Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Tazoe

Kazuhiko Tazoe 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).

  • Publication number: 20030168266
    Abstract: A brake control apparatus is configured to keep a regenerative braking torque imparted to a wheel at an appropriate level and to prevent it from becoming excessive in a case where a regenerative braking force produced by a motor generator is imparted to a wheel via a transmission. When the transmission installed between the wheel and the motor generators is a continuously variable transmission, a regenerative braking torque limit value is set such that it becomes smaller when a gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission becomes larger. For a given regenerative braking torque of the motor generators, the regenerative braking torque imparted to the wheels is larger when the gear ratio is larger. Consequently, the regenerative braking torque limit value is set such that the larger the gear ratio is, the smaller the regenerative braking torque limit value is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sasaki, Hideo Nakamura, Junji Tsutsumi, Kazuhiko Tazoe
  • Publication number: 20030062770
    Abstract: A brake control apparatus for a vehicle includes an actuating section to apply a regenerative braking force to a motor-driven wheel driven by a motor of the vehicle. A control section is arranged to vary the regenerative braking force in a direction to shift a front and rear wheel braking force distribution toward an ideal braking force distribution, in accordance with a wheel locking tendency of the motor-driven wheel when the regenerative braking force exceeding a braking force determined by the ideal braking force distribution is applied to the motor-driven wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sasaki, Hideo Nakamura, Junji Tsutsumi, Kazuhiko Tazoe, Hidetoshi Suzuki