Patents by Inventor Taihei Setoguchi

Taihei Setoguchi 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).

  • Mobile vehicle
    Patent number: 9688342
    Abstract: In a mobile vehicle 1 having a vehicle body 2, a front wheel 3f, and a rear wheel 3r, the steering control wheel 3f can be steered by a steering actuator 8 about a steering axis Csf which is tilted backward. The steering actuator 8 is controlled by a control device 15. The height a, from a ground surface 110, of the intersection point Ef of the steering axis Csf of the steering control wheel 3f and a virtual straight line connecting the ground contact point of the steering control wheel 3f and the center of axle of the steering control wheel 3f in a basic posture state of the mobile vehicle 1 is set to satisfy a prescribed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Hiroshi Gomi, Kazushi Akimoto, Hiroyuki Makino, Yoichi Nishimura, Taihei Setoguchi, Naoyuki Saito, Kenji Muto, Keisuke Koitabashi, Shunichi Nakabayashi
  • Mobile vehicle
    Patent number: 9327569
    Abstract: A mobile vehicle 1 has two wheels 5, 5 on the rear side of a vehicle body 3, and is capable of causing a roll driving moment to act on the vehicle body 3 by an actuator 33 in a roll driving mechanism 23. A control device 70 controls the actuator 33 such that the function characteristics of the roll driving moment implemented by the control of the actuator 33 with respect to a vehicle body roll angle (inclination angle in the roll direction of the vehicle body 3) become as shown in FIG. 6A or 6B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Uebayashi, Taihei Setoguchi, Yasuhiko Jinbu, Hiroyoshi Kobayashi
  • MOBILE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150321723
    Abstract: In a mobile vehicle 1 having a vehicle body 2, a front wheel 3f, and a rear wheel 3r, the steering control wheel 3f can be steered by a steering actuator 8 about a steering axis Csf which is tilted backward. The steering actuator 8 is controlled by a control device 15. The height a, from a ground surface 110, of the intersection point Ef of the steering axis Csf of the steering control wheel 3f and a virtual straight line connecting the ground contact point of the steering control wheel 3f and the center of axle of the steering control wheel 3f in a basic posture state of the mobile vehicle 1 is set to satisfy a prescribed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Hiroshi Gomi, Kazushi Akimoto, Hiroyuki Makino, Yoichi Nishimura, Taihei Setoguchi, Naoyuki Saito, Kenji Muto, Keisuke Koitabashi, Shunichi Nakabayashi
  • Mobile vehicle
    Patent number: 9126649
    Abstract: In a mobile vehicle 1 having a vehicle body 2, a front wheel 3f, and a rear wheel 3r, the steering control wheel 3f can be steered by a steering actuator 8 about a steering axis Csf which is tilted backward. The steering actuator 8 is controlled by a control device 15. The height a, from a ground surface 110, of the intersection point Ef of the steering axis Csf of the steering control wheel 3f and a virtual straight line connecting the ground contact point of the steering control wheel 3f and the center of axle of the steering control wheel 3f in a basic posture state of the mobile vehicle 1 is set to satisfy a prescribed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Hiroshi Gomi, Kazushi Akimoto, Hiroyuki Makino, Yoichi Nishimura, Taihei Setoguchi, Naoyuki Saito, Kenji Muto, Keisuke Koitabashi, Shunichi Nakabayashi
  • MOBILE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150158360
    Abstract: A mobile vehicle 1 has two wheels 5, 5 on the rear side of a vehicle body 3, and is capable of causing a roll driving moment to act on the vehicle body 3 by an actuator 33 in a roll driving mechanism 23. A control device 70 controls the actuator 33 such that the function characteristics of the roll driving moment implemented by the control of the actuator 33 with respect to a vehicle body roll angle (inclination angle in the roll direction of the vehicle body 3) become as shown in FIG. 6A or 6B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichi UEBAYASHI, Taihei SETOGUCHI, Yasuhiko JINBU, Hiroyoshi KOBAYASHI
  • MOBILE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140129087
    Abstract: In a mobile vehicle 1 having a vehicle body 2, a front wheel 3f, and a rear wheel 3r, the steering control wheel 3f can be steered by a steering actuator 8 about a steering axis Csf which is tilted backward. The steering actuator 8 is controlled by a control device 15. The height a, from a ground surface 110, of the intersection point Ef of the steering axis Csf of the steering control wheel 3f and a virtual straight line connecting the ground contact point of the steering control wheel 3f and the center of axle of the steering control wheel 3f in a basic posture state of the mobile vehicle 1 is set to satisfy a prescribed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Hiroshi Gomi, Kazushi Akimoto, Hiroyuki Makino, Yoichi Nishimura, Taihei Setoguchi, Naoyuki Saito, Kenji Muto, Keisuke Koitabashi, Shunichi Nakabayashi