Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Vehicle control unit
    Patent number: 11104344
    Abstract: A vehicle includes connecting/disconnecting mechanisms (20,30) disposed on power transmission paths between first rotating electric machines (3,4) mounted on the vehicle and an output shaft (12) that drives a wheel, a first rotating electric machine speed sensor (43,44) that detects a rotation speed of the first rotating electric machine (3,4) as a first rotation speed (Nm,Ng), and a wheel speed sensor (42) that detects a rotation speed of the wheel as a wheel speed (Nw).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori Abe, Ryo Shimizu, Kota Nasu
  • Battery cooling control device
    Patent number: 11075414
    Abstract: A battery cooling control device includes a power storage device management portion that detects a temperature of a power storage device, an electronic control portion that changes over a traveling mode of a vehicle between an EV traveling mode and an HEV traveling mode, and based on a detection result of the power storage device management portion, outputs a cooling start instruction and a cooling stop instruction, and a cooling system that starts cooling the power storage device in response to a receiving of the cooling start instruction and stop cooling the power storage device in response to a receiving of the cooling stop instruction. The electronic control portion changes set values of the cooling start temperature and the cooling stop temperature in accordance with whether the traveling mode is the EV traveling mode or the HEV traveling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto Yokotsuji, Katsuyoshi Muramatsu
  • Exhaust controlling apparatus for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 11067019
    Abstract: A filter is disposed on an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine to capture particulate matter exhausted from the internal combustion engine. A controller is caused to execute regeneration control that incinerates the particulate matter captured on the filter. The controller accomplishes the regeneration control by executing lean incineration control and stoichiometric incineration control in combination with each other. The lean incineration control incinerates the particulate matter, keeping an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine to be leaner than a logical air-fuel ratio. The stoichiometric incineration control incinerates the particulate matter, oscillating the air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine about the logical air-fuel ratio as an average air-fuel ratio at a predetermined first cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kinichi Iwachido
  • Washer nozzle arrangement structure
    Patent number: 11059460
    Abstract: A washer nozzle arrangement structure includes a rear spoiler, a wiper arm, a wiper blade and a washer nozzle. The rear spoiler is arranged on a portion of a body above a rear window and includes a recess part formed on a side of the rear window. A rotation center axis disposed on one end side of the wiper arm is supported on the vehicle. The wiper blade is supported on the other end side of the wiper arm, and is configured to be stored in the recess part when the wiper arm is in a stop position. The washer nozzle is configured to eject a washer liquid toward the rear window. The washer nozzle is arranged in an inside of a portion of the recess part which exists on a front side of the vehicle than the rotation center axis of the wiper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Inamura, Masahiro Minami
  • VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT
    Publication number: 20210188280
    Abstract: A vehicle includes connecting/disconnecting mechanisms (20, 30) disposed on power transmission paths between first rotating electric machines (3, 4) mounted on the vehicle and an output shaft (12) that drives a wheel, a first rotating electric machine speed sensor (43, 44) that detects a rotation speed of the first rotating electric machine (3, 4) as a first rotation speed (Nm, Ng), and a wheel speed sensor (42) that detects a rotation speed of the wheel as a wheel speed (Nw).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori ABE, Ryo SHIMIZU, Kota NASU
  • METHOD FOR WELDING SYNTHETIC RESIN MEMBER
    Publication number: 20210162678
    Abstract: A protrusion on a first member made of synthetic resin wherein a laser beam is applied to a side surface of the protrusion in a state in which a top surface of the protrusion of the first member is abutted against a second member made of synthetic resin, so as to melt at least the entire top surface of the protrusion and melt a portion of the second member in contact with the protrusion by heat of the melted top surface of the protrusion, followed by solidification of the melted portions, whereby the first member and the second member are welded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayuki MORI, Kenichi HIROSAKI, Wataru OKUMURA, Daisuke MORI, Yoshihiro IWANO, Kazuaki AMAOKA
  • Alert device for vehicles
    Patent number: 10953794
