Patents by Inventor Hironao Watanabe

Hironao Watanabe 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).

  • Patent number: 11472469
    Abstract: An electric power steering device including a column actuator disposed on a column side of the intermediate shaft and outputting a column assist torque; a rack actuator disposed on a rack side of the intermediate shaft and outputting a rack assist torque; a column torque sensor coaxially disposed with the steering shaft and detecting a column torsion torque; a rack torque sensor coaxially disposed with the intermediate shaft and detecting a rack torsion torque; and a calculator calculating instruction values of the column assist torque and the rack assist torque based on the torsion torques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shuji Kuramitsu, Hiroyasu Otake, Ryo Kano, Yoshifumi Morita, Hironao Watanabe, Takayuki Kato
  • Patent number: 11370477
    Abstract: A calculator or an electronic control unit (ECU) calculates an instruction value of a column assist torque and a rack assist torque output from a column actuator, or a column motor, and a rack actuator, or a rack motor, based at least on a torsion torque. The calculator includes a base assist controller, a stabilization controller, and an adder. The base assist controller individually or commonly calculates a base assist torque based on the torsion torque. The stabilization controller individually or commonly calculates a stabilization torque for stabilizing a steering system. The adder performs addition of the base assist torque and the stabilization torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shuji Kuramitsu, Hiroyasu Otake, Ryo Kano, Yoshifumi Morita, Hironao Watanabe, Takayuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20200180684
    Abstract: A calculator or an electronic control unit (ECU) calculates an instruction value of a column assist torque and a rack assist torque output from a column actuator, or a column motor, and a rack actuator, or a rack motor, based at least on a torsion torque. The calculator includes a base assist controller, a stabilization controller, and an adder. The base assist controller individually or commonly calculates a base assist torque based on the torsion torque. The stabilization controller individually or commonly calculates a stabilization torque for stabilizing a steering system. The adder performs addition of the base assist torque and the stabilization torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Shuji KURAMITSU, Hiroyasu OTAKE, Ryo KANO, Yoshifumi MORITA, Hironao WATANABE, Takayuki KATO
  • Publication number: 20200180683
    Abstract: An electric power steering device including a column actuator disposed on a column side of the intermediate shaft and outputting a column assist torque; a rack actuator disposed on a rack side of the intermediate shaft and outputting a rack assist torque; a column torque sensor coaxially disposed with the steering shaft and detecting a column torsion torque; a rack torque sensor coaxially disposed with the intermediate shaft and detecting a rack torsion torque; and a calculator calculating instruction values of the column assist torque and the rack assist torque based on the torsion torques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Shuji KURAMITSU, Hiroyasu OTAKE, Ryo KANO, Yoshifumi MORITA, Hironao WATANABE, Takayuki KATO
  • Patent number: 10195918
    Abstract: A position-and-velocity dependent hydraulic damper is provided. The hydraulic damper has piston valve fixed to a tip of a piston rod, a base valve, and a reservoir chamber. The base valve has a compression side port. Between a first valve and the base valve, a first spiral spring is provided, and between the first valve and the piston valve, a second spiral spring is provided. The compression side port is closed by the first valve around the maximum compression state, reducing the flow rate of oil to the reservoir chamber. A second valve passing through the centers of the first valve and the base valve adjusts the flow rate of the oil to the reservoir chamber with a pressure equal to or higher than a prescribed level of an oil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Tein, Inc.
    Inventor: Hironao Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10124645
    Abstract: A position-and-velocity dependent hydraulic damper is provided. The hydraulic damper has piston valve fixed to a tip of a piston rod, a base valve, and a reservoir chamber. The base valve has a compression side port. Between a first valve and the base valve, a first spiral spring is provided, and between the first valve and the piston valve, a second spiral spring is provided. The compression side port is closed by the first valve around the maximum compression state, reducing the flow rate of oil to the reservoir chamber. A second valve passing through the centers of the first valve and the base valve adjusts the flow rate of the oil to the reservoir chamber with a pressure equal to or higher than a prescribed level of an oil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Tein, Inc.
    Inventor: Hironao Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160185181
    Abstract: A position-and-velocity dependent hydraulic damper is provided. The hydraulic damper has piston valve fixed to a tip of a piston rod, a base valve, and a reservoir chamber. The base valve has a compression side port. Between a first valve and the base valve, a first spiral spring is provided, and between the first valve and the piston valve, a second spiral spring is provided. The compression side port is closed by the first valve around the maximum compression state, reducing the flow rate of oil to the reservoir chamber. A second valve passing through the centers of the first valve and the base valve adjusts the flow rate of the oil to the reservoir chamber with a pressure equal to or higher than a prescribed level of an oil chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Tein, Inc.
    Inventor: Hironao Watanabe