Patents by Inventor Hidefumi Hatsuzawa

Hidefumi Hatsuzawa 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).

  • Patent number: 11946431
    Abstract: Provided is an electronically controlled throttle device configured to reduce size of a motor and concurrently to enhance reduction of a noise of the motor. The electronically controlled throttle device includes: a body including a throttle valve; a motor provided with a brush, the motor configured to drive the throttle valve; a bracket (20F) configured to attach the motor to the body; a pigtail connected electrically to the brush, and arranged on a surface of the bracket (20F), the surface facing the motor; and a filter circuit (an inductor (31), a capacitor (32), and a resistor (33)) connected electrically to the pigtail and configured to reduce the noise of the motor. The filter circuit is arranged on a surface of the bracket (20F), the surface opposite the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Hatsuzawa, Takuya Tanaka, Takafumi Saito
  • Publication number: 20230243312
    Abstract: Provided is an electronically controlled throttle device configured to reduce size of a motor and concurrently to enhance reduction of a noise of the motor. The electronically controlled throttle device includes: a body including a throttle valve; a motor provided with a brush, the motor configured to drive the throttle valve; a bracket (20F) configured to attach the motor to the body; a pigtail connected electrically to the brush, and arranged on a surface of the bracket (20F), the surface facing the motor; and a filter circuit (an inductor (31), a capacitor (32), and a resistor (33)) connected electrically to the pigtail and configured to reduce the noise of the motor. The filter circuit is arranged on a surface of the bracket (20F), the surface opposite the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi HATSUZAWA, Takuya TANAKA, Takafumi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210381444
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electronically controlled throttle device having a structure in which a resin cover is separated into a cover body portion and a connector portion, and has improved watertightness without increasing the size of the device. The electronically controlled throttle device of the present invention includes a motor 2, a throttle valve 4, a chassis 1, a resin cover 12, and a circuit board 104. The resin cover 12 has a first cover portion 12-1, a second cover portion 12-2, and a conductive wire 22 provided at a connection portion between the first cover portion 12-1 and the second cover portion 12-2. The connection portion is joined by forming a molten portion 23 around the conductive wire 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidefumi HATSUZAWA, Takuya TANAKA, Toyoshi NEMOTO
  • Patent number: 10767544
    Abstract: An object is to provide a type of device capable of properly cooling a bearing of a throttle body even under a condition that the throttle body receives heat of high-temperature intake air or exhaust gas. In the present invention, an engine coolant passage that guides a coolant of an engine is provided integrally with a member fixing a bearing to be adjacent to a circumferential wall of the bearing of the member fixing the bearing, which supports a throttle shaft, and heat transferred from the bearing (or likely to be transferred to the bearing) via the member fixing the bearing is carried away to the outside of a throttle body by the engine coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Hatsuzawa, Makoto Kawano, Toshio Hori, Toyoshi Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20190107034
    Abstract: An object is to provide a type of device capable of properly cooling a bearing of a throttle body even under a condition that the throttle body receives heat of high-temperature intake air or exhaust gas. In the present invention, an engine coolant passage that guides a coolant of an engine is provided integrally with a member fixing a bearing to be adjacent to a circumferential wall of the bearing of the member fixing the bearing, which supports a throttle shaft, and heat transferred from the bearing (or likely to be transferred to the bearing) via the member fixing the bearing is carried away to the outside of a throttle body by the engine coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hidefumi HATSUZAWA, Makoto KAWANO, Toshio HORI, Toyoshi NEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120304964
    Abstract: A motor-driven throttle valve control device having high reliability and resistance to electrostatic noise from the gear cover connector is obtained by compactly forming an inductance-based noncontact rotation angle detecting device at the end of the throttle shaft. In the present invention, an excitation conductor is attached to the tip of the throttle shaft to which the throttle valve is attached. The gear cover is provided with a magnetic field exciting conductor and a signal detection conductor to face the excitation conductor. Further, an insulating member is arranged between the rotating shaft (throttle shaft) and the magnetic field exciting conductor and signal detection conductor. With this configuration, a motor-driven throttle valve control device having an inductance-based noncontact rotation angle detecting device, not affected by electrostatic noise and having high reliability, is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyoshi NEMOTO, Hidefumi Hatsuzawa
  • Patent number: 7845616
    Abstract: A motor-driven airflow control device is provided wherein an inductance-based non-contact rotation angle sensor is compactly formed at an end of a throttle shaft. An exciting conductor is attached at an end of a rotating shaft to which a throttle valve is attached, a window hole is provided on a gear cover, a stationary substrate with energizing and signal-generating conductors formed thereon is attached to the gear cover so as to face the exciting conductor on the rotating shaft side through the window hole, and the window hole of the gear cover is covered by a thin shield member. The energizing and signal-generating conductors can be shielded from a space where the exciting conductor of the rotary member is arranged, making it possible to obtain a highly reliable motor-driven airflow control device including an inductance-based non-contact rotation angle sensor which is not affected by environments on the rotary member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Hatsuzawa, Takahiro Shimura, Masahiko Soshino
  • Publication number: 20080087858
    Abstract: A motor-driven airflow control device is provided wherein an inductance-based non-contact rotation angle sensor is compactly formed at an end of a throttle shaft. An exciting conductor is attached at an end of a rotating shaft to which a throttle valve is attached, a window hole is provided on a gear cover, a stationary substrate with energizing and signal-generating conductors formed thereon is attached to the gear cover so as to face the exciting conductor on the rotating shaft side through the window hole, and the window hole of the gear cover is covered by a thin shield member. The energizing and signal-generating conductors can be shielded from a space where the exciting conductor of the rotary member is arranged, making it possible to obtain a highly reliable motor-driven airflow control device including an inductance-based non-contact rotation angle sensor which is not affected by environments on the rotary member side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Hatsuzawa, Takahiro Shimura, Masahiko Soshino