Patents Assigned to Nippon Soken, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130118458Abstract: A fuel feed system which causes liquid fuel to evaporate so as to feed gaseous fuel, provided with an evaporator which includes a heater which heats the liquid fuel to vaporize it and an electric heater which adjusts the temperature of the heater. The heater has a heat conduction surface which supplies heat to the liquid fuel. A difference between the temperature of the heat conduction surface of the heater and the boiling point of the fuel at the evaporator is used as the basis to change the temperature of the heater and adjust the heat flux at the heat conduction surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Susumu Kojima, Rio Shimizu, Tomojiro Sugimoto, Jun Yamada, Kazuhiro Yonesige, Makoto Nakagawa
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Patent number: 8441536Abstract: A vehicle periphery displaying apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an imaging device for capturing a periphery image; a storage medium for storing history data comprising one of the periphery image and information on an object-in-periphery, the storage medium pre-storing a vehicle image; a display screen having a real-time displaying part for displaying thereon the periphery image with distortion of the periphery image being uncorrected, and a history displaying part for displaying thereon the vehicle image and a history image being produced based on the history data; and a drawing section configured to superimposingly draw the vehicle image and the history image provided with the distortion that the periphery image has, such that the object-in-periphery shown in the history image is continuously connected to that shown in the periphery image.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Masayuki Imanishi, Nobuhiko Wakayama
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Publication number: 20130112164Abstract: A laser ignition apparatus includes a housing that has a male-threaded portion for fixing the housing and a hexagonal portion for tightening the male-threaded portion. Between a combustion chamber-side end of the male-threaded portion and an anti-combustion chamber-side end of the hexagonal portion, there is defined a non-optical element arrangement region in which none of an introducing optical element, an enlarging optical element and a focusing optical element of the apparatus is arranged. At one of a combustion chamber-side end and an anti-combustion chamber-side end of the non-optical element arrangement region, there is formed a reference surface that extends perpendicular to an axial direction of the housing. One of the introducing optical element, the enlarging optical element and the focusing optical element is received in the housing in such a manner as to be elastically pressed against the reference surface from outside of the non-optical element arrangement region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso Corporation
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Publication number: 20130106551Abstract: A vibration-suppressed transformer is fixed to a base plate and includes a magnetic lower core, two or more magnetic upper cores, primary and secondary coils. The lower core is on the base plate. The upper cores are arranged face to face over the lower core. The coils are arranged between the lower and upper cores. Each upper core contacts the lower core, on an outer side of the coils, with a first gap being provided between the upper and lower cores, on an inner side of the coils. The upper cores are extended towards each other from the outer to the inner side of the coils, with a second gap being provided therebetween. The second gap is provided therein with a non-magnetic pressing member to press the lower core against the base plate, on an inner side of the coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicants: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, IncInventors: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso Corporation
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Patent number: 8431505Abstract: An alumina sintered body comprises alumina crystals as a main phase and a grain boundary phase made up of crystalline Y2Si2O7 and amorphous SiO2 at grain boundaries of the alumina crystals wherein when the alumina sintered body is taken as 100 wt %, the high melting phase is present in the range of from 0.1 wt % to 15 wt %. There is also provided a method for preparing the alumina sintered body, which method comprising a first mixing step P1 of mixing, at least, a yttria powder having an average particle size of 60 to 100 nm and a silica powder having a given average particle size to provide a mixed slurry and a second mixing step of further mixing an alumina powder having an average particle size of 0.5 to 1.0 ?m in the mixed slurry.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso CorporationInventors: Itsuhei Ogata, Hirofumi Suzuki, Hiroshi Araki, Yasuki Aoi
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Patent number: 8433477Abstract: In a steering control apparatus, a worm gear is configured to have a lead angle for a self-lock operation, by which a worm wheel is allowed to rotate by rotation of a worm but the worm is not allowed to rotate by rotation of the worm wheel. Thus, a lock mechanism need not be provided separately from a gear mechanism and the apparatus is reduced in entire size. A VGRS control part checks whether the worm gear has a self-lock failure, which disables the self-lock operation. If the worm gear has the self-lock failure, idling suppression processing is performed to suppress idling of a steering wheel. Thus, even when the self-lock failure arises, the steering wheel is suppressed from idling.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiko Mukai, Hideki Kabune, Kouichi Nakamura, Masashi Hori
