Patents by Inventor Masaya SUGAI

Masaya SUGAI 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: 11524684
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a control portion that makes, of a plurality of shock absorbers included in a vehicle, a first damping force of at least one shock absorber that is located on a first direction side on which acceleration acts in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle larger than a second damping force of at least one shock absorber of the plurality of shock absorbers that is located on a second direction side opposite to the first direction in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle before acceleration acting on the vehicle is detected by an acceleration sensor due to acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Sugai, Satoshi Kokubo, Shinya Harada
  • Patent number: 11458976
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a control unit configured to obtain information relating to a drive state of a vehicle, calculate a requirement torque, compute a first target torque, a second target torque, and an ideal change rate of a total torque of the first drive torque and the second drive torque, and at least control a magnitudes of the first drive torque and the second drive torque outputted from the first drive unit and the second drive unit. The control unit is configured to control the first drive unit to operate a first zero-cross process and control the second drive unit to operate a second zero-cross process after the first zero-cross process ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Harada, Satoshi Kokubo, Masaya Sugai, Hiroki Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20210300380
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a control unit configured to obtain information relating to a drive state of a vehicle, calculate a requirement torque, compute a first target torque, a second target torque, and an ideal change rate of a total torque of the first drive torque and the second drive torque, and at least control a magnitudes of the first drive torque and the second drive torque outputted from the first drive unit and the second drive unit. The control unit is configured to control the first drive unit to operate a first zero-cross process and control the second drive unit to operate a second zero-cross process after the first zero-cross process ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya HARADA, Satoshi KOKUBO, Masaya SUGAI, Hiroki TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20200369277
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a control portion that makes, of a plurality of shock absorbers included in a vehicle, a first damping force of at least one shock absorber that is located on a first direction side on which acceleration acts in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle larger than a second damping force of at least one shock absorber of the plurality of shock absorbers that is located on a second direction side opposite to the first direction in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle before acceleration acting on the vehicle is detected by an acceleration sensor due to acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya Sugai, Satoshi Kokubo, Shinya Harada
  • Patent number: 10543829
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a second motor, a battery, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: set a shift stage based on a depression amount of an accelerator and a vehicle speed or a driver's operation; set a base driving force based on the degree of the depression amount of the accelerator, the vehicle speed, and a target rotation speed; set a correction driving force such that the correction driving force increases with an increase in elapsed time after upshifting or an increase in the vehicle speed after upshifting when the shift stage upshifts; and control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that a driving force obtained by correcting the base driving force using the correction driving force is output to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Patent number: 10351015
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first rotating electric machine, a second rotating electric machine coupled to drive wheels of the hybrid vehicle, a planetary gear mechanism configured to mechanically couple the engine, the first rotating electric machine, and the second rotating electric machine, an electric power storage device configured to perform charging and discharging with the first rotating electric machine and second rotating electric machine, and an electronic control unit configured to, in a case where cruise control is requested or in a case where deceleration torque is requested by the cruise control, execute motoring control and simulated stepped gear shift control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Patent number: 10279794
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a second motor, a battery, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that the hybrid vehicle travels using a required driving force; set a target rotation speed on a basis of the depression amount of the accelerator pedal, the vehicle speed, and a shift stage such that the target rotation speed of the engine increases as the depression amount of the accelerator pedal increases; set an upper-limit driving force; and control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that the engine operates at the target rotation speed and the smaller driving force of the upper-limit driving force and the required driving force is output to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Patent number: 10046755
    Abstract: When a kickdown switch is turned off, a target rotation speed of an engine is set on the basis of a vehicle speed and a gear and the engine, the first motor, and the second motor are controlled such that the smaller driving force of an upper-limit driving force based on the target rotation speed and a required driving force is output to a drive shaft and the engine rotates at the target rotation speed. On the other hand, when the kickdown switch is turned on, the target rotation speed is set to be higher than that when the kickdown switch is turned off on the basis of the vehicle speed and the gear and the engine, the first motor, and the second motor are controlled such that the required driving force is output to the drive shaft and the engine rotates at the target rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Patent number: 10040442
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an electronic control unit configured to: set a target rotation speed of an engine based on a vehicle speed and a shift position; set a driving force when an upper-limit power is output to a drive shaft as an upper-limit driving force; set a target engine power such that the smaller of the upper-limit driving force and the required driving force is output to the drive shaft; and control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that the engine to rotate at the target rotation speed and to output the target power. At this time, the upper-limit power is set to be lower when a coolant temperature of the engine is low than when the coolant temperature is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Publication number: 20180208077
