Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Oshima
Yoshikazu Oshima 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: 8903599Abstract: A failure determination device capable of performing failure determination for a shutter device of a vehicle with accuracy in a short time period. In an engine room of a vehicle, a condenser for a refrigeration cycle for an aircon is provided and at a front grille of the vehicle, a grille shutter device is provided for introducing ambient air for cooling the condenser into the engine room by opening a grille shutter. According to the failure determination device of the shutter device, a pressure of the refrigerant discharged from the condenser is detected as a refrigerant pressure. A failure of the grille shutter device is determined based on the refrigerant pressure, which changes at a large rate according to the opening/closing of the grille shutter, enabling failure determination with accuracy in a short time period.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Hidetaka Maki, Hiroyuki Ohnishi, Masatoshi Endo, Yoshikazu Oshima
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Publication number: 20130184943Abstract: A failure determination device capable of performing failure determination for a shutter device of a vehicle with accuracy in a short time period. In an engine room of a vehicle, a condenser for a refrigeration cycle for an aircon is provided and at a front grille of the vehicle, a grille shutter device is provided for introducing ambient air for cooling the condenser into the engine room by opening a grille shutter. According to the failure determination device of the shutter device, a pressure of the refrigerant discharged from the condenser is detected as a refrigerant pressure. A failure of the grille shutter device is determined based on the refrigerant pressure, which changes at a large rate according to the opening/closing of the grille shutter, enabling failure determination with accuracy in a short time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Hidetaka Maki, Hiroyuki Ohnishi, Masatoshi Endo, Yoshikazu Oshima
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Patent number: 6603278Abstract: 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 drive control circuit 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: GrantFiled: January 8, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Yusuke Tatara, Motoshi Ishikawa, Yutaka Tamagawa, Tetsu Sugiyama, Toru Yano
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Patent number: 6477458Abstract: The characteristics of the output of an exhaust gas sensor with respect to the air-fuel ratio of an engine are expressed by a nonlinear function such as a quadratic function or the like, and the parameters of the nonlinear function are sequentially identified according to a sequential identifying algorithm using the data of the output of the exhaust gas sensor and the data of the output of an air-fuel ratio sensor which detects the air-fuel ratio of the engine. An air-fuel ratio at which the function value of the nonlinear function whose parameters have been identified is used as a target air-fuel ratio, and the air-fuel ratio of the engine is controlled at the target air-fuel ratio.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Yasui, Yoshikazu Oshima
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Patent number: 6427438Abstract: The characteristics of an output of an exhaust gas sensor with respect to an air-fuel ratio of an engine are expressed according to a quadratic function, and the parameters of the quadratic function are sequentially identified according to a sequential identifying algorithm using data of the output of the exhaust gas sensor and data of an output of an air-fuel sensor which detects the air-fuel ratio of the engine. Deterioration evaluating parameters whose values change as the deterioration of a catalytic converter processes are sequentially determined from the identified values of the parameters of the quadratic function, and the deteriorated state of the catalytic converter is evaluated based on the determined deterioration evaluating parameters.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Yasui, Yoshikazu Oshima
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Publication number: 20020063540Abstract: 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 drive control circuit 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2002Publication date: May 30, 2002Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Yusuke Tatara, Motoshi Ishikawa, Yutaka Tamagawa, Tetsu Sugiyama, Toru Yano
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Patent number: 6369531Abstract: 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 drive control circuit 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: GrantFiled: October 4, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Yusuke Tatara, Motoshi Ishikawa, Yutaka Tamagawa, Tetsu Sugiyama, Toru Yano
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Patent number: 6330498Abstract: 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 electric energy storage means for supplying electric energy to the electric motor. The control system has an electric motor control unit which calculates an output power of the electric motor depending on an operating status of the hybrid vehicle and assists the engine based on the calculated output power of the electric motor. The electric motor control unit also reduces the output power of the electric motor when the rotational speed of the engine or the speed of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1998Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Tamagawa, Motoshi Ishikawa, Toru Yano, Yoshikazu Oshima
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Patent number: 6140780Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Yusuke Tatara, Motoshi Ishikawa, Yutaka Tamagawa, Tetsu Sugiyama, Toru Yano
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Patent number: 6138784Abstract: A control system controls a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axle, an electric motor for converting kinetic energy of the drive axle into electric energy in a regenerative mode, a drive control circuit for controlling the electric motor, and electric energy storage device for storing electric energy. The control system has an intake air control unit for controlling an amount of intake air supplied to the engine, and an exhaust gas recirculation control valve for controlling recirculation of exhaust gases from an exhaust system of the engine to an intake system of the engine. A control unit operates the intake air control unit to reduce the amount of intake air and operating the exhaust gas recirculation control valve in an opening direction when the electric motor operates in the regenerative mode while the hybrid vehicle is decelerating.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Hideki Minami, Yusuke Tatara, Toru Yano, Yutaka Tamagawa
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Patent number: 5937638Abstract: A deterioration of a catalytic converter for purifying an exhaust gas produced by burning a mixture of a fuel and air in an internal combustion engine, for example, is judged by supplying the exhaust gas to the catalytic converter, detecting the amount of a predetermined component of the exhaust gas which has passed through the catalytic converter with an exhaust gas sensor disposed downstream of the catalytic converter, calculating a target air-fuel ratio for the exhaust gas to be supplied to the catalytic converter for achieving a predetermined emission purifying capability of the catalytic converter based on a detected output signal from the exhaust gas sensor, and judging a deteriorated state of the catalytic converter based on the calculated target air-fuel ratio.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shusuke Akazaki, Kohei Hanada, Yuji Yasui, Yoshikazu Oshima
