Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 10369881
    Abstract: An evaporative fuel treatment apparatus, which is loaded on a hybrid vehicle equipped with a fuel tank and a battery mounted forward of the fuel tank, has a sealing valve for sealing evaporative fuel in the fuel tank. The sealing valve is disposed between the battery and the fuel tank and is arranged above the battery. The evaporative fuel treatment apparatus can prevent fuel leakage from the sealing valve more reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Kunii, Takayuki Sano
  • Patent number: 10363922
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle which, when a travel mode is switched from an EV mode (second mode) to a series mode (first mode), can warm an exhaust purification catalyst appropriately to suppress deterioration of an exhaust gas, is provided, and configured as follows: If the temperature of the exhaust purification catalyst is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, the first mode (series mode) is selected when a required output is equal to or higher than a first determination threshold value; or the second mode (EV mode) is selected when the required output is lower than the first determination threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Oguma, Shigetoshi Hirano, Wataru Matsumura, Shingo Sonoda
  • Patent number: 10358126
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus for a hybrid vehicle including an engine and a motor, in which the engine starts running when any one of parameters indicating a state of the hybrid vehicle reaches an engine start threshold set for the parameters, the driving support apparatus includes a current value acquiring section that acquires current values of the parameters, a margin calculation section that calculates margin levels for the current values of the parameters for keeping the engine stopping using the current values of the parameters and the engine start thresholds, and an output section that outputs the smallest margin level of the calculated margin levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Murase, Jun Saito
  • Patent number: 10337447
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus of an internal combustion engine, which can appropriately control the amount of fuel injection from an in-cylinder injection valve so as to achieve a desired air-fuel ratio, regardless of the operating state of the internal combustion engine, is provided. The fuel injection control apparatus comprises: an additional injection means which, when determining that the operating state of the internal combustion engine is a transient state, allows the in-cylinder injection valve to inject a fuel amount conformed to a changing intake air amount; and a subtraction means for subtracting a minimum fuel amount, injectable from the in-cylinder injection valve, from a fuel amount to be injected, before injection by the additional injection means is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyata, Hitoshi Toda
  • Patent number: 10328927
    Abstract: A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The third region is provided between the first region and the second region and has a display type different from that of the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Okuji, Jinichi Ohta, Yuichi Kamei
  • Publication number: 20190186343
    Abstract: In an intake structure of an internal combustion engine, on an intake upstream side from a valve seat of an intake port, a convex portion is provided which protrudes to an inside of the intake port in a place near an outer circumferential portion of a cylinder chamber when viewed from an upper side of the cylinder chamber. The convex portion includes an upstream guide surface extending from an apex of the convex portion to the intake upstream side, and a downstream guide surface extending from the apex to an intake downstream side and including a curved surface recessed inside the convex portion at a middle portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira YOSHIHARA, Koichi MATSUMOTO, Shigeki NABETANI, Kazuaki KOYAMA, Yuya OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10322633
    Abstract: A regenerative brake control device of a vehicle, which is configured to control a rotary electric motor that is configured to drive wheels at a regeneration ratio corresponding to a selected regeneration stage to thereby obtain a regenerative brake force, includes: a selecting section which is manually operated to select a regeneration stage from a plurality of regeneration stages which have been set; and a control section which is configured to make control so that, when a predetermined operation is performed on the selecting section, a regeneration stage in which the predetermined operation has not been performed on the selecting section is automatically changed to another regeneration stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Murase
  • Publication number: 20190176623
    Abstract: The present invention improves usability by making it possible to change a display gauge of an added amount of regenerated energy. A regenerated energy display device (1) according to the present invention is installed in a vehicle (10) that is capable of collecting the regenerated energy and comprises: a display unit (2) that is capable of displaying a graph (5) that shows an added amount (Aa) of regenerated energy; and a control unit (3) that controls the display unit (2) such that it is possible to change a gauge (the upper limit) of information indicating the added amount (Aa) displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Risa TOKAIRIN, Yohei HASHIMOTO, Yoichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190168601
    Abstract: A transaxle device (1) for a hybrid vehicle including an engine (2), a first rotating electric machine (3), and a second rotating electric machine (4) individually transmits power of the engine (2) and power of the first rotating electric machine (3) to an output shaft (12) on a drive wheel side and also transmits the power of the engine (2) to the second rotating electric machine (4). Further, the transaxle device (1) includes a differential gear (18) which is interposed in the output shaft (12) and a switching mechanism (20) which is interposed on a power transmission path from the engine (2) to the output shaft (12) and switches a high gear stage (11H, 15H) and a low gear stage (11L, 15L). The high gear stage (11H, 15H) is disposed on the opposite side to the differential gear (18) with respect to the low gear stage (11L, 15L) inside a casing (1C) of the transaxle device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daizo OGINO, Masahiro MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 10311663
    Abstract: A vehicle door control device controls opening/closing of door members provided in entrances of a vehicle. The vehicle door control device includes a selective instruction portion that is provided on a vehicle exterior side of each of the door members and that is configured to selectively issue a closing instruction to close the door members and a closing and locking instruction to close and lock the door members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagishi, Naoki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10304642
