Patents by Inventor Yoshito TSUKAMOTO

Yoshito TSUKAMOTO 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: 11560141
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first rotary electric machine, a second rotary electric machine, and a control circuit. When the control circuit determines that a failure has occurred in the first rotary electric machine, the control circuit places the first rotary electric machine and a first transmission path as a power transmission path of the vehicle in the disconnection state, and places the second rotary electric machine and the first transmission path in the connection state. Further, when the control circuit determines that a failure has occurred in the second rotary electric machine, the control circuit places the first rotary electric machine and a first transmission path in the connection state, and place the second rotary electric machine and the first transmission path in the disconnection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshito Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20210031749
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first rotary electric machine, a second rotary electric machine, and a control circuit. When the control circuit determines that a failure has occurred in the first rotary electric machine, the control circuit places the first rotary electric machine and a first transmission path as a power transmission path of the vehicle in the disconnection state, and places the second rotary electric machine and the first transmission path in the connection state. Further, when the control circuit determines that a failure has occurred in the second rotary electric machine, the control circuit places the first rotary electric machine and a first transmission path in the connection state, and place the second rotary electric machine and the first transmission path in the disconnection state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshito TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190263389
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first power transmission path, a second power transmission path, and a first clutch provided in the first transmission path to select a connection state between a first connecting state and a first disconnecting state. A second clutch is provided in the second power transmission path to select a connection state between a second connecting state and a second disconnecting state. Circuitry is configured to control the first clutch and the second clutch such that the second clutch switches to the second disconnecting state when a vehicle speed of the vehicle is larger than a first vehicle speed threshold value in a case where the first clutch switches to the first connecting state so as to transmit the power from an internal combustion engine to a wheel and where the second clutch switches to the second connecting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshito TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10336176
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first power transmission path, a first clutch, a first rotating electrical machine, a second power transmission path, a second clutch, and circuitry. The first clutch is provided in the first transmission path to select a connection state between a first connecting state and a first disconnecting state. The second clutch is provided in the second power transmission path to select a connection state between a second connecting state and a second disconnecting state. The circuitry is configured to control the first clutch and the second clutch such that the second clutch switches to the second disconnecting state in a case where the first clutch switches to the first connecting state so as to transmit the power from an internal combustion engine to a wheel and where a vehicle speed of the vehicle is larger than a first vehicle speed threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshito Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 9935527
    Abstract: A temperature estimation apparatus for a rotating electric machine includes a coolant dissipator, a heat dissipation amount calculator, a coolant temperature calculator, and a temperature calculator. The coolant dissipator is to cool down a coolant by heat exchange with a cooling air outside a rotating electric machine. The heat dissipation amount calculator is to calculate heat dissipation amount of the coolant in the coolant dissipator based on a physical quantity correlating with air speed of the cooling air and a physical quantity correlating with flow rate of the coolant. The coolant temperature calculator is to calculate, based on the heat dissipation amount, temperature of the coolant that has passed through the coolant dissipator. The temperature calculator is to calculate, based on the temperature of the coolant, temperature of the rotating electric machine which the coolant cool down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshito Tsukamoto, Yuta Ito, Munehiro Matsubara, Hiroyuki Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20170158043
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first power transmission path, a first clutch, a first rotating electrical machine, a second power transmission path, a second clutch, and circuitry. The first clutch is provided in the first transmission path to select a connection state between a first connecting state and a first disconnecting state. The second clutch is provided in the second power transmission path to select a connection state between a second connecting state and a second disconnecting state. The circuitry is configured to control the first clutch and the second clutch such that the second clutch switches to the second disconnecting state in a case where the first clutch switches to the first connecting state so as to transmit the power from an internal combustion engine to a wheel and where a vehicle speed of the vehicle is larger than a first vehicle speed threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshito TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160344268
    Abstract: A temperature estimation apparatus for a rotating electric machine includes a coolant dissipator, a heat dissipation amount calculator, a coolant temperature calculator, and a temperature calculator. The coolant dissipator is to cool down a coolant by heat exchange with a cooling air outside a rotating electric machine. The heat dissipation amount calculator is to calculate heat dissipation amount of the coolant in the coolant dissipator based on a physical quantity correlating with air speed of the cooling air and a physical quantity correlating with flow rate of the coolant. The coolant temperature calculator is to calculate, based on the heat dissipation amount, temperature of the coolant that has passed through the coolant dissipator. The temperature calculator is to calculate, based on the temperature of the coolant, temperature of the rotating electric machine which the coolant cool down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshito TSUKAMOTO, Yuta ITO, Munehiro MATSUBARA, Hiroyuki MATSUOKA