Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa Sawada

Yoshimasa Sawada 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: 8006548
    Abstract: It is a challenge to make it possible to produce a resonance suppression effect, and perform a stable control even in a case where a spring rigidity of a shaft significantly varies. The challenge is achieved as follows. In an engine bench system in which an engine 1 to be tested and a dynamometer 2 are coupled together by a coupling shaft 3, and a shaft torque control of the dynamometer is performed, a controller 5 includes: an integral element having an integral coefficient KI for a deviation (T12r?T12) between a shaft torque command T12r and a measured shaft torque T12; a differential element having a differential coefficient KD for the measured shaft torque T12; and a proportional element KP for the measured shaft torque T12. The controller 5 obtains a torque control signal T2 by subtracting the differential element and the proportional element from the integral element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Yoshimasa Sawada, Masayasu Kanke
  • Publication number: 20100251811
    Abstract: It is a challenge to make it possible to produce a resonance suppression effect, and perform a stable control even in a case where a spring rigidity of a shaft significantly varies. The challenge is achieved as follows. In an engine bench system in which an engine 1 to be tested and a dynamometer 2 are coupled together by a coupling shaft 3, and a shaft torque control of the dynamometer is performed, a controller 5 includes: an integral element having an integral coefficient KI for a deviation (T12r?T12) between a shaft torque command T12r and a measured shaft torque T12; a differential element having a differential coefficient KD for the measured shaft torque T12; and a proportional element KP for the measured shaft torque T12. The controller 5 obtains a torque control signal T2 by subtracting the differential element and the proportional element from the integral element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Yoshimasa Sawada, Masayasu Kanke
  • Patent number: 7366448
    Abstract: A charging member is disclosed having a support and at least one cover layer provided on the support., The cover layer has an outermost layer of the cover layer placed at the outermost surface of the charging member; the outermost layer contains i) composite particles composed of first metal oxide particles coated with carbon black, ii) second metal oxide particles and iii) a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohito Taniguchi, Masaaki Harada, Hideyuki Takagi, Toshihiro Otaka, Yoshimasa Sawada
  • Publication number: 20060029428
    Abstract: A charging member is disclosed having a support and at least one cover layer provided on the support. The cover layer has an outermost layer of the cover layer placed at the outermost surface of the charging member; the outermost layer contains i) composite particles composed of first metal oxide particles coated with carbon black, ii) second metal oxide particles and iii) a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohito Taniguchi, Masaaki Harada, Hideyuki Takagi, Toshihiro Otaka, Yoshimasa Sawada
  • Patent number: 6827126
    Abstract: A metal die device for casting of a simpler device structure by which a cast product having an undercut may directly be produced is disclosed. A casting (cavity) S is provided between a fixed die 21 and a movable die 31 as a movable core 40 having an undercut forming projection 41 is interposed between the fixed and movable dies. A swing member 54, caused to swing by a cylinder 51, is provided overlying the movable die 31. On the swing member 54, there is provided a cylinder 57 for vertically sliding the core 40. In die opening, following casting, the core 40 is vertically slid and subsequently caused to swing towards an upper outer side to release the core 40 from the cast product. Degree of freedom in metal designing is achieved without excess restriction in the shape or position of the undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomio Niimi, Yoshimasa Sawada, Kouichi Itou, Tomohiko Kokubo
  • Patent number: 6768940
    Abstract: An engine testing system has a torque control system which controls at least one of an axial torque and an engine load torque. The torque control system comprises a mechanical transfer function which receives an engine torque and a current and outputs an engine speed, the axial torque and a dynamo speed, an electric transfer function which receives a command current and outputs the current, and a torque controller which receives one of a command axial torque and a command engine load torque, and at least one of the engine speed, the dynamo speed, and the axial torque and outputs the command current. A transfer function representative of the torque controller is designed using the structured singular value synthesis method so as to be adapted to the mechanical transfer function and the electric transfer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Masayasu Kanke, Yoshimasa Sawada, Minoru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20030155096
    Abstract: A metal die device for casting of a simpler device structure by which a cast product having an undercut may directly be produced is disclosed. A casting (cavity) S is provided between a fixed die 21 and a movable die 31 as a movable core 40 having an undercut forming projection 41 is interposed between the fixed and movable dies. A swing member 54, caused to swing by a cylinder 51, is provided overlying the movable die 31. On the swing member 54, there is provided a cylinder 57 for vertically sliding the core 40. In die opening, following casting, the core 40 is vertically slid and subsequently caused to swing towards an upper outer side to release the core 40 from the cast product. Degree of freedom in metal designing is achieved without excess restriction in the shape or position of the undercut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Tomio Niimi, Yoshimasa Sawada, Kouichi Itou, Tomohiko Kokubo
  • Publication number: 20030088345
    Abstract: An engine testing system has a torque control system which controls at least one of an axial torque and an engine load torque. The torque control system comprises a mechanical transfer function which receives an engine torque and a current and outputs an engine speed, the axial torque and a dynamo speed, an electric transfer function which receives a command current and outputs the current, and a torque controller which receives one of a command axial torque and a command engine load torque, and at least one of the engine speed, the dynamo speed, and the axial torque and outputs the command current. A transfer function representative of the torque controller is designed using the structured singular value synthesis method so as to be adapted to the mechanical transfer function and the electric transfer function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA MEIDENSHA
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Masayasu Kanke, Yoshimasa Sawada, Minoru Kobayashi