641 patents
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Utility
Vehicle Door Lock Device
16 Nov 23
A vehicle door lock device includes: a latch mechanism; a first member rotatably supported with respect to a cabinet and configured to be movable between an initial position and an operating position; a second member rotatably supported by the first member, and configured to be movable among a first position, a second position, and a third position between the first position and the second position by rotating with respect to the first member, movable between the initial position and the operating position together with the first member; and a third member configured to allow movement of the second member by being elastically deformed while being in contact with the second member when the second member moves in a direction from the first position or the third position toward the second position, and configured to restrict the movement of the second member by engaging with the second member.
Yuichiro TANAKA
Filed: 8 May 23
Utility
Rotor Manufacturing Method
16 Nov 23
A rotor manufacturing method includes: a jig attachment step of attaching a holding jig to a rotor core, the holding jig being a member that holds the rotor core by sandwiching the rotor core in a stacking direction of laminated steel sheets and pressing the rotor core; a rotor hub insertion step of inserting a rotor hub into an inner peripheral surface of the rotor core with the rotor core and the holding jig heated to a temperature equal to or higher than an insertable temperature at which the rotor hub can be inserted into the inner peripheral surface of the rotor core; and a cooling step of cooling the rotor core to fix the rotor core and the rotor hub together.
Satoru WAKUTA, Yasunari FURUTA, Toshiyuki SABURI
Filed: 25 Dec 20
Utility
Image restoration apparatus, image restoration method, image restoration program, restorer generation apparatus, restorer generation method, restorer generation program, determiner generation apparatus, determiner generation method, determiner generation program, article determination apparatus, article determination method, and article determination program
14 Nov 23
An image restoration apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a mask image generated by masking, by a mask region, a predetermined region of an article image in which an article is imaged; and an image output unit that outputs a restored image corresponding to the mask image acquired by the image acquisition unit by using a restorer pre-trained by machine learning so as to output the restored image, which is restored from the mask image to reproduce the article image in a pseudo manner, according to an input of the mask image.
Yasuyuki Kuno, Yukio Ichikawa, Masataka Toda, Masaru Hisanaga, Norihiro Miwa, Jin Nozawa
Filed: 9 Sep 20
Utility
Object detection device
14 Nov 23
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: 7 Apr 22
Utility
Vehicle Drive Device
9 Nov 23
A case for a vehicle drive device includes a first case part having a first support part, a second case part having a first part, and a third case part having a second part.
Yuki YANAGIHARA, Takayoshi KATO, Isao FUJISHIMA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
Filed: 24 Sep 21
Utility
Vehicle drive transmission apparatus
7 Nov 23
A counter gear mechanism includes: a fifth gear in mesh with a third gear; a sixth gear in mesh with a fourth gear; and a seventh gear in mesh with a differential input gear.
Masaki Kawamoto, Mitsuhiro Ichioka, Tomoka Yamamoto, Akira Inoue, Hiroshi Kato
Filed: 7 Jul 20
Utility
Control device for vehicle
7 Nov 23
An electronic control unit is configured to: output a first command value to the hydraulic control circuit system and then output a second command value to the hydraulic control circuit system during a transition in which the control state of the clutch is switched from a disengaged state to an engaged state when starting the engine; perform first control in which the motor outputs the cranking torque, and second control in which the engine starts operation, when starting the engine; and when the vehicle is in a predetermined state in which a required hydraulic pressure is not secured stably when starting the engine, start output of the first command value when the vehicle is not in the predetermined state, the required hydraulic pressure being a hydraulic pressure supplied from the hydraulic control circuit system to the clutch actuator and required to switch the control state of the clutch.
Keigo Matsubara, Masayuki Baba, Tomoya Inayoshi
Filed: 4 Oct 21
Utility
Vehicle drive device
7 Nov 23
A vehicle drive device includes a first drive unit that drives first wheels; a second drive unit that drives second wheels; and a control device.
Kohei Tsuda, Keiichirou Kusabe, Bumpei Nakaya, Yasuhiro Matsumura
Filed: 28 May 21
Utility
Control device for vehicle
7 Nov 23
A control device for a vehicle, the control device comprising an electronic control unit configured to: perform, when the engine is started, a first clutch actuator control in which the clutch transmits a cranking torque for increasing a rotation speed of the engine during a transition in which the control state of the clutch is switched from a released state to an engaged state; perform, when the engine is started, first control for outputting the cranking torque by the electric motor and second control for starting operation of the engine; and perform, after the first clutch actuator control is completed, a second clutch actuator control in which a torque capacity of the clutch is set to a predetermined torque smaller than the cranking torque.
