Patents by Inventor Hirohumi Watanabe

Hirohumi 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: 9180852
    Abstract: An electric booster includes a housing having one end including a coupling surface where the housing is coupled to a master cylinder, and the other end including an attachment surface where the housing is attached to a vehicle. A controller includes a flat plate-like control board, and the control board is disposed so as to be positioned between a first plane including the attachment surface of the housing where the housing is attached to the vehicle, and a second plane including the coupling surface of the housing where the housing is coupled to the master cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Nomura, Takuya Usui, Toshiyuki Ajima, Hidefumi Iwaki, Kazuhiko Nakano, Hirohumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8555634
    Abstract: An electric booster in which a rotation of an electric motor is converted into linear motion and transmitted to an output member by a rotation-linear motion mechanism. The output member pushes a piston of a master cylinder to generate brake fluid pressure in a pressure chamber in the master cylinder. An ECU casing containing boards is coupled to the top of a motor casing constituting the electric motor. The ECU casing is offset in one direction in a plane perpendicular to a plane containing an axis of the master cylinder. A male connector is provided at a side surface of the ECU casing on the opposite side from the offset direction side, and a space between the male connector and an interference area of the ECU casing is utilized as a space for attachment/detachment of the male connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ohno, Takuya Obata, Daisuke Yasukawa, Hirohumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6462516
    Abstract: A voltage controller for an automotive alternator prevents a delay in response to an engine controller, thus enabling proper engine control to be accomplished. The voltage controller for an automotive alternator includes a switching means connected to an alternator, which is driven by an engine to charge a battery, so as to control supply and cutoff of exciting current supplied to a field coil of the alternator, and a conduction rate monitoring output terminal for monitoring the conduction rate of the field coil. The conduction rate monitoring output terminal outputs the conduction rate of the field coil in a steady mode wherein the output voltage of the alternator is a predetermined voltage or more, while it outputs an alternator voltage change signal in a transient mode wherein the output voltage of the alternator is below the predetermined voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirohumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20020043961
    Abstract: A voltage controller for an automotive alternator prevents a delay in response to an engine controller, thus enabling proper engine control to be accomplished. The voltage controller for an automotive alternator includes a switching means connected to an alternator, which is driven by an engine to charge a battery, so as to control supply and cutoff of exciting current supplied to a field coil of the alternator, and a conduction rate monitoring output terminal for monitoring the conduction rate of the field coil. The conduction rate monitoring output terminal outputs the conduction rate of the field coil in a steady mode wherein the output voltage of the alternator is a predetermined voltage or more, while it outputs an alternator voltage change signal in a transient mode wherein the output voltage of the alternator is below the predetermined voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventor: Hirohumi Watanabe