Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi Kato

Nobuyoshi Kato 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: 9415692
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes a wheel speed acquiring section, a vehicle body deceleration calculator, and a switch section. The wheel speed acquiring section is configured to acquire a wheel speed from a wheel speed sensor. The vehicle body deceleration calculator is configured to calculate a vehicle body deceleration. The switch section is configured to switch control from the regenerative cooperation control to the hydraulic pressure control, based on (i) a wheel deceleration which is determined based on the wheel speed and (ii) the vehicle body deceleration. The vehicle body deceleration calculator is configured to calculate the vehicle body deceleration based on a required deceleration which corresponds to a driver's operation of a braking pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Kato, Tomoaki Sekiya, Keisuke Wakizaka
  • Patent number: 9168903
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a vehicle brake hydraulic controller including a wheel speed acquiring section; a wheel deceleration calculator; a vehicle velocity calculator; and a locking tendency determination section. The vehicle velocity calculator calculates a vehicle deceleration based on a temporary vehicle deceleration corresponding to an acceleration sensor value and calculates a vehicle velocity based on the calculated vehicle deceleration. The vehicle velocity calculator calculates the temporary vehicle deceleration by offsetting a first correction amount to a deceleration side in relation to the acceleration sensor value. When a brake pedal operation amount by a driver is equal to or smaller than a first threshold and that an absolute value of the wheel deceleration is equal to or larger than an absolute value of a second threshold are met, the first correction amount is set to be smaller than when the conditions are not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Kato, Tomonori Hirose, Tomoaki Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20140379234
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes a wheel speed acquiring section, a vehicle body deceleration calculator, and a switch section. The wheel speed acquiring section is configured to acquire a wheel speed from a wheel speed sensor. The vehicle body deceleration calculator is configured to calculate a vehicle body deceleration. The switch section is configured to switch control from the regenerative cooperation control to the hydraulic pressure control, based on (i) a wheel deceleration which is determined based on the wheel speed and (ii) the vehicle body deceleration. The vehicle body deceleration calculator is configured to calculate the vehicle body deceleration based on a required deceleration which corresponds to a driver's operation of a braking pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi KATO, Tomoaki SEKIYA, Keisuke WAKIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20140379236
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a vehicle brake hydraulic controller including a wheel speed acquiring section; a wheel deceleration calculator; a vehicle velocity calculator; and a locking tendency determination section. The vehicle velocity calculator calculates a vehicle deceleration based on a temporary vehicle deceleration corresponding to an acceleration sensor value and calculates a vehicle velocity based on the calculated vehicle deceleration. The vehicle velocity calculator calculates the temporary vehicle deceleration by offsetting a first correction amount to a deceleration side in relation to the acceleration sensor value. When a brake pedal operation amount by a driver is equal to or smaller than a first threshold and that an absolute value of the wheel deceleration is equal to or larger than an absolute value of a second threshold are met, the first correction amount is set to be smaller than when the conditions are not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi KATO, Tomonori HIROSE, Tomoaki SEKIYA
  • Patent number: 6617048
    Abstract: A prepainted steel sheet has a chemically conversion-treated zinc-plated steel sheet and a coating formed on the surface of said zinc-plated steel sheet. The coating is formed by painting and baking of a solvent-type-paint composition. The paint composition contains a polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignees: NKK Corporation, Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Yoshida, Kazumi Ito, Masaaki Yamashita, Hiroyuki Kato, Yasuhiro Toyoda, Yasuyuki Kajita, Susumu Ogawa, Nobuyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 5723210
    Abstract: An organic composite coated steel sheet having excellent chromate dissolution resistance, wet adhesion, and corrosion resistance before and after working. The steel sheet comprises a chromate-silica film on at least one face of a zinc or zinc base alloy plated steel sheet, the silica-added chromate film having about 5 to 500 mg/m.sup.2 in terms of metal Cr content and being formed from a chromate solution containing about 25 to 70 wt % of Cr.sup.+6 based upon total Cr content. A resin coating film is adhered to the chromate-silica film and is formed from an aqueous paint. The aqueous paint includes an aqueous anionic resin and/or an aqueous nonionic resin, a reducing agent, and a water-dispersed silica. The resin coating film is deposited in a dry weight amount of about 0.1 to 3 g/m.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignees: Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Dai Nippon Toryo Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeko Sujita, Takahiro Kusakabe, Kyoko Hamahara, Kazuo Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Tanabe, Masanori Nagai, Nobuyoshi Kato, Osamu Ogawa
  • Patent number: D427614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Miyake, Nobuyoshi Kato, Shiro Imai