641 patents
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Utility
Stator manufacturing method and stator
8 Nov 22
This stator manufacturing method includes a step in which one of a skew-forming mechanism portion and a skew-forming jig presses, with the skew-forming jig, the skew-forming mechanism portion having a shape corresponding to the shape of a skew, to form a skew having a bent shape or a curved shape.
Teppei Tsuda, Masafumi Sakuma
Filed: 7 Jan 19
Utility
Vehicle Lock Controlling System
3 Nov 22
A door locking mechanism and a seat forward tilt locking mechanism are installed in a vehicle.
Atsushi Shiota, Hajime Sasaki, Yuji Utoh, Hiroshi Mikoshi, Yuki Fujii
Filed: 27 Apr 22
Utility
Light Control Film
3 Nov 22
A light control film includes a light control layer containing a material in which transmittance of electromagnetic waves changes when a voltage is applied, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer that are respectively stacked on both sides of the light control layer and are configured such that the voltage is applicable to the light control layer, a substantially transparent first base material layer that is stacked on a side of the first electrode layer opposite to the light control layer and supports the first electrode layer, and a substantially transparent second base material layer that is stacked on a side of the second electrode layer opposite to the light control layer and supports the second electrode layer.
Akira KUSAKABE, Kaoru SHIMANO
Filed: 25 Apr 22
Utility
Rotor and Manufacturing Method of Rotor
3 Nov 22
A rotor includes: a shaft having a tubular shape; and a rotor core including a through hole into which the shaft is inserted and that has a regular polygonal shape.
Yutaka HARA, Takehiko ADACHI, Mariko SAITO, Noriyuki WATANABE, Yuji TERAUCHI
Filed: 7 Aug 20
Utility
Vehicular door lock device
1 Nov 22
A vehicular door lock device includes a rotary member being movable between a releasing position and an unlocking correspondent position by rotation of an electric motor and being elastically urged to a neutral position, a release lever switching a latch mechanism to an unlatched state by rotation of the rotary member from the neutral position to the releasing position, an active lever switching the vehicular door lock device to an unlocked state by rotational movement of the rotary member from the neutral position to the unlocking correspondent position and switching the vehicular door lock device to a locked state by rotational movement of the rotary member to a locking correspondent position, and a block lever blocking rotational movement of the rotary member from the locking correspondent position to the releasing position when switching from the unlocked state to the locked state is made.
Yasuaki Tanino, Yasuhiko Sono, Takumi Hayashi
Filed: 25 Nov 20
Utility
Weight estimation device, weight estimation method and non-transitory storage medium for vehicle
1 Nov 22
A weight estimation device for a vehicle includes a storage unit storing a weight calculation information indicating a correspondence between an internal pressure value of an air spring supporting a vehicle body and a vehicle height serving as a height of the vehicle body from a base, a measured value acquisition unit acquiring a measured internal pressure value and a measured vehicle height, an internal pressure value calculation unit calculating a corrected internal pressure value of the air spring by deducting or adding a corrected value from or to the measured internal pressure value in a case where the measured internal pressure value is greater or smaller than the internal pressure value of the weight calculation information which corresponds to the measured vehicle height, and a weight calculation unit calculating a weight of a supported body, including the vehicle body, based on the corrected internal pressure value.
Masahito Kizu, Ken Ogue, Motofumi Takahara, Toshihisa Habiro
Filed: 28 Jul 21
Utility
Step device for vehicle
1 Nov 22
A step device for a vehicle includes: a movable step supported under a door opening; a coupling member that, in a state of being supported by a sliding door, engages with the movable step to move the movable step in a vehicle width direction in conjunction with opening and closing of the sliding door; a support arm that has a first pivot-joint point relative to a vehicle body and a second pivot-joint point relative to the movable step, and supports the movable step toward an upper side; and a pressure bearing member that is provided at a position between the first pivot-joint point and the second pivot-joint point and bears the load of the support arm by coming into sliding contact with the support arm.
Yoshihiro Oji, Keisuke Nomura, Shinji Kazama, Kazuhiro Hibi, Kazuhiro Ikeda
Filed: 4 Sep 20
Utility
Shift device
1 Nov 22
A shift device includes: a shift switching member that includes a plurality of valley portions corresponding to a shift position; and an actuator that drives the shift switching member.
Kosuke Sakai, Takashi Mizuno
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
Armature manufacturing method and armature
1 Nov 22
A method for manufacturing an armature (1) includes: a coil disposing step involving using a thermally expandable resin (Q) that expands by application of heat, and disposing a coil (30) in a core (10) such that the thermally expandable resin (Q) before expansion is disposed between a slot-housed portion (31) and an inner surface of a slot (11); a resin disposing step involving, before or after the coil disposing step, using a thermally melting resin (P) that melts by application of heat, and disposing the thermally melting resin (P) before melting such that the thermally melting resin (P) comes into contact with coil end portions (32); and a heating step involving, after the coil disposing step and the resin disposing step, heating, expanding, and then curing the thermally expandable resin (Q), and heating, melting, and then curing the thermally melting resin (P).
Hideaki Kimura
Filed: 28 Feb 19
Utility
Rotary electric machine armature and method of manufacturing the same
1 Nov 22
A rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core and a coil wound around the armature core, wherein: the coil is formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other; the segment conductors have respective conductor side portions that extend along the axial direction; the conductor side portions are provided with respective joint portions; the joint portions have respective facing surfaces; the joint portions of a pair of the segment conductors are joined to each other with the facing surfaces of the joint portions facing each other; and a facing surface of the facing surfaces is formed so as to have a portion that faces a radial direction and so as not to have portions that overlap each other as viewed in the radial direction over the entire facing surface.
