Patents by Inventor Kosuke OBAYASHI

Kosuke OBAYASHI 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: 12655807
    Abstract: Control circuitry for a vehicle that is configured to perform stop control of an internal combustion engine therein is configured to: stop the internal combustion engine in response to determining based on information indicating a predetermined vehicle state that a predetermined stop condition is satisfied; prevent the internal combustion engine from stopping in response to determining based on the information indicating the vehicle state that the stop condition is satisfied, but determining that a protection condition for a heat generating part that generates heat at the start of the internal combustion engine is satisfied; and in response to determining that a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed threshold, change the protection condition such that the protection condition becomes more difficult to be satisfied than before the traveling speed of the vehicle reaches the speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tada, Kosuke Obayashi, Takuya Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 12630257
    Abstract: Processing circuitry is configured such that: when a boost request is not being generated, the processing circuitry determines, as target torque of a prime mover in accordance with a normal rule, normal torque which corresponds to an acceleration request amount; when the boost request is generated under a first condition, the processing circuitry determines, as the target torque of the prime mover in accordance with a first boost rule, first boost torque obtained by adding first additional torque to the normal torque; and when the boost request is generated under a second condition different from the first condition, the processing circuitry determines, as the target torque in accordance with a second boost rule different from the first boost rule, second boost torque obtained by adding second additional torque to the normal torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Obayashi, Koshi Fusazaki
  • Patent number: 12552264
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller that calculates left command rotational speed and a right command rotational speed based on a target rotational speed difference that is a difference between a first target parameter and a second target parameter. The controller sets the left and the right command rotational speeds respectively to the left and the right target rotational speeds when the target rotational speed difference is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and sets the left command rotational speed or the right command rotational speed to an rotational speed different from the corresponding target rotational speed so that a command rotational speed difference that is a difference between a first command parameter regarding the left command rotational speed and a second command parameter regarding the right command rotational speed becomes the predetermined value when the target rotational speed difference exceeds the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Obayashi, Yusuke Doi
  • Publication number: 20260021801
    Abstract: A control device of a vehicle according to one aspect is a control device of a vehicle, the vehicle including at least one traveling driving source that generates torque for driving a driving wheel, the control device including processing circuitry configured to execute torque change control in which when the processing circuitry acquires a torque change request by which transmitted torque transmitted from the traveling driving source to the driving wheel is changed from first required torque to second required torque, the processing circuitry changes the transmitted torque from the first required torque to the second required torque. When the processing circuitry acquires the torque change request, the processing circuitry determines a shock tolerance indicating a tolerance with respect to shock generated at a vehicle body of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Kosuke OBAYASHI, Kyotaro NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250388225
    Abstract: Processing circuitry is configured to: calculate rider request torque; determine whether or not the rider request torque has exceeded at least one threshold; and when it is determined that the rider request torque has exceeded the threshold, correct the rider request torque so as to reduce the rider request torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventor: Kosuke OBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12415502
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a driving wheel; at least one prime mover; a user interface that receives user's selection of a first traveling mode or a second traveling mode; and processing circuitry configured to control the prime mover in accordance with the selected traveling mode. When a selection disabling condition indicating a predetermined vehicle state is satisfied, the processing circuitry disables selection of the first traveling mode which is performed by the user's selection. When the selection disabling condition is satisfied while the vehicle is traveling in the first traveling mode, the processing circuitry continues the first traveling mode until a switching condition indicating a predetermined vehicle state is satisfied. When the selection disabling condition is satisfied while the vehicle is traveling in the first traveling mode, and the switching condition is satisfied, the processing circuitry switches the traveling mode to the second traveling mode regardless of the user's selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Obayashi, Tomoki Tada, Mengqing Liu
  • Publication number: 20250261584
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes: a vehicle main body; a traveling motor provided in the vehicle main body, the traveling motor being configured to drive a traveling drive wheel; a mowing-blade motor provided in the vehicle main body, the mowing-blade motor being configured to rotationally drive a mowing-blade for lawn mowing; and an upper limit value output unit configured to output an upper limit value of a mowing-blade rotation speed. The upper limit value output unit outputs the upper limit value of the mowing-blade rotation speed lower as the moving speed of the lawn mower decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Kosuke Obayashi, Yusuke Doi
  • Publication number: 20250229644
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller that calculates left command rotational speed and a right command rotational speed based on a target rotational speed difference that is a difference between a first target parameter and a second target parameter. The controller sets the left and the right command rotational speeds respectively to the left and the right target rotational speeds when the target rotational speed difference is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and sets the left command rotational speed or the right command rotational speed to an rotational speed different from the corresponding target rotational speed so that a command rotational speed difference that is a difference between a first command parameter regarding the left command rotational speed and a second command parameter regarding the right command rotational speed becomes the predetermined value when the target rotational speed difference exceeds the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Kosuke Obayashi, Yusuke DOI
  • Publication number: 20250188884
