Patents by Inventor Akira Iijima
Akira Iijima 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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Publication number: 20200168204Abstract: An automated driving device adapted to be installed on a vehicle includes a controller that obtains voice output information of a car navigation device installed on the vehicle, and determines voice output information of the automated driving device, based on the obtained voice output information of the car navigation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira IIJIMA, Hironobu SUGIMOTO, Hiroaki SAKAKIBARA
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Publication number: 20200166351Abstract: An automated driving device includes: a navigation unit configured to retrieve one or more partial routes with a predetermined length other than a guide route which branch from the guide route at a branch point through which a vehicle is expected to pass before the vehicle passes through the branch point; and an electronic control unit configured to control automated driving of the vehicle based on information of a specific partial route out of the one or more partial routes in a period until the navigation unit completes retrieval of a redundant route for guiding the vehicle to a destination point when the vehicle departs from the guide route at the branch point and travels on the specific partial route.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira IIJIMA, Hiroaki Sakakibara
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Publication number: 20200166368Abstract: An information providing device to be mounted on a vehicle. The vehicle includes control means and control means for transmitting, when the vehicle is controlled by automatic driving, a control signal for outputting route guidance information for informing a driver of the vehicle about a specified route by mechanical speech, and a control signal for outputting automatic driving guidance information for informing the driver of the vehicle about a route of the vehicle driven by automatic driving by a sound effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira IIJIMA, Hironobu SUGIMOTO, Hiroaki SAKAKIBARA
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Publication number: 20200159218Abstract: An autonomous driving device includes a navigation device configured to search a plurality of routes, from a diverging point to a target position, for one or more extra routes other than a recommended route before a vehicle passes the diverging point wherein the diverging point is a point where the vehicle is expected to pass; and an electronic control unit configured to control autonomous driving of the vehicle based on information on a particular extra route when the vehicle departs from the recommended route at the diverging point and travels on the particular extra route wherein the particular extra route is one of the one or more extra routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira IIJIMA, Hiroaki SAKAKIBARA
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Publication number: 20200158521Abstract: An automatic driving device controls a vehicle based on a destination and a travel route specified from an outside. The automatic driving device includes: reception means for receiving first information indicating whether or not a route where the vehicle actually travels matches the specified travel route; and notification means for notifying, when the route where the vehicle actually travels matches the specified travel route, information indicating that the route where the vehicle travels under control of the automatic driving device matches the specified travel route, and notifying, when the route where the vehicle actually travels does not match the specified travel route, information indicating that the route where the vehicle travels under control of the automatic driving device does not match the specified travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: AKIRA IIJIMA, Hiroaki SAKAKIBARA
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Publication number: 20200148059Abstract: An autonomous driving apparatus is mounted on a vehicle. The autonomous driving apparatus includes a controller configured to detect that an output timing of route guidance information from a navigation apparatus mounted on the vehicle matches an output timing of route guidance information from the autonomous driving apparatus, acquire an output setting for the route guidance information output from the navigation apparatus, and decide an output setting for the route guidance information output from the autonomous driving apparatus based on the acquired output setting information and the detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira IIJIMA, Hiroaki SAKAKIBARA
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Patent number: 10337398Abstract: Disclosed is a blowby gas treatment device for an internal combustion engine with a supercharger, the blowby gas treatment device comprising: a fresh air introduction passage wherein one end of the fresh air introduction passage is connected to an upstream side of the supercharger and the other end is communicated with a crankcase of the internal combustion engine; a first blowby gas passage wherein one end of the first blowby gas passage is connected to a venturi part provided in an upstream side of the supercharger in the intake passage and the other end is communicated with the crankcase; a first check valve being interposed in the fresh air introduction passage and preventing a flow from the crankcase side to the intake passage side; and a second check valve being interposed in the blowby gas passage and preventing a flow from the intake passage side to the crankcase side.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Nonaka, Daizo Ito, Terumoto Mochizuki, Akira Iijima, Takayuki Sakai
