Patents Assigned to NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20240055997Abstract: A control unit controls a synchronous rectifier circuit to rectify a current flowing through a secondary side of a transformer at a timing when an absolute value of a first current flowing through a primary side of the transformer in a first direction when a first switching element and a second switching element are turned on or at a timing when the absolute value of a second current flowing through the primary side of the transformer in a second direction opposite to the first direction when a third switching element and a fourth switching element are turned on is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Masanari TAKANO, Masahiro YAMAGAMI, Yasumichi OMOTO
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Patent number: 11898394Abstract: A motor module includes: a motor; a driving unit; a control unit; a memory; and a communication unit. The control unit executes: receiving parameter information specialized for a vehicle-mounted device by the communication unit from a management module, and storing the parameter information in the memory; in a case where the parameter information is stored in the memory, driving the motor by the driving unit to operate the vehicle-mounted device so that the motor outputs a predetermined torque based on an operation signal input from an outside for operating the vehicle-mounted device and the parameter information; and in a case where the parameter information is not stored in the memory, driving the motor by the driving unit for a certain period of time and then stopping the motor to inch the vehicle-mounted device so that the motor outputs a maximum torque, based on the operation signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Fujita, Katsunori Kigoshi
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Patent number: 11768103Abstract: A photodetector including: a case including a light receiving surface provided on an upper surface and having a first region that transmits visible light and a second region that transmits less visible light than the first region; a printed circuit board provided to face the light receiving surface; and a plurality of electronic components provided on a light receiving surface side of the printed circuit board and including a first light receiving element configured to detect visible light. The first light receiving element is disposed at a first position of the printed circuit board exposed to the visible light transmitted through the first region. The number of mounted electronic components disposed at the first position is smaller than the number of mounted electronic components disposed at a second position of the printed circuit board other than the first position.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Go Shimizu, Keisuke Maeda, Takashi Mai, Kotaro Ono, Takayuki Suzuki, Satoshi Chikazawa
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Publication number: 20230268146Abstract: A switch device includes: a printed circuit board; a rubber sheet configured to cover the printed circuit board; an operating knob; an operating mechanism; an operating mechanism plate; and a housing having a side surface provided with an insertion hole, and a bottom surface provided with a discharge hole for discharging liquid entering an inside of the housing; and a back cover that is fitted from a back side of the housing and sandwiches an entire periphery of the rubber sheet with a stepped portion formed inside the housing. The printed circuit board is stored in a space between the back cover and the rubber sheet. The discharge hole is located in a lower portion of a space between an inner surface of the housing and the rubber sheet. A bottom portion exists between the discharge hole and the rubber sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi FUJII, Takanori OKANIWA, Hidekazu IMAI
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Publication number: 20230268144Abstract: A switch device includes: a printed circuit board provided with a connector; a rubber sheet; an operating knob; an operating mechanism; an operating mechanism plate; and a housing having a side surface provided with an insertion hole and a bottom surface provided with a discharge hole. The rubber sheet has a connector portion discharge path configured to guide the liquid entering the housing through the insertion hole to the discharge hole. The connector portion discharge path has one end connected to a part of the rubber sheet covering the connector, extends to be inclined from the one end toward the discharge hole provided on the bottom surface, and has the other end formed in a vicinity of the bottom surface and separated from the rubber sheet covering the connector. A gap exists between a lower end portion of the rubber sheet covering the connector and the other end.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi FUJII, Takanori OKANIWA, Hidekazu IMAI
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Publication number: 20230234477Abstract: A seat control device includes: a control unit configured to control movement of an electric seat; and a seating detection unit configured to detect whether an occupant is seated on another seat. When the electric seat moves in a direction of the other seat, in a case in which the occupant seated on the other seat is detected, the control unit moves the electric seat in the direction of the other seat in a first control mode including a process for suppressing the occupant from being pinched between the electric seat and the other seat. When the electric seat moves in the direction of the other seat, in a case in which no occupant seated on the other seat is detected, the control unit moves the electric seat in the direction of the other seat in a second control mode not including the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji OZAWA, Yota KATAYAMA, Hidekazu IMAI
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Publication number: 20230219464Abstract: A seat control device is a control device of an electric seat. The seat control device includes: a control unit configured to control an operation of the seat; a pinching detection unit configured to detect pinching of an object occurring while the seat is moving; and a seating detection unit configured to detect whether or not an occupant is seated on the seat. In a case in which the pinching detection unit detects pinching and the seating detection unit does not detect seating of the occupant, the control unit moves the seat in a reverse direction by a predetermined amount. In a case in which the pinching detection unit detects pinching and the seating detection unit detects seating of the occupant, the control unit moves the seat in the reverse direction by an amount smaller than the predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Hidekazu IMAI, Koji OZAWA, Yota KATAYAMA
