Patents by Inventor Takayuki Mikami

Takayuki Mikami 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: 11988720
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that detects deterioration of a secondary battery is provided. The semiconductor device includes a power gauge, an anomalous current detection circuit, and a control circuit. The power gauge includes a current divider circuit and an integrator circuit. The anomalous current detection circuit includes a first memory, a second memory, and a first comparator. The integrator circuit can convert a detection current detected at the current divider circuit into a detection voltage by integrating the detection current. The anomalous current detection circuit is supplied with the detection voltage, a first signal at a first time, and a second signal at a second time. The first signal can make the detection voltage at the first time be stored in the first memory and the second signal can make the detection voltage at the second time be stored in the second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Takayuki Ikeda, Ryota Tajima, Mayumi Mikami, Yohei Momma, Munehiro Kozuma, Takanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 11951990
    Abstract: A gear shift control device of an automobile including a driving motor, a relay clutch capable of disconnecting an engine, includes memory storing a gear shift map for determining the switching start timing of the gear position, a transmission control unit that switches the gear position based on the gear shift map, a regeneration control unit, and a relay clutch control unit. The gear shift map includes a cooperative regeneration map and non-cooperative regeneration maps that define the thresholds of relatively low revolutions. The threshold of a predetermined low gear shift point is defined to be smaller than the thresholds of the gear shift points higher than the predetermined low gear shift point on the downshift side in the non-cooperative regeneration maps, and is defined to be smaller than the threshold of the predetermined low gear shift point on the downshift side in the cooperative regeneration map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Nishikori, Hiroaki Gotan, Akina Inagaki, Tomohiro Okubo, Kiminori Higo, Takayuki Mikami
  • Patent number: 11906042
    Abstract: A gear shift control device of an automobile includes memory storing a gear shift map that defines, for each of gear shift points, thresholds of the number of revolutions to determine a switching start timing of each of the gear positions, a transmission control unit that performs switching between the gear positions based on the gear shift map, and a regeneration control unit that controls regeneration. The gear shift map includes a non-cooperative regeneration map that defines the thresholds of revolutions lower than the thresholds in a cooperative request map used in cooperative regeneration, and the non-cooperative regeneration map includes a combustion request map that defines the thresholds of low revolutions and is used when an accelerator is not used, and a travel request map that defines the thresholds of relatively higher revolutions and is used when the accelerator is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Nishikori, Hiroaki Gotan, Akina Inagaki, Tomohiro Okubo, Kiminori Higo, Takayuki Mikami
  • Publication number: 20230311895
    Abstract: A gear shift control device of an automobile including a driving motor, a relay clutch capable of disconnecting an engine, includes memory storing a gear shift map for determining the switching start timing of the gear position, a transmission control unit that switches the gear position based on the gear shift map, a regeneration control unit, and a relay clutch control unit. The gear shift map includes a cooperative regeneration map and non-cooperative regeneration maps that define the thresholds of relatively low revolutions. The threshold of a predetermined low gear shift point is defined to be smaller than the thresholds of the gear shift points higher than the predetermined low gear shift point on the downshift side in the non-cooperative regeneration maps, and is defined to be smaller than the threshold of the predetermined low gear shift point on the downshift side in the cooperative regeneration map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Daigo Nishikori, Hiroaki Gotan, Akina Inagaki, Tomohiro Okubo, Kiminori Higo, Takayuki Mikami
  • Publication number: 20230313882
    Abstract: A gear shift control device of an automobile includes memory storing a gear shift map that defines, for each of gear shift points, thresholds of the number of revolutions to determine a switching start timing of each of the gear positions, a transmission control unit that performs switching between the gear positions based on the gear shift map, and a regeneration control unit that controls regeneration. The gear shift map includes a non-cooperative regeneration map that defines the thresholds of revolutions lower than the thresholds in a cooperative request map used in cooperative regeneration, and the non-cooperative regeneration map includes a combustion request map that defines the thresholds of low revolutions and is used when an accelerator is not used, and a travel request map that defines the thresholds of relatively higher revolutions and is used when the accelerator is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Daigo Nishikori, Hiroaki Gotan, Akina Inagaki, Tomohiro Okubo, Kiminori Higo, Takayuki Mikami