Patents by Inventor Masahiko Osada
Masahiko Osada 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: 11923128Abstract: An electronic component includes an insulating layer, a low voltage conductor pattern formed inside the insulating layer, a high voltage conductor pattern formed inside the insulating layer such as to face the low voltage conductor pattern in an up/down direction, and a withstand voltage enhancement structure of conductive property formed inside the insulating layer and along the high voltage conductor pattern such as to protrude further outside than the low voltage conductor pattern in plan view.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Taketoshi Tanaka, Kosei Osada, Masahiko Arimura
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Patent number: 11031883Abstract: A method of manufacturing an actuator includes a first electrode layer forming step, a dielectric elastomer layer forming step, and a second electrode layer forming step, and obtains the actuator in which dielectric elastomer layers and electrode layers have been concentrically laminated. In the first electrode layer forming step, an electrode material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of a shaft section to form the electrode layer. In the dielectric elastomer layer forming step, a sheet-like or paste-like dielectric elastomer material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of the electrode layer to form the dielectric elastomer layer. In the second electrode layer forming step, the electrode material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of the dielectric elastomer layer to form the electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiko Osada
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Publication number: 20190103819Abstract: A method of manufacturing an actuator includes a first electrode layer forming step, a dielectric elastomer layer forming step, and a second electrode layer forming step, and obtains the actuator in which dielectric elastomer layers and electrode layers have been concentrically laminated. In the first electrode layer forming step, an electrode material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of a shaft section to form the electrode layer. In the dielectric elastomer layer forming step, a sheet-like or paste-like dielectric elastomer material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of the electrode layer to form the dielectric elastomer layer. In the second electrode layer forming step, the electrode material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of the dielectric elastomer layer to form the electrode layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventor: Masahiko Osada
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Patent number: 10234348Abstract: A torque sensor terminal block structure includes an electric motor (1) which outputs driving force for driving a load (8), a strain body (3) interposed on a way of a power transmission system from the electric motor (1) to the load (8), a power detector (4) which outputs a detection signal according to a strain of the strain body (3) as a signal indicating a driving force transmitted from the electric motor (1) to the load (8), and a terminal block (6) which acquires the detection signal of the power detector (4) and transmits the output result to a signal processing circuit section. The terminal block (6) is set parallel to a magnetic flux output from the electric motor (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei Usui, Yoshiki Kanemoto, Masahiko Osada
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Patent number: 10137571Abstract: Provided are an operation control system and an operation control method for a movable member, which allow the movable range of the movable member to be utilized to the maximum while deformation of a mechanical element is prevented or reduced. An operation control system 1 includes: a movable member 26 having first mechanical elements 261, 262; an actuator 25 which moves the movable member 26 at a variable velocity; and a second mechanical element 27 which is fixed at a position so as to be capable of making contact with the first mechanical elements 261, 262. When the position and the velocity of the first mechanical element 261 or 262 depart from a predetermined allowable range in a two-dimensional coordinate system expressed by a position and a velocity, a stop instruction is outputted to the actuator 25.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Osada, Yoshiki Kanemoto
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Patent number: 10132703Abstract: A torque sensor terminal block structure includes an electric motor (1) which outputs driving force for driving a load (8), a strain body (3) interposed on a way of a power transmission system from the electric motor (1) to the load (8), a plurality of power detectors (4) which output a detection signal according to strain of the strain body (3) as a signal indicating the driving force, and a terminal block (6) which acquires the detection signal of the power detectors (4) and transmits the output result to a signal processing circuit section (10). The wirings to the signal processing circuit section (10) are twisted spirally as a single stranded wire, and an opening degree between single wirings when the stranded wire extending from the power detectors (4) to the terminal block (6) is unwound, is set to be same for each of the power detectors (4).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki Kanemoto, Kei Usui, Masahiko Osada, Masaaki Muromachi, Shun Ogiwara
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Patent number: 9796087Abstract: A control system of a power unit in accordance with the present invention corrects a basic command value of an electric motor 2, which has been determined such that the detection value of a driving force to be applied to a rotary member 5 is converged to a desired value, according to a manipulated variable determined by an observer 16. The electric motor 2 is controlled according to a desired control value after the correction. The observer 16 determines the manipulated variable such that the driving force based on the desired control value is brought close to the resultant force of a force indicated by the rotary member 5 and an inertial force.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Osada, Yoshiki Kanemoto, Kei Usui
