Patents by Inventor Yuji Kinutani

Yuji Kinutani 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).

  • Drive control apparatus for vehicle and method of controlling drive apparatus for vehicle
    Patent number: 9108622
    Abstract: A drive control apparatus for a vehicle includes an engine, an electric motor, a clutch mechanism, an engine rotation sensor, a motor rotation sensor, an acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion, and a controller. The controller controls a rotation speed of the engine to be an acceleration intention target value greater than a rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in an acceleration intention mode, and controls the rotation speed of the engine to be a deceleration intention target value smaller than the rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in a deceleration intention mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriko Matsuo, Yuichiro Kitamura, Yuji Kinutani
  • DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRIVE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130029805
    Abstract: A drive control apparatus for a vehicle includes an engine, an electric motor, a clutch mechanism, an engine rotation sensor, a motor rotation sensor, an acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion, and a controller. The controller controls a rotation speed of the engine to be an acceleration intention target value greater than a rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in an acceleration intention mode, and controls the rotation speed of the engine to be a deceleration intention target value smaller than the rotation speed of the motor and thereafter brings the clutch mechanism into the engagement state in a case where the acceleration and deceleration intention detecting portion detects that the vehicle is in a deceleration intention mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriko MATSUO, Yuichiro Kitamura, Yuji Kinutani