Patents Assigned to JTEKT
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Patent number: 12049263Abstract: A steering control device includes a control unit configured to perform a calculation based on angle information and to control the operation of a turning section based on a turning control amount. The angle information is obtained by relating the turning control amount for operating the turning section to a steering angle that is an angle by which a steering wheel is steered. The control unit includes a speed increase ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a speed increase ratio based on state variables, and an angle information calculation unit configured to calculate the angle information by converting the steering angle using the speed increase ratio obtained by the speed increase ratio calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kodera, Yusuke Kakimoto, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
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Publication number: 20240246601Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle includes: a reaction force actuator to which an operation member is connected such that the reaction force actuator is moved by the operation member, the reaction force actuator including a power source by which the reaction force actuator applies an operation reaction force to the operation member; a steering actuator to which a wheel is connected, the steering actuator including a power source by which the steering actuator steers the wheel; and a controller configured to control the reaction force actuator and the steering actuator. The controller is configured to execute, for the reaction force actuator, the steering actuator, or both the reaction force actuator and the steering actuator, a neutral position setting processing of setting a neutral position in a motion range and a motion position hold processing of holding a motion position at the neutral position by the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Masaharu YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Kenichi ABE
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Patent number: 12043323Abstract: A casing of a power steering system, including at least one fastening seat of a cover, the fastening seat delimiting an orifice, the cover being intended to seal the orifice, the fastening seat including a support wall for the cover, wherein the fastening seat also includes at least one elongation portion disposed outside the support wall, the elongation portion having at least one deformation area configured to be folded over the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: JTEKT EUROPEInventor: Mickael Guerin
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Patent number: 12046710Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery that can operate in a high-temperature environment of 85° C. The lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material that can store and release lithium ions Li?, a positive electrode binder that binds the positive electrode active material, a negative electrode active material that can store and release lithium ions Li+, a negative electrode binder that binds the negative electrode active material, and an electrolytic solution containing an organic solvent and an imide-based lithium salt. The negative electrode active material is previously doped with lithium ions. The positive electrode binder has a Hansen solubility parameter-based relative energy difference (RED) value of more than 1 with respect to the electrolytic solution.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiro Komatsubara, Takumi Mio, Kentaro Iizuka, Takafumi Fujii, Koji Nishi, Naoki Ohmi, Yusuke Kimoto
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Publication number: 20240239400Abstract: A steering column device includes a column shaft to which a steering wheel is fixed, and a steering column that rotatably supports the column shaft. The steering column includes a housing that is configured to be supported by a vehicle body, a column tube that is accommodated in the housing so as to be movable in an axial direction, and a contact pad that is disposed between the housing and the column tube. The contact pad is fixed to the column tube, and is also configured to press against the housing from an inner side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya SUZUKI, Hiroyuki ASAKURA, Yuka IKEDA, Kanki DOI
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Publication number: 20240239409Abstract: A backward movement control device performs a backward movement control of an articulated vehicle including a tractor that includes steered wheels and a trailer towed by the tractor. The tractor is equipped with a steering control device that executes feedback control for causing a steered angle of the steered wheels of the tractor to follow a target steered angle. The backward movement control device includes a control unit configured to calculate the target steered angle such that a virtual steered angle follows a target virtual steered angle when a backward movement operation of the articulated vehicle is performed. The virtual steered angle is a steered angle of steered wheels that are virtually present in the trailer if the trailer is regarded as a rigid vehicle. The target virtual steered angle is a target value of the virtual steered angle that is set through a specific operation by an operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2022Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC.Inventors: Hirotaka TOKORO, Daisuke NAGASAKA, Akira ITO
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Publication number: 20240239029Abstract: An injection molding device includes an injection device including a cylinder, a screw, and a nozzle provided at a front end of the cylinder, for discharging molten resin as the screw advances, a mold including a molded product cavity, and a resin channel between the molded product cavity and a portion abutting the nozzle, a channel pressure measuring device for acquiring channel pressure data in the resin channel, and a determination unit that determines presence/absence of clogging of a gate of the resin channel, based on features of the channel pressure data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke OKUBO, Toshiyuki BABA, Kouji KIMURA, Tomoya ADACHI, Hiroshi KUTSUMI, Yoshiki KOJIMA, Satoshi HARAGUCHI, Sachiko TACHIBANA, Shota MIZOGUCHI, Toshihiro MORIUCHI
