Patents by Inventor Akira Sawada

Akira Sawada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250100198
    Abstract: A molding machine includes an injection device to inject a molding material into a mold and a control device to control the injection device. The injection device includes a heating cylinder filled with the molding material and a screw moving forward/backward inside the cylinder to inject the molding material, and can move forward/backward between a communication orientation where a distal end of the cylinder communicates with the clamped mold and a separation orientation where the distal end separates from the mold and can pivot on a pivot shaft between the separation orientation not allowing insertion/removal of the screw and a pivot orientation allowing the insertion/removal. The molding machine further includes a sensor to detect these orientations. The control device determines that the screw has been replaced by the sensor detecting that the injection device pivots from the separation orientation to the pivot orientation and returns to the separation orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: TOYO MACHINERY & METAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji TARUYA, Makoto Inoue, Akira Inoue, Yasutake Sawada
  • Publication number: 20250092898
    Abstract: A coupling device has a support groove that, in a state in which the coupling device is attached to a first shaft-shaped section, allows a member having a shaft shape to be inserted therein in a direction crossing the first shaft-shaped section. The coupling device can fix, to the support groove, a second shaft-shaped section of a tool such as a clamp, which is a supported object, by using a second direction fixing screw while the second shaft-shaped section passes through the support groove. The coupling device can perform coupling to the second shaft-shaped section by means of a second coupling section which is formed by using the support groove and the second direction fixing screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: KYORITSU DIE CAST KAKOSHO CO.LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Sawada
  • Publication number: 20250091448
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a motor as a drive source and a coupling portion coupled to another vehicle, and travels while towing the coupled vehicle, which is the other vehicle coupled to the coupling portion. A control method for such an electric vehicle includes: calculating a basic torque target value representing a torque to be output by the motor based on a vehicle operation; calculating a final torque command value, which is a final command value for the torque, by performing correction processing for reducing a longitudinal vibration component generated in the electric vehicle due to the coupled vehicle being coupled to the coupling portion on the basic torque target value, based on a dynamic characteristic of the coupling portion to which the coupled vehicle is coupled; and controlling the motor based on the final torque command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Takashi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 12240352
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle using a motor as a traveling drive source to decelerate by a regenerative braking force of the motor, including: obtaining an accelerator operation amount; estimating a disturbance torque acting on a vehicle body of the electric vehicle; obtaining an angular velocity of a rotating body that correlates to a rotation speed of a drive shaft which drives the electric vehicle; calculating a first torque command value based on the accelerator operation amount; setting the first torque command value to a torque command value; controlling a torque generated in the motor based on the torque command value; setting a target stop position at the time of stopping the electric vehicle; calculating a target angular velocity of the rotating body according to a distance from the electric vehicle to the target stop position; calculating a second torque command value for stopping the electric vehicle at the target stop position based on a difference between the target angular velocity an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunori Nakamura, Akira Sawada, Takashi Nakajima, Kengo Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12227081
    Abstract: An electric vehicle control method includes: basic torque distribution processing of determining a basic torque command value for each drive motor based on a total required driving force for the electric vehicle and driving force distribution for each of the drive systems; vibration damping processing of obtaining a corrected torque command value by performing correction for reducing vibration of a driving force transmission system on each basic torque command value; and driving force control processing of controlling a driving force generated by each drive motor based on the corrected torque command value. The vibration damping processing includes estimating whether each of the drive systems is in a dead zone section individually, and adjusting a correction amount for the basic torque command value of the drive system in the dead zone section according to the driving force distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syuta Mizoguchi, Akira Sawada
  • Publication number: 20240424912
    Abstract: An electric vehicle control method includes: basic torque distribution processing of determining a basic torque command value for each drive motor based on a total required driving force for the electric vehicle and driving force distribution for each of the drive systems; vibration damping processing of obtaining a corrected torque command value by performing correction for reducing vibration of a driving force transmission system on each basic torque command value; and driving force control processing of controlling a driving force generated by each drive motor based on the corrected torque command value. The vibration damping processing includes estimating whether each of the drive systems is in a dead zone section individually, and adjusting a correction amount for the basic torque command value of the drive system in the dead zone section according to the driving force distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syuta MIZOGUCHI, Akira SAWADA
  • Patent number: 12128769
