Patents Assigned to Isuzu Motors Limited
  • Publication number: 20200255056
    Abstract: A steering device exhibiting improved layout properties around a steering shaft. A steering device (1) installed in a vehicle has: a first steering shaft (4), one end of which is connected to a steering wheel (3); a second steering shaft (6) positioned below the first steering shaft (4) and in a manner such that the one end thereof connected to the other end of the first steering shaft (4) is located above the floor section (7) of the vehicle compartment (2); and a coaxial motor (20) which applies a rotational force to the first steering shaft (4) and is provided in a manner such that the output shaft thereof is coaxial with the first steering shaft (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Junpei OKUTANI, Haruyuki HOSOYA, Kousuke KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200255061
    Abstract: The present invention reduces motor size in a steering device. To this end, this steering device (1) to be installed in a vehicle has: a power steering unit (12) positioned below the floor section (7) of the vehicle compartment (2); a steering shaft (first steering shaft (4), second steering shaft (6), and third steering shaft (11)), one end of which is connected to a steering wheel (3) and the other end of which is connected to the power steering unit (12); and a coaxial motor (20) which applies a rotational force to the steering shaft and is provided in a manner such that the output shaft thereof is coaxial with the steering shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Junpei OKUTANI, Haruyuki HOSOYA, Kousuke KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200255062
    Abstract: The present invention reduces motor size in a steering device. To this end, this steering device (1) to be installed in a vehicle has: a power steering unit (12) positioned below the floor section (7) of the vehicle compartment (2); and a coaxial motor (20) which is provided directly above the power steering unit (12) and in a manner such that the output shaft thereof is coaxial with the input shaft of the power steering unit (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Junpei OKUTANI, Haruyuki HOSOYA, Kousuke KWAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10738840
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a creep control unit configured to perform a creep control including bringing one of a first clutch and a second clutch into a half-clutch state and bringing the other into a disengaged state, so as to transmit a predetermined torque from a drive source to a transmission mechanism via a clutch device; and a clutch switching control unit configured to, when a vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, perform a clutch switching control including, on the basis of the heat-generating state of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state from the stop of the vehicle, switching the one clutch from the half-clutch state to the disengaged state and switching the other clutch from the disengaged state to the half-clutch state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Koji Terashima
  • Publication number: 20200242940
    Abstract: The present invention is configured such that a control device for a lane departure warning device that outputs a warning on the basis of the position relationship of a vehicle and a lane boundary line is equipped with a detection unit for detecting a switch of a brake from on to off, and a warning control unit for, when the detection unit has detected said switch, changing a warning threshold value to which vehicle position information is compared in the determination of whether or not to issue a warning to a value at which a warning is less likely to be issued as compared to when the detection unit has not detected said switch. The present invention thereby provides a control device for a lane departure warning device that is capable of reducing warnings which could be an annoyance to drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Naoki TAKAHASHI, Masaichi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10724463
    Abstract: A process of causing an engine (10) to perform high-temperature exhaust driving (D1) after urea water from an urea water injection valve (33) is not supplied to an SCR catalyst (34), and a process of causing the engine (10) to perform high-flow-rate exhaust driving (D2) after a flow rate of exhaust gas from a cylinder interior (13) is not reduced are performed on an ECU (40). A process of determining deterioration or malfunction of upstream and downstream NOx sensors (47 and 48) based on detected values (Ca and Cb) acquired when the engine speed (Na) reaches a determination speed (Nx) is performed on a vehicle external computer (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouji Sakumoto
  • Publication number: 20200223496
    Abstract: A steering device exhibiting improved layout properties around a steering shaft. A steering device installed in a vehicle, the vehicle compartment of which is capable of tilting, has: a first steering shaft, one end of which is connected to a steering wheel; a second steering shaft positioned below the first steering shaft and in a manner such that the one end thereof connected to the other end of the first steering shaft is located above the floor section of the vehicle compartment; and a coaxial motor which applies a rotational force to the first steering shaft and is provided in a manner such that the output shaft thereof is coaxial with the first steering shaft. Furthermore, the second steering shaft is capable of telescoping, because a shaft and a cylindrical member are connected so as to be capable of sliding relative to one another in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Junpei OKUTANI, Haruyuki HOSOYA, Kousuke KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10711673