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Publication number: 20130099849Abstract: A ringing suppression circuit for a communication circuit that performs communication through a transmission line includes a high side switch connected between a high potential reference point and a high side line of the transmission line, a low side switch connected between a low potential reference point and a low side line of the transmission line, and a ringing suppression section. The ringing suppression section turns on the high side switch based on a difference between a potential of the high side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the high side switch. The ringing suppression section turns on the low side switch based on a difference between a potential of the low side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the low side switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicants: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
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Publication number: 20130099747Abstract: A charge/discharge system is provided to shuttle electric energy in a battery pack made up of battery cells connected in series. The charge/discharge system includes an electric energy storage, a switch, and a charge/discharge controller. The charge/discharge controller selectively places the switch in a charging mode to charge electric energy from one or a selected number of ones of the battery cells to one or a selected number of other ones of the battery cells to minimize a variation in state of charge among the battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., DENSO CORPORATION
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Patent number: 8427220Abstract: A ringing suppression circuit for a communication circuit that performs communication through a transmission line includes a high side switch connected between a high potential reference point and a high side line of the transmission line, a low side switch connected between a low potential reference point and a low side line of the transmission line, and a ringing suppression section. The ringing suppression section turns on the high side switch based on a difference between a potential of the high side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the high side switch. The ringing suppression section turns on the low side switch based on a difference between a potential of the low side line and potential applied to a control terminal of the low side switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Youichirou Suzuki, Noboru Maeda, Hiroyuki Obata, Masakiyo Horie, Tomohisa Kishigami
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Publication number: 20130093394Abstract: An AC-DC converter converts an alternating-current voltage, supplied from an external power supply, to a direct-current voltage higher than a peak voltage of the alternating-current voltage, and outputs the direct-current voltage to a first power supply line. In a normal control mode, a DC-DC converter steps down a voltage of the power supply line through on/off control over a switching element to charge a main battery. On the other hand, in an upper arm ON control mode, the DC-DC converter charge the main battery while the switching element is kept in an on state. On the basis of a state of external charging, a control device applies the upper arm ON control mode when a condition that upper arm ON control is applicable is satisfied, and applies the normal control mode when the condition is not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicants: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiji Iyasu, Toru Wakimoto, Kenji Itagaki, Yoshinobu Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8412390Abstract: An information presentation device includes: a directional information obtaining element for obtaining directional information based on a signal from an enhancement device for safety or comfort of a passenger of a vehicle; an information presentation controller for generating a driving signal based on the directional information; and a stimulation element including multiple vibrators for generating a traveling wave of vibration in an in-vehicle element. A directionality of the traveling wave corresponds to the directional information. The stimulation element transmits the traveling wave to the passenger so that the passenger perceives the directionality of the traveling wave.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Norio Sanma, Keiji Shigeoka, Sei Iguchi
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Publication number: 20130076188Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor has a plurality of pairs of magnetic poles. The stator includes a stator core and a stator coil that is comprised of a plurality of phase windings wound on the stator core. The stator core has, for each of the phase windings of the stator coil, n circumferentially-consecutive single-phase slots, in which only the phase winding is received, per magnetic pole of the rotor, where n is a natural number not less than 2. Each of the phase windings of the stator coil has first to kth sections that are sequentially arranged from one end to the other end of the phase winding, where k is a natural number not less than 2. The first section is received in different ones of the single-phase slots for the phase winding from the kth section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicants: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
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Patent number: 8402949Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is provided. The fuel injector is equipped with a fuel pressure sensor which is installed in a metallic injector body. The fuel injector also includes an amplifier working to amplify an output of the fuel pressure sensor and a thermal insulating member disposed between the metallic injector body and the amplifier to shield the amplifier thermally, thereby ensuring the accuracy in measuring the pressure of fuel within the fuel injector.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Jun Kondo, Tooru Taguchi, Hideo Naruse, Fumiaki Arikawa
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Publication number: 20130069591Abstract: A battery charger of a battery charging apparatus is disposed on an exterior case of an engine in such a manner that a generated heat is transferred therebetween. An ECU drives a cooling system when an engine temperature and temperature of the battery charger satisfy a predetermined cooling temperature condition. A cooling capacity for cooling the battery charger is improved by establishing a heat radiation passage to radiate a heat from the battery charger efficiently.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicants: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
