Patents by Inventor Tomoharu Kamo

Tomoharu Kamo 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: 6953021
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor as driving sources for the vehicle, and when decelerating, the control device stops the fuel supply to the engine and generates energy by regenerative braking. The engine is a cylinder pause-type engine which is capable of switching between the all-cylinder driving state in which all of cylinders are operating, and a cylinder paused driving state in which all of the cylinders are paused, and the control device of the hybrid vehicle comprises a cylinder pause state determination device for determining whether the engine is in the all cylinder driving state or in a cylinder paused driving state and a regeneration amount supplementing device for supplementing the regeneration energy by the motor by use of the increment of the regeneration energy obtained during the cylinder pausing operation than that obtained during all cylinder driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruo Wakashiro, Hideyuki Takahashi, Atsushi Matsubara, Tomoharu Kamo, Toshiyuki Sato, Yasuo Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20040026928
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor as driving sources for the vehicle, and when decelerating, the control device stops the fuel supply to the engine and generates energy by regenerative braking. The engine is a cylinder pause-type engine which is capable of switching between the all-cylinder driving state in which all of cylinders are operating, and a cylinder paused driving state in which all of the cylinders are paused, and the control device of the hybrid vehicle comprises a cylinder pause state determination device for determining whether the engine is in the all cylinder driving state or in a cylinder paused driving state and a regeneration amount supplementing device for supplementing the regeneration energy by the motor by use of the increment of the regeneration energy obtained during the cylinder pausing operation than that obtained during all cylinder driving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Teruo Wakashiro, Hideyuki Takahashi, Atsushi Matsubara, Tomoharu Kamo, Toshiyuki Sato, Yasuo Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20030028295
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes an actual intake gas negative pressure detection unit which detects an intake air negative pressure for the engine, an estimated intake gas negative pressure calculation unit which estimates an intake air negative pressure based on a revolution number of the engine and an opening degree of a throttle, and an engine control unit which compares an actual intake gas negative pressure obtained by the actual intake gas negative pressure detection unit with an estimated intake gas negative pressure obtained by the estimated intake gas negative pressure calculation unit. The engine control unit prohibits a fuel supply to the engine until the actual intake gas negative pressure matches the estimated intake gas negative pressure, and carries out the fuel supply to the engine when the actual intake gas negative pressure matches the estimated intake gas negative pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruo Wakashiro, Atsushi Matsubara, Tomoharu Kamo, Kan Nakaune, Yasuo Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 6516254
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes an actual intake gas negative pressure detection unit which detects an intake air negative pressure for the engine, an estimated intake gas negative pressure calculation unit which estimates an intake air negative pressure based on a revolution number of the engine and an opening degree of a throttle, and an engine control unit which compares an actual intake gas negative pressure obtained by the actual intake gas negative pressure detection unit with an estimated intake gas negative pressure obtained by the estimated intake gas negative pressure calculation unit. The engine control unit prohibits a fuel supply to the engine until the actual intake gas negative pressure matches the estimated intake gas negative pressure, and carries out the fuel supply to the engine when the actual intake gas negative pressure matches the estimated intake gas negative pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruo Wakashiro, Atsushi Matsubara, Tomoharu Kamo, Kan Nakaune, Yasuo Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 5390876
    Abstract: A holder including a fastening member, a base member, and a hinged connecting member for interconnecting the fastening member and the base member in a manner that the fastening member can be pivoted for the base member. The fastening member has a mounting block including a through hole. The base member has a mating portion including an insertion opening. The mounting block has engagement means engageable with engagement means provided on a bracket mounted on an automobile body. The engagement means of the bracket is engaged with the engagement means of the mounting block when the bracket is received in the through hole passed through the insertion opening, whereby the fastening member is mounted on the bracket in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignees: Sumitomo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Hatano, Takayoshi Ito, Noboru Miyazaki, Ryuji Umehara, Tomoharu Kamo