Patents by Inventor Hironori ABE

Hironori ABE 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: 20220063594
    Abstract: A vehicle (10) has mounted therein an engine (2), a first rotating electric machine (3), and a second rotating electric machine (4). The power of the engine (2) and the power of the first rotating electric machine (3) are separately transmitted from different power transmission paths (41, 42) to drive wheels (5). The power of the engine (2) is also transmitted to the second rotating electric machine (4) and utilized to generate electrical power. The vehicle (10) is provided with a connecting/disconnecting mechanism (8) on the power transmission path (42) that transmits the power of the first rotating electric machine (3) to the drive wheels (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori ABE, Kazunori HANDA, Daizo OGINO, Hitoshi TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11104344
    Abstract: A vehicle includes connecting/disconnecting mechanisms (20,30) disposed on power transmission paths between first rotating electric machines (3,4) mounted on the vehicle and an output shaft (12) that drives a wheel, a first rotating electric machine speed sensor (43,44) that detects a rotation speed of the first rotating electric machine (3,4) as a first rotation speed (Nm,Ng), and a wheel speed sensor (42) that detects a rotation speed of the wheel as a wheel speed (Nw).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori Abe, Ryo Shimizu, Kota Nasu
  • Publication number: 20210188280
    Abstract: A vehicle includes connecting/disconnecting mechanisms (20, 30) disposed on power transmission paths between first rotating electric machines (3, 4) mounted on the vehicle and an output shaft (12) that drives a wheel, a first rotating electric machine speed sensor (43, 44) that detects a rotation speed of the first rotating electric machine (3, 4) as a first rotation speed (Nm, Ng), and a wheel speed sensor (42) that detects a rotation speed of the wheel as a wheel speed (Nw).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori ABE, Ryo SHIMIZU, Kota NASU
  • Patent number: 10906528
    Abstract: In a vehicle (10) comprising a first rotating electric machine (3) that serves as a driving source for running the vehicle (10) and that exchanges electric power with a battery (6), and an engine (2) that serves as the driving source, a first connecting/disconnecting mechanism (20) is disposed on a first power transmission path from the first rotating electric machine (3) to a driving wheel, and a second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is disposed on a second power transmission path from the engine (2) to the driving wheel. A first running mode in which the vehicle (10) is driven by power of the engine (2) in a state where the second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is engaged, and another running mode in which the first connecting/disconnecting mechanism (20) is engaged and the second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is disengaged are set for the vehicle (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori Abe, Ryo Shimizu, Kota Nasu
  • Publication number: 20200384978
    Abstract: In a vehicle (10) comprising a first rotating electric machine (3) that serves as a driving source for running the vehicle (10) and that exchanges electric power with a battery (6), and an engine (2) that serves as the driving source, a first connecting/disconnecting mechanism (20) is disposed on a first power transmission path from the first rotating electric machine (3) to a driving wheel, and a second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is disposed on a second power transmission path from the engine (2) to the driving wheel. A first running mode in which the vehicle (10) is driven by power of the engine (2) in a state where the second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is engaged, and another running mode in which the first connecting/disconnecting mechanism (20) is engaged and the second connecting/disconnecting mechanism (30) is disengaged are set for the vehicle (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori ABE, Ryo SHIMIZU, Kota NASU
  • Patent number: 10639688
    Abstract: In a decision control device of a control system, a predetermined pass schedule is decided by adjusting the rolling force per unit width at a last stand of a hot finishing tandem rolling mill to cause the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range based on the relationship between a strip crown and the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand with respect to the rolling force per unit width and a strip shape control parameter, obtained regarding the last stand, and adjusting the strip shape control parameter of the last stand to cause the strip shape on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range and cause the strip crown to become a predetermined value or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Furumoto, Jiro Hasai, Hironori Abe, Masatomo Yamane, Kanji Hayashi, Shinya Kanemori
  • Patent number: 10406935
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle including a front motor for driving front wheels, a rear motor for driving rear wheels, a generator for generating power by being driven by an internal combustion engine, and a step-up converter for stepping up the voltage from a battery and supplying power to the front motor, while stepping-down the generated power of the generator and supplying the power to the rear motor, a hybrid control unit decreases the power supplied from the generator to the rear motor, and increases the power supplied from the battery to the rear motor when input power of the step-up converter is limited based on a temperature condition of the step-up converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Shimizu, Norihiko Ikoma, Makoto Kamachi, Hironori Abe, Naoki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10239517
