Patents by Inventor Noboru Takagi

Noboru Takagi 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: 11885274
    Abstract: Control circuitry executes an increase correction control for fuel when an internal combustion engine is started. A determination process determines whether warm-up in a cylinder is completed. A direct injection mode injects fuel only from a direct injection valve when it is determined that the warm-up in the cylinder is completed. A reduction process sets an increase correction amount of fuel obtained through the increase correction control when executing the direct injection mode to be less than an increase correction amount obtained prior to the execution of the direct injection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Akiyama, Noboru Takagi, Rihito Kaneko, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230250773
    Abstract: Control circuitry executes an increase correction control for fuel when an internal combustion engine is started. A determination process determines whether warm-up in a cylinder is completed. A direct injection mode injects fuel only from a direct injection valve when it is determined that the warm-up in the cylinder is completed. A reduction process sets an increase correction amount of fuel obtained through the increase correction control when executing the direct injection mode to be less than an increase correction amount obtained prior to the execution of the direct injection mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Shoichi AKIYAMA, Noboru TAKAGI, Rihito KANEKO, Hirokazu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230204614
    Abstract: In a dispensing system, a body is arranged outside a specimen processing cabinet, and in a state where a hand and a dispenser are inserted into the specimen processing cabinets, a specimen accommodated in a specimen container held by the hand is dispensed into a dispensing container by the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru TAKAGI, Atsushi KAMEYAMA, Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Shogo KUBOTA, Satoshi OUCHI, Yukio IWASAKI, Yasuhiro KOUCHI, Soichi OUE, Hironori KOBAYASHI, Yutaka MAEDA, Takayuki KOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230203980
    Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine is provided. The cooling device includes a first passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating a coolant, a second passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating the coolant, a heat exchanger provided on the first passage and configured such that heat exchange is performed with respect to the coolant, a first pump provided on the first passage, a second pump provided on the second passage and an electronic control unit controlling the first pump and the second pump. The electronic control unit, when a temperature of the coolant is no lower than a predetermined temperature, drives the first pump such that a flow rate of the coolant in the first passage increases as compared to when the temperature of the coolant is lower than the predetermined temperature, and performs first control of stopping the second pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru TAKAGI, Shoichi AKIYAMA, Hirokazu TANAKA, Masazumi YOSHIDA, Ryusuke SASAKI, Masahiro KUROKI, Koki FUKUTA
  • Patent number: 11680510
    Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine is provided. The cooling device includes a first passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating a coolant, a second passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating the coolant, a heat exchanger provided on the first passage and configured such that heat exchange is performed with respect to the coolant, a first pump provided on the first passage, a second pump provided on the second passage and an electronic control unit controlling the first pump and the second pump. The electronic control unit, when a temperature of the coolant is no lower than a predetermined temperature, drives the first pump such that a flow rate of the coolant in the first passage increases as compared to when the temperature of the coolant is lower than the predetermined temperature, and performs first control of stopping the second pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Shoichi Akiyama, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masazumi Yoshida, Ryusuke Sasaki, Masahiro Kuroki, Koki Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11635085
    Abstract: A controller includes: a control unit configured to calculate a control command value of an opening degree of a solenoid valve to control an opening degree of the solenoid valve; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an estimated amount and a target amount of a working fluid in a labyrinth chamber, and a rotation speed of a drive shaft. The control unit calculates a final control command value based on a feedback control command value and a feedforward control command value, and controls the solenoid valve, the feedback control command value being calculated based on deviation between the estimated amount and the target amount, the feedforward control command value being used to maintain a rotation speed of a fan constant based on the estimated amount and the rotation speed of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Akiyama, Noboru Takagi, Daichi Yamazaki, Masaaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11566558
    Abstract: A controller of a fan coupling device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an acceleration parameter and a deviation parameter; a control unit that controls a regulation mechanism; a prediction unit that predicts that hunting occurs in the rotation speed of the fan, when an operating point of the fan expressed with the deviation parameter and the acceleration parameter belongs to a predicted region; and a restraining unit that executes, when the hunting is predicted to occur, a hunting restraining process of executing at least one of lowering an integral gain of a feedback control to be lower than when the hunting is not predicted to occur and increasing a derivative gain of the feedback control to be higher than when the hunting is not predicted to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamaguchi, Toshio Takaoka, Noboru Takagi, Shoichi Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11434808
