641 patents
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Utility
Vehicle Door Lock Device
18 Aug 22
A vehicle door lock device includes: a first member moving from an initial position to an actuated position so as to switch a latch mechanism, from a latched state to an unlatched state; a second member moving between a mechanical link position and a mechanical link cut position; a third member linked to the second member and holding the second member at the mechanical link cut position and holding the second member at the mechanical link position; a driving force source selectively moving the third member to one of the first and second positions; an operating member moving from an initial position to an actuated position, and moving the third member from the first position to the second position; and a control unit driving the driving force source.
Takashi OKADA, Kota KATAHARA, Ryu MIYASHIRO, Tetsuya SUEMATSU, Satoshi TAKATO
Filed: 4 Feb 22
Utility
Obstacle Detection Device, and Method
18 Aug 22
An obstacle detection device includes: an ultrasonic sensor signal processing unit detecting at least a distance to an obstacle among the distance and a shape of the obstacle based on an output of an ultrasonic sensor, the ultrasonic sensor being disposed on a door of a vehicle and detecting the distance within a predetermined detection range by an ultrasonic wave; a camera image processing unit detecting the distance and the shape based on an output of a camera of the vehicle, the camera capturing an image of an area including a trajectory range when the door is opened and a detection range of the ultrasonic sensor; and a controller performing open operation control of the door based on detection results of the ultrasonic sensor signal processing unit and the camera image processing unit.
Kosuke TSUKAO, Nobuyasu Miwa, Tatsuma Fujita
Filed: 25 Jan 22
Utility
Fine Water Particle Release Device
18 Aug 22
A fine water particle release device includes: a case formed in a cylindrical shape having both ends opened; a fine water particle generating element accommodated in the case and generating uncharged fine water particles; an air blowing member operating to allow air to flow into the case from one end and allow the air flowing into the case to be released from the other end; a discharge element including first and second electrodes separated from each other, the discharge element causing discharge in a discharge space between the first and second electrodes by applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes, and being disposed such that the fine water particles pass through the discharge space together with the air; and a control device controlling the discharge and a generated moisture amount generated in the fine water particle generating element.
Akiyoshi HIRANO, Akira YAMAGURO, Shinsuke INOUE
Filed: 20 Jan 22
Utility
Rotating Electrical Machine and Method for Manufacturing Rotating Electrical Machine
18 Aug 22
A rotating electrical machine for vehicle driving that includes a stator core made of a first metal material which is a magnetic material; and a case part that is integrally joined to the stator core and made of a second metal material which is a non-magnetic material, and a joint surface between the case part and the stator core forms a heat receiving surface where the case part receives heat from the stator core.
Kiyotaka KOGA, Satoshi MURAKAMI, Masaki IKEDA
Filed: 29 Jul 20
Utility
Object Detection Device and Movable Body Control Device
11 Aug 22
An object detection device includes: a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit a transmission wave including an ultrasonic wave having directivity in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a traveling direction of a movable body, and receive a reflected wave from an object; a determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of an abnormality based on a predetermined reference distance and a downward distance between the transmission and reception unit and an object present below the transmission and reception unit in a vertical direction, the downward distance being calculated based on a reflected wave of an ultrasonic wave of the transmission wave traveling downward in the vertical direction from the transmission and reception unit; and an output unit configured to output information regarding the abnormality.
Kosuke WAKITA, Ippei Sugae
Filed: 8 Feb 22
Utility
Face Model Parameter Estimation Device, Face Model Parameter Estimation Method, and Face Model Parameter Estimation Program
11 Aug 22
A face model parameter estimation device includes: an image coordinate system coordinate value derivation unit detecting x-coordinate and y-coordinate values in an image coordinate system at a feature point of an organ of a face in an image and estimating a z-coordinate value to derive three-dimensional coordinate values in the image coordinate system; a camera coordinate system coordinate value derivation unit deriving three-dimensional coordinate values in a camera coordinate system from the three-dimensional coordinate values in the image coordinate system; a parameter derivation unit applying the three-dimensional coordinate values in the camera coordinate system to a three-dimensional face shape model to derive a position and posture parameter of the three-dimensional face shape model in the camera coordinate system; and an error estimation unit estimating a position and posture error between the position and posture parameter and a true parameter and a shape deformation parameter.
