316 patents
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Utility
Steel material for CVT sheave, CVT sheave, and method for manufacturing CVT sheave
10 May 22
Steel materials for continuously variable transmissions sheaves, and methods for manufacturing a continuously variable transmission sheaves, are provided.
Masashi Hattori, Kazumichi Tsukuda, Hiroyuki Nozaki, Daisuke Kasai, Takuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Ohashi, Shouji Toudou, Akira Shiga
Filed: 18 Jul 17
Utility
Object detection device
10 May 22
An object detection device includes: a transmission unit transmitting a first transmission wave; a reception unit receiving a first reception wave reflected by an object; a signal processing unit sampling a first processing target signal according to the first reception wave and acquiring a difference signal based on a difference between the first processing target signal for at least one sample at a certain detection timing, and the first processing target signal for a plurality of samples in at least one of first and second periods; a threshold setting unit setting a threshold as a comparison target with the value of the difference signal, based on variation in the values of the first processing target signal for the plurality of samples; and a detection unit detecting information about the object at the detection timing based on a comparison result between the value of the difference signal and the threshold.
Ippei Sugae
Filed: 18 Jun 20
Utility
Imaging control device for monitoring a vehicle occupant
10 May 22
An imaging control device includes: an exposure control portion configured to control an exposure length of an imaging unit, which is capturable an image of a region where an occupant is allowed to occupy in a vehicle cabin, to at least a first exposure period and a second exposure period longer than the first exposure period; an image acquisition portion configured to acquire first captured image data captured in the first exposure period and second captured image data captured in the second exposure period; and a processing unit configured to separately process the first captured image data and the second captured image data.
Kazuhito Kadomae
Filed: 11 Jun 20
Utility
Circuit board, designing method of circuit board, and semiconductor device
3 May 22
A circuit board is installed with a semiconductor module on an upper face and provided with connection terminals on a lower face.
Takanobu Naruse
Filed: 21 Sep 18
Utility
Vehicle driving apparatus
3 May 22
A vehicle driving apparatus including: a rotating electrical machine that acts as a source of driving force for a first wheel and a second wheel; a speed reduction device that reduces a speed of rotation of the rotating electrical machine; a differential gear device that distributes, to the first wheel and the second wheel, the driving force transmitted from the rotating electrical machine via the speed reduction device; a case that houses the rotating electrical machine, the speed reduction device, and the differential gear device; and an oil circulator.
Daiki Suyama, Hiroaki Sanji, Mitsuhiro Ichioka, Yuki Kawaguchi
Filed: 28 Sep 18
Utility
Continuously variable transmission and transmission belt
3 May 22
A continuously variable transmission includes a transmission belt including a plurality of elements each including a pair of pillar portions and a ring arranged between the pair of pillar portions of each of the plurality of elements, and a lubricant supply portion arranged on an inner side of the transmission belt in a radial direction.
Wataru Ishihara, Akira Ochi, Takayuki Miyake, Junichi Tokunaga
Filed: 14 May 18
Utility
Arrival determination system and arrival determination program
3 May 22
Arrival determination systems and programs determine whether a vehicle is at a standstill; and determine that the vehicle has arrived at a destination when the vehicle is determined to be at a standstill and a present location of the vehicle is on the inner side of a road that surrounds the destination.
Ayumu Suzuki
Filed: 24 Jan 20
Utility
Valve opening-closing timing control apparatus
26 Apr 22
An Oldham coupling includes an engagement arm.
Hajime Sano, Hiroki Mukaide, Kenji Ikeda, Tomoharu Otake, Kenta Koide
Filed: 14 Jul 20
Utility
Current sensor
26 Apr 22
A current sensor includes at least two conductors and at least two magnetoelectric conversion units each having at least two magnetism detection elements for detecting magnetic flux density of magnetic flux input to detection surfaces facing the same direction, and outputting a signal according to a difference in magnetic flux density between orthogonal components orthogonal to the detection surface of magnetic flux input to the detection surface of the magnetism detection elements.
Nozomi Koizumi
Filed: 12 Mar 20
Utility
Object detection device
19 Apr 22
An object detection device includes: first and second transmission/reception units transmitting and receiving an exploration wave to detect a peripheral object; and a processing unit determining a position of an object based on reception results of the first and second transmission/reception units.
Kaoru Nakagaki, Moritaka Miwa, Masato Sugiyama, Tsubasa Kamiya
Filed: 23 Oct 19
Utility
Opening/closing body drive device and control method thereof
19 Apr 22
An opening/closing body drive device includes: a motor which opens or closes an opening/closing body; a drive unit which rotates the motor; and a control unit which controls the drive unit.