Keigo Matsubara, Masayuki Baba, Tomoya Inayoshi
Filed: 2 Sep 21
Utility
Riding vehicle
7 Nov 23
A riding vehicle includes: a main body portion supporting a wheel; a seat stay erected on the main body portion and configured to be switched between a riding state in which a person rides and a cart state in which a person does not ride; a seat fixed to an upper side of the seat stay; a frame provided on the seat stay and configured to hold luggage in the riding state and the cart state; a steering stay erected on the main body portion at an interval with respect to the seat stay in a traveling direction; and a handle provided on the steering stay, in which the frame, in the cart state, exists in a region closer to the handle as compared with that in the riding state.
Hideyuki Umehara, Toshihiko Ishida
Filed: 16 Sep 20
Utility
Motor power supply device
7 Nov 23
A motor power supply device includes a first power supply, a motor driven by a power supplied from the first power supply, a first power supply line, a first power supply side semiconductor switch, a first output side semiconductor switch, a first power supply side voltage detection unit disposed on a first power supply side with respect to the first power supply side semiconductor switch on the first power supply line and configured to detect a voltage of the first power supply line, and a control unit configured to execute control to determine a state of power supply from the first power supply to the first power supply side semiconductor switch based on a measured value obtained by the first power supply side voltage detection unit.
Yutaka Uchida, Takanori Suzuki, Kohei Yamazaki
Filed: 6 Apr 22
Utility
Method for Manufacturing Rotor for Rotary Electric Machine and Method for Manufacturing Rotary Electric Machine
2 Nov 23
A method for manufacturing a rotor or a rotary electric machine having magnet holes.
Keisuke MATSUZAKA, Daisuke KASAI, Kazuaki OKADA
Filed: 5 Aug 21
Utility
Stator and busbar module
31 Oct 23
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
Damper device
31 Oct 23
A damper device includes: a first rotating body rotating around a rotation shaft and receiving power transmitted from a flywheel; a second rotating body including a first plate receiving the power transmitted from the first rotating body and a second plate disposed to face the first plate and rotating integrally with the first plate; a third rotating body rotating relative to the second rotating body around the rotation shaft; a fastening body integrating the first and second plates at a position radially spaced apart from a position where the power is transmitted from the first rotating body to the first plate; and an elastic mechanism elastically interconnecting the second and third rotating bodies in a rotation direction.
Tomohiro Saeki, Yasuhisa Iwasaki
Filed: 9 Mar 20
Utility
Vehicle drive device
31 Oct 23
A vehicle drive device is provided that can suppress the increase in dimension in the radial direction while ensuring a sufficient speed reduction ratio.
Toshihisa Mizutani, Kenta Kataoka, Taiki Owari, Hiroaki Osanai, Daiki Suyama, Hiroshi Kato, Yuki Yanagihara, Naoki Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Takuya Ogasawara, Yosuke Morimoto
Filed: 28 Aug 20
Utility
Ultrasonic Generator, Transducer, and Object Detector
19 Oct 23
Provided is an apparatus including an ultrasonic generator including a transducer having a piezoelectric body that vibrates due to a piezoelectric effect and generates ultrasonic waves when an alternating voltage is applied, and three or more electrodes provided in different regions on a surface of the piezoelectric body.
Ippei SUGAE, Hisashi INABA
Filed: 30 Sep 21
Utility
Vehicle drive apparatus and vehicle drive apparatus manufacturing method
17 Oct 23
A first rotation shaft (which is provided with a first gear) is assembled to a first case member so as to provide a first assembly.
Sou Okita, Yosuke Suzuki
Filed: 31 Mar 21
Utility
Vehicle drive assist system, vehicle drive assist method, and vehicle drive assist program
17 Oct 23
Vehicle drive assist systems, methods, and programs display an alert image superimposed on a real view on a display.
Takamitsu Sakai
Filed: 16 Nov 18
Utility
Periphery monitoring device
17 Oct 23
A periphery monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image from an imaging unit that captures an image of a periphery of a vehicle and positional information regarding an attention area set around the vehicle; and a controller configured to superimpose and display an own vehicle image showing a position of the vehicle and an indicator indicating a position of the attention area based on the positional information on a peripheral image as a bird's-eye view image based on the captured image, and to perform display such that a display mode of the indicator changes over time.
Kazuya Watanabe
Filed: 23 Jul 20
Utility
Driving support device
17 Oct 23
A driving support device that controls a steering unit such that a hitch angle between a tow vehicle, which tows a towed vehicle, and the towed vehicle becomes a target angle set as a target includes: an image control unit that causes a display unit to perform display of a captured image obtained by an imaging unit provided in the tow vehicle or the towed vehicle in a mirror image state and display of a setting image including a slider indicating the target angle input through an input unit; an acquisition unit that acquires input of the target angle at the time of backward movement of the tow vehicle from the input unit, in a state where the setting image is displayed; and a setting unit that sets the target angle based on the input.
Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Kinji Yamamoto
Filed: 27 Jun 19