Patents Assigned to JTEKT
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Patent number: 12186899Abstract: An assist device includes: a first brace configured to be worn on at least a waist of a user; an arm configured to extend along a thigh of the user and to rotate with respect to the first brace; an actuator configured to generate torque that rotates the arm; and a second brace provided on the arm and configured to be worn on the thigh. The arm includes an arm body and a holding portion. The holding portion is provided on the arm body such that the holding portion is movable in a longitudinal direction of the arm body. The holding portion holds the second brace such that the second brace is rotatable.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Kobayashi, Akihisa Umetani, Mitsuharu Ozaki
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Publication number: 20250002079Abstract: A vehicle includes vehicle devices configured to adjust a lateral movement amount of the vehicle, and a steering wheel lock mechanism. The vehicle devices include a front-wheel steering device and a remaining device that is a device other than the front-wheel steering device. When there is an anomaly in the front-wheel steering device, a vehicle control device switches a state of the steering wheel lock mechanism from a deactivated state to an activated state. The control device adjusts the amount of lateral movement of the vehicle by activating the remaining device when rotation of the steering wheel is disabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC., DENSO CORPORATION, AISIN CORPORATION, JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Yosuke OHMORI
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Publication number: 20250003451Abstract: A bearing device includes: an outer ring; an inner member including, a flange portion having a plurality of bolt holes and a tapped hole; and a plurality of balls arranged between the outer ring and inner member. The flange portion includes: thin portions located in a first region having a through hole extending through the first region in the axial direction and having no tapped hole and a second region having the tapped hole, the first and second regions each located between the bolt holes adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction; a first thick portion including regions around the bolt holes that are raised from the thin portions toward the other side in the axial direction; and a second thick portion that is a region around the tapped hole that is raised from the thin portion in the second region toward the other side in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshito TAKADA, Takanobu MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20250002077Abstract: A steering control device includes a processor that controls a steering unit that uses a reaction force motor as a drive source. The processor is configured to execute an integrated rotation angle acquisition process of acquiring an integrated rotation angle that is an integrated value of the rotation angle of a steering shaft, based on a detection result of an angle sensor. The processor is configured to execute an abnormality determination process of determining whether an abnormality condition for detecting an abnormality of a stopper mechanism is satisfied, based on the integrated rotation angle. The abnormality determination process includes a process of determining that the abnormality condition is satisfied, when the processor is capable of determining that the integrated rotation angle is out of a regulatory rotation amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mika IKEYA, Kenichi ABE, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Kaishi MONOBE, Tomihide MASUDA, Masaharu YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 12179853Abstract: A steering control device controls, as a target, a steering device including a steering actuator and a turning actuator that has a structure with a power transmission path cut off from the steering actuator. The steering control device includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute; turning-side synchronization control when the absolute value of a deviation amount is a value within a first range; steering-side synchronization control when the absolute value of the deviation mount is a value within a second range that is a larger value than a value within the first range; and at least one of the turning-side synchronization control and the steering-side synchronization control when the absolute value of the deviation amount is a value within a third range that is a value between a value within the first range and a value within the second range.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Uchino, Isao Namikawa, Kenji Shibata, Takafumi Sato
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Publication number: 20240429708Abstract: A control circuit of a power supply device forms a state in which an auxiliary power supply is connected via a charge circuit to a main power supply when a power switch provided on a power feeding path is turned on. The control circuit calculates an internal resistance of the auxiliary power supply based on a charging current. The control circuit forms a state in which the power supply device is disconnected from the main power supply and a power feeding target, and only the auxiliary power supply and a boost circuit are connected to each other when the power switch is turned off. The control circuit disconnects the auxiliary power supply from the boost circuit when a terminal voltage of the auxiliary power supply is less than a stop determination threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki NITTA, Tokuaki HIBINO, Daiki INABA, Kohei OTA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Fumihiko SATO
