Patents by Inventor Takeshi Nishikibe
Takeshi Nishikibe 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: 20190145147Abstract: A control apparatus controlling an opening and closing member for a vehicle, the control apparatus includes a control signal output portion configured to output a motor control signal, and an advance angle value set portion configured to set an advance angle value, the advance angle value being for advancing a phase of the motor control signal when an assist opening and closing operation is performed. The control apparatus is configured to perform the automatic opening and closing operation which causes an opening and closing member to open and close automatically with driving force of the motor, and the assist opening and closing operation which causes the opening and closing member to open and close in such a manner that the driving force of the motor assists a manual operation force applied to the opening and closing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Takenaka, Takeshi Nishikibe, Kohei Kobayashi, Noriyuki Kamiya, Wataru Watanabe, Naoki Sugito
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Patent number: 10180024Abstract: A control device for opening and closing bodies of vehicles comprises a driving device that drives an opening and closing body of a vehicle and a controlling unit that controls operation of the driving device. The controlling unit is configured so as to cause the opening and closing body to move while controlling the speed of the opening and closing body movement by executing speed feedback control and to set a plurality of control regions over the range of movement of the opening and closing body and change control properties for the speed feedback control in each of the control regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Urase, Kohei Kobayashi, Takeshi Nishikibe
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Publication number: 20180287546Abstract: An overcurrent protection device has a threshold value for determination of a magnitude of motor current and performs: a first detection of detecting a period, during which the motor current takes a value larger than the threshold value, as a first value; a second detection of detecting a maximum value of the motor current as a second value by frequently detecting the motor current; and a signal formation of forming a motor stop signal based on determination using the first value and the second value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi NISHIKIBE, Ryo ASANO, Taishi llKAWA
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Publication number: 20180266159Abstract: A vehicular opening/closing body control device includes a braking controller configured to apply a braking force to an opening/closing body, a full-closing detection unit configured to detect that the opening/closing body is in a fully-closed state, and a failure detection unit configured to detect failure of a latch mechanism provided on the opening/closing body. The latch mechanism is provided with a pawl switch, which is switched between ON and OFF states in conjunction with operation of a pawl. The failure detection unit detects, based on the ON and OFF states of the pawl switch, occurrence of an engagement failure in which the latch mechanism fails to hold the opening/closing body in the fully-closed state. The braking controller executes braking control for applying the braking force to the opening/closing body when the engagement failure is detected in the latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiki BITO, Kenta IZUMI, Takeshi NISHIKIBE
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Publication number: 20180266157Abstract: A vehicular opening/closing body control device includes: a braking control unit configured to apply a braking force to an opening/closing body provided in an opening in a vehicle; a position detection unit configured to detect an opening/closing operation position of the opening/closing body; and a traveling state determination unit configured to determine a traveling state of the vehicle, wherein the opening/closing body is opened/closed along a movement path, which is formed by a guide rail and a guide roller engaged with the guide rail, the guide rail includes a curved portion, which is curved in a width direction of the vehicle, and the braking control unit executes braking control in a case where the opening/closing operation position of the opening/closing body is within a specific range, which is set in the movement path of the opening/closing body to correspond to the curved portion of the guide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta IZUMI, Yoshiki BITO, Takeshi NISHIKIBE
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Publication number: 20180266160Abstract: A vehicular opening/closing body control device includes: a braking control unit configured to apply a braking force to an opening/closing body provided in an opening in a vehicle; a traveling state determination unit configured to determine a traveling state of the vehicle; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect occurrence of a full-closing abnormality in which the opening/closing body is not held in a fully-closed state during the traveling of the vehicle; and a record holding unit configured to hold a detection record of the full-closing abnormality, wherein the braking control unit executes braking control through detection of the full-closing abnormality of the opening/closing body, and in a case where the detection record of the full-closing abnormality is held after the vehicle stops, executes the braking control of the opening/closing body based on the detection record of the full-closing abnormality before the vehicle travels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiki BITO, Kenta IZUMI, Takeshi NISHIKIBE
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Patent number: 10013827Abstract: A control device for a vehicle opening/closing body includes an electronic control unit configured to determine whether a prescribed specific operation is performed by a user on a closing switch that is provided in an opening/closing body of a vehicle to cause the opening/closing body to perform a closing operation, the electronic control unit being configured to cause the opening/closing body to perform the closing operation, and to lock the vehicle when the electronic control unit determines that the specific operation is performed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Asano, Takeshi Nishikibe, Yoshinori Hitomi, Takeshi Katsuda
