Patents by Inventor Atsushi Komada
Atsushi Komada 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: 20240087073Abstract: A control device reads power consumption, information on the delivery number and weight of a first product set, and information on the delivery number and weight of a second product set from a storage device. The control device proportionally divides the power consumption. The control device reads a first conversion formula from the storage device, and calculates CO2 emissions from transportation of the first product set from an A station to a B station and CO2 emissions from transportation of the second product set from the A station to the B station by substituting the power consumptions, into the first conversion formula.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Publication number: 20240078500Abstract: A management device includes a communication device and a control device. The communication device is configured to communicate with a moving object configured to transport a product from an upstream company to a downstream company. The control device is configured to calculate CO2 emissions emitted by transportation of the product based on an amount of energy consumed by the moving object from a transportation start time point to a transportation completion time point of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Publication number: 20240069506Abstract: A management method for managing a CO2 emission amount to be emitted by producing a product, includes: reading out a first CO2 emission amount that is a CO2 emission amount per unit weight of a first raw material and a second CO2 emission amount that is a CO2 emission amount per unit weight of a second raw material; and calculating the CO2 emission amount of the product based on a CO2 emission amount to be calculated from the first CO2 emission amount and from a weight of the first raw material used to produce the product, and a CO2 emission amount to be calculated from the second CO2 emission amount and from a weight of the second raw material used to produce the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Publication number: 20240069533Abstract: A management method for management of a CO2 emission amount emitted by production of a product in a production line where a first product and a second product are produced includes acquiring a power consumption amount consumed in the production line for a predetermined period, and calculating a CO2 emission amount for each product by allocating the power consumption amount based on a ratio of a total work time required to produce the first product in the production line during the predetermined period and a total work time required to produce the second product in the production line during the predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Publication number: 20240054422Abstract: A management device includes a communication unit that communicates with a company and a processor that calculates an amount of carbon dioxide emitted by manufacturing a product using a predetermined calculation method. The communication unit notifies the company of information including the amount of carbon dioxide, and the predetermined calculation method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Publication number: 20240054429Abstract: A first management device provided in a first company provided upstream includes a communication unit that acquires position information of a transport vehicle when a product is transported to a second company provided downstream by the transport vehicle. In addition, the first management device includes a processor that performs control to notify the second company of information including an amount of carbon dioxide emitted by manufacturing the product, in a case where detection is made that the transport vehicle has entered premises of the second company based on the acquired position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Publication number: 20240046712Abstract: A management device is configured to manage CO2 emission amounts emitted from production of products on a production line. The management device includes a storage device configured to store a unit weight of a first product and a unit weight of a second product produced on the production line, and a control device that is configured to proportionally divide an electric power consumption amount consumed on the production line over a predetermined period, based on a weight ratio of a total weight of the first product and a total weight of the second product produced on the production line over the predetermined period, and calculate the CO2 emission amount for each product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Publication number: 20240046192Abstract: A management device of a second corporation being configured to manage at least one product delivered from a first corporation on an upstream side to the second corporation on a downstream side, includes a first controller that is configured to transmit identification information of the product to the first corporation, and a second controller that is configured to manage the product. A first management device of the first corporation is configured to transmit, based on receiving the identification information from the first controller, first information to the first controller. The first information is information based on a first carbon dioxide amount emitted due to manufacturing the product. The second controller is configured to manage the product and the first carbon dioxide amount in correlation with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Publication number: 20230316238Abstract: A management device includes a storage configured to store an amount of CO2 emissions emitted by manufacturing a secondary battery, and a controller configured to, when the secondary battery is recycled by a business operator who recycles the secondary battery, apportion the amount of CO2 emissions with the business operator according to a degree of deterioration of the secondary battery at a time of being recycled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Mitsuru OGASAWARA, Masahiko ISHII, Hidetaka ASANO, Tomokazu ISHII, Koji HETSUGI, Kosuke YONEKAWA, Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
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Patent number: 10914208Abstract: An in-vehicle internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The cylinder head includes a plurality of communication passages connected to the oil chamber. The cylinder block includes an oil passage for returning oil accumulated in the oil chamber into the oil pan. The communication passages include a first communication passage having a first opening opened in the upper surface of the cylinder head and a second communication passage having a second opening opened in the upper surface of the cylinder head. The first opening is located below the second opening. An extending wall extending in a direction intersecting the cylinder arrangement direction is provided between the first opening and the second opening on the upper surface of the cylinder head.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Komada, Kunihiko Sakata
