Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kabe

Satoshi Kabe 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).

  • Start control method, start control device, hybrid vehicle, and computer program
    Patent number: 9045137
    Abstract: To carry out a start with good fuel economy without resulting in a power shortage or a forcefulness shortage. A hybrid automobile is structured which executes a start control method including a selection step of selecting one start method from among a start only by a motor, a start only by an engine, and a start by the motor and the engine in cooperation with each other and a control step of controlling the execution of the start by the start method selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kabe
  • Driving mode switch control device, hybrid vehicle, driving mode switch control method, and computer program
    Patent number: 9026290
    Abstract: To reduce the size, weight, and cost of a motor and peripheral devices of the motor. A hybrid automobile is structured in which a required torque is estimated on the basis of an accelerator operation by a driver, and if it is determined that the running by the motor is possible, and an estimation result exceeds a maximum torque of the motor during execution of a running mode by the motor, a mode switch is carried out to a mode in which the automobile runs by an engine or by the engine and the motor in cooperation with each other, even though the running mode by the motor is being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Hino Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kabe
  • RUNNING MODE SWITCH CONTROL DEVICE, HYBRID AUTOMOBILE, RUNNING MODE SWITCH CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20130184922
    Abstract: To reduce the size, weight, and cost of a motor and peripheral devices of the motor. A hybrid automobile is structured in which a required torque is estimated on the basis of an accelerator operation by a driver, and if it is determined that the running by the motor is possible, and an estimation result exceeds a maximum torque of the motor during execution of a running mode by the motor, a mode switch is carried out to a mode in which the automobile runs by an engine or by the engine and the motor in cooperation with each other, even though the running mode by the motor is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kabe
  • START CONTROL METHOD, START CONTROL DEVICE, HYBRID AUTOMOBILE, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20130184919
    Abstract: To carry out a start with good fuel economy without resulting in a power shortage or a forcefulness shortage. A hybrid automobile is structured which executes a start control method including a selection step of selecting one start method from among a start only by a motor, a start only by an engine, and a start by the motor and the engine in cooperation with each other and a control step of controlling the execution of the start by the start method selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kabe