Patents by Inventor Masatomo YOSHIDA

Masatomo YOSHIDA 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: 10480428
    Abstract: A valve control device performs feedback control of a drive mechanism for a wastegate valve provided for a supercharger of an engine on the basis of a sensor signal indicating a real degree of opening of the wastegate valve and a target degree of opening of the wastegate valve, and includes a gain setting unit configured to set different control gains when the wastegate valve is closed and when the wastegate valve is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: KEIHIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sachio Hojo, Masatomo Yoshida, Youichiro Shikine, Kensuke Yamamoto, Akihito Inoue
  • Patent number: 10344667
    Abstract: A valve control device controls an actuator for operating a valve based on a signal indicating a degree of opening of the valve and a signal indicating starting of an engine for which the valve. The valve control device includes a fully closed learning processing unit configured to learn a seated position at which a valve body is seated on a valve seat whenever the engine is started on the basis of the startup signal and the degree-of-opening signal, and a target value setting unit configured to set a soft-landing initiation position when the valve body is seated based on the seated position and set a target value with the valve body is decelerated from the soft-landing initiation position, and the valve body is seated at a predetermined seating speed. A control driving unit is configured to generate a drive signal based on the target value and the degree-of-opening signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: KEIHIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sachio Hojo, Youichiro Shikine, Masatomo Yoshida, Kensuke Yamamoto, Akihito Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180112590
    Abstract: A valve control device controls an actuator for operating a valve based on a signal indicating a degree of opening of the valve and a signal indicating starting of an engine for which the valve. The valve control device includes a fully closed learning processing unit configured to learn a seated position at which a valve body is seated on a valve seat whenever the engine is started on the basis of the startup signal and the degree-of-opening signal, and a target value setting unit configured to set a soft-landing initiation position when the valve body is seated based on the seated position and set a target value with the valve body is decelerated from the soft-landing initiation position, and the valve body is seated at a predetermined seating speed. A control driving unit is configured to generate a drive signal based on the target value and the degree-of-opening signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Sachio HOJO, Youichiro SHIKINE, Masatomo YOSHIDA, Kensuke YAMAMOTO, Akihito INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180073450
    Abstract: A valve control device performs feedback control of a drive mechanism for a wastegate valve provided for a supercharger of an engine on the basis of a sensor signal indicating a real degree of opening of the wastegate valve and a target degree of opening of the wastegate valve, and includes a gain setting unit configured to set different control gains when the wastegate valve is closed and when the wastegate valve is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Sachio HOJO, Masatomo YOSHIDA, Youichiro SHIKINE, Kensuke YAMAMOTO, Akihito INOUE