    Abstract: A controller includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a deviation between an estimated amount and a target amount of a working fluid in the labyrinth chamber, and a fluid amount parameter corresponding to the estimated amount; and a control unit that executes feedback control including at least integral control of the deviation so as to control a regulation mechanism. When the fluid amount parameter is equal to or greater than a threshold, the control unit executes the feedback control in a state where the integral control is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Akiyama, Noboru Takagi, Daichi Yamazaki, Masaaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11389966
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes: a power supply portion connected to a power receiving portion of an electrical apparatus and configured to supply electric power to the power receiving portion; an arm including a tip end at which the power supply portion is provided, the arm further including at least one of a linear motion joint portion and a rotational joint portion; and a controller. The controller controls at least one of the linear motion joint portion and the rotational joint portion to move the arm such that the power supply portion is connected to the power receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAWASAKI ROBOTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, Nobuyasu Shimomura, Noboru Takagi
  • Patent number: 11199124
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a pump, a radiator, a flow rate adjustment valve, a bypass passage, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a valve member biasing component that biases the valve member in a valve-closing direction in which the open degree decreases. The valve member rotates in a valve-opening direction in which the open degree increases when a pressure difference increases between positions upstream and downstream of the valve member in a flow direction of coolant in the circulation circuit and rotate in the valve-closing direction when the pressure difference decreases. The controller increases the pump discharge amount as a target radiator flow rate that is a target of an amount of coolant passing through the radiator increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Naoto Hisaminato, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Watanabe, Masahiro Yoshida, Koji Nunami, Naoto Yumisashi, Masafumi Yoshida, Takahiko Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20210332825
    Abstract: A controller includes: a control unit configured to calculate a control command value of an opening degree of a solenoid valve to control an opening degree of the solenoid valve; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an estimated amount and a target amount of a working fluid in a labyrinth chamber, and a rotation speed of a drive shaft. The control unit calculates a final control command value based on a feedback control command value and a feedforward control command value, and controls the solenoid valve, the feedback control command value being calculated based on deviation between the estimated amount and the target amount, the feedforward control command value being used to maintain a rotation speed of a fan constant based on the estimated amount and the rotation speed of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi AKIYAMA, Noboru TAKAGI, Daichi YAMAZAKI, Masaaki YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210332738
    Abstract: A controller includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a deviation between an estimated amount and a target amount of a working fluid in the labyrinth chamber, and a fluid amount parameter corresponding to the estimated amount; and a control unit that executes feedback control including at least integral control of the deviation so as to control a regulation mechanism. When the fluid amount parameter is equal to or greater than a threshold, the control unit executes the feedback control in a state where the integral control is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi AKIYAMA, Noboru TAKAGI, Daichi YAMAZAKI, Masaaki YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210332739
    Abstract: A controller of a fan coupling device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an acceleration parameter and a deviation parameter; a control unit that controls a regulation mechanism; a prediction unit that predicts that hunting occurs in the rotation speed of the fan, when an operating point of the fan expressed with the deviation parameter and the acceleration parameter belongs to a predicted region; and a restraining unit that executes, when the hunting is predicted to occur, a hunting restraining process of executing at least one of lowering an integral gain of a feedback control to be lower than when the hunting is not predicted to occur and increasing a derivative gain of the feedback control to be higher than when the hunting is not predicted to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki YAMAGUCHI, Toshio TAKAOKA, Noboru TAKAGI, Shoichi AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210331597
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes: a power supply portion connected to a power receiving portion of an electrical apparatus and configured to supply electric power to the power receiving portion; an arm including a tip end at which the power supply portion is provided, the arm further including at least one of a linear motion joint portion and a rotational joint portion; and a controller. The controller controls at least one of the linear motion joint portion and the rotational joint portion to move the arm such that the power supply portion is connected to the power receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAWASAKI ROBOTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMON, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Noboru TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 11143327
