Patents by Inventor Kazuya HIEDA

Kazuya HIEDA 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: 9889845
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, an engine which generates a driving force and rotates the rear wheel with the driving force, a front wheel brake and a rear wheel brake which lowers the rotation speed of at least the rear wheel, a first detector which acquires and outputs a pitch rate, a second detector which detects and outputs information concerning rotation of the front wheel, and an ECU including a front wheel lift determination circuit which monitors respective outputs from the first detector and the second detector to determine whether a front wheel lift exists based on at least one of the pitch rate and information concerning rotation of the front wheel. When the front wheel lift exists, the ECU controls the driving source or the braking device so that the driving force is lowered or the rotation speed of the rear wheel is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Hieda, Shogo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9758041
    Abstract: A driving force control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an absolute bank angle detector configured to detect an absolute bank angle that is the absolute value of a vehicle's bank angle; a calculation circuit configured to calculate a relative bank angle that is the vehicle's relative angle with respect to a maximum absolute bank angle that is the maximum value of the absolute bank angle; and a controller configured to control driving force based on the relative bank angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Hieda
  • Patent number: 9440645
    Abstract: A traction control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a yaw rate detector configured to detect the yaw rate of a saddled vehicle, and a controller configured to perform a traction control based on the detected yaw rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Hieda
  • Publication number: 20160059850
    Abstract: A traction control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a yaw rate detector configured to detect the yaw rate of a saddled vehicle, and a controller configured to perform a traction control based on the detected yaw rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya HIEDA
  • Publication number: 20160061132
    Abstract: A driving force control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an absolute bank angle detector configured to detect an absolute bank angle that is the absolute value of a vehicle's bank angle; a calculation circuit configured to calculate a relative bank angle that is the vehicle's relative angle with respect to a maximum absolute bank angle that is the maximum value of the absolute bank angle; and a controller configured to control driving force based on the relative bank angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya HIEDA
  • Publication number: 20160009275
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, an engine which generates a driving force and rotates the rear wheel with the driving force, a front wheel brake and a rear wheel brake which lowers the rotation speed of at least the rear wheel, a first detector which acquires and outputs a pitch rate, a second detector which detects and outputs information concerning rotation of the front wheel, and an ECU including a front wheel lift determination circuit which monitors respective outputs from the first detector and the second detector to determine whether a front wheel lift exists based on at least one of the pitch rate and information concerning rotation of the front wheel. When the front wheel lift exists, the ECU controls the driving source or the braking device so that the driving force is lowered or the rotation speed of the rear wheel is lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya HIEDA, Shogo NAKAMURA