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes: a fuel injection amount acquisition unit, which acquires a fuel injection amount of a vehicle; a temperature acquisition unit which acquires a temperature of a catalyst for reducing and purifying nitrogen compounds in exhaust; a temperature control unit, which controls the temperature of the catalyst; and an execution control unit, which causes the temperature control unit to increase the temperature of the catalyst when the temperature of the catalyst is lower than a predetermined threshold and the fuel injection amount satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuuki Sugaya, Takayuki Koike, Kenta Shioyasu
  • Patent number: 10696292
    Abstract: In the present invention, when an engine of a hybrid vehicle is in a cooled state, a control device 70 thereof performs control so as to disengage an engine clutch 14 configured from a wet multi-disc clutch and supply electrical power to a motor generator 21 from a high-voltage battery 24 to rotationally drive the motor generator 21 in order to agitate clutch oil 86 in the engine clutch 14 and raise the temperature thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Haruo Suzuki, Hiroki Seto, Ryou Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20200200059
    Abstract: Provided is an injection device capable of suppressing the deposition of white products and performing an exhaust gas purification treatment. This injection device is provided with: an injection unit which is provided upstream of a selective reduction-type catalyst device provided inside an exhaust pipe constituting an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, and injects a urea aqueous solution or a diethylamine aqueous solution; a determination unit which determines whether white products derived from the urea aqueous solution injected by the injection part are deposited inside the exhaust pipe; and an injection control unit which controls the injection part to inject the diethylamine aqueous solution when the determination unit has determined that the white products were deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Keiko SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20200198692
    Abstract: A steering assistance device includes: a steering angle detection unit that detects the steering angle of a vehicle; a pump unit that performs steering assistance of the vehicle by using oil pressure; a motor that performs steering assistance of the vehicle by using electrical power; and a steering control unit that causes the pump unit to perform steering assistance with the steering assistance amount thereof reduced by a predetermined amount from the predetermined steering assistance amount, and causes the motor to perform steering assistance, in a case where the pump unit can perform steering assistance in a steering assistance amount predetermined for the detected steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Teruhiko SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10690073
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes: an NOx reduction type catalyst; an MAF sensor; an SOx purge control unit that uses an air system control having an intake air amount feedback-controlled based on a target intake air amount and an injection system control for a target injection increase amount set based on the target intake air amount, and a fuel injection amount feedback-controlled based on the target injection increase amount; an SOx purge prohibition processing unit that prohibits an SOx purge control; and a warming mode control unit that open-loop controls an air system when the SOx purge control is prohibited, controls the fuel injection amount, and maintains the exhaust gas at a temperature. The SOx purge control unit executes the injection system control by switching the target intake air amount into an actual intake air amount when starting the SOx purge control after a warming mode control is ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Teruo Nakada, Takayuki Sakamoto, Daiji Nagaoka, Tomohiro Korenaga
  • Patent number: 10690229
    Abstract: A method for attaching a gear driving part of this disclosure includes a first step of inserting a positioning bolt (23) into a positioning hole (21) of a first gear from a front side, and then screwing the positioning bolt into a screw hole (24) of a fixation-side member to regulate a phase of the first gear with respect to the fixation-side member; and a second step of inserting a portion of the bolt protruding to a front side of the first gear into a hole (22) of the gear case, and meshing the first gear with the second gear while positioning the fixation-side member in a predetermined phase position of the gear case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Isao Kitsukawa, Naoki Mizukami, Daisuke Sueoka, Takaya Maeda
  • Patent number: 10690015
    Abstract: A cam carrier includes a pair of longitudinal frames provided parallel to an axial direction of a camshaft and a plurality of transversal frames connected to the pair of longitudinal frames to be spaced from each other and supporting the camshaft via cam bearings. A flexible structure suppressing amounts of change in a relative position and an inclined angle of the cam bearings relative to the camshaft due to a thermal expansion is provided on at least one of wall surfaces of the longitudinal frames, the wall surfaces being located between adjacent transversal frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Kouji Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 10683788
