Patents by Inventor Hideshi Watanabe

Hideshi Watanabe 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: 8370022
    Abstract: A suspension system is provided to execute a control for avoiding a state in which an operation of an electric motor which is a power source of an electromagnetic actuator is kept halted at a certain operational position while the motor is generating a motor force. Where a target rotational position of the motor becomes equal to a specific operational position (e.g., a rotational position at which an electrifying current amount of one phase reaches a peak value), a control for shifting the target rotational position by ?? is executed. Where the rotational position of the motor is kept located at the certain position for a time period longer than a prescribed time, a control for changing the rotational position of the motor is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Hideshi Watanabe, Takuhiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8285448
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a suspension system configured to execute a control for avoiding a state in which an operation of an electric motor which is a power source of an electromagnetic actuator is kept halted at a certain operational position while the motor is generating a motor force. Where a target rotational position of the motor becomes equal to a specific operational position (e.g., a rotational position at which an electrifying current amount of one phase reaches a peak value), a control for shifting the target rotational position by ?? is executed. Where the rotational position of the motor is kept located at the certain position for a time period longer than a prescribed time, a control for changing the rotational position of the motor is executed. According to the present suspension system, it is possible to suppress imbalance in heat generation in the motor and to thereby reduce a load to be applied to the motor. Accordingly, a suspension system with high utility is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Hideshi Watanabe, Takuhiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20120116634
    Abstract: A suspension system is provided to execute a control for avoiding a state in which an operation of an electric motor which is a power source of an electromagnetic actuator is kept halted at a certain operational position while the motor is generating a motor force. Where a target rotational position of the motor becomes equal to a specific operational position (e.g., a rotational position at which an electrifying current amount of one phase reaches a peak value), a control for shifting the target rotational position by ?? is executed. Where the rotational position of the motor is kept located at the certain position for a time period longer than a prescribed time, a control for changing the rotational position of the motor is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicants: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Hideshi Watanabe, Takuhiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 8042658
    Abstract: A suspension device (A) comprising a damper (S) and a gas spring (C), the damper (S) comprising a motion transforming mechanism (H) for transforming a relative motion between a vehicle body-side member and an axle-side member into a rotational motion and a motor (M) having a rotor (8) to which the rotational motion is transmitted, the gas spring (C) being interposed between the vehicle body-side member and the axle-side member, in which the motor (M) comprises a hollow casing (9), a partition wall member (16) which forms a rotor chamber (r) within the casing (9), with the rotor (8) being received within the rotor chamber (r), a cylindrical stator (17) disposed between an outer periphery of the partition wall member (16) and an inner periphery of the casing (9), and the rotor (8) held rotatably by the casing (9) within the rotor chamber (r), and the interior of the rotor chamber (6) is brought into communication with the interior of a gas chamber (R) of the gas spring (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuhiro Kondo, Hideshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100025946
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a suspension system configured to execute a control for avoiding a state in which an operation of an electric motor which is a power source of an electromagnetic actuator is kept halted at a certain operational position while the motor is generating a motor force. Where a target rotational position of the motor becomes equal to a specific operational position (e.g., a rotational position at which an electrifying current amount of one phase reaches a peak value), a control for shifting the target rotational position by ?? is executed. Where the rotational position of the motor is kept located at the certain position for a time period longer than a prescribed time, a control for changing the rotational position of the motor is executed. According to the present suspension system, it is possible to suppress imbalance in heat generation in the motor and to thereby reduce a load to be applied to the motor. Accordingly, a suspension system with high utility is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Hideshi Watanabe, Takuhiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 6454021
    Abstract: The invention provides an impacting device capable of , crushing or drilling work with reduced noise or vibration, with high crushing efficiency, high energy efficiency, increased output and prolonged durability A super magnetostrictive material (1) is arranged in the center of an exciting coil (4) to which a pulse voltage is applied, a rod (12) is arranged in tight contact with the front end of the super magnetostrictive material (1), a reaction-receiving plate (3) is provided in tight contact with the other end of the super magnetostrictive material (1), and a power unit (6) is provided for repeatedly applying a pulse voltage to the exciting coil (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Furukawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideshi Watanabe