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Hikokazu Akimoto

Hikokazu Akimoto, Aichi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090065275Engine misfire detection apparatus, hybrid vehicle equipped with the same, and engine misfire detection method - At the setting of a gearshift position to a D position or a P position (step S03-12-2009
20100071448Engine Misfire Detection Apparatus, Hybrid Vehicle Equipped With the Same, and Engine Misfire Detection Method - At a Lo gear position of a transmission, the engine misfire detection process of the invention sets a first threshold value A03-25-2010
20100114460Engine Misfire Detection Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engine and Engine Misfire Detection Method - The engine misfire detection process according to one aspect of the invention first makes tentative detection on the occurrence or the non-occurrence of an engine misfire in execution of both vibration control and rotation speed control. In response to the tentative detection of an engine misfire, the engine misfire detection process subsequently makes final detection on the occurrence or the non-occurrence of an engine misfire. In the event of no final detection of an engine misfire, the engine misfire detection process makes tentative detection and final detection on the occurrence or the non-occurrence of an engine misfire in prohibition of the vibration control. In the event of still no final detection of an engine misfire, the engine misfire detection process makes tentative detection and final detection on the occurrence or the non-occurrence of an engine misfire in further prohibition of the rotation speed control. Even in the event of no final detection of an engine misfire in execution of both the vibration control and the rotation speed control, the procedure of the invention makes final detection on the occurrence or the non-occurrence of an engine misfire in prohibition of execution of the vibration control and further the rotation speed control. This arrangement desirably increases the detection frequency of engine misfires.05-06-2010

Hikokazu Akimoto, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080228373Control device and control method of internal combustion engine - An ECU executes a program including steps of estimating an oil temperature based on a water temperature sensed by a water temperature sensor, setting NE(09-18-2008
20080277176Power output apparatus, vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, and control method of power output apparatus - Upon incompletion of abnormality detection of an air-fuel ratio sensor provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine during operation of the engine (steps S11-13-2008
20100251996POWER OUTPUT APPARATUS, HYBRID VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD OF POWER OUTPUT APPARATUS - A power output apparatus that outputs power to a drive shaft includes an internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas control apparatus, an electric motor, a power storage device, a required torque setting portion, a required power setting portion, an allowable discharge electric power setting portion, and a control portion that controls the internal combustion engine and the electric motor such that the internal combustion engine is operated at a preset catalyst warm-up operating point and torque that is based on a set required torque is output to the drive shaft, when a set required power is equal to or less than a set allowable discharge electric power when catalyst warm-up to promote activation of a catalyst needs to be executed.10-07-2010

Patent applications by Hikokazu Akimoto, Aichi-Ken JP

Hikokazu Akimoto, Aichi-Gun, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100030455INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM, VEHICLE HAVING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM, AND ENGINE MISFIRE DETECTION METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The internal combustion engine system makes detection on the occurrence or the non-occurrence of a misfire by comparing the 240-degree difference TD240 of the 30-degree rotation time T30 (CA) with the tentative detection reference value A02-04-2010

Hikokazu Akimoto, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080196485Engine Misfire Detection Apparatus For Internal Combustion Engine and Engine Misfire Detection Method - In the case of non-execution of catalyst warm-up acceleration control, the engine misfire detection procedure compares a 30-degree rotation time computed as a time required for a 30-degree rotation of an engine crankshaft with preset reference values Tref08-21-2008