Patents by Inventor Kanta Kono

Kanta Kono 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: 20230406284
    Abstract: To inhibit clutch engagement during an engine restart from affecting cooperative regenerative braking control and switching of braking in a hybrid vehicle having a P2 module onboard, a control system for the hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a K0 clutch, drive shafts, a hydraulic friction brake system, and a controller capable of performing cooperative regenerative braking control. When start of the engine is requested during the cooperative regenerative braking control, the controller performs a first process of transitioning to braking only by the frictional brake system, a second process of raising an engine revolution speed while engagement of the K0 clutch is initiated after completion of transitioning to the braking, and a third process of controlling the engine to resume operating at a timing after the engine revolution speed increases to match a motor revolution speed after the engagement of the K0 clutch is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamasaki, Chikako Tsumura, Tomokuni Kusunoki, Yuichiro Yamane, Kanta Kono, Naoki Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10119485
    Abstract: A control device of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a drive source, wheels, a driving force transmission shaft provided in a driving force transmission path extending from the drive source to the wheels, and an accelerator position sensor for detecting a depression amount of an accelerator pedal. The control device estimates or detects a torsion angle of a drive source side end portion of the shaft with respect to a wheel side end portion, an instruction to the drive source to generate a first torque corresponding to the depression amount of the pedal when the depression is determined to have started, and instructs the drive source to generate a second torque when a change rate of the torsion angle is determined to have inverted from a positive rate to a negative rate for the first time after the depression is determined to have started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kanta Kono, Atsushi Yamasaki, Kyohei Ike
  • Publication number: 20180073454
    Abstract: A control device of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a drive source, wheels, a driving force transmission shaft provided in a driving force transmission path extending from the drive source to the wheels, and an accelerator position sensor for detecting a depression amount of an accelerator pedal. The control device estimates or detects a torsion angle of a drive source side end portion of the shaft with respect to a wheel side end portion, an instruction to the drive source to generate a first torque corresponding to the depression amount of the pedal when the depression is determined to have started, and instructs the drive source to generate a second torque when a change rate of the torsion angle is determined to have inverted from a positive rate to a negative rate for the first time after the depression is determined to have started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kanta Kono, Atsushi Yamasaki, Kyohei Ike