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Patent number: 12037059Abstract: In a steering control device, a plurality of control systems is configured to switch a drive mode to a cooperative drive mode when command values calculated by control units of the control systems are not different from each other and to switch the drive mode to an independent drive mode when the command values calculated by the control units of the control systems are different from each other. The control systems are configured to gradually limit the command values respectively calculated by the control units of the control systems when a start switch of a vehicle has been turned off. The control systems are configured to switch the drive mode to the independent drive mode regardless of whether the command values calculated by the control units of the control systems are different from each other when the start switch has been turned off while the vehicle is traveling.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Sugiyama, Koichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 12036712Abstract: There are provided a molding conditions determination assist device and a resin state estimation device including: a quality estimation unit which estimates quality of the mold products by a machine learning on the basis of a detection data; a quality transition storage unit which accumulates the estimated quality of the mold products and stores a quality transition with respect to the accumulated quality of the mold products; a tendency evaluation unit which evaluates a quality change tendency with respect to a prescribed standard quality on the basis of the quality transition; a relationship storage unit which stores a relationship between the quality change tendency and a modification amount of the molding conditions for returning the quality to the standard quality; and a modification conditions determination unit which determines the modification amount of the molding conditions on the basis of the quality change tendency and the relationship.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Okubo, Sachiko Tachibana, Shota Mizoguchi, Toshiyuki Baba, Kouji Kimura, Tomoya Adachi
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Patent number: 12037055Abstract: A steering control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a target rotation angle of a shaft rotating with a turning operation of turning wheels based on a steering angle of a steering wheel acquired from a rotation angle of a reaction motor, to calculate a command value based on the target rotation angle and a steering torque acquired from a torsion angle of a torsion bar twisting with an operation of the steering wheel, and to compensate for the torsion angle by adding the torsion angle as a compensation value to the steering angle. The electronic control unit is configured to change a value of the torsion angle that is added to the steering angle according to a degree of change of a state variable used to calculate the command value.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroto Suzuki, Isao Namikawa, Yoshio Kudo, Yuki Suehiro, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Patent number: 12037561Abstract: A grease composition including: a base oil; a thickener; a zinc sulfonate; a polysulfide; an overbased calcium sulfonate; and triphenyl phosphite, in which a proportion of the zinc sulfonate with respect to a total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.030 mass % to 0.045 mass % in terms of a zinc content, a proportion of the polysulfide with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.16 mass % to 0.24 mass % in terms of a sulfur content, a proportion of the overbased calcium sulfonate with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.010 mass % to 0.015 mass % in terms of a calcium content, and a proportion of the triphenyl phosphite with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.24 mass % to 0.36 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, ENEOS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Tsuda, Yurie Hagino, Kazumi Sakai, Yusuke Ayame, Go Tatsumi, Kiyomi Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20240227923Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a power source control device that executes a process of switching a connection state of a driving circuit to the main power source and an auxiliary power source including; a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a backup state as a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, and a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a normal state as the voltage decrease of the main power source is resolved. After a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, a turning-side control device of a steering control unit sets an output-limited state for a turning-side motor. The output-limited state is canceled upon the power source control device completing switching of the connection state so as to transition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yuji FUJITA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Kaishi MONOBE, Kenichi ABE, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Kazuaki IIDA, Yasushi HORA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hayaki TANABE, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Takeshi IWANA
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Publication number: 20240227917Abstract: A motor assembly including a casing of which at least a part extends along a longitudinal axis of the casing, a stator fixedly mounted in the casing, a rotor movably mounted in rotation in the casing, the rotor including a drive shaft configured to be guided in rotation about an axis of rotation of the drive shaft, a first guide bearing configured to guide in rotation the drive shaft about the axis of rotation of the drive shaft, the motor assembly being characterized in that it includes further a guide bearing support configured to couple with the casing and to support the first guide bearing, the guide bearing support and the casing being further configured such that a coupling of the guide bearing support and of the casing makes it possible to exert an adjustable axial preload on the first guide bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: JTEKT EUROPEInventor: Patrice BROCHOT