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Publication number: 20240425108Abstract: A steering control device controls a steering system including a reaction force motor that gives a steering reaction force to a steering shaft and a turning motor that turns a turning wheel in a state where dynamic power transmission from the steering shaft is blocked. The steering control device includes a processor that executes a reaction force setting process and a reaction force giving process. In the reaction force setting process, the processor sets the steering reaction force using a predetermined-component reflecting process. In the reaction force giving process, the processor operates the reaction force motor such that the reaction force motor gives the steering reaction force set by the reaction force setting process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi HOSONO, Terutaka TAMAIZUMI, Yuki INDEN, Naru TAKATA, Saki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 12172721Abstract: A vehicle control system for a steer-by-wire vehicle executes: driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle; and conjunction reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force component to a steering wheel in conjunction with vehicle turning caused by the driving assist control. A driver turn angle is a target turn angle corresponding to a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a first system turn angle is a target turn angle required by the driving assist control. In the conjunction reaction force control, a second system turn angle is acquired by adjusting the first system turn angle according to a driver's steering intention such that the difference between the system turn angle and the driver turn angle becomes smaller. Then, a steering reaction force component is applied in a direction of reducing a difference between the driver turn angle and the second system turn angle.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Akatsuka, Yoshio Kudo, Junya Miyake
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Patent number: 12171202Abstract: A rearing apparatus for rearing an organism includes: a box-shaped rearing case; at least one perching member that is held in the rearing case and for perching the organism; and a separating member that is provided in the rearing case and that is movable along the perching member. The separating member is configured to separate the organism perched at the perching member from the perching member by the separating member moving along the perching member.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Shigekazu Kawai, Yasuhiro Murata, Takashi Matsumoto, Takahito Watanabe, Taro Mito
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Publication number: 20240416995Abstract: A steering control device includes a target steering corresponding value computing unit configured to compute a target steering corresponding value. The target steering corresponding value computing unit is configured to execute low sensitivity determination processing for determining whether or not a low sensitivity condition for reducing an amount of change in the steered angle with respect to an amount of change in an amount of operation of an operating lever is satisfied, normal computation processing for computing the target steering corresponding value based on the amount of operation when the low sensitivity condition is not satisfied, and low sensitivity computation processing for computing, based on the amount of operation, the target steering corresponding value having a smaller absolute value than the target steering corresponding value computed by the normal computation processing, when the low sensitivity condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki OYA, Yoshinobu SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20240418222Abstract: A rolling bearing includes: an outer ring; an inner ring; a plurality of rolling elements arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring; and an electrically conductive annular member attached to an axial end of the outer ring, the annular member separating a bearing internal space where the rolling elements are located from a bearing external space that is outside the bearing internal space in an axial direction. The annular member includes an electrically conductive elastic lip portion that contacts the inner ring. An oil channel connecting the bearing internal space and the bearing external space is provided in the annular member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiko ISHII, Hirofumi DODORO, Kenichi ISEDA
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Publication number: 20240418277Abstract: A composite valve sub assembly includes a tubular sleeve inserted into a single attachment hole of a body; an electromagnetic valve body housed in the sleeve; a solenoid actuator configured to move the electromagnetic valve body in the sleeve; a plug fixed at an end portion of the sleeve and disposed between the sleeve and a bottom surface of the attachment hole; and a check valve body disposed on the opposite side of the electromagnetic valve body from the plug. The plug has an internal flow path including a first opening connected to a first flow path of the body and opened and closed by the electromagnetic valve body, and a second opening connected to a second flow path of the body and opened and closed by the check valve body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Natsuki IWAMOTO, Toshikatsu KUBO, Keiichiro KITAHARA
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Publication number: 20240421670Abstract: A motor device includes a motor and a motor control device. The motor control device includes a board attached to an end portion of the motor, and a cover that covers the board. The motor has a motor body and a connector assembly. The board has an extending portion that overlays the connector assembly. The extending portion has terminal connecting portions to which terminals, held by the connector assembly, are connected. The cover has a first projecting portion that projects from an inner face of the end wall thereof toward the board. The first projecting portion comes into contact with a region of the board adjacent to the terminal connecting portions before the terminal comes into contact with the end wall of the cover, when the end wall of the cover is deflected in a direction closer the board.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Yuto SATO