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Patent number: 9938759Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a control device of a vehicle opening-closing member that includes a vehicle state determination unit that determines a traveling state of the vehicle based on a signal indicating a traveling state of a vehicle; an open/close state determination unit that determines an opening/opened state of the opening-closing member based on a signal indicating an opening/opened state of an opening-closing member provided to the vehicle; and a control unit that outputs a control signal for stopping an opening motion of the opening-closing member when it is determined by the vehicle state determination unit that the vehicle is in a state of traveling and when it is determined by the open/close state determination unit that the vehicle opening-closing member is in an opening/opened state.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Urase, Takeshi Nishikibe, Toshiro Maeda, Eiji Itami, Takeshi Katsuda, Masahiko Itoh, Yoshinori Hitomi
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Patent number: 9868340Abstract: A control device for a vehicle closure body includes an electronic control unit configured to measure a position of the body, measure a speed of the body, determine an opening or closing direction in which the body is operated by a user, and move the body in the determined opening or closing direction with use of a drive unit when the speed of the body measured at the measured position of the body is equal to or higher than a speed threshold at the measured position of the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Nishikibe, Ryo Asano, Yoshinori Hitomi
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Patent number: 9790727Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body control device includes an opening and closing drive device and a controller. When the opening and closing body is being closed, in a case where the position of the opening and closing body when a trapping of a foreign object is detected is outside a specified range between a fully closed position and a specified position, the controller controls the operation of the opening and closing drive device to reverse the opening and closing body to perform the opening operation by a predetermined opening-and-returning distance and then stop the opening and closing body. In a case where the position of trapping is in the specified range, the controller reverses the opening and closing body to perform the opening operation by the predetermined opening-and-returning distance or a greater distance and then stop the opening and closing body outside the specified range.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Nishikibe, Kohei Kobayashi, Yoshinori Hitomi, Takeshi Katsuda, Shunsuke Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20170234050Abstract: A control device for opening and closing bodies of vehicles comprises a driving device that drives an opening and closing body of a vehicle and a controlling unit that controls operation of the driving device. The controlling unit is configured so as to cause the opening and closing body to move while controlling the speed of the opening and closing body movement by executing speed feedback control and to set a plurality of control regions over the range of movement of the opening and closing body and change control properties for the speed feedback control in each of the control regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi URASE, Kohei KOBAYASHI, Takeshi NISHIKIBE
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Patent number: 9677313Abstract: A vehicle-door opening/closing control device includes a controller, which controls the operation of a drive device. The controller is configured to supply drive power based on a voltage of an in-vehicle power supply to an electromagnetic clutch. The controller is also configured such that, when stopping an opening/closing body at an intermediate position, the controller supplies the drive power based on the voltage of the in-vehicle power supply to the electromagnetic clutch to put the clutch in the engaged state, and then stops the supply of drive power to the electromagnetic clutch so that the clutch is in the disengaged state after a predetermined holding time has elapsed since the controller has stopped the opening/closing body at the intermediate position. The predetermined holding time differs between a case where the trapping of the foreign object is detected and a case where the opening/closing manipulation is detected.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Nishikibe, Kohei Kobayashi, Yoshinori Hitomi, Takeshi Katsuda, Shunsuke Hayakawa
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Patent number: 9567790Abstract: An opening/closing body control device for a vehicle is provided with a drive section configured to drive an opening/closing body of a vehicle, and a controller configured to control the drive section. In response to detection of an external force input intended to accelerate the opening/closing body in operation, the controller controls the drive section to increase the operating speed of the opening/closing element. The drive section determines that the external force intended to accelerate the opening/closing body has been input if, as one example, the acceleration of the opening/closing body in an operation direction reaches a predetermined value or higher.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Yamada, Takeshi Nishikibe, Hitoshi Takayanagi
