Patents by Inventor Koichi TSUKIO

Koichi TSUKIO 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: 12316308
    Abstract: A high-performance and highly reliable load driving device is provided that can quickly charge an ESD protection capacitor even at the time of load disconnection and complete all diagnoses of the driving system driver within a required time in a load driving device including a diagnosis circuit of a driving system driver and an ESD protection capacitor. A load driving device includes a load; a first switch element connected to the load and configured to control driving of the load; an ESD protection capacitor connected between the load and the first switch element; a charging circuit connected between the load and the first switch element and configured to charge the ESD protection capacitor; and a second switch element connected between the ESD protection capacitor and the charging circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Mifune, Koichi Tsukio
  • Publication number: 20250146451
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device that drives and controls a fuel injection valve, the electronic control device increasing a boost current of a booster circuit only in a scene where boosting energy needs to be increased by short-time boosting, and reducing the boost current of the booster circuit in other scenes. The electronic control device including; a booster circuit; a boost setting controller that holds boost control information of the booster circuit; a boost controller that controls an energizing current of the booster circuit based on a current setting value from the boost setting controller; and a fuel injection circuit that supplies current to a fuel injection valve using voltage generated by the booster circuit, in which the boost setting controller reduces a boost speed of the booster circuit when information on engine temperature is higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi TSUKIO
  • Patent number: 11982247
    Abstract: A large current flowing when energization by normal load drive control is performed at the time of a load short-circuit is prevented. A load drive device 100 includes drive switches 61 and 62 that turn on or off the current supplied from a power source to a load 70, a switch drive circuit 20 that transmits a drive signal to the drive switches 61 and 62 based on a control command from an arithmetic device 10, and a constant current source 40 that supplies the current to the load 70 without passing through the drive switches 61 and 62. Then, the switch drive circuit 20 performs control so as not to turn on either the drive switches 61 or 62 when the voltage between both ends of the load 70 becomes equal to or less than the determination value in a state where the drive switches 61 and 62 are turned off and in a state where the current is supplied from the constant current source 40 to the load 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsukio
  • Patent number: 11905906
    Abstract: Provided is a load drive device for controlling a fuel injection device for a vehicle engine and capable of checking an operation of the fuel injection device with high reliability without actually injecting fuel before starting the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsukio
  • Publication number: 20230387907
    Abstract: A high-performance and highly reliable load driving device is provided that can quickly charge an ESD protection capacitor even at the time of load disconnection and complete all diagnoses of the driving system driver within a required time in a load driving device including a diagnosis circuit of a driving system driver and an ESD protection capacitor. A load driving device includes a load; a first switch element connected to the load and configured to control driving of the load; an ESD protection capacitor connected between the load and the first switch element; a charging circuit connected between the load and the first switch element and configured to charge the ESD protection capacitor; and a second switch element connected between the ESD protection capacitor and the charging circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta MIFUNE, Koichi TSUKIO
  • Publication number: 20220412281
    Abstract: A large current flowing when energization by normal load drive control is performed at the time of a load short-circuit is prevented. A load drive device 100 includes drive switches 61 and 62 that turn on or off the current supplied from a power source to a load 70, a switch drive circuit 20 that transmits a drive signal to the drive switches 61 and 62 based on a control command from an arithmetic device 10, and a constant current source 40 that supplies the current to the load 70 without passing through the drive switches 61 and 62. Then, the switch drive circuit 20 performs control so as not to turn on either the drive switches 61 or 62 when the voltage between both ends of the load 70 becomes equal to or less than the determination value in a state where the drive switches 61 and 62 are turned off and in a state where the current is supplied from the constant current source 40 to the load 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi TSUKIO
  • Patent number: 11486325
    Abstract: Provided is an injector control unit capable of preventing unintended fuel injection other than an engine drive period. The injector control unit includes a cutoff mechanism for cutting off current supply to the injector from at least the ignition OFF to the next ignition ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsukio
  • Patent number: 11486324
    Abstract: A drive circuit is controlled when power is interrupted. When power is turned off, a main power supply is switched to a sub-power supply, and a residual charge of a step-up circuit is lowered to a drive voltage of a drive circuit using a step-down circuit is used as the sub-power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Mifune, Koichi Tsukio
  • Publication number: 20220034275
    Abstract: Provided is a load drive device for controlling a fuel injection device for a vehicle engine and capable of checking an operation of the fuel injection device with high reliability without actually injecting fuel before starting the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Koichi TSUKIO
  • Publication number: 20210359600
    Abstract: A drive circuit is controlled when power is interrupted. When power is turned off, a main power supply is switched to a sub-power supply, and a residual charge of a step-up circuit is lowered to a drive voltage of a drive circuit using a step-down circuit is used as the sub-power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yuta MIFUNE, Koichi TSUKIO
  • Publication number: 20210310436
    Abstract: Provided is an injector control unit capable of preventing unintended fuel injection other than an engine drive period. The injector control unit includes a cutoff mechanism for cutting off current supply to the injector from at least the ignition OFF to the next ignition ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Koichi TSUKIO
  • Patent number: 11105290
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device capable of always achieving a desired injector injection amount by preventing a change in injector opening time regardless of a change (a decrease) of a power supply voltage for opening a valve of an injector. A precharge current amount at the time of precharge control is changed in a stepwise manner based on a voltage of the injector valve open power supply device 10 at the time of the precharge control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsukio
  • Patent number: 11098669
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine control device that can ensure diagnosis of whether a fuel injection cut function normally works and that further permits startup of an internal combustion engine in a case in which the fuel injection cut function normally works is provided. To attain the internal combustion engine control system, the startup of the internal combustion engine is prohibited when carrying of a diagnostic monitoring current based on a diagnostic drive signal related to each of fuel injection valves to each of fuel injection valves in a case of transmitting a drive prohibition signal related to each of fuel injection valves to a fuel injection valve drive circuit before the startup of the internal combustion engine and transmitting the diagnostic drive signal related to each of fuel injection valves to the fuel injection valve drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Iizuka, Osamu Mukaihara, Koichi Tsukio, Takanori Umeki
  • Patent number: 10968851
    Abstract: Provided is a booster device for driving an injector which can suppress an insufficiency of a boost voltage applied to the injector even when the fuel injection interval is short. A boost driver (switching element) is connected to a boost coil in series and turns on/off the conduction of the boost coil. A boost capacitor applies a voltage to the injector. A boost diode has an anode connected to a connection point of the boost coil and the boost driver and a cathode connected to the boost capacitor. A boost gate control circuit controls the boost driver to be turned on/off so as to increase a charging speed of the boost capacitor increases when a decision period indicating a period corresponding to an injection interval of the injector is equal to or less than the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsukio
  • Patent number: 10928872
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device configured to reduce power consumption of a power-supply activation device while maintaining driving of a power supply device. A control unit 18 (the electronic control device) includes an arithmetic device 8, a power supply device 5 which supplies power to the arithmetic device 8, a power-supply activation device 2 which activates the power supply device 5, a power supply maintaining signal line 9 (first signal line), and a reset signal line 11 (second signal line). The power supply maintaining signal line 9 (first signal line) transmits a power supply maintaining signal (power supply drive maintaining signal) for maintaining drive of the power supply device 5, from the arithmetic device 8 to the power supply device 5. The reset signal line 11 (second signal line) transmits a reset signal for resetting the power-supply activation device 2, from the arithmetic device 8 to the power-supply activation device 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsukio
  • Publication number: 20200340418
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine control device that can ensure diagnosis of whether a fuel injection cut function normally works and that further permits startup of an internal combustion engine in a case in which the fuel injection cut function normally works is provided. To attain the internal combustion engine control system, the startup of the internal combustion engine is prohibited when carrying of a diagnostic monitoring current based on a diagnostic drive signal related to each of fuel injection valves to each of fuel injection valves in a case of transmitting a drive prohibition signal related to each of fuel injection valves to a fuel injection valve drive circuit before the startup of the internal combustion engine and transmitting the diagnostic drive signal related to each of fuel injection valves to the fuel injection valve drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Akira IIZUKA, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Koichi TSUKIO, Takanori UMEKI
  • Publication number: 20200173389
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device capable of always achieving a desired injector injection amount by preventing a change in injector opening time regardless of a change (a decrease) of a power supply voltage for opening a valve of an injector. A precharge current amount at the time of precharge control is changed in a stepwise manner based on a voltage of the injector valve open power supply device 10 at the time of the precharge control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi TSUKIO
  • Patent number: 10666129
    Abstract: To protect a switching element to be used in a boost circuit for an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine or the like from damage caused by overheating without using a temperature detection element. In a control circuit that switches a switching element between a conductive state and a non-conductive state, the switching element is controlled or a temperature of the switching element is estimated based on a potential difference between an input terminal and an output terminal of the switching element and a voltage applied to a control terminal of the switching element in the conductive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okonogi, Takao Fukuda, Koichi Tsukio
  • Publication number: 20190302870
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device configured to reduce power consumption of a power-supply activation device while maintaining driving of a power supply device. A control unit 18 (the electronic control device) includes an arithmetic device 8, a power supply device 5 which supplies power to the arithmetic device 8, a power-supply activation device 2 which activates the power supply device 5, a power supply maintaining signal line 9 (first signal line), and a reset signal line 11 (second signal line). The power supply maintaining signal line 9 (first signal line) transmits a power supply maintaining signal (power supply drive maintaining signal) for maintaining drive of the power supply device 5, from the arithmetic device 8 to the power supply device 5. The reset signal line 11 (second signal line) transmits a reset signal for resetting the power-supply activation device 2, from the arithmetic device 8 to the power-supply activation device 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi TSUKIO
  • Publication number: 20190109534
    Abstract: To protect a switching element to be used in a boost circuit for an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine or the like from damage caused by overheating without using a temperature detection element. In a control circuit that switches a switching element between a conductive state and a non-conductive state, the switching element is controlled or a temperature of the switching element is estimated based on a potential difference between an input terminal and an output terminal of the switching element and a voltage applied to a control terminal of the switching element in the conductive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi OKONOGI, Takao FUKUDA, Koichi TSUKIO