Patents by Inventor Akihiro Sato
Akihiro Sato 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).
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Patent number: 9278612Abstract: A vehicle has a motor and an engine each serving as a driving source for running the vehicle, and assembled batteries each capable of supplying an electric power to the motor. The assembled batteries include a high-power assembled battery and a high-capacity assembled battery. The high-power assembled battery is capable of charge and discharge with current relatively larger than that in the high-capacity assembled battery, and the high-capacity assembled battery has energy capacity relatively larger than that of the high-power assembled battery. In running of the vehicle using output from the motor with the engine stopped, the high-capacity assembled battery supplies more electric power to the motor than that in the high-power assembled battery. The high-power assembled battery is placed in a vehicle-inside space accommodating a passenger or baggage, and the high-capacity assembled battery is placed in a vehicle-outside space located on an outer face of a vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Kenji Kimura, Takurou Nakayama, Hirotaka Watanabe, Nobuyoshi Fujiwara, Akihiro Sato
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Publication number: 20160052817Abstract: A parison forming apparatus comprising: a molding die into which a gob is introduced; a plunger 1 entering into the inside of the molding die for forming a parison from the gob together with the molding die; a cylinder that allows the plunger 1 to reciprocally move with respect to the molding die; and a cooling device for introducing cooling air into the inside of the plunger 1 to cool the plunger 1. The base end portion of the plunger 1 is connected to and held by the head of a piston rod 12 of the cylinder via a plunger holding mechanism 2. The plunger holding mechanism 2 has an adapter 21 connected to the head of the piston rod 12, and the adapter 21 is integrally provided with a tubular part 33 having a fitting hole 32 adapted to the cylindrical outer shape of the base end portion of the plunger 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: NIHON YAMAMURA GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo UEDA, Ryu WADA, Masaki KATAOKA, Akihiro SATO
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Patent number: 9266523Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control apparatus that can concurrently achieve an improved drivability and an excellent restart performance of an internal combustion engine. The vehicle control apparatus includes an eco-run system that automatically stops the engine when an automatic stop condition is established and restarts the engine when a restart condition is established, a throttle motor that opens and closes a throttle valve adjusting air amount to be sucked into the engine, and a vehicle speed sensor that detects the vehicle speed. The vehicle control apparatus is adapted to control the throttle motor to enlarge the throttle valve opening degree in response to the higher vehicle speed, according to the vehicle speed information from the vehicle speed sensor (Step S3 to Step S7), when the engine is automatically stopped while the vehicle is travelling (Step S2).Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiko Ideshio, Susumu Kojima, Naoki Nakanishi, Akihiro Sato
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Patent number: 9267448Abstract: A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine with a plurality of cylinders, a clutch connecting/disconnecting a power transmission path between the engine and wheels, a fuel pump transferring fuel toward an injector, and a fuel pressure control device controlling a fuel pressure in a transfer path of the fuel. The running control device of a vehicle performs a neutral inertia running mode performed with the power transmission path between the engine and the wheels disconnected, and a cylinder resting inertia running mode performed by resting at least a part of the cylinders of the engine with the power transmission path between the engine and the wheels connected, the fuel pressure during the neutral inertia running mode being made higher than the fuel pressure during the cylinder resting inertia running mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Rentaro Kuroki, Takuya Hirai, Masaki Mitsuyasu, Jonggap Kim, Masaki Matsunaga, Yasunari Kido, Takeaki Suzuki, Takayuki Kogure, Yukari Okamura, Akihiro Sato, Yusuke Kinoshita
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Patent number: 9266530Abstract: A control device of a hybrid vehicle including an electric motor and an engine as drive force sources, the hybrid vehicle being configured to execute engine running using the engine as the drive force source for running and motor running using the electric motor as the drive force source for running with the engine stopped, the control device having a predefined running performance oriented running mode such as a sport running mode and a predefined large drive force running mode with a lower requirement degree of start acceleration performance as compared to the running performance oriented running mode, in the predefined running performance oriented running mode, the motor running being inhibited, the engine running being performed in an operation range in which the motor running is normally performed, and the engine being retained in an operating state at the time of vehicle stop, and in the predefined large drive force running mode, the motor running being inhibited, the engine running being performed in tType: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiko Ideshio, Terufumi Miyazaki, Yuji Inoue, Shingo Eto, Yousuke Michikoshi, Akihiro Sato