    Abstract: A controller of a hybrid vehicle includes: a control unit configured to activate a starter device for starting any one of a drive motor and an engine by stepping up electric power from a battery by a voltage transformer. The control unit includes a limitation part that limits passing power of the voltage transformer when the temperature of the voltage transformer rises, and a calculation part that obtains a maximum electric power that can be supplied to the drive motor when the starter device is activated, by subtracting a consumed power of the starter device from limited power during limitation of passing power by the limitation part. The control unit activates the starter device and starts the engine, when required power of the drive motor reaches the maximum electric power calculated by the calculation part during limitation of passing power by the limitation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Miyamoto, Norihiko Ikoma, Makoto Kamachi, Ryo Shimizu, Hironori Abe
  • Patent number: 10160441
    Abstract: A power controller of a hybrid vehicle includes: a first drive motor that drives any one of a front wheel and a rear wheel of a vehicle; an engine that drives the one wheel or the corresponding other one of the front wheel and the rear wheel of the vehicle through a clutch; a generator that is driven by the engine; and a voltage transformer that steps down generated electric power supplied to the first drive motor and a battery from the generator. The power controller limits passing power of the voltage transformer according to the temperature of the voltage transformer, and connects the clutch when the passing power of the voltage transformer is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Kamachi, Ryo Shimizu, Norihiko Ikoma, Hironori Abe, Naoki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10093305
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle including a front motor for driving front wheels, and a step-up converter for stepping up voltage from a battery to supply power to the front motor, in which power regenerated by rotational force of the front wheel during vehicle deceleration is stepped down by a step-up converter and can be supplied to a battery, the hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid control unit which computes maximum input power of the step-up converter and regenerated power of the front motor during vehicle deceleration, and sets a difference obtained by subtracting regenerated power of the front motor from the maximum input power of the step-up converter to the maximum generated power of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Shimizu, Norihiko Ikoma, Makoto Kamachi, Hironori Abe, Naoki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10086825
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle including: a step-up converter for stepping-up the voltage from a battery and supplying power to the front motor for driving front wheels; as well as a paddle switch for setting regenerative braking torque stepwisely, and a hybrid control unit for calculating a regenerative braking force based on a selection stage set by the paddle switch, the hybrid control unit decreases the regenerative braking force to be less than the regenerative braking force while the maximum input/output power of the step-up converter is not limited, when a selection stage in which regenerative braking force is more than that in a D range is selected while the maximum input/output power of the step-up converter is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Shimizu, Norihiko Ikoma, Makoto Kamachi, Hironori Abe, Naoki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10059324
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle including a front motor for driving front wheels, a rear motor for driving rear wheels, and a step-up converter for stepping-up the voltage from a battery and supplying power to the front motor, in which an engine is started to shift the vehicle from an EV mode into a series mode when the output power of the step-up converter is lower than the required power of the front motor, the hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid control unit which computes maximum output power of the step-up converter and, when the output power of the step-up converter is more than the maximum output power, increases the distribution ratio of the travel driving torque of the rear wheel, thereby increasing the output torque of the rear motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Shimizu, Norihiko Ikoma, Makoto Kamachi, Hironori Abe, Naoki Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20170348745
    Abstract: In a decision control device of a control system, a predetermined pass schedule is decided by adjusting the rolling force per unit width at a last stand of a hot finishing tandem rolling mill to cause the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range based on the relationship between a strip crown and the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand with respect to the rolling force per unit width and a strip shape control parameter, obtained regarding the last stand, and adjusting the strip shape control parameter of the last stand to cause the strip shape on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range and cause the strip crown to become a predetermined value or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hideaki FURUMOTO, Jiro HASAI, Hironori ABE, Masatomo YAMANE, Kanji HAYASHI, Shinya KANEMORI
