Patents by Inventor Tsunenori Senbongi

Tsunenori Senbongi 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: 7928678
    Abstract: A device for controlling a speed of a door includes a detecting unit that detects a position of the door, and a control unit that controls the speed of the door in such a manner that an acceleration of the door becomes substantially zero at a point that is calculated based on the position. Thus, a target maximum speed of the door is adjusted depending on the remaining moving distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi
  • Patent number: 7698855
    Abstract: A opening control apparatus for a sliding door of a vehicle, includes a driving source, a clutch arranged to connect the driving source and the sliding door in an engaged state and to disconnect the driving source and the sliding door in a disengaged state, and a control section. The control section brings the clutch from the disengaged state to the engaged state when a measured distance of movement of the sliding door from a stop position to a position in one of an opening direction and a closing direction reaches a first predetermined distance and then a measured distance of movement of the sliding door from the position in the one of the opening and closing directions reaches a second predetermined distance, and drives the sliding door to move in the one of the opening and closing directions by the driving source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi
  • Patent number: 7690156
    Abstract: A control device controls opening/closing of a sliding door of a vehicle by a motor in cooperation with a drive device that opens and closes the sliding door, and applies proportional plus integral plus differential control to motor speed based on a driving pattern of the sliding door. When a difference between a door speed and a motor speed exceeds a threshold, the control device judges that the vehicle is parked in a tilted state, and adjusts a sum of a proportional element, an integral element, and a differential element of a proportional plus integral plus differential control to a vehicle-tilted time element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi
  • Publication number: 20080178422
    Abstract: A device for controlling a speed of a door includes a detecting unit that detects a position of the door, and a control unit that controls the speed of the door in such a manner that an acceleration of the door becomes substantially zero at a point that is calculated based on the position. Thus, a target maximum speed of the door is adjusted depending on the remaining moving distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi
  • Patent number: 7218069
    Abstract: A first judging unit integrates an increase in a corrected current when the corrected current is in a predetermined increasing state and judges that a first condition is satisfied when an integrated increase exceeds a threshold. A second judging unit integrates a decrease in door moving speed when the door moving speed is in a predetermined decreasing state and judges that a second condition is satisfied when an integrated decrease exceeds a threshold. A third judging unit integrates a decrease in motor rotation speed when the motor rotation speed is in a predetermined decreasing state and judges that a third condition is satisfied when an integrated decrease exceeds a threshold. A pinch judging unit judges whether pinch has occurred based on determination by the first, the second, and the third judging units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi
  • Publication number: 20060137136
    Abstract: A device for controlling a speed of a door includes a detecting unit that detects a position of the door, and a control unit that controls the speed of the door in such a manner that an acceleration of the door becomes substantially zero at a point that is calculated based on the position. Thus, a target maximum speed of the door is adjusted depending on the remaining moving distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi
  • Publication number: 20060137250
    Abstract: A control device controls opening/closing of a sliding door of a vehicle by a motor in cooperation with a drive device that opens and closes the sliding door, and applies proportional plus integral plus differential control to motor speed based on a driving pattern of the sliding door. When a difference between a door speed and a motor speed exceeds a threshold, the control device judges that the vehicle is parked in a tilted state, and adjusts a sum of a proportional element, an integral element, and a differential element of a proportional plus integral plus differential control to a vehicle-tilted time element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi
  • Publication number: 20060137251
    Abstract: A first judging unit integrates an increase in a corrected current when the corrected current is in a predetermined increasing state and judges that a first condition is satisfied when an integrated increase exceeds a threshold. A second judging unit integrates a decrease in door moving speed when the door moving speed is in a predetermined decreasing state and judges that a second condition is satisfied when an integrated decrease exceeds a threshold. A third judging unit integrates a decrease in motor rotation speed when the motor rotation speed is in a predetermined decreasing state and judges that a third condition is satisfied when an integrated decrease exceeds a threshold. A pinch judging unit judges whether pinch has occurred based on determination by the first, the second, and the third judging units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi
  • Publication number: 20060107598
    Abstract: A opening control apparatus for a sliding door of a vehicle, includes a driving source, a clutch arranged to connect the driving source and the sliding door in an engaged state and to disconnect the driving source and the sliding door in a disengaged state, and a control section. The control section brings the clutch from the disengaged state to the engaged state when a measured distance of movement of the sliding door from a stop position to a position in one of an opening direction and a closing direction reaches a first predetermined distance and then a measured distance of movement of the sliding door from the position in the one of the opening and closing directions reaches a second predetermined distance, and drives the sliding door to move in the one of the opening and closing directions by the driving source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Takuya Imai, Tsunenori Senbongi