Patents by Inventor Masaki Horii
Masaki Horii 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: 8239105Abstract: A control device of an automatic transmission includes a motor control portion to control an output of a motor that executes a control operation on a clutch control portion. The motor control portion includes a target motor current computation portion that computes a target motor current according to a desired driving state, a motor current detection portion that detects plural motor currents respectively corresponding to plural detection timings, a selection portion that selects a motor current corresponding to the desired driving state among the detected plural motor currents, and a motor driving portion that applies feedback control on an output of the motor according to a difference between the target motor current and the selected motor current. Hence, not only can the most suitable clutch control be applied for each gear-change interval at gear change, but also the comfortable feeling during the driving and the fuel efficiency can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Nozomu Kamioka, Tomohisa Shoda, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa
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Patent number: 8229635Abstract: A control device of a transmission is capable of instantaneously correcting a torque shortly after starting a motor, and properly correcting a gear operation shortly after starting (at transient time) even in case of coil temperature change. The device includes a gear change end determination unit, a motor stop determination unit, and a coil resistance estimation unit of estimating a coil resistance of the motor alternately by repeating at regular intervals a state of application of a predetermined voltage to the motor during stop before start of gear change and a state of no application; and when the motor is determined stop by the determination units, an initial value of a command voltage to be applied to the motor after start of gear change is corrected in a predetermined time period in accordance with a coil resistance value having been calculated by the coil resistance estimation unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masaki Horii, Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Osamu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Shoda, Nozomu Kamioka, Yasufumi Ogawa
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Patent number: 8219290Abstract: When a gear change has been decided, the coil resistance value of a motor which manipulates the transmission is measured. The coil temperature of the motor is estimated from the measured coil resistance value of the motor. In a case where the estimated coil temperature of the motor has been decided to be a predetermined temperature or above, the speed change inhibition time period of the transmission is calculated, and the speed change of the transmission is inhibited during the calculated speed change inhibition time period.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Ogawa, Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Osamu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Shoda, Nozomu Kamioka, Masaki Horii
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Patent number: 8204658Abstract: An automatic transmission control apparatus secures the safe operation of a motor drive through the use of a voltage determination unit that determines which one of a voltage detected by a control apparatus voltage detection unit and a voltage detected by a motor voltage detection unit is to be utilized as a duty reference voltage. The motor control apparatus controls the motor, based on a motor drive duty that a drive duty calculation unit calculates by use of the voltage selected by the voltage determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomohisa Shoda, Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Osamu Ishikawa, Nozomu Kamioka, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa
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Patent number: 8095283Abstract: A transmission control apparatus detects a drop in power transmission performance of a clutch actuator, and prevents a failure thereof. When power transmission performance drop detecting means detects a drop in power transmission performance of a first clutch even if a power transmission instruction is given to a first clutch actuator, power transmission in a power transmission path through a first geared transmission mechanism is inhibited, and power transmission in a power transmission path through a second geared transmission mechanism is carried out. When the power transmission performance drop detecting means detects a drop in power transmission performance of a second clutch even if the power transmission instruction is given to a second clutch actuator, power transmission in the power transmission path through the second geared transmission mechanism is inhibited, and power transmission in the power transmission path through the first geared transmission mechanism is carried out.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Nozomu Kamioka, Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Tomohisa Shoda, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa, Osamu Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8058834Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission includes a current detecting unit for detecting motor current. The current detecting unit has a counter for counting variation number of a rotational position signal output from a rotational position detecting unit for detecting the rotational position of a motor, and an electrical angle 180° judging unit for judging rotation of electrical angle 180° of the motor. A voltage occurring in a current detecting resistor is sampled at a timing of each integral multiple of the electrical angle of 180° judged in the electrical angle 180° judging unit, and rotation of the motor is controlled in accordance with the difference between motor target current calculated in the motor target current calculating unit and motor current.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takeru Okabe, Shiro Yonezawa, Nozomu Kamioka, Tomohisa Shoda, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa, Osamu Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20110266865Abstract: An electric power controller for a vehicle with stop-start system is provided to prevent electric energy from being decreased in a power capacitor when an engine is in an idle-stop state. The engine is in the idle-stop state by idle-stop control means, the transfer of the electric energy between the power capacitor and a vehicle-mounted battery is stopped by power control means connected between the power capacitor and the vehicle-mounted battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru OKABE, Masaki HORII
