Patents by Inventor Takuro Tominaga
Takuro Tominaga 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: 20220363125Abstract: Provided is a vehicle heat exchange apparatus having a structure that allows a gap between a radiator and another heat exchanger disposed side by side therein to be closed in a simple and stable manner even it the radiator and the heat exchanger are largely spaced from each other. A vehicle heat exchange apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a radiator, a heat exchanger, air barrier walls, and closure members. The radiator has a core and tanks provided on left and right sides of the core. The heat exchanger is disposed side by side with the radiator in a front-back direction of a vehicle. The air barrier walls are provided on the respective tanks and extend toward the heat exchanger while leaving a gap between the air barrier walls and the heat exchanger. The closure members each close at least a portion of the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Takuro Tominaga, Takuya Fujikawa
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Patent number: 11451109Abstract: A vehicle includes a driving device unit, a frame member supporting the driving device unit, a pair of first mounting portions provided on the frame member and positioned on one side of the driving device unit, and a second mounting portion provided on the frame member and positioned on the other side of the driving device unit. The driving device unit includes a drive device accommodating therein an electric motor, and an electric motor control device which controls the electric motor. The drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged in a horizontal direction. An electrical connection portion electrically connecting the drive device and the electric motor control device is disposed at a joining portion between the drive device and electric motor control device and inside a virtual polygon connecting the at least one pair of first mounting portions and the at least one second mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuro Tominaga, Takanori Suzuki
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Patent number: 11208009Abstract: A vehicle includes an electrical apparatus comprising an electric circuit unit, a cooling unit that cools the electric circuit unit, a housing that accommodates the electric circuit unit and the cooling unit, a refrigerant introduction unit that supplies a refrigerant to the cooling unit; and a refrigerant discharge unit that discharges the refrigerant from the cooling unit. The refrigerant introduction unit and the refrigerant discharge unit are provided on opposite sides with the electric circuit unit being interposed therebetween in a horizontal direction. The housing is provided, on an inner side of an outer edge of the housing, with a connector connecting portion that is connected to a connector, and the connector connecting portion is provided below the cooling unit and closer to the refrigerant introduction unit or to the refrigerant discharge unit than the electric circuit unit in the horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuro Tominaga, Takanori Suzuki
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Patent number: 11180014Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery provided below a vehicle interior with a floor panel therebetween; and a driving device unit supported by a vehicle frame member via a front portion and a rear portion. A center of gravity of the battery is positioned forward compared to a rear wheel axle that connects the left rear wheel with the right rear wheel, a center of gravity of the driving device unit is positioned rearward compared to the rear wheel axle, the front portion is positioned forward compared to the rear wheel axle, the rear portion is positioned rearward compared to the rear wheel axle, the front portion is positioned above the rear portion, and a first imaginary line and a second imaginary line pass above the rear wheel axle and below wheel upper end portions of the left rear wheel and the right rear wheel in a side view.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Suzuki, Takuro Tominaga
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Patent number: 10875396Abstract: A driving device unit includes an electric motor configured to drive a vehicle, a drive device accommodating the electric motor, and an electric motor control device configured to control the electric motor. The drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, and an electrical connection portion electrically connecting the drive device and the electric motor control device is disposed at a joining portion between the drive device and the electric motor control device, and the drive device and the electric motor control device include a first fixing portion that directly fixes the drive device and the electric motor control device in the vicinity of the electrical connection portion, and a second fixing portion that fixes the drive device and the electric motor control device via a stiffener at a position away from the electrical connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Suzuki, Takuro Tominaga, Shogo Nomura, Shogo Tsumura
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Patent number: 10744863Abstract: To provide a power unit structure for an electrically driven vehicle which can decrease design man-hours, as well as raise the rigidity of the unit. A control device unit for an electrically driven vehicle includes: a first mounting part which is a mounting part of a power supply unit that supplies electric power to an electric motor, and a second mounting part which fixes the control device unit to an electric motor unit; and the control device unit is mounted from a transmission case side of the electric motor unit towards an electric motor case side, the first mounting part being mounted to a central case, and the second mounting part being mounted to the transmission case.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Suzuki, Yuya Ishihara, Takuro Tominaga
