Patents by Inventor Haruo Kotera
Haruo Kotera has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11738726Abstract: A vehicle brake system (1) includes a first control device (10) and a second control device (11) that respectively include a master controller (30), a first sub-controller (40), and a second sub-controller (41) that are connected to one another. Each of the master controller (30), the first sub-controller (40), and the second sub-controller (41) includes a braking force calculation unit that calculates braking force of electric brakes (16a to 16d), and a determination unit that compares braking force calculation results of the controllers to determine whether itself is normal. The determination unit includes an output block section that blocks, when the determination unit determines that any one of the controllers is not normal, an output of the controller that is determined to be not normal.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NTN CORPORATION, HITACHI ASTEMO UEDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromasa Satoh, Toshihiro Obika, Yusuke Koga, Yasushi Aoki, Hiromitsu Toyota, Haruo Kotera, Tatsuya Yamasaki, Yui Masuda
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Patent number: 11648917Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle brake system that includes an electric brake and achieves redundancy at low cost is provided. A vehicle brake system (1) is provided to a wheel (Wa) of a vehicle (VB), and includes an electric brake (16a) provided with a motor (80), a driver (60) that drives the motor (80), and a first control device (10) provided with a master controller (30) and a first sub-controller (40) connected to each other. The electric brake (16a) is controllable by both the master controller (30) and the first sub-controller (40).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NTN CORPORATION, HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO UEDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromasa Satoh, Toshihiro Obika, Yusuke Koga, Hiromitsu Toyota, Haruo Kotera, Tatsuya Yamasaki, Yui Masuda
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Patent number: 11370401Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle brake system including an electric brake is provided. A vehicle brake system (1) includes electric brakes (16a to 16d) provided with motors (80 to 85), drivers (60 to 65) that drive the motors (80 to 85), and a control device that controls the drivers (60 to 65). The electric brake (16a) includes two motors (80 and 81), and the control device includes separate drivers (60 and 61) respectively corresponding to the two motors (80 and 81). The control device includes a first master controller (30) and a first sub-controller (40). The first master controller (30) controls the driver (61) corresponding to the motor (81), and the first sub-controller (40) controls the driver (60) corresponding to the motor 80.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NTN CORPORATION, HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO UEDA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromasa Satoh, Toshihiro Obika, Yusuke Koga, Hiromitsu Toyota, Haruo Kotera, Tatsuya Yamasaki, Yui Masuda
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Publication number: 20200039484Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle brake system including an electric brake is provided. A vehicle brake system (1) includes electric brakes (16a to 16d) provided with motors (80 to 85), drivers (60 to 65) that drive the motors (80 to 85), and a control device that controls the drivers (60 to 65). The electric brake (16a) includes two motors (80 and 81), and the control device includes separate drivers (60 and 61) respectively corresponding to the two motors (80 and 81). The control device includes a first master controller (30) and a first sub-controller (40). The first master controller (30) controls the driver (61) corresponding to the motor (81), and the first sub-controller (40) controls the driver (60) corresponding to the motor 80.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., VEONEER NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa SATOH, Toshihiro OBIKA, Yusuke KOGA, Hiromitsu TOYOTA, Haruo KOTERA, Tatsuya YAMASAKI, Yui MASUDA
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Publication number: 20200039485Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle brake system that includes an electric brake and achieves redundancy at low cost is provided. A vehicle brake system (1) includes a first control device (10) and a second control device (11) that respectively include a master controller (30), a first sub-controller (40), and a second sub-controller (41) that are connected to one another. Each of the master controller (30), the first sub-controller (40), and the second sub-controller (41) includes a braking force calculation unit that calculates braking force of electric brakes (16a to 16d), and a determination unit that compares braking force calculation results of the controllers to determine whether itself is normal. The determination unit includes an output block section that blocks, when the determination unit determines that any one of the controllers is not normal, an output of the controller that is determined to be not normal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., VEONEER NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa SATOH, Toshihiro OBIKA, Yusuke KOGA, Yasushi AOKI, Hiromitsu TOYOTA, Haruo KOTERA, Tatsuya YAMASAKI, Yui MASUDA
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Publication number: 20200031322Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle brake system that includes an electric brake and achieves redundancy at low cost is provided. A vehicle brake system (1) is provided to a wheel (Wa) of a vehicle (VB), and includes an electric brake (16a) provided with a motor (80), a driver (60) that drives the motor (80), and a first control device (10) provided with a master controller (30) and a first sub-controller (40) connected to each other. The electric brake (16a) is controllable by both the master controller (30) and the first sub-controller (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., VEONEER NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa SATOH, Toshihiro OBIKA, Yusuke KOGA, Hiromitsu TOYOTA, Haruo KOTERA, Tatsuya YAMASAKI, Yui MASUDA