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Publication number: 20170197312Abstract: Provided are an operation control system and an operation control method for a movable member, which allow the movable range of the movable member to be utilized to the maximum while deformation of a mechanical element is prevented or reduced. An operation control system 1 includes: a movable member 26 having first mechanical elements 261, 262; an actuator 25 which moves the movable member 26 at a variable velocity; and a second mechanical element 27 which is fixed at a position so as to be capable of making contact with the first mechanical elements 261, 262. When the position and the velocity of the first mechanical element 261 or 262 depart from a predetermined allowable range in a two-dimensional coordinate system expressed by a position and a velocity, a stop instruction is outputted to the actuator 25.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Masahiko Osada, Yoshiki Kanemoto
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Publication number: 20170184464Abstract: Provided is a torque sensor terminal block structure including an electric motor (1) which outputs driving force for driving a load (8), a strain body (3) interposed on a way of a power transmission system from the electric motor (1) to the load (8), a power detector (4) which outputs a detection signal according to a strain of the strain body (3) as a signal indicating a driving force transmitted from the electric motor (1) to the load (8), and a terminal block (6) which acquires the detection signal of the power detector (4) and transmits the output result to a signal processing circuit section. The terminal block (6) is set parallel to a magnetic flux output from the electric motor (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Kei Usui, Yoshiki Kanemoto, Masahiko Osada
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Publication number: 20170184465Abstract: Provided is a torque sensor terminal block structure including an electric motor (1) which outputs driving force for driving a load (8), a strain body (3) interposed on a way of a power transmission system from the electric motor (1) to the load (8), a plurality of power detectors (4) which output a detection signal according to strain of the strain body (3) as a signal indicating the driving force, and a terminal block (6) which acquires the detection signal of the power detectors (4) and transmits the output result to a signal processing circuit section (10). The wirings to the signal processing circuit section (10) are twisted spirally as a single stranded wire, and an opening degree between single wirings when the stranded wire extending from the power detectors (4) to the terminal block (6) is unwound, is set to be same for each of the power detectors (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Yoshiki Kanemoto, Kei Usui, Masahiko Osada, Masaaki Muromachi, Shun Ogiwara
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Patent number: 9533415Abstract: A control device for a mobile robot capable of stabilizing the posture of the mobile robot while in motion is provided. A control unit (26) for a mobile robot (1) includes a required total floor reaction force central point position calculating unit which calculates a required total floor reaction force central point position (Pzmp(1) to Pzmp(7)) as a position of a total floor reaction force central point by using, as a factor, a first total floor reaction force center reference position (SP(1) to SP(7)) which is defined on the basis of a current time's supporting region (Sd1 to Sd7), i.e. a smallest convex region including ground contact surfaces of current time's supporting limbs, and a next time's supporting region (Sd2 to Sd8), i.e. a smallest convex region including ground contact surfaces of next time's supporting limbs.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takumi Kamioka, Tomoki Watabe, Masahiko Osada
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Publication number: 20160089786Abstract: A control device for a mobile robot capable of stabilizing the posture of the mobile robot while in motion is provided. A control unit (26) for a mobile robot (1) includes a required total floor reaction force central point position calculating unit which calculates a required total floor reaction force central point position (Pzmp(1) to Pzmp(7)) as a position of a total floor reaction force central point by using, as a factor, a first total floor reaction force center reference position (SP(1) to SP(7)) which is defined on the basis of a current time's supporting region (Sd1 to Sd7), i.e. a smallest convex region including ground contact surfaces of current time's supporting limbs, and a next time's supporting region (Sd2 to Sd8), i.e. a smallest convex region including ground contact surfaces of next time's supporting limbs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Takumi Kamioka, Tomoki Watabe, Masahiko Osada
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Publication number: 20160067865Abstract: A control system of a power unit in accordance with the present invention corrects a basic command value of an electric motor 2, which has been determined such that the detection value of a driving force to be applied to a rotary member 5 is converged to a desired value, according to a manipulated variable determined by an observer 16. The electric motor 2 is controlled according to a desired control value after the correction. The observer 16 determines the manipulated variable such that the driving force based on the desired control value is brought close to the resultant force of a force indicated by the rotary member 5 and an inertial force.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Masahiko Osada, Yoshiki Kanemoto, Kei Usui
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Patent number: 9166504Abstract: A control apparatus for a motor-generator includes a stator including multi-phase coils, a rotor, a multi-phase inverter one arm of which includes a switch element and a free-wheeling element, and a power supply connected between a neutral point of the coils and a negative electrode of the inverter. When the switch elements are driven by rectangular wave, the low-side switch element connected to the high-side switch element is subject to PWM switching control while the high-side switch element is off. When a time point, at which the high-side switch element is turned off, is defined as a base point, if ? is defined as a time when switching of the low-side switch element starts, and ? is defined as a time when the switching ends, ?-? is 120 degrees in electrical degree or more, ? is more than 0 degrees, and ? is less than 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Taniguchi, Kouichi Nagata, Masahiko Osada
