Patents by Inventor Yoshitake Sakai

Yoshitake Sakai 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: 10012202
    Abstract: A vehicular engine control device provided with a control unit for performing control that automatically stops an engine installed in a vehicle when a preset stop condition is fulfilled, and a traveling information acquiring unit for acquiring travel information including vehicle speed information relating to the speed of the vehicle and steering information relating to a steering wheel. For the stop condition the vehicle speed information and steering information acquired by the traveling information acquiring unit are set including respective thresholds. The control unit switches the stop condition in accordance with changes in the vehicle speed information, the stop condition being sectioned into a plurality of regions using steering thresholds for the steering information relating to the steering handle. Automatic stop control of the engine conforming to the intentions of the driver can be implemented by the vehicular engine control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Koibuchi, Yoshitake Sakai
  • Publication number: 20160069317
    Abstract: A vehicular engine control device provided with a control unit for performing control that automatically stops an engine installed in a vehicle when a preset stop condition is fulfilled, and a traveling information acquiring unit for acquiring travel information including vehicle speed information relating to the speed of the vehicle and steering information relating to a steering wheel. For the stop condition the vehicle speed information and steering information acquired by the traveling information acquiring unit are set including respective thresholds. The control unit switches the stop condition in accordance with changes in the vehicle speed information, the stop condition being sectioned into a plurality of regions using steering thresholds for the steering information relating to the steering handle. Automatic stop control of the engine conforming to the intentions of the driver can be implemented by the vehicular engine control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOIBUCHI, Yoshitake SAKAI
  • Patent number: 9043119
    Abstract: Disclosed is an idle stop control device capable of relieving reaction force (kickback) of a handle occurring at idle stop controlled by the control of the idle stop control device. Specifically, an EPSECU (20) detects the rotational speed of an electric motor by detecting the rotational angle (?m) of the electric motor using a resolver (22), and at the same time, detects the steering torque using a torque sensor (23). Subsequently, the EPSECU determines whether or not the rotational speed of the electric motor and the steering torque are inside an idle stop transition area (P) by referring to a table (28) stored in a memory (27) in advance. When either or both of the rotational speed of the electric motor and the steering torque are outside the idle stop transition area (P), a signal requesting the prohibition of idle stop transition is output to an idle stop control device (10) via a cable (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Horii, Shinji Hironaka, Yoshitake Sakai, Yuki Shiga, Kyoji Hamamoto, Fumihiro Morishita, Hiroki Sagami, Takuji Wada
  • Publication number: 20120185150
    Abstract: Disclosed is an idle stop control device capable of relieving reaction force (kickback) of a handle occurring at idle stop controlled by the control of the idle stop control device. Specifically, an EPSECU (20) detects the rotational speed of an electric motor by detecting the rotational angle (?m) of the electric motor using a resolver (22), and at the same time, detects the steering torque using a torque sensor (23). Subsequently, the EPSECU determines whether or not the rotational speed of the electric motor and the steering torque are inside an idle stop transition area (P) by referring to a table (28) stored in a memory (27) in advance. When either or both of the rotational speed of the electric motor and the steering torque are outside the idle stop transition area (P), a signal requesting the prohibition of idle stop transition is output to an idle stop control device (10) via a cable (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Horii, Shinji Hironaka, Yoshitake Sakai, Yuki Shiga, Kyoji Hamamoto, Fumihiro Morishita, Hiroki Sagami, Takuji Wada
  • Patent number: 8186082
    Abstract: There is provided a fluid pressure drive unit that can fulfill a position holding function stably even when an external force acts during the time when the position is held, the unit being used, for example, for the right and left angle adjustment of a snow plow blade. There is provided a first excessive load relief valve 6 for letting a working fluid escape from a bottom-side pipe line 10a, which connects the bottom-side port of a single-rod double acting cylinder 2 to the bottom side of an operate check valve 4, to a rod-side pipe line 10b, which connects the rod-side port of the single-rod double acting cylinder 2 to the rod side of the operate check valve 4, and there is provided a second excessive load relief valve 7 for letting the working fluid escape from the rod-side pipe line 10b to a tank 3. Also, there is provided a negative pressure preventing check valve 8 for allowing the working fluid to flow into the bottom-side pipeline 10a from the tank 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Kayaba