    Abstract: A loudspeaker 14 outputs a warning sound for announcing the presence of a vehicle to the outside of the vehicle. A travel start detection unit 122 detects travel start of the vehicle. A sound pressure control unit 124 controls sound pressure of the warning sound to be output from the loudspeaker 14, depending on travel status of the vehicle. The sound pressure control unit 124 makes the loudspeaker 14 output the warning sound during stopping of the vehicle, and increases the sound pressure of the warning sound upon detection of travel start of the vehicle. This makes it possible to announce the travel start of a low-noise vehicle such as an electrically powered vehicle, without making the surroundings feel unnatural.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Kudo
  • Automated driving control device, vehicle, and automated driving control method
    Patent number: 10953869
    Abstract: An automated driving control device includes a registration unit configured to generate automated driving information used for driving a vehicle automatically based on a first image obtained by capturing an environment around the vehicle in a mode of driver driving; and a control unit configured to automatically drive the vehicle based on the automated driving information and a second image obtained by capturing the environment around the vehicle in a mode of automated driving. The registration unit includes an extraction unit configured to extract candidate feature points existing in the environment around the vehicle based on the first image; and a generation unit configured to select the candidate feature points that are determined to be structures fixed around a target position of the vehicle based on the first images captured while the vehicle moves, as feature points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Iio, Tetsuya Tomonaka, Yusuke Kinouchi, Yasuo Fujishima, Kevin Walters
  • Exhaust gas purification system
    Patent number: 10920646
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system for an engine includes an exhaust passage extending from the combustion chambers of the engine, and an exhaust purifying unit disposed in the exhaust passage and configured to purify exhaust gas in the exhaust passage. The exhaust purifying unit includes a carrier disposed in the exhaust passage, a first purifier having at least a function of oxidizing components in the exhaust gas. The first purifier covers, as an underlayer, an outer surface of the carrier, and a second purifier having a function of purifying the exhaust gas by reducing, using occluded ammonia, the components in the exhaust gas that have been oxidized in the first purifier. The second purifier includes a superposed portion covering, as an upper layer, an outer surface of the first purifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sato, Kinichi Iwachido
  • Vehicle control unit
    Patent number: 10906528
    Abstract: In a vehicle (10) comprising a first rotating electric machine (3) that serves as a driving source for running the vehicle (10) and that exchanges electric power with a battery (6), and an engine (2) that serves as the driving source, a first connecting/disconnecting mechanism (20) is disposed on a first power transmission path from the first rotating electric machine (3) to a driving wheel, and a second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is disposed on a second power transmission path from the engine (2) to the driving wheel. A first running mode in which the vehicle (10) is driven by power of the engine (2) in a state where the second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is engaged, and another running mode in which the first connecting/disconnecting mechanism (20) is engaged and the second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is disengaged are set for the vehicle (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori Abe, Ryo Shimizu, Kota Nasu
  • Tailgate for an automobile
    Patent number: D914569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Matsuoka, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Noda
  • Dial switch for vehicle
    Patent number: D915255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Hoshino, Shuichi Imai, Kei Hamada
  • Automobile
    Patent number: D915942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Matsuoka, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Noda
  • Automobile
    Patent number: D925403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Denys Zvenigorodskyy, Motoaki Asai
  • Steering wheel for vehicle
    Patent number: D925417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Hamada, Shuichi Imai
  • Automobile
    Patent number: D926081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Denys Zvenigorodskyy, Motoaki Asai
  • Automobile
    Patent number: D926340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Matsuoka, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Osamu Tsuchiya, Kenichi Noda
  • Headlamp for an automobile
    Patent number: D927738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Noguchi, Osamu Tsuchiya, Shuichiro Yamamoto
  • Automobile
    Patent number: D929904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Noguchi, Kenichi Noda, Shinya Nishikado
  • Automobile grill
    Patent number: D930517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Matsuoka, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Noda