Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kado
Hiroyuki Kado 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).
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Patent number: 11908427Abstract: This display device includes n number of liquid crystal displays, where n is an integer of 2 or more, light sources that can emit light of a plurality of different colors and that are provided to the respective liquid crystal displays, and a processor that causes the light sources to emit light of different colors so as to vary emission start timings for the respective light sources provided to the liquid crystal displays on the basis of input signals including color information regarding sub display images to be displayed on the respective liquid crystal displays.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kado, Hiroshi Mitani
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Patent number: 11708880Abstract: A rotary actuator is used in a shift-by-wire system for a vehicle. A speed reducer includes a ring gear and a sun gear and reduces a rotational speed of the motor. An output shaft outputs rotation of the motor at a reduced rotational speed by the speed reducer. A regulating pin is disposed in a fixing member and allows the sun gear to revolve around a rotational axis of the motor and to rotate about an eccentric axis. The regulating pin is a separate member from the fixing member. The regulating pin has a strength equal to or greater than a maximum torque reaction force received from the sun gear. A first difference in hardness between an engaging portion and the sun gear is set to be less than a second difference in hardness between the fixing member and the sun gear.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Imai, Hiroyuki Kado, Mikine Kume
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Patent number: 11699936Abstract: A rotary actuator is used in a shift-by-wire system for a vehicle. The actuator includes a motor, a controller, an upper case, a lower case, a case fastening member, and a board fixing member. The controller controls the motor. The upper case is made from resin and houses the controller. The lower case houses the motor together with the upper case. The case fastening member is made from metal and fastens the upper case and the lower case to each other. The board fixing member fixes a board of the controller to the case fastening member.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mikine Kume, Hiroyuki Kado
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Publication number: 20230142486Abstract: This display device includes n number of liquid crystal displays, where n is an integer of 2 or more, light sources that can emit light of a plurality of different colors and that are provided to the respective liquid crystal displays, and a processor that causes the light sources to emit light of different colors so as to vary emission start timings for the respective light sources provided to the liquid crystal displays on the basis of input signals including color information regarding sub display images to be displayed on the respective liquid crystal displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Hiroyuki KADO, Hiroshi MITANI
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Publication number: 20230137916Abstract: A display device can display a display image obtained by superimposing a plurality of sub display images, and includes n number of liquid crystal displays, where n is an integer of 2 or more, that display the plurality of sub display images, a light source that is provided for each liquid crystal display and is capable of emitting light of m number of different colors, where m is an integer of 2 or more, and a processor that causes the light source corresponding to the liquid crystal display to emit light of a different color based on an input signal including color information on the display image displayed by each liquid crystal display. The number n of the liquid crystal display is an integral multiple of the number m of color of light that the light source is capable of emitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Hiroyuki KADO, Hiroshi MITANI
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Patent number: 11563358Abstract: A rotary actuator for use in a shift-by-wire system of a vehicle includes a motor, a controller for controlling the motor, and a case housing the motor and the controller. An upper case of the case includes a resin molded body, which integrally has a housing that houses the motor and a connector that is used for external connection, and a plurality of external connection terminals, which are embedded in the resin molded body and are capable of connecting the controller to an outside member. Each of the external connection terminals includes a base protruding into an installation space for a control board in a board extending direction, a bend bent from the base toward the control board, and a tip portion extending from the bend to the control board.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mikine Kume, Hiroyuki Kado
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Patent number: 11519500Abstract: A rotary actuator is used in a shift-by-wire system for a vehicle. The actuator includes a motor, an output shaft, a speed reducer, and a case. The motor includes a motor shaft. The output shaft is disposed in parallel with the motor shaft. The case houses the motor and the speed reducer. The case includes an upper case that houses the motor and a lower case that houses the speed reducer. The speed reducer includes a first reducer that includes a ring gear embedded in a resin portion of the lower case and a parallel-shaft type second reducer that includes a drive gear on the motor shaft and a driven gear on the output shaft. The ring gear includes an annular gear portion and a cover that protrudes radially inward from one end of the annular gear portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Fumiya Kannou, Hiroyuki Kado, Mikine Kume, Kenichi Ooishi
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Patent number: 11509189Abstract: A rotary actuator is used in a shift-by-wire system for a vehicle. The actuator includes a motor, a controller, a housing, and a bus bar. The controller controls the motor. The housing holds a stator of the motor and the controller. The bus bar includes a terminal and a holder. The terminal electrically connects a coil of the stator to a control board of the controller. The holder is molded with a part of the terminal. The terminal includes a board-side arm that extends from the holder and a connecting pin that protrudes from the board-side arm toward the control board and that is connected to the control board. The board-side arm includes a stress releasing member that extends along an imaginary plane in parallel with the control board. The stress releasing member includes at least one curved portion at which the stress releasing member is curved or bent.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo Naitou, Mikine Kume, Hiroyuki Kado
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Patent number: 11451107Abstract: A rotary actuator includes: an electric motor; a case that receives the electric motor; a rotatable body that is configured to transmit an output of the electric motor to an outside of the case; a seal member that seals between the rotatable body and the case; and a labyrinth forming portion that forms a labyrinth space in a path that extends from an outside space of the case to a sealing point of the rotatable body, at which the rotatable body is sealed by the seal member.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Kado, Taku Ito