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Patent number: 8680733Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a multi-phase armature coil that is wound around a cylindrical armature core in a distributed winding manner. Each of phase windings of the armature coil is formed of an electric wire bundle which includes a plurality of insulation-coated electric wires that are electrically connected to one another. Each of the electric wire bundles forming the phase windings has a plurality of in-slot portions and a plurality of turn portions. Each of the in-slot portions is received in a corresponding slot of the armature core. Each of the turn portions protrudes from a corresponding axial end face of the armature core and extends to connect a corresponding adjacent pair of the in-slot portions of the electric wire bundle. For each of the electric wire bundles, the electric wires of the electric wire bundle are stranded at least at the turn portions of the electric wire bundle.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Masahiko Osada, Takuzou Mukai, Aki Itakura
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Patent number: 8466598Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a multi-phase stator coil that is wound on a stator core in a distributed winding manner. Each of phase windings of the stator coil is formed of an electric wire bundle which includes a plurality of insulation-coated electric wires that are electrically connected to one another. Each of the electric wire bundles forming the phase windings has in-slot portions, which are respectively received in corresponding slots of the stator core, and turn portions that are located outside the slots of the stator core to connect adjacent pairs of the in-slot portions. Each of the electric wire bundles further includes a plurality of insulating layers that are respectively formed at predetermined positions, at which the turn portions of the electric wire bundle overlap those of the other electric wire bundles, so as to surround the electric wires of the electric wire bundle.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Masahiko Osada, Takuzou Mukai
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Publication number: 20120181886Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a multi-phase armature coil that is wound around a cylindrical armature core in a distributed winding manner. Each of phase windings of the armature coil is formed of an electric wire bundle which includes a plurality of insulation-coated electric wires that are electrically connected to one another. Each of the electric wire bundles forming the phase windings has a plurality of in-slot portions and a plurality of turn portions. Each of the in-slot portions is received in a corresponding slot of the armature core. Each of the turn portions protrudes from a corresponding axial end face of the armature core and extends to connect a corresponding adjacent pair of the in-slot portions of the electric wire bundle. For each of the electric wire bundles, the electric wires of the electric wire bundle are stranded at least at the turn portions of the electric wire bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiko OSADA, Takuzou MUKAI, Aki ITAKURA
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Patent number: 8217544Abstract: A motor-generator has a stator including an annular stator core and stator windings wound on the stator core, an annular inner rotor located radially inward of the stator core, and an annular outer rotor located radially outward of the stator core. Each of the inner and outer rotors is made of a soft magnetic material or magnetic steel. The stator core consists of a plurality of stator core segments each being in the form of a tooth. The stator windings are wound on the stator core in a continuous distributed winding manner at a predetermined winding pitch. The outer rotor consists of a plurality of outer rotor segments each of which is magnetically polarized to have opposite polarities on opposite circumferential ends thereof. Each of the outer rotor segments is offset from the inner rotor by a predetermined electrical angle that corresponds to the winding pitch of the stator windings.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Masahiko Osada, Shigeyuki Morimoto
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Publication number: 20120062064Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a multi-phase stator coil that is wound on a stator core in a distributed winding manner. Each of phase windings of the stator coil is formed of an electric wire bundle which includes a plurality of insulation-coated electric wires that are electrically connected to one another. Each of the electric wire bundles forming the phase windings has in-slot portions, which are respectively received in corresponding slots of the stator core, and turn portions that are located outside the slots of the stator core to connect adjacent pairs of the in-slot portions. Each of the electric wire bundles further includes a plurality of insulating layers that are respectively formed at predetermined positions, at which the turn portions of the electric wire bundle overlap those of the other electric wire bundles, so as to surround the electric wires of the electric wire bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiko OSADA, Takuzou Mukai
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Publication number: 20120019096Abstract: A stator core is comprised of first and second stator core pieces that are arranged to overlap each other in the axial direction of the stator core. The first stator core piece includes first protrusions, each of which is formed on one circumferential side of a corresponding tooth portion of the stator core, and first slot opening portions that open on the radially inner surface of the first stator core piece. The second stator core piece includes second protrusions, each of which is formed on the other circumferential side of a corresponding tooth portion, and second slot opening portions that open on the radially inner surface of the second stator core piece. For each slot of the stator core, a corresponding pair of the first and second slot opening portions which communicate with the slot are offset from each other in the circumferential direction of the stator core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto TANIGUCHI, Masahiko Osada