Patents by Inventor Shunsaku Ono
Shunsaku Ono 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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Publication number: 20240182008Abstract: A novel wheel slip control device and method improve upon conventional anti-lock brake systems by providing a user interface device which allows the vehicle operator to manipulate the slip ratio threshold of the anti-lock brake system on demand as he or she executes a slide or drift maneuver—thus preventing the system from interrupting the maneuver while also retaining the safety benefits of the anti-lock brake system during ordinary vehicle operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Naoto Kijima, Shunsaku Ono
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Patent number: 11993240Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of simultaneously achieving freedom of driving and safety of a lean vehicle. In a controller (60) and the control method according to the present invention, a control section of the controller (60) can execute anti-lock braking operation for suppressing locking of a rear wheel (4) by increasing/reducing a braking force or drive power of the rear wheel (4) of a lean vehicle (100) and thereby controlling a slip degree of the rear wheel (4) to a slip degree target, and in the case where a slide request, which is a request by a rider to make the lean vehicle (100) slide, is present, implements a slide control mode in which the anti-lock braking operation is performed by setting the slip degree target to be higher than that of a case where the slide request is absent.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Naoto Kijima, Shunsaku Ono
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Publication number: 20240170512Abstract: Miniaturization is facilitated in a semiconductor package provided with pixels. A semiconductor package includes a transparent member, a semiconductor chip, a photosensitive rib, and an interposer. In this semiconductor package, pixels are arranged on a part of a chip plane of the semiconductor chip. The photosensitive rib is a photosensitive resin disposed between a region not corresponding to the pixel in the chip plane of the semiconductor chip and the transparent member. Furthermore, the interposer is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsaku HANAOKA, Takuya NAKAMURA, Shumpei AOKI, Yukihide KEIGO, Eiichirou KISHIDA, Ayaka SEKI, Yuji HARA, Seigi ONO, Junki KOMORI, Takayuki TANAKA, Tomohiko BABA
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Publication number: 20240162452Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst having high catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, and the like, particularly a catalyst employing platinum group particles having a small particle diameter. A layered manganese oxide comprising platinum group metal particles between layers. A method for producing a layered manganese oxide comprising platinum group metal particles between layers, or platinum group metal particles, the method comprising introducing a platinum group complex between layers of a layered manganese oxide and reducing the introduced platinum group complex by electrolysis, wherein a potential applied to the platinum group complex is changed in a positive direction and a negative direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Yu Katayama, Ryutaro Ono, Asuka Morinaga, Tomoya Higo, Shunsaku Uchiyama
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Publication number: 20230211760Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of simultaneously achieving freedom of driving and safety of a lean vehicle. In a controller (60) and the control method according to the present invention, a control section of the controller (60) can execute anti-lock braking operation for suppressing locking of a rear wheel (4) by increasing/reducing a braking force or drive power of the rear wheel (4) of a lean vehicle (100) and thereby controlling a slip degree of the rear wheel (4) to a slip degree target, and in the case where a slide request, which is a request by a rider to make the lean vehicle (100) slide, is present, implements a slide control mode in which the anti-lock braking operation is performed by setting the slip degree target to be higher than that of a case where the slide request is absent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Naoto Kijima, Shunsaku Ono
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Controller for braking force generated by brake system of motorcycle, and control method of the same
Patent number: 11305744Abstract: A controller and a control method capable of optimizing a braking force generated by a brake system are obtained. During deceleration of a motorcycle, the controller and the control method according to the invention obtain an estimated vehicle body speed Vbe of the motorcycle that is estimated on the basis of speed information of a wheel, obtain a corrected vehicle body speed Vbc that is obtained by correcting an actually-measured vehicle body speed of the motorcycle to a low-speed side, cause the brake system to generate the braking force that corresponds to the estimated vehicle body speed Vbe in a state where the estimated vehicle body speed Vbe is higher than the corrected vehicle body speed Vbc, and cause the brake system to generate the braking force that corresponds to the corrected vehicle body speed Vbc in a state where the estimated vehicle body speed Vbe is lower than the corrected vehicle body speed Vbc.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Koji Suzuki, Shunsaku Ono -