Shin OSUGA, Shin-Ichi KOJIMA
Filed: 24 Jan 22
Utility
Object Detection Device and Movable Body Control Device
11 Aug 22
An object detection device includes: a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit a transmission wave from a movable body moving on a road surface and receive a reflected wave from an object; and a generation unit configured to generate road surface information regarding a change in the road surface based on a difference between echo information indicating a change over time in an intensity of the reflected wave received by the transmission and reception unit and reference echo information indicating a predetermined change over time in an intensity of a reflected wave from the road surface.
Ippei Sugae, Kosuke Wakita
Filed: 8 Feb 22
Utility
Vehicle Drive Transmission Device
11 Aug 22
A drive mechanism that drives an axially moving portion in an axial direction includes a drive portion that reciprocates a first member along an intersecting direction that is a direction that intersects the axial direction, a conversion portion that converts a reciprocating motion of the first member along the intersecting direction into a reciprocating motion of a second member along the axial direction, and a connecting portion for connecting the second member and the axially moving portion such that the axially moving portion reciprocates along the axial direction as the second member reciprocates along the axial direction.
Masaki KAWAMOTO, Tomoka YAMAMOTO
Filed: 28 Sep 20
Utility
Stator and Busbar Module
11 Aug 22
A stator of the present disclosure includes a stator core, a stator coil wound around the stator core, and a busbar module electrically connected to the stator coil and fixed to a coil end portion formed on one end side of the stator core.
Yasunori SUZUKI, Akihide TAKEHARA, Takuya KITAO, Ryoji NAKAJIMA
Filed: 2 Feb 22
Utility
Circuit Board
11 Aug 22
A circuit board being able to easily ensure flatness of solder placed on a substrate for bonding an electronic component and improve bonding reliability of the electronic component by the solder, includes: a substrate having a plurality of layers made of a conductive material; a land provided on a first layer arranged on one side of the substrate, to which the electronic component is soldered; a heat sink provided on a different layer arranged on the substrate; a via hole provided on the substrate from a part of the land over to a part of the heat sink and electrically connected to the land and the heat sink; and an insulating resist disposed on the land and surrounding the entire circumference of the via hole.
Kohei HAYASHI, Shuichi TAKEMOTO, Yuji KONDO, Takaya SUZUKI
Filed: 7 Feb 22
Utility
Vehicle drive device
9 Aug 22
A first case portion includes an end wall portion disposed on a first axial side with respect to a transmission.
Hiroshi Kato, Daiki Suyama, Takuyo Maeda, Keita Inda, Kohei Ono, Toshihisa Mizutani, Ryosuke Muramatsu, Wataru Takaki, Tetsuro Kobayashi
Filed: 17 Jan 20
Utility
Control device
9 Aug 22
A control device with an electronic control unit that is configured to perform specific supply control, the specific supply control driving at least one of the rotating electrical machine and the internal combustion engine in a neutral state, and supplying hydraulic pressure to an engagement operating part of a target engagement device with at least one of the rotating electrical machine and the internal combustion engine being driven, the automatic transmission not transmitting power in the neutral state, and the target engagement device being one of the plurality of transmission engagement devices.
Tomohiro Onouchi, Kohei Tsuda, Yuki Nagano
Filed: 17 Jul 18
Utility
Hybrid drive device
9 Aug 22
During shift control of a transmission mechanism, a hybrid drive device computes the amount of change in input torque (deTr) acting on the transmission mechanism and an input torque change time (t15), and controls a motor so that motor torque is changed by the amount of change in input torque (deTr), when the motor can change the amount of change in input torque (deTr), and outputs, when the motor cannot change the amount of change in input torque (deTr), an engine torque signal (Tesig1) at an engine torque change time (t14) earlier than the input torque change time (t15) at which drive power of the motor is changed when the motor can change the amount of change in input torque (deTr).