Noriyuki Kamiya, Taishi IIkawa
Filed: 23 Sep 20
Utility
Manufacturing method of core for rotary electric machine
19 Apr 22
A manufacturing method of a core for a rotary electric machine includes: a step of forming a stator side release hole in at least a first portion of a portion of an electric steel plate in which a slot portion is formed; a step of forming a rotor side hole portion in at least a part of a portion of the electric steel plate in which a hole portion is formed; a step of forming a flattened portion; and a step of forming a rotor plate member and a stator plate member by blanking the electric steel plate.
Masayuki Maki, Tetsuya Matsubara
Filed: 28 Sep 18
Utility
Towing assistance apparatus
5 Apr 22
A towing assistance apparatus includes an image acquisition unit successively acquiring a rear image and a lateral image serving as a surrounding image captured by an imaging unit that is provided at a towing vehicle to which a towed vehicle is configured to be connected, an angle acquisition unit acquiring a connection angle between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle, and a display processing unit switching the surrounding image displayed at a display unit from the lateral image to the rear image in a case where the connection angle becomes equal to or greater than a first angle at which a change control for decreasing the connection angle is impossible by a steering of the towing vehicle during a rearward driving thereof in a state where the lateral image is displayed and the towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle is connected is in a rearward driving available state.
Tetsuya Maruoka, Kazuya Watanabe, Kinji Yamamoto
Filed: 3 Jul 19
Utility
Vehicular sunroof unit
5 Apr 22
In a sunroof unit, a movable panel includes a front sliding portion and a rear sliding portion that position an arm by sliding with the arm.
Shuhei Nonami
Filed: 20 Jan 21
Utility
Fluid pump with cam geometry to reduce pulsations
5 Apr 22
A fluid pump includes: three or more volume chambers that suction and discharge a fluid sequentially; moving elements that are respectively provided in the volume chambers, move relative to the volume chamber, and suction and discharge the fluid from and to the volume chamber; a cam that abuts against and drives the moving elements; and a driving section that drives at least one of the moving elements and the cam and relatively rotates the moving elements and the cam to discharge the fluid one time from each of the volume chambers in one cycle of the relative rotation, in which, when suctioning and discharging the fluid, regarding a discharge rotation angle α, α=(Z/M)×N is satisfied, where the number of volume chambers is M and any integer from 2 to (M−1) is N.
Hisashi Ono, Katsuhiko Takasu, Koji Nunami
Filed: 21 Nov 18
Utility
Capacitance detection device
5 Apr 22
A capacitance detection device includes: a variable capacitance capacitor; an electrode constituting a detection target whose capacitance is to be detected; and a control circuit, in which the control circuit executes: manipulation processing of manipulating a capacitance of the variable capacitance capacitor to control an intermediate potential, which is a potential at a connection point between the variable capacitance capacitor and the electrode, to a reference potential, when a voltage of a voltage application device is applied to the electrode via the variable capacitance capacitor; and detection processing of detecting the capacitance of the detection target, based on the capacitance of the variable capacitance capacitor when being controlled to the reference potential.
Hideya Kurachi, Akira Takahashi
Filed: 11 Mar 20
Utility
Vehicle drive device
5 Apr 22
A vehicle drive device including: a rotary electric machine that serves as a drive power source for a plurality of wheels; an input drivingly coupled to the rotary electric machine; a counter gear mechanism; a differential gear device that distributes a driving force transmitted from the rotary electric machine via the input and the counter gear mechanism, to the plurality of wheels; a case that accommodates the rotary electric machine, the input, the counter gear mechanism, and the differential gear device; and a support that is a separate member from the case, and is fixed inside the case.
Ryohei Inoue, Takahisa Hirano
Filed: 14 Nov 18
Utility
Method of manufacturing rotary electric machine armature
5 Apr 22
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
Rotating electric machine
5 Apr 22
A rotating electric machine includes: a stator having slots in which coils formed of conductive wires are stored; and a rotor facing the stator and having magnetic poles.
Masafumi Sakuma, Masako Shibamori
Filed: 6 Feb 20
Utility
Inverter control device
5 Apr 22
An inverter control device that includes an electronic control unit that is configured to perform full active short circuit control when the contactors are in an open state and the rotating electrical machine is in a rotating state, the full active short circuit control bringing an upper-stage-side switching element and a lower-stage-side switching element for at least one phase among switching elements for a plurality of phases in the inverter into an on state to allow current to flow back between the rotating electrical machine and the inverter.
Arinori Shimada, Subrata Saha, Motohiro Nakashima
Filed: 27 Sep 18