Patents Assigned to Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20210245734
    Abstract: Provided is an activation method for a control application, which is more safe, reliable, and comfortable. By collating recorded peripheral information with a currently acquired peripheral environment, it is determined whether remote automatic parking is possible, and a remote control application executed by a mobile communication device is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsunori HARAI, Reona MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210249967
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device capable of suppressing an increase in cost and an increase in size of the device. A control board 113 that includes a connection unit 140 to which a signal connector 114 which transmits a signal is connected, a base member 120 that supports the control board 113 and has conductivity, and a case 110 that accommodates the control board 113 and the base member 120 and is connected to a ground is provided. The base member 120 includes a supporting portion 141 that is connected to one surface of the control board 113, and a first extending portion 130 of which one end is connected to the supporting portion 141 and the other end extends to the case 110 to be connected to the case 110. An electronic component 113a that generates noise is mounted on the control board 113, and the first extending portion 130 and the supporting portion 141 form an electrical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro FURUTA, Kenichirou NAKAJIMA, Yuta NUMAKURA
  • Patent number: 11088583
    Abstract: Provided are a rotary-electric-machine stator coil, a rotary-electric-machine stator having the same, and a rotary electric machine having the same, capable of improving a bonding strength and insulation reliability of a conductor bonding portion. A rotary-electric-machine stator coil includes: a conductor 110 having a bonding portion 104 bonded to other conductors; and a bonding member 401 having a melting point lower than a melting point of the conductor, wherein a tip of the bonding portion has an alloy layer 402 formed of an alloy of the conductor and the bonding member, and a root of the bonding portion is electrically connected by the bonding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Fukuda, Kenichi Nakayama, Kazuo Ojima, Shin Onose, Hisaya Shimizu, Shinji Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210239063
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel injection control apparatus that can suppress variations in fuel injection amounts in a very small fuel injection region. For this purpose, the fuel injection control apparatus includes a fixed injection pulse generator 10 and a drive current interruption unit 31. The fixed injection pulse generator 10 generates a fixed injection pulse having a valve opening timing at which a drive current is supplied to an electromagnetic coil 19 in an electromagnetic fuel injection valve 18 and a first valve closing timing at which the drive current to the electromagnetic coil 19 is interrupted. Within a period in which the fixed injection pulse is generated, the drive current interruption unit 31 determines an electric energy amount of a drive current supplied to the electromagnetic coil in response to a valve opening timing of the fixed injection pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro OKI, Osamu MUKAIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210240592
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a simulation device having a function of adding delay processing for making an execution timing of a personal computer (PC) simulation environment close to that of an actual electronic control unit (ECU). There is provided a simulation device for converting application software into an execution code, verifying the execution code, and porting the verified execution code to another computer device, wherein the simulation device adjusts an execution timing in the other computer device by performing time adjustment processing at the time of starting or ending a function in function units of a source code of an application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori MURASHIMA, Yuji FUKUSHIMA, Fumio NARISAWA
  • Publication number: 20210243049
    Abstract: To provide a gateway device capable of continuing communication in the event of an abnormality without a redundant configuration as a system. A gateway device 100 includes a plurality of transceivers 110, 112, and 114 connected to a plurality of communication buses 1, 2, and 3 in a one-to-one manner, and a switch element 50 that connects the two communication buses 1 and 2 having different priorities among the plurality of communication buses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsunori KUWATA
  • Publication number: 20210239081
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection valve capable of improving durability as compared with the conventional case and making the amount of fuel injected uniform as compared with the conventional case. Further, the present invention provides a fuel injection valve capable of injecting fuel with a high fuel pressure as compared with the conventional case and improving the reliability of the product as compared with the conventional case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya WATAI, Takao MIYAKE, Masashi SUGAYA, Yasuo NAMAIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210242799
    Abstract: To suppress torque fluctuations that occur when switching control systems. The inverter, which performs a power conversion operation for converting DC power into AC power, includes an arithmetic control device INV200 which is provided with a voltage command signal generation unit 620, a synthesis processing unit 670, and a carrier wave comparison unit 680. The voltage command signal generation unit 620 has a plurality of control systems, and outputs the first voltage command signal generated based on the first control system among the plurality of control systems, and the second voltage command signal generated based on the second control system different from the first control system among the plurality of control systems. The synthesis processing unit 670 generates a synthesized voltage command signal obtained by synthesizing the first voltage command signal and the second voltage command signal at a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya NEMOTO, Toshiyuki AJIMA, Taito KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210239500
    Abstract: To obtain a physical-quantity detection device that reduces a variation in mounting position in a main passage. A physical-quantity detection device 20 of the present invention is inserted into and disposed in a main passage 22, and includes a flange 211 fixed to a seat surface 103 of the main passage 22, and the flange 211 includes a press-fitting portion 281 for positioning with respect to a seat surface 103 side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira UENODAN, Takahiro MIKI, Tsutomu KONO, Akihiro YAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11079262
    Abstract: To obtain a physical quantity detection apparatus that can reduce the outer shape of a housing in size. A physical quantity detection apparatus 300 detects a plurality of physical quantities of gas 30 to be measured flowing in a main passage 124. The physical quantity detection apparatus 300 has a housing 302 disposed in the main passage 124, a circuit substrate 400 insert molded in the housing 302, and a plurality of detection sensors 452, 453, 454, 455, and 456 each mounted on each of one face and the other face of the circuit substrate 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Watanabe, Tsutomu Kono, Hiroaki Hoshika, Takahiro Miki, Takayuki Yogo