  • Publication number: 20170282750
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle including a front motor for driving front wheels, a rear motor for driving rear wheels, a generator for generating power by being driven by an internal combustion engine, and a step-up converter for stepping up the voltage from a battery and supplying power to the front motor, while stepping-down the generated power of the generator and supplying the power to the rear motor, a hybrid control unit decreases the power supplied from the generator to the rear motor, and increases the power supplied from the battery to the rear motor when input power of the step-up converter is limited based on a temperature condition of the step-up converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo SHIMIZU, Norihiko IKOMA, Makoto KAMACHI, Hironori ABE, Naoki MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170282898
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle including: a step-up converter for stepping-up the voltage from a battery and supplying power to the front motor for driving front wheels; as well as a paddle switch for setting regenerative braking torque stepwisely, and a hybrid control unit for calculating a regenerative braking force based on a selection stage set by the paddle switch, the hybrid control unit decreases the regenerative braking force to be less than the regenerative braking force while the maximum input/output power of the step-up converter is not limited, when a selection stage in which regenerative braking force is more than that in a D range is selected while the maximum input/output power of the step-up converter is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo SHIMIZU, Norihiko IKOMA, Makoto KAMACHI, Hironori ABE, Naoki MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170282905
    Abstract: A controller of a hybrid vehicle includes: a control unit configured to activate a starter device for starting any one of a drive motor and an engine by stepping up electric power from a battery by a voltage transformer. The control unit includes a limitation part that limits passing power of the voltage transformer when the temperature of the voltage transformer rises, and a calculation part that obtains a maximum electric power that can be supplied to the drive motor when the starter device is activated, by subtracting a consumed power of the starter device from limited power during limitation of passing power by the limitation part. The control unit activates the starter device and starts the engine, when required power of the drive motor reaches the maximum electric power calculated by the calculation part during limitation of passing power by the limitation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki MIYAMOTO, Norihiko IKOMA, Makoto KAMACHI, Ryo SHIMIZU, Hironori ABE
  • Publication number: 20170282894
    Abstract: A power controller of a hybrid vehicle includes: a first drive motor that drives any one of a front wheel and a rear wheel of a vehicle; an engine that drives the one wheel or the corresponding other one of the front wheel and the rear wheel of the vehicle through a clutch; a generator that is driven by the engine; and a voltage transformer that steps down generated electric power supplied to the first drive motor and a battery from the generator. The power controller limits passing power of the voltage transformer according to the temperature of the voltage transformer, and connects the clutch when the passing power of the voltage transformer is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto KAMACHI, Ryo SHIMIZU, Norihiko IKOMA, Hironori ABE, Naoki MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170282897
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle including a front motor for driving front wheels, and a step-up converter for stepping up voltage from a battery to supply power to the front motor, in which power regenerated by rotational force of the front wheel during vehicle deceleration is stepped down by a step-up converter and can be supplied to a battery, the hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid control unit which computes maximum input power of the step-up converter and regenerated power of the front motor during vehicle deceleration, and sets a difference obtained by subtracting regenerated power of the front motor from the maximum input power of the step-up converter to the maximum generated power of the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo SHIMIZU, Norihiko IKOMA, Makoto KAMACHI, Hironori ABE, Naoki MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170282891
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle including a front motor for driving front wheels, a rear motor for driving rear wheels, and a step-up converter for stepping-up the voltage from a battery and supplying power to the front motor, in which an engine is started to shift the vehicle from an EV mode into a series mode when the output power of the step-up converter is lower than the required power of the front motor, the hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid control unit which computes maximum output power of the step-up converter and, when the output power of the step-up converter is more than the maximum output power, increases the distribution ratio of the travel driving torque of the rear wheel, thereby increasing the output torque of the rear motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: RYO SHIMIZU, Norihiko IKOMA, Makoto KAMACHI, Hironori ABE, Naoki MIYAMOTO