Patents by Inventor Kentaroh Hirose

Kentaroh Hirose 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: 6946811
    Abstract: An entrapment detecting device for an opening/closing member includes a controller which memorizes a driving condition of a driving unit corresponding to load applied to the opening/closing member as a reference load data when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the movement of the opening/closing member for closing. The controller further calculates a driving data representing the driving condition during the movement of the opening/closing member for closing after memorizing the reference load data, and an abnormality detecting data generated by eliminating the load during the predetermined condition being satisfied from the driving data based upon the driving data and the reference load data, and the controller judges an entrapment based upon the abnormality detecting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Kikuta, Kentaroh Hirose
  • Publication number: 20040008001
    Abstract: An entrapment detecting device for an opening/closing member includes a controlling means which memorizes a driving condition of a driving means corresponding to load applied to the opening/closing member as a reference load data when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the movement of the opening/closing member for closing. The controlling means further calculates a driving data representing the driving condition during the movement of the opening/closing member for closing after memorizing the reference load data, and an abnormality detecting data generated by eliminating the load during the predetermined condition being satisfied from the driving data based upon the driving data and the reference load data, and the controlling means judges an entrapment based upon the abnormality detecting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Kikuta, Kentaroh Hirose
  • Patent number: 6580242
    Abstract: An entrapment detection device of an opening/closing member which efficiently performs an entrapment determination and restrains an entrapment load even when a motor rotational signal is not inputted. The entrapment detection device includes a controller for performing the entrapment detection based on detected motor rotational signal cycle changes outputted from a motor rotation sensor which is synchronized with the movement of a motor for actuating an opening/closing member. The controller stores the cycle changes of a predetermined number of output pulses from the sensor, predetermines a standard cycle time Tb from the stored pulse output, and calculates a cycle coefficient of the entrapment. When the motor rotational speed is reduced, an entrapment detection operation is performed by comparing a value of time from a previous cycle change to a current cycle change multiplied by the calculated cycle coefficient with the standard cycle Tb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaroh Hirose, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Hideharu Kato
  • Publication number: 20020024310
    Abstract: An entrapment detection device of an opening/closing member which efficiently performs an entrapment determination and restrains an entrapment load even when a motor rotational signal is not inputted. The entrapment detection device includes a controller for performing the entrapment detection based on detected motor rotational signal cycle changes outputted from a motor rotation sensor which is synchronized with the movement of a motor for actuating an opening/closing member. The controller stores the cycle changes of a predetermined number of output pulses from the sensor, predetermines a standard cycle time Tb from the stored pulse output, and calculates a cycle coefficient of the entrapment. When the motor rotational speed is reduced, an entrapment detection operation is performed by comparing a value of time from a previous cycle change to a current cycle change multiplied by the calculated cycle coefficient with the standard cycle Tb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaroh Hirose, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Hideharu Kato