Patents by Inventor Kohei AKAMINE

Kohei AKAMINE 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: 9932024
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus (control apparatus 100), installed in a vehicle reducing a drive torque when the vehicle is at a halt, that includes vehicle holding control section 113 for performing vehicle holding control by holding a brake hydraulic pressure when the vehicle is at a halt. The vehicle holding control section 113 is configured to release the holding of the brake hydraulic pressure based on the accelerator operation of a driver when the vehicle is at a halt and, in the releasing of the holding of the brake hydraulic pressure, release the holding of the brake hydraulic pressure completely before the drive torque of the vehicle starts increasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: AUTOLIV NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kinoshita, Kohei Akamine, Masaki Koike
  • Patent number: 9701291
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes, as a controller, acceleration acquiring section for acquiring an output value of an acceleration sensor detecting a front-rear direction acceleration of a vehicle, limiting section for limiting the magnitude of the output value acquired by the acceleration acquiring section within a predetermined limit value, a filter (control acceleration calculation section) limiting a change of a value output by the limiting section in a predetermined direction, and holding section for determining a holding pressure according to a value output by the filter and, based on the holding pressure, holding the braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., AUTOLIV NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kinoshita, Kohei Akamine, Masaki Koike
  • Patent number: 9610928
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus installed in a vehicle changing a drive torque transferred to a wheel during a halt, includes vehicle holding section for performing vehicle holding control that holds an actual brake hydraulic pressure applied to the wheel during a halt and storage section for storing a holdable hydraulic pressure capable of holding the halt state of the vehicle before and after the drive torque changes during a halt, in which when determining that the actual brake hydraulic pressure is less than the holdable hydraulic pressure (first hydraulic pressure P1) at a start (time t1) of the vehicle holding control, the vehicle holding section increases the actual brake hydraulic pressure to the holdable hydraulic pressure and holds the holdable hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., AUTOLIV NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kinoshita, Masaki Koike, Kohei Akamine
  • Patent number: 9580056
    Abstract: A target control value of the brake fluid pressure generated in dependence on the braking operation amount is set by using a first coefficient determined in dependence on the vehicle speed in an early phase of a braking operation performed by a vehicle operator and a second coefficient determined in dependence on the braking operation amount and the vehicle speed during a later braking action. The increase in the braking force for the buildup control can be restrained in an early phase of the braking operation so that the onset of deceleration in an early phase of the braking action for the given braking operation can be made gradual in a manner corresponding to the vehicle speed while a favorable buildup control is achieved by increasing the deceleration as the vehicle speed decreases in the course of the braking action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Ishino, Shuichi Okada, Kohei Akamine, Kunimichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20160114775
    Abstract: A target control value of the brake fluid pressure generated in dependence on the braking operation amount is set by using a first coefficient determined in dependence on the vehicle speed in an early phase of a braking operation performed by a vehicle operator and a second coefficient determined in dependence on the braking operation amount and the vehicle speed during a later braking action. The increase in the braking force for the buildup control can be restrained in an early phase of the braking operation so that the onset of deceleration in an early phase of the braking action for the given braking operation can be made gradual in a manner corresponding to the vehicle speed while a favorable buildup control is achieved by increasing the deceleration as the vehicle speed decreases in the course of the braking action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Keisuke Ishino, Shuichi Okada, Kohei Akamine, Kunimichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20160075316
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus installed in a vehicle changing a drive torque transferred to a wheel during a halt, includes vehicle holding section for performing vehicle holding control that holds an actual brake hydraulic pressure applied to the wheel during a halt and storage section for storing a holdable hydraulic pressure capable of holding the halt state of the vehicle before and after the drive torque changes during a halt, in which when determining that the actual brake hydraulic pressure is less than the holdable hydraulic pressure (first hydraulic pressure P1) at a start (time t1) of the vehicle holding control, the vehicle holding section increases the actual brake hydraulic pressure to the holdable hydraulic pressure and holds the holdable hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Masaki KOIKE, Kohei AKAMINE
  • Publication number: 20160009262
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes, as a controller 20, acceleration acquiring section 22 for acquiring an output value of an acceleration sensor detecting a front-rear direction acceleration of a vehicle, limiting section 23 for limiting the magnitude of the output value acquired by the acceleration acquiring section 22 within a predetermined limit value, a filter (control acceleration calculation section 24) limiting a change of a value output by the limiting section 23 in a predetermined direction, and holding section 29 for determining a holding pressure according to a value output by the filter and, based on the holding pressure, holding the braking force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Kohei AKAMINE, Masaki KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20160009265
