Patents by Inventor Yukihiro SOEDA

Yukihiro SOEDA 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: 11110872
    Abstract: A power control device for a power supply mounted on a vehicle is provided, which includes a generator mounted on the vehicle and configured to regenerate power from kinetic energy of the vehicle, a high-voltage battery configured to accumulate the power regenerated by the generator, a low-voltage battery of which a nominal voltage is lower than the high-voltage battery, a voltage converter configured to lower an output voltage from the high-voltage battery and charge the low-voltage battery at the lower voltage, and a controller configured to control the voltage converter. The controller operates the voltage converter to start the charging of the low-voltage battery after the vehicle is powered ON and before an engine mounted on the vehicle is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kurihara, Yusuke Nakano, Hidemasa Tomiyori, Yukihiro Soeda, Akina Inagaki, Yuta Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11046324
    Abstract: A control device for a multi-stage automatic transmission-equipped vehicle includes a hydraulic power controller, a combustion controller configured to, if a predetermined combustion stop condition is satisfied when the vehicle is traveling, perform deceleration-period combustion stop control, and limit combustion restart triggered by a reduction in rotational speed of an internal combustion engine, during execution of the deceleration-period combustion stop control, and a motoring controller configured to control the rotational drive of the internal combustion engine by a motor during execution of the deceleration-period combustion stop control so that the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is maintained at a predetermined rotational speed during a period of time from the time that the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine decreases to the predetermined rotational speed until downshifting to a predetermined gear ratio is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Yanagisawa, Ryohei Yasutomi, Hidemasa Tomiyori, Hisanobu Okada, Tatsuya Matsukawa, Yukihiro Soeda, Tatsuo Sasaki, Daisaku Shiraishi, Tetsutaka Shibata, Keiichi Hiwatashi, Yuichiro Akiya
  • Publication number: 20200377044
    Abstract: A power control device for a power supply mounted on a vehicle is provided, which includes a generator mounted on the vehicle and configured to regenerate power from kinetic energy of the vehicle, a high-voltage battery configured to accumulate the power regenerated by the generator, a low-voltage battery of which a nominal voltage is lower than the high-voltage battery, a voltage converter configured to lower an output voltage from the high-voltage battery and charge the low-voltage battery at the lower voltage, and a controller configured to control the voltage converter. The controller operates the voltage converter to start the charging of the low-voltage battery after the vehicle is powered ON and before an engine mounted on the vehicle is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi Kurihara, Yusuke Nakano, Hidemasa Tomiyori, Yukihiro Soeda, Akina Inagaki, Yuta Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20200238994
    Abstract: A control device for a multi-stage automatic transmission-equipped vehicle includes a hydraulic power controller, a combustion controller configured to, if a predetermined combustion stop condition is satisfied when the vehicle is traveling, perform deceleration-period combustion stop control, and limit combustion restart triggered by a reduction in rotational speed of an internal combustion engine, during execution of the deceleration-period combustion stop control, and a motoring controller configured to control the rotational drive of the internal combustion engine by a motor during execution of the deceleration-period combustion stop control so that the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is maintained at a predetermined rotational speed during a period of time from the time that the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine decreases to the predetermined rotational speed until downshifting to a predetermined gear ratio is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kentaro YANAGISAWA, Ryohei YASUTOMI, Hidemasa TOMIYORI, Hisanobu OKADA, Tatsuya MATSUKAWA, Yukihiro SOEDA, Tatsuo SASAKI, Daisaku SHIRAISHI, Tetsutaka SHIBATA, Keiichi HIWATASHI, Yuichiro AKIYA