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Patent number: 12030560Abstract: A steering control device includes a target torque generator configured to generate a target torque which is a target value of the motor torque and a control signal generator configured to generate a control signal for controlling the motor such that the motor torque corresponding to the target torque is generated. The target torque generator includes a pre-adjustment axial force calculator, a first axial force calculator, a second axial force calculator, a post-adjustment axial force calculator, and a target torque calculator. The post-adjustment axial force calculator is configured to set a proportion of a first axial force contributing to a post-adjustment axial force to be smaller when a state of a vehicle speed is abnormal than when the state of the vehicle speed is normal.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Kakimoto, Takashi Kodera, Yoshio Kudo
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Patent number: 12030559Abstract: A steering system includes a steering shaft that rotates along with an operation of a steering wheel; a motor configured to generate a torque that is applied to the steering shaft; and a control unit configured to control the motor. The control unit is configured to control the motor such that a rotation speed of the steering wheel decreases gradually to zero when automatic rotation of the steering wheel is stopped, in a case where the steering wheel is automatically rotated as an adjustment process of adjusting a rotational position of the steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Kakimoto, Yoshiyuki Uchino, Kenji Shibata, Takafumi Sato
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Publication number: 20240217093Abstract: An assist device includes: a first wearing tool mounted to at least a waist portion of a user, an assist arm disposed along a thigh portion of the user and being turnable with respect to the first wearing tool; a motor that generates torque for turning the assist arm; a second wearing tool provided on the assist arm and mounted to the thigh portion; an acceleration sensor provided on the first wearing tool; a rotation detector that detects a turning state of the assist arm; and a control device that controls the motor. The control device includes a processing portion that executes an estimation process of obtaining an estimated weight of a load to be lifted by the user based on an output of the acceleration sensor and an output of the rotation detector, and a control process of controlling the motor based on the estimated weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu KATO, Genki MURATA, Ai HIGUCHI, Atsushi ANDO
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Publication number: 20240217011Abstract: A gear manufacturing apparatus configured to grind a gear workpiece including teeth formed on its outer circumferential surface, by meshing and rotating the gear workpiece and a threaded tool including one or more spiral processing teeth formed on an outer circumferential surface of a base portion of the tool, including: a control device configured to execute a corner portion grinding control in which one corner portion among four corners of each tooth surface of the gear workpiece is ground such that a termination, which is an edge of the processing tooth in a tooth trace direction, comes into contact with the gear workpiece, utilizing only a termination tooth surface in a one-side tooth surface of the processing tooth or the other-side tooth surface of the processing tooth, the termination tooth surface being set to include part of the termination and being one closed region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: JTEKT GEAR SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kousuke FUNAHASHI, Kenichi MARUYAMA, Norihiko KONDO
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Patent number: 12024174Abstract: A control device includes control circuits of a plurality of systems. When a transition condition is established, the control circuits of the systems make transition of a driving mode from a first driving mode to a second driving mode, and when a return condition is established in a state in which the driving mode has transitioned to the second driving mode, the control circuits of the systems make transition of the driving mode from the second driving mode to the first driving mode while gradually changing the current command values of the control circuits' own systems toward the current command values before the adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuma Hasegawa, Yuji Fujita, Takashi Kodera, Isao Namikawa, Atsushi Ishihara, Masaharu Yamashita, Kenji Shibata, Yuko Goto, Hiroki Tomizawa, Nobuyori Nakajima
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Publication number: 20240208565Abstract: A steering control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute a process in a state where dynamic force transmission between a steering wheel and a turning wheel is not performed. The process includes: a process of controlling a reaction force that is given to the steering wheel, by operating torque of the reaction force motor depending on the value of a reaction force command variable; a process of reflecting a predetermined component of a frequency signal that is given to the turning wheel in the value of the reaction force command variable; and a process of restricting the degree of contribution of the predetermined component to the value of the reaction force command variable, to a smaller degree, in a situation where a steering system including the steering wheel is unstable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuto NAKAGAWA, Terutaka TAMAIZUMI, Yuki INDEN, Saki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 12012158Abstract: A method for modulating an assistance function application of an assisted steering system in a vehicle, the vehicle including at least two wheels, a steering wheel and an assistance motor applying an assistance torque on a rack, the method implementing a step of evaluating an application gain of the assistance function, a step of estimating the assistance torque associated with the assistance function and a step of multiplying the assistance torque associated with the assistance function and the application gain, characterised in that the step of evaluating the application gain includes a first phase of determining a first gain depending on a yaw speed and an angle of the steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: JTEKT EUROPEInventors: André Michelis, Luc Leydier