Patents by Inventor Shintaro Kameda

Shintaro Kameda 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: 11919506
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a rotary electric machine; a connection-disconnection device; a hydraulic pressure supply device; a hydraulic pressure control device; and a control device. The hydraulic pressure supply device includes a mechanical hydraulic pressure supply device and a pressure accumulator. The control device executes fuel cut-off control to stop fuel supply to the internal combustion engine and rotation speed maintaining control to maintain a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine at a predetermined rotation speed by rotationally driving the internal combustion engine by the rotary electric machine or supplying fuel to the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Tachibanada, Shintaro Kameda, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Shinobu Kurachi, Sadahito Kajihara
  • Patent number: 11565686
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle control apparatus including a torque converter temperature detector detecting a torque converter temperature, a rotor temperature detector detecting a rotor temperature, a stator temperature detector detecting a stator temperature, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling an engine, a transmission, a lockup clutch, a motor-generator and a stator cooling device based on the torque converter temperature detected by the torque converter temperature detector, the rotor temperature detected by the rotor temperature detector and the stator temperature detected by the stator temperature detector so that the torque converter temperature is equal to or lower than a first predetermined temperature, the rotor temperature is equal to or lower than a second predetermined temperature and the stator temperature is equal to or lower than a third predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Tachibanada, Yutaka Ishikawa, Shintaro Kameda
  • Publication number: 20220227352
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a rotary electric machine; a connection-disconnection device; a hydraulic pressure supply device; a hydraulic pressure control device; and a control device. The hydraulic pressure supply device includes a mechanical hydraulic pressure supply device and a pressure accumulator. The control device executes fuel cut-off control to stop fuel supply to the internal combustion engine and rotation speed maintaining control to maintain a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine at a predetermined rotation speed by rotationally driving the internal combustion engine by the rotary electric machine or supplying fuel to the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya TACHIBANADA, Shintaro KAMEDA, Tetsuya MATSUMOTO, Shinobu KURACHI, Sadahito KAJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210300320
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle control apparatus including a torque converter temperature detector detecting a torque converter temperature, a rotor temperature detector detecting a rotor temperature, a stator temperature detector detecting a stator temperature, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling an engine, a transmission, a lockup clutch, a motor-generator and a stator cooling device based on the torque converter temperature detected by the torque converter temperature detector, the rotor temperature detected by the rotor temperature detector and the stator temperature detected by the stator temperature detector so that the torque converter temperature is equal to or lower than a first predetermined temperature, the rotor temperature is equal to or lower than a second predetermined temperature and the stator temperature is equal to or lower than a third predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yuya Tachibanada, Yutaka Ishikawa, Shintaro Kameda
  • Patent number: 10364884
    Abstract: A gear shift mechanism controlled by a gear shift control device includes a plurality of engagement mechanisms and engages three engagement mechanisms to establish any one of a plurality of shift stages. The gear shift control device is adapted to change speed to a desired shift stage set by a manual operation. If a gear shift to the desired shift stage involves the skipping of one or more shift stages and the switching of two or more engagement mechanisms among the plurality of engagement mechanisms that are currently engaged, then the gear shift control device performs the gear shift to the desired shift stage such that the engagement mechanisms to be switched via a shift stage or stages to be skipped are switched one by one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Sasahara, Shintaro Kameda, Christopher Hopp
  • Publication number: 20180252312
    Abstract: A gear shift mechanism controlled by a gear shift control device includes a plurality of engagement mechanisms and engages three engagement mechanisms to establish any one of a plurality of shift stages. The gear shift control device is adapted to change speed to a desired shift stage set by a manual operation. If a gear shift to the desired shift stage involves the skipping of one or more shift stages and the switching of two or more engagement mechanisms among the plurality of engagement mechanisms that are currently engaged, then the gear shift control device performs the gear shift to the desired shift stage such that the engagement mechanisms to be switched via a shift stage or stages to be skipped are switched one by one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Sasahara, Shintaro Kameda, Christopher Hopp
  • Patent number: 9562588
