Patents by Inventor Mitsunobu Saito
Mitsunobu Saito 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: 7947387Abstract: In an ECU, a coolant fan performs cooling operation such that a control DUTY value is limited by a control DUTY value according to tolerable noise level of the cooling fan based on a vehicle speed in a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is lower than a predetermined limitation for highest temperature. In a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is higher than the predetermined limitation for highest temperature, the cooling fan performs the cooling operation by using an energy storage device cooling operation requirement value and an IPU cooling operation requirement value such that performance in the high-voltage battery is not affected. By doing this, a temperature controlling apparatus for batteries in which it is possible to cool the battery and solve temperature difference among a plurality of batteries can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Keihin CorporationInventors: Mitsunobu Saito, Morio Kayano, Tomohiko Maeda, Hiroshi Murakami, Kazushi Ota
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Publication number: 20100239894Abstract: In an ECU, a coolant fan performs cooling operation such that a control DUTY value is limited by a control DUTY value according to tolerable noise level of the cooling fan based on a vehicle speed in a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is lower than a predetermined limitation for highest temperature. In a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is higher than the predetermined limitation for highest temperature, the cooling fan performs the cooling operation by using an energy storage device cooling operation requirement value and an IPU cooling operation requirement value such that performance in the high-voltage battery is not affected. By doing this, a temperature controlling apparatus for batteries in which it is possible to cool the battery and solve temperature difference among a plurality of batteries can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicants: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsunobu SAITO, Morio KAYANO, Tomohiko MAEDA, Hiroshi MURAKAMI, Kazushi OTA
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Patent number: 7767354Abstract: In an ECU, a coolant fan performs cooling operation such that a control DUTY value is limited by a control DUTY value according to tolerable noise level of the cooling fan based on a vehicle speed in a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is lower than a predetermined limitation for highest temperature. In a case in which the temperature in the high-voltage battery is higher than the predetermined limitation for highest temperature, the cooling fan performs the cooling operation by using an energy storage device cooling operation requirement value and an IPU cooling operation requirement value such that performance in the high-voltage battery is not affected. By doing this, a temperature controlling apparatus for batteries in which it is possible to cool the battery and solve temperature difference among a plurality of batteries can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Keihin CorporationInventors: Mitsunobu Saito, Morio Kayano, Tomohiko Maeda, Hiroshi Murakami, Kazushi Ota
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Patent number: 7661407Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system calculates a first estimated intake air amount according to a valve lift, a cam phase, and a compression ratio, calculates a second estimated intake air amount according to the flow rate of air detected by an air flow sensor. The ECU determines a fuel injection amount according to the first estimated intake air amount when an estimated flow rate Gin_vt calculated based on an engine speed, the valve lift, the cam phase, and the compression ratio is within the range of Gin_vt?Gin1, and according to the second estimated intake air amount when Gin2?Gin_vt.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Hiroshi Tagami, Kosuke Higashitani, Masahiro Sato
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Patent number: 7643930Abstract: A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, thereby enhancing the stability and the accuracy of control. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU calculates disturbance compensation values for compensating for a periodic disturbance by searching maps and tables, in timing of generation of each pulse of a CRK signal. The ECU calculates control inputs at a predetermined control period, with predetermined control algorithms, according to the disturbance compensation values read in at the control period, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Tadaharu Shoji, Akiyuki Yonekawa
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Publication number: 20090055081Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system calculates a first estimated intake air amount according to a valve lift, a cam phase, and a compression ratio, calculates a second estimated intake air amount according to the flow rate of air detected by an air flow sensor. The ECU determines a fuel injection amount according to the first estimated intake air amount when an estimated flow rate Gin_vt calculated based on an engine speed, the valve lift, the cam phase, and the compression ratio is within the range of Gin_vt?Gin1, and according to the second estimated intake air amount when Gin2?Gin_vt.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji YASUI, Mitsunobu SAITO, Hiroshi TAGAMI, Kosuke HIGASHITANI, Massahiro SATO
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Publication number: 20080319638Abstract: A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, thereby enhancing the stability and the accuracy of control. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU calculates disturbance compensation values for compensating for a periodic disturbance by searching maps and tables, in timing of generation of each pulse of a CRK signal. The ECU calculates control inputs at a predetermined control period, with predetermined control algorithms, according to the disturbance compensation values read in at the control period, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Tadaharu Shoji, Akiyuki Yonekawa