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Patent number: 11441676Abstract: A rotary actuator used in a shift-by-wire system of a vehicle includes: a motor; an output shaft arranged parallel to a rotation shaft of the motor; and a deceleration mechanism that decelerates rotation of the motor and transmits it to the output shaft. The deceleration mechanism includes a drive gear provided over a rotation axis of the rotation shaft and a driven gear provided over a rotation axis of the output shaft to mesh with the drive gear. The driven gear is a separate member from the output shaft and is loosely fitted to the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mikine Kume, Kiyoshi Kimura, Hiroyuki Kado
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Patent number: 11333243Abstract: A rotary actuator is used in a shift-by-wire system for a vehicle. The actuator includes a motor, a case, a controller, a cover, and a cover fixing member. The case houses the motor. The controller is disposed in an opening of the case and controls the motor. The cover closes the opening of the case. The cover fixing member fixes the cover to the case. The cover fixing member fixes the cover to the case at a position outside of a board of the controller. The board is clamped between the cover and the case.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Shimada, Mikine Kume, Hiroyuki Kado, Shinji Naito
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Patent number: 11280406Abstract: A rotary actuator includes: an electric motor; a control unit, which is configured to control an operation of the electric motor; a case, which is made of resin and receives the electric motor; and a circuit-board fixture. The circuit-board fixture includes an insertion portion, which is embedded at an upper case segment of the case, and a fixation portion, which is made of metal and fixes a circuit board of the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Shimada, Mikine Kume, Hiroyuki Kado
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Patent number: 11079012Abstract: An output axle includes: an axle hole, through which a manual shaft is inserted; an axle pipe portion, at which the axle hole is formed, and an output axle tubular portion, which is located on a side of the axle pipe portion that is opposite to a shift range change device. A magnet holder includes: a holder main body, at which a holder hole to be fitted with the manual shaft is formed; and a seal portion, which is formed integrally with the holder main body in one-piece, while the seal portion is configured to contact an inner peripheral wall of the output axle tubular portion and seal between the magnet holder and the output axle tubular portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuuya Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kado
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Publication number: 20210199194Abstract: A rotary actuator used in a shift-by-wire system of a vehicle includes: a motor; an output shaft arranged parallel to a rotation shaft of the motor; and a deceleration mechanism that decelerates rotation of the motor and transmits it to the output shaft. The deceleration mechanism includes a drive gear provided over a rotation axis of the rotation shaft and a driven gear provided over a rotation axis of the output shaft to mesh with the drive gear. The driven gear is a separate member from the output shaft and is loosely fitted to the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Mikine KUME, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Hiroyuki KADO
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Publication number: 20210184536Abstract: A rotary actuator includes: an electric motor; a case that receives the electric motor; a rotatable body that is configured to transmit an output of the electric motor to an outside of the case; a seal member that seals between the rotatable body and the case; and a labyrinth forming portion that forms a labyrinth space in a path that extends from an outside space of the case to a sealing point of the rotatable body, at which the rotatable body is sealed by the seal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Hiroyuki KADO, Taku ITO
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Patent number: 10995845Abstract: A rotary actuator is used in a shift-by-wire system for a vehicle. The rotary actuator includes a motor, a controller, a housing, and a biasing member. The controller controls the motor. The housing supports a rotor assembly of the motor and holds the controller. The biasing member biases the rotor assembly in an axial direction to eliminate a thrust movement gap between the rotor assembly and the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Fumiya Kannou, Hiroyuki Kado, Mikine Kume
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Patent number: 10965180Abstract: A rotary actuator includes: an electric motor; a case that receives the electric motor; a rotatable body that is configured to transmit an output of the electric motor to an outside of the case; a seal member that seals between the rotatable body and the case; and a labyrinth forming portion that forms a labyrinth space in a path that extends from an outside space of the case to a sealing point of the rotatable body, at which the rotatable body is sealed by the seal member.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Kado, Taku Ito
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Publication number: 20210003213Abstract: An output axle includes: an axle hole, through which a manual shaft is inserted; an axle pipe portion, at which the axle hole is formed, and an output axle tubular portion, which is located on a side of the axle pipe portion that is opposite to a shift range change device. A magnet holder includes: a holder main body, at which a holder hole to be fitted with the manual shaft is formed; and a seal portion, which is formed integrally with the holder main body in one-piece, while the seal portion is configured to contact an inner peripheral wall of the output axle tubular portion and seal between the magnet holder and the output axle tubular portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Yuuya TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki KADO
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Publication number: 20200340578Abstract: A rotary actuator includes: an electric motor; a control unit, which is configured to control an operation of the electric motor; a case, which is made of resin and receives the electric motor; and a circuit-board fixture. The circuit-board fixture includes an insertion portion, which is embedded at an upper case segment of the case, and a fixation portion, which is made of metal and fixes a circuit board of the control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Kazunori SHIMADA, Mikine KUME, Hiroyuki KADO
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Publication number: 20200340579Abstract: A rotary actuator is used in a shift-by-wire system for a vehicle. The actuator includes a motor, a case, a controller, a cover, and a cover fixing member. The case houses the motor. The controller is disposed in an opening of the case and controls the motor. The cover closes the opening of the case. The cover fixing member fixes the cover to the case. The cover fixing member fixes the cover to the case at a position outside of a board of the controller. The board is clamped between the cover and the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Kazunori SHIMADA, Mikine KUME, Hiroyuki KADO, Shinji NAITO