Patents by Inventor Gaku Kishimoto

Gaku Kishimoto 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).

  • Patent number: 9845718
    Abstract: A controller calculates a period travel distance that is a travel distance of the vehicle from when the available travel distance is calculated to when the available travel distance is calculated next. The controller, when the remaining amount of urea aqueous solution inside a tank exceeds a predetermined amount, executes a first calculation process in which the available travel distance is calculated with reference to the remaining amount of the urea aqueous solution. The controller, after the remaining amount of the urea aqueous solution becomes smaller than or equal to a predetermined amount, executes a second calculation process in which the available travel distance is calculated by subtracting the period travel distance from the previously calculated available travel distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro Kiyofuji, Kingo Suyama, Gaku Kishimoto, Atsushi Kidokoro
  • Publication number: 20160281568
    Abstract: A controller calculates a period travel distance that is a travel distance of the vehicle from when the available travel distance is calculated to when the available travel distance is calculated next. The controller, when the remaining amount of urea aqueous solution inside a tank exceeds a predetermined amount, executes a first calculation process in which the available travel distance is calculated with reference to the remaining amount of the urea aqueous solution. The controller, after the remaining amount of the urea aqueous solution becomes smaller than or equal to a predetermined amount, executes a second calculation process in which the available travel distance is calculated by subtracting the period travel distance from the previously calculated available travel distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro KIYOFUJI, Kingo SUYAMA, Gaku KISHIMOTO, Atsushi KIDOKORO
  • Patent number: 7484367
    Abstract: An ECU (electronic control unit) determines whether a turbo charger is defective or not based on degree of deviation between a target boost pressure Pimtrg and an actual boost pressure Pim of the turbo charger. Further, ECU estimates exhaust gas pressure of an exhaust passage from the internal combustion engine to the turbo charger based on a state of engine operation, and determines whether or not the estimated exhaust gas pressure is relatively low. When it is determined that the exhaust gas pressure is relatively low, the manner of defect determination is changed such that the determination of defect is not readily made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Gaku Kishimoto, Minoru Toyoshima, Seigaku Tanizawa
  • Publication number: 20060225418
    Abstract: An ECU (electronic control unit) determines whether a turbo charger is defective or not based on degree of deviation between a target boost pressure Pimtrg and an actual boost pressure Pim of the turbo charger. Further, ECU estimates exhaust gas pressure of an exhaust passage from the internal combustion engine to the turbo charger based on a state of engine operation, and determines whether or not the estimated exhaust gas pressure is relatively low. When it is determined that the exhaust gas pressure is relatively low, the manner of defect determination is changed such that the determination of defect is not readily made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Gaku Kishimoto, Minoru Toyoshima, Seigaku Tanizawa