Patents by Inventor Koichi Suyama
Koichi Suyama 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: 8249774Abstract: A toe angle changing control ECU for controlling a toe angle of wheels of a vehicle. The toe angle changing control ECU includes: a straight traveling state judging section for judging whether or not the vehicle is in a; a memory for storing the toe angle of the wheels while the vehicle is in the straight traveling state; and a toe angle setting section for setting the wheels to the toe angle stored in the memory when the straight traveling state judging section judges that the vehicle is in the straight traveling state. While in the straight traveling state, the wheels are set to a toe angle at which the wheels are substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, reducing the rolling resistance of the wheels, and improving fuel consumption.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Suyama, Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Yutaka Horiuchi, Kenji Hattori
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Publication number: 20120010781Abstract: A toe angle changing control ECU for controlling a toe angle of wheels of a vehicle. The toe angle changing control ECU includes: a straight traveling state judging section for judging whether or not the vehicle is in a; a memory for storing the toe angle of the wheels while the vehicle is in the straight traveling state; and a toe angle setting section for setting the wheels to the toe angle stored in the memory when the straight traveling state judging section judges that the vehicle is in the straight traveling state. While in the straight traveling state, the wheels are set to a toe angle at which the wheels are substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, reducing the rolling resistance of the wheels, and improving fuel consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Suyama, Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Yutaka Horiuchi, Kenji Hattori
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Patent number: 8050819Abstract: A toe angle changing control ECU for controlling a toe angle of wheels of a vehicle. The toe angle changing control ECU includes: a straight traveling state judging section for judging whether or not the vehicle is in a; a memory for storing the toe angle of the wheels while the vehicle is in the straight traveling state; and a toe angle setting section for setting the wheels to the toe angle stored in the memory (44) when the straight traveling state judging section judges that the vehicle is in the straight traveling state. While in the straight traveling state, the wheels are set to a toe angle at which the wheels are substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, reducing the rolling resistance of the wheels, and improving fuel consumption.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Suyama, Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Yutaka Horiuchi, Kenji Hattori
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Patent number: 8011675Abstract: In an expansion actuator employing a screw feed mechanism, when a screw feed mechanism (60) formed from a male thread member (58) and a female thread member (59) that are screwed one into the other is driven by a motor (33) via a reduction gear (44), relative displacement between the male thread member (58) and the female thread member (59) in the direction of an axis (L) can be outputted as expansion and contraction due to relative movement of first and second housings (31, 32). Since the screw feed mechanism (60) is disposed so as to surround outer peripheries of the motor (33) and the reduction gear (44), which are disposed on the axis (L), compared with a case in which the motor (33), the reduction gear (44), and the screw feed mechanism (60) are disposed in series on the axis (L), it is possible to make the dimension of the expansion actuator (14) in the axis (L) direction smaller.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Koichi Suyama
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Patent number: 7990003Abstract: A telescopic actuator includes a motor having a rotation shaft, a reduction gear which decelerates an output rotation of the rotation shaft, a feed screw mechanism having a male screw member and a female screw member which are relatively rotated by an output rotation of the reduction gear, a first housing accommodating the motor, and a second housing accommodating the reduction gear and the feed screw mechanism. The first housing and the second housing are detachably attached.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Suyama, Yutaka Horiuchi, Hajime Kajiwara, Takehiko Hakui, Kotaro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7883147Abstract: A vehicle seat cushion structure whereby even when a steering wheel or other object is pushed closer toward a vehicle occupant after a vehicle is involved in a head-on collision and little space is left in front of the vehicle occupant, the space can be readily enlarged. The cushion structure comprises a supporting member provided on a seat frame and a cushion member disposed in a folded state on the supporting member. The folded cushion member is capable of being withdrawn from a cushion removal opening formed on a side of a seat. Space is provided between the vehicle occupant and the steering wheel or the like when the cushion member is removed via the cushion removal opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Hattori, Koichi Suyama