    Inventors: Osamu Sato, Yoshitake Sakai, Shiro Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20100101120
    Abstract: There is provided a fluid pressure drive unit that can fulfill a position holding function stably even when an external force acts during the time when the position is held, the unit being used, for example, for the right and left angle adjustment of a snow plow blade. There is provided a first excessive load relief valve 6 for letting a working fluid escape from a bottom-side pipe line 10a, which connects the bottom-side port of a single-rod double acting cylinder 2 to the bottom side of an operate check valve 4, to a rod-side pipe line 10b, which connects the rod-side port of the single-rod double acting cylinder 2 to the rod side of the operate check valve 4, and there is provided a second excessive load relief valve 7 for letting the working fluid escape from the rod-side pipe line 10b to a tank 3. Also, there is provided a negative pressure preventing check valve 8 for allowing the working fluid to flow into the bottom-side pipeline 10a from the tank 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Osamu Sato, Yoshitake Sakai, Shiro Nishioka
  • Patent number: 7343740
    Abstract: A filter-integrated orifice element is provided which can reduce manufacturing costs and assembling costs in a hydraulic circuit for which size reduction is desirable. A filter-integrated orifice element is obtained by integrating a filter for removing an obstacle which could block an orifice with an orifice member. The filter-integrated orifice element may be used in a slow return valve in a hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitake Sakai, Osamu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070243081
    Abstract: A hydraulic pump can prevent breakage at a high pressure without providing a separate relief valve. A housing has a body side and a lid side that are divided by a surface perpendicular to a rotational axis of a hydraulic pump shaft. The lid-side housing is brought into oil-tight contact with the body-side housing by a spring. Contact between the body-side housing and the lid-side housing is maintained at a predetermined pressure corresponding to a maximum allowable pump hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Osamu SATO, Yoshitake SAKAI
  • Patent number: 7281372
    Abstract: A hydraulic controller in which driving sound and the number of parts can be reduced, and a long service life can be realized, and a hydraulic drive unit provided with said hydraulic controller. The hydraulic controller for a hydraulic drive unit includes a housing that includes an electric motor housing configured to house an electric motor, an oil pump housing configured to house a hydraulic pump, and a valve housing configured to house valves are integrated together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitake Sakai, Osamu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070199437
    Abstract: An operate check valve saves space and performs multiple functions by absorbing and integrating a switching valve. A switching valve for controlling the flow of a hydraulic fluid in both normal and reverse directions is coaxially contained with a check valve in a space inside a valve containing housing between a hydraulic pump and a tank for storing the hydraulic fluid. Check valves are located opposite one another on either side of the switching valve, with the switching valve integrated into the operate check valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshitake Sakai, Osamu Sato
  • Patent number: 7254945
    Abstract: An operate check valve saves space and performs multiple functions by absorbing and integrating a switching valve. A switching valve for controlling the flow of a hydraulic fluid in both normal and reverse directions is coaxially contained with a check valve in a space inside a valve containing housing between a hydraulic pump and a tank for storing the hydraulic fluid. Check valves are located opposite one another on either side of the switching valve, with the switching valve integrated into the operate check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitake Sakai, Osamu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060242957
    Abstract: A filter-integrated orifice element is provided which can reduce manufacturing costs and assembling costs in a hydraulic circuit for which size reduction is desirable. A filter-integrated orifice element is obtained by integrating a filter for removing an obstacle which could block an orifice with an orifice member. The filter-integrated orifice element may be used in a slow return valve in a hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshitake Sakai, Osamu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060168956
    Abstract: A hydraulic controller in which driving sound and the number of parts can be reduced, and a long service life can be realized, and a hydraulic drive unit provided with said hydraulic controller. The hydraulic controller for a hydraulic drive unit includes a housing that includes an electric motor housing configured to house an electric motor, an oil pump housing configured to house a hydraulic pump, and a valve housing configured to house valves are integrated together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshitake Sakai, Osamu Sato