Holding Device Engaged By Electric Means Patents (Class 477/190)
  • Patent number: 8734295
    Abstract: A vehicular shift control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a parking lock device selectively switched to a locking position in which rotation of wheels of the vehicle is prevented and a non-locking position in which the rotation of the wheels is not prevented, by an operation of an electrically operated actuator, the vehicular shift control apparatus being configured to perform a failure diagnosis to determine whether the actuator is operable or not, the vehicular shift control apparatus includes: the vehicular shift control apparatus permits the operation of the actuator if a supply voltage to the actuator is raised from a value lower than a predetermined threshold supply voltage value to a value not lower than the threshold supply voltage value after a determination that the actuator is inoperable is obtained in the failure diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Kanai, Takahiko Tsutsumi, Ichiro Kitaori, Toshinari Suzuki, Hiroatsu Endo, Koki Ueno, Keisuke Sekiya
  • Patent number: 8388498
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes: a negative-type parking brake device that starts operating in response to a parking brake instruction; an output device that outputs the parking brake instruction; a service brake device that operates in response to an operation of a brake pedal by an operator; and a brake control device that operates the service brake device regardless of a pedal operation by the operator when the parking brake instruction is output from the output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Kodaka, Hidetoshi Satake, Kazuhiro Ichimura
  • Patent number: 7627415
    Abstract: In a device for securing the standstill of a motor vehicle with a distance-related longitudinal dynamic control module, which is contained in at least one electronic control unit and by which the motor vehicle is decelerated down to a standstill while maintaining a defined distance from a target object, at least until reaching the standstill, a nominal brake torque is defined by the longitudinal dynamic control module for a brake control module. At a defined first time after a detected standstill of the motor vehicle, the longitudinal dynamic control module transmits a transfer signal to the brake control module. Thereupon, independently of the predefinition of a nominal brake torque by the longitudinal dynamic control module, the brake control module alone builds up and/or holds a wheel brake torque in the sense of a parking brake function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Tschernoster, Carsten Hass, Sonja de Castro Bonfim, Leander Kempenaars, Christian Scheinost, Bartono Adiprasito, Maria-Christina Laiou, Andreas Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 7496435
    Abstract: A drive control system for an electric vehicle and a method of drive control of the electric vehicle. The drive control system for the electric vehicle includes a drive motor target torque calculation processing device for calculating a drive motor target torque representing a target torque of a drive motor; and a drive motor target torque restriction processing device that judges whether or not a parking mechanism is in operation and, if the parking mechanism is in operation, restricts variations in the drive motor target torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Iwatsuki, Masaki Nomura
  • Patent number: 6485394
    Abstract: A geared motor in which user needs for change gear ratios are met with flexibility and reliability, and an increase in noise is suppressed. The geared motor comprises a motor unit and a change gear unit for transmitting rotational power from this motor unit in combination. A simple planetary roller unit including a simple planetary roller mechanism and a casing for accommodating this simple planetary roller mechanism is interposed between the change gear unit and the motor unit. The simple planetary roller mechanism has a sun roller, planetary rollers, and a ring roller. Flange portions spreading outward in the radial directions of the sun roller are formed on both axial ends of the casing. One of the flange portions is coupled to the motor unit, and the other is to the change gear unit. Moreover, the geared motor is configured so that rotational power from the motor unit is transmitted to the change gear unit through the simple planetary roller unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoji Minegishi, Jun Tamenaga
  • Patent number: 5620077
    Abstract: The actuator uses an electric motor to drive a recirculating ball screw thread connection, to hold a brake-actuation spring at bay. After the spring has been compressed to the brakes-off position, the electric motor is de-energized. Then, the screw-thread connection is prevented from rotating and backing off, by virtue of the fact that the electric motor is connected to the screw thread via a high-reduction worm gear-box, which will not reverse-drive. An electric clutch is included between the screw-thread connection and the gear-box, the clutch being held, electrically, in the locked or drive condition while the brake is required to be held off. The brake is applied by releasing or de-energizing the clutch to the non-drive or free condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Electric Vehicle Controllers Ltd.
    Inventor: Arthur L. Richard