Patents by Inventor Toyoaki Kurita

Toyoaki Kurita 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: 9048050
    Abstract: In an electric power supply control apparatus for a motor in a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle, when a main relay is switched over from an on-state to an off-state, only one of its positive-side switch and negative-side switch is turned off to provide a one-side off-state. Thus the numbers of operations of its switches are reduced in comparison to a system, in which both switches are turned off. When a charging relay is switched over from an on-state to an off-state, only one of a positive-side switch and a negative-side switch is turned off to provide a one-side off-state. Thus the numbers of operations of its switches are also reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toyoaki Kurita
  • Patent number: 9002558
    Abstract: After turning a main relay to a full off-state and turning a charger relay to a full off-state or a half off-state only one of a positive-side switch and a negative-side switch is turned of voltage application processing is performed to control a bidirectional DC-DC converter to apply an output voltage of an accessory battery to a power cable after boosting. After the voltage application processing, check processing is performed to check whether a short-circuit is present in the charger relay by comparing a terminal voltage of a first capacitor and a terminal voltage of a second capacitor. After the check processing, discharge processing is performed to control the DC-DC converter to discharge at least the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Toyoaki Kurita
  • Publication number: 20130268158
    Abstract: After turning a main relay to a full off-state and turning a charger relay to a full off-state or a half off-state only one of a positive-side switch and a negative-side switch is turned of voltage application processing is performed to control a bidirectional DC-DC converter to apply an output voltage of an accessory battery to a power cable after boosting. After the voltage application processing, check processing is performed to check whether a short-circuit is present in the charger relay by comparing a terminal voltage of a first capacitor and a terminal voltage of a second capacitor. After the check processing, discharge processing is performed to control the DC-DC converter to discharge at least the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toyoaki KURITA
  • Publication number: 20130265005
    Abstract: In an electric power supply control apparatus for a motor in a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle, when a main relay is switched over from an on-state to an off-state, only one of its positive-side switch and negative-side switch is turned off to provide a one-side off-state. Thus the numbers of operations of its switches are reduced in comparison to a system, in which both switches are turned off. When a charging relay is switched over from an on-state to an off-state, only one of a positive-side switch and a negative-side switch is turned off to provide a one-side off-state. Thus the numbers of operations of its switches are also reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toyoaki KURITA
  • Patent number: 7559304
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a technology capable of stopping and starting an internal combustion engine more preferably by restraining vibrations when the internal combustion engine stops and a scatter in crank angle when the internal combustion engine stops. For a period till an actual stop of the internal combustion engine since a stopping condition of the internal combustion engine was established, an air quantity of air flowing into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine is decreased when a number of revolutions of the engine is higher than a specified number of revolutions (S102) and is increased when the number of revolutions of the engine is equal to or lower than the specified number of revolutions (S106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kataoka, Kimitoshi Tsuji, Yasushi Kusaka, Toyoaki Kurita, Masaki Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20070261668
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a technology capable of stopping and starting an internal combustion engine more preferably by restraining vibrations when the internal combustion engine stops and a scatter in crank angle when the internal combustion engine stops. For a period till an actual stop of the internal combustion engine since a stopping condition of the internal combustion engine was established, an air quantity of air flowing into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine is decreased when a number of revolutions of the engine is higher than a specified number of revolutions (S102) and is increased when the number of revolutions of the engine is equal to or lower than the specified number of revolutions (S106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Kataoka, Kimitoshi Tsuji, Yasushi Kusaka, Toyoaki Kurita, Masaki Takeyama
  • Patent number: 6018694
    Abstract: A gas-sparing vehicle is achieved by a control system for a hybrid vehicle equipped at least with: a hybrid engine which includes at least a first rotary electric unit for deciding the rpm of the engine and a second rotary electric unit for deciding the driving force of the vehicle and which has power converting means connected to the output shaft of the engine; and electricity storing means. In one embodiment, a hybrid controller 16 controls the drive of a first rotary electric unit 2000 according to a startup torque command value which is decided based on the rpm of an engine at the time of engine startup and which decreases as the rpm increases; it also determines that the complete explosion in an engine 1 has occurred when the startup torque command value falls below a predetermined complete explosion judgment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Egami, Hiroshi Fujita, Keiichiro Banzai, Takeshi Sawada, Hiroya Tsuji, Kazuyoshi Obayashi, Hiroaki Kajiura, Masahiro Seguchi, Toyoaki Kurita