Patent number: 11273809Abstract: A controller and a control method capable of improving stability of a vehicle while improving usability of a brake system by a user. The controller includes: an operation state determination section determining an operation state of the brake system by the user; a slippage degree acquisition section acquiring a degree of slippage of a wheel; a target setting section setting a target of the degree of the slippage; and a braking force control execution section increasing or decreasing a braking force generated on the wheel on the basis of a comparison result between the degree of the slippage and the target in the case where the operation state determination section determines that the operation state is an operation state to instruct gradual deceleration.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Shunsaku Ono
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CONTROLLER FOR BRAKING FORCE GENERATED BY BRAKE SYSTEM OF MOTORCYCLE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME
Publication number: 20210213922Abstract: A controller and a control method capable of optimizing a braking force generated by a brake system are obtained. During deceleration of a motorcycle, the controller and the control method according to the invention obtain an estimated vehicle body speed Vbe of the motorcycle that is estimated on the basis of speed information of a wheel, obtain a corrected vehicle body speed Vbc that is obtained by correcting an actually-measured vehicle body speed of the motorcycle to a low-speed side, cause the brake system to generate the braking force that corresponds to the estimated vehicle body speed Vbe in a state where the estimated vehicle body speed Vbe is higher than the corrected vehicle body speed Vbc, and cause the brake system to generate the braking force that corresponds to the corrected vehicle body speed Vbc in a state where the estimated vehicle body speed Vbe is lower than the corrected vehicle body speed Vbc.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Koji Suzuki, Shunsaku Ono -
Publication number: 20210206359Abstract: The present invention is to provide a brake hydraulic pressure control device and a brake hydraulic pressure control method capable of preventing a rear wheel from lifting. Also, the present invention is to provide a saddle-type vehicle including the brake hydraulic pressure control device. According to the present invention, there is provided a brake hydraulic pressure control device of a saddle-type vehicle, which is configured to execute anti-lock brake control and determines the time for one opening of a hydraulic pressure adjusting valve when the pressure of a brake fluid in a wheel cylinder is increased while the hydraulic pressure adjusting valve is repeatedly opened and closed, in correspondence to the pressure of the brake fluid in a master cylinder and an input gradient, which is an increment per unit time of the amount of operation of an input unit of a brake.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Shunsaku Ono
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Patent number: 10933847Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body behavior control device and a method of controlling behavior of a vehicle body which can reduce unstable behavior of the vehicle body. A vehicle body behavior control device incorporated into a vehicle body having a plurality of wheels includes: a brake mechanism which controls behavior of the wheels; and a control part which controls an interlocking brake operation in which a braking force is applied to the plurality of wheels using the brake mechanism when an operation for applying braking to any one of the wheels is performed based on a gradient value ? of a road surface on which the vehicle body travels.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Shunsaku Ono, Yuki Oshida
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Patent number: 10668903Abstract: Provided are a vehicle body behavior control device which can reduce unstable behavior of a vehicle body and a method of controlling behavior of a vehicle body which can reduce unstable behavior of the vehicle body. A vehicle body behavior control device incorporated into a vehicle body having a plurality of wheels includes: a behavior control mechanism which controls behavior of the vehicle body; and a control part which controls an operation of the behavior control mechanism based on an axle load applied to the wheel calculated using a gradient value ? of a road surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Shunsaku Ono, Yuki Oshida
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Publication number: 20190256065Abstract: A controller and a control method capable of improving stability of a vehicle while improving usability of a brake system by a user. The controller includes: an operation state determination section determining an operation state of the brake system by the user; a slippage degree acquisition section acquiring a degree of slippage of a wheel; a target setting section setting a target of the degree of the slippage; and a braking force control execution section increasing or decreasing a braking force generated on the wheel on the basis of a comparison result between the degree of the slippage and the target in the case where the operation state determination section determines that the operation state is an operation state to instruct gradual deceleration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventor: Shunsaku Ono
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Publication number: 20180362003Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body behavior control device and a method of controlling behavior of a vehicle body which can reduce unstable behavior of the vehicle body. A vehicle body behavior control device incorporated into a vehicle body having a plurality of wheels includes: a brake mechanism which controls behavior of the wheels; and a control part which controls an interlocking brake operation in which a braking force is applied to the plurality of wheels using the brake mechanism when an operation for applying braking to any one of the wheels is performed based on a gradient value ? of a road surface on which the vehicle body travels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Shunsaku Ono, Yuki Oshida
