Patents by Inventor Shuichi MORIE
Shuichi MORIE 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).
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Patent number: 11433761Abstract: A grille shutter device opens and closes an introduction passage through which air is introduced from an opening provided at a front part of a vehicle to the inside of the vehicle. The grille shutter device includes: a driving fin and a driven fin that are configured to rotate between an open position in which the introduction passage is open and a closed position in which the introduction passage is closed; an actuator configured to drive the driving fin; a power transmission member configured to transmit power from the driving fin to the driven fin; and a first stopper configured to define a first position by coming into contact with the power transmission member.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ken Komatsubara, Kazuki Tsuboi, Shigeki Sato, Toshikazu Harada, Shuichi Morie
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Publication number: 20210237556Abstract: A grille shutter device opens and closes an introduction passage through which air is introduced from an opening provided at a front part of a vehicle to the inside of the vehicle. The grille shutter device includes: a driving fin and a driven fin that are configured to rotate between an open position in which the introduction passage is open and a closed position in which the introduction passage is closed; an actuator configured to drive the driving fin; a power transmission member configured to transmit power from the driving fin to the driven fin; and a first stopper configured to define a first position by coming into contact with the power transmission member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ken KOMATSUBARA, Kazuki TSUBOI, Shigeki SATO, Toshikazu HARADA, Shuichi MORIE
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Patent number: 10612450Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a grille shutter ECU that is connected to a LIN communication line and controls driving of a grille shutter, and an engine ECU that is connected to the LIN communication line so as to be able to establish communication with the grille shutter ECU. In the case of detecting an abnormality in the communication, if a predetermine threshold time or more has elapsed since a start of the vehicle, and if cumulative time that a detection result of a vehicle speed sensor is equal to or more than a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value, is equal to or more than a cumulative threshold value, and a number of starts of the vehicle is equal to or more than a predetermined trip number, the engine ECU determines that the detected abnormality is a failure in the LIN communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideo Nishioka, Shuichi Morie, Yoichi Onishi, Masafumi Nakamine
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Patent number: 10434868Abstract: A grille shutter control device includes a control section and a diagnostic section. The control section is connected to a communication line in a vehicle and controls opening and closing of a grille shutter that introduces air to a cooling target of the vehicle. In a case in which a communications fault is detected, the control section controls to open the grille shutter. The diagnostic section is connected to the communication line and detects a degree of opening of the grille shutter by communicating with the control section. A temperature detection section detects a temperature of the cooling target. In a case in which the communications fault is detected, the diagnostic section diagnoses a malfunction of the grille shutter if a temperature detected by the temperature detection section is higher than a pre-specified threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideo Nishioka, Yoichi Onishi, Shuichi Morie, Masafumi Nakamine
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Publication number: 20190100098Abstract: A grille shutter control device includes a control section and a diagnostic section. The control section is connected to a communication line in a vehicle and controls opening and closing of a grille shutter that introduces air to a cooling target of the vehicle. In a case in which a communications fault is detected, the control section controls to open the grille shutter. The diagnostic section is connected to the communication line and detects a degree of opening of the grille shutter by communicating with the control section. A temperature detection section detects a temperature of the cooling target. In a case in which the communications fault is detected, the diagnostic section diagnoses a malfunction of the grille shutter if a temperature detected by the temperature detection section is higher than a pre-specified threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideo NISHIOKA, Yoichi ONISHI, Shuichi MORIE, Masafumi NAKAMINE
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Publication number: 20190101045Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a grille shutter ECU that is connected to a LIN communication line and controls driving of a grille shutter, and an engine ECU that is connected to the LIN communication line so as to be able to establish communication with the grille shutter ECU. In the case of detecting an abnormality in the communication, if a predetermine threshold time or more has elapsed since a start of the vehicle, and if cumulative time that a detection result of a vehicle speed sensor is equal to or more than a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value, is equal to or more than a cumulative threshold value, and a number of starts of the vehicle is equal to or more than a predetermined trip number, the engine ECU determines that the detected abnormality is a failure in the LIN communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideo NISHIOKA, Shuichi MORIE, Yoichi ONISHI, Masafumi NAKAMINE
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Publication number: 20160153347Abstract: An air-intake system for internal combustion engine is provided. The air-intake system includes a inter cooler and a bypass passage that bypasses the inter cooler by connecting a first air passage and a second intake air passage, which are on an upstream side and a downstream side of the inter cooler respectively. A mounting seat for an intake air temperature sensor is arranged on a confluence part of the second intake air passage and the bypass passage. Positions of the mounting seat and the bypass passage in an axis direction of the second intake air passage are at least partially overlaping.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Shuichi MORIE, Yoshiki HIRAI