Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Andoh

Hirokazu Andoh 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: 20230347863
    Abstract: Hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a first electric motor, a second electric motor, an electric power storage device, and a control device. The control device is configured to control the engine and the first electric motor so that the engine is operated at a first predetermined engine speed while outputting a predetermined torque, and to control the second electric motor so that a driving force based on a required driving force is output, when the rapid catalyst warm-up is executed when the engine is idle off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masanao IDOGAWA, Hirokazu ANDOH, Takahiro UCHIDA, Yoshikazu ASAMI, Hidekazu NAWATA, Jumpei NASU, Sohichi IMAI
  • Patent number: 11365701
    Abstract: An engine device includes an engine including an in-cylinder injection valve and a spark plug, an exhaust gas control device, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a last fuel injection from the in-cylinder injection valve in an expansion stroke and to set a fuel injection amount for the last fuel injection in expansion stroke injection driving, based on a coolant start temperature, post-start time, and volumetric efficiency. The expansion stroke injection driving is a control that is performed by performing the ignition by the spark plug in synchronization with the fuel injection in the expansion stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao Idogawa, Takahiro Uchida, Koji Ichikawa, Hiroaki Mizoguchi, Takuya Okubo, Sohichi Imai, Hirokazu Andoh
  • Patent number: 11280251
    Abstract: Processing circuitry of an in-vehicle cooling system regulates the flow rate of the coolant passing through a radiator, thereby regulating the coolant temperature to a target coolant temperature. The processing circuitry sets the target coolant temperature to a specified standard target coolant temperature when the engine is not operating in a specified temperature increase permitting range, and sets the target coolant temperature to a high target coolant temperature, which is higher than the standard target coolant temperature, when the engine is operating in the temperature increase permitting range. The processing circuitry changes the target coolant temperature in the temperature increase permitting range to a temperature lower than the high target coolant temperature and higher than or equal to the standard target coolant temperature, when the hydraulic oil temperature is higher than or equal to a specified temperature increase suppressing temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisaku Morishita, Hirokazu Andoh, Kazuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20220010749
    Abstract: An engine device includes an engine including an in-cylinder injection valve and a spark plug, an exhaust gas control device, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a last fuel injection from the in-cylinder injection valve in an expansion stroke and to set a fuel injection amount for the last fuel injection in expansion stroke injection driving, based on a coolant start temperature, post-start time, and volumetric efficiency. The expansion stroke injection driving is a control that is performed by performing the ignition by the spark plug in synchronization with the fuel injection in the expansion stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao IDOGAWA, Takahiro UCHIDA, Koji ICHIKAWA, Hiroaki MIZOGUCHI, Takuya OKUBO, Sohichi IMAI, Hirokazu ANDOH
  • Publication number: 20210293175
    Abstract: Processing circuitry of an in-vehicle cooling system regulates the flow rate of the coolant passing through a radiator, thereby regulating the coolant temperature to a target coolant temperature. The processing circuitry sets the target coolant temperature to a specified standard target coolant temperature when the engine is not operating in a specified temperature increase permitting range, and sets the target coolant temperature to a high target coolant temperature, which is higher than the standard target coolant temperature, when the engine is operating in the temperature increase permitting range. The processing circuitry changes the target coolant temperature in the temperature increase permitting range to a temperature lower than the high target coolant temperature and higher than or equal to the standard target coolant temperature, when the hydraulic oil temperature is higher than or equal to a specified temperature increase suppressing temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisaku MORISHITA, Hirokazu ANDOH, Kazuki KATO
  • Patent number: 10927747
    Abstract: A cooling system of an internal combustion engine includes an adjustment valve configured to adjust a flow rate of a cooling liquid discharged from a water jacket. A controller for the cooling system includes circuitry configured to execute flow-restriction control that controls the adjustment valve to restrict discharge of the cooling liquid from the water jacket, thereby increasing temperature of an engine body. The circuitry is configured to execute the flow-restriction control so that temperature of the cooling liquid in the water jacket at which the flow-restriction control is terminated is lower when an ambient pressure is low than when the ambient pressure is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rihito Kaneko, Noboru Takagi, Naoto Hisaminato, Mitsuru Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Andoh, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Furuya
  • Patent number: 10508588
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: an air blast passage; a heater core that is disposed in the air blast passage; an air blast volume adjusting member that is opened and closed to adjust an air blast volume which flows in the heater core; a flow rate adjuster that adjusts a flow rate of the coolant which is introduced into the heater core; and a controller. The controller sets the flow rate of the coolant which is adjusted by the flow rate adjuster to be less than a lower limit value of an adjustable range of the flow rate of the coolant which is adjusted by the flow rate adjuster in a vehicle compartment air-conditioning state in which the air blast volume adjusting member allows an air blast to flow to the heater core when the air blast volume adjusting member fully closes the heater core side of the air blast passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rihito Kaneko, Noboru Takagi, Naoto Hisaminato, Mitsuru Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Andoh, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Furuya
  • Publication number: 20190010857
    Abstract: A cooling system of an internal combustion engine includes an adjustment valve configured to adjust a flow rate of a cooling liquid discharged from a water jacket. A controller for the cooling system includes circuitry configured to execute flow-restriction control that controls the adjustment valve to restrict discharge of the cooling liquid from the water jacket, thereby increasing temperature of an engine body. The circuitry is configured to execute the flow-restriction control so that temperature of the cooling liquid in the water jacket at which the flow-restriction control is terminated is lower when an ambient pressure is low than when the ambient pressure is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rihito KANEKO, Noboru TAKAGI, Naoto HISAMINATO, Mitsuru YAMAGUCHI, Hirokazu ANDOH, Masaaki YAMAGUCHI, Yoshihiro FURUYA
  • Publication number: 20180347445
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: an air blast passage; a heater core that is disposed in the air blast passage; an air blast volume adjusting member that is opened and closed to adjust an air blast volume which flows in the heater core; a flow rate adjuster that adjusts a flow rate of the coolant which is introduced into the heater core; and a controller. The controller sets the flow rate of the coolant which is adjusted by the flow rate adjuster to be less than a lower limit value of an adjustable range of the flow rate of the coolant which is adjusted by the flow rate adjuster in a vehicle compartment air-conditioning state in which the air blast volume adjusting member allows an air blast to flow to the heater core when the air blast volume adjusting member fully closes the heater core side of the air blast passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rihito Kaneko, Noboru Takagi, Naoto Hisaminato, Mitsuru Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Andoh, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Furuya