Patents by Inventor Ryota ARAKAWA

Ryota ARAKAWA 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: 10826425
    Abstract: The vehicle includes an AC motor generator (MG) connected to a driving wheel, a battery, an inverter configured to convert DC power supplied from the battery to AC power and supply the AC power to the MG, and a vehicle ECU configured to control the inverter. The vehicle ECU performs a zero torque control to drive the inverter so that the output torque from the MG is zero when the battery is prohibited from being charged while the MG is being driven to rotate by the motive power from the driving wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sonoda, Ryota Arakawa, Masashi Yoshimi, Hiroki Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20190356263
    Abstract: The vehicle includes an AC motor generator (MG) connected to a driving wheel, a battery, an inverter configured to convert DC power supplied from the battery to AC power and supply the AC power to the MG, and a vehicle ECU configured to control the inverter. The vehicle ECU performs a zero torque control to drive the inverter so that the output torque from the MG is zero when the battery is prohibited from being charged while the MG is being driven to rotate by the motive power from the driving wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SONODA, Ryota Arakawa, Masashi Yoshimi, Hiroki Tashiro
  • Patent number: 10308118
    Abstract: When a vehicle is traveling in a state in which an abnormality has occurred in a second resolver, a PWM control unit periodically calculates an estimated electrical angle value of a second motor generator and generates a control command for an inverter using the estimated electrical angle value. The estimated electrical angle value in each cycle can be calculated by correcting an electrical angle estimation error with respect to a sum of an estimated rotation angle change value between cycles and an estimated electrical angle value in a previous cycle. The PWM control unit generates the control command for the inverter such that an output of the inverter is a constant potential while an absolute value of the electrical angle estimation error is greater than a predetermined value during traveling of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Arakawa, Shinichiro Minegishi
  • Publication number: 20180281596
    Abstract: When a vehicle is traveling in a state in which an abnormality has occurred in a second resolver, a PWM control unit periodically calculates an estimated electrical angle value of a second motor generator and generates a control command for an inverter using the estimated electrical angle value. The estimated electrical angle value in each cycle can be calculated by correcting an electrical angle estimation error with respect to a sum of an estimated rotation angle change value between cycles and an estimated electrical angle value in a previous cycle. The PWM control unit generates the control command for the inverter such that an output of the inverter is a constant potential while an absolute value of the electrical angle estimation error is greater than a predetermined value during traveling of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota ARAKAWA, Shinichiro MINEGISHI