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Publication number: 20190100713Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition for engine equipped with a forced-induction mechanism capable of lowering the frequency of occurrence of LSPI, while using a calcium-based detergent. The lubricating oil composition for engine equipped with a forced-induction mechanism contains a base oil (A), a metal-containing surfactant (B) containing at least a calcium-containing surfactant (b1), and at least one basic compound (C) selected from a metal carbonate, a metal hydroxide, and an amine-based compound, wherein the content of sulfur contained in the metal-containing surfactant (B) is 0.2 mass % or more on the basis of the whole amount of the metal-containing surfactant (B); the content of a calcium atom is 0.08 to 0.20 mass % on the basis of the whole amount of the composition; and a mass ratio of the content of the basic compound (C) and the content of a calcium atom derived from the calcium-containing surfactant (b1) [(content of (C))/(calcium content derived from (b1))] is 2.0 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimasa UTAKA, Kazushi TAMURA, Akira IIJIMA
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Patent number: 10210997Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor having a lower leakage current than a conventional solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil having a surface on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil, wherein a solid electrolyte made of a conductive high-molecular weight compound in a fine particle form and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution which is formed of a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form, water and alcohol having a nitro group are introduced into a gap formed between the anode foil and the cathode foil in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution surrounds the solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Tetsushi Ogawara, Yoshishige Sakurai, Akira Iijima, Hayato Karasawa, Masayuki Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 9978527Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator between the anode and cathode foils, wherein a solid electrolyte in a fine particle form made of a conductive high molecular weight compound and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form are introduced into a gap between the anode and cathode foils in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form surrounds the solid electrolyte, and a ratio of an area that the solid electrolyte occupies in the gap is set to a value which falls within a range of 1 vol % to 30 vol %, and a ratio of an area that the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form occupies in the gap is set to a value which falls within a range of 10 vol % to 99 vol %.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Akira Iijima, Masayuki Sakaguchi, Yosuke Nozawa, Yoshishige Sakurai
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Publication number: 20180072961Abstract: Provided are a lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engine capable of preventing a deterioration of the combustion state of a spark-ignition internal combustion engine, specifically, a lubricating oil composition to be used for a spark-ignition internal combustion engine in which a total tension per piston of tensions applied to the piston ring is 100 N or less, the lubricating oil composition being a lubricating oil composition including a base oil, (A) a calcium-based detergent, at least one selected from (B1) a sodium-based additive and (B2) a magnesium-based additive, and (C) an ash-free sulfur-based additive in predetermined contents; a method for producing the lubricating oil composition; a spark-ignition internal combustion engine using the lubricating oil composition; and a method for lubricating the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimasa UTAKA, Kazushi TAMURA, Hideki KAMANO, Akira IIJIMA
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Publication number: 20180066572Abstract: Disclosed is a blowby gas treatment device for an internal combustion engine with a supercharger, the blowby gas treatment device comprising: a fresh air introduction passage wherein one end of the fresh air introduction passage is connected to an upstream side of the supercharger and the other end is communicated with a crankcase of the internal combustion engine; a first blowby gas passage wherein one end of the first blowby gas passage is connected to a venturi part provided in an upstream side of the supercharger in the intake passage and the other end is communicated with the crankcase; a first check valve being interposed in the fresh air introduction passage and preventing a flow from the crankcase side to the intake passage side; and a second check valve being interposed in the blowby gas passage and preventing a flow from the intake passage side to the crankcase side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi NONAKA, Daizo ITO, Terumoto MOCHIZUKI, Akira IIJIMA, Takayuki SAKAI
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Publication number: 20180040430Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor having a lower leakage current than a conventional solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil having a surface on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil, wherein a solid electrolyte made of a conductive high-molecular weight compound in a fine particle form and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution which is formed of a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form, water and alcohol having a nitro group are introduced into a gap formed between the anode foil and the cathode foil in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution surrounds the solid electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Akihiko KOMATSU, Tetsushi OGAWARA, Yoshishige SAKURAI, Akira IIJIMA, Hayato KARASAWA, Masayuki SAKAGUCHI
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Patent number: 9790850Abstract: A turbocharger system for simultaneously improving a fuel efficiency and obtaining a satisfactory hill start performance due to a downsized engine. The system includes an electric assist turbocharger which includes a turbine disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine and driven by exhaust gas, a compressor disposed in an intake passage and driven by a rotational torque of the turbine, and an electric motor assisting a driving force of the compressor and an electric motor control unit which drives the electric motor when detecting a start operation at a sloping road.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITEDInventors: Isao Kitsukawa, Tomohiro Sugano, Yoshiyuki Abe, Haruyo Kimura, Akira Iijima, Naoki Ishibashi, Syougo Sakashita
