316 patents
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Utility
Shift device
27 Jun 23
A shift device includes: a shift switching member including valley parts corresponding to a shift position; a positioning member provided to establish the shift position in a state of being fitted into any one of the valley parts; a motor including a rotor and a stator and driving the shift switching member; a speed reduction mechanism section rotating the shift switching member in a state in which a rotation speed transmitted from the motor is reduced; a rotor rotational angle sensor detecting a rotational angle of the rotor; and an output shaft rotational angle sensor detecting a rotational angle of the shift switching member A width of a backlash included in the speed reduction mechanism section is detected, and the rotational angle of the motor corresponding to the center of the backlash is acquired.
Atsuto Ogino, Kota Ishikawa, Yutaka Uchida
Filed: 13 Mar 20
Utility
Emergency release device of lock system
30 May 23
To provide an emergency release device of a lock system capable of opening a trunk lid using an emergency release lever, the emergency release lever is manipulatable between a first position for placing a pawl in an engagement position and a second position for placing the pawl in a non-engagement position from the inner side of the trunk and is biased toward the first position.
Masashi Miwa
Filed: 28 Jan 19
Utility
Differential gear mechanism and method for designing the same
30 May 23
A differential gear mechanism in which when a plurality of contact lines between a gear tooth and a pinion tooth is defined on either a tooth surface of the gear tooth of a crown gear or a tooth surface of the pinion tooth of a pinion gear at a predetermined angle around an axis of the pinion gear, and the plurality of contact lines and a center line of a pinion tooth bottom surface of the pinion gear are projected onto a plane, including an axis of a pair of the crown gears, around the axis of the pinion gear, the center line of the pinion tooth bottom surface projected onto the plane includes an inclined line passing through a range between two of the contact lines which are selected from the plurality of contact lines projected onto the plane and by which a contact ratio is 1.0 or higher.
Tomoya Osada, Yoshihiko Inukai
Filed: 24 Mar 20
Utility
Seal structure of vehicle opening
23 May 23
A seal structure is applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body that includes a roof opening, and a movable panel and a fixed panel that close the roof opening.
Akitoshi Shoji
Filed: 9 Dec 20
Utility
Steering device
23 May 23
A steering device includes: a sensor drive unit configured to drive a sensor element provided in a steering to detect a gripped state of the steering; and a heater drive unit configured to drive a heater provided in the steering, in which the sensor drive unit executes driving of the sensor element periodically at an interval, the heater drive unit executes heater driving alternately with sensor driving by the sensor drive unit, and the interval of sensor driving is expanded in a state where the steering is gripped, compared with a state where the steering is not gripped.
Yuki Hayashi, Takaaki Koizumi
Filed: 15 Nov 19
Utility
Steering device
23 May 23
A steering device includes a column housing encapsulating a steering shaft and enabling a posture change, a bracket located adjacent to the column housing, and a tensioner mechanism being between the column housing and the bracket, and pressing the column housing and the bracket.
Tatsuya Oikawa, Toshihiro Muraki
Filed: 14 Mar 22
Utility
Periphery monitoring device
16 May 23
A periphery monitoring device includes a coupling determiner that determines whether a towed vehicle is coupled to a towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle can be coupled; a target setter that sets a target moving position to be a target for moving at least the towed vehicle coupled to the towing vehicle; a storing controller that stores, as a moving target image, an image, including the target moving position, of a peripheral image generated by as imager provided at the towing vehicle; and an image controller that displays the stored moving target image in association with the towing vehicle or the towed vehicle included in a current image generated by the imager and currently displayed on a display device.
Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Takayuki Nakasho, Itsuko Fukushima
Filed: 29 Oct 18
Utility
Vehicular door handle device
2 May 23
A vehicular door handle device includes: a main body portion being disposed on an outside surface of a door panel of a vehicle, extending in a predetermined direction, and including a hollow portion in an intermediate portion in the extending direction; a touch sensor being housed in the hollow portion for detecting a change in capacitance, and being connected to a control device that controls an opening mechanism for setting a closed vehicular door in an openable state; a frame portion including a shaft portion that extends in the predetermined direction and rotatably supports the main body portion; and a fixing mechanism for fixing the main body portion to the frame portion.
Masaki Yoshino
Filed: 18 Feb 20
Utility
Shift device
25 Apr 23
A shift device includes: a shift switching member including valley portions provided so as to correspond to shift positions; a positioning member causing the shift position to be established while being fitted in any of the valley portions of the shift switching member; a motor driving the shift switching member and including a rotor and a stator; a driving force transmission mechanism transmitting a driving force from the motor to the shift switching member; and a rotor rotation angle sensor and an output shaft rotation angle sensor detecting rotation angles of the rotor and the shift switching member.
Atsuto Ogino, Yutaka Uchida, Kota Ishikawa
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Fuel cell system
25 Apr 23
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a cathode off-gas discharge channel, a gas-liquid separator, and a cover member.
