Patents by Inventor Sosuke NAMBU

Sosuke NAMBU 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: 11976621
    Abstract: A start control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a battery, first and second rotary electric machines, an engine, a first determination unit configured to determine whether the battery is in a low output state, a cranking control unit configured to perform a cracking of the engine, and a second determination unit configured to perform a cranking completion determination. In a case where a maximum output of the battery is in the low output state, the cranking control unit causes the first rotary electric machine to run at a low output target rotation speed, and the second determination unit determines that the cranking is completed when a condition that an actual rotation speed of the first rotary electric machine continues to be within a target range for a predetermined time is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sosuke Nambu, Norihiko Ikoma, Takanori Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220290645
    Abstract: A start control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a battery, first and second rotary electric machines, an engine, a first determination unit configured to determine whether the battery is in a low output state, a cranking control unit configured to perform a cracking of the engine, and a second determination unit configured to perform a cranking completion determination. In a case where a maximum output of the battery is in the low output state, the cranking control unit causes the first rotary electric machine to run at a low output target rotation speed, and the second determination unit determines that the cranking is completed when a condition that an actual rotation speed of the first rotary electric machine continues to be within a target range for a predetermined time is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sosuke NAMBU, Norihiko IKOMA, Takanori SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11292474
    Abstract: A power generation control device includes: an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; a generator driven by the internal combustion engine to generate electricity; a power storage device charged by the generator; a gear mechanism that interconnects the internal combustion engine and the generator; a detection unit for detecting vehicle information of the vehicle; a power generation controller that sets a target power generation amount of the generator based on the vehicle information and calculates a target rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and a load torque of the generator according to the target power generation amount; and a rattle suppression controller which determines whether a rattle suppression control condition of the gear mechanism is satisfied or not based on the target power generation amount and raises the target rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to a predetermined rotation number when the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sosuke Nambu, Norihiko Ikoma, Masahiro Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20190381994
    Abstract: A power generation control device includes: an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; a generator driven by the internal combustion engine to generate electricity; a power storage device charged by the generator; a gear mechanism that interconnects the internal combustion engine and the generator; a detection unit for detecting vehicle information of the vehicle; a power generation controller that sets a target power generation amount of the generator based on the vehicle information and calculates a target rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and a load torque of the generator according to the target power generation amount; and a rattle suppression controller which determines whether a rattle suppression control condition of the gear mechanism is satisfied or not based on the target power generation amount and raises the target rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to a predetermined rotation number when the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sosuke NAMBU, Norihiko IKOMA, Masahiro MIZUNO