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Publication number: 20200108707Abstract: A driving device unit includes an electric motor configured to drive a vehicle, a drive device accommodating the electric motor, and an electric motor control device configured to control the electric motor. The drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, and an electrical connection portion electrically connecting the drive device and the electric motor control device is disposed at a joining portion between the drive device and the electric motor control device, and the drive device and the electric motor control device include a first fixing portion that directly fixes the drive device and the electric motor control device in the vicinity of the electrical connection portion, and a second fixing portion that fixes the drive device and the electric motor control device via a stiffener at a position away from the electrical connection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori SUZUKI, Takuro TOMINAGA, Shogo NOMURA, Shogo TSUMURA
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Publication number: 20200101813Abstract: A vehicle includes an electrical apparatus comprising an electric circuit unit, a cooling unit that cools the electric circuit unit, a housing that accommodates the electric circuit unit and the cooling unit, a refrigerant introduction unit that supplies a refrigerant to the cooling unit; and a refrigerant discharge unit that discharges the refrigerant from the cooling unit. The refrigerant introduction unit and the refrigerant discharge unit are provided on opposite sides with the electric circuit unit being interposed therebetween in a horizontal direction. The housing is provided, on an inner side of an outer edge of the housing, with a connector connecting portion that is connected to a connector, and the connector connecting portion is provided below the cooling unit and closer to the refrigerant introduction unit or to the refrigerant discharge unit than the electric circuit unit in the horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuro TOMINAGA, Takanori SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200079201Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery provided below a vehicle interior with a floor panel therebetween; and a driving device unit supported by a vehicle frame member via a front portion and a rear portion. A center of gravity of the battery is positioned forward compared to a rear wheel axle that connects the left rear wheel with the right rear wheel, a center of gravity of the driving device unit is positioned rearward compared to the rear wheel axle, the front portion is positioned forward compared to the rear wheel axle, the rear portion is positioned rearward compared to the rear wheel axle, the front portion is positioned above the rear portion, and a first imaginary line and a second imaginary line pass above the rear wheel axle and below wheel upper end portions of the left rear wheel and the right rear wheel in a side view.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori SUZUKI, Takuro TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20200083777Abstract: A vehicle includes a driving device unit, a frame member supporting the driving device unit, a pair of first mounting portions provided on the frame member and positioned on one side of the driving device unit, and a second mounting portion provided on the frame member and positioned on the other side of the driving device unit. The driving device unit includes a drive device accommodating therein an electric motor, and an electric motor control device which controls the electric motor. The drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged in a horizontal direction. An electrical connection portion electrically connecting the drive device and the electric motor control device is disposed at a joining portion between the drive device and electric motor control device and inside a virtual polygon connecting the at least one pair of first mounting portions and the at least one second mounting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuro TOMINAGA, Takanori SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200079433Abstract: A vehicle includes a driving device unit configured to drive a rear wheel and a rear cross member which extends in a left-right direction and supports the driving device unit. A maximum length of the driving device unit in a front-rear direction is longer than a maximum length thereof in a vehicle width direction, and a rear end portion of the driving device unit is located rearward than a wheel rear end portion of the rear wheel and forward than a rear end portion of the rear cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori SUZUKI, Takuro TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20190283560Abstract: To provide a power unit structure for an electrically driven vehicle which can decrease design man-hours, as well as raise the rigidity of the unit. A control device unit for an electrically driven vehicle includes: a first mounting part which is a mounting part of a power supply unit that supplies electric power to an electric motor, and a second mounting part which fixes the control device unit to an electric motor unit; and the control device unit is mounted from a transmission case side of the electric motor unit towards an electric motor case side, the first mounting part being mounted to a central case, and the second mounting part being mounted to the transmission case.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Suzuki, Yuya Ishihara, Takuro Tominaga