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Publication number: 20100066040Abstract: In an expansion actuator employing a screw feed mechanism, when a screw feed mechanism (60) formed from a male thread member (58) and a female thread member (59) that are screwed one into the other is driven by a motor (33) via a reduction gear (44), relative displacement between the male thread member (58) and the female thread member (59) in the direction of an axis (L) can be outputted as expansion and contraction due to relative movement of first and second housings (31, 32). Since the screw feed mechanism (60) is disposed so as to surround outer peripheries of the motor (33) and the reduction gear (44), which are disposed on the axis (L), compared with a case in which the motor (33), the reduction gear (44), and the screw feed mechanism (60) are disposed in series on the axis (L), it is possible to make the dimension of the expansion actuator (14) in the axis (L) direction smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Koichi Suyama
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Patent number: 7562738Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for detecting an operation amount of or an operation state quantity by an operation force on each of two independent operation elements to thereby control a steering unit based on a difference between the operation state quantities so detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Suyama, Takamitsu Tajima, Yoshinobu Tada, Kouichi Sato
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Patent number: 7552794Abstract: An input device 30A of an electric steering device 1 includes a pair of steering wheels 31A, 31B. When both the steering wheels 31A, 31B or one of the steering wheels 31A, 31B. is operated being rotated, front wheels 9 can be steered. Further, when both the steering wheels 31A, 31B or one of the steering wheels 31A, 31B is slid in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle, the front wheels 9 can be steered.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norifumi Tamura, Takamitsu Tajima, Yoshinobu Tada, Koichi Suyama, Shigeki Ehara
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Publication number: 20090134686Abstract: A vehicle seat which comprises a seat cushion, a frame for the seat cushion, and a seat pan supported by the seat cushion frame. A surface of the seat pan is covered with a cushion material, and a cutout is formed in a front portion of the seat pan. The cutout is shaped such that a leg of an occupant sitting on the seat cushion can fit in the cutout while deforming the cushion material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Naito, Yuta Urushiyama, Koichi Suyama
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Publication number: 20090066132Abstract: A vehicle seat cushion structure whereby even when a steering wheel or other object is pushed closer toward a vehicle occupant after a vehicle is involved in a head-on collision and little space is left in front of the vehicle occupant, the space can be readily enlarged. The cushion structure comprises a supporting member provided on a seat frame and a cushion member disposed in a folded state on the supporting member. The folded cushion member is capable of being withdrawn from a cushion removal opening formed on a side of a seat. Space is provided between the vehicle occupant and the steering wheel or the like when the cushion member is removed via the cushion removal opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Hattori, Koichi Suyama
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Publication number: 20080201037Abstract: To provide a toe angle changing control ECU for controlling a toe angle of wheels of a vehicle. The toe angle changing control ECU includes: a straight traveling state judging section (41) for judging whether or not the vehicle is in a straight traveling state within a predetermined time period based on detection results (a vehicle speed, a steering torque, a yaw rate, and a lateral acceleration) of the traveling condition of the vehicle; a memory (44) for storing the toe angle of the wheels while the vehicle is in the straight traveling state; and a toe angle setting section (43) for setting the wheels to the toe angle stored in the memory (44) when the straight traveling state judging section (41) judges that the vehicle is in the straight traveling state. While the vehicle is in the straight traveling state, the wheels are set to a toe angle at which the wheels are substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the rolling resistance of the wheels becomes minimum theoretically.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Suyama, Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Yutaka Horiuchi, Kenji Hattori
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Publication number: 20080157612Abstract: A telescopic actuator includes a motor having a rotation shaft, a reduction gear which decelerates an output rotation of the rotation shaft, a feed screw mechanism having a male screw member and a female screw member which are relatively rotated by an output rotation of the reduction gear, a first housing accommodating the motor, and a second housing accommodating the reduction gear and the feed screw mechanism. The first housing and the second housing are detachably attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Suyama, Yutaka Horiuchi, Hajime Kajiwara, Takehiko Hakui, Kotaro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20060214409Abstract: An input device 30A of an electric steering device 1 includes a pair of steering wheels 31A, 31B. When both the steering wheels 31A, 31B or one of the steering wheels 31A, 31B. is operated being rotated, front wheels 9 can be steered. Further, when both the steering wheels 31A, 31B or one of the steering wheels 31A, 31B is slid in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle, the front wheels 9 can be steered.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norifumi Tamura, Takamitsu Tajima, Yoshinobu Tada, Koichi Suyama, Shigeki Ehara