Takami Hosoi, Hiroaki Nishiumi, Takashi Mishima, Hitoshi Okuno, Toshihide Yamada
Filed: 7 Oct 21
Utility
Parking assistance device
18 Apr 23
A parking assistance device includes: a situation information acquisition unit acquiring, when a vehicle is repeatedly parked at a parking target position, peripheral situation information; a storage control unit storing first situation information indicating the peripheral situation information and a movement route for the parking target position; an information updating unit updating, when new information is included in second situation information acquired when newly parking at the parking target position and a region specified by the new information does not interfere with a region where the movement route exists, the first situation information by the second situation information; a current position estimation unit estimating a current position by comparing the first and second situation information; and a guidance control unit guiding the vehicle to the parking target position according to the estimated current position and the movement route.
Takashi Suzuki
Filed: 29 Sep 20
Utility
Steering device
11 Apr 23
A steering device includes: an inner tube including a steering wheel; a column housing that houses the tube retractably along an axis; a drive mechanism attached to the column housing in such a way as to cause the tube to perform a retraction operation via a drive member that reciprocates along the axis, a first impact absorption member that is provided on one of the drive member and the tube, and includes a deformation portion; and an action member that is provided on another of the drive member and the tube, and plastically deforms the deformation portion.
Toshihiro Muraki
Filed: 14 Mar 22
Utility
Gripping device
11 Apr 23
A gripping device includes: a gripping portion configured to be displaced between a closed position in which a workpiece is grasped and an open position in which the workpiece is released; a holding portion configured to hold the gripping portion; a shaft portion that extends from the holding portion; a support portion configured to support the shaft portion such that the gripping portion faces the workpiece; a driving unit configured to displace the gripping portion between the closed position and the open position; and a moving mechanism configured to move the support portion in an axial direction of the shaft portion, in which the support portion is configured to support the shaft portion such that when a load acts on the shaft portion in the axial direction, the shaft portion is slidable relative to the support portion.
Takashi Machida
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Vehicle spat device
11 Apr 23
A vehicle spat device includes: a spat that rotatably supported by a first rotation shaft and configured to be displaced between a deployment position and a storage position; and a link unit transmitting power of an actuator to the spat.
Ryota Tachi, Kenji Hori, Shuhei Uchida
Filed: 12 Nov 20
Utility
Fine water discharge device of human body
4 Apr 23
A fine water discharge device of a human body which discharges fine water to the human body includes: fine water generating units being brought into a moisture absorption state and a moisture release state in which moisture is absorbed in, and is released from, a conductive polymer film due to a decrease and an increase in temperature, respectively and disposed in parallel; a blowing unit blowing air so that air flows through the fine water generating units; an electrifying portion individually electrifying the fine water generating units so that a temperature of each fine water generating unit is changed depending on electrification; and a control portion controlling the electrifying portion and the blowing unit so that the fine water generating units are individually switched between the moisture absorption state and the moisture release state to discharge the fine water by blowing air.
Yoko Adachi, Shinsuke Inoue, Akiyoshi Hirano, Masayuki Miyabe
Filed: 13 Mar 20
Utility
Damper device
4 Apr 23
A damper device including an input element and an output element; an elastic body transmitting torque between the input element and the output element; and a rotary inertia mass damper having a mass body.
Takuya Yoshikawa, Tomonori Kinoshita, Tetsuro Taniguchi, Akiyoshi Kato, Yoichi Oi
Filed: 14 Nov 18
Utility
Periphery monitoring device
4 Apr 23
Kinji Yamamoto, Kazuya Watanabe, Makoto Hirata
Filed: 11 Sep 20
Utility
Object detection device
4 Apr 23
An object detection device that detects an object existing around a moving body moving on a road surface by a TOF method, the object detection device includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires target information including distance information of a detection target on the basis of a comparison result between a signal level of a reflected wave and a first threshold value; a second acquisition unit that acquires road surface information including distance information of the road surface on the basis of a comparison result between the signal level of the reflected wave and a second threshold value; and a setting unit that sets the second threshold value so that an amount of the distance information acquired within a predetermined period does not exceed a predetermined amount.
Ippei Sugae, Koichi Sassa
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
Channel and door sash structure
28 Mar 23
A channel according to an embodiment includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and an end wall.
Jun Kimura, Takashi Kameyama
Filed: 24 Oct 18
Utility
Vehicle drive device
21 Mar 23
A vehicle drive device includes: a rotary electric machine; a drive transmission mechanism provided in a power transmission path connecting a rotor shaft of the rotary electric machine and a wheel; a first hydraulic pump driven by a driving force transmitted through the power transmission path; a second hydraulic pump driven by a driving force source independent of the power transmission path; a first oil passage that supplies oil discharged from the first hydraulic pump to a rotor bearing that supports the rotor shaft such that the rotor shaft is rotatable; and a second oil passage that supplies oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump to an inner peripheral surface of the rotor shaft.
Ryohei Inoue
Filed: 27 Mar 20