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Publication number: 20240416991Abstract: A motor control device includes: an assist torque command value generation unit that generates an assist torque command value using steering torque; a manual steering command value generation unit that generates a manual steering command value using the steering torque and the assist torque command value; an integrated angle command value calculation unit that calculates an integrated angle command value by adding the manual steering command value to an automatic steering command value for driving assist; and a switching unit that switches between a first control mode in which an electric motor is controlled based on the assist torque command value or the manual steering command value and a second control mode in which the electric motor is controlled based on the integrated angle command value according to a lateral position of a vehicle with respect to a lane in a driving assist mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Syouma EDAMOTO, Tsutomu TAMURA, Robert FUCHS, Mitsuko YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 12168485Abstract: In a steering control device configured to control a steering system where a steering torque required for steering a steering wheel is changed using a motor torque, a processing circuit includes a first calculation situation where a calculational hysteresis component for adding a first hysteresis characteristic to a torque component is calculated and a second calculation situation where the calculational hysteresis component for adding a second hysteresis characteristic to the torque component is calculated. In the second calculation situation after change from the first calculation situation, the processing circuit calculates a value corresponding to an origin in the second hysteresis characteristic at a time when the calculational hysteresis component enabling a value of the calculational hysteresis component at a timing of the change from the first calculation situation to be maintained is calculated, and calculates the calculational hysteresis component using the calculated value as the origin.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Yoshida, Isao Namikawa, Terutaka Tamaizumi, Kosuke Akatsuka, Yoshio Kudo
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Publication number: 20240409155Abstract: A control device for an in-vehicle unit installed in a vehicle having a warning light includes a control circuit and a storage circuit. The control circuit executes an abnormality detection process, a detection result write-in process, and a lighting request output process. The storage circuit retains contents of the history information even when the in-vehicle unit is powered on or powered off. The control circuit is configured to retrieve the contents of the history information from the storage circuit when the in-vehicle unit is powered on. When the detection history is written in the retrieved contents, the control circuit outputs the lighting request even when an abnormality of the in-vehicle unit cannot be detected by the abnormality detection process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi KOUDAI, Kenichi Abe, Yuuta Kajisawa, Kazuma Hasegawa, Kaishi Monobe, Mika Ikeya, Masaharu Yamashita, Kazuaki Iida, Shintaro Takayama, Nobuyori Nakajima
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Publication number: 20240414895Abstract: A control device of a motor unit includes an external connector, a first board, a second board, and a circuit component. The external connector has a base portion, and a positioning pin that projects from the base portion toward a motor. The first board has a first through hole, and the second board has a second through hole provided at a position corresponding to the first through hole. The common positioning pin is inserted into the first through hole and the second through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki HAYASHI, Tokio YOKOYAMA, Yuto SATO, Masahiro MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20240409084Abstract: A jackknife suppression device is configured to execute an acquisition process, a prediction process, a determination process, and a treatment process. The acquisition process is a process of acquiring a hitch angle variable and a steered angle variable. The prediction process is a process of calculating a predicted value of the hitch angle using the hitch angle variable and the steered angle variable as inputs. The determination process is a process of determining whether there is a high risk that a jackknife occurs using the predicted value and the steered angle variable as inputs. The treatment process is a process of operating predetermined hardware in order to suppress occurrence of the jackknife when it is determined that the risk is high.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC.Inventors: Hirotaka TOKORO, Nobuhiro NITTA
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Publication number: 20240400125Abstract: Each control circuit of a control device for a vehicle drives a motor in one of driving modes that are switched according to an operation state of the control circuit of a system other than an own system. The driving modes include an own-system shutdown mode in which the power supply to a winding set of the own system is stopped when the operation state of the control circuit of a system other than the own system is abnormal. Even when the operation state of the control circuit of a system other than the own system is abnormal, each control circuit does not shift the driving mode to the own-system shutdown mode when an own operation state is a specific operation state in which safety problems are deemed unlikely.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuma HASEGAWA, Kenichi Abe, Yuuta Kajisawa, Takashi Koudai, Kaishi Monobe, Mika Ikeya, Masaharu Yamashita, Kenji Shibata, Yosuke Yamashita, Kazuaki Iida, Shintaro Takayama, Nobuyori Nakajima, Toyohiro Hayashi
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Patent number: D1053918Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Hisayuki Nagaya, Kazuhiko Shibatani