641 patents
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Utility
Method of manufacturing rotary electric machine armature
17 Jan 23
A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core in which a plurality of slots that extend in an axial direction are disposed in a circumferential direction and a coil wound around the armature core, the slots having respective radial openings that open in a radial direction, and the coil being formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other.
Kiyotaka Koga, Tomotsugu Sugihara
Filed: 20 Sep 18
Utility
Damper device
17 Jan 23
A damper device includes an input element to which a torque from an engine is transmitted, an output element, an elastic body arranged to transmit a torque between the input element and the output element, and a rotary inertia mass damper that includes a planetary gear that includes a sun gear arranged to rotate integrally with one element of the input element and the output element, a carrier that rotatably supports a plurality of pinion gears and is arranged to rotate integrally with the other element of the input element and the output element, and a ring gear that meshes with the plurality of pinion gears and works as a mass body.
Takuya Yoshikawa, Aki Ogawa, Akiyoshi Kato, Ryosuke Otsuka, Kazuyoshi Ito, Masaki Wajima, Kazuhiro Itou
Filed: 18 Mar 20
Utility
Object Detection System and Object Detection Device
12 Jan 23
An object detection system includes a plurality of object detection devices disposed at predetermined intervals.
Ippei SUGAE, Hisashi INABA
Filed: 5 Jul 22
Utility
Motor Control Device and Motor Control Method
12 Jan 23
A motor control device is configured to execute vector control on driving of a three-phase motor according to a d axis current command and a q axis current command.
Naoki ONOSAKA
Filed: 5 Jul 22
Utility
Guide Rail and Sunroof Apparatus
12 Jan 23
A guide rail for a sunroof apparatus includes an inner member and an outer member.
Shota MOTOMURA, Katsutoshi KATO
Filed: 6 Jun 22
Utility
Stator Manufacturing Method
12 Jan 23
This method of manufacturing a stator includes a step of removing insulating coatings on first surfaces of lead wire portions that are surfaces to be welded, and a step of welding together the first surfaces by a green laser with the insulating coatings on the first surfaces being removed and with insulating coatings on second surfaces opposite the first surfaces being unremoved.
Hiroyuki ONO, Kei ENOHATA, Hideharu USHIDA, Masaya NAKAMURA, Masanari NISHIDA, Fei TANG, Tetsuya SUGIMOTO
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Vehicle drive apparatus
10 Jan 23
A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a first bearing disposed between a rotor support member and a case in a radial direction so as to restrict movement of the rotor support member to a first axial side relative to the case; and a second bearing disposed between a connecting shaft and the case in an axial direction so as to restrict movement of the connecting shaft to a second axial side relative to the case.
Shigeki Ideue, Takeru Morita, Keita Inda, Kenji Dozono, Tatsuya Okishima, Toshihiko Kamiya, Masashi Ikemura
Filed: 8 Jan 20
Utility
Valve timing control unit
10 Jan 23
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.
Kenya Fujimoto, Yoshinari Tokunaga, Shigehiro Tanabe, Takano Nakai, Yoshiyuki Kamoyama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Toru Hirota
Filed: 7 Apr 22
Utility
Protector with Sensor and Method of Manufacturing the Same
5 Jan 23
A first end of an insert fills up a space of a hollow part of a protector, and a second end includes an insulator to insulate a first wire connection part where a first leg of a resistor is piled on a first core wire from a second wire connection part where a second leg of the resistor is piled on a second core wire.
Yoichiro SASAKI, Daisuke HAYASHI, Wataru HATTORI
Filed: 29 Jun 22
Utility
Object Detection System
5 Jan 23
An object detection system includes: a plurality of object detection units.
Shinya HOZUMI, Hisashi INABA, Toshinori TANAKA, Koichi SASSA, Yuichi UKAI, Takuya SAKIUCHI
Filed: 29 Jun 22
Utility
Conductor Wire Insulating Film Separating Method
5 Jan 23
A conductor wire insulating film separating method disclosed includes: a preparing step involving preparing rectangular cross-section coil pieces each of which is a conductor wire coated with insulating film and used to provide a stator coil of rotary electric machine; a delivering-in step involving, after the preparing step, delivering coil pieces into a laser separator, with coil pieces aligned such that extremities thereof are adjacent to each other; an applying step involving, after the delivering-in step, continuously applying film removing laser to the extremities of the aligned coil pieces such that the laser is applied to one extremity and then to another extremity, thus removing at least portions of the insulating film from the extremities of the coil pieces; and a delivering-out step involving delivering the coil pieces, from which the at least portions of the insulating film have been removed by the applying step, out of the laser separator.
