Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko SATAKE

Nobuhiko SATAKE 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: 12129805
    Abstract: A hydrogen concentration calculating process calculates a hydrogen concentration in a specific portion of a target region based on an operating state of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine uses hydrogen as fuel. A downstream passage is a portion of an intake passage of the internal combustion engine that is downstream of a throttle valve. A connecting passage connects a crank chamber of the internal combustion engine to the downstream passage. The target region is a region including the crank chamber and the connecting passage. When a condition is met, in which the hydrogen concentration is greater than or equal to a predetermined determination value, a pressure reduction process causes a pressure in the downstream passage to be lower than that at a point in time when the condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Masato Nakano, Yoshito Sekiguchi, Nobuhiko Satake
  • Patent number: 12085032
    Abstract: A controller for an engine includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry executes an obtaining process that obtains a catalyst temperature, which is a temperature of a catalyst. The processing circuitry executes a setting process that sets a target air-fuel ratio that is a target value of an air-fuel ratio in the cylinder. The temperature of the catalyst at which an efficiency of nitrogen oxide reduction by the catalyst is the highest is referred to as a prescribed temperature. In the setting process, the processing circuitry sets the target air-fuel ratio to be higher when the catalyst temperature is a first value that is lower than the prescribed temperature, than when the catalyst temperature is a second value that is lower than or equal to the prescribed temperature and higher than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Nobuhiko Satake, Daiki Sato
  • Publication number: 20240271581
    Abstract: A controller for an engine includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry executes an obtaining process that obtains a catalyst temperature, which is a temperature of a catalyst. The processing circuitry executes a setting process that sets a target air-fuel ratio that is a target value of an air-fuel ratio in the cylinder. The temperature of the catalyst at which an efficiency of nitrogen oxide reduction by the catalyst is the highest is referred to as a prescribed temperature. In the setting process, the processing circuitry sets the target air-fuel ratio to be higher when the catalyst temperature is a first value that is lower than the prescribed temperature, than when the catalyst temperature is a second value that is lower than or equal to the prescribed temperature and higher than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi TABATA, Koichi OKUDA, Nobuhiko SATAKE, Daiki SATO
  • Publication number: 20240200522
    Abstract: A first pressure sensor is disposed in a first fuel system between a first shutoff valve and a second shutoff valve. A second pressure sensor is disposed in a second fuel system between the second shutoff valve and a fuel injection valve. A determination process determines a leakage anomaly in the first fuel system or the second fuel system based on a first magnitude relationship or a second magnitude relationship. The first magnitude relationship is a relationship between a detection value of the first pressure sensor in a state in which the first fuel system is filled with gaseous fuel and a first threshold value. The second magnitude relationship is a relationship between a detection value of the second pressure sensor in a state in which the second fuel system is filled with gaseous fuel and a second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiko SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240200502
    Abstract: A controller for a hydrogen engine is provided. Control circuitry performs, after a stop request for the hydrogen engine, a water reduction process that reduces a proportion of water vapor in exhaust gas. The control circuitry stops the hydrogen engine after operating the hydrogen engine with the water reduction process executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi TABATA, Koichi OKUDA, Nobuhiko SATAKE, Daiki SATO
  • Patent number: 12000350
    Abstract: A controller for a hydrogen engine is provided. Control circuitry performs, after a stop request for the hydrogen engine, a water reduction process that reduces a proportion of water vapor in exhaust gas. The control circuitry stops the hydrogen engine after operating the hydrogen engine with the water reduction process executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Nobuhiko Satake, Daiki Sato
  • Publication number: 20240067158
    Abstract: A vehicle including an internal combustion engine and an automatic transmission capable of transmitting and receiving torque to and from an output shaft of the internal combustion engine is controlled. During operation of the internal combustion engine, a process that calculates a diluted water amount based on an operation state of the internal combustion engine is executed. The diluted water amount is the amount of water contained in lubricating oil in the internal combustion engine. Further, a process that controls the automatic transmission such that torque per unit period in the internal combustion engine becomes smaller when the diluted water amount is relatively large compared to when the diluted water amount is relatively small, while continuing the operation of the internal combustion engine, is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi TABATA, Koichi OKUDA, Masato NAKANO, Nobuhiko SATAKE, Yoshito SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240011445
    Abstract: A hydrogen concentration calculating process calculates a hydrogen concentration in a specific portion of a target region based on an operating state of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine uses hydrogen as fuel. A downstream passage is a portion of an intake passage of the internal combustion engine that is downstream of a throttle valve. A connecting passage connects a crank chamber of the internal combustion engine to the downstream passage. The target region is a region including the crank chamber and the connecting passage. When a condition is met, in which the hydrogen concentration is greater than or equal to a predetermined determination value, a pressure reduction process causes a pressure in the downstream passage to be lower than that at a point in time when the condition is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi TABATA, Koichi OKUDA, Masato NAKANO, Yoshito SEKIGUCHI, Nobuhiko SATAKE
  • Patent number: 9873335
    Abstract: An electric railcar power feeding system in an embodiment includes a power storage device, a rectifier, and an emergency power supply. The power storage device is connected to a feeder line for an electric railcar. The rectifier converts alternating-current power of a first power system to direct-current power and supply the direct-current power for the feeder line. The emergency power supply supplies power of a second power system different from the first power system for the feeder line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masayuki Nogi, Nobuhiko Satake
  • Publication number: 20150045997
    Abstract: An electric railcar power feeding system in an embodiment includes a power storage device, a rectifier, and an emergency power supply. The power storage device is connected to a feeder line for an electric railcar. The rectifier converts alternating-current power of a first power system to direct-current power and supply the direct-current power for the feeder line. The emergency power supply supplies power of a second power system different from the first power system for the feeder line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki NOGI, Nobuhiko SATAKE