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).
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Patent number: 12540586Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2024Date of Patent: February 3, 2026Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventor: Hiroki Kambe
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Publication number: 20250035063Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventor: Hiroki KAMBE
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Patent number: 11136043Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Kambe, Yusuke Suetake
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Publication number: 20190276039Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki KAMBE, Yusuke SUETAKE
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Patent number: 10384674Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroki Kambe
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Publication number: 20180229718Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroki KAMBE
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Patent number: 8818633Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Ebihara, Hiroki Kambe
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Publication number: 20130179037Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuji Ebihara, Hiroki Kambe