Patents by Inventor Kiyokazu Sunami
Kiyokazu Sunami 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: 10578192Abstract: A degree of freedom of a hypoid gear is improved. An instantaneous axis in a relative rotation of a gear axis and a pinion axis, a line of centers, an intersection between the instantaneous axis and the line of centers, and an inclination angle of the instantaneous axis with respect to the rotation axis of the gear are calculated based on a shaft angle, an offset, and a gear ratio of a hypoid gear. Based on these variables, base coordinate systems are determined, and the specifications are calculated using these coordinate systems. For the spiral angles, pitch cone angles, and reference circle radii of the gear and pinion, one of the values for the gear and the pinion is set and a design reference point is calculated. Based on the design reference point and a contact normal of the gear, specifications are calculated. The pitch cone angle of the gear or the pinion can be freely selected.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Aoyama, Mizuho Inagaki, Kiyokazu Sunami, Sho Honda, Yoshikatsu Shibata, Hiromi Miyamura
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Publication number: 20180259038Abstract: A degree of freedom of a hypoid gear is improved. An instantaneous axis in a relative rotation of a gear axis and a pinion axis, a line of centers, an intersection between the instantaneous axis and the line of centers, and an inclination angle of the instantaneous axis with respect to the rotation axis of the gear are calculated based on a shaft angle, an offset, and a gear ratio of a hypoid gear. Based on these variables, base coordinate systems are determined, and the specifications are calculated using these coordinate systems. For the spiral angles, pitch cone angles, and reference circle radii of the gear and pinion, one of the values for the gear and the pinion is set and a design reference point is calculated. Based on the design reference point and a contact normal of the gear, specifications are calculated. The pitch cone angle of the gear or the pinion can be freely selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki AOYAMA, Mizuho INAGAKI, Kiyokazu SUNAMI, Sho HONDA, Yoshikatsu SHIBATA, Hiromi MIYAMURA
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Publication number: 20150020626Abstract: A degree of freedom of a hypoid gear is improved. Instantaneous axis in a relative rotation of a gear axis and a pinion axis, a line of centers, intersection between the instantaneous axis and the line of centers, and an inclination angle of the instantaneous axis regarding the rotation axis of the gear are calculated based on a shaft angle, an offset, and a gear ratio of a hypoid gear. Based on these variables, base coordinate systems are determined, and the specifications are calculated using these coordinate systems. For spiral angles, pitch cone angles, and reference circle radii of the gear and pinion, one of the values for the gear and the pinion is set and a design reference point calculated. Based on the design reference point and a contact normal of the gear, specifications are calculated. The pitch cone angle of the gear or the pinion can be selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Takayuki AOYAMA, Mizuho INAGAKI, Kiyokazu SUNAMI, Sho HONDA, Yoshikatsu SHIBATA, Hiromi MIYAMURA
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Patent number: 8881401Abstract: A degree of freedom of a hypoid gear is improved. An instantaneous axis in a relative rotation of a gear axis and a pinion axis, a line of centers, an intersection between the instantaneous axis and the line of centers, and an inclination angle of the instantaneous axis with respect to the rotation axis of the gear are calculated based on a shaft angle, an offset, and a gear ratio of a hypoid gear. Based on these variables, base coordinate systems are determined, and the specifications are calculated using these coordinate systems. For the spiral angles, pitch cone angles, and reference circle radii of the gear and pinion, one of the values for the gear and the pinion is set and a design reference point is calculated. Based on the design reference point and a contact normal of the gear, specifications are calculated. The pitch cone angle of the gear or the pinion can be freely selected.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkysho, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Aoyama, Mizuho Inagaki, Kiyokazu Sunami, Sho Honda, Yoshikatsu Shibata, Hiromi Miyamura
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Patent number: 8771126Abstract: Assuming that N1 and N2 are the respective numbers of pinion rollers (23, 63); ?1 is the ratio between the inner diameter of a ring roller (22) and the outer diameter of a sun roller (21); and ?2 is the ratio between the inner diameter of a ring roller (62) and the outer diameter of a sun roller (61); and it holds that N1=3, and (?1+1)×(?2+1)?24+16×20.5, in the case where N2=3, then it holds that ?1?0.102×(?1+1)×(?2+1)+1.196, and ?1?min[0.204×(?1+1)×(?2+1)+3.123, 7+4×30.5], and in the case where N2=4, then it holds that ?1?(2?20.5)×(?1+1)×(p2+1)/4?1, and ?1?min[0.185×(?1+1)×(?2+1)+1.320, 7+4×30.5].Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Yoshihiro Mizuno, Kisaburo Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Nishizawa, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Kiyokazu Sunami
