Patents by Inventor Suguru Kumazawa
Suguru Kumazawa 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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Publication number: 20240149865Abstract: The hybrid vehicle includes an engine coupled to a drive shaft, a first motor that rotates the engine a second motor coupled to the drive shaft, a transmission interposed between the engine and the first motor, and the second motor, and a control device configured to execute a decrease process and an increase process. The decrease process is a process for decreasing deceleration of the hybrid vehicle by restricting fuel cut in the engine. The increase process is a process for increasing a rotational speed of the engine to a target rotational speed by power running torque of the first motor during deceleration by downshift of the transmission. The target rotational speed in the increase process is set to a lower value during execution of the decrease process than during stop of the decrease process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa UMEMURA, Suguru KUMAZAWA, Yasutaka TSUCHIDA
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Patent number: 11965468Abstract: A vehicle control system, a vehicle control method, and a storage medium are provided. A stopping process stops fuel supply to one or more stopping cylinders and supplies fuel to one or more remaining cylinders during a load operation of an engine. During execution of the stopping process, a compensating process compensates for a decrease in output of the one or more stopping cylinders due to the execution of the stopping process by increasing output generated by combustion in the one or more remaining cylinders. The system control circuit causes, when the engine rotation speed of the engine is the same, the output after being increased by the compensating process to decrease as a shaft torque of the crankshaft of the engine increases.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinnosuke Honda, Yoshinori Fujitake, Suguru Kumazawa, Motohiko Taniyama, Keita Sato, Yuki Iizawa, Yoshiyuki Shogenji, Yasutaka Tsuchida
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Publication number: 20240052794Abstract: A vehicle control system, a vehicle control method, and a storage medium are provided. A stopping process stops fuel supply to one or more stopping cylinders and supplies fuel to one or more remaining cylinders during a load operation of an engine. During execution of the stopping process, a compensating process compensates for a decrease in output of the one or more stopping cylinders due to the execution of the stopping process by increasing output generated by combustion in the one or more remaining cylinders. The system control circuit causes, when the engine rotation speed of the engine is the same, the output after being increased by the compensating process to decrease as a shaft torque of the crankshaft of the engine increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinnosuke HONDA, Yoshinori FUJITAKE, Suguru KUMAZAWA, Motohiko TANIYAMA, Keita SATO, Yuki IIZAWA, Yoshiyuki SHOGENJI, Yasutaka TSUCHIDA
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Publication number: 20240001906Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle, includes a deceleration control unit configured to an engine and a motor as traveling power sources so as to control deceleration of the hybrid vehicle, a fuel cut control unit configured to restrict or permit fuel cut in the engine based on establishment or non-establishment of a predetermined condition, a turning control unit configured to execute turning control for increasing deceleration during turning higher than deceleration during straight traveling, and a deceleration limit unit configured to limit deceleration in restricting the fuel cut and in executing the turning control so as to be lower than deceleration in permitting the fuel cut and in executing the turning control.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa UMEMURA, Suguru KUMAZAWA, Yasutaka TSUCHIDA
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Publication number: 20240001907Abstract: A hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine that includes a filter collecting PM from exhaust gas. A controller for the vehicle executes a driving force switching process, a motoring process, and a setting process. The driving force switching process reduces braking torque, which is generated by a drive system during deceleration of the vehicle, so that when execution of a fuel cut-off process of the engine is prohibited, the braking torque is less than when execution of the fuel cut-off process is permitted. The motoring process burns and removes PM from the filter by rotationally driving the engine using a first rotary electric machine during deceleration of the vehicle. The setting process sets a vehicle speed for permitting execution of the motoring process to be higher when execution of the fuel cut-off process is prohibited than when execution of the fuel cut-off process is permitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Yoshihisa UMEMURA, Suguru KUMAZAWA, Yasutaka TSUCHIDA
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Publication number: 20240001923Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle, includes a deceleration control unit configured to an engine and a motor as traveling power sources so as to control deceleration of the hybrid vehicle, a fuel cut control unit configured to restrict or permit fuel cut in the engine based on establishment or non-establishment of a predetermined condition, a downhill control unit configured to execute downhill control for increasing deceleration during downhill traveling higher than deceleration during flat traveling, and a deceleration limit unit configured to limit deceleration in restricting the fuel cut and in executing the downhill control so as to be lower than deceleration in permitting the fuel cut and in executing the downhill control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa UMEMURA, Suguru KUMAZAWA, Yasutaka TSUCHIDA