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus (control apparatus 100), installed in a vehicle reducing a drive torque when the vehicle is at a halt, that includes vehicle holding control section 113 for performing vehicle holding control by holding a brake hydraulic pressure when the vehicle is at a halt. The vehicle holding control section 113 is configured to release the holding of the brake hydraulic pressure based on the accelerator operation of a driver when the vehicle is at a halt and, in the releasing of the holding of the brake hydraulic pressure, release the holding of the brake hydraulic pressure completely before the drive torque of the vehicle starts increasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Kohei AKAMINE, Masaki KOIKE
  • Patent number: 9193337
    Abstract: Brake hydraulic pressure is appropriately prevented from becoming lower than a reference brake pressure for holding control. When a physical amount correlating with the rotational speed of an electric motor has become higher than or equal to a predetermined value, an HSA start reference pressure setting unit sets an HSA start reference pressure to a value higher than a reference brake pressure, and if the HSA start reference pressure at a time when a driver required fluid pressure has become lower than the HSA start reference pressure is higher than the reference brake pressure, an HSA required fluid pressure setting unit sets an HSA required fluid pressure at a time when the driver required fluid pressure has become lower than the HSA start reference pressure to a value higher than the reference brake pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kinoshita, Kohei Akamine, Yuzo Okubo
  • Patent number: 9180848
    Abstract: A vehicle brake force generation device is provided with an electric motor for applying drive force and regenerative brake force to the wheels of an electric vehicle, a brake hydraulic pressure generation device for generating the brake hydraulic pressure to be applied to the calipers of the electric vehicle, a slip information computation unit for computing the slip information of the wheels, a VSA device for controlling the friction braking of at least the brake hydraulic pressure generation device such that the slipping of the wheels is inhibited, a first diagnosis unit for diagnosing the VSA device, and a brake control unit for controlling the cooperative braking which includes controlling the regenerative braking of the electric motor and/or controlling the friction braking of the brake hydraulic pressure generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Akamine, Masayuki Ueno
  • Publication number: 20150191159
    Abstract: A vehicle brake force generation device is provided with an electric motor for applying drive force and regenerative brake force to the wheels of an electric vehicle, a brake hydraulic pressure generation device for generating the brake hydraulic pressure to be applied to the calipers of the electric vehicle, a slip information computation unit for computing the slip information of the wheels, a VSA device for controlling the friction braking of at least the brake hydraulic pressure generation device such that the slipping of the wheels is inhibited, a first diagnosis unit for diagnosing the VSA device, and a brake control unit for controlling the cooperative braking which includes controlling the regenerative braking of the electric motor and/or controlling the friction braking of the brake hydraulic pressure generation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Kohei Akamine, Masayuki Ueno
  • Patent number: 9020712
    Abstract: In order to enable a transmission to reliably perform a switching to a parking range thereof, a vehicle control device includes a shift-by-wire device which switches a shift range of a transmission mounted on a vehicle in accordance with a request by an electric signal, an acceptance unit which accepts a request for switching to a parking range of the transmission, a detection unit which detects that switching to the parking range of the transmission has been settled, and a braking device which generates a braking force when the acceptance unit accepts a request for switching to the parking range of the transmission, from the time of acceptance of the request for switching until the detection unit detects settlement of the switching to the parking range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Koike, Kohei Akamine, Hisashi Ishikawa, Shinichiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140350806
    Abstract: In order to enable a transmission to reliably perform a switching to a parking range thereof, a vehicle control device includes a shift-by-wire device which switches a shift range of a transmission mounted on a vehicle in accordance with a request by an electric signal, an acceptance unit which accepts a request for switching to a parking range of the transmission, a detection unit which detects that switching to the parking range of the transmission has been settled, and a braking device which generates a braking force when the acceptance unit accepts a request for switching to the parking range of the transmission, from the time of acceptance of the request for switching until the detection unit detects settlement of the switching to the parking range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki KOIKE, Kohei AKAMINE, Hisashi ISHIKAWA, Shinichiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20140183936
    Abstract: Brake hydraulic pressure is appropriately prevented from becoming lower than a reference brake pressure for holding control. When a physical amount correlating with the rotational speed of an electric motor has become higher than or equal to a predetermined value, an HSA start reference pressure setting unit sets an HSA start reference pressure to a value higher than a reference brake pressure, and if the HSA start reference pressure at a time when a driver required fluid pressure has become lower than the HSA start reference pressure is higher than the reference brake pressure, an HSA required fluid pressure setting unit sets an HSA required fluid pressure at a time when the driver required fluid pressure has become lower than the HSA start reference pressure to a value higher than the reference brake pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KINOSHITA, Kohei AKAMINE, Yuzo OKUBO