Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Kawahara

Kazutaka Kawahara 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: 11370407
    Abstract: A collinear relationship is satisfied in which rotation speeds of first to third rotation elements and rotation speeds of fourth to sixth rotation elements are arranged respectively in this sequence on a single straight line in a collinear diagram. The first and fourth rotation elements are connected with first and second power sources respectively. The second and fifth rotation elements are connected with first and second driven units respectively. The second and sixth rotation elements are connected with each other by a first connecting mechanism in a way that rotating directions thereof are the same, and rotation speed of the former is greater than that of the later. The third and fifth rotation elements are connected with each other by a second connecting mechanism in a way that rotating directions thereof are the same, and rotation speed of the former is greater than that of the later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kawahara, Noriyuki Abe, Shigemitsu Akutsu
  • Publication number: 20180339695
    Abstract: A collinear relationship is satisfied in which rotation speeds of first to third rotation elements and rotation speeds of fourth to sixth rotation elements are arranged respectively in this sequence on a single straight line in a collinear diagram. The first and fourth rotation elements are connected with first and second power sources respectively. The second and fifth rotation elements are connected with first and second driven units respectively. The second and sixth rotation elements are connected with each other by a first connecting mechanism in a way that rotating directions thereof are the same, and rotation speed of the former is greater than that of the later. The third and fifth rotation elements are connected with each other by a second connecting mechanism in a way that rotating directions thereof are the same, and rotation speed of the former is greater than that of the later.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka KAWAHARA, Noriyuki ABE, Shigemitsu AKUTSU
  • Patent number: 6459991
    Abstract: The present invention provides a collision in right/left turn prevention system which can automatically stop a vehicle even when a driver of the vehicle can not correctly grasp a course of a vehicle running in the counter direction because of the road line form or because the counter vehicle is hid behind other vehicles, or when a velocity of the counter vehicle is faster than that estimated by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction
    Inventors: Akihiko Takiguchi, Koji Kubota, Naoya Noguchi, Satoshi Moteki, Harutada Ooya, Hideaki Murakami, Masaya Yamada, Hiroshi Takahashi, Akira Kuno, Hisashi Ezure, Tetsuaki Kondo, Ryoji Matsubara, Yasuyuki Ohira, Kenichi Ohtani, Hiroshi Mashimo, Takao Inobe, Kazumasa Miyamoto, Kazutaka Kawahara
  • Patent number: 6360171
    Abstract: A system-enabled vehicle entering a crossing warns a driver of the vehicle that a possibility of bumping exists, thereby allowing the driver to brake and stop the vehicle in an emergency in front of the crossing. When the system determines a possibility of bumping with another vehicle entering the crossing exists, the system continuously provides controls for decelerating and stopping the vehicle in a range from a point where the system can decelerate the vehicle in an emergency with time allowance for stopping the vehicle in front of the crossing up to a point in front of the crossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction
    Inventors: Kazumasa Miyamoto, Naoya Noguchi, Satoshi Moteki, Harutada Ooya, Hideaki Murakami, Masaya Yamada, Hiroshi Takahashi, Akihiko Takiguchi, Koji Kubota, Akira Kuno, Hisashi Ezure, Tetsuaki Kondo, Ryoji Matsubara, Yasuyuki Ohira, Kenichi Ohtani, Hiroshi Mashimo, Takao Inobe, Kazutaka Kawahara
  • Patent number: 6337637
    Abstract: The collision with pedestrian prevention system according to the present invention comprises pedestrian detection means, road surface conditions detection means, road information accumulation means, vehicle position detection means, vehicle state detection means, processing means, information output means, and vehicle control means. Because of the configuration, the driver is alerted the presence of any pedestrian on a pedestrian's crossing and can immediately correct operations for handling the vehicle without being perplexed by the information just about to finish crossing the road. This system works only when there is the possibility of collision between a pedestrian on a pedestrian's crossing and a vehicle, and provides automatic controls for decelerating or stopping the vehicle when the driver can stop the vehicle by emergently braking over a distance from the vehicle to the pedestrian's crossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction
    Inventors: Koji Kubota, Naoya Noguchi, Satoshi Moteki, Harutada Ooya, Hideaki Murakami, Masaya Yamada, Hiroshi Takahashi, Akihiko Takiguchi, Akira Kuno, Hisashi Ezure, Tetsuaki Kondo, Ryoji Matsubara, Yasuyuki Ohira, Kenichi Ohtani, Hiroshi Mashimo, Takao Inobe, Kazumasa Miyamoto, Kazutaka Kawahara