Patents by Inventor Kunihiro NISHIWAKI

Kunihiro NISHIWAKI 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: 11794709
    Abstract: The present disclosure comprises a reservoir cutoff valve provided on a pipe and configured to be opened in a non-energization state; a simulator cutoff valve provided on a pipe and configured to be closed in a non-energization state; an operation determination circuit configured to determine whether the brake operation member is in an operation execution state in which the brake operation member is being operated is; and a current control circuit that, when the operation determination circuit determines that the brake operation member is not in an operation execution state, supplies a first current to the reservoir cutoff valve, and when the operation determination circuit determines that the brake operation member is in an operation execution state, supplies a second current greater than the first current to the reservoir cutoff valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nishiwaki, Jun Nomura, Yasuhito Ishida, Tatsushi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210362698
    Abstract: A braking control device includes an upstream mechanism control unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The upstream mechanism control unit is configured to feedback control the upstream mechanism in such a manner that a detected hydraulic pressure detected by a hydraulic pressure sensor is brought to an upstream target hydraulic pressure. The hydraulic pressure sensor detects a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic pressure circuit. The determination unit is configured to determine, based on the detected hydraulic pressure by the hydraulic pressure sensor, whether hydraulic pressure hunting is occurring. The control unit is configured to control the downstream mechanism based on the upstream target hydraulic pressure and the target wheel pressure in a case where the determination unit determines that the hydraulic pressure hunting is occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito ISHIDA, Kunihiro NISHIWAKI, Tatsushi KOBAYASHI, Tomotaka ASANO, Ken KUZUYA, Takayuki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11155254
    Abstract: A braking device includes a stroke simulator, a hydraulic pressure generation unit, a reaction hydraulic pressure detection unit, a master hydraulic pressure detection unit, and a bottoming determination unit. The stroke simulator includes a cylinder and a piston slidably movable inside the cylinder in conjunction with an operation of a brake operation member. The stroke simulator causes a reaction force chamber to generate a reaction hydraulic pressure and applies a reaction force. The hydraulic pressure generation unit generates a master hydraulic pressure by driving a master piston and supplies a hydraulic pressure to a wheel cylinder. The reaction hydraulic pressure detection unit detects the reaction hydraulic pressure. The master hydraulic pressure detection unit detects the master hydraulic pressure. The bottoming determination unit determines whether the master piston is in a bottoming state based on the reaction hydraulic pressure and the master hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nishiwaki, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yasuhito Ishida, Tatsushi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210016755
    Abstract: The present disclosure comprises a reservoir cutoff valve provided on a pipe and configured to be opened in a non-energization state; a simulator cutoff valve provided on a pipe and configured to be closed in a non-energization state; an operation determination circuit configured to determine whether the brake operation member is in an operation execution state in which the brake operation member is being operated is; and a current control circuit that, when the operation determination circuit determines that the brake operation member is not in an operation execution state, supplies a first current to the reservoir cutoff valve, and when the operation determination circuit determines that the brake operation member is in an operation execution state, supplies a second current greater than the first current to the reservoir cutoff valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro NISHIWAKI, Jun NOMURA, Yasuhito ISHIDA, Tatsushi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200198603
    Abstract: A brake control device has: a first control unit which controls a first pressurizing mechanism capable of pressurizing a brake fluid using one pressurizing mode among a plurality of set pressurizing modes; and a second control unit which controls a second pressurizing mechanism separate from the first pressurizing mechanism and capable of pressurizing the brake fluid pressurized by the first pressurizing mechanism, wherein the first and second control units perform cooperative control based on the control information. The brake control device includes a mode estimation unit for estimating the current pressurizing mode set in the first pressurizing mechanism when the transfer of the control information is blocked. The second control unit is provided with a specific control unit which, in a state in which the transfer of the control information is blocked, controls the second pressurizing mechanism according to the pressurizing mode estimated by the mode estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotaka ASANO, Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Yasuhito ISHIDA, Tatsushi KOBAYASHI, Kunihiro NISHIWAKI
  • Publication number: 20200039494
    Abstract: A braking device includes a stroke simulator, a hydraulic pressure generation unit, a reaction hydraulic pressure detection unit, a master hydraulic pressure detection unit, and a bottoming determination unit. The stroke simulator includes a cylinder