, Yuki Fujishima, Masaya Agata
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Patent number: 11731609Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, a drive wheel, and a lock-up clutch provided in a power transmission path from the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to the drive wheel. The vehicle control device is configured to: not execute a motor vibration damping control and a slip vibration damping control in a non-vibration damping region; execute the motor vibration damping control and the slip vibration damping control in a first vibration damping region in a high load state or a low rotation speed state; and execute the motor vibration damping control and not execute the slip vibration damping control in a second vibration damping region in a medium load state or a medium rotation speed state.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Fukao, Kenji Kikuchi, Sadahito Kajihara, Satoshi Watanabe, Masaya Agata
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Publication number: 20220306072Abstract: A vehicle control device is configured to: execute a fuel cut control for stopping fuel supply to the internal combustion engine in response to a deceleration request to the vehicle; engage the lock-up clutch and open a throttle of the vehicle during the execution of the fuel cut control; close the throttle and execute the motor assist in a case where there is an acceleration request to the vehicle while the lock-up clutch is engaged, the throttle is opened, and the fuel cut control is executed; end the fuel cut control and resume fuel supply to the internal combustion engine when an intake pressure of the internal combustion engine reaches a predetermined startable negative pressure after the throttle is closed; and disengage the lock-up clutch when the fuel supply to the internal combustion engine is resumed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi FUKAO, Yuki FUJISHIMA, Masaya AGATA
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Publication number: 20220306079Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a drive wheel driven by an output of at least one of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor. When the internal combustion engine is in a cylinder deactivation operation, if a target torque reaches a cylinder deactivation bottom torque at which a value of a cylinder deactivation brake specific fuel consumption, which is a brake specific fuel consumption when the internal combustion engine is in the cylinder deactivation operation, is minimized, the vehicle control device executes cylinder deactivation bottom assist control for increasing a motor torque output from the electric motor in accordance with an increase in the target torque while maintaining an engine torque output from the internal combustion engine at the cylinder deactivation bottom torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi FUKAO, Masaya AGATA
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Publication number: 20220306082Abstract: A vehicle control device is configured to execute a fuel cut control for stopping fuel supply to an internal combustion engine in response to a deceleration request to a vehicle; disengage a lock-up clutch and open a throttle of the vehicle during execution of fuel cut control; execute motor assist in a case where there is an acceleration request to a vehicle while the lock-up clutch is disengaged and the throttle is opened; and execute a motor torque reduction control for temporarily reducing an output from an electric motor based on a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and a rotation speed of a main shaft during the execution of the motor assist.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi FUKAO, Yuki FUJISHIMA, Masaya AGATA
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Publication number: 20220306075Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, a drive wheel, and a lock-up clutch provided in a power transmission path from the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to the drive wheel. The vehicle control device is configured to: not execute a motor vibration damping control and a slip vibration damping control in a non-vibration damping region; execute the motor vibration damping control and the slip vibration damping control in a first vibration damping region in a high load state or a low rotation speed state; and execute the motor vibration damping control and not execute the slip vibration damping control in a second vibration damping region in a medium load state or a medium rotation speed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi FUKAO, Kenji KIKUCHI, Sadahito KAJIHARA, Satoshi WATANABE, Masaya AGATA
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Publication number: 20220003181Abstract: An internal combustion engine control apparatus including a rotational speed sensor detecting a rotational speed of an internal combustion engine, an intake air amount sensor detecting an amount of an intake air supplied into a combustion chamber, a command detector detecting a command of a deceleration of a vehicle on which the internal combustion engine is mounted or a torque down of the internal combustion engine, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: determining whether a retard condition of an ignition timing is satisfied based on a value detected by the rotational speed sensor or the intake air amount sensor when the command is detected by the command detector, and controlling an ignition part so as to perform an ignition-timing retard control to delay the ignition timing of the ignition part when it is determined that the retard condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Masaya Agata, Hiroki Miyazono, Keisuke Ohta, Daisuke Shiomi, Yuichi Masukake