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Publication number: 20200031323Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle brake system that includes an electric brake and achieves redundancy at low cost is provided. A vehicle brake system (1) includes electric brakes (16a to 16d) that include at least one unit of motors (80 and 81), and first and second control devices (10 and 11) that include a master controller (30) and a first sub-controller (40) that are connected to one another. The master controller (30) includes a driver control unit (301) that can control drivers (61 and 63), and a braking force calculation unit that calculates braking force of the electric brakes (16a to 16d). The first sub-controller (40) includes a driver control unit that controls a driver (60), and a braking force calculation unit that calculates braking force of the electric brakes (16a to 16d). The master controller (30) and the first sub-controller (40) include a determination unit that compares braking force calculation results of other controllers to determine braking force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., VEONEER NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa SATOH, Toshihiro OBIKA, Yusuke KOGA, Hiromitsu TOYOTA, Haruo KOTERA, Tatsuya YAMASAKI, Yui MASUDA
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Patent number: 10407033Abstract: An electric brake device has at least three control units: a first front wheel control unit for controlling a front-left wheel brake mechanism and a front-right wheel brake mechanism; a second front wheel control unit again for controlling the front-left wheel brake mechanism and the front-right wheel brake mechanism; and a rear wheel control unit for controlling a rear-left wheel brake mechanism and a rear-right wheel brake mechanism. In case of failure of at least one of the three control units, at least one of the non-defective other control units temporarily reduces the braking force of the target brake mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruo Kotera, Hiromitsu Toyota
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Patent number: 10093290Abstract: An electric brake device has at least three control units: a first diagonal wheel control unit that controls a front-left wheel brake mechanism and a rear-right wheel brake mechanism which are positioned diagonally; a second diagonal wheel control unit that controls a front-right wheel brake mechanism and a rear-left wheel brake mechanism which are positioned diagonally; and a front wheel control unit that controls a front-left wheel brake mechanism and a front-right wheel brake mechanism. Each of the brake mechanisms has a friction-receiving member that rotates together with the wheel; and a friction-applying member that moves while being powered by an electric actuator, and obtains the braking force by pressing the friction-applying member against the friction-receiving member.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruo Kotera, Hiromitsu Toyota
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Publication number: 20170240148Abstract: An electric brake device has at least three control units: a front-left wheel control unit for controlling a front-left wheel brake mechanism, a front-right wheel control unit for controlling a front-right wheel brake mechanism, and a rear-left/right wheel control unit for controlling a rear-left wheel brake mechanism and a rear-right wheel brake mechanism. Each of the brake mechanisms has a friction-receiving member that rotates together with the wheel, and a friction-applying member that moves while being powered by an electric actuator, and generates the braking force by pressing the friction-applying member against the friction-receiving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruo KOTERA, Hiromitsu TOYOTA
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Publication number: 20170240147Abstract: An electric brake device has at least three control units: a first diagonal wheel control unit that controls a front-left wheel brake mechanism and a rear-right wheel brake mechanism which are positioned diagonally; a second diagonal wheel control unit that controls a front-right wheel brake mechanism and a rear-left wheel brake mechanism which are positioned diagonally; and a front wheel control unit that controls a front-left wheel brake mechanism and a front-right wheel brake mechanism. Each of the brake mechanisms has a friction-receiving member that rotates together with the wheel; and a friction-applying member that moves while being powered by an electric actuator, and obtains the braking force by pressing the friction-applying member against the friction-receiving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruo KOTERA, Hiromitsu TOYOTA
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Publication number: 20170210361Abstract: An electric brake device has at least three control units: a first front wheel control unit for controlling a front-left wheel brake mechanism and a front-right wheel brake mechanism; a second front wheel control unit again for controlling the front-left wheel brake mechanism and the front-right wheel brake mechanism; and a rear wheel control unit for controlling a rear-left wheel brake mechanism and a rear-right wheel brake mechanism. In case of failure of at least one of the three control units, at least one of the non-defective other control units temporarily reduces the braking force of the target brake mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruo KOTERA, Hiromitsu TOYOTA
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Publication number: 20100290933Abstract: An electric pump includes a pump; a motor having a motor shaft, the motor shaft being connected to the pump to drive the pump; a support member which is arranged between the pump and a front end portion of the motor, the front end portion of the motor being a motor shaft side, the support member supporting the pump and the motor when the motor shaft penetrates the pump; a motor cover which covers the motor, the motor cover having a closed-end cylindrical shape, and an opened end side of the motor cover being fixed to the support member; and an elastic member which is in a state of being compressed positioned between a rear end portion of the motor and a bottom portion of the motor cover. The motor is supported by the support member as being urged thereto by the elastic member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicants: MIKUNI CORPORATION, MITSUBUSHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shingo Tabata, Michihiro Yokoyama, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Hideki Endo, Haruo Kotera, Naohisa Koike, Kenta Tanaka