316 patents
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Utility
Transmission belt element and transmission belt
27 Sep 22
An element for a transmission belt that is wound around a primary pulley and a secondary pulley of a continuously variable transmission includes: a trunk portion having a saddle surface that is in contact with a ring of the transmission belt; and a pair of pillar portions extending from the trunk portion so as to be positioned on both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction.
Akira Ochi, Wataru Ishihara, Takayuki Miyake, Junichi Tokunaga
Filed: 1 Jun 18
Utility
In-vehicle absorption heat pump device
27 Sep 22
An in-vehicle absorption heat pump device includes: a regenerator including a gas-liquid separation unit that separates a diluted absorbent containing a refrigerant into the refrigerant and a concentrated absorbent separated from the diluted absorbent; a condenser that condenses a refrigerant vapor separated from the diluted absorbent in the gas-liquid separation unit; an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant condensed in the condenser; an absorber that causes the refrigerant evaporated by the evaporator to be absorbed into the concentrated absorbent separated from the diluted absorbent in the gas-liquid separation unit; and a storage tank that stores both the diluted absorbent discharged from the absorber and the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator.
Osamu Tsubouchi, Taketsugu Toyoda
Filed: 24 Dec 20
Utility
Rotating electrical machine and manufacturing method thereof
27 Sep 22
A rotating electrical machine includes a coil, a rotor including a shaft, a rotor core, a commutator including plural hooks being provided with a first hook to which an end of the coil is connected, the coil wound on a predetermined tooth of plural teeth, and an insulator attached to the rotor core, and a stator.
Junichi Hashimoto
Filed: 10 Jun 20
Utility
Rotor manufacturing method
27 Sep 22
A method of manufacturing a rotor that includes a rotor core and a permanent magnet fixed to the rotor core using an adhesive, the method includes applying the adhesive, which contains a volatile agent, to an adhesive placement position of the permanent magnet; drying the adhesive by volatilizing the volatile agent by a magnet heater directly heating the permanent magnet such that a temperature of the permanent magnet becomes higher than a temperature of the adhesive after applying the adhesive; placing the permanent magnet on the rotor core after drying the adhesive; and fixing the permanent magnet to the rotor core by curing the adhesive after placing the permanent magnet.
Tetsuya Matsubara, Motoki Kori
Filed: 27 Mar 18
Utility
Rotating electrical machine control device
27 Sep 22
Two inverters provided at respective both ends of open-end windings are appropriately controlled.
Subrata Saha, Isao Fujiwara
Filed: 30 Aug 19
Utility
Method of manufacturing armature
20 Sep 22
A method of manufacturing an armature includes: a step of preparing first segment conductors in which a plurality of end portions, or an end portion and a power terminal member, are electrically connected to each other; a step of disposing leg portions of the first segment conductors and leg portions of second segment conductors in an armature core; and a step of joining the leg portions of the first segment conductors and the leg portions of the second segment conductors to each other.
Kiyotaka Koga, Tomotsugu Sugihara
Filed: 29 Nov 18
Utility
In-wheel motor vehicle drive apparatus
20 Sep 22
An in-wheel motor vehicle drive device includes an electric motor driving a drive gear, and the drive gear provided with a gear portion configured to receive drive force of the drive gear and a first wall surface extending along a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of a rotation center axis of the gear portion, the first wall surface for forming a pump chamber.
Takahiro Misu, Kohsuke Murata
Filed: 19 Jun 20
Utility
Driving assistance apparatus
13 Sep 22
A driving assistance apparatus includes a gaze detection portion detecting a gaze distribution of a driver for a vehicle, an image acquisition portion acquiring a captured image from an imaging device that captures an image in surroundings of the vehicle, a driver information acquisition portion acquiring driver information that allows identification of the driver for the vehicle, a generation portion generating a personalized saliency map based on the captured image and the driver information, the personalized saliency map that serves as a saliency map for the captured image and that differs depending on the driver, and a determination portion determining whether or not the driver looks at a visual confirmation target in the surroundings of the vehicle by comparing the gaze distribution detected by the gaze detection portion and the personalized saliency map generated by the generation portion.
Shinichiro Murakami
Filed: 25 Oct 19
Utility
Periphery display control device
13 Sep 22
A periphery display control device includes: an image acquisition unit acquiring captured image data obtained by imaging a periphery of an own vehicle; a target acquisition unit acquiring a target position to which the own vehicle moves; an image generation unit generating a virtual viewpoint image while moving, based on a relative angle of the target position with respect to a movement direction of the own vehicle when moving to the target position, at least one of a virtual viewpoint set at a position facing the target position across the own vehicle and a gazing point when facing an area including at least one of the own vehicle and the target position from the virtual viewpoint in a state where a distance between and heights of the virtual viewpoint and the gazing point are maintained; and an output unit outputting the virtual viewpoint image to a display device.
Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe
Filed: 24 Jan 20
Utility
Vehicular door lock device
13 Sep 22
A vehicular door lock device includes: a base portion rotatably supporting a latch holding a vehicle door in a closed state by engaging with a striker; a switching mechanism switching between a lock state where releasing of the engagement between the latch and the striker during a door opening operation of a door operation handle provided on the vehicle door is prohibited and an unlock state where releasing of the engagement between the latch and the striker during the door opening operation of the door operation handle is allowed; an electric mechanism capable of electrically switching the switching mechanism between the lock state and the unlock state; a housing accommodating the switching mechanism and the electric mechanism and connected to the base portion; and a blocking member disposed in the housing.