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle equipped with an electric motor as a driving source, the method including: setting a torque target value as a target value related to a driving torque of the electric vehicle based on vehicle information; calculating a basic feedback compensation value based on a parameter indicating a rotation state of the electric motor and a vehicle model of the electric vehicle; calculating a first feedback compensation value by multiplying the basic feedback compensation value by a first gain; calculating a second feedback compensation value by extracting a predetermined specific frequency component from the basic feedback compensation value and multiplying the specific frequency component by a second gain; calculating a torque command value by correcting the torque target value by the first feedback compensation value and the second feedback compensation value; and driving the electric motor based on the torque command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Takashi Nakajima, Kengo Fujiwara, Jun Motosugi, Katsunori Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12071023
    Abstract: An electric vehicle control method for controlling a motor based on a torque command value in an electric vehicle includes: a disturbance torque estimation process of calculating a disturbance torque estimation value including an influence of a road surface gradient; a speed parameter acquisition process of acquiring a speed parameter relating to a vehicle speed; and a vehicle state control including a stop process of calculating a stopping basis torque target value so as to converge the torque command value to the disturbance torque estimation value in accordance with a decrease in the speed parameter, and a vibration damping process of calculating a stopping correction torque target value by performing filtering on the stopping basis torque target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Jun Motosugi, Akira Sawada, Yui Ito
  • Publication number: 20240270086
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle equipped with an electric motor as a driving source, the method including: setting a torque target value as a target value related to a driving torque of the electric vehicle based on vehicle information; calculating a basic feedback compensation value based on a parameter indicating a rotation state of the electric motor and a vehicle model of the electric vehicle; calculating a first feedback compensation value by multiplying the basic feedback compensation value by a first gain; calculating a second feedback compensation value by extracting a predetermined specific frequency component from the basic feedback compensation value and multiplying the specific frequency component by a second gain; calculating a torque command value by correcting the torque target value by the first feedback compensation value and the second feedback compensation value; and driving the electric motor based on the torque command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Akira SAWADA, Takashi NAKAJIMA, Kengo FUJIWARA, Jun MOTOSUGI, Katsunori NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11912136
    Abstract: A control method of an electric vehicle using one or a plurality of motors as a traveling drive source, includes: a motor torque command value calculating step that calculates a motor torque command value; an angular velocity detecting step that detects an angular velocity correlating with a rotation speed of a drive shaft which transmits a drive force of the motor to a drive wheel; a disturbance torque estimating step that estimates a disturbance torque acting on the motor based on the motor torque command value and the angular velocity; a limiting torque setting step that sets a limiting torque corresponding to the disturbance torque in a manner that a slipping rate of the drive wheel does not exceed a first predetermined value; and a motor torque limiting step that limits the motor torque command value using the limiting torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Sawada
  • Patent number: 11801757
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle in which a motor is used as a traveling drive source and deceleration is performed by a regenerative braking force of the motor, the electric vehicle including a towing unit configured to tow a separate object, the method including: acquiring an accelerator operation amount; acquiring a total mass of the electric vehicle; estimating a disturbance torque acting on the electric vehicle; acquiring an angular velocity of a rotary body; estimating a vehicle body speed of the electric vehicle; calculating a torque command value for the motor; measuring a load applied to the towing unit; correcting the total mass of the electric vehicle based on the measured load applied to the towing unit and the torque command value; controlling a torque generated in the motor based on the torque command value; and converging the torque command value to the disturbance torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Takashi Nakajima, Kengo Fujiwara, Shou Oono, Yui Ito
  • Publication number: 20230286392
    Abstract: A control method of an electric vehicle using one or a plurality of motors as a traveling drive source, includes: a motor torque command value calculating step that calculates a motor torque command value; an angular velocity detecting step that detects an angular velocity correlating with a rotation speed of a drive shaft which transmits a drive force of the motor to a drive wheel; a disturbance torque estimating step that estimates a disturbance torque acting on the motor based on the motor torque command value and the angular velocity; a limiting torque setting step that sets a limiting torque corresponding to the disturbance torque in a manner that a slipping rate of the drive wheel does not exceed a first predetermined value; and a motor torque limiting step that limits the motor torque command value using the limiting torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20230249558
    Abstract: An electric vehicle control method for controlling a motor based on a torque command value in an electric vehicle includes: a disturbance torque estimation process of calculating a disturbance torque estimation value including an influence of a road surface gradient; a speed parameter acquisition process of acquiring a speed parameter relating to a vehicle speed; and a vehicle state control including a stop process of calculating a stopping basis torque target value so as to converge the torque command value to the disturbance torque estimation value in accordance with a decrease in the speed parameter, and a vibration damping process of calculating a stopping correction torque target value by performing filtering on the stopping basis torque target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOMATSU, Jun MOTOSUGI, Akira SAWADA, Yui ITO
