Patents by Inventor Shogo SAKATANI

Shogo SAKATANI 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).

  • Control system for hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 11325581
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to start an engine promptly during propulsion in an electric vehicle mode. Electric power generation resulting from cranking the engine by a first motor is greater in the first electric vehicle mode compared to a second electric vehicle mode. A controller that is configured to determines whether an acceptable input power to an electric storage unit is smaller than a threshold value. If the acceptable input power to the electric storage unit is smaller than the threshold value, selection of the first electric vehicle mode is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ebuchi, Tatsuya Imamura, Soichiro Shimura, Yoichiro Isami, Takuya Hirata, Shogo Sakatani, Taiga Hagimoto
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200086847
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to start an engine promptly during propulsion in an electric vehicle mode. Electric power generation resulting from cranking the engine by a first motor is greater in the first electric vehicle mode compared to a second electric vehicle mode. A controller that is configured to determines whether an acceptable input power to an electric storage unit is smaller than a threshold value. If the acceptable input power to the electric storage unit is smaller than the threshold value, selection of the first electric vehicle mode is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki EBUCHI, Tatsuya IMAMURA, Soichiro SHIMURA, Yoichiro ISAMI, Takuya HIRATA, Shogo SAKATANI, Taiga HAGIMOTO