  • Patent number: 11079730
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control device having versatility and extensibility of a load driving circuit. A control device includes a processor and an IC, in which the IC includes: a communication circuit that transmits a control signal from the processor; a first drive circuit that drives a first load; a second drive circuit that drives a second load and is provided outside the IC separately from the first drive circuit; and a third drive circuit that controls the second drive circuit, the processor transmits channel information corresponding to the number of switches of the second drive circuit to the IC, and the communication circuit changes the number of channels of the third drive circuit on the basis of the channel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Oyama, Mitsuhiko Watanabe, Takeshi Konno, Yasushi Sugiyama, Chihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11080156
    Abstract: An electronic controller includes: a logic circuit that is reconfigurable based on a reconfiguration instruction; an arithmetic unit that is configured in the logic circuit; a processing controller that transmits the reconfiguration instruction of the arithmetic unit to the logic circuit and that makes the reconfigured arithmetic unit execute predetermined operation; and a testing unit that executes an operation test for an arithmetic unit when the arithmetic unit is reconfigured, and that transmits the result of the operation test to the processing controller as a notice. Here, the processing controller makes the arithmetic unit execute predetermined processing based on the notice received from the testing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Ueta, Satoshi Tsutsumi, Hideki Endo, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210233935
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device having small characteristic variations with time and high reliability and an in-vehicle control device using the same, the semiconductor device including a plurality of transistor elements constituting a current mirror circuit or a differential amplifier circuit that requires high relative accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki OSHIMA, Katsumi IKEGAYA, Masato KITA, Keishi KOMORIYAMA, Kiyotaka KANNO, Shinichirou WADA
  • Publication number: 20210231093
    Abstract: Generation of hydrocarbons in an internal combustion engine is suppressed, and a manufacturing cost of exhaust catalysts is reduced. Therefore, an internal combustion engine control device 1 includes an ignition control unit which executes an ignition control for controlling an ignition plug 200 which discharges electricity in a cylinder 150 of an internal combustion engine 100 to ignite fuel. The ignition control unit executes the ignition control such that a predetermined ignition electric energy is supplied to the ignition plug 200 when the ignition plug 200 performs ignition, and a predetermined pre-heating electric energy smaller than the ignition electric energy is supplied to the ignition plug 200 before the ignition plug 200 performs ignition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Eiichirou OHATA
  • Patent number: 11073092
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine capable of estimating a compression ratio of the internal combustion engine at the time of fuel cut of the internal combustion engine and without being affected by an intake air amount and an intake air temperature. A compression ratio ? is calculated on the basis of a change of in-cylinder pressure P with respect to crank angle ? at timing when an in-cylinder volume change rate dV/d?/V takes an extreme value or at timing from closing of an intake valve 109 to the start of ignition of the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Aono, Masayuki Saruwatari
  • Patent number: 11075599
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes: a motor rotor; a stator coil section which has a plurality of energization phases, which includes a first stator coil and a second stator coil that are provided to each phase, and which is arranged to generate a magnetic field, and thereby rotate the motor rotor; and a connection switching section configured to switch a connection of the first stator coil and the second stator coil from a serial connection to a parallel connection, or from the parallel connection to the serial connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohtaro Shiino, Mitsuo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210220901
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a steering shaft of a steering device includes: a reduced-diameter section forming process in which a second-phase member is formed from a first-phase member by forming a reduced-diameter section in the first-phase member; and a ball screw groove forming process in which a third-phase member is formed from the second-phase member by forming a ball screw groove in the second-phase member by rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke KITAMURA, Tatsuyoshi MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210226574
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a first inverter selector configured to output first PWM signals selectively or simultaneously to a first inverter unit and a second inverter unit, and a first microcomputer configured to output the first PWM signals and a first selection signal to the first inverter selector, and the first selection signal contains information on whether the first PWM signals are to be output to the first inverter unit and whether the first PWM signals are to be output to the second inverter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto KIMURA, Kohtaro SHIINO, Hideaki SHIMAZU
  • Publication number: 20210227687
    Abstract: A circuit board (3) is provided with a first rigid part (11) having a power system electronic component mounted thereon, a second rigid part (12) having a control system electronic component mounted thereon, and a thin flexible part (13) connecting the first and second rigid parts to each other. The flexible part (13) is provided with a plurality of conductive wires (27) conducted with the electronic components of the first and second rigid parts (11, 12). A non-conductive metal pattern (33) that is a dummy pattern is formed along an outer edge (13a) of the flexible part (13). By the non-conductive metal pattern (33), the disconnection of the conductive wires (27) due to cracking is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kumiko YOSHINAGA, Eiji ICHIKAWA, Hirofumi WATANABE, Mototaka TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210222664
    Abstract: Ignitability of a fuel by a spark plug is improved while an increase in the number of ignition coils is suppressed. A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an ignition control unit 83 which controls energization of an ignition coil 300a and an ignition coil 300b which each provide electric energy to a spark plug which discharges in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine to ignite a fuel, and a discharge amount detection unit which detects an inter-electrode voltage of the spark plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Eiichirou OHATA