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Publication number: 20130063239Abstract: A vibration-suppressed transformer is fixed to a base plate and includes a magnetic lower core, two or more magnetic upper cores, primary and secondary coils. The lower core is on the base plate. The upper cores are arranged face to face over the lower core. The coils are arranged between the lower and upper cores. Each upper core contacts the lower core, on an outer side of the coils, with a first gap being provided between the upper and lower cores, on an inner side of the coils. The upper cores are extended towards each other from the outer to the inner side of the coils, with a second gap being provided therebetween. The second gap is provided therein with a non-magnetic pressing member to press the lower core against the base plate, on an inner side of the coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso Corporation
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Patent number: 8396164Abstract: A receiving device includes a receiving circuit and an impedance control circuit. The receiving circuit receives a signal transmitted through a communication line. The impedance control circuit is coupled with the receiving circuit and has a detecting part. The detecting part detects a physical value of the signal and the physical value includes at least one of a voltage, an electric current, and an electric power. The impedance control circuit changes an input impedance based on the detected value so that a ringing of the signal is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Youichirou Suzuki, Noboru Maeda, Takashi Nakano, Kazuyoshi Nagase, Koji Kondo, Shigeki Takahashi, Yoshihiko Ozeki
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MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR GAS DIFFUSION LAYER OF FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL
Publication number: 20130059226Abstract: According to a manufacturing method for a fuel cell, an insulating member having a plurality of communication holes therein is disposed on a side of a gas diffusion layer, which is formed by stacking a layer made of a carbon fiber and a water-repellent layer, where the water-repellent layer is provided, the gas diffusion layer and the insulating member are sandwiched by a pair of electrodes, and a pair of contact pressure plates are disposed on respective rear surfaces of the pair of electrodes so as to sandwich the pair of electrodes so that the gas diffusion layer is pressurized by the pair of contact pressure plates. When a voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes while maintaining the pressurized state, an electric current flows through a protrusion portion of a carbon fiber which comes in contact with the electrode on the water-repellent layer side via the communication holes of the insulating member, so that the protrusion portion of the carbon fiber is burned and removed by Joule heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Yuichi Gomi, Katsuhide Kikuchi, Hiroshi Fujitani, Akito Kawasumi, Junji Nakanishi, Kenji Tsubosaka -
Patent number: 8392041Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine that is an internal combustion engine, a motor generator that is a rotating electric machine used together with the engine for driving the vehicle, an output shaft transmitting power to a wheel, a transmission member coupled to the output shaft, a power split device splitting the output from the engine to the motor generator and transmission member, a detection device detecting irregularities on a road, and a control unit reducing, when the detected result by the detection device indicates generation of periodic torque variation at the output shaft, the output from the engine based on the detected result. Accordingly, a hybrid vehicle that does not require a torque limiter is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunori Uchiyama, Naoki Hakamada, Hideto Watanabe, Eiji Ichioka, Kunio Takeda
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Patent number: 8388328Abstract: In an inner wall surface of a casing, grooves are formed that correspond to end faces of an outer rotor and an inner rotor, and seal members are disposed within the grooves, the seal members presses against the end faces of the outer rotor and the inner rotor. Inclined portions are provided in sealing portions of resin members of seal members, the sealing portions covering a closed portion. With this configuration, an internal pressure in the closed portion causes the inclined portions to separate from an outer rotor and an inner rotor when a brake fluid pressure within the closed portion increases to the point that the brake fluid is excessively compressed, releasing the brake fluid that is inside the closed portion. It is therefore possible to prevent the brake fluid pressure from increasing excessively within the closed portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignees: Advics Co., Ltd., Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Takahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Shinkai, Takutou Takahashi, Kazunori Uchiyama, Naoki Hakamada
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Patent number: 8390695Abstract: An image correction apparatus, an image correction method and a transformation map making method are disclosed. The apparatus includes an imaging device, a memory section, a corrected image creation section and a display device. The imaging device has an optical axis inclined upward or downward with respect to a ground surface, and captures an image. The corrected image creation section transforms the captured image into a corrected image in accordance with a transformation map stored in the memory section, thereby making a correction on inclination of a display object with respect to a vertical direction. The display device displays the corrected image.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso CorporationInventors: Masayuki Imanishi, Hideki Ootsuka