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes a NOx-occlusion-reduction-type catalyst that occludes NOx in exhaust in a lean state and reduces and purifies the occluded NOx in exhaust in a rich state, and a NOx purge rich control unit that executes NOx purge of reducing and purifying the occluded NOx by putting the exhaust into the rich state by fuel injection control, where a catalyst temperature of the NOx-occlusion-reduction-type catalyst is equal to or higher than a catalyst temperature threshold value and a NOx occlusion amount of the NOx-occlusion-reduction-type catalyst is equal to or higher than an NOx occlusion amount threshold value, and executes the NOx purge when the catalyst temperature is lower than a catalyst temperature threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Teruo Nakada, Takayuki Sakamoto, Daiji Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 10683819
    Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine including a control device 40 configured to adjust fuel injection valves 12 and a resting mechanism 30 and thereby executing a control of switching between an all-cylinder operation Oa and a reduced-cylinder operation Or, the all-cylinder operation Oa being an operation in which a combustion cycle is always performed in all of the cylinders 11, and the reduced-cylinder operation Or being an operation in which a combustion cycle is always performed in some cylinders 11 less than a cylinder number Nc, wherein in the reduced-cylinder operation Or, all of the cylinders 11 perform a partial operation in which an operating state and a resting state thereof are repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 10683932
    Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic oil control device having a shifting control unit configured to, in a case where, when upshifting is performed, a number of revolutions of an input shaft connected to a to-be-engaged clutch is higher than a number of revolutions of the engine, or a case where, when downshifting is performed, the number of revolutions of the input shaft is lower than the number of revolutions of the engine, supply the to-be-engaged clutch with a hydraulic oil having a pressure equal to or higher than a predetermined standby pressure, and then to supply the to-be-engaged clutch with the hydraulic oil having the standby pressure, and then configured to cause the to-be-engaged clutch to be engaged by supplying the to-be-engaged clutch with the hydraulic oil having a pressure higher than the standby pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomoaki Shimozawa
  • Patent number: 10677123
    Abstract: There is provided a first PM sensor provided upstream of a filter and including a first sensor filter having a plurality of first cells collecting PM in the exhaust gas to be introduced into the filter, and a first pair of electrodes arranged to face each other with the first cell interposed therebetween, a second PM sensor provided downstream of the filter and including a second sensor filter having a plurality of second cells collecting PM in the exhaust gas discharged from the filter, and a second pair of electrodes arranged to face each other with the second cell interposed therebetween, and a filter state determination unit for acquiring an efficiency of collecting the PM in the filter, based on a first electrostatic capacitance between the first pair of electrodes and a second electrostatic capacitance between the second pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadashi Uchiyama, Satoshi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 10676089
    Abstract: A driving assistance device (30) that has: an information acquisition unit (31) that acquires the relative speed of a vehicle ahead and the inter-vehicle distance to the vehicle ahead; a table (33) in which degrees of urgency that correspond to relative speeds and inter-vehicle distances have been pre-stored; and an ACC control unit (32) that reads out, from the table (33), a degree of urgency (x) that corresponds to the relative speed and inter-vehicle distance acquired by the information acquisition unit (31), finds a target acceleration/deceleration that has a slope (y) that is based on the degree of urgency (x) that was read out, and outputs the found target acceleration/deceleration as a control signal for controlling break pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Kazutaka Shimoda, Masaichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10675587
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system including a NOx catalyst 32 provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine 10 and purifying NOx in exhaust; a MAF sensor 40 for acquiring an air flow-rate of the internal-combustion engine 10; a control unit 60, 70 that execute catalyst regeneration treatment of recovering a NOx purification ability of the NOx catalyst 32 by performing, in combination, air-based control of reducing air flow-rate of the internal-combustion engine 10 to a predetermined target air flow-rate and injection-based control of increasing a fuel injection amount, wherein, in a case of executing the catalyst regeneration treatment, the control unit 60, 70 starts with the air-based control and starts the injection-based control when the air flow-rate acquired by the MAF sensor 40 is reduced to the target air flow-rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Teruo Nakada, Takayuki Sakamoto, Daiji Nagaoka, Hiroyuki Yuza