Patents by Inventor Kohji Kinoshita
Kohji Kinoshita 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: 11554635Abstract: A heat circuit may include a controller configured to execute a first process and then a defrosting operation. The first process may be a process to execute a first air-heating operation and a heat storage operation simultaneously. The second process may be a process to execute a defrosting operation. The controller may be configured, in the first air-heating operation, to cause the radiator to heat a radiator passage and cause the air-heating apparatus to heat air using heat of a air-heating passage while circulating the heat medium in the radiator passage and the air-heating passage. The controller may be configured, in the heat storage operation, to circulate the heat medium in an electrical apparatus passage and a bypass passage. The controller may be configured, in the defrosting operation, to circulate the heat medium in the electrical apparatus passage and the radiator passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kohji Kinoshita, Shoma Hanano, Yoshio Hasegawa, Manabu Orihashi, Kenichi Kubota, Hideyuki Kawai, Makoto Ikegami, Yuuki Kimura
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Patent number: 11407281Abstract: A heat management device may include: a first heat circuit; a second heat circuit; a heat exchanger configured to cool the first heat circuit and heat the second heat circuit; air-heating apparatus configured to heat air using the second heat circuit; a battery and electrical apparatus configured to be cooled by the first heat circuit; and a radiator configured to exchange heat between the first heat circuit and outside air. A controller may be configured, in the second process, to cause the heat exchanger to cool the heat exchanger passage while a heat medium circulates in the heat exchanger passage and the battery passage and bypasses the radiator passage. The controller may be configured, in the third process, to cause the radiator to cool the heat medium while the heat medium circulates in the radiator passage and the electrical apparatus passage and bypasses the heat exchanger passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kohji Kinoshita, Shoma Hanano, Yoshio Hasegawa, Manabu Orihashi, Hideyuki Kawai, Kenichi Kubota, Makoto Ikegami, Yuuki Kimura
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Patent number: 11211651Abstract: The quietness requirement level of a charging point is determined based on the position information on the charging point where an in-vehicle battery is fast charged by an external power supply. For an air conditioner that cools the in-vehicle battery through a drive power of an electric compressor when the in-vehicle battery is charged, an upper limit of a rotation speed of the electric compressor is set in such a way that the upper limit of the rotation speed of the electric compressor is set lower when the in-vehicle battery is charged by the external power supply at a charging point where the quietness requirement level is equal to or higher than a predetermined value than when the in-vehicle battery is charged by the external power supply at a charging point where the quietness requirement level is lower than the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kohji Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20210291628Abstract: A heat circuit may include a controller configured to execute a first process and then a defrosting operation. The first process may be a process to execute a first air-heating operation and a heat storage operation simultaneously. The second process may be a process to execute a defrosting operation. The controller may be configured, in the first air-heating operation, to cause the radiator to heat a radiator passage and cause the air-heating apparatus to heat air using heat of a air-heating passage while circulating the heat medium in the radiator passage and the air-heating passage. The controller may be configured, in the heat storage operation, to circulate the heat medium in an electrical apparatus passage and a bypass passage. The controller may be configured, in the defrosting operation, to circulate the heat medium in the electrical apparatus passage and the radiator passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kohji KINOSHITA, Shoma HANANO, Yoshio HASEGAWA, Manabu ORIHASHI, Kenichi KUBOTA, Hideyuki KAWAI, Makoto IKEGAMI, Yuuki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20210291625Abstract: A heat management device may include: a first heat circuit; a second heat circuit; a heat exchanger configured to cool the first heat circuit and heat the second heat circuit; air-heating apparatus configured to heat air using the second heat circuit; a battery and electrical apparatus configured to be cooled by the first heat circuit; and a radiator configured to exchange heat between the first heat circuit and outside air. A controller may be configured, in the second process, to cause the heat exchanger to cool the heat exchanger passage while a heat medium circulates in the heat exchanger passage and the battery passage and bypasses the radiator passage. The controller may be configured, in the third process, to cause the radiator to cool the heat medium while the heat medium circulates in the radiator passage and the electrical apparatus passage and bypasses the heat exchanger passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kohji KINOSHITA, Shoma HANANO, Yoshio HASEGAWA, Manabu ORIHASHI, Hideyuki KAWAI, Kenichi KUBOTA, Makoto IKEGAMI, Yuuki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20200243924Abstract: The quietness requirement level of a charging point is determined based on the position information on the charging point where an in-vehicle battery is fast charged by an external power supply. For an air conditioner that cools the in-vehicle battery through a drive power of an electric compressor when the in-vehicle battery is charged, an upper limit of a rotation speed of the electric compressor is set in such a way that the upper limit of the rotation speed of the electric compressor is set lower when the in-vehicle battery is charged by the external power supply at a charging point where the quietness requirement level is equal to or higher than a predetermined value than when the in-vehicle battery is charged by the external power supply at a charging point where the quietness requirement level is lower than the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kohji KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 5522059Abstract: A memory access control unit in a data processing apparatus. The memory access control unit includes memory unit has a plurality of memory ports. Each of the memory ports connects to plurality of memory banks. The memory access control unit has a circuit for allocating in advance the memory addresses to be accessed among the corresponding memory ports. By utilizing this circuit, a group of memory bank addresses in a busy state are registered for each memory port of the memory unit, and this group of memory bank addresses in a busy state are compared with the memory addresses to be accessed. As a result of this comparison, it is judged whether or not the memory banks to be accessed are in a busy state.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1993Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Toshikazu Marushima, Kohji Kinoshita