Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Ozeki
Tatsuya Ozeki 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: 7713163Abstract: A control system for hybrid vehicles, in which a second prime mover is connected to an output member to which a power is transmitted from a first prime mover through a transmission in which a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has a first hydraulic pump driven by the first prime mover for establishing an oil pressure to be fed to the transmission, and a second hydraulic pump arranged in parallel with the first hydraulic pump and driven by an electric motor. A torque limiter limits an output torque of the second prime mover temporarily to a predetermined torque which is lower than a maximum output torque, at a starting time of the first prime mover.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Hayashi, Masatoshi Ito, Hiroatsu Endo, Tatsuya Ozeki
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Patent number: 7666115Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle, in which an engine is connected to a first motor generator and to an output shaft through a power distributing mechanism (12), in which a second motor generator is connected to the output shaft through a transmission (6) wherein a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has an electric oil pump (OPM) for generating an oil pressure, comprising: an oil pressure judging means for judging whether or not the oil pressure established by operating OPM is raised higher than a preset value; an electric oil pump output lowering device for lowering an output of OPM in case the oil pressure judging device judges that the oil pressure is raised higher than the preset value; and a cranking device for carrying out a cranking of E/G by the first motor generator.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masatoshi Ito, Tatsuya Ozeki
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Patent number: 7549351Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sumiko Amamiya, Tatsuya Ozeki, Shigeru Kamio, Yasuhiro Nakai, Taku Itoh, Kazuo Kawaguchi, Yasuo Shimizu
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Patent number: 7549352Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sumiko Amamiya, Tatsuya Ozeki, Shigeru Kamio, Yasuhiro Nakai, Taku Itoh, Kazuo Kawaguchi, Yasuo Shimizu
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Patent number: 7434641Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle having a first drive unit, a second drive unit, a HV battery, a shift control element, a battery state detection element, and a shifting-time drive control element. Furthermore, in the control apparatus, a battery balance control element is formed by an engine control element, a first motor control element, a second motor control element and the shifting-time drive control element. If the shift control element determines there is a need for shifting carried out by a stepped transmission, the battery balance control element calculates the amount of increase/decrease in the amount of charge of the HV battery in accordance with the state of the HV battery, and changes the engine operation point on the basis of the calculated amount of increase/decrease in the battery charge, prior to the shifting.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeki Takami, Kiyotomo Miura, Satoru Wakuta, Tatsuya Ozeki, Hiroatsu Endo
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Publication number: 20080210033Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sumiko Amamiya, Tatsuya Ozeki, Shigeru Kamio, Yasuhiro Nakai, Taku Itoh, Kazuo Kawaguchi, Yasuo Shimizu
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Publication number: 20080168853Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sumiko Amamiya, Tatsuya Ozeki, Shigeru Kamio, Yasuhiro Nakai, Taku Itoh, Kazuo Kawaguchi, Yasuo Shimizu
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Publication number: 20080139360Abstract: A control system for hybrid vehicles, in which a second prime mover is connected to an output member to which a power is transmitted from a first prime mover through a transmission in which a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has a first hydraulic pump driven by the first prime mover for establishing an oil pressure to be fed to the transmission, and a second hydraulic pump arranged in parallel with the first hydraulic pump and driven by an electric motor. A torque limiter limits an output torque of the second prime mover temporarily to a predetermined torque which is lower than a maximum output torque, at a starting time of the first prime mover.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2005Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIBOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Hayashi, Masatoshi Ito, Hiroatsu Endo, Tatsuya Ozeki
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Patent number: 7370547Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2004Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sumiko Amamiya, Tatsuya Ozeki, Shigeru Kamio, Yasuhiro Nakai, Taku Itoh, Kazuo Kawaguchi, Yasuo Shimizu
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Patent number: 7314425Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle, in which an engine is connected to a first motor generator and to an output shaft through a power distributing mechanism (12), in which a second motor generator is connected to the output shaft through a transmission (6) wherein a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has an electric oil pump (OPM) for generating an oil pressure, comprising: an oil pressure judging means for judging whether or not the oil pressure established by operating OPM is raised higher than a preset value; an electric oil pump output lowering device for lowering an output of OPM in case the oil pressure judging device judges that the oil pressure is raised higher than the preset value; and a cranking device for carrying out a cranking of E/G by the first motor generator.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masatoshi Ito, Tatsuya Ozeki