  • Patent number: 11654778
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle control method. The electric vehicle control method includes: a disturbance torque estimation process of calculating a disturbance torque estimation value including an influence of a road surface gradient; a speed parameter acquisition process of acquiring a speed parameter relating to a vehicle speed; a stop process of calculating a stopping basis torque target value so as to converge a torque command value to the disturbance torque estimation value in accordance with a decrease of a speed parameter; and a vibration damping process of calculating a stopping correction torque target value by performing filterring on the stopping basis torque target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Jun Motosugi, Akira Sawada, Yui Ito
  • Publication number: 20220379732
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle using a motor as a traveling drive source to decelerate by a regenerative braking force of the motor, including: obtaining an accelerator operation amount; estimating a disturbance torque acting on a vehicle body of the electric vehicle; obtaining an angular velocity of a rotating body that correlates to a rotation speed of a drive shaft which drives the electric vehicle; calculating a first torque command value based on the accelerator operation amount; setting the first torque command value to a torque command value; controlling a torque generated in the motor based on the torque command value; setting a target stop position at the time of stopping the electric vehicle; calculating a target angular velocity of the rotating body according to a distance from the electric vehicle to the target stop position; calculating a second torque command value for stopping the electric vehicle at the target stop position based on a difference between the target angular velocity an
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunori NAKAMURA, Akira SAWADA, Takashi NAKAJIMA, Kengo FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220258617
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle control method. The electric vehicle control method includes: a disturbance torque estimation process of calculating a disturbance torque estimation value including an influence of a road surface gradient; a speed parameter acquisition process of acquiring a speed parameter relating to a vehicle speed; a stop process of calculating a stopping basis torque target value so as to converge a torque command value to the disturbance torque estimation value in accordance with a decrease of a speed parameter; and a vibration damping process of calculating a stopping correction torque target value by performing filterring on the stopping basis torque target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOMATSU, Jun MOTOSUGI, Akira SAWADA, Yui ITO
  • Publication number: 20220185121
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle according to the present embodiment is a control method for an electric vehicle in which an electric motor 4 is used as a traveling drive source and deceleration is performed by a regenerative braking force of the electric motor 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAWADA, Takashi NAKAJIMA, Kengo FUJIWARA, Shou OONO, YUI ITO
  • Patent number: 11050952
    Abstract: A reading circuit for an infrared detector, includes: pixel driving circuits arranged in a matrix; vertical selection lines provided for respective rows of the pixel driving circuits; horizontal selection lines provided for respective columns of the pixel driving circuits; a vertical selection circuit configured to output a row selection signal to the vertical selection lines; and a horizontal selection circuit configured to output a column selection signal to the horizontal selection lines to read, to a reading line, a signal from pixel driving circuits for one row selected by the row selection signal, wherein each pixel driving circuit includes a driving circuit of the infrared detector, and a switching circuit configured to switch whether or not to input a test signal to the driving circuit, based on the row selection signal output to a corresponding vertical selection line and the column selection signal output to a corresponding horizontal selection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Akira Sawada
  • Patent number: 10994619
    Abstract: A control method for an electric vehicle includes controlling a torque of a motor based on a final torque command value by calculating the final torque command value such that a vibration damping control to reduce vibrations of a driving force transmission system of a vehicle is performed on a target torque command value set based on vehicle information, calculating the final torque command value based on the target torque command value and a value obtained by multiplying a drive-shaft torsional angular velocity by a feedback gain, estimating, by use of a vehicle model that models the driving force transmission system, a dead-zone period during which a motor torque output from the motor is not transmitted to a drive-shaft torque of the vehicle, and determining whether or not the vehicle is just before stop of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Kengo Fujiwara, Shou Oono
  • Patent number: 10972020
    Abstract: The control method for an electric vehicle sets a motor torque command value based on vehicle information and controls torque of a first motor connected to a first drive wheel which is one of a front drive wheel and a rear drive wheel. The control method for an electric vehicle calculates a first torque command value by a feedforward computation based on the motor torque command value, detects a rotation angular velocity of the first motor, and estimates a rotation angular velocity of the first motor based on the first torque command value by using a vehicle model Gp(s) that simulates a transfer characteristic from a torque input to the first drive wheel to a rotation angular velocity of the first motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sawada, Ken Itou, Kengo Fujiwara