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Patent number: 11131266Abstract: A control device of an internal combustion engine can respond to the variation of the flow reduction rate attributable to the difference in a clogging condition, and which can detect a deposit accumulation amount even if no idle condition is provided like HEV, etc. In a control device of an internal combustion engine, a map correction section determines a correction amount in accordance with an approximate line result based on an air amount at a predetermined opening degree at which the measurement of the air amount by an air flow meter is sufficiently performed with the exception of a first predetermined opening degree in the case where the measurement of the air amount by the air flow meter has not been performed sufficiently in the first predetermined opening degree in a current operation cycle.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Jyo Ishimasa, Masaya Agata, Jingyu Zhu
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Patent number: 11034354Abstract: A start control device is a start control device that controls start of a vehicle including a clutch that is engaged by the hydraulic pressure supplied from a hydraulic pressure supply source and a start device that starts a vehicle driving source, and includes: a hydraulic pressure control unit that controls so that the hydraulic pressure supply source supplies the hydraulic pressure to the clutch if a start condition for the vehicle is satisfied; and a start device control unit that controls the start device so that the rotation speed of the vehicle driving source reaches the predetermined rotation speed after the clutch is engaged.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaya Agata, Shuji Kamata
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Publication number: 20200094841Abstract: A start control device is a start control device that controls start of a vehicle including a clutch that is engaged by the hydraulic pressure supplied from a hydraulic pressure supply source and a start device that starts a vehicle driving source, and includes: a hydraulic pressure control unit that controls so that the hydraulic pressure supply source supplies the hydraulic pressure to the clutch if a start condition for the vehicle is satisfied; and a start device control unit that controls the start device so that the rotation speed of the vehicle driving source reaches the predetermined rotation speed after the clutch is engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Masaya AGATA, Shuji KAMATA
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Publication number: 20190390624Abstract: A control device of an internal combustion engine can respond to the variation of the flow reduction rate attributable to the difference in a clogging condition, and which can detect a deposit accumulation amount even if no idle condition is provided like HEV, etc. In a control device of an internal combustion engine, a map correction section determines a correction amount in accordance with an approximate line result based on an air amount at a predetermined opening degree at which the measurement of the air amount by an air flow meter is sufficiently performed with the exception of a first predetermined opening degree in the case where the measurement of the air amount by the air flow meter has not been performed sufficiently in the first predetermined opening degree in a current operation cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Jyo Ishimasa, Masaya Agata, Jingyu Zhu
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Patent number: 10411308Abstract: A power supply control system includes a power generator, a power supply configured to be charged with power supplied by the power generator, an electrical load configured to operate according to the power supplied by the power generator, and a control unit configured to charge the power supply until a predetermined period elapses after switching from an operation state in which the electrical load is operated to a non-operation state when the power generator generates the power.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Norio Moteki, Yukikazu Fukumoto, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Masaya Agata
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Patent number: 10344852Abstract: A control apparatus configured to control an automatic transmission to which a driving force of an engine is input includes a detection unit provided in the automatic transmission, and a processing unit configured to generate load information concerning a load on the automatic transmission based on the detection result of the detection unit and transmit the load information to the control apparatus of the engine. The processing unit transmits dummy information that is not based on the detection result of the detection unit as the load information at least on condition that the automatic transmission is in an operation state in which a load on an input shaft is released.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya Tachibanada, Masaya Agata
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Patent number: 10145329Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of quickly and properly ensuring excellent fuel economy of the engine even when atmospheric pressure has changed. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU performs weighted average calculation on lowland map values and highland map values, based on atmospheric pressure, to thereby calculate map values of a demanded torque that minimize a fuel consumption ratio of the engine in the atmospheric pressure, and calculates engine demanded output. The ECU calculates demanded torque and demanded engine speed using the map values and the engine demanded output, respectively. The ECU controls the engine using the demanded torque.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Ueno, Akio Futatsudera, Masaya Agata, Hisashi Ito, Hideharu Takamiya