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Patent number: 10731597Abstract: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine, includes: first and second valves being intake valves or exhaust valves; a first circumferential wall portion defining a first port, the first port being opened and closed by the first valve and communicating with a combustion chamber; and a first overlay welded portion formed on the first circumferential wall portion and serving as a first valve seat on which the first valve is seated.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Minoru Okimura, Atsushi Komada, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10655558Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes cylinders, a cylinder head that includes a pair of intake ports and a pair of exhaust ports for each of the cylinders, and a cylinder block that includes a block-side coolant passage. One of the pair of intake ports and the pair of exhaust ports is a pair of specified ports. The cylinder head includes an inter-port coolant passage between the specified ports. The inter-port coolant passage is connected to the block-side coolant passage through a communication portion. A flow direction is a direction in which the coolant flows in a portion of the block-side coolant passage that is connected to the communication portion. A center of a passage cross section of the communication portion is shifted to a downstream side in the flow direction with respect to a center of a passage cross section of the inter-port coolant passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Sakata, Atsushi Komada
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Patent number: 10655560Abstract: A cylinder head comprises a cylinder head body. The cylinder head body has two intake ports placed on a first side of the cylinder head body with respect to the plug hole, and the two exhaust ports placed on a second side of the cylinder head body with respect to the plug hole. A water jacket of the cylinder head includes: an intake-port-to-intake-port passage portion communicating with the outside of the cylinder head and extending between the two intake ports; an exhaust-port-to-exhaust-port passage portion communicating with the outside of the cylinder head and extending between the two exhaust ports; and a central passage portion communicating with the intake-port-to-intake-port passage portion and the exhaust-port-to-exhaust-port passage portion, the central passage portion being formed so as to surround the plug hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Sakata, Atsushi Komada
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Publication number: 20190345892Abstract: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine, includes: first and second valves being intake valves or exhaust valves; a first circumferential wall portion defining a first port, the first port being opened and closed by the first valve and communicating with a combustion chamber; and a first overlay welded portion formed on the first circumferential wall portion and serving as a first valve seat on which the first valve is seated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Minoru OKIMURA, Atsushi KOMADA, Yasuhiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190234259Abstract: An in-vehicle internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The cylinder head includes a plurality of communication passages connected to the oil chamber. The cylinder block includes an oil passage for returning oil accumulated in the oil chamber into the oil pan. The communication passages include a first communication passage having a first opening opened in the upper surface of the cylinder head and a second communication passage having a second opening opened in the upper surface of the cylinder head. The first opening is located below the second opening. An extending wall extending in a direction intersecting the cylinder arrangement direction is provided between the first opening and the second opening on the upper surface of the cylinder head.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi KOMADA, Kunihiko Sakata
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Publication number: 20190195166Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes cylinders, a cylinder head that includes a pair of intake ports and a pair of exhaust ports for each of the cylinders, and a cylinder block that includes a block-side coolant passage. One of the pair of intake ports and the pair of exhaust ports is a pair of specified ports. The cylinder head includes an inter-port coolant passage between the specified ports. The inter-port coolant passage is connected to the block-side coolant passage through a communication portion. A flow direction is a direction in which the coolant flows in a portion of the block-side coolant passage that is connected to the communication portion. A center of a passage cross section of the communication portion is shifted to a downstream side in the flow direction with respect to a center of a passage cross section of the inter-port coolant passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko SAKATA, Atsushi KOMADA
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Publication number: 20190195167Abstract: A cylinder head comprises a cylinder head body. The cylinder head body has two intake ports placed on a first side of the cylinder head body with respect to the plug hole, and the two exhaust ports placed on a second side of the cylinder head body with respect to the plug hole. A water jacket of the cylinder head includes: an intake-port-to-intake-port passage portion communicating with the outside of the cylinder head and extending between the two intake ports; an exhaust-port-to-exhaust-port passage portion communicating with the outside of the cylinder head and extending between the two exhaust ports; and a central passage portion communicating with the intake-port-to-intake-port passage portion and the exhaust-port-to-exhaust-port passage portion, the central passage portion being formed so as to surround the plug hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko SAKATA, Atsushi KOMADA
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Patent number: 9188054Abstract: An electronic control unit (12) calculates the heat receiving quantity of a thermo wax to estimate the temperature of the thermo wax on the basis of the calculated heat receiving quantity and the heat capacity of the thermo wax, and controls a heater so that the temperature of the thermo wax reaches a predetermined target value. Further, the electronic control unit (12) changes the value of the heat capacity used to estimate the temperature of the thermo wax depending on the variation of the estimated temperature of the thermo wax across the phase transition point of the thermo wax so as to preferably control a switching valve which is operated by heating the thermo wax.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigeki Kinomura, Osamu Shintani, Taro Furukoshi, Atsushi Komada
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Publication number: 20120111956Abstract: An electronic control unit (12) calculates the heat receiving quantity of a thermo wax to estimate the temperature of the thermo wax on the basis of the calculated heat receiving quantity and the heat capacity of the thermo wax, and controls a heater so that the temperature of the thermo wax reaches a predetermined target value. Further, the electronic control unit (12) changes the value of the heat capacity used to estimate the temperature of the thermo wax depending on the variation of the estimated temperature of the thermo wax across the phase transition point of the thermo wax so as to preferably control a switching valve which is operated by heating the thermo wax.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigeki Kinomura, Osamu Shintani, Taro Furukoshi, Atsushi Komada