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Publication number: 20160042022Abstract: A data coordination support apparatus is provided to efficiently detect between which table and a table being a coordination destination there is a reference relation, in data coordination. The data coordination support apparatus identifies, with respect to each table other than the table being the coordination destination, a first column designated as the primary key and a second column not designated as the primary key, from a plurality of columns included in a table concerned. The data coordination support apparatus extracts such a table that a third column similar to the first column is included in the table being the coordination destination, and a fourth column similar to the second column is included the table being the coordination destination, from tables other than the table being the coordination destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro SATO
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Patent number: 9242634Abstract: The control device of the present invention causes an engine to perform both partial cylinder operation and also all-cylinder operation, and moreover changes the operating point of the engine when the motor torque of a second motor-generator enters into operating point changeover ranges R1 and R2. The operating point changeover range R2 when the engine is performing partial cylinder operation is set to be wider, as compared to the operating point changeover range R1 when the engine is performing all-cylinder operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Takahashi, Takeshi Miyagawa, Noritaka Nakajima, Kouki Kawamoto, Daiki Sato, Masato Nakano, Akihiro Sato, Takeshi Kanayama, Shinichiro Suenaga
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Publication number: 20160010183Abstract: The present invention provides a Ni-based single crystal superalloy which has the following composition by weight: 0.1 wt % or more and 9.9 wt % or less of Co, 5.1 wt % or more and 10.0 wt % or less of Cr, 1.0 wt % or more and 4.0 wt % or less of Mo, 8.1 wt % or more and 11.0 wt % or less of W, 4.0 wt % or more and 9.0 wt % or less of Ta, 5.2 wt % or more and 7.0 wt % or less of Al, 0.1 wt % or more and 2.0 wt % or less of Ti, 0.05 wt % or more and 0.3 wt % or less of Hf, 1.0 wt % or less of Nb and less than 3.0 wt % of Re with the remainder including Ni and unavoidable impurities. This Ni-based single crystal superalloy has a low Re content and also has excellent high-temperature strength, mainly creep strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Yasuhiro Aoki, Akihiro Sato
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Patent number: 9234295Abstract: The method of forming an oxidation resistant coating layer is for forming an oxidation resistant coating layer containing aluminum on a surface layer of a member (A) formed of metallic material. The method includes a plating treatment step (S1) of plating aluminum on a surface of the member (A) in a solvent, and a heat treatment step (S2) of heat-treating the member (A) whose surface has been plated by the plating treatment step (S1).Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Sato, Yoshihiro Tsuda, Hiroaki Iwata, Akira Tateno, Hiroki Yoshizawa, Tetsuji Hirato
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Patent number: 9233683Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus configured to selectively establish one of a first drive state in which a vehicle drive force is generated primarily by a second motor/generator operated with an electric energy supplied from an electric-energy storage device while an engine is placed in a rest state, and a second drive state in which a first motor/generator is operated with a drive force of the engine, to generate an electric energy and in which the vehicle drive force is generated primarily by the second motor/generator operated with at least the electric energy generated by the first motor/generator. The vehicle control apparatus is further configured such that the vehicle drive force generated in the second drive state at a given value of an accelerator pedal operation amount ?acc is larger than that generated in the first drive state.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoki Il, Akihiro Sato, Norihiro Yamamura, Akiko Nishimine, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Takeshi Miyagawa, Tomoaki Furukawa, Takeshi Kanayama, Tetsuo Hori, Koji Hayashi