Yutaro Kawatsu
Filed: 26 Mar 20
Utility
Valve opening and closing timing control device
9 Aug 22
A valve opening and closing timing control device includes: a drive-side rotary body rotating synchronously with a crankshaft; a driven-side rotary body arranged coaxially with the drive-side rotary body and rotating integrally with a valve opening and closing camshaft; a fluid pressure chamber defined between the drive-side and driven-side rotary bodies; advance and retard chambers defined by partitioning the fluid pressure chamber; an intermediate lock mechanism selectively switches between a lock state and a lock release state; advance and retard flow paths allowing a flow of the working fluid to be supplied to and discharged from the advance and retard chambers; a control valve including a spool; and a phase control unit moving a position of the spool by controlling a power supply amount to the control valve to supply and discharge the working fluid to and from the advance and retard chambers to displace a relative rotation phase.
Kazuo Ueda, Yuji Noguchi, Masaki Kobayashi
Filed: 15 Dec 20
Utility
Method of manufacturing armature
9 Aug 22
A method of manufacturing an armature includes: a step of placing a bonding agent on bonding surfaces of the distal ends of a plurality of segment conductors; a step of placing the plurality of segment conductors on an armature core; a step of bonding the distal ends to each other; and a step of increasing a viscosity of the bonding agent placed on the distal ends, after the step of placing the bonding agent on the distal ends, and before the step of bonding the distal ends to each other.
Kiyotaka Koga, Tomotsugu Sugihara
Filed: 30 Nov 18
Utility
Vehicle Drive Device
4 Aug 22
A rotor support member includes: a tubular portion having a tubular shape extending along an axial direction and supporting a rotor of a rotary electric machine; and a flange portion provided to extend along a radial direction on an inner side in radial direction with respect to tubular portion at a position adjacent to a first engagement device on a first side in the axial direction, and connected to tubular portion.
Keishi MORITA, Hiroshi ISHIYAMA
Filed: 27 Sep 19
Utility
Vehicle Drive Device
4 Aug 22
A first inner support member that supports a first friction member of a first engagement device from an inner side in a radial direction includes a tubular support portion having a tubular shape extending along an axial direction and supporting the first friction member, and a radially extending support portion provided to extend to the inner side in the radial direction from the tubular support portion.
Keishi MORITA, Hiroshi ISHIYAMA
Filed: 27 Sep 19
Utility
Bumper Reinforcement
4 Aug 22
A bumper reinforcement includes a front wall, a rear wall disposed behind the front wall, at least one horizontal wall connecting the front wall and the rear wall, and a cutout in the at least one horizontal wall.
Takahiro NAITO, Kyosuke MATSUI, Hiroyuki YATSUNAMI
Filed: 1 Feb 22
Utility
Cover Device
4 Aug 22
A cover device includes a cover that is displaced between a covering position where an upper side of a striker is covered, and an exposure position where the striker is exposed upward, and an open-close mechanism that displaces the cover to the covering position when a slide door performs an opening operation, and displaces the cover to the exposure position when the slide door performs a closing operation.
Hisashi ITONAGA, Tomohito KIRYU, Toshimitsu MORIOKA, Koichi MORITA
Filed: 20 Jan 22
Utility
Touch Sensor Unit
4 Aug 22
A touch sensor unit, that is installed on one of an opening provided in a vehicle and an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening, includes: a touch sensor having a long sensor body; and a bracket configured to hold the touch sensor in a longitudinal direction of the sensor body and fixed to one of the opening and the opening and closing body.
Yuki OSAKI, Tomohiro IKAI
Filed: 26 Jan 22