Patents by Inventor Haruto URA

Haruto URA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240011450
    Abstract: Provided is a management system for an internal combustion engine equipped with a turbocharger, the management system including a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an amount of decrease in efficiency of a compressor of the turbocharger, and an information generation unit configured to generate information about maintenance based on the amount of decrease in efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriya ISHIZAKI, Haruto URA, Takahiro NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240011429
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine provided with a turbocharger, wherein the turbocharger includes a compressor, and the control device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of a housing of the compressor, and a determination unit configured to determine whether a deposit is generated in the compressor based on the temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriya ISHIZAKI, Haruto URA
  • Patent number: 11823047
    Abstract: A memory of an electronic control unit stores a neural network into which travel state quantities of a vehicle are input and from which an internal temperature of a turbocharger is output. An arithmetic processing circuit of the electronic control unit executes an internal temperature estimation process of calculating, as an estimated value of the internal temperature, an output of the neural network using measured values of the travel state quantities as an input, and a deposit amount estimation process of calculating an amount of increase in an amount of oil coke deposits based on the estimated value of the internal temperature and calculating an estimated value of the amount of oil coke deposits as a value integrating the amount of increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruto Ura
  • Publication number: 20220195915
    Abstract: A memory of an electronic control unit stores a neural network into which travel state quantities of a vehicle are input and from which an internal temperature of a turbocharger is output. An arithmetic processing circuit of the electronic control unit executes an internal temperature estimation process of calculating, as an estimated value of the internal temperature, an output of the neural network using measured values of the travel state quantities as an input, and a deposit amount estimation process of calculating an amount of increase in an amount of oil coke deposits based on the estimated value of the internal temperature and calculating an estimated value of the amount of oil coke deposits as a value integrating the amount of increase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruto URA
  • Patent number: 11162386
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a shaft connecting a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel; a thrust collar rotating together with the shaft; a thrust bearing holding the thrust collar for rotation; and a bearing housing holding the thrust bearing, wherein the bearing housing includes: an oil supply passage for supplying oil for lubrication to the thrust bearing; an oil discharge passage from which the oil supplied to the thrust bearing is discharged; a wall portion facing the thrust collar; and a groove portion formed in the wall portion and extending from the thrust collar toward a discharge port of the oil discharge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruto Ura, Daisuke Terui, Keiichi Ohta, Tsuyoshi Uesugi
  • Patent number: 10570810
    Abstract: A vehicle forced-induction device includes a first exhaust turbine type forced-induction unit and a second exhaust turbine type forced-induction unit. The first forced-induction unit includes an outlet pipe. The outlet pipe includes a first tubular portion and an annular first flange. The second forced-induction unit includes an inlet pipe. The inlet pipe includes a second tubular portion and an annular second flange. The forced-induction device includes a fastener that includes an annular groove. The annular groove has a shape in which a width of the annular groove decreases toward a groove bottom. The fastener is wound around the first and second flanges along a circumference of the first and the second flanges, thereby housing the first and second flanges in the annular groove. The fastener fastens the first and second flanges to urge the first and second flanges toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN TAKAOKA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsukiyama, Haruto Ura, Tsuyoshi Uesugi, Daisuke Terui, Akihiro Hosono, Ryuta Kawazoe
  • Publication number: 20190390713
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a shaft connecting a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel; a thrust collar rotating together with the shaft; a thrust bearing holding the thrust collar for rotation; and a bearing housing holding the thrust bearing, wherein the bearing housing includes: an oil supply passage for supplying oil for lubrication to the thrust bearing; an oil discharge passage from which the oil supplied to the thrust bearing is discharged; a wall portion facing the thrust collar; and a groove portion formed in the wall portion and extending from the thrust collar toward a discharge port of the oil discharge passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Haruto Ura, Daisuke Terui, Keiichi Ohta, Tsuyoshi Uesugi
  • Publication number: 20180100427
    Abstract: A vehicle forced-induction device includes a first exhaust turbine type forced-induction unit and a second exhaust turbine type forced-induction unit. The first forced-induction unit includes an outlet pipe. The outlet pipe includes a first tubular portion and an annular first flange. The second forced-induction unit includes an inlet pipe. The inlet pipe includes a second tubular portion and an annular second flange. The forced-induction device includes a fastener that includes an annular groove. The annular groove has a shape in which a width of the annular groove decreases toward a groove bottom. The fastener is wound around the first and second flanges along a circumference of the first and the second flanges, thereby housing the first and second flanges in the annular groove. The fastener fastens the first and second flanges to urge the first and second flanges toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN TAKAOKA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi TSUKIYAMA, Haruto URA, Tsuyoshi UESUGI, Daisuke TERUI, Akihiro HOSONO, Ryuta KAWAZOE