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Patent number: 7451754Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system calculates a first estimated intake air amount according to a valve lift, a cam phase, and a compression ratio, calculates a second estimated intake air amount according to the flow rate of air detected by an air flow sensor. The ECU determines a fuel injection amount according to the first estimated intake air amount when an estimated flow rate Gin_vt calculated based on an engine speed, the valve lift, the cam phase, and the compression ratio is within the range of Gin_vt?Gin1, and according to the second estimated intake air amount when Gin2?Gin_vt.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Hiroshi Tagami, Kosuke Higashitani, Masahiro Sato
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Patent number: 7440836Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly performing air-fuel ratio control and ignition timing control according to an actual amount of intake air, even when reliability of the results of detection of the operating condition of a variable intake mechanism is low. The control system for controlling air-fuel ratio and ignition timing includes an ECU. The ECU calculates a target air-fuel ratio, calculates an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient, calculates a statistically processed value of an air-fuel ratio index value, calculates a corrected valve lift and a corrected cam phase, and determines a fuel injection amount according to the corrected valve lift, the corrected cam phase, and the air-fuel ratio correction coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Masahiro Sato, Mitsunobu Saito, Hiroshi Tagami, Kosuke Higashitani
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Patent number: 7379809Abstract: A control system which is capable of enhancing both the stability and the accuracy of control when the output of a controlled object is feedback-controlled by a plurality of control inputs. An ECU 2 of a control system 1 controls engine speed NE during idling by an ignition control input Usl_ig and an intake control input Usl_ar. The ECU 2 calculates a target engine speed NE_cmd according to an engine coolant temperature TW and the like (step 3), and determines the ignition control input Usl_ig and the intake control input Usl_ar with a plurality of predetermined target value filter-type two-degree-of-freedom sliding mode control algorithms [equations (1) to (12)] sharing one switching function ?ne therebetween, such that the engine speed NE converges to the target engine speed NE_cmd (steps 4 to 7 and 9).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hiroshi Tagami, Mitsunobu Saito, Kosuke Higashitani, Masahiro Sato
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Publication number: 20080046143Abstract: A device, a method, and a program for estimating an intake air amount. The device for estimating the intake air amount used for providing the intake air amount of an internal combustion engine having a variable valve mechanism comprises a reference value acquisition means for providing an intake air amount reference value from a specified map based on the rotational speed, valve lift, and valve phase angle of the internal combustion engine, a measurement value acquisition means for providing a measurement value according to the output of an air flow meter installed in the intake pipe of the internal combustion engine, a calculation means for providing a correction factor to minimize a deviation between a value obtained by multiplying the intake air amount reference value by the correction factor and the measurement value, and an estimated value calculating means for calculating an estimated intake air amount value by multiplying the provided correction factor by the intake air amount reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2005Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventors: Hiroshi Tagami, Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Kosuke Higashitani
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Patent number: 7318018Abstract: A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, thereby enhancing the stability and the accuracy of control. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU calculates disturbance compensation values for compensating for a periodic disturbance by searching maps and tables, in timing of generation of each pulse of a CRK signal. The ECU calculates control inputs at a predetermined control period, with predetermined control algorithms, according to the disturbance compensation values read in at the control period, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Tadaharu Shoji, Akiyuki Yonekawa
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Patent number: 7316212Abstract: A cam phase control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of suppressing deviation of the cam phase which is caused by a sudden change in the engine speed due to the structure of a variable cam phase mechanism, thereby securing excellent controllability and high control accuracy. The coma phase control system of the engine comprise an ECU and an electromagnetic variable cam phase mechanism. The ECU calculates an SLD control input for causing the cam phase to converge to a target cam phase by equations (1) to (6), calculates a gain-adjusted value by modulating the SLD control input by equations (20) to (25), calculates a correction value according to the engine speed NE, and calculates a control input for controlling the variable cam phase mechanism by correcting the gain-adjusted value by the correction value.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tagami, Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Kosuke Higashitani