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Publication number: 20240001908Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a deceleration control unit configured to an engine and a motor as traveling power sources so as to control deceleration of the hybrid vehicle, a fuel cut control unit configured to restrict or permit fuel cut in the engine based on establishment or non-establishment of a predetermined condition, a traveling mode selection unit configured to select either a first traveling mode or a second traveling mode requiring deceleration higher than deceleration of the first traveling mode, and a deceleration limit unit configured to limit deceleration in restricting the fuel cut and in selecting the second traveling mode so as to be lower than deceleration in permitting the fuel cut and in selecting the second traveling mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa UMEMURA, Suguru KUMAZAWA, Yasutaka TSUCHIDA
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Patent number: 11807216Abstract: A controller and a control method for a hybrid electric vehicle are provided. An internal combustion engine and a first rotating electric machine are capable of applying power to a driven wheel via a power split device. A deactivating process deactivates combustion control in a deactivated cylinder that corresponds to one or more of cylinders of the internal combustion engine. A first compensation process sets, when the deactivating process is executed, torque of the first rotating electric machine to be larger than torque of the first rotating electric machine obtained prior to starting the deactivating process so as to compensate for at least some of a decrease amount of torque of the internal combustion engine resulting from the deactivating process.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Nose, Yuto Ikeda, Suguru Kumazawa, Takanobu Gotoh
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Publication number: 20230347897Abstract: A controller for a vehicle is configured to control a vehicle that includes a power unit coupled to wheels. The power unit includes an engine configured to generate force by combustion of a fuel, and a regenerative braking device configured to generate electricity by force transmitted from the wheels. The controller is configured to execute a deceleration assist control that increases a braking torque generated by the power unit during a deceleration of the vehicle when the vehicle is predicted to decelerate, compared to when the vehicle is not predicted to decelerate. The control is also configured to execute a braking torque increase prohibition process that prohibits an increase in the braking torque in the deceleration assist control when a fuel cutoff process of the engine is prohibited.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Yoshihisa UMEMURA, Suguru KUMAZAWA, Yasutaka TSUCHIDA
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Patent number: 11691615Abstract: A torque reducing process reduces torque of a multiphase rotating electric machine when a magnitude of current in a particular phase of the rotating electric machine remains greater than or equal to a given value. A deactivating process deactivates combustion control in a deactivated cylinder and continues combustion control in the remaining cylinders. A fluctuation torque applying process cyclically fluctuates the torque of the rotating electric machine in a cycle that is an integral multiple of a compression top dead center occurrence cycle when the deactivating process is being executed. A prohibiting process prohibits execution of the deactivating process in a predetermined situation where a rotation speed of a rotary shaft of the rotating electric machine is less than or equal to a given speed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Suguru Kumazawa
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Patent number: 11667276Abstract: The ECU executes TRC for controlling the posture of the vehicle and automatic parking control for parking the vehicle at a target parking position without being based on the vehicle operation of the user. The ECU calculates a user accelerator opening based on the operation amount of the accelerator pedal and a control accelerator opening calculated in reverse from the required driving force of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Suguru Kumazawa
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Patent number: 11639170Abstract: A motor-driven vehicle includes: a motor for traveling; an inverter that drives the motor; and a controller configured to perform automatic parking control for parking the motor-driven vehicle at a target parking position without depending on a user's vehicle operation, and prohibit or stop the automatic parking control when a load limitation ratio is less than a threshold value, the load limitation ratio indicating a limitation level of a torque which is able to be output from the motor in response to a required torque for the motor.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Suguru Kumazawa
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Patent number: 11608793Abstract: A controller for a hybrid electric vehicle including an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes a filter arranged in an exhaust passage collect particulate matter from exhaust gas. The controller executes a first deceleration control process, a second deceleration control process, and a selection process. The first deceleration control process uses a fuel cutoff process when deceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle is required. The second deceleration control process does not use the fuel cutoff process when deceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle is required. The selection process selects execution of the second deceleration control process when a PM deposition amount is greater than or equal to a threshold value and selects execution of the first deceleration control process when the PM deposition amount is less than the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Suguru Kumazawa, Koichiro Muta