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Patent number: 5939848Abstract: 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 electric energy storage unit for supplying electric energy to the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1998Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Yano, Yutaka Tamagawa, Yoshikazu Oshima, Motoshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 5713197Abstract: There is provided a catalyst deterioration-detecting system for an internal combustion engine having at least one catalyst arranged in the exhaust passage, for purifying noxious components present in exhaust gases emitted from the engine, and an exhaust gas component concentration sensor arranged in the exhaust passage at a location downstream of the catalyst, for detecting concentration of a specific component in the exhaust gases. An ECU of the system controls the ignition timing of the engine, and detects the degree of deterioration of the catalyst, based on an output value from the exhaust gas component concentration sensor. The ignition timing of the engine is retarded in dependence on the detected degree of deterioration of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1995Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ken Ogawa, Hidehito Ikebe, Yoshikazu Oshima, Yasunori Ehara
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Patent number: 5638792Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine comprises an ECU which calculates an amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine and determines a direct supply ratio and a carry-off ratio, based on operating conditions of the engine. The direct supply ratio is a ratio of a fuel amount directly drawn into the engine in a predetermined operating cycle of the engine to the whole fuel amount injected in the same operating cycle, and the carry-off ratio is a ratio of a fuel amount carried off the inner surface of the intake pipe and drawn into the engine in the predetermined operating cycle to the whole fuel amount which adhered to the inner surface of the intake pipe in an operating cycle immediately preceding the predetermined operating cycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1994Date of Patent: June 17, 1997Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo K.K.Inventors: Ken Ogawa, Yoshikazu Oshima
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Patent number: 5611316Abstract: A fuel supply mechanism for a gas combustion engine has a tank filled with a gas fuel, a fuel injector having a fuel injection valve mounted on the gas combustion engine, a pipe for supplying the gas fuel from the tank to the fuel injector, a gas fuel cutoff valve in the pipe for cutting off the gas fuel flowing through the pipe, a gas fuel state detector for detecting a state of the gas fuel, and a control unit responsive to a detected signal from the gas fuel state detector for controlling the gas fuel cutoff valve and the fuel injection valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1994Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Atsushi Kato, Mitsuru Ikeo, Toshiyuki Nishida, Kazuhiro Ueda, Katsunori Nakamura, Ryuichi Noseyama, Kenichiro Ishibashi, Shigeru Aoki
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Patent number: 5509389Abstract: An ignition timing control system for an internal combustion engine is associated with a fuel injection amount control system for calculating an amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine, based on operating conditions of the engine, correcting the calculated amount of fuel, based on an adherent amount of fuel adhering to the inner wall surface of the intake passage, and a carried-off amount of fuel to be carried off from the adherent fuel into each combustion chamber of the engine, and injecting the corrected fuel amount into the intake passage. The ignition timing control system comprises an ECU which detects whether the engine has been recovered from a fuel cut state to a fuel supply state, and calculates ignition timing of the engine, based on operating conditions of the engine detected by engine operating parameter sensors, including pressure within the intake passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1994Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo K.K.Inventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Ken Ogawa, Toshiyuki Nishida
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Patent number: 5483938Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine controls an amount of fuel supplied to the engine. Operating conditions of the engine, including engine rotational speed and intake pressure, are detected. Also detected is a valve opening of a recirculation control valve arranged in an exhaust recirculation passage, for controlling recirculation of exhaust gases. An amount of recirculation gas is determined based on a detected value of the valve opening of the recirculation control valve. A fuel supply amount is calculated based on the engine rotational speed and the intake pressure. The fuel supply amount is corrected based on the amount of recirculation gas determined.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1994Date of Patent: January 16, 1996Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo K.K.Inventors: Yoshikazu Oshima, Ken Ogawa
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Patent number: 5483935Abstract: A control system according to one aspect calculates a ratio of an actual amount of fuel supplied to the combustion chamber to the desired amount of fuel to be supplied to the combustion chamber, by taking into account at least an amount of evaporative fuel supplied to the combustion chamber, and sets the rate of change of the air-fuel ratio correction coefficient based on this ratio of the actual amount to the desired amount. A control system according to another aspect of the invention calculates an injected fuel ratio of an amount of fuel injected to an amount of total fuel to be supplied to the combustion chamber, and controls the ignition timing based on the injected fuel ratio and depending on operating conditions of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1995Date of Patent: January 16, 1996Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ken Ogawa, Yoshikazu Oshima, Yasunori Ehara, Kei Machida, Atsushi Kato
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Patent number: 5426938Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine according to one aspect of the invention calculates a total amount of evaporative fuel purged from a canister based on dynamic characteristics and concentration of purged gas. The system calculates an amount of evaporative fuel supplied to the combustion chamber of the engine based on the total amount of evaporative fuel and depending on dynamic characteristics of the purged gas. Then, the system determines a required amount of fuel to be injected by a fuel injection valve based on the amount of evaporative fuel supplied to the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1993Date of Patent: June 27, 1995Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ken Ogawa, Yoshikazu Oshima, Yasunori Ehara, Kei Machida, Atsushi Kato
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Patent number: 5357754Abstract: A catalyst deterioration-detecting device for an internal combustion engine has at least one catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the engine,for purifying exhaust gases emitted from the engine, first and second exhaust component concentration sensors arranged in the exhaust passage upstream and downstream of the catalyst, respectively. The catalyst deterioration-detecting device calculates an average value of an output value from the second exhaust component concentration sensor, calculates an output fluctuation width with respect to the average value, based on the output value from the second exhaust component concentration sensor, and determines whether the catalyst is deteriorated, based on the calculated average value and the calculated output fluctuation width. The detection of the catalyst deterioration is carried out when the engine is in a predetermined operating condition defined by engine temperature, engine speed and engine load.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1993Date of Patent: October 25, 1994Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ken Ogawa, Atsushi Kato, Yoshikazu Oshima