Patents by Inventor Yoshinari TOKUNAGA

Yoshinari TOKUNAGA 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: 20230243313
    Abstract: A stop control device for an internal combustion engine is structured that stops the engine in a state suitable for starting and that does not cause a crank angle to change after the engine is stopped. A four-cycle internal combustion engine includes an electric valve opening and closing timing control device that sets an opening and closing timing of either or both of an intake valve and an exhaust valve. Stop control of stopping the internal combustion engine is performed when a stop signal for stopping the internal combustion engine is acquired, and post-stop phase control of displacing the opening and closing timing of the valve opening and closing timing control device in either an advancing direction or a retarding direction is performed after the internal combustion engine is stopped by the stop control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinari TOKUNAGA, Yuki KASUYA, Takano NAKAI, Kenichiro SUZUKI, Yoshiyuki KAMOYAMA, Toru HIROTA
  • Patent number: 11549407
    Abstract: The valve timing control unit includes a valve timing control mechanism that includes a driving rotary body, a driven rotary body, an electric motor and a deceleration gear each for setting the relative rotational phase of the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body, and a phase sensor unit that detects the actual phase of the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body. The valve timing control unit includes a controller that controls the electric motor to reduce a phase difference between the actual phase and a target phase, and the controller includes a swing controller that swings the target phase in vicinity of the target phase when the target phase is maintained and the actual phase having a fluctuation amount is held in a holding region, in which the fluctuation amount is less than a preset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Fujimoto, Yoshinari Tokunaga, Shigehiro Tanabe, Takano Nakai, Yoshiyuki Kamoyama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Toru Hirota
  • Publication number: 20220325643
    Abstract: The valve timing control unit includes a valve timing control mechanism that includes a driving rotary body, a driven rotary body, an electric motor and a deceleration gear each for setting the relative rotational phase of the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body, and a phase sensor unit that detects the actual phase of the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body. The valve timing control unit includes a controller that controls the electric motor to reduce a phase difference between the actual phase and a target phase, and the controller includes a swing controller that swings the target phase in vicinity of the target phase when the target phase is maintained and the actual phase having a fluctuation amount is held in a holding region, in which the fluctuation amount is less than a preset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya FUJIMOTO, Yoshinari TOKUNAGA, Shigehiro TANABE, Takano NAKAI, Yoshiyuki KAMOYAMA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Toru HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20120286714
    Abstract: A rotor position detecting apparatus includes a PWM control portion controlling a switching element included in an inverter by a PWM signal having a predetermined frequency, a determination portion determining a magnitude correlation at least two times between a reference voltage specified beforehand and a terminal voltage of each terminal included in a three-phase motor in a state where the terminal voltage corresponds to one cycle of the PWM signal, and a detection portion detecting a position of a rotor of the three-phase motor based on a determination result of the determination portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinari TOKUNAGA, Koichi AIZAWA