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Patent number: 11566570Abstract: When an amount of particulate matters (PM) collected by a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) increases, a control processing unit (CPU) of an engine electronic control unit (ENG ECU) stops combustion control of some cylinders and executes a regeneration process to cause air-fuel ratios of air-fuel mixtures in the remaining cylinders to be richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. A CPU of a hybrid electric vehicle electronic control unit (HV ECU) increases a target rotation speed of an internal combustion engine when the regeneration process is executed. When executing the regeneration process, the CPU increases a filling efficiency of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Fujitake, Suguru Kumazawa
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Publication number: 20230009687Abstract: A torque reducing process reduces torque of a multiphase rotating electric machine when a magnitude of current in a particular phase of the rotating electric machine remains greater than or equal to a given value. A deactivating process deactivates combustion control in a deactivated cylinder and continues combustion control in the remaining cylinders. A fluctuation torque applying process cyclically fluctuates the torque of the rotating electric machine in a cycle that is an integral multiple of a compression top dead center occurrence cycle when the deactivating process is being executed. A prohibiting process prohibits execution of the deactivating process in a predetermined situation where a rotation speed of a rotary shaft of the rotating electric machine is less than or equal to a given speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Suguru KUMAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230011834Abstract: When an amount of particulate matters (PM) collected by a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) increases, a control processing unit (CPU) of an engine electronic control unit (ENG ECU) stops combustion control of some cylinders and executes a regeneration process to cause air-fuel ratios of air-fuel mixtures in the remaining cylinders to be richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. A CPU of a hybrid electric vehicle electronic control unit (HV ECU) increases a target rotation speed of an internal combustion engine when the regeneration process is executed. When executing the regeneration process, the CPU increases a filling efficiency of the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori FUJITAKE, Suguru KUMAZAWA
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Publication number: 20220333542Abstract: A controller for a hybrid electric vehicle including an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes a filter arranged in an exhaust passage collect particulate matter from exhaust gas. The controller executes a first deceleration control process, a second deceleration control process, and a selection process. The first deceleration control process uses a fuel cutoff process when deceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle is required. The second deceleration control process does not use the fuel cutoff process when deceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle is required. The selection process selects execution of the second deceleration control process when a PM deposition amount is greater than or equal to a threshold value and selects execution of the first deceleration control process when the PM deposition amount is less than the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Suguru KUMAZAWA, Koichiro MUTA
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Publication number: 20220266814Abstract: A controller and a control method for a hybrid electric vehicle are provided. An internal combustion engine and a first rotating electric machine are capable of applying power to a driven wheel via a power split device. A deactivating process deactivates combustion control in a deactivated cylinder that corresponds to one or more of cylinders of the internal combustion engine. A first compensation process sets, when the deactivating process is executed, torque of the first rotating electric machine to be larger than torque of the first rotating electric machine obtained prior to starting the deactivating process so as to compensate for at least some of a decrease amount of torque of the internal combustion engine resulting from the deactivating process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Yuki NOSE, Yuto IKEDA, Suguru KUMAZAWA, Takanobu GOTOH
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Publication number: 20210188254Abstract: An ECU executes a process including a step of setting an upper limit value in a case where a gear shift position is a traveling position, a vehicle is stopped, the vehicle is in a brake-on state, and a cancellation request flag is in an OFF state, and a step of canceling the setting of the upper limit value in a case where the cancellation request flag is in an ON state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Suguru KUMAZAWA
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Publication number: 20210188255Abstract: A motor-driven vehicle includes: a motor for traveling; an inverter that drives the motor; and a controller configured to perform automatic parking control for parking the motor-driven vehicle at a target parking position without depending on a user's vehicle operation, and prohibit or stop the automatic parking control when a load limitation ratio is less than a threshold value, the load limitation ratio indicating a limitation level of a torque which is able to be output from the motor in response to a required torque for the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Suguru KUMAZAWA