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Patent number: 9470031Abstract: An opening/closing body control device for a vehicle includes: a drive section for driving an opening/closing body; a controller for controlling the drive section; a handle unit that is operable by an manipulation input in an opening direction and is operable by an manipulation input in a closing direction; a manipulation input detector for detecting the manipulation input for the handle unit and the direction of the manipulation input; and an operation position detector for detecting the operation position of the opening/closing body. When the opening/closing body is in a fully open position, the controller executes closing operation control in order to bring the opening/closing body into closing operation in both a case where the manipulation input in the closing direction is detected and a case where the manipulation input in the opening direction is detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Nishikibe, Toshihiko Ishida, Tsuyoshi Kamiya
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Publication number: 20160265261Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a control device of a vehicle opening-closing member that includes a vehicle state determination unit that determines a traveling state of the vehicle based on a signal indicating a traveling state of a vehicle; an open/close state determination unit that determines an opening/opened state of the opening-closing member based on a signal indicating an opening/opened state of an opening-closing member provided to the vehicle; and a control unit that outputs a control signal for stopping an opening motion of the opening-closing member when it is determined by the vehicle state determination unit that the vehicle is in a state of traveling and when it is determined by the open/close state determination unit that the vehicle opening-closing member is in an opening/opened state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi URASE, Takeshi NISHIKIBE, Toshiro MAEDA, Eiji ITAMI, Takeshi KATSUDA, Masahiko ITOH, Yoshinori HITOMI
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Publication number: 20160268799Abstract: A control device for a vehicle open-close member includes an input circuit configured to receive an inputted voltage signal indicating a drive voltage, a power supply voltage and the drive voltage being respectively applied to one terminal and another terminal of an open-close motor of a vehicle open-close member; a short-circuit state judgement unit configured to judge a short circuit as occurring if the drive voltage is out of a predetermined range; and an output circuit configured to output a control signal for decreasing a voltage to be applied to the open-close motor, if the short circuit is judged as occurring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi URASE, Yasuhiro YOKOI, Yuya ABO, Takeshi NISHIKIBE, Toshiro MAEDA
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Publication number: 20160257249Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a control device for a vehicle open-close member: including a current signal input unit configured to receive an inputted current signal indicating a current value of a current flowing through an electromagnetic clutch of the vehicle open-close member, the electromagnetic clutch being operated with the current supplied from a power supply; a clutch state judgement unit configured to judge that the electromagnetic clutch is in a deteriorated state, if the current signal indicates that the current value is less than a predetermined threshold; and a warning signal output unit configured to output a warning signal to a warning device configured to give a warning to a user, if the clutch state judgement unit judges that the electromagnetic clutch is in the deteriorated state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi URASE, Eiji ITAMI, Takeshi NISHIKIBE, Toshiro MAEDA
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Publication number: 20160208538Abstract: A vehicle opening/closing body control device includes an opening/closing drive device and a controller. When the opening/closing body is being closed, if the position of the opening/closing body when a trapping of a foreign object is detected is outside a specified range between a fully closed position and a specified position, the controller controls the operation of the opening/closing drive device to reverse the opening/closing body to perform the opening operation by a predetermined opening-and-returning distance and then stop the opening/closing body. If the position of trapping is in the specified range, the controller reverses the opening/closing body to perform the opening operation by the predetermined opening-and-returning distance or a greater distance and then stop the opening/closing body outside the specified range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi NISHIKIBE, Kohei KOBAYASHI, Yoshinori HITOMI, Takeshi KATSUDA, Shunsuke HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20160201377Abstract: A vehicle-door opening/closing control device includes a controller, which controls the operation of a drive device. The controller is configured to supply drive power based on a voltage of an in-vehicle power supply to an electromagnetic clutch. The controller is also configured such that, when stopping an opening/closing body at an intermediate position, the controller supplies the drive power based on the voltage of the in-vehicle power supply to the electromagnetic clutch to put the clutch in the engaged state, and then stops the supply of drive power to the electromagnetic clutch so that the clutch is in the disengaged state after a predetermined holding time has elapsed since the controller has stopped the opening/closing body at the intermediate position. The predetermined holding time differs between a case where the trapping of the foreign object is detected and a case where the opening/closing manipulation is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi NISHIKIBE, Kohei KOBAYASHI, Yoshinori HITOMI, Takeshi KATSUDA, Shunsuke HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20160180616Abstract: A control device for a vehicle opening/closing body includes an electronic control unit configured to determine whether a prescribed specific operation is performed by a user on a closing switch that is provided in an opening/closing body of a vehicle to cause the opening/closing body to perform a closing operation, the electronic control unit being configured to cause the opening/closing body to perform the closing operation, and to lock the vehicle when the electronic control unit determines that the specific operation is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo ASANO, Takeshi NISHIKIBE, Yoshinori HITOMI, Takeshi KATSUDA