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Publication number: 20070225892Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system calculates a first estimated intake air amount according to a valve lift, a cam phase, and a compression ratio, calculates a second estimated intake air amount according to the flow rate of air detected by an air flow sensor. The ECU determines a fuel injection amount according to the first estimated intake air amount when an estimated flow rate Gin_vt calculated based on an engine speed, the valve lift, the cam phase, and the compression ratio is within the range of Gin_vt?Gin1, and according to the second estimated intake air amount when Gin2?Gin_vt.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2005Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Hiroshi Tagami, Kosuke Higashitani, Masahiro Sato
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Publication number: 20070208486Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly performing air-fuel ratio control and ignition timing control according to an actual amount of intake air, even when reliability of the results of detection of the operating condition of a variable intake mechanism is low. The control system 1 for controlling air-fuel ratio and ignition timing includes an ECU 2. The ECU 2 calculates a target air-fuel ratio KCMD (step 22), calculates an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient KSTR for performing feedback control of an air-fuel ratio (steps 2 to 7), calculates a statistically processed value KAF_LS of an air-fuel ratio index value (step 82), calculates a corrected valve lift Liftin_comp and a corrected cam phase Cain_comp according to the statistically processed value KAF_LS (steps 81 to 92), and determines a fuel injection amount TOUT according to the corrected valve lift Liftin_comp, the corrected cam phase Cain_comp, and the air-fuel ratio correction coefficient KSTR.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2005Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Masahiro Sato, Mitsunobu Saito, Hiroshi Tagami, Kosuke Higashitani
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Publication number: 20070198163Abstract: A control system which is capable of enhancing both the stability and the accuracy of control when the output of a controlled object is feedback-controlled by a plurality of control inputs. An ECU 2 of a control system 1 controls engine speed NE during idling by an ignition control input Usl_ig and an intake control input Usl_ar. The ECU 2 calculates a target engine speed NE_cmd according to an engine coolant temperature TW and the like (step 3), and determines the ignition control input Usl_ig and the intake control input Usl_ar with a plurality of predetermined target value filter-type two-degree-of-freedom sliding mode control algorithms [equations (1) to (12)] sharing one switching function ?ne therebetween, such that the engine speed NE converges to the target engine speed NE_cmd (steps 4 to 7 and 9).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2005Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hiroshi Tagami, Mitsunobu Saito, Kosuke Higashitani, Masahiro Sato
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Publication number: 20070129875Abstract: A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, thereby enhancing the stability and the accuracy of control. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU calculates disturbance compensation values for compensating for a periodic disturbance by searching maps and tables, in timing of generation of each pulse of a CRK signal. The ECU calculates control inputs at a predetermined control period, with predetermined control algorithms, according to the disturbance compensation values read in at the control period, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2007Publication date: June 7, 2007Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Tadaharu Shoji, Akiyuki Yonekawa
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Patent number: 7188020Abstract: A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, thereby enhancing the stability and the accuracy of control. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU calculates disturbance compensation values for compensating for a periodic disturbance by searching maps and tables, in timing of generation of each pulse of a CRK signal. The ECU calculates control inputs at a predetermined control period, with predetermined control algorithms, according to the disturbance compensation values read in at the control period, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Tadaharu Shoji, Akiyuki Yonekawa
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Publication number: 20060027197Abstract: A cam phase control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of suppressing deviation of the cam phase which is caused by a sudden change in the engine speed due to the structure of a variable cam phase mechanism, thereby securing excellent controllability and high control accuracy. The coma phase control system of the engine comprise an ECU and an electromagnetic variable cam phase mechanism. The ECU calculates an SLD control input for causing the cam phase to converge to a target cam phase by equations (1) to (6), calculates a gain-adjusted value by modulating the SLD control input by equations (20) to (25), calculates a correction value according to the engine speed NE, and calculates a control input for controlling the variable cam phase mechanism by correcting the gain-adjusted value by the correction value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2005Publication date: February 9, 2006Inventors: Hiroshi Tagami, Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Kosuke Higashitani
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Publication number: 20050216179Abstract: A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, thereby enhancing the stability and the accuracy of control. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU calculates disturbance compensation values for compensating for a periodic disturbance by searching maps and tables, in timing of generation of each pulse of a CRK signal. The ECU calculates control inputs at a predetermined control period, with predetermined control algorithms, according to the disturbance compensation values read in at the control period, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Tadaharu Shoji, Akiyuki Yonekawa