Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Honda
Tomoaki Honda 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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Patent number: 9896087Abstract: A vehicle is configured to perform external power supply which supplies electric power to outside of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a battery, an engine, a first MG configured to generate electric power using motive power of the engine, a fuel supply port for supplying a fuel for the engine, and an ECU for controlling an external power supply operation. When fuel supply into the fuel supply port is performed during the external power supply, the ECU prohibits driving of the engine, and supplies electric power stored in the battery to the outside of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keita Fukui, Toshio Inoue, Shunsuke Fushiki, Tomoaki Honda, Hidekazu Nawata, Yuta Niwa, Taichi Osawa
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Patent number: 9821795Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a rotary electric machine, a filter and an ECU. The engine includes an exhaust passage. The rotary electric machine is a driving source of the vehicle. The filter traps particulate matter flowing through the exhaust passage. The ECU is configured to control the hybrid vehicle in any one of a plurality of control modes. The plurality of control modes include a first control mode and a second control mode. The number of opportunities for the engine to operate when the control mode is the second control mode is larger than the number of opportunities for the engine to operate when the control mode is the first control mode. The ECU is configured to, when the filter is regenerated, control the hybrid vehicle in the second control mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidekazu Nawata, Tsukasa Abe, Toshio Inoue, Keita Fukui, Tomoaki Honda, Yuta Niwa, Taichi Osawa
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Patent number: 9821796Abstract: When reproduction of a filter is required, and a filter temperature is within a first temperature range, an ECU executes a control process including the steps of executing a successive motoring control, determining an intermittent motoring period, an intermittent stopping period, and an intermittence number when the filter temperature is within a second temperature range, and executing an intermittent motoring control.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshio Inoue, Tsukasa Abe, Tomoaki Honda, Keita Fukui, Hidekazu Nawata, Taichi Ohsawa, Yuta Niwa
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Patent number: 9820497Abstract: There is provided pet food comprising astaxanthin and/or an ester thereof as an active component and having an effect of deodorizing excrement such as urine and feces, effects of improving sleep, sensibility such as perception and cognition, and visual sense, and an effect of treating, improving or preventing diabetes and diabetic complications. The pet food can deodorize excrement such as urine and feces, improve sleep, sensibility such as perception and cognition, and visual sense, and treat, improve or prevent diabetes and diabetic complications.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: FUJI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Honda, Jiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 9796376Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a rotating electric machine, an electric storage device, a power supply device, and a controller. The controller executes switching control to switch from a first electric power supply to a second electric power supply by starting the internal combustion engine. The first electric power supply is the supply of electric power from the electric storage device to the electric device. The second electric power supply is the supply of electric power from the rotating electric machine to the electric device. The controller controls the power supply device and the internal combustion engine such that the internal combustion engine is started with the first electric power supply being continued during the switching control.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshio Inoue, Shunsuke Fushiki, Tomoaki Honda, Keita Fukui, Hidekazu Nawata, Yuta Niwa, Taichi Ohsawa
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Patent number: 9751519Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and a battery, and is configured to perform external power feeding of supplying electric power to the outside of the vehicle. The vehicle includes an MG that generates electric power by using motive power of the engine, and an ECU that controls the engine and the MG. When an outside air temperature is below a reference temperature and an amount of remaining fuel of the engine is below a reference amount in a case where the external power feeding is to be performed, the ECU limits the driving of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidekazu Nawata, Toshio Inoue, Keita Fukui, Tomoaki Honda, Yuta Niwa, Taichi Osawa, Shunsuke Fushiki
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Publication number: 20170194413Abstract: An electronic device of the technology includes: a plurality of first wiring patterns that are electrically coupled to each other partially, and each extend in a first direction; an organic insulating layer that is provided on the first wiring patterns; and a second wiring pattern that is provided on the organic insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Koichi Nagasawa, Hirofumi Fujoka, Tomoaki Honda
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Publication number: 20170101023Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and a battery, and is configured to perform external power feeding of supplying electric power to the outside of the vehicle. The vehicle includes an MG that generates electric power by using an output from the engine, and an ECU that controls the engine and the MG such that an SOC of the battery is maintained at a prescribed control center value. When an amount of remaining fuel of the engine falls below a prescribed reference amount during execution of the external power feeding, the ECU sets the control center value to a smaller value than when the amount of remaining fuel is not below the reference amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidekazu NAWATA, Toshio INOUE, Keita FUKUI, Tomoaki HONDA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OSAWA, Shunsuke FUSHIKI
