Patents by Inventor Michiharu OKADA

Michiharu OKADA 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: 10280991
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a disc brake improved in reliability. In a disc brake, a first holder-side projection is formed on a holder, and a first cover-side recess that fits the first holder-side projection of the holder is formed in a cover. An elastic member is disposed between the first holder-side projection of the holder and the first cover-side recess in the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Michiharu Okada, Shigeyuki Uehara, Makoto Shida, Jun Watanabe, Shinichi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10232834
    Abstract: Provided is a brake device capable of maintaining pads and a rotor in a desired positional relationship. When receiving a release request within a time period from start of execution of an application request to detection of contact between brake pad and a disc rotor, a parking brake control device inhibits execution of the release request, and executes the release request after detection of the contact between the brake pad and the disc rotor. Further, when receiving the application request within a time period from start of execution of the release request to detection of separation between the brake pad and the disc rotor, the parking brake control device inhibits execution of the application request, and executes the application request after detection of the separation between the brake pad and the disc rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Michiharu Okada, Shigeyuki Uehara, Tatsuro Kobune, Wataru Yokoyama, Kimio Nishino, Kenichiro Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20170369047
    Abstract: An electric brake system includes at least a pair of braking apparatuses each configured to advance a piston for pressing a frictional member against a rotational member rotatable together with a wheel and configured to press the frictional member against the rotational member with use of an electric mechanism according to a braking request signal and hold a pressing force of the frictional member. The electric brake system further includes a control apparatus configured to control the electric mechanism of each of the brake apparatuses and diagnose the failed state in which an abnormality has occurred in each of the brake apparatuses according to the braking request signal. The control apparatus is configured to, when any one of the brake apparatuses is diagnosed as being in the failed state, prohibit the electric mechanism of the one of the brake apparatuses from operating while the vehicle is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Michiharu OKADA, Shigeyuki UEHARA, Hiroaki KAWAI, Wataru YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170355356
    Abstract: Provided is a brake device capable of maintaining pads and a rotor in a desired positional relationship. When receiving a release request within a time period from start of execution of an application request to detection of contact between brake pad and a disc rotor, a parking brake control device inhibits execution of the release request, and executes the release request after detection of the contact between the brake pad and the disc rotor. Further, when receiving the application request within a time period from start of execution of the release request to detection of separation between the brake pad and the disc rotor, the parking brake control device inhibits execution of the application request, and executes the application request after detection of the separation between the brake pad and the disc rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Michiharu OKADA, Shigeyuki UEHARA, Tatsuro KOBUNE, Wataru YOKOYAMA, Kimio NISHINO, Kenichiro MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20170343065
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a disc brake improved in reliability. In a disc brake, a first holder-side projection is formed on a holder, and a first cover-side recess that fits the first holder-side projection of the holder is formed in a cover. An elastic member is disposed between the first holder-side projection of the holder and the first cover-side recess in the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Michiharu OKADA, Shigeyuki UEHARA, Makoto SHIDA, Jun WATANABE, Shinichi NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9714014
    Abstract: An electric brake apparatus includes an electric actuator configured to actuate a brake mechanism according to an actuation request signal, and an actuator controller configured to control an operation of the electric actuator with use of a power source mounted at a vehicle to perform control of holding and a release of braking by the brake mechanism. When a system recovers and the actuator controller detects that the control of the holding or the release has been interrupted with an uncompleted control state since system down occurred in the middle of the control of the holding or the release of the braking by the brake mechanism, the actuator controller maintains the interrupted state until a new actuation request signal is issued, and controls the operation of the electric actuator according to the content of the new actuation request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiharu Okada, Shigeyuki Uehara, Kenji Hashida, Wataru Yokoyama, Kenichiro Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20150274139
    Abstract: An electric brake apparatus includes an electric actuator configured to actuate a brake mechanism according to an actuation request signal, and an actuator controller configured to control an operation of the electric actuator with use of a power source mounted at a vehicle to perform control of holding and a release of braking by the brake mechanism. When a system recovers and the actuator controller detects that the control of the holding or the release has been interrupted with an uncompleted control state since system down occurred in the middle of the control of the holding or the release of the braking by the brake mechanism, the actuator controller maintains the interrupted state until a new actuation request signal is issued, and controls the operation of the electric actuator according to the content of the new actuation request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michiharu OKADA, Shigeyuki UEHARA, Kenji HASHIDA, Wataru YOKOYAMA, Kenichiro MATSUBARA