Patents by Inventor Yohsuke Tagawa

Yohsuke Tagawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20230228243
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a hydroelectric power generation system includes removing a transaxle including a first motor generator from an end-of-life hybrid electric vehicle, and assembling a hydraulic turbine to a rotary shaft coupled to the first motor generator in the removed transaxle. The rotary shaft to which the hydraulic turbine is assembled may be an engine shaft connected to an engine of the hybrid electric vehicle when the transaxle is mounted on the hybrid electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohsuke TAGAWA, Michinobu SUZUKI, Satoru KATOH, Naoyuki MIYARA, Tomonori OGURA, Ryuichi TSUTSUMI, Yukihiko IDESHIO, Yoshihiro TANIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230101916
    Abstract: A power generation device includes a first generator connected to a prime mover, a second generator connected to the prime mover, a first DCDC converter connected to the first generator, and a second DCDC converter connected to the second generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohsuke TAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10668817
    Abstract: A driving device includes a motor; a power storage device; a first boost converter configured to exchange power by voltage conversion between a power storage device side and a motor side; a second boost converter connected to the first boost converter in parallel and configured to exchange power by voltage conversion between the power storage device side and the motor side; and an electronic control unit configured to control the first boost converter and the second boost converter. The electronic control unit controls the first boost converter and the second boost converter such that the loss of each of the first boost converter and the second boost converter is not minimized during an excessive power input in which power to be input to the power storage device from the motor side is greater than an input limit of the power storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Andoh, Yohsuke Tagawa
  • Publication number: 20180257496
    Abstract: A driving device includes a motor; a power storage device; a first boost converter configured to exchange power by voltage conversion between a power storage device side and a motor side; a second boost converter connected to the first boost converter in parallel and configured to exchange power by voltage conversion between the power storage device side and the motor side; and an electronic control unit configured to control the first boost converter and the second boost converter. The electronic control unit controls the first boost converter and the second boost converter such that the loss of each of the first boost converter and the second boost converter is not minimized during an excessive power input in which power to be input to the power storage device from the motor side is greater than an input limit of the power storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro ANDOH, Yohsuke TAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10046657
    Abstract: When the heat stress cumulative value of a second boost converter is equal to or greater than a second threshold value that is less than a first threshold value and the heat stress cumulative value of a first boost converter is less than a third threshold value that is equal to or less than the second threshold value, the first boost converter is controlled by voltage control and the second boost converter is controlled by power control. When the heat stress cumulative value of the first boost converter is equal to or greater than the second threshold value and the heat stress cumulative value of the second boost converter is less than the third threshold value, the first boost converter is controlled by the power control and the second boost converter is controlled by the voltage control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yohsuke Tagawa
  • Patent number: 10005444
    Abstract: An HV-ECU executes a control process including the step of executing reverse rotation prevention control for an engine when EV running is in execution in a vehicle (YES in S100), an ABS is usable (YES in S102) and a magnitude of an amount of change in rotation speed of a ring gear of a differential unit is larger than a threshold value A (YES in S104), or when the ABS is unusable (NO in S102) and a magnitude of an amount of reduction in rotation speed of the ring gear of the differential unit is larger than a threshold value B (YES in S106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yohsuke Tagawa
  • Publication number: 20180147946
    Abstract: When the heat stress cumulative value of a second boost converter is equal to or greater than a second threshold value that is less than a first threshold value and the heat stress cumulative value of a first boost converter is less than a third threshold value that is equal to or less than the second threshold value, the first boost converter is controlled by voltage control and the second boost converter is controlled by power control. When the heat stress cumulative value of the first boost converter is equal to or greater than the second threshold value and the heat stress cumulative value of the second boost converter is less than the third threshold value, the first boost converter is controlled by the power control and the second boost converter is controlled by the voltage control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohsuke TAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9475488
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid drive unit for avoiding an overcharging and an over discharging of a battery when starting or stopping an engine. The control system selects a speed ratio where an amount of an electric power to be stored into the battery is large or to be discharged from the electric storage device is small if a state of charge of the battery is lower than a first threshold value (at step S4). The control system selects a speed ratio where an amount of an electric power to be discharged from the battery is large or to be stored into the battery is small if a state of charge of the electric storage device is higher than a second threshold value (at step S7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yohsuke Tagawa, Shunya Kato, Atsushi Tabata, Tatsuya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160107519
    Abstract: An HV-ECU executes a control process including the step of executing reverse rotation prevention control for an engine when EV running is in execution in a vehicle (YES in S100), an ABS is usable (YES in S102) and a magnitude of an amount of change in rotation speed of a ring gear of a differential unit is larger than a threshold value A (YES in S104), or when the ABS is unusable (NO in S102) and a magnitude of an amount of reduction in rotation speed of the ring gear of the differential unit is larger than a threshold value B (YES in S106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohsuke TAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150158481
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid drive unit for avoiding an overcharging and an over discharging of a battery when starting or stopping an engine. The control system selects a speed ratio where an amount of an electric power to be stored into the battery is large or to be discharged from the electric storage device is small if a state of charge of the battery is lower than a first threshold value (at step S4). The control system selects a speed ratio where an amount of an electric power to be discharged from the battery is large or to be stored into the battery is small if a state of charge of the electric storage device is higher than a second threshold value (at step S7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Yohsuke Tagawa, Shunya Kato, Atsushi Tabata, Tatsuya Imamura