Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Roppongi

Hitoshi Roppongi 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: 11085227
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing apparatus that opens and closes an opening and closing body provided on a vehicle includes: an electric motor that drives the opening and closing body; a position detection part that detects a position of the opening and closing body; a measurement part that measures a current value which flows in the electric motor when the opening and closing body arrives at a predetermined position; a counter that counts up a count value based on the current value; and a determination part that stops, for a predetermined period of time, the next and subsequent opening and closing operation of the opening and closing body when the count value exceeds a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Roppongi, Takayuki Ikeda, Masahiro Fueki, Yasunori Noro
  • Patent number: 10122303
    Abstract: The motor control device is an electric motor control device including a control unit (control circuit unit) configured to output a forward-rotation command or a reverse-rotation command to the electric motor. The control unit includes a position detector (door opening/closing information generation circuit) configured to detect a rotation direction of the electric motor when a detection signal is input from a rotation sensor (Hall integrated circuit (IC)), which detects the rotation of the electric motor, while no current is supplied to the electric motor. The control unit includes an electric current supply device (pulse width modulation (PWM) command generation circuit) configured to supply an electric current by which the electric motor is rotated in an opposite direction to the detected rotation direction by increasing an electric current supply duty ratio every time the detection signal is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Roppongi, Kazuya Tateoka, Katsuhiro Tanino, Atsushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180298671
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing apparatus that opens and closes an opening and closing body provided on a vehicle includes: an electric motor that drives the opening and closing body; a position detection part that detects a position of the opening and closing body; a measurement part that measures a current value which flows in the electric motor when the opening and closing body arrives at a predetermined position; a counter that counts up a count value based on the current value; and a determination part that stops, for a predetermined period of time, the next and subsequent opening and closing operation of the opening and closing body when the count value exceeds a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hitoshi Roppongi, Takayuki Ikeda, Masahiro Fueki, Yasunori Noro
  • Publication number: 20150061561
    Abstract: The motor control device is an electric motor control device including a control unit (control circuit unit) configured to output a forward-rotation command or a reverse-rotation command to the electric motor. The control unit includes a position detector (door opening/closing information generation circuit) configured to detect a rotation direction of the electric motor when a detection signal is input from a rotation sensor (Hall integrated circuit (IC)), which detects the rotation of the electric motor, while no current is supplied to the electric motor. The control unit includes an electric current supply device (pulse width modulation (PWM) command generation circuit) configured to supply an electric current by which the electric motor is rotated in an opposite direction to the detected rotation direction by increasing an electric current supply duty ratio every time the detection signal is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hitoshi Roppongi, Kazuya Tateoka, Katsuhiro Tanino, Atsushi Nakamura