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Publication number: 20100125395Abstract: A control device of a transmission is capable of instantaneously correcting a torque shortly after starting a motor, and properly correcting a gear operation shortly after starting (at transient time) even in case of coil temperature change. The device includes a gear change end determination unit, a motor stop determination unit, and a coil resistance estimation unit of estimating a coil resistance of the motor alternately by repeating at regular intervals a state of application of a predetermined voltage to the motor during stop before start of gear change and a state of no application; and when the motor is determined stop by the determination units, an initial value of a command voltage to be applied to the motor after start of gear change is corrected in a predetermined time period in accordance with a coil resistance value having been calculated by the coil resistance estimation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Horii, Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Osamu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Shoda, Nozomu Kamioka, Yasufumi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20100116074Abstract: There is provided an automatic transmission control apparatus that secures the safety of a motor drive, even in the case where an abnormality exists in a unit that detects a voltage supplied to a motor control apparatus, and that neither deteriorates the controllability of the motor drive nor erroneously operates the transmission mechanism of the automatic transmission. An automatic transmission control apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a voltage determination unit that determines which one of a voltage detected by a control apparatus voltage detection unit and a voltage detected by a motor voltage detection unit is utilized as a duty reference voltage; the motor control apparatus controls the motor, based on a motor drive duty that a drive duty calculation unit calculates by use of the voltage determined by the voltage determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomohisa SHODA, Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Osamu Ishikawa, Nozomu Kamioka, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20090289593Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission includes a current detecting unit for detecting motor current. The current detecting unit has a counter for counting variation number of a rotational position signal output from a rotational position detecting unit for detecting the rotational position of a motor, and an electrical angle 180° judging unit for judging rotation of electrical angle 180° of the motor. A voltage occurring in a current detecting resistor is sampled at a timing of each integral multiple of the electrical angle of 180° judged in the electrical angle 180° judging unit, and rotation of the motor is controlled in accordance with the difference between motor target current calculated in the motor target current calculating unit and motor current.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takeru OKABE, Shiro YONEZAWA, Nozomu KAMIOKA, Tomohisa SHODA, Masaki HORII, Yasufumi OGAWA, Osamu ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20090265068Abstract: A transmission control apparatus detects a drop in power transmission performance of a clutch actuator, and prevents a failure thereof. When power transmission performance drop detecting means detects a drop in power transmission performance of a first clutch even if a power transmission instruction is given to a first clutch actuator, power transmission in a power transmission path through a first geared transmission mechanism is inhibited, and power transmission in a power transmission path through a second geared transmission mechanism is carried out. When the power transmission performance drop detecting means detects a drop in power transmission performance of a second clutch even if the power transmission instruction is given to a second clutch actuator, power transmission in the power transmission path through the second geared transmission mechanism is inhibited, and power transmission in the power transmission path through the first geared transmission mechanism is carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Nozomu Kamioka, Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Tomohisa Shoda, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa, Osamu Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20090265066Abstract: In a case where the end of a gear change has been decided by gear change end decision means for deciding if a transmission has undergone the gear change, the coil resistance value of a motor which manipulates the transmission is measured by coil resistance measurement means. The coil temperature of the motor is estimated from the measured coil resistance value of the motor by coil temperature estimation means. In a case where the estimated coil temperature of the motor has been decided to be predetermined temperature or above by high-temperature decision means, the speed change inhibition time period of the transmission is calculated by speed change inhibition time calculation means, and the speed change of the transmission is inhibited during the calculated speed change inhibition time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasufumi OGAWA, Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Osamu Ishikawa, Tomohisa Shoda, Nozomu Kamioka, Masaki Horii
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Publication number: 20090254258Abstract: A clutch control unit includes a clutch motor controller that controls a clutch motor. The clutch motor controller has a target clutch motor current computing unit that computes a target clutch motor current for adjusting torque of the clutch motor to be torque corresponding to an operating state of the vehicle, and a motor driving and braking selection unit that selects a motor driving mode in which the clutch motor is driven by applying feedback control on an output of the clutch motor or a motor braking mode in which the clutch motor is braked by short-circuiting the clutch motor according to a difference between the target clutch motor current and an actually detected clutch motor current. It thus becomes possible to provide a control system of a transmission that engages a clutch by a motor braking force in a manner that suits the running state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Osamu ISHIKAWA, Takeru Okabe, Nozomu Kamioka, Tomohisa Shoda, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa, Shiro Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20090137362Abstract: A control device of an automatic transmission includes a motor control portion to control an output of a motor that executes a control operation on a clutch control portion. The motor control portion includes a target motor current computation portion that computes a target motor current according to a desired driving state, a motor current detection portion that detects plural motor currents respectively corresponding to plural detection timings, a selection portion that selects a motor current corresponding to the desired driving state among the detected plural motor currents, and a motor driving portion that applies feedback control on an output of the motor according to a difference between the target motor current and the selected motor current. Hence, not only can the most suitable clutch control be applied for each gear-change interval at gear change, but also the comfortable feeling during the driving and the fuel efficiency can be enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shiro Yonezawa, Takeru Okabe, Nozomu Kamioka, Tomohisa Shoda, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa