Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Mochidome
Hiroyuki Mochidome 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: 8234022Abstract: The essential feature of the present invention is the provision of a track transportation system in which a vehicle runs on a predetermined track, being automatically steered, having a simplified and lightweight structure so as to surely ensure a safety, and to be capable of carrying out efficient and high-speed operation. The track transportation system according to the present invention incorporates a steering mechanism for automatic steering by means of an M actuator, a protection guide rail laid on the track, protection guide wheels which travel together with the vehicle along the protection guide rail without making contact with the latter, and a control means for controlling automatic steering in accordance with a result of determination by a track data determining means for determining a straight portion, a curved portion, a turnout portion or the like of the track in view of vehicle position data, and steering caused by the protection wheels making contact with the protection guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2006Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shunji Morichika, Katsuaki Morita, Hiroyuki Kono, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kosuke Katahira
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Patent number: 8161889Abstract: The present invention provides the structure of a bogie for a vehicle in a track type transportation system in which the vehicle runs along a predetermined track, which can be simplified, and lightweight and which can be run at a high speed with the maintainability therefor being enhanced, comprising a guide rail 14 laid on the track 12, guide wheels 51 capable of traveling being made into contact with the guide rail 14, a guide arm 48 attached thereto with the guide wheels 51, and a guide wheel support bracket 52 for supporting the guide arm 48 arranged underneath an axle 22 of the vehicle so that the guide arm 48 is pivotable around a pivotal vertical support shat 56, left and right of the vehicle, and the guide arm 48, the guide wheels 51 and the guide wheel support bracket 52 constitute a unit structure which is attached to the axle 22 or a bogie frame 26 of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shunji Morichika, Katsuaki Morita, Hiroyuki Kono, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kosuke Katahira
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Patent number: 7757608Abstract: A rail non-contact vehicle includes wheels, a vehicle main body supported by the wheels, and a steering control system. The steering control system includes a control section configured to control a steering of the wheels in a non-mechanical manner, and a drive section configured to mechanically drive the steering of the wheels. The control section includes a first detector configured to detect 1-dimensional coordinate data of a target route, a steering angle holding section configured to hold a target steering angle corresponding to the 1-dimensional coordinate data, a second detector configured to detect a current deviation between the target route and a current position of the vehicle main body, and a control steering angle calculating section configured to generate a control steering angle corresponding to the current deviation and the target steering angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masahisa Masukawa, Shunji Morhichika, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Koki Fukuda
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Publication number: 20090288575Abstract: The present invention provides the structure of a bogie for a vehicle in a track type transportation system in which the vehicle runs along a predetermined track, which can be simplified, and lightweight and which can be run at a high speed with the maintainability therefor being enhanced, comprising a guide rail 14 laid on the track 12, guide wheels 51 capable of traveling being made into contact with the guide rail 14, a guide arm 48 attached thereto with the guide wheels 51, and a guide wheel support bracket 52 for supporting the guide arm 48 arranged underneath an axle 22 of the vehicle so that the guide arm 48 is pivotable around a pivotal vertical support shat 56, left and right of the vehicle, and the guide arm 48, the guide wheels 51 and the guide wheel support bracket 52 constitute a unit structure which is attached to the axle 22 or a bogie frame 26 of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2006Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventors: Shunji Morichika, Katsuaki Morita, Hiroyuki Kono, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kosuke Katahira
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Publication number: 20090259352Abstract: The essential feature of the present invention is the provision of a track transportation system in which a vehicle runs on a predetermined track, being automatically steered, having a simplified and lightweight structure so as to surely ensure a safety, and to be capable of carrying out efficient and high-speed operation. The track transportation system according to the present invention incorporates a steering mechanism for automatic steering by means of an M actuator, a protection guide rail laid on the track, protection guide wheels which travel together with the vehicle along the protection guide rail without making contact with the latter, and a control means for controlling automatic steering in accordance with a result of determination by a track data determining means for determining a straight portion, a curved portion, a turnout portion or the like of the track in view of vehicle position data, and steering caused by the protection wheels making contact with the protection guide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2006Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shunji Morichika, Katsuaki Morita, Hiroyuki Kono, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kosuke Katahira
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Publication number: 20060200280Abstract: A rail non-contact vehicle includes wheels, a vehicle main body supported by the wheels, and a steering control system. The steering control system includes a control section configured to control a steering of the wheels in a non-mechanical manner, and a drive section configured to mechanically drive the steering of the wheels. The control section includes a first detector configured to detect 1-dimensional coordinate data of a target route, a steering angle holding section configured to hold a target steering angle corresponding to the 1-dimensional coordinate data, a second detector configured to detect a current deviation between the target route and a current position of the vehicle main body, and a control steering angle calculating section configured to generate a control steering angle corresponding to the current deviation and the target steering angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2003Publication date: September 7, 2006Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masahisa Masukawa, Shunji Morhichika, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Koki Fukuda
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Patent number: 6799794Abstract: In a front gable portion (13) of a rubber-tired new traffic vehicle (11), an outer bumper (45) is fixed to the exterior of an inner bumper (32) constituting an underframe (33), front beams (47, 48) and side beams (49) are constructed between a roof frame (42) and the outer bumper (45), the front beams (47, 48) are inclined and curved in harmony with the streamlined design of the vehicle (11), and straight portions (47a, 48a) of predetermined lengths are formed in lower end portions of the front beams (47, 48) along a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mochidome, Yoshinori Mitsui, Naofumi Nagaike, Tatsuaki Hayashida
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Publication number: 20030075952Abstract: In a front gable portion (13) of a rubber-tired new traffic vehicle (11), an outer bumper (45) is fixed to the exterior of an inner bumper (32) constituting an underframe (33), front beams (47, 48) and side beams (49) are constructed between a roof frame (42) and the outer bumper (45), the front beams (47, 48) are inclined and curved in harmony with the streamlined design of the vehicle (11), and straight portions (47a, 48a) of predetermined lengths are formed in lower end portions of the front beams (47, 48) along a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Hiroyuki Mochidome, Yoshinori Mitsui, Naofumi Nagaike, Tatsuaki Hayashida
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Patent number: 6138064Abstract: A running section on a main line 5 and a branching lane 7, leading to platforms 6, including a branching and merging is represented as a moving target control section 11. The running section of the main lane not including the branching and merging sections is represented as a vehicle-to-vehicle distance control section 12. When a vehicle enters the moving target control section 11, the vehicle is detected by a vehicle detector 13 and the position information, course information, etc., are output to an operation control computer. Based on the detected information the operation control computer temporarily shifts the generation interval of the moving target to be matched to an entry of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1998Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Matsumoto, Akira Tagaki, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Hiroshi Saeki