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Publication number: 20170096136Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a filter, an electrical storage device, a rotating electric machine, and a controller. The filter is configured to trap particulate matter in exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. The rotating electric machine is configured to generate electric power using power from the internal combustion engine so as to charge the electrical storage device, and drive the internal combustion engine using electric power from the electrical storage device. The controller is configured to control the internal combustion engine and the rotating electric machine, so as to warm up the electrical storage device when regeneration control needs to be performed and when the temperature of the electrical storage device is lower than a reference value. The regeneration control is control for raising the temperature of the filter to a predetermined temperature so as to burn the particulate matter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2015Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidekazu NAWATA, Toshio INOUE, Keita FUKUI, Tomoaki HONDA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OSAWA
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Publication number: 20170088114Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and a battery, and is configured to perform external power feeding of supplying electric power to the outside of the vehicle. The vehicle includes an MG that generates electric power by using motive power of the engine, and an ECU that controls the engine and the MG. When an outside air temperature is below a reference temperature and an amount of remaining fuel of the engine is below a reference amount in a case where the external power feeding is to be performed, the ECU limits the driving of the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidekazu NAWATA, Toshio INOUE, Keita FUKUI, Tomoaki HONDA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OSAWA, Shunsuke FUSHIKI
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Patent number: 9545847Abstract: Vehicle is configured to supply power to outside of a vehicle. Vehicle includes an engine, a battery, a first MG configured to generate power with use of motive power of the engine, a switching unit configured to switch power supplied to outside of the vehicle between power generated by the first MG and power stored in the battery, an ECU configured to control the switching unit, and a detection unit configured to allow the ECU to determine whether or not the vehicle is located indoors. When the ECU determines that the vehicle is located indoors based on an output from the detection unit, it controls the switching unit so that the power supplied to outside of the vehicle to be switched from power generated by the first MG to power stored in the battery.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoaki Honda, Toshio Inoue, Shunsuke Fushiki, Keita Fukui, Hidekazu Nawata, Yuta Niwa, Taichi Osawa
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Publication number: 20170008511Abstract: A vehicle is configured to perform external power supply which supplies electric power to outside of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a battery, an engine, a first MG configured to generate electric power using motive power of the engine, a fuel supply port for supplying a fuel for the engine, and an ECU for controlling an external power supply operation. When fuel supply into the fuel supply port is performed during the external power supply, the ECU prohibits driving of the engine, and supplies electric power stored in the battery to the outside of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita FUKUI, Toshio INOUE, Shunsuke FUSHIKI, Tomoaki HONDA, Hidekazu NAWATA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OSAWA
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Publication number: 20160375773Abstract: An ECU includes: a control section for controlling an engine such that the engine is operated in an intermediate load state during electric power feed from an electric power feed section to the outside of a vehicle; a learning section for learning a control parameter based on a state quantity detected by a detector, the control parameter being used by the ECU to control the engine; and a determination section for determining whether a learning condition that the learning section learns the control parameter is established. When the learning condition is established during the electric power feed from the electric power feed section to the outside of the vehicle, the determination section makes a control section control the engine such that a state thereof is changed from the intermediate load state to either an idle state or a low load state, and makes the learning section learn the control parameter regarding the engine in the idle state or the low load state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke FUSHIKI, Toshio INOUE, Keita FUKUI, Tomoaki HONDA, Hidekazu NAWATA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OSAWA
