Patents by Inventor Hirohide Suzuki

Hirohide Suzuki 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: 11691667
    Abstract: A steering device includes two motors each configured to generate a drive force that steers a steerable wheel of a vehicle and two controllers respectively corresponding to the two motors, each of the two controllers being configured to individually control a corresponding one of the motors. One of the two controllers is a first controller, and the other one of the two controllers is a second controller. The first controller is configured to calculate a command value corresponding to a total torque that should be generated in the two motors. The command value is divided into individual command values using a changeable distribution ratio set for each of the motors, the individual command values respectively corresponding to the motors. The two controllers are configured to respectively supply the motors with current corresponding to the individual command values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Kondo, Toshiaki Ogata, Fumio Kishida, Keishi Nakamura, Hirohide Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11679801
    Abstract: A steering device includes a steering rod that includes two ball screw parts, the steering rod being configured to steer a steerable wheel by moving linearly, two ball nuts respectively fastened to the two ball screw parts, two motors each configured to generate a drive force, two transmission mechanisms each including a toothed belt, the two transmission mechanisms being configured to transmit the drive force of each one of the two motors to a corresponding one of the ball nuts, two detectors configured to respectively detect rotation angles of the two motors, and a controller configured to control each of the two motors. The controller is configured to detect tooth jumping of the belts using the rotation angles of the two motors that are detected by the two detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Kondo, Toshiaki Ogata, Fumio Kishida, Keishi Nakamura, Hirohide Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11554807
    Abstract: A turning device includes a turning shaft having a first ball screw groove as one of a left screw and a right screw and a second ball screw groove as the other of the left screw and the right screw and turning wheels to be turned by moving in an axial direction, a first electric motor generating a first driving force, a second electric motor operating independently of the first electric motor and generating a second driving force, a first ball screw nut transmitting the first driving force generated by the first electric motor to the first ball screw groove, a second ball screw nut transmitting the second driving force generated by the second electric motor to the second ball screw groove, and a rotation regulating part regulating relative rotation of the turning shaft around an axis with respect to a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Kondo, Fumio Kishida, Toshiaki Ogata, Keishi Nakamura, Hirohide Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210053615
    Abstract: A steering device includes two motors each configured to generate a drive force that steers a steerable wheel of a vehicle and two controllers respectively corresponding to the two motors, each of the two controllers being configured to individually control a corresponding one of the motors. One of the two controllers is a first controller, and the other one of the two controllers is a second controller. The first controller is configured to calculate a command value corresponding to a total torque that should be generated in the two motors. The command value is divided into individual command values using a changeable distribution ratio set for each of the motors, the individual command values respectively corresponding to the motors. The two controllers are configured to respectively supply the motors with current corresponding to the individual command values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio KONDO, Toshiaki OGATA, Fumio KISHIDA, Keishi NAKAMURA, Hirohide SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210053612
    Abstract: A steering device includes a steering rod that includes two ball screw parts, the steering rod being configured to steer a steerable wheel by moving linearly, two ball nuts respectively fastened to the two ball screw parts, two motors each configured to generate a drive force, two transmission mechanisms each including a toothed belt, the two transmission mechanisms being configured to transmit the drive force of each one of the two motors to a corresponding one of the ball nuts, two detectors configured to respectively detect rotation angles of the two motors, and a controller configured to control each of the two motors. The controller is configured to detect tooth jumping of the belts using the rotation angles of the two motors that are detected by the two detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio KONDO, Toshiaki OGATA, Fumio KISHIDA, Keishi NAKAMURA, Hirohide SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200324807
    Abstract: A steering device includes: a steered shaft; a first nut; a second nut; a first motor; a second motor; a first power transmission portion that transmits a first drive force generated by the first motor to the first nut, converts the first drive force into a force in an axial direction, and biases the steered shaft in the axial direction; a second power transmission portion that transmits a second drive force generated by the second motor to the second nut, converts the second drive force into a force in the axial direction, and biases the steered shaft in the axial direction; a signal detection device that detects a first detection signal and a second detection signal with different periods; and a computation device that computes an absolute position of the steered shaft in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio KONDO, Fumio KISHIDA, Toshiaki OGATA, Keishi NAKAMURA, Hirohide SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200262470
    Abstract: A turning device includes a turning shaft having a first ball screw groove as one of a left screw and a right screw and a second ball screw groove as the other of the left screw and the right screw and turning wheels to be turned by moving in an axial direction, a first electric motor generating a first driving force, a second electric motor operating independently of the first electric motor and generating a second driving force, a first ball screw nut transmitting the first driving force generated by the first electric motor to the first ball screw groove, a second ball screw nut transmitting the second driving force generated by the second electric motor to the second ball screw groove, and a rotation regulating part regulating relative rotation of the turning shaft around an axis with respect to a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio KONDO, Fumio KISHIDA, Toshiaki OGATA, Keishi NAKAMURA, Hirohide SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 6305183
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a lubricating fluid tank, a lubricating fluid nozzle, a lubricating fluid regulating device, a cooling fluid tank, a cooling fluid nozzle and a cooling fluid regulating device. The cooling fluid nozzle supplies cooling fluid to the workpiece to enhance cooling effect of the cooling fluid. The lubricating fluid nozzle feeds lubricating fluid to the machining zone to prevent frictional heat generated in the machining zone from raising temperature of the workpiece. Since an appropriate amount of the lubricating fluid within the range helps the cooling effect of the cooling fluid, a quantity of the cooling fluid is reduced within the minimum range of the cooling fluid. A consumption of the lubricating fluid is much smaller than that of the cooling fluid. Therefore, a total amount of the fluids is extremely reduced. The range of flow rates of the lubricating fluid has an upper limit that is preferably approximately 100.0 cm3/h or smaller in 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryohei Mukai, Hirohide Suzuki, Hideki Tamashima