Hideharu USHIDA, Tetsuya MATSUBARA, Hiroyuki ONO, Toshiro NAKAMURA, Yasuhiro MAKIDO, Akihiro UEDA, Ken SHIRAI, Ryosuke MARUYAMA
Filed: 28 Jan 21
Utility
Rotary Electric Machine Control Apparatus
5 Jan 23
A rotary electric machine control apparatus (1) suitably controls two inverters (10) connected to associated ends of open windings (8).
Subrata SAHA, Hiroki IWAI, Takashi KOSAKA, Hiroaki MATSUMORI
Filed: 29 Sep 20
Utility
Vehicle door lock device
3 Jan 23
Provided is a vehicle door lock device capable of preventing a vehicle door from being opened accidentally even when the vehicle door is deformed.
Yuichiro Tanaka, Yasuhiko Sono, Junichiro Takagi, Satoshi Endo
Filed: 2 Oct 19
Utility
Vehicle opening and closing body control device
3 Jan 23
A vehicle opening and closing body control device includes: a control unit configured to control an opening and closing body drive device that drives an opening and closing body of a vehicle, and to cause the opening and closing body to open and close based on an operation request; a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle present around the opening and closing body based on a detection result of an obstacle sensor; and a setting unit configured to set a target stop position that is a position where the opening and closing body is near the obstacle based on a distance from the opening and closing body to the obstacle before operation of the opening and closing body is started.
Shogo Kimura
Filed: 12 Mar 20
Utility
Vehicle Side Structure
29 Dec 22
An upper rail is located along an upper edge of a boarding opening.
Hideaki Kanasugi, Dai Hidaka, Taiki Ishiguro
Filed: 31 May 22
Utility
Vehicle Side Structure
29 Dec 22
A vehicle side structure includes: a vehicle body side structure including a boarding opening through which an occupant gets into and out of a vehicle; a sliding door configured to slide to open and close the boarding opening; an upper support structure; a middle support structure; a lower support structure; and a drive unit located in an upper portion of the vehicle body side structure and configured to drive the sliding door to open and close via at least a part of the upper support structure.
Hideaki Kanasugi, Dai Hidaka, Taiki Ishiguro
Filed: 22 Jun 22
Utility
Vehicle Operation Detection Device and Vehicle Operation Detection Method
29 Dec 22
A vehicle operation detection device includes a storage unit configured to store a trained model obtained by machine learning using training data in which an image captured in advance and a body part used for a gesture of a user are associated with each other, an entry determination unit configured to determine whether, based on a position of the body part in the image obtained by inputting a newly captured image into the trained model, the body part enters a recognition area set in an imaging area of a camera, and a gesture determination unit configured to calculate a displacement vector of the body part based on images captured at a time interval after it is determined that the body part enters the recognition area, and determine, in accordance with whether a direction of the displacement vector is a direction corresponding to the gesture, whether the gesture is made.
Takuya TAMURA
Filed: 1 Jun 22
Utility
Rotating Electric Machine
29 Dec 22
A rotating electric machine includes a stator housed in a case, from which a power line is pulled out, and a temperature sensing element provided on the stator.
Katsuhide KITAGAWA, Akifumi KUROKAWA
Filed: 26 Apr 22
Utility
Seat device
27 Dec 22
A seat device is provided with: a first air bag expanding and contracting inside a seat surface skin; a holding member for holding the first air bag and movable along the inner surface of the seat surface skin; a drive device for moving the holding member so as to change the arrangement of the first airbag; and a second air bag independent of the first air bag, the second air bag expanding inside the seat surface skin so as to press the seat surface skin to separate the seat surface skin from the first air bag.
Takashi Ogiso, Kazuo Noso
Filed: 29 Mar 16
Utility
Superimposed-image display device and computer program
27 Dec 22
Superimposed-image display devices and programs display a guide image providing a guidance of information to a driver of a vehicle such that the guide image is superimposed on a view ahead of the vehicle and is visually recognized.
Kenji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyake, Yuusuke Morita
Filed: 19 Jul 18