Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kambe

Hiroki Kambe 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: 12540586
    Abstract: A fuel supply device for a four-cycle internal combustion engine using hydrogen as fuel and including cylinders, comprising: an intake passage including a branch portion branching from an upstream side toward a downstream side so as to correspond to the number of cylinders, a single pipe portion on an upstream side of the branch portion, and intake port portions on a downstream side of the branch portion; and a plurality of first fuel injection valves provided in each of the intake port portions, wherein a maximum injection period of the first fuel injection valve is corresponding to an opening period of an intake valve of the internal combustion engine, a second fuel injection valve is provided in the single pipe portion or the branch portion, and a minimum injection quantity of the second fuel injection valve is smaller than a minimum injection quantity of the first fuel injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Hiroki Kambe
  • Publication number: 20250035063
    Abstract: A fuel supply device for a four-cycle internal combustion engine using hydrogen as fuel and including cylinders, comprising: an intake passage including a branch portion branching from an upstream side toward a downstream side so as to correspond to the number of cylinders, a single pipe portion on an upstream side of the branch portion, and intake port portions on a downstream side of the branch portion; and a plurality of first fuel injection valves provided in each of the intake port portions, wherein a maximum injection period of the first fuel injection valve is corresponding to an opening period of an intake valve of the internal combustion engine, a second fuel injection valve is provided in the single pipe portion or the branch portion, and a minimum injection quantity of the second fuel injection valve is smaller than a minimum injection quantity of the first fuel injection valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Hiroki KAMBE
  • Patent number: 11136043
    Abstract: A yaw moment control apparatus for a vehicle which comprises a rear wheel driving torque transmission path that transmits the driving torque of a drive unit to left and right rear wheels, the path including a speed increasing device for increasing speed of the rear wheels relative to the front wheels, and clutches that change transmission capacities of driving torques to the left and right rear wheels, and a control unit for controlling fastening forces of the clutches. The control unit controls the fastening forces based on a lateral acceleration of the vehicle to impart a yaw moment by a driving torque difference between the wheels to the vehicle when traveling control of the vehicle by applying braking forces to the wheels is not being performed, and to impart no yaw moment by a driving torque difference to the vehicle when traveling control of the vehicle is being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Kambe, Yusuke Suetake
  • Publication number: 20190276039
    Abstract: A yaw moment control apparatus for a vehicle which comprises a rear wheel driving torque transmission path that transmits the driving torque of a drive unit to left and right rear wheels, the path including a speed increasing device for increasing speed of the rear wheels relative to the front wheels, and clutches that change transmission capacities of driving torques to the left and right rear wheels, and a control unit for controlling fastening forces of the clutches. The control unit controls the fastening forces based on a lateral acceleration of the vehicle to impart a yaw moment by a driving torque difference between the wheels to the vehicle when traveling control of the vehicle by applying braking forces to the wheels is not being performed, and to impart no yaw moment by a driving torque difference to the vehicle when traveling control of the vehicle is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki KAMBE, Yusuke SUETAKE
  • Patent number: 10384674
    Abstract: A vehicle turning control device mounted on a vehicle includes a control device that calculates a control yaw moment for increasing turning performance of the vehicle and uses a yaw moment generation device to generate the control yaw moment. A limit control yaw moment, which is an upper limit of an allowable range of the control yaw moment in which the vehicle does not spin, is a function of a lateral jerk equivalent and decreases as the lateral jerk equivalent increases. The control device calculates the limit control yaw moment based on the lateral jerk equivalent and the function, updates a hold control yaw moment with a latest value of the limit control yaw moment when the latest value is less than the hold control yaw moment, and determines the control yaw moment so as not to exceed the hold control yaw moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Kambe
  • Publication number: 20180229718
    Abstract: A vehicle turning control device mounted on a vehicle includes a control device that calculates a control yaw moment for increasing turning performance of the vehicle and uses a yaw moment generation device to generate the control yaw moment. A limit control yaw moment, which is an upper limit of an allowable range of the control yaw moment in which the vehicle does not spin, is a function of a lateral jerk equivalent and decreases as the lateral jerk equivalent increases. The control device calculates the limit control yaw moment based on the lateral jerk equivalent and the function, updates a hold control yaw moment with a latest value of the limit control yaw moment when the latest value is less than the hold control yaw moment, and determines the control yaw moment so as not to exceed the hold control yaw moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki KAMBE
  • Patent number: 8818633
    Abstract: There is provided a steering apparatus that includes a steering member that is provided in a vehicle and that is capable of being turned so as to steer the vehicle; and a determination device configured to determine that a kickback state is present if an operation point determined according to the steering angle of the steering member and the steering torque that acts on the steering member is outside a criterion region that is determined beforehand. The steering apparatus and the kickback determination device are able to properly cope with the kickback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Ebihara, Hiroki Kambe
  • Publication number: 20130179037
    Abstract: There is provided a steering apparatus that includes a steering member that is provided in a vehicle and that is capable of being turned so as to steer the vehicle; and a determination device configured to determine that a kickback state is present if an operation point determined according to the steering angle of the steering member and the steering torque that acts on the steering member is outside a criterion region that is determined beforehand. The steering apparatus and the kickback determination device are able to properly cope with the kickback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Ebihara, Hiroki Kambe