Patents by Inventor Takuya Kusakabe

Takuya Kusakabe 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).

  • Engine testing apparatus, and engine testing method
    Patent number: 9778140
    Abstract: An engine testing apparatus is provided with a memory portion for storing a control command value obtained when the rotation speed of a dynamometer is changed by the control command value in accordance with the change of the engine rotation speed in a real vehicle in a period in which the engine behavior in a real vehicle is reproduced without connecting the dynamometer to an engine under test. The engine testing apparatus is provided with an output portion that supplies the control command value stored in the memory portion to the dynamometer with reference to an engine output signal showing the start of the reproducing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuaki Suzuki, Takuya Kusakabe, Masato Hayasaka, Yoshinao Sato, Nobuhiko Asakura, Sou Shimizu, Yoshimasa Sawada, Takao Akiyama, Shinya Nagao, Yoshiharu Kido
  • ENGINE TESTING APPARATUS, AND ENGINE TESTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140019081
    Abstract: An engine testing apparatus is provided with a memory portion for storing a control command value obtained when the rotation speed of a dynamometer is changed by the control command value in accordance with the change of the engine rotation speed in a real vehicle in a period in which the engine behavior in a real vehicle is reproduced without connecting the dynamometer to an engine under test. The engine testing apparatus is provided with an output portion that supplies the control command value stored in the memory portion to the dynamometer with reference to an engine output signal showing the start of the reproducing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Suzuki, Takuya Kusakabe, Masato Hayasaka, Yoshinao Sato, Nobuhiko Asakura, Sou Shimizu, Yoshimasa Sawada, Takao Akiyama, Shinya Nagao, Yoshiharu Kido