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Publication number: 20230219463Abstract: A seat control device is configured to control an operation of an electric seat including a seat portion and a backrest portion. The seat control device includes: a first control unit configured to control an operation of the seat portion; a second control unit configured to control an operation of the backrest portion; and a pinching detection unit. In a case in which the pinching detection unit detects pinching during operations of both the seat portion and the backrest portion, the first control unit performs control to bring the seat portion into a pinching- free state in accordance with a direction of the operation of the seat portion before the pinching occurs, and the second control unit performs control to bring the backrest portion into a pinching-free state in accordance with a direction of the operation of the backrest portion before the pinching occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Yota KATAYAMA, Koji OZAWA, Hidekazu IMAI
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Publication number: 20230179058Abstract: A storage assembly includes a first storage body and a second storage body. The first storage body includes a first opening, a first engaging portion, and a first fitting portion. The second storage body includes: a second opening, a second engaging portion, and a second fitting portion. The first opening and the second opening are connected via a sealing. The first engaging portion includes: an extension portion extending from the first storage body toward the second engaging portion across a connection portion of the first opening and the second opening; and a hanging portion provided at a tip portion of the extension portion and configured to hang on the second engaging portion. The first fitting portion is formed as a linear projection inside the extension portion, and the second fitting portion is formed on an outer surface of the second storage body as a groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Christoph OTANI, Kotaro WADA, Yuichi FUJII
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Publication number: 20230099099Abstract: An electric motor module includes: an electric motor; a printed circuit board; a gear that performs conversion such that an output shaft extends is orthogonal to a rotating shaft of the electric motor; a storage portion that houses at least the electric motor and the gear; and a connector storage portion that houses the connector and attached to an opening of the storage portion. A connection portion between the opening and the connector storage portion is inclined with respect to the rotating shaft on a plane perpendicular to the output shaft. The printed circuit board includes: a first portion parallel to the rotating shaft on the plane; and a second portion extending from one end of the first portion toward the rotating shaft. A connector is disposed at another end of the first portion, and a terminal is disposed in the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki Christoph OTANI
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Publication number: 20230072849Abstract: To prevent the occurrence of pinching again at another place due to a seat that reversely moves at the time of occurrence of pinching, and shorten the time until the seat that has stopped after the reverse movement moves to a target position. When the seat control device detects that pinching has occurred while the seat moves from the operation start position to the target position, the seat control device rotates the motor backward to move the seat from the pinching position in the reverse direction by the reverse movement amount. In this case, when the seat movement amount from the operation start position to the pinching position is larger than a predetermined reference value, the seat is moved to the reverse position using the reference value as the reverse movement amount. The reverse position is a position that does not exceed the operation start position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventor: Hidekazu IMAI
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Patent number: 11577673Abstract: A motor module includes: a motor; a driving unit; a control unit; a communication unit that performs communication via a network in the vehicle; and a connection unit to which an operation module is connected without going through the network. The control unit determines identification information of a vehicle-mounted device based on a voltage applied according to a connection state between the motor module and the operation module, controls the driving unit based on control information with information which coincides with the identification information transmitted from a management module that manages the motor module and received by the communication unit, and controls the driving unit to operate the vehicle-mounted device based on an operation signal input from the operation module according to an operation state of the operation module via the connection unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Fujita, Katsunori Kigoshi
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Publication number: 20220348117Abstract: A moving body control device controls a moving body that moves by a rotation of a motor. The moving body control device includes: a pinching detecting unit that detects pinching of an object based on a change in a physical quantity indicating a rotation state of the motor. The pinching detecting unit is configured to: determine that the pinching has occurred in a case in which a first difference of the physical quantity in a first period is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and a tendency of a change in the physical quantity in the first period is a monotonous increase or a monotonous decrease; and lower a value of the first threshold value in a case in which the tendency of the monotonous increase or the monotonous decrease of the physical quantity continues for a period longer than the first period.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventor: Koji OZAWA