Kiyotaka Koga, Tomotsugu Sugihara
Filed: 20 Sep 18
Utility
Information processing device
25 Oct 22
An image recognition device includes: an image processing device that acquires a feature amount from an image; and an identification device that determines whether a prescribed identification object is present in the image, and identifies the identification object.
Hideo Yamada, Ryuya Muramatsu, Masatoshi Shibata, Hakaru Tamukoh, Shuichi Enokida, Yuta Yamasaki
Filed: 26 Sep 18
Utility
Rotor for rotary electric machine
25 Oct 22
The invention reduces tensile stress generated in the rotor core in a radial direction when a rotor core and a rotor support member are joined.
Hideharu Ushida, Tetsuya Matsubara, Takeshi Yokoyama
Filed: 19 Mar 19
Utility
Manufacturing method of core for rotary electric machine
25 Oct 22
A manufacturing method of a core for a rotary electric machine including forming a bridge portion, forming a stator side hole portion in at least a first portion of a portion of an electric steel plate in which a slot portion is formed.
Masayuki Maki, Tetsuya Matsubara
Filed: 28 Sep 18
Utility
Ramp-equipped Vehicle
20 Oct 22
A ramp-equipped vehicle includes a ramp that is provided so as to be deployable from a side portion of a vehicle body to the outside of the vehicle body, a controller that controls the operation of deploying the ramp, and a sensor that senses moving bodies present in a certain area that is away from a ramp deployment area.
Junya FUKUTA, Kentaro OYA, Isao HONDA, Naoya ISHIDA, Chihiro DATE, Yuji NISHI, Takeshi NISHIKIBE
Filed: 8 Apr 22
Utility
Robot Device and Liquid Supply Device
20 Oct 22
A robot device of the present disclosure includes at least one artificial muscle that operates by being supplied with liquid; and a liquid supply device that supplies and discharges the liquid to/from the artificial muscle, and the liquid supply device includes a liquid storage part that stores the liquid; a pump that sucks the liquid from the liquid storage part and discharges the liquid; a pressure regulating device that includes a spool and an electromagnetic part that allows the spool to move, and that generates drive pressure for the artificial muscle by regulating source pressure from the pump side, and regulates the source pressure by balancing at least a force given to the spool from the electromagnetic part and a force given to the spool by action of the drive pressure; and a control device that applies a current to the electromagnetic part of the pressure regulating device so that the drive pressure reaches target pressure.
Masahiro ASAI, Tomomi ISHIKAWA, Tomonari OKAMOTO, Shinya ICHIKAWA, Noriomi FUJII, Ryo TAKADA, Jin IZAWA, Hiroki TAKATA, Hiroshi YAMADA
Filed: 14 Sep 20
Utility
Shift Device
20 Oct 22
A shift device includes a shift switching member including a plurality of valley portions corresponding to shift positions, a motor including a rotor and a stator and configured to drive the shift switching member, a first drive system including a first inverter configured to output a voltage for driving the motor, a second drive system provided separately from the first drive system and including a second inverter configured to output a voltage for driving the motor; and a positioning member configured to be fitted into any one of the plurality of valley portions of the shift switching member to establish the corresponding shift position.
Atsuto OGINO, Kota ISHIKAWA, Yutaka UCHIDA
Filed: 22 Mar 22
Utility
Periphery monitoring device
18 Oct 22
A periphery monitoring device according to an embodiment includes, as an example: a processor that generates a display image obtained by viewing, from a virtual viewpoint received through an operation input unit, a point of gaze in a virtual space including a model obtained by pasting a captured image obtained by imaging a surrounding area of a vehicle in a first position of the vehicle at a first time using imaging units provided on the vehicle to a three-dimensional plane around the vehicle, and including a three-dimensional vehicle image provided in a second position of the vehicle at a second time after the first time; and outputs the display image to a display.
Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka
Filed: 5 Mar 18
Utility
Vehicle periphery display device
18 Oct 22
A vehicle periphery display device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image from an imaging unit that images a periphery of a vehicle; and a control unit that causes a display unit to display a three-dimensional image representing the vehicle and a periphery of the vehicle based on the captured image, from a viewpoint which is located on a side opposite to a candidate of a target parking position with respect to a position of the vehicle and which faces a far side of the candidate of the target parking position, in a case where the target parking position for parking the vehicle is set.
Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Takashi Hiramaki
Filed: 5 Sep 19
Utility
Vehicle
18 Oct 22
A vehicle small in width and capable of ensuring both driving stability and drivability includes: a vehicle body with two or more wheels including steered wheels (right front wheel, left front wheel) for steering; an inclination angle detection part that detects the inclination angle of the vehicle body about a roll axis thereof; and a torque applying part (turning mechanism) that applies a steering torque to the steered wheels in accordance with an inclination angular velocity or an inclination angular acceleration of the vehicle body calculated from the inclination angle.
Keizo Araki, Akira Mizuno, Shota Kubo
Filed: 21 May 18
Utility
Vehicle door apparatus to restrict opening of a door
18 Oct 22
A vehicle door apparatus includes: a moving object detector configured to detect a moving object approaching a door of a vehicle; a door opening operation detector configured to detect a door opening operation performed by an occupant in the vehicle; a door opening restriction unit configured to restrict opening of the door by the door opening operation when detecting approach of the moving object; and a door opening permission unit configured to permit opening of the door by the door opening operation when the door opening operation is detected a predetermined number of times in a state in which the opening of the door is restricted.
Ryu Miyashiro, Takuro Oshida
Filed: 5 Sep 17