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Publication number: 20180178768Abstract: Provided are a vehicle body behavior control device which can reduce unstable behavior of a vehicle body and a method of controlling behavior of a vehicle body which can reduce unstable behavior of the vehicle body. A vehicle body behavior control device incorporated into a vehicle body having a plurality of wheels includes: a behavior control mechanism which controls behavior of the vehicle body; and a control part which controls an operation of the behavior control mechanism based on an axle load applied to the wheel calculated using a gradient value ? of a road surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Shunsaku Ono, Yuki Oshida
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Publication number: 20180056952Abstract: A hydraulic apparatus and a control method for a hydraulic apparatus that can improve the accuracy with which the pressure of a brake fluid is controlled while suppressing calculation loads on a control system are provided. When performing an n-th (n?2) opening and closing operation of a regulating valve in a preset period, the control system determines the holding time of an opening and closing state in the n-th opening and closing operation of the regulating valve based on the pressure value of a wheel cylinder in the n-th opening and closing operation of the regulating valve and the target pressure value of the wheel cylinder in an m-th (m<n) opening and closing operation in the period and performs the n-th opening and closing operation of the regulating valve based on the holding time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Shunsaku Ono, Yuki Oshida
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Patent number: 9758205Abstract: There is provided a two-wheeled vehicle overturn prevention method, wherein maximum allowable lean angles corresponding to vehicle body velocities are preset in relation to lean angles of a vehicle body, and in a case where an actual lean angle of the vehicle body exceeds a maximum allowable lean angle corresponding to an actual vehicle body velocity of the vehicle body or in a case where an estimated lean angle of the vehicle body after a predetermined amount of time exceeds or looks to exceed a maximum allowable lean angle corresponding to an estimated vehicle body velocity, the two-wheeled vehicle overturn prevention method is adapted to accelerate the vehicle body or keep the vehicle body from decelerating.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Bosch CorporationInventor: Shunsaku Ono
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Publication number: 20150183480Abstract: There is provided a two-wheeled vehicle overturn prevention method, wherein maximum allowable lean angles corresponding to vehicle body velocities are preset in relation to lean angles of a vehicle body, and in a case where an actual lean angle of the vehicle body exceeds a maximum allowable lean angle corresponding to an actual vehicle body velocity of the vehicle body or in a case where an estimated lean angle of the vehicle body after a predetermined amount of time exceeds or looks to exceed a maximum allowable lean angle corresponding to an estimated vehicle body velocity, the two-wheeled vehicle overturn prevention method is adapted to accelerate the vehicle body or keep the vehicle body from decelerating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventor: Shunsaku Ono
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Patent number: 9033429Abstract: A brake control device for a brake system. The control device can perform both an interlocking brake control and an antilock brake control. The brake system includes a front-wheel hydraulic circuit, a front-wheel-side braking part; a rear-wheel hydraulic circuit, a rear-wheel-side braking part; and an electrically-operated pump which pressurizes the brake fluid. The brake control device includes a usual voltage mode where the interlocking brake control or the anti-lock brake control is performed when the supply voltage is a first voltage or more, and a low voltage mode where at least one of the interlocking brake control and the anti-lock brake control is performed in a limited manner when the supplied voltage is a second, lower voltage. An operation mode is changed from the usual voltage mode to the low voltage mode when it is determined that the supply voltage becomes lower than the first voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignees: Bosch Corporation, Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuma Waida, Kenichi Jino, Manabu Kokawa, Junya Iwatsuki, Shunsaku Ono
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Patent number: 8996271Abstract: A brake control method. During ABS control, a control sequence, other than the conventional control sequence, based on the slip ratio and so forth resulting from the measurement value of a wheel speed sensor, and a minimum amount of pressure increase or a minimum amount of pressure decrease is ensured. In another embodiment, a control sequence independent from a control sequence based on the measurement value of a wheel speed sensor, sets allowable ranges relating to amounts of change in the pressure of a wheel cylinder, monitors the actual pressure value with a pressure sensor at the time of brake control, and, at a time when the pressure inside the wheel cylinder has deviated from these allowable ranges, drives an actuator such as an electromagnetic valve and controls in such a way that the pressure inside the wheel cylinder falls within an allowable range.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Bosch CorporationInventor: Shunsaku Ono
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Patent number: 8897986Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to control unstable behavior of a vehicle body that arises when braking during turning.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Bosch CorporationInventors: Shunsaku Ono, Junya Iwatsuki, Takahiro Ogawa, Saiji Suzuta, Mitsuhiro Saito