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Patent number: 7261670Abstract: A control device of a hybrid drive unit, wherein an assist prime mover is connected through a transmission to an output member, to which a torque outputted by a main prime mover is transmitted. The control device comprises a first torque correcting means for correcting the torque to be transmitted from the main prime mover to the output member during a gear shift by the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroatsu Endo, Tatsuya Ozeki, Masataka Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20070119640Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle, in which an engine is connected to a first motor generator and to an output shaft through a power distributing mechanism (12), in which a second motor generator is connected to the output shaft through a transmission (6) wherein a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has an electric oil pump (OPM) for generating an oil pressure, comprising: an oil pressure judging means for judging whether or not the oil pressure established by operating OPM is raised higher than a preset value; an electric oil pump output lowering device for lowering an output of OPM in case the oil pressure judging device judges that the oil pressure is raised higher than the preset value; and a cranking device for carrying out a cranking of E/G by the first motor generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masatoshi Ito, Tatsuya Ozeki
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Patent number: 7178617Abstract: A hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor to be controlled independently of each other for running the vehicle. This hybrid vehicle is given a braking demand detecting function to detect a braking demand through an idle ON of the engine while the vehicle is running, and a first braking function to suppress the rise in the vehicle speed of the vehicle by a regenerative braking force of the motor if the braking demand is detected by the braking demand detecting function.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2001Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kunio Morisawa, Tatsuya Ozeki
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Patent number: 7137924Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle, in which an engine is connected to a first motor generator and to an output shaft through a power distributing mechanism, in which a second motor generator is connected to the output shaft through a transmission wherein a torque capacity is varied in accordance with an oil pressure, and which has an electric oil pump for generating an oil pressure to set a torque capacity, comprising: a trouble detecting means for detecting a trouble of the electric oil pump; and an internal combustion engine starting means for starting the internal combustion engine in case the trouble is detected by the trouble detecting means.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masatoshi Ito, Tatsuya Ozeki
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Patent number: 7134982Abstract: A control system for a hybrid drive unit wherein an assist prime mover is connected through a transmission mechanism to an output member to which a torque outputted by a main prime mover is transmitted, a torque of said assist prime mover is limited within a preset range. Specifically, said torque is limited to an upper limit side in case the speed of said assist prime mover exceeds the preset value, and a lower limit value of the torque of the assist prime mover is set in case the output torque of said assist prime mover acts as a driving torque.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuya Ozeki, Hiroatsu Endo
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Publication number: 20060207373Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2004Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sumiko Amamiya, Tatsuya Ozeki, Shigeru Kamio, Yasuhiro Nakai, Taku Itoh, Kazuo Kawaguchi, Yasuo Shimizu
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Patent number: 7108630Abstract: A control system for a hybrid drive unit, in which an assist prime mover is connected through a transmission mechanism to an output member, to which a torque outputted by a main prime mover is transmitted, comprises gear shift controller for switching a shift control condition of said transmission in accordance with the action state of said main prime mover. A gear shift is inhibited in case a vehicle is run by an assist prime mover, and the gear shift is inhibited also in case the assist prime mover outputs a torque in connection with starting the main prime mover. A transmission is operated into a state just before starting the shifting operation in case the gear shift is inhibited in connection with starting the main prime mover.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Ozeki, Hiroatsu Endo, Atsushi Kayukawa, Kazuomi Okasaka
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Patent number: 7107869Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to allow a wall of a detent plate and a roller of a detent spring to contact each other and then detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. After the wall position is determined, the actuator is driven in the direction opposite to the wall until the actuator reaches a position located before the wall position and distant therefrom by a predetermined amount, in order to cancel flexure or extension of the detent spring that is caused when the detent spring is pushed against the wall of the detent plate. Accordingly, such a situation where the shift position is moved by the recovery force of the detent spring can be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2004Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sumiko Amamiya, Tatsuya Ozeki, Shigeru Kamio, Yasuhiro Nakai, Kazuo Kawaguchi, Yasuo Shimizu
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Patent number: 7101309Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle wherein a plurality of prime movers and wheels are connected in a power transmittable manner, comprising: a decider for deciding a power loss of a case in which a power of predetermined prime mover, which is one of a plurality of the prime movers is transmitted to a rotary member including another prime mover; and a controller for controlling a rotating state of the rotary member including said another prime mover on the basis of a decision result of the decider.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuya Ozeki, Hiroatsu Endo
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Patent number: 7090612Abstract: A control device of a hybrid drive unit, wherein an output member is connected to a first prime mover, and wherein a second prime mover capable of outputting at least one of a positive torque and a negative torque is connected through a transmission to said output member, comprising: a running restriction judger for judging that a running control of at least one of said first prime mover and said second prime mover is restricted, and a shift point changer for changing a shift point, in which a decision of a gear shift of said transmission is to be satisfied when the running restriction judger judges that the running control is restricted, different from the shift point of a case in which the running control is not restricted.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuya Ozeki, Hiroatsu Endo, Masahiro Kojima, Masataka Sugiyama