Patents by Inventor Hideki Imafuku

Hideki Imafuku 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: 20220250674
    Abstract: Provided is an electric power steering device including: a motor; a drive device that supplies the motor with three-phase alternating current electric power; and a control device that controls the drive device, in which the control device is connected to a first power supply path that supplies power to the control device not via an ignition switch and a second power supply path that supplies power to the control device via the ignition switch, and the control device, in a case of detecting a failing of the first power supply path, operates with power supplied from the second power supply path and makes the motor generate an electromagnetic brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kyoji Hamamoto, Takashi Kuribayashi, Seigo Murashige, Hirohito Ide, Hideki Imafuku, Ryoto Teranishi, Ryuhei Miyoshi, Yuki Mano
  • Publication number: 20220204071
    Abstract: A moving body having a steering device and a steering control device which controls the steering device to control steering of the moving body. The steering control device selectively performs a first steering control which controls the steering of the moving body based on a movement status of the moving body and a second steering control which limits the steering of the moving body. The steering control device performs the second steering control based on a steering state of the moving body by the first steering control before occurrence of a failure when the failure related to execution of the first steering control occurs in a state where the first steering control is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki IMAFUKU, Yoshinori IZUMI, Ryota MOSE
  • Patent number: 8960690
    Abstract: A rear-wheel toe angle variable vehicle changes a toe angle of a rear wheel by a rear toe actuator including: a housing connected to one of a rear-wheel support member and a body; a motor in the housing; a rod connected to the other of the rear-wheel support member and the body; a nut provided in one of the housing and the rod; a screw shaft provided in the other of the housing and the rod; a rotation transmission unit in the housing for transmitting rotation of the motor to the nut or screw shaft; and a rotation amount detection unit for detecting a rotation amount of one of the rotation transmission unit and the nut or screw shaft. The vehicle estimates an operation amount of the rear toe actuator based on the detected amount, and performs feedback control of the motor using the estimated amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamichi Hinohara, Hideki Imafuku, Kazutaka Saito, Tadatsugu Takada
  • Publication number: 20130320642
    Abstract: A rear-wheel toe angle variable vehicle changes a toe angle of a rear wheel by a rear toe actuator including: a housing connected to one of a rear-wheel support member and a body; a motor in the housing; a rod connected to the other of the rear-wheel support member and the body; a nut provided in one of the housing and the rod; a screw shaft provided in the other of the housing and the rod; a rotation transmission unit in the housing for transmitting rotation of the motor to the nut or screw shaft; and a rotation amount detection unit for detecting a rotation amount of one of the rotation transmission unit and the nut or screw shaft. The vehicle estimates an operation amount of the rear toe actuator based on the detected amount, and performs feedback control of the motor using the estimated amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takamichi Hinohara, Hideki Imafuku, Kazutaka Saito, Tadatsugu Takada