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Publication number: 20130123059Abstract: Assuming that N1 and N2 are the respective numbers of pinion rollers (23, 63); ?1 is the ratio between the inner diameter of a ring roller (22) and the outer diameter of a sun roller (21); and ?2 is the ratio between the inner diameter of a ring roller (62) and the outer diameter of a sun roller (61); and it holds that N1=3, and (?11)×(p21)?24+16×20.5, in the case where N2=3, then it holds that ?1?0.102×(?1+1)×(?2+1)+1.196, and ?1?min[0.204×(?1+1)×(?2+1)+3.123, 7+4×30.5], and in the case where N2=4, then it holds that ?1?(2?20.5)×(?1+1)×(p2+1)/4?1, and ?1?min [0.185×(?1+1)×(?2+1)+1.320, 7+4×30.5].Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Yoshihiro Mizuno, Kisaburo Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Nishizawa, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Kiyokazu Sunami
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Publication number: 20110162473Abstract: A degree of freedom of a hypoid gear is improved. An instantaneous axis in a relative rotation of a gear axis and a pinion axis, a line of centers, an intersection between the instantaneous axis and the line of centers, and an inclination angle of the instantaneous axis with respect to the rotation axis of the gear are calculated based on a shaft angle, an offset, and a gear ratio of a hypoid gear. Based on these variables, base coordinate systems are determined, and the specifications are calculated using these coordinate systems. For the spiral angles, pitch cone angles, and reference circle radii of the gear and pinion, one of the values for the gear and the pinion is set and a design reference point is calculated. Based on the design reference point and a contact normal of the gear, specifications are calculated. The pitch cone angle of the gear or the pinion can be freely selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Aoyama, Mizuho Inagaki, Kiyokazu Sunami, Sho Honda, Yoshikatsu Shibata, Hiromi Miyamura
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Patent number: 7966127Abstract: The invention provides a vehicle motion control device capable of realizing optimum avoidance control in the case of an emergency. The vehicle motion control device includes an external environment detection unit for detecting external environment, and a travel state detection unit for detecting a travel state of a driver's vehicle. An obstruction is detected based on the external environment detected by the external environment detection unit, and an environment map indicating obstructions is created. A control device estimates a plurality of possible avoidance actions for avoiding an obstruction based on the environment map and the travel state of the driver's vehicle detected by the travel state detection unit. The control device estimates collision damage according to each avoidance action estimated by the avoidance action estimation unit, and selects an appropriate avoidance action based on the estimated collision damage.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2005Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Eiichi Ono, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Yoshikatsu Kisanuki, Takero Hongo, Kiyokazu Sunami, Yuichi Tanaka, Kazunori Furukawa, Yoshikazu Hattori, Yuji Muragishi, Arata Takahashi, Yojiro Koike
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Patent number: 7954587Abstract: A collision behavior control apparatus which comprises a contacting portion disposed in a portion of the front of a vehicle, and which, at the time of collision against a pedestrian or a two-wheeler with a rider riding thereon, controls the behavior of the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider by pushing the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider separated from the two-wheeler with the contacting portion, wherein the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is pushed by the contacting portion such that the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is not bumped up onto the hood, whereby the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is moved to the vehicle side.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyusyoInventors: Yoshikatsu Kisanuki, Tetsuzou Inoue, Kazunori Furukawa, Kazuo Miki, Eiichi Ono, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Kiyokazu Sunami
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Patent number: 7731294Abstract: At a vehicle seat 10, a cushion material 18 is provided at a frame 14 for a sitting portion of a seat frame 12, such that a seat cushion 20 is formed. An upper cushion member (three-dimensional solid knit fabric) 86, which is a surface layer portion of the cushion material 18, is stretched at the frame 14 for the sitting portion, and is layered on a cloth spring material 18 which is a lower layer portion of the cushion material 18. When the cloth spring material 68 is pressed and flexes downward due to pushing-against force which is based on body weight of a seated person at a time of sitting on the seat cushion 20, at regions of the cloth spring material 68 which are pushed by ischial tuberosities of the seated person, tensile forces of extension coil springs 80, which are forces in the pushing direction, act, and directions of tension of the cushion material 18 are in three dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2003Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Delta Tooling Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Yasuda, Shun'ichi Doi, Kiyokazu Sunami, Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Seiji Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi Chizuka