    Abstract: Control circuitry for a vehicle that is configured to perform stop control of an internal combustion engine therein is configured to: stop the internal combustion engine in response to determining based on information indicating a predetermined vehicle state that a predetermined stop condition is satisfied; prevent the internal combustion engine from stopping in response to determining based on the information indicating the vehicle state that the stop condition is satisfied, but determining that a protection condition for a heat generating part that generates heat at the start of the internal combustion engine is satisfied; and in response to determining that a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed threshold, change the protection condition such that the protection condition becomes more difficult to be satisfied than before the traveling speed of the vehicle reaches the speed threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Tomoki TADA, Kosuke OBAYASHI, Takuya MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240359681
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a driving wheel; at least one prime mover; a user interface that receives user's selection of a first traveling mode or a second traveling mode; and processing circuitry configured to control the prime mover in accordance with the selected traveling mode. When a selection disabling condition indicating a predetermined vehicle state is satisfied, the processing circuitry disables selection of the first traveling mode which is performed by the user's selection. When the selection disabling condition is satisfied while the vehicle is traveling in the first traveling mode, the processing circuitry continues the first traveling mode until a switching condition indicating a predetermined vehicle state is satisfied. When the selection disabling condition is satisfied while the vehicle is traveling in the first traveling mode, and the switching condition is satisfied, the processing circuitry switches the traveling mode to the second traveling mode regardless of the user's selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke OBAYASHI, Tomoki TADA, Mengqing LIU
  • Publication number: 20240199169
    Abstract: Processing circuitry is configured such that: when a boost request is not being generated, the processing circuitry determines, as target torque of a prime mover in accordance with a normal rule, normal torque which corresponds to an acceleration request amount; when the boost request is generated under a first condition, the processing circuitry determines, as the target torque of the prime mover in accordance with a first boost rule, first boost torque obtained by adding first additional torque to the normal torque; and when the boost request is generated under a second condition different from the first condition, the processing circuitry determines, as the target torque in accordance with a second boost rule different from the first boost rule, second boost torque obtained by adding second additional torque to the normal torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke OBAYASHI, Koshi FUSAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230166713
    Abstract: There is provided a straddle type vehicle including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: change, upon receiving a boost signal from a boost input device, a target torque from a normal torque to a boost torque obtained by adding a predetermined boost amount to the normal torque; and correct, upon receiving a predetermined inclination signal from the posture detector, the target torque such that a torque change of the drive wheel when the target torque is changed from the normal torque to the boost torque is decreased as compared with a case where the inclination signal is not received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: Kosuke OBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11415988
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid leaning vehicle includes: a travel mode request section that requests one travel mode selected from a plurality of travel modes including a first travel mode in which an engine is stopped and an electric motor is operated and a second travel mode in which the engine is operated; and a travel mode setting section. When the travel mode request section requests the second travel mode during travel in the first travel mode, the travel mode setting section, upon determining that a steady turning condition is satisfied, sets the second travel mode as the travel mode to be executed and, upon determining that the steady turning condition is not satisfied, prohibits the second travel mode from being set as the travel mode to be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yanase, Daisuke Kawai, Tatsuya Hirokami, Shohei Terai, Kosuke Obayashi, Kyotaro Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11279341
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid leaning vehicle includes: a travel mode request section that requests one travel mode selected from a plurality of travel modes including a first travel mode in which an engine is operated with a clutch disengaged and a second travel mode in which the engine is operated with the clutch engaged; and a travel mode setting section. When the travel mode request section requests the second travel mode during travel in the first travel mode, the travel mode setting section, upon determining that a shock accepting condition is satisfied, sets the second travel mode as the travel mode to be executed and, upon determining that the shock accepting condition is not satisfied, prohibits the second travel mode from being set as the travel mode to be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Yanase, Daisuke Kawai, Tatsuya Hirokami, Shohei Terai, Kosuke Obayashi, Kyotaro Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20200192369
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid leaning vehicle includes: a travel mode request section that requests one travel mode selected from a plurality of travel modes including a first travel mode in which an engine is stopped and an electric motor is operated and a second travel mode in which the engine is operated; and a travel mode setting section. When the travel mode request section requests the second travel mode during travel in the first travel mode, the travel mode setting section, upon determining that a steady turning condition is satisfied, sets the second travel mode as the travel mode to be executed and, upon determining that the steady turning condition is not satisfied, prohibits the second travel mode from being set as the travel mode to be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke YANASE, Daisuke KAWAI, Tatsuya HIROKAMI, Shohei TERAI, Kosuke OBAYASHI, Kyotaro NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200189566
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid leaning vehicle includes: a travel mode request section that requests one travel mode selected from a plurality of travel modes including a first travel mode in which an engine is operated with a clutch disengaged and a second travel mode in which the engine is operated with the clutch engaged; and a travel mode setting section. When the travel mode request section requests the second travel mode during travel in the first travel mode, the travel mode setting section, upon determining that a shock accepting condition is satisfied, sets the second travel mode as the travel mode to be executed and, upon determining that the shock accepting condition is not satisfied, prohibits the second travel mode from being set as the travel mode to be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke YANASE, Daisuke KAWAI, Tatsuya HIROKAMI, Shohei TERAI, Kosuke OBAYASHI, Kyotaro NAKAYAMA