Patents by Inventor Tetsu Sugiyama

Tetsu Sugiyama 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: 6359404
    Abstract: A control apparatus including a requestedtorque calculating device which calculates a torque requested for driving the hybrid vehicle; and a torque control device which controls a torque generated by an engine and a torque generated by an electric motor of the hybrid vehicle based on the requested torque calculated by the requested torque calculating device. The torque control device controls the electric motor so as to generate a torque obtained by subtracting a torque to be generated by the engine from the requested torque. Acoording to this control apparatus, if the responsiveness in changing the transmission ratio of the transmission is poor and the torque generated by the engine becomes lower than therequested torque, the electric motor is controlled to generate the deficient (supplementary) torque, and smooth acceleration of the vehicle can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsu Sugiyama, Kiyoshi Asami, Eijiro Shimabukuro
  • Patent number: 6140780
    Abstract: A control system controls a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axle, an electric motor for assisting the engine in rotating the drive axle and converting kinetic energy of the drive axle into electric energy in a regenerative mode, and an electric energy storage unit connected through a power drive unit to the electric motor, for storing electric energy. The control system has a regenerative quantity determining unit which includes first, second, and third first regenerative quantity establishing units. The first regenerative quantity establishing unit establishes a first regenerative quantity for the electric motor based on a vehicle speed of the hybrid vehicle when the supply of fuel to the engine is stopped upon deceleration of the hybrid vehicle. The second regenerative quantity establishing unit establishes a second regenerative quantity for the electric motor based on a remaining capacity of the electric energy storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Yusuke Tatara, Motoshi Ishikawa, Yutaka Tamagawa, Tetsu Sugiyama, Toru Yano