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Publication number: 20220336166Abstract: A switch device includes: an operation unit including a first switch, a second switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, and a first terminal; and a control unit including a second terminal coupled to the first terminal. A series circuit of the first switch and the first resistor and a series circuit of the second switch and the second resistor are coupled between the first terminal and a ground. The control unit monitors a potential of the first terminal which changes in response to on/off of the first and second switches via the second terminal, and determines the operation state of each switch based on the potential. A contact of the first switch is configured of a contact in which a resistance value between contacts at the time of opening and closing changes more sharply as compared with a contact of the second switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuki NAGATA, Katsunori KIGOSHI, So FUJIOKA, Atsushi FUJITA, Masahiko HARA, Yuki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220320708Abstract: A communication device includes a printed circuit board on which a flexible portion configured to be bent is formed. The communication device includes: a first rigid portion provided with a communication circuit; a second rigid portion coupled via one or more flexible portions and provided with an antenna; and a third rigid portion coupled to the first rigid portion via one of the flexible portions and provided with an antenna coupling line configured to electrically couple the communication circuit and the antenna. The antenna coupling line is substantially perpendicular to a board surface of the first rigid portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro HOJO, Takashi ARAGAI, Takanori ISHIGAMI, Tetsu ISHIZAKI
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Publication number: 20220311167Abstract: A photodetector includes: an upper case including a light receiving portion on an upper surface and a side portion extending downward from the light receiving portion; a printed circuit board facing the light receiving portion; and a lower case including a support portion configured to support the printed circuit board, an opening on one side surface and configured to allow a connector to be inserted therethrough, and a hook on another side surface. The lower case is fitted to the upper case such that at least the printed circuit board and the support portion are surrounded. The upper case has a cut portion configured to prevent interference with the hook when being attached. At least part of the side portion adjacent to the cut portion and on a side of the opening extends up to a lower side of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Go SHIMIZU, Keisuke MAEDA, Takashi MAI, Kotaro ONO, Takayuki SUZUKI, Satoshi CHIKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20220307897Abstract: A photodetector including: a case including a light receiving surface provided on an upper surface and having a first region that transmits visible light and a second region that transmits less visible light than the first region; a printed circuit board provided to face the light receiving surface; and a plurality of electronic components provided on a light receiving surface side of the printed circuit board and including a first light receiving element configured to detect visible light. The first light receiving element is disposed at a first position of the printed circuit board exposed to the visible light transmitted through the first region. The number of mounted electronic components disposed at the first position is smaller than the number of mounted electronic components disposed at a second position of the printed circuit board other than the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Go SHIMIZU, Keisuke MAEDA, Takashi MAI, Kotaro ONO, Takayuki SUZUKI, Satoshi CHIKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20220290480Abstract: A moving body control device includes a pinching detecting unit. The pinching detecting unit is configured to calculate a first difference between physical quantities at a beginning and an end of a first period, calculate a plurality of second differences for respective second periods obtained by dividing the first period, each of the differences being a difference between physical quantities at a beginning and an end of the corresponding second period, and determine that pinching of an object has occurred in a case in which the first difference is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and a ratio of second differences equal to or greater than a second threshold value to the plurality of the second differences is equal to or greater than a third threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyoshi MACHII, Koji OZAWA, Yota KATAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220282555Abstract: In a communication system, a management device transmits a confirmation request signal requesting confirmation of a state of a terminal device to each of a plurality of terminal devices at the same timing all at once. Each of the terminal devices returns the notification information to the management device together with terminal identification information for identifying the terminal device in a case where there is notification information. The management device identifies the terminal device that has returned the notification information based on the terminal identification information in a case where the notification information is returned from the plurality of terminal devices at the same timing, and individually re-transmits the confirmation request signal to the identified terminal devices at different timings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventor: Hideo EBIZAWA
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Publication number: 20220281356Abstract: A seat control device controls an electric seat in which a seat portion is moved by a predetermined distance by a first motor and a backrest is tilted by a predetermined angle by a second motor. The seat control device includes: a pinching detecting unit that detects an object being pinched between seats due to a movement of the seat portion based on a rotational state of the first motor and a predetermined threshold value. The threshold value is a threshold value that changes according to a tilt angle of the backrest such that pinching is easily detected as the tilt angle of the backrest increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATIONInventor: Koji OZAWA