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Patent number: 9227627Abstract: A control apparatus is applied to a hybrid vehicle having a driving apparatus including a power split mechanism which splits torque of an internal combustion engine into a first MG and output portion, and a motor lock mechanism which switches a state of the power split mechanism between a differential state in which the torque of the internal combustion engine splits into the first MG and output portion and a non-differential state in which it is stopped to split the torque. The hybrid vehicle switches a driving mode between a first driving mode in which the power split mechanism is switched to the differential state and a second driving mode in which the power split mechanism is switched to the non-differential state. The control apparatus calculates energy loss of the driving apparatus in each driving mode, and switches the driving mode of the vehicle based on the calculated energy loss.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Matsumoto, Hiroatsu Endo, Tetsuo Hori, Akihiro Sato
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Patent number: 9222732Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus capable of maintaining a temperature of a furnace port part at a heat-resistant temperature or less of each member constituting the furnace part. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber configured to process a plurality of substrates vertically stacked at predetermined intervals; a substrate retainer configured to hold the plurality of substrates in the process chamber; and a first heat exchanger installed in the process chamber to support the substrate retainer from a lower portion of the substrate retainer, and configured to perform a heat exchange with a gas flowing in a downward direction from a side of the substrate retainer in the process chamber, wherein the first heat exchanger includes a hollow cylindrical insulating tube vertically extending in the downward direction and an insulating plate installed in the insulating tube, and regions in the insulating tube over and under the insulating plate are spatially connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.Inventors: Kenji Shirako, Takatomo Yamaguchi, Shuhei Saido, Akihiro Sato
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Patent number: 9214123Abstract: A first sample holding unit (22) samples and holds subframe data on a column data line (D) inputted via a first switching unit (21) when a pixel (20) is selected by a row selection signal applied via a row selection line (W). After the subframe data is held by the first sample holding units (22) of all pixels, a second sample holding unit (24) samples and holds the subframe data inputted through a second switching unit (23) activated by a common signal to apply the subframe data to a pixel electrode (12) of a liquid crystal element (LC). Consequently, a voltage selection unit between the second sample holding unit (24) and the pixel electrode (12) becomes unnecessary as well as subframe data can be transferred without a suspension period of the subframe data.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CorporationInventor: Akihiro Sato
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Patent number: 9199626Abstract: A control device of a vehicle includes: an engine; a connection/disconnection device configured to connect/interrupt the engine; a rotating machine disposed to enable transmission of drive power to the wheels; and a running position selection device, the control device including a first manual mode selected by performing a deceleration increasing operation by a driver for increasing vehicle deceleration while the automatic running position is selected and a second manual mode selected by performing a deceleration increasing operation by a driver for increasing the vehicle deceleration while the manual running position is selected, while the vehicle is running with the engine interrupted from the wheels, if the first manual mode is selected, the vehicle deceleration being generated only by the rotating machine, and if the second manual mode is selected, the connection/disconnection device being put into the connected state to generate the vehicle deceleration at least by the engine.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoaki Furukawa, Takeshi Kanayama, Tetsuo Hori, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Akiko Nishimine, Takeshi Miyagawa, Ryoki Ii, Koji Hayashi, Norihiro Yamamura, Akihiro Sato
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Publication number: 20150321659Abstract: The control device of the present invention is applied to a vehicle in which a second motor-generator is linked to an output gear train via a gear. This control device sets a lower limit value for the torque outputted by the second motor-generator when a first motor-generator is locked by a motor locking mechanism and a power split mechanism is put into a non-differential state, and controls the second motor-generator so that, when the power split mechanism is in the non-differential state, the magnitude of the torque outputted by the second motor-generator is at least equal to the magnitude of that lower limit value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2012Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiki SATO, Masato NAKANO, Masataka SUGIYAMA, Taku HARADA, Akihiro SATO
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Publication number: 20150307102Abstract: A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine, a connecting/disconnecting device separating the engine and wheels, and a transmission transmitting power of the engine toward the wheels, the running control device being configured to execute a normal running-mode performed by using the power of the engine with the engine and the wheels coupled, a free-run inertia running-mode that is performed by separating the engine and the wheels and stopping the engine during running, and a neutral inertia running-mode that is a performed by separating the engine and the wheels and operating the engine in a self-sustaining manner during running, the running control device setting a gear ratio of the transmission on a low vehicle speed side in the case of return from the free-run inertia running-mode to the normal running-mode as compared to the case of return from the neutral inertia running-mode to the normal running-mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki MITSUYASU, Jonggap KIM, Rentaro KUROKI, Takuya HIRAI, Masaki MATSUNAGA, Yasunari KIDO, Takeaki SUZUKI, Takayuki KOGURE, Yukari OKAMURA, Akihiro SATO, Yusuke KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20150307103Abstract: A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine and a brake booster amplifying a brake force by forming a negative pressure in a negative pressure tank by rotation of the engine. The running control device is configured to execute an engine brake running mode performed with the engine coupled to wheels such that an engine brake is applied by driven rotation of the engine and an inertia running mode performed with an engine brake force made lower than that of the engine brake running mode. The running control device executes a first inertia running mode performed with the rotation of the engine stopped and a second inertia running mode performed with the engine kept rotating as the inertia running mode in accordance with predefined respective execution conditions. The running control device comprises a prediction portion configured to predict a necessity of the negative pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Rentaro KUROKI, Takuya HIRAI, Masaki MITSUYASU, Jonggap KIM, Masaki MATSUNAGA, Yasunar i KIDO, Takeaki SUZUKI, Takayuki KOGURE, Yukari OKAMURA, Akihiro SATO, Yusuke KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 9168860Abstract: A vehicular indicator device for a hybrid vehicle which is provided with vehicle drive power sources in the form of an engine and an electric motor and which is driven in one of a plurality of vehicle drive modes including an EV drive mode, a series HV drive mode and a parallel HV drive mode that is automatically selected according to a vehicle drive power, said indicator device being configured to indicate the selected vehicle drive mode and said vehicle drive power, the vehicular indicator device being configured to indicate a running state of the hybrid vehicle as represented by said vehicle drive power and said selected vehicle drive mode, in a two-dimensional coordinate system on a display screen, which coordinate system is defined by said vehicle drive power and said selected vehicle drive mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norihiro Yamamura, Koji Hayashi, Takeshi Kanayama, Tetsuo Hori, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Akiko Nishimine, Takeshi Miyagawa, Ryoki Il, Tomoaki Furukawa, Akihiro Sato
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Publication number: 20150298701Abstract: A running control device has an engine coupling running mode enabling an engine brake running mode performed by coupling an engine and wheels with an engine brake applied by driven rotation of the engine, and an inertia running mode performed with an engine brake force lower than that of the engine brake running mode. The running control device includes a steering wheel steering angle as a condition of terminating the inertia running mode. The running control device performs a first inertia running mode with the rotation of the engine stopped and a second inertia running mode with the engine rotating. The first inertia running mode is terminated when the steering angle becomes equal to or greater than a predefined first determination value. The second inertia running mode is terminated when the steering angle becomes equal to or greater than a predefined second determination value larger than the first determination value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeaki SUZUKI, Masaki MATSUNAGA, Yasunari KIDO, Takayuki KOGURE, Yukari OKAMURA, Rentaro KUROKI, Takuya HIRAI, Masaki MITSUYASU, Jonggap KIM, Akihiro SATO, Yusuke KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20150300274Abstract: A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine with a plurality of cylinders, a clutch connecting/disconnecting a power transmission path between the engine and wheels, a fuel pump transferring fuel toward an injector, and a fuel pressure control device controlling a fuel pressure in a transfer path of the fuel. The running control device of a vehicle performs a neutral inertia running mode performed with the power transmission path between the engine and the wheels disconnected, and a cylinder resting inertia running mode performed by resting at least a part of the cylinders of the engine with the power transmission path between the engine and the wheels connected, the fuel pressure during the neutral inertia running mode being made higher than the fuel pressure during the cylinder resting inertia running mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Rentaro KUROKI, Takuya HIRAI, Masaki MITSUYASU, Jonggap KIM, Masaki MATSUNAGA, Yasunari KIDO, Takeaki SUZUKI, Takayuki KOGURE, Yukari OKAMURA, Akihiro SATO, Yusuke KINOSHITA