    Abstract: A switch device for a vehicle includes an emergency notification switch, an operation switch other than the emergency notification switch, and a cover that is movable between a closed position at which the emergency notification switch and the operation switch are covered and an open position at which the emergency notification switch and the operation switch are exposed. In the switch device, an operating surface of the emergency notification switch is located at a position lower than an operating surface of the operation switch, and the cover is provided with an opening through which the operating surface of the operation switch is exposed at the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujita, Hirokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20190153973
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus is included in an internal combustion engine including an intake passage injection valve and a cylinder injection valve and being capable of switching between an MPI mode and a DI+MPI mode based on an operating state of the engine. The fuel injection control apparatus includes an injection amount control unit including a direct-combustion-rate calculation unit calculating a DI direct combustion rate that is the rate of that portion of the amount of DI injection which corresponds to a fuel combusted instead of adhering to inside of the cylinder, and a cylinder vaporization rate calculation unit calculating a cylinder vaporization rate that is the rate of the amount of that portion of the fuel adhering to the inside of the cylinder which vaporizes. The injection amount calculation unit controls fuel injection based at least on the DI direct combustion rate and the cylinder vaporization rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hitoshi TODA, Toshiyuki MIYATA, Katsunori UEDA, Takahiro TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20190143830
    Abstract: A power supply control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a main circuit including a smoothing capacitor connecting a power supply to an electric load driven by the power supply to smooth a fluctuation in an input voltage to the electric load, a main contactor interposed between the power supply of the main circuit and the electric load, and a precharge circuit connected in parallel with the main contactor and including a precharge contactor and a resistance element. When a timeout occurs before precharging by the precharge circuit is completed, the power supply control apparatus permits a retry of the precharging if the precharging is retried without any disadvantage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki MAKINO, Koichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190128211
    Abstract: An intake passage structure for an engine includes an intake port in a cylinder head of the engine, and connected to a combustion chamber to define an intake passage. The intake passage structure further includes a heat insulating member disposed along an inner surface of the intake port, and including a bulge having an upstream end surface which is a portion of an upstream end surface of the heat insulating member, the bulge has a radially outwardly protruding radially outer surface and has an increased wall thickness. The wall thickness of the bulge increases from downstream to upstream of the intake port. The upstream end surface of the bulge includes an injection machine connecting portion facing an injection gate configured to inject resin for forming the heat insulating member into the intake port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki ISHIURA, Mitsutaka KOJIMA, Shinichi MURATA
  • Patent number: 10274546
    Abstract: In a battery degradation monitoring system provided with a battery monitoring unit including a temperature sensor for detecting the ambient temperature of a battery mounted on a vehicle and a clock function unit to compute the state of charge and the degradation rate of the battery as a whole by inputting the voltages and temperatures of a plurality of battery modules of the battery from cell monitoring units when an ignition switch of the vehicle is on, the battery monitoring unit is further actuated by the clock function unit each time a predetermined period of time elapses when the ignition switch of the vehicle is off to integrate a degradation function formula with respect to the ambient temperature detected by the temperature sensor and compute the degradation rate of the battery when the ignition switch is off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiya Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10273916
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including an intake passage fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into an intake passage and a cylinder inside fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber, includes: a fuel pump pressurizing and feeding fuel, which is fed from a fuel tank, to the cylinder inside fuel injection valve; a securing part provided on a cylinder head member of the internal combustion engine to secure the fuel pump; an introducing member having heat conductivity, the introducing member connected to the fuel pump and formed with: a first introducing path for introducing fuel from the fuel tank to the fuel pump; and a second introducing path for introducing fuel from the fuel tank to the intake passage fuel injection valve; and a heat transmitting member transmitting heat between the introducing member and the securing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Nozu, Tadanori Minoura, Takeshi Ohshima, Genki Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20190111788
    Abstract: A display device used for an electric vehicle including a motor, includes a first area indicating torque of the motor and a second area indicating a coil temperature of a coil included in the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidemasa Fujita
  • Patent number: 10259422
    Abstract: A vehicle hood structure includes a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel that is disposed at a back surface of the hood outer panel. In vehicle hood structure, the hood inner panel includes an outer peripheral frame that is arranged in an outer peripheral portion of the hood inner panel, a proximate surface that is arranged inside from the outer peripheral frame and is joined to the back surface of the outer panel, and a connection vertical wall that connects an inner peripheral vertical wall configuring an inner periphery of the outer peripheral frame and the proximate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nakasako, Hidetaka Inagaki, Yoshihiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10247131
    Abstract: In a cylinder head (1) having a built-in exhaust manifold (6) of an engine (10), outer coolant passages (23A and 23B) in which an engine coolant circulates are provided, and are disposed along the manifold positioned at a side of an outer surface (14C) of the cylinder head (1). Further, inner coolant passages (24A and 24B) having shapes which are branched from the outer coolant passages (23A and 23B) and then join are provided, and are disposed along the outer coolant passages (23A and 23B) and at an inner side of the cylinder head (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kawakami, Hayato Sugimura, Toshihiko Oka, Masahiko Kubo, Kazuki Yagi
  • Patent number: 10245969
    Abstract: A power source control device includes a charging state detector configured to detect a charging state of a drive battery mounted on an electric vehicle and a power source mode switch configured to switch a power source mode of the electric vehicle, wherein the power source mode switch configured to switch the power source mode to an OFF mode in a case that charging of the drive battery is stopped while the power source mode is set at an ON mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Kamachi, Takayoshi Kawamoto, Naoki Imakita, Jun Soeda, Hirofumi Yagura, Hirotaka Sugimoto