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Patent number: 7104607Abstract: This present invention discloses a seat, comprising: a seat cushion; and a seat back frame connected to the seat cushion, the seat back frames being bent in a range of specified bending angle in a direction of moving the top end backward by a backward load over a predetermined value, by way of a joint provided at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction, such that the seat back frame receives a reaction force corresponding to the bending angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Delta Tooling Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Yasuda, Shun'ichi Doi, Kazukata Takei, Kiyokazu Sunami, Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Seiji Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi Chizuka, Yasuhide Takata
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Publication number: 20060186702Abstract: A collision behavior control apparatus which comprises a contacting portion disposed in a portion of the front of a vehicle, and which, at the time of collision against a pedestrian or a two-wheeler with a rider riding thereon, controls the behavior of the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider by pushing the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider separated from the two-wheeler with the contacting portion, wherein the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is pushed by the contacting portion such that the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is not bumped up onto the hood, whereby the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is moved to the vehicle side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Yoshikatsu Kisanuki, Tetsuzou Inoue, Kazunori Furukawa, Kazuo Miki, Eiichi Ono, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Kiyokazu Sunami
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Publication number: 20060055225Abstract: At a vehicle seat 10, a cushion material 18 is provided at a frame 14 for a sitting portion of a seat frame 12, such that a seat cushion 20 is formed. An upper cushion member (three-dimensional solid knit fabric) 86, which is a surface layer portion of the cushion material 18, is stretched at the frame 14 for the sitting portion, and is layered on a cloth spring material 18 which is a lower layer portion of the cushion material 18. When the cloth spring material 68 is pressed and flexes downward due to pushing-against force which is based on body weight of a seated person at a time of sitting on the seat cushion 20, at regions of the cloth spring material 68 which are pushed by ischial tuberosities of the seated person, tensile forces of extension coil springs 80, which are forces in the pushing direction, act, and directions of tension of the cushion material 18 are in three dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2003Publication date: March 16, 2006Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KEKKYUSHO, DELTA TOOLING CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiichi Yasuda, Shun'ichi Doi, Kiyokazu Sunami, Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Seiji Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi Chizuka
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Publication number: 20050093352Abstract: This present invention discloses a seat, comprising: a seat cushion; and a seat back frame connected to the seat cushion, the seat back frames being bent in a range of specified bending angle in a direction of moving the top end backward by a backward load over a predetermined value, by way of a joint provided at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction, such that the seat back frame receives a reaction force corresponding to the bending angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, DELTA TOOLING CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiichi Yasuda, Shun'ichi Doi, Kazukata Takei, Kiyokazu Sunami, Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Seiji Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi Chizuka, Yasuhide Takata
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Patent number: 4473046Abstract: A direct injection type internal combustion engine includes a centrifugal injector having its port facing a recess formed in a combustion chamber. The injector is arranged such that its axis of injection fails to intersect the central axis of the recess but extends at an inclination with respect to the same. In an embodiment typifying the invention, the following relationship is satisfied: ##EQU1## in which: D designates the maximum distance between facing sides of said recess; wherein with respect to a first transverse plane containing the location of the maximum distance D of said recess and a second plane intersecting said first transverse plane at a right angle, being parallel to the axis of sprays of the swirl injector and containing the center of the recess on the first transverse plane, .beta.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1983Date of Patent: September 25, 1984Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Taro Aoyama, Yujiro Oshima, Junichi Mizuta, Kiyokazu Sunami