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a vehicle speed detector and a controller. The vehicle speed detector is configured to detect a vehicle speed. The controller is configured to set one of a plurality of gear change stages according to a running condition of a vehicle and configured to select one of a plurality of engagement combination states of a plurality of engagement mechanisms to achieve, according to the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector, at least one gear change stage out of the plurality of gear change stages in a case in which the controller sets the at least one gear change stage. The at least one gear change stage has the plurality of engagement combination states to achieve the at least one gear change stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Kameda, Eri Kubota
  • Patent number: 8989973
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a running condition detector and a controller. a plurality of gear change stages include at least one specific gear change stage that has a specific transmission gear ratio, that involves at least one necessary engagement mechanism which needs to be engaged in order to obtain the specific transmission gear ratio, and that involves at least one no-change engagement mechanism which causes no change in the specific transmission gear ratio. Both of the at least one necessary engagement mechanism and the at least one no-change engagement mechanism are engaged during a time period from a timing to begin an operation to change a gear change stage to the specific gear change stage until a timing to complete the operation. The at least one no-change engagement mechanism is released after the timing to complete the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Kameda, Kohsaku Matsuo, Eri Kubota
  • Patent number: 8930099
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for an automatic transmission, it is configured to calculate a change amount (?NC estimation value) of an output rotational speed of the transmission (S10); calculate an average (I phase initial average G) of the change amount of the output rotational speed over a predetermined period of an initial inertia (I) phase of shifting; calculate an average (after-shift average G) of a vehicle acceleration after the completion of the shifting, assuming that the change amount of the output rotational speed indicates the vehicle acceleration G; calculate a difference (I phase initial G) between the average of the change amount of the output rotational speed and the average of the vehicle acceleration; incrementally and decrementally correct the desired value of the transmission torque of the frictional engaging element such that the calculated difference falls within a predetermined range; and control supply of hydraulic pressure to the frictional engaging element such that it becomes the correct
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Inagawa, Shintaro Kameda, Atsuhiro Saeki, Takahiro Matsuda, Hidekazu Araki, Hiroyuki Okuda, Yuji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20140303858
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a running condition detector and a controller. a plurality of gear change stages include at least one specific gear change stage that has a specific transmission gear ratio, that involves at least one necessary engagement mechanism which needs to be engaged in order to obtain the specific transmission gear ratio, and that involves at least one no-change engagement mechanism which causes no change in the specific transmission gear ratio. Both of the at least one necessary engagement mechanism and the at least one no-change engagement mechanism are engaged during a time period from a timing to begin an operation to change a gear change stage to the specific gear change stage until a timing to complete the operation. The at least one no-change engagement mechanism is released after the timing to complete the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro KAMEDA, Kohsaku MATSUO, Eri KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20140302962
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a vehicle speed detector and a controller. The vehicle speed detector is configured to detect a vehicle speed. The controller is configured to set one of a plurality of gear change stages according to a running condition of a vehicle and configured to select one of a plurality of engagement combination states of a plurality of engagement mechanisms to achieve, according to the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector, at least one gear change stage out of the plurality of gear change stages in a case in which the controller sets the at least one gear change stage. The at least one gear change stage has the plurality of engagement combination states to achieve the at least one gear change stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro KAMEDA, Eri KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20120232764
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for an automatic transmission, it is configured to calculate a change amount (?NC estimation value) of an output rotational speed of the transmission (S10); calculate an average (I phase initial average G) of the change amount of the output rotational speed over a predetermined period of an initial inertia (I) phase of shifting; calculate an average (after-shift average G) of a vehicle acceleration after the completion of the shifting, assuming that the change amount of the output rotational speed indicates the vehicle acceleration G; calculate a difference (I phase initial G) between the average of the change amount of the output rotational speed and the average of the vehicle acceleration; incrementally and decrementally correct the desired value of the transmission torque of the frictional engaging element such that the calculated difference falls within a predetermined range; and control supply of hydraulic pressure to the frictional engaging element such that it becomes the correct
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Inagawa, Shintaro Kameda, Atsuhiro Saeki, Takahiro Matsuda, Hidekazu Araki, Hiroyuki Okuda, Yuji Yasui