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first rotating electric machine, a second rotating electric machine coupled to drive wheels of the hybrid vehicle, a planetary gear mechanism configured to mechanically couple the engine, the first rotating electric machine, and the second rotating electric machine, an electric power storage device configured to perform charging and discharging with the first rotating electric machine and second rotating electric machine, and an electronic control unit configured to, in a case where cruise control is requested or in a case where deceleration torque is requested by the cruise control, execute motoring control and simulated stepped gear shift control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunya KATO, Masaya SUGAI
  • Patent number: 9994214
    Abstract: A drivability target engine speed is set based on a shift stage based on an accelerator opening level and a vehicle speed and the vehicle speed, and a base driving force is set based on an accelerator required driving force and the drivability target engine speed. When an elapsed time after an accelerator depression amount increases is less than a threshold value, a correction driving force is set based on an increase in accelerator depression amount and an engine, a first motor, and a second motor are controlled such that an effective driving force obtained by adding the correction driving force to the base driving force is output to a drive shaft for a hybrid vehicle to travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Patent number: 9862373
    Abstract: An electronic control unit sets a drivability target engine speed, sets upper limit engine power on the basis of the drivability target engine speed, and sets upper limit drive power by dividing the upper limit engine power by a rotational speed of a driveshaft. Then, the electronic control unit compares accelerator requested drive power with the upper limit drive power, sets target engine power such that lower one of the accelerator requested drive power and the upper limit drive power is output to the driveshaft, and controls an engine, a first motor, and a second motor such that the target engine power is output from the engine. In this way, a driver can receive further favorable drive feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Ikuo Ando, Naoki Ishikawa, Tooru Matsubara, Munehiro Katsumata, Masaya Sugai
  • Publication number: 20170334425
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an electronic control unit configured to: set a target rotation speed of an engine based on a vehicle speed and a shift position; set a driving force when an upper-limit power is output to a drive shaft as an upper-limit driving force; set a target engine power such that the smaller of the upper-limit driving force and the required driving force is output to the drive shaft; and control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that the engine to rotate at the target rotation speed and to output the target power. At this time, the upper-limit power is set to be lower when a coolant temperature of the engine is low than when the coolant temperature is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Publication number: 20170334424
    Abstract: When a kickdown switch is turned off, a target rotation speed of an engine is set on the basis of a vehicle speed and a gear and the engine, the first motor, and the second motor are controlled such that the smaller driving force of an upper-limit driving force based on the target rotation speed and a required driving force is output to a drive shaft and the engine rotates at the target rotation speed. On the other hand, when the kickdown switch is turned on, the target rotation speed is set to be higher than that when the kickdown switch is turned off on the basis of the vehicle speed and the gear and the engine, the first motor, and the second motor are controlled such that the required driving force is output to the drive shaft and the engine rotates at the target rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Publication number: 20170334433
    Abstract: A drivability target engine speed is set based on a shift stage based on an accelerator opening level and a vehicle speed and the vehicle speed, and a base driving force is set based on an accelerator required driving force and the drivability target engine speed. When an elapsed time after an accelerator depression amount increases is less than a threshold value, a correction driving force is set based on an increase in accelerator depression amount and an engine, a first motor, and a second motor are controlled such that an effective driving force obtained by adding the correction driving force to the base driving force is output to a drive shaft for a hybrid vehicle to travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Publication number: 20170334426
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a second motor, a battery, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: set a shift stage based on a depression amount of an accelerator and a vehicle speed or a driver's operation; set a base driving force based on the degree of the depression amount of the accelerator, the vehicle speed, and a target rotation speed; set a correction driving force such that the correction driving force increases with an increase in elapsed time after upshifting or an increase in the vehicle speed after upshifting when the shift stage upshifts; and control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that a driving force obtained by correcting the base driving force using the correction driving force is output to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Publication number: 20170334420
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a second motor, a battery, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that the hybrid vehicle travels using a required driving force; set a target rotation speed on a basis of the depression amount of the accelerator pedal, the vehicle speed, and a shift stage such that the target rotation speed of the engine increases as the depression amount of the accelerator pedal increases; set an upper-limit driving force; and control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that the engine operates at the target rotation speed and the smaller driving force of the upper-limit driving force and the required driving force is output to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Masaya Sugai
  • Publication number: 20170259802
    Abstract: An electronic control unit sets a drivability target engine speed, sets upper limit engine power on the basis of the drivability target engine speed, and sets upper limit drive power by dividing the upper limit engine power by a rotational speed of a driveshaft. Then, the electronic control unit compares accelerator requested drive power with the upper limit drive power, sets target engine power such that lower one of the accelerator requested drive power and the upper limit drive power is output to the driveshaft, and controls an engine, a first motor, and a second motor such that the target engine power is output from the engine. In this way, a driver can receive further favorable drive feeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunya KATO, Ikuo ANDO, Naoki ISHIKAWA, Tooru MATSUBARA, Munehiro KATSUMATA, Masaya SUGAI