Takanori Iwata, Yasuhiko Sono
Filed: 19 Nov 19
Utility
Valve device and assembly method of valve device
13 Sep 22
A valve device includes: a housing having a cylindrical internal peripheral wall; a fluid introduction path communicating with a space in the internal peripheral wall; a fluid discharge path communicating with the space in the internal peripheral wall; a valve element having a communication path bringing the fluid introduction and fluid discharge paths into communication with each other, and having a major radial portion formed with a predetermined first internal radius associated with an internal radius of the internal peripheral wall of the housing, a minor radial portion formed with a second internal radius, and an intermediate portion formed to join the major and minor radial portions together; a valve element rotation mechanism rotating the valve element inside the space; a seal member being able to contact the valve element rotating inside the space; and a shaft inserted in the space through a through-hole formed in the housing.
Koichi Maruyama, Masafumi Yoshida, Naoki Emori, Naoto Yumisashi
Filed: 9 Feb 21
Utility
Sunroof device and method for manufacturing driving shoe of sunroof device
6 Sep 22
In a sunroof device, a driving shoe includes a first plate being made of metal and including a first engaging wall engaging with a first guide portion of a support member, a second plate being made of metal and including a second engaging wall engaging with a second guide portion of the support member, and a sliding portion sliding with a guide rail.
Shota Motomura, Akinobu Muro, Katsutoshi Kato
Filed: 12 Mar 20
Utility
Grille shutter device
6 Sep 22
A grille shutter device opens and closes an introduction passage through which air is introduced from an opening provided at a front part of a vehicle to the inside of the vehicle.
Ken Komatsubara, Kazuki Tsuboi, Shigeki Sato, Toshikazu Harada, Shuichi Morie
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Step device for vehicle
6 Sep 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 cover member that is fixed to a lower surface of the vehicle body so as to define a housing space opening toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction and to cover the lower side of the support arm when the movable step is in a retracted position.
Yoshihiro Oji, Keisuke Nomura, Shinji Kazama, Kazuhiro Hibi, Kazuhiro Ikeda
Filed: 4 Sep 20
Utility
Step device for vehicle
6 Sep 22
A step device for a vehicle includes: a movable step supported under a door opening; a coupling member that moves the movable step in a vehicle width direction in conjunction with opening and closing of a sliding door; and a sub-step that is disposed under the door opening.
Yoshihiro Oji, Keisuke Nomura, Shinji Kazama, Kazuhiro Hibi, Kazuhiro Ikeda
Filed: 4 Sep 20
Utility
Valve timing controller
6 Sep 22
A valve timing controller includes: a driving-side rotation member rotatable around a rotation axis and rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven-side rotation member rotatable around the rotation axis and rotating integrally with a camshaft of the engine; a phase regulating mechanism setting a relative rotation phase of the driving-side and driven-side rotation members by an electric motor; a detection unit detecting the relative rotation phase; a stop control portion displacing the relative rotation phase by controlling the electric motor to stop the engine after the relative rotation phase reaches a stop phase; and a correction control portion displacing the relative rotation phase in a direction closer to the stop phase by controlling the electric motor, when the relative rotation phase is displaced beyond a set amount from the stop phase, in a state where the engine is stopped by the stop control portion.
Ibuki Matsuki, Atsushi Yamamoto
Filed: 19 Mar 21
Utility
Vehicle drive device
6 Sep 22
A vehicle drive device that includes a rotary electric machine, a power transfer mechanism that transfers a rotational drive force between the rotary electric machine and a plurality of wheels, a case that houses at least a part of the power transfer mechanism and the rotary electric machine, and a hydraulic pump.
Katsutoshi Takahashi, Yoshihiko Sasaki, Hiroki Nemoto, Tatsuya Kawamura, Kazunori Kaneko
Filed: 27 Jul 17
Utility
Driving assistance system, route guidance system, driving assistance method, and driving assistance program
6 Sep 22
A driving assistance systems, methods, and programs are capable of communicating with a route guidance system that searches for a planned travel route of a vehicle and provides guidance on the planned travel route.
Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa, Seiji Takahata, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Shingo Kinashi, Yuji Sato, Hironobu Sugimoto, Xin Jin, Hiroaki Sakakibara
Filed: 28 May 18
Utility
Vehicle drive device
30 Aug 22
A vehicle drive device that includes a rotary electric machine that serves as a driving force source for wheels; a first rotation member coupled to a rotor of the rotary electric machine; and a fluid coupling that is disposed on an axial first side, which is one side in an axial direction with respect to the rotary electric machine, and that has a rotation housing.
Hiroshi Ota, Ken Shimizu, Ren Okazawa, Masashi Ikemura, Guo Dong Tan, Takao Oki
Filed: 27 Mar 20
Utility
Valve opening and closing timing control device
30 Aug 22
A valve opening and closing timing control device includes: a driving-side rotating body that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine around a rotating shaft core; a driven-side rotating body that rotates integrally with a valve opening and closing camshaft of the internal combustion engine around the same shaft core as the rotating shaft core; a gear mechanism that sets a relative rotation phase between the driving-side rotating body and the driven-side rotating body by displacement of a meshing position; a motor that enables displacement of the meshing position of the gear mechanism by rotating a rotating shaft; and a control unit that controls the drive of the motor.
Yuki Kasuya, Shugo Ito, Takano Nakai, Kenichiro Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Kamoyama, Toru Hirota
Filed: 17 Mar 21