Patents by Inventor Tuyoshi Ando

Tuyoshi Ando 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).

  • Electric parking brake control device
    Patent number: 9517754
    Abstract: The electric parking brake control device performs accelerator release control for moving a friction-applying member to a standby position when a vehicle starting operation is performed, the standby position being positioned between a locked position and a released position such that friction-applying member moves from the standby position to the locked position within a time which is shorter than a time required to move from the released position to the locked position. The electric parking brake control device determines whether it is unnecessary to maintain the standby position, based on whether a state in which a vehicle speed exceeds a specific speed threshold value is maintained for a predetermined period of time. The release control is performed when the electric parking brake control device determines that it is unnecessary to maintain the standby position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Murata, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Tuyoshi Ando
  • ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150175137
    Abstract: The electric parking brake control device performs accelerator release control for moving a friction-applying member to a standby position when a vehicle starting operation is performed, the standby position being positioned between a locked position and a released position such that friction-applying member moves from the standby position to the locked position within a time which is shorter than a time required to move from the released position to the locked position. The electric parking brake control device determines whether it is unnecessary to maintain the standby position, based on whether a state in which a vehicle speed exceeds a specific speed threshold value is maintained for a predetermined period of time. The release control is performed when the electric parking brake control device determines that it is unnecessary to maintain the standby position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Shunsuke Murata, Masatoshi Hanzawa, Tuyoshi Ando