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a circulation circuit, a pump, a flow rate adjustment valve, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a stopper that moves between a restriction position and a retraction position. The controller is configured to execute, when maintaining the open degree of the flow rate adjustment, a preparatory process of moving the stopper to the restriction position after arranging the stopper at the retraction position and arranging the valve member further in the valve-closing direction than the stopper through control of the pump discharge amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Naoto Hisaminato, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahiko Aoyagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Koji Nunami, Naoto Yumisashi, Masafumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11111876
    Abstract: A cylinder head includes an exhaust port through which exhaust gas discharged out of a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine passes. The cylinder head includes a first fin and a second fin projecting from an inner wall of the exhaust port and extending in a flow direction of the exhaust gas. The cylinder head includes a first projection projecting from the inner wall of the exhaust port and extending in a direction intersecting the first fin. The cylinder head also includes a second projection projecting from the inner wall of the exhaust port and extending in a direction intersecting the second fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Asano, Noboru Takagi, Naoto Hisaminato, Minoru Okimura, Shinya Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11028763
    Abstract: An engine cooling device has a mechanical water pump, a flow rate control valve having a valve body of which a relative rotational position is changed by a motor, and a control unit that performs drive control of the motor to change the relative rotational position of the valve body to a target relative rotational position. The control unit performs protection control for setting the relative rotational position where a withstanding pressure limit rotational speed is equal to or higher than a current engine rotational speed, as a target operating position of the valve body of the flow rate control valve when the engine rotational speed rises, and performs retreat control for reducing a set range of the target relative rotational position to a prescribed retreat operation range when the supply voltage of the in-vehicle electric power supply has dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Kazuki Kato, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Toshio Takaoka
  • Patent number: 10968791
    Abstract: A control device for an onboard engine is configured to control the oil discharge pressure of an oil pump and execute, when determining that there may be an abnormality in the control of the oil discharge pressure, a change process that increases the target discharge pressure to a value that is greater than that before it is determined that there may be an abnormality in the control. When a discharge pressure sensor value in a situation in which the discharge pressure is being controlled based on the target discharge pressure increased through execution of the change process does not become greater than or equal to a discharge pressure threshold, the control device sets an upper limit for the engine rotation speed and increases the upper limit as the discharge pressure sensor value increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Hosogi, Hisayuki Ito, Noboru Takagi, Kazuyoshi Shimatani, Takahiko Aoyagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshinobu Uchiyama, Toshiki Sato, Hirotaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10961898
    Abstract: A cooling device includes an inner passage, an outer passage, an engine-driven pump, an electromagnetic control valve, and a driving circuit that regulates current flowing through the electromagnetic control valve by activating and deactivating a switching element. A cooling controller for the cooling device includes a processing circuit configured to execute an operation process for operating, when the engine-driven pump is driven, the switching element by setting a duty cycle of an activation time to a switching cycle, which is a reciprocal of a switching frequency of the switching element, to be a larger value when a temperature of the internal combustion engine is low than when the temperature is high and a cycle varying process for setting a longer switching cycle when the temperature of the internal combustion engine is less than a preset temperature than when the temperature is greater than or equal to the preset temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rihito Kaneko, Noboru Takagi, Naoto Hisaminato, Mitsuru Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Takahiko Aoyagi, Hirotaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210087964
    Abstract: An engine cooling device has a mechanical water pump, a flow rate control valve having a valve body of which a relative rotational position is changed by a motor, and a control unit that performs drive control of the motor to change the relative rotational position of the valve body to a target relative rotational position. The control unit performs protection control for setting the relative rotational position where a withstanding pressure limit rotational speed is equal to or higher than a current engine rotational speed, as a target operating position of the valve body of the flow rate control valve when the engine rotational speed rises, and performs retreat control for reducing a set range of the target relative rotational position to a prescribed retreat operation range when the supply voltage of the in-vehicle electric power supply has dropped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru TAKAGI, Kazuki KATO, Masaaki YAMAGUCHI, Toshio TAKAOKA