Patents by Inventor Sei KAMAKURA

Sei KAMAKURA 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).

  • Publication number: 20260296397
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle including: an engine; a battery; a generator for charging the battery; a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas of the engine; a heating device that heats the catalyst by electric power of the battery; and a processor that controls driving of the generator, in which the processor controls the driving of the generator such that an amount of charge of the battery is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value before arrival at a destination where parking for a predetermined duration or longer is expected, and the threshold value is an amount of charge capable of supplying electric power necessary for heating, by the heating device, the catalyst cooled by the parking for the predetermined duration or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2026
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Sei KAMAKURA
  • Patent number: 12742703
    Abstract: A power determination apparatus includes a determination part that determines a first injection correction amount of a fuel injection quantity of an engine and a first torque correction amount of motor torque generated by a motor, a specification part that specifies a first correction coefficient for correcting the first injection correction amount and the first torque correction amount, and a calculation part that calculates i) a corrected injection quantity, obtained by subtracting a second injection correction amount, which is obtained by multiplying the first injection correction amount by the first correction coefficient, from the fuel injection quantity and ii) a corrected torque, obtained by adding a second torque correction amount, which is obtained by multiplying the first torque correction amount by the first correction coefficient, to the motor torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Sei Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20260109337
    Abstract: A control device of a hybrid vehicle having an engine and an electric motor, being capable of series hybrid driving and engine direct driving using the engine and the electric motor, and having a NOx purification system using an SCR and an LNT in an exhaust passage of the engine, the control device comprising: an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality in the NOx purification system related to the LNT; and a driving state control unit that, when the abnormality is detected, prohibits the engine direct driving of the vehicle and limits to the series hybrid driving, and drives the engine at an approximately constant engine output such that the engine output is equal to or greater than a predetermined value within an output range in which NOx emission from the engine does not exceed NOx purification possible amount of the NOx purification system using the SCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Sei KAMAKURA
  • Patent number: 12523185
    Abstract: A power determination apparatus includes a determination part that determines a first injection correction amount of a fuel injection quantity of an engine and a first torque correction amount of motor torque generated by a motor, a specification part that specifies a correction coefficient for correcting the first injection correction amount and the first torque correction amount, and a calculation part that calculates i) a corrected injection quantity obtained by subtracting a second injection correction amount, which is the first injection correction amount multiplied by the correction coefficient, from the fuel injection quantity and ii) a corrected torque obtained by adding a second torque correction amount, which is the first torque correction amount multiplied by the correction coefficient, to the motor torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Sei Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20250263065
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: a first determination part that determines a fuel injection quantity of an engine and a motor torque generated by a motor on the basis of an opening degree of the accelerator; a second determination part that determines a correction coefficient for correcting the fuel injection quantity and the motor torque on the basis of (i) the temperature of a catalyst that purifies NOx contained in exhaust gas of the engine, by reacting the NOx with ammonia, which is contained in urea water injected into the exhaust gas, and (ii) an SOC of the battery 6 that supplies electricity to the motor; and a calculation part that calculates a corrected fuel injection quantity that is smaller than the fuel injection quantity and a corrected motor torque that is larger than the motor torque on the basis of the correction coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventor: Sei KAMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20250263064
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine and a motor as drive sources, and including a detection part that detects a start timing at which the hybrid vehicle passes through a start position of an uphill slope, and an output control part that increases an output of the engine and decreases an output of the motor as the time elasped from the start timing increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventor: Sei KAMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20240263595
    Abstract: A power determination apparatus includes a determination part that determines a first injection correction amount of a fuel injection quantity of an engine and a first torque correction amount of motor torque generated by a motor, a specification part that specifies a correction coefficient for correcting the first injection correction amount and the first torque correction amount, and a calculation part that calculates i) a corrected injection quantity obtained by subtracting a second injection correction amount, which is the first injection correction amount multiplied by the correction coefficient, from the fuel injection quantity and ii) a corrected torque obtained by adding a second torque correction amount, which is the first torque correction amount multiplied by the correction coefficient, to the motor torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Sei KAMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20240264041
    Abstract: A power determination apparatus includes a determination part that determines a first injection correction amount of a fuel injection quantity of an engine and a first torque correction amount of motor torque generated by a motor, a specification part that specifies a first correction coefficient for correcting the first injection correction amount and the first torque correction amount, and a calculation part that calculates i) a corrected injection quantity, obtained by subtracting a second injection correction amount, which is obtained by multiplying the first injection correction amount by the first correction coefficient, from the fuel injection quantity and ii) a corrected torque, obtained by adding a second torque correction amount, which is obtained by multiplying the first torque correction amount by the first correction coefficient, to the motor torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Sei KAMAKURA