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Publication number: 20180258872Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a throttle valve actuator and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to calculate, based on a target intake air amount, a target recirculated amount of recirculated exhaust gas that is recirculated to an intake passage through an exhaust gas recirculation device, calculate a corrected target recirculated amount based on the target recirculated amount and an exhaust gas recirculated amount change delay in a change in a recirculated amount of the recirculated exhaust gas, calculate a target intake pressure based on the target intake air amount and the corrected target recirculated amount, calculate a target opening degree of the throttle valve based on the target intake air amount and the target intake pressure, and control the throttle valve actuator to drive the throttle valve such that an opening degree of the throttle valve is to be equal to the target opening degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaya AGATA, Masayoshi NISHINO, Takaaki FUKUSAKO
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Publication number: 20180216726Abstract: A control apparatus configured to control an automatic transmission to which a driving force of an engine is input includes a detection unit provided in the automatic transmission, and a processing unit configured to generate load information concerning a load on the automatic transmission based on the detection result of the detection unit and transmit the load information to the control apparatus of the engine. The processing unit transmits dummy information that is not based on the detection result of the detection unit as the load information at least on condition that the automatic transmission is in an operation state in which a load on an input shaft is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Yuya Tachibanada, Masaya Agata
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Publication number: 20180183113Abstract: A power supply control system includes a power generator, a power supply configured to be charged with power supplied by the power generator, an electrical load configured to operate according to the power supplied by the power generator, and a control unit configured to charge the power supply until a predetermined period elapses after switching from an operation state in which the electrical load is operated to a non-operation state when the power generator generates the power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Norio Moteki, Yukikazu Fukumoto, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Masaya Agata
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Patent number: 9284897Abstract: An intake control system for an internal combustion engine, which, even when there are a plurality of intake air amounts for attaining one target torque, is capable of positively selecting a minimum intake air amount therefrom without causing hunting, and setting the minimum intake air amount as a target intake air amount, thereby making it possible to improve fuel economy. The intake control system calculates a maximum intake air amount, sets a plurality of provisional intake air amounts within a range of 0 to the maximum intake air amount, calculates torques estimated to be output from the engine with respect to the provisional intake air amounts, respectively, selects a minimum provisional intake air amount that makes the estimated torque equal to or close to the target torque from the relationship between the provisional intake air amounts and the estimated torques, and sets the same as the target intake air amount.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Ueno, Masaya Agata, Hisashi Ito, Hideharu Takamiya, Kentaro Onuma, Kohei Hanada
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Patent number: 9273616Abstract: An intake control system for an internal combustion engine is capable of ensuring a differential pressure across an EGR valve, and controlling an EGR amount with high accuracy. A target fresh air amount is set based on a demanded torque calculated according to operating conditions of the engine. A differential pressure across an EGR valve is set as a target differential pressure. When it is determined that the across-valve differential pressure is not in a state in which the target differential pressure can be ensured, an opening degree of the EGR valve is controlled to limit an EGR amount. An opening degree of a throttle valve is controlled based on the target fresh air amount, so as to ensure the target differential pressure.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Ueno, Masaya Agata, Hisashi Ito, Chiho Chinda, Daisuke Shiomi, Hideharu Takamiya
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Patent number: 9127614Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of directly and properly calculating the most fuel-efficient torque according to operating conditions of the engine without setting or learning in advance operating lines indicative of the most fuel-efficient torques, thereby making it possible to reduce costs and enhance fuel economy. In the control system, when the engine is operated at a predetermined reference rotational speed, a plurality of fuel consumption ratio parameters associated with a plurality of estimated torques are calculated based on a provisional intake air amount-estimated torque relationship which is the relationship between provisional intake air amounts and estimated torques to be obtained when the provisional intake air amounts of intake air are supplied. Further, an estimated torque associated with a minimum value of the fuel consumption ratio parameters is calculated as the most fuel-efficient torque at the reference rotational speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Ueno, Masaya Agata