Patents by Inventor Keishiro Kikuchi

Keishiro Kikuchi 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: 11618427
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle electric brake system includes: a shutdown determination part that determines whether the vehicle control device itself has been previously shut down normally or abnormally; a cranking determination part that determines whether an instruction to perform a cranking at a start-up of the vehicle is based on a manual operation of a driver of the vehicle or automatically; a diagnosis part that performs a plurality of initial diagnoses of the vehicle control device at the start-up of the vehicle; and a diagnosis skip control part configured to provide control such that the diagnosis part skips at least one of the initial diagnoses when the shutdown determination part determines that the vehicle control device has been previously shut down abnormally, and at the same time, when the cranking determination part determines that the cranking has been conducted based on the driver's manual operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Horii, Katsuhito Kanbe, Hiroyuki Hase, Hideharu Murano, Shinji Suto, Keishiro Kikuchi, Katsuya Matsuzaki, Toru Watanabe, Hisanori Yanagida, Yuki Hotani
  • Publication number: 20210139011
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle electric brake system includes: a shutdown determination part that determines whether the vehicle control device itself has been previously shut down normally or abnormally; a cranking determination part that determines whether an instruction to perform a cranking at a start-up of the vehicle is based on a manual operation of a driver of the vehicle or automatically; a diagnosis part that performs a plurality of initial diagnoses of the vehicle control device at the start-up of the vehicle; and a diagnosis skip control part configured to provide control such that the diagnosis part skips at least one of the initial diagnoses when the shutdown determination part determines that the vehicle control device has been previously shut down abnormally, and at the same time, when the cranking determination part determines that the cranking has been conducted based on the driver's manual operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Eisuke HORII, Katsuhito KANBE, Hiroyuki HASE, Hideharu MURANO, Shinji SUTO, Keishiro KIKUCHI, Katsuya MATSUZAKI, Toru WATANABE, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Yuki HOTANI
  • Patent number: 10753333
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a boost device, a braking unit, a cell motor, and a start operating unit. The boost device boosts a braking force applied by a foot brake to a vehicle with an output voltage from a battery. The braking unit, which is different than the foot brake, brakes the vehicle appropriately and keeps the braking force even in a case that the output voltage is not supplied from the battery, or which braking unit does not require the output voltage from the battery. The cell motor is driven by an output voltage from the battery and starts the engine. The start operation unit starts the cell motor, wherein the vehicle control system has a function not to start the cell motor when the start operation unit is operated, unless the braking unit is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kanbe, Eisuke Horii, Katsuya Matsuzaki, Yuki Hotani, Keishiro Kikuchi, Hisanori Yanagida, Toshihiko Fukuda, Hideharu Murano, Shinji Suto, Ikuo Nonaga, Hiroyuki Hase
  • Publication number: 20200095968
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a boost device, a braking unit, a cell motor, and a start operating unit. The boost device boosts a braking force applied by a foot brake to a vehicle with an output voltage from a battery. The braking unit, which is different than the foot brake, brakes the vehicle appropriately and keeps the braking force even in a case that the output voltage is not supplied from the battery, or which braking unit does not require the output voltage from the battery. The cell motor is driven by an output voltage from the battery and starts the engine. The start operation unit starts the cell motor, wherein the vehicle control system has a function not to start the cell motor when the start operation unit is operated, unless the braking unit is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuhito KANBE, Eisuke HORII, Katsuya MATSUZAKI, Yuki HOTANI, Keishiro KIKUCHI, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Toshihiko FUKUDA, Hideharu MURANO, Shinji SUTO, Ikuo NONAGA, Hiroyuki HASE
  • Patent number: 10293802
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is an input device that includes a metallic base substance and an electronic control device mounted on the base substance. The electronic control device includes a housing mounted on a mounting face of the base substance and a control board housed in the housing. A heat dissipating part which is inserted into the housing is provided to protrude from the mounting face, and the heat dissipating part abuts on the control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: Autollv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Koga, Sekihei Shimozono, Yoshifumi Kurosawa, Keishiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20160113155
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is an input device that includes a metallic base substance and an electronic control device mounted on the base substance. The electronic control device includes a housing mounted on a mounting face of the base substance and a control board housed in the housing. A heat dissipating part which is inserted into the housing is provided to protrude from the mounting face, and the heat dissipating part abuts on the control board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke KOGA, Sekihei SHIMOZONO, Yoshifumi KUROSAWA, Keishiro KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 8562691
    Abstract: A training device capable of converting kinetic energy of an agent into electric energy while applying to the agent a resistance force of a variation behavior appropriate to a motion behavior of the agent. According to the training device, a strength and a direction of a resistance force applied to the agent can be varied via a regenerative braking on a motor according to at least one of a variation behavior of a relative posture between an upper body and a leg of the agent and a temporal variation behavior of the relative posture therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Endo, Tetsuya Ido, Ritsuo Hara, Keishiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8551027
    Abstract: In the assist device, the output of an actuator is adjusted so that it becomes lower as a state of charge of a battery exceeds a first threshold value, and also so that it becomes lower as the state of charge of the battery becomes lower. The output of the actuator is controlled on the basis of the state of charge of the battery, so that it is possible to make the agent recognize the change in the state of charge of the battery by changing the output of the actuator, and as a result, to avoid the situation where the agent feels strange with respect to stopping the operation of the assist device following thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Endo, Keishiro Kikuchi, Ritsuo Hara
  • Publication number: 20110033835
    Abstract: A training device capable of converting kinetic energy of an agent into electric energy while applying to the agent a resistance force of a variation behavior appropriate to a motion behavior of the agent. According to the training device, a strength and a direction of a resistance force applied to the agent can be varied via a regenerative braking on a motor according to at least one of a variation behavior of a relative posture between an upper body and a leg of the agent and a temporal variation behavior of the relative posture therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Endo, Tetsuya Ido, Ritsuo Hara, Keishiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20100049333
    Abstract: In the assist device, the output of an actuator adjusted so that it becomes lower as a state of charge of a battery exceeds a first threshold value, and also so that it becomes lower as the state of charge of the battery becomes lower. The output of the actuator is controlled on the basis of the state of charge of the battery, so that it is possible to make the agent recognize the change in the state of charge of the battery by changing the output of the actuator, and as a result, to avoid the situation where the agent feels strange with respect to stopping the operation of the assist device following thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Endo, Keishiro Kikuchi, Ritsuo Hara