Patents by Inventor Shinichi Shimakami

Shinichi Shimakami 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: 11697359
    Abstract: A distance-to-empty presentation apparatus of a fuel cell vehicle includes: a traveling speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a traveling speed of the fuel cell vehicle; a traveling distance acquisition unit configured to acquire a traveling distance of the fuel cell vehicle in a fuel filling period, the fuel filling period is a period from the time when the fuel is filled in the fuel cell vehicle previously to the time when the fuel is filled in the fuel cell vehicle this time; a fuel residual amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a fuel residual amount of the fuel cell vehicle; a fuel consumption amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a fuel consumption amount of the fuel cell vehicle; a fuel efficiency calculation unit configured to calculate fuel filling period fuel efficiency by using the traveling distance in the fuel filling period and a traveling period fuel consumption amount that is the fuel consumption amount during traveling preparation and during traveling in the fuel fillin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Shimakami
  • Publication number: 20210229571
    Abstract: A distance-to-empty presentation apparatus of a fuel cell vehicle includes: a traveling speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a traveling speed of the fuel cell vehicle; a traveling distance acquisition unit configured to acquire a traveling distance of the fuel cell vehicle in a fuel filling period, the fuel filling period is a period from the time when the fuel is filled in the fuel cell vehicle previously to the time when the fuel is filled in the fuel cell vehicle this time; a fuel residual amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a fuel residual amount of the fuel cell vehicle; a fuel consumption amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a fuel consumption amount of the fuel cell vehicle; a fuel efficiency calculation unit configured to calculate fuel filling period fuel efficiency by using the traveling distance in the fuel filling period and a traveling period fuel consumption amount that is the fuel consumption amount during traveling preparation and during traveling in the fuel fillin
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinichi SHIMAKAMI
  • Patent number: 9919695
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle, an electronic control unit is configured to: control an engine such that the engine is started and a self-sustained operation is performed in a case where i) torque for forward traveling is output from a second motor, ii) sliding down of the vehicle is tentatively detected before the sliding down is detected, and iii) permissible charge electric power is equal to or smaller than first prescribed electric power and rotation of the engine is in a stopped state; and execute drive control such that fuel injection is stopped and the engine is driven by a first motor at a rotational speed larger than that before the sliding down is detected in a case where i) the sliding down is detected thereafter and ii) the permissible charge electric power is equal to or smaller than second prescribed electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Shimakami
  • Publication number: 20170066432
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle, an electronic control unit is configured to: control an engine such that the engine is started and a self-sustained operation is performed in a case where i) torque for forward traveling is output from a second motor, ii) sliding down of the vehicle is tentatively detected before the sliding down is detected, and iii) permissible charge electric power is equal to or smaller than first prescribed electric power and rotation of the engine is in a stopped state; and execute drive control such that fuel injection is stopped and the engine is driven by a first motor at a rotational speed larger than that before the sliding down is detected in a case where i) the sliding down is detected thereafter and ii) the permissible charge electric power is equal to or smaller than second prescribed electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinichi SHIMAKAMI
  • Patent number: 8643214
    Abstract: A Wout calculating portion summates limit values of respective power storage devices to calculate an output power limit value of a power storage portion. An excess current FB control portion executes an excess current FB control if at least one of currents IB1, IB2, and IBT exceeds a predetermined threshold. A Woutf correction processing portion corrects the output power limit value given to a motor power calculating portion to a motor power command value at a timing when at least one of the currents IB1, IB2, and IBT reaches the threshold. In a load driving device that includes a plurality of power storage devices connected in parallel to one another, respective parts may be appropriately protected from overcurrent while sufficiently exploiting the capacities of the plurality of the power storage devices to ensure motive energy performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaya Yamamoto, Shinichi Shimakami
  • Publication number: 20130187450
    Abstract: A Wout calculating portion summates limit values of respective power storage devices to calculate an output power limit value of a power storage portion. An excess current FB control portion executes an excess current FB control if at least one of currents IB1, IB2, and IBT exceeds a predetermined threshold. A Woutf correction processing portion corrects the output power limit value given to a motor power calculating portion to a motor power command value at a timing when at least one of the currents IB1, IB2, and IBT reaches the threshold. In a load driving device that includes a plurality of power storage devices connected in parallel to one another, respective parts may be appropriately protected from overcurrent while sufficiently exploiting the capacities of the plurality of the power storage devices to ensure motive energy performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaya Yamamoto, Shinichi Shimakami