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Patent number: 9673600Abstract: A grommet (10) is mounted on a burred part (54) formed on an inner periphery of a through hole (52) formed on a panel (50). The grommet (10) includes a small-diameter tubular portion (12), a large-diameter tubular portion (20) and a coupling (16) connecting the small-diameter tubular portion (12) and the large-diameter tubular portion (20). The small-diameter tubular portion (12) is held in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the wire (60), and the a large-diameter tubular portion (20) is fit on an outer peripheral side of the burred part (54) of the panel (50). A rib (40) projects from an inner peripheral surface of the coupling (16) and covers at least a part of an inner peripheral surface side of the burred part (54) of the panel (50).Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Okuhara, Tsutomu Sakata, Gousei Kobayashi, Akira Iijima, Ryota Mori, Yukari Hoshino
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Patent number: 9512843Abstract: A turbocharger system for achieving both improvement of fuel efficiency by engine downsizing and excellent shock loading resistance. The system includes: a power-assisted turbocharger mounted on a vehicle having an accessory and including a turbine disposed on an exhaust passage of an engine and driven by exhaust, a compressor disposed on an intake passage and driven by a rotational torque of the turbine, and an electric motor that assists a drive force of the compressor; and an electric motor control unit that drives the electric motor when the accessory is being driven.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITEDInventors: Isao Kitsukawa, Tomohiro Sugano, Yoshiyuki Abe, Haruyo Kimura, Akira Iijima, Naoki Ishibashi, Syougo Sakashita
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Publication number: 20160304802Abstract: The lubricating oil composition for spark-ignition internal combustion engine according to the present invention is a lubricating oil composition to be used for a spark-ignition internal combustion engine including a piston having a piston ring, in which a total tension per piston of tensions applied to the piston ring is 30 N or less, the lubricating oil composition being a lubricating oil composition comprising a base oil, (A) an organic metal-based additive containing an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal, and (B) an organic zinc-based additive, wherein a concentration of the component (A) on a basis of the total amount of the lubricating oil composition is 0.15% by mass or less as converted into a metal content; a concentration of the component (B) on a basis of the total amount of the lubricating oil composition is 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushi TAMURA, Toshimasa UTAKA, Hideki KAMANO, Akira IIJIMA
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Patent number: 9334833Abstract: A turbocharger system for ensuring a sufficient exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) amount in all operating conditions, and reducing NOx emission from an engine. The system includes an EGR controller that re-circulates a part of exhaust gas discharged from the engine to an intake side. The turbocharger is a power-assisted turbocharger including an electric motor that assists a drive force of a compressor. The EGR controller controls an amount of exhaust gas recirculated to the intake side so as to inhibit the generation of NOx regardless of an amount of oxygen necessary for combustion of the engine. An electric motor control unit drives the electric motor, by the control of the EGR controller, when the amount of oxygen necessary for the combustion of the engine is deficient.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITEDInventors: Isao Kitsukawa, Tomohiro Sugano, Yoshiyuki Abe, Haruyo Kimura, Akira Iijima, Naoki Ishibashi, Syougo Sakashita
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Publication number: 20160099113Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator between the anode and cathode foils, wherein a solid electrolyte in a fine particle form made of a conductive high molecular weight compound and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form are introduced into a gap between the anode and cathode foils in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form surrounds the solid electrolyte, and a ratio of an area that the solid electrolyte occupies in the gap is set to a value which falls within a range of 1 vol % to 30 vol %, and a ratio of an area that the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form occupies in the gap is set to a value which falls within a range of 10 vol % to 99 vol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Akihiko KOMATSU, Akira IIJIMA, Masayuki SAKAGUCHI, Yosuke NOZAWA, Yoshishige SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20160005516Abstract: A grommet (10) is mounted on a burred part (54) formed on an inner periphery of a through hole (52) formed on a panel (50). The grommet (10) includes a small-diameter tubular portion (12), a large-diameter tubular portion (20) and a coupling (16) connecting the small-diameter tubular portion (12) and the large-diameter tubular portion (20). The small-diameter tubular portion (12) is held in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the wire (60), and the a large-diameter tubular portion (20) is fit on an outer peripheral side of the burred part (54) of the panel (50). A rib (40) projects from an inner peripheral surface of the coupling (16) and covers at least a part of an inner peripheral surface side of the burred part (54) of the panel (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Takashi Okuhara, Tsutomu Sakata, Gousei Kobayashi, Akira Iijima, Ryota Mori, Yukari Hoshino