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Publication number: 20060118350Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for detecting an operation amount of or an operation state quantity by an operation force on each of two independent operation elements to thereby control a steering unit based on a difference between the operation state quantities so detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: June 8, 2006Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Suyama, Takamitsu Tajima, Yoshinobu Tada, Kouichi Sato
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Patent number: 6968919Abstract: A cable type steering system includes an operation cable having an outer tube and inner cable slidably received in the outer tube. A drive pulley coupled to a steering wheel for rotation and a driven pulley coupled to a steering gear box for steering wheels for rotation are connected to end portions of the inner cable. A steering torque inputted to the steering wheel is transmitted to the steering gear box via the inner cable of the operation cable. At least one of a first portion of the system extending from the drive pulley to a first position of the outer tube and a second portion of the system extending from the driven pulley to a second position of the outer tube is accommodated within a waterproof space formed by a cover, such as a rubber cover or a cover molded of synthetic resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2002Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Shimizu, Koichi Suyama, Katsuji Watanabe, Atsuhiko Yoneda
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Patent number: 6796567Abstract: A cable-type steering device in which a driving pulley coupled to a first pulley shaft connected to a steering wheel and a follower pulley coupled to a second pulley shaft connected to a steering gear box are connected to each other by operating cables, whereby a steering torque input to the steering wheel is transmitted through the operating cables to the steering gear box. At least one of transmission of a steering torque between the driving pulley and the first pulley shaft and transmission of a steering torque between the follower pulley and the second pulley shaft is carried out through a tapered coupling portion including a tapered surface formed on an outer periphery of at least one of the first and second pulley shafts and a tapered surface formed on an inner periphery of at least one of the driving pulley and the follower pulley.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Shimizu, Atsuhiko Yoneda, Katsuji Watanabe, Koichi Suyama
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Patent number: 6752424Abstract: A cable type steering system includes a drive pulley coupled to a steering wheel for rotation and having a drive pulley main body, a driven pulley coupled to a steering gear box for steering wheels for rotation and having a driven pulley main body, and an operation cable connecting the drive pulley with the driven pulley, so that a steering torque inputted to the steering wheel is transmitted to the steering gear box via the operation cable. At least one of the drive pulley main body and the driven pulley main body may be molded of a synthetic resin in such a manner as to cover a detent portion formed on an outer circumference of a pulley boss made of a metal both from an axial direction and a radial direction, and at least part of the covered detent portion is visible from outside of the covering pulley main body.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2002Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Shimizu, Koichi Suyama, Katsuji Watanabe, Atsuhiko Yoneda
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Publication number: 20030080546Abstract: A cable-type steering device in which a driving pulley coupled to a first pulley shaft connected to a steering wheel and a follower pulley coupled to a second pulley shaft connected to a steering gear box are connected to each other by operating cables, whereby a steering torque input to the steering wheel is transmitted through the operating cables to the steering gear box. At least one of transmission of a steering torque between the driving pulley and the first pulley shaft and transmission of a steering torque between the follower pulley and the second pulley shaft is carried out through a tapered coupling portion including a tapered surface formed on an outer periphery of at least one of the first and second pulley shafts and a tapered surface formed on an inner periphery of at least one of the driving pulley and the follower pulley.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Shimizu, Atsuhiko Yoneda, Katsuji Watanabe, Koichi Suyama
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Publication number: 20030071449Abstract: A cable type steering system includes an operation cable having an outer tube and inner cable slidably received in the outer tube. A drive pulley coupled to a steering wheel for rotation is connected to one end portion of the inner cable, and a driven pulley coupled to a steering gear box for steering wheels for rotation. A driven pulley is connected to the other end portion of the inner cable. A steering torque inputted to the steering wheel is transmitted to the steering gear box via the inner cable of the operation cable. At least one of a first portion extending from the drive pulley to a first optional position of the outer tube and a second portion extending from the driven pulley to a second optional position of the outer tube is accommodated within a waterproof space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Shimizu, Koichi Suyama, Katsuji Watanabe, Atsuhiko Yoneda