Patents by Inventor Kosuke Aiki

Kosuke Aiki 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: 11198426
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes a first gear mechanism which transmits the power of the internal combustion engine to the motor generator side, while accelerating the power between the internal combustion engine and the motor generator; a second gear mechanism which transmits the power of the motor generator side to a vehicle drive shaft, while decelerating the power between the motor generator and the vehicle drive shaft; a third gear mechanism which transmits the power of the drive motor side to the vehicle drive shaft, while decelerating the power between the drive motor and the vehicle drive shaft; a clutch mechanism which switches connection and disconnection between the drive shaft of the motor generator and the first gear mechanism or the second gear mechanism; and a control device which controls the clutch mechanism. The motor generator is not connected to both the vehicle drive shaft and the internal combustion engine at the same time at the time of normal traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Aiki, Kisaburo Hayakawa, Yoshiaki Ito, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Hideto Inagaki, Masaki Okamura
  • Patent number: 10556593
    Abstract: A series hybrid vehicle is equipped with an engine, a first motor generator, and a second motor generator. The vehicle has a reduction gear that is a first power transmission mechanism for engaging the engine with the first motor generator, a reduction gear that is a second power transmission mechanism for engaging the first motor generator with a vehicle drive shaft, and a clutch that is capable of engaging the first motor generator with one of the two reduction gears in a switching manner. The vehicle further has a transmission that switches between transmission gear ratios and engages the second motor generator with the vehicle drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ito, Kosuke Aiki, Kisaburo Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Hideto Inagaki, Masaki Okamura
  • Publication number: 20190217853
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes a first gear mechanism which transmits the power of the internal combustion engine to the motor generator side, while accelerating the power between the internal combustion engine and the motor generator; a second gear mechanism which transmits the power of the motor generator side to a vehicle drive shaft, while decelerating the power between the motor generator and the vehicle drive shaft; a third gear mechanism which transmits the power of the drive motor side to the vehicle drive shaft, while decelerating the power between the drive motor and the vehicle drive shaft; a clutch mechanism which switches connection and disconnection between the drive shaft of the motor generator and the first gear mechanism or the second gear mechanism; and a control device which controls the clutch mechanism. The motor generator is not connected to both the vehicle drive shaft and the internal combustion engine at the same time at the time of normal traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke AIKI, Kisaburo HAYAKAWA, Yoshiaki ITO, Hiroyuki YAMAGUCHI, Hideto INAGAKI, Masaki OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190168761
    Abstract: A series hybrid vehicle is equipped with an engine, a first motor generator, and a second motor generator. The vehicle has a reduction gear that is a first power transmission mechanism for engaging the engine with the first motor generator, a reduction gear that is a second power transmission mechanism for engaging the first motor generator with a vehicle drive shaft, and a clutch that is capable of engaging the first motor generator with one of the two reduction gears in a switching manner. The vehicle further has a transmission that switches between transmission gear ratios and engages the second motor generator with the vehicle drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki ITO, Kosuke AIKI, Kisaburo HAYAKAWA, Hiroyuki YAMAGUCHI, Hideto INAGAKI, Masaki OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9789785
    Abstract: When a rotational difference is generated between a left driving wheel and a right driving wheel, by controlling the frequency f0 of alternating currents to be fed to stator windings of first and second induction machines by a shared inverter, torque distribution to the left driving wheel and the right driving wheel is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Kosuke Aiki, Hideo Nakai, Yoshihiro Mizuno, Eiji Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20160257221
    Abstract: When a rotational difference is generated between a left driving wheel and a right driving wheel, by controlling the frequency f0 of alternating currents to be fed to stator windings of first and second induction machines by a shared inverter, torque distribution to the left driving wheel and the right driving wheel is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Kosuke AIKI, Hideo NAKAI, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Eiji TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 8310181
    Abstract: According to input parameters, a controller carries out: generation of a voltage command value for each of d- and q-axes; conversion of the voltage command value for each of the d- and q-axes into a voltage command value for each of the multiphase windings; and control of a multiphase inverter based on the voltage command value for each of the multiphase windings. The controller adds, to the voltage command value for the q-axis, a first compensation voltage value for compensating torque ripples to thereby output a compensated voltage command value for the q-axis. The first compensation voltage value contains m-th harmonic components in the AC motor and varies depending on the rotational angle of the rotor, the m corresponding to the number of phase of the multiphase windings. The controller uses, as the voltage command value for the q-axis, the compensated voltage command value for the q-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Taniguchi, Kazunari Moriya, Takaji Umeno, Kosuke Aiki
  • Patent number: 8294322
    Abstract: In a rotating electrical machine, when a stator winding is wound in concentrated winding, an improvement in performance is achieved by reducing a magnetomotive force harmonic without reducing a fundamental wave magnetic flux generated by a stator. A rotating electrical machine (10) includes a rotor (18), and two stators (14, 16) opposed with the rotor (18) being interposed therebetween either on both sides of the rotor (18) in the axial direction or on both sides of the rotor (18) in the radial direction. Stator windings (22) provided in a plurality of portions in the circumferential direction of each stator (14, 16) are wound in concentrated winding. The directions of magnetic fluxes generated by stator windings (22) having the same phase in the stators (14, 16) are in mutually opposite directions with respect to either the axial direction or the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kosuke Aiki, Hideo Nakai, Takaji Umeno, Eiji Yamada, Kazutaka Tatematsu, Norimoto Minoshima, Toshihiko Yoshida, Tatsuya Uematsu, Kenji Endo
  • Publication number: 20110025158
    Abstract: In a rotating electrical machine, when a stator winding is wound in concentrated winding, an improvement in performance is achieved by reducing a magnetomotive force harmonic without reducing a fundamental wave magnetic flux generated by a stator. A rotating electrical machine (10) includes a rotor (18), and two stators (14, 16) opposed with the rotor (18) being interposed therebetween either on both sides of the rotor (18) in the axial direction or on both sides of the rotor (18) in the radial direction. Stator windings (22) provided in a plurality of portions in the circumferential direction of each stator (14, 16) are wound in concentrated winding. The directions of magnetic fluxes generated by stator windings (22) having the same phase in the stators (14, 16) are in mutually opposite directions with respect to either the axial direction or the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Aiki, Hideo Nakai, Takaji Umeno, Eiji Yamada, Kazutaka Tatematsu, Norimoto Minoshima, Toshihiko Yoshida, Tatsuya Uematsu, Kenji Endo
  • Publication number: 20100320945
    Abstract: According to input parameters, a controller carries out: generation of a voltage command value for each of d- and q-axes; conversion of the voltage command value for each of the d- and q-axes into a voltage command value for each of the multiphase windings; and control of a multiphase inverter based on the voltage command value for each of the multiphase windings. The controller adds, to the voltage command value for the q-axis, a first compensation voltage value for compensating torque ripples to thereby output a compensated voltage command value for the q-axis. The first compensation voltage value contains m-th harmonic components in the AC motor and varies depending on the rotational angle of the rotor, the m corresponding to the number of phase of the multiphase windings. The controller uses, as the voltage command value for the q-axis, the compensated voltage command value for the q-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto TANIGUCHI, Kazunari Moriya, Takaji Umeno, Kosuke Aiki