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Publication number: 20160368483Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a rotary electric machine, a filter and an ECU. The engine includes an exhaust passage. The rotary electric machine is a driving source of the vehicle. The filter traps particulate matter flowing through the exhaust passage. The ECU is configured to control the hybrid vehicle in any one of a plurality of control modes. The plurality of control modes include a first control mode and a second control mode. The number of opportunities for the engine to operate when the control mode is the second control mode is larger than the number of opportunities for the engine to operate when the control mode is the first control mode. The ECU is configured to, when the filter is regenerated, control the hybrid vehicle in the second control mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidekazu NAWATA, Tsukasa ABE, Toshio INOUE, Keita FUKUI, Tomoaki HONDA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OSAWA
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Publication number: 20160339905Abstract: When reproduction of a filter is required, and a filter temperature is within a first temperature range, an ECU executes a control process including the steps of executing a successive motoring control, determining an intermittent motoring period, an intermittent stopping period, and an intermittence number when the filter temperature is within a second temperature range, and executing an intermittent motoring control.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshio INOUE, Tsukasa ABE, Tomoaki HONDA, Keita FUKUI, Hidekazu NAWATA, Taichi OHSAWA, Yuta NIWA
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Patent number: 9499160Abstract: A control unit for a hybrid vehicle determines whether warming of an engine is insufficient in an outside electric power feed mode. When the warming of the engine is insufficient, it is determined whether current time is in an initial period of electric power feed. When the current time is in the initial period of the electric power feed, only electric power of an electric storage device is supplied to the outside in a state that the engine is off. When the current time is not in the initial period of the electric power feed, the engine is turned on, and only electric power generated in a motor is supplied to the outside. When the warming of the engine is sufficient, the electric power generated in the motor, the electric power of the electric storage device, or both of them are supplied to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshio Inoue, Shunsuke Fushiki, Tomoaki Honda, Keita Fukui, Hidekazu Nawata, Yuta Niwa, Taichi Ohsawa
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Publication number: 20160272189Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a first motor generator that is configured to generate electric power using the power of the engine, an electric storage device that is configured to store the electric power that is generated by the first motor generator, a connection part through which the electric power that has been stored in the electric storage device is supplied to the outside of the vehicle; and an ECU that is configured to start the engine when the SOC of the electric storage device reaches a predetermined starting threshold value. The ECU sets a starting threshold value ON2 that is used when the vehicle is in an undrivable condition and electric power is being supplied to the outside of the vehicle through the connection part to a value smaller than a starting threshold value ON1 that is used when the vehicle is in a drivable condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshio INOUE, Shunsuke FUSHIKI, Tomoaki HONDA, Keita FUKUI, Hidekazu NAWATA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OHSAWA
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Publication number: 20160272194Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a rotating electric machine, an electric storage device, a power supply device, and a controller. The controller executes switching control to switch from a first electric power supply to a second electric power supply by starting the internal combustion engine. The first electric power supply is the supply of electric power from the electric storage device to the electric device. The second electric power supply is the supply of electric power from the rotating electric machine to the electric device. The controller controls the power supply device and the internal combustion engine such that the internal combustion engine is started with the first electric power supply being continued during the switching control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshio INOUE, Shunsuke FUSHIKI, Tomoaki HONDA, Keita FUKUI, Hidekazu NAWATA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OHSAWA
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Publication number: 20160257296Abstract: A controller for a hybrid vehicle is a controller used for a hybrid vehicle that is equipped with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electric machine, and an electric storage device, and that is capable of an external power supply. The controller includes a required-power information obtaining section that obtains required power, and a control section that controls the hybrid vehicle so as to cause the internal combustion engine to drive the rotating electric machine in order to supply power generated by the rotating electric machine to the outside of the hybrid vehicle without charging the electric storage device, when the required power is greater than predetermined power.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita FUKUI, Hidekazu NAWATA, Toshio INOUE, Shunsuke FUSHIKI, Tomoaki HONDA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OSAWA
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Patent number: 9328681Abstract: A control apparatus for a multicylinder internal combustion engine includes: a detection portion that detects a parameter that represents degree of variation in air/fuel ratio among cylinders; a measurement portion that measures stored oxygen amount of a catalyst provided in an exhaust passageway of the internal combustion engine; and a rich-control portion that switches between execution and stop of a rich control for enriching the air/fuel ratio according to the stored oxygen amount measured by the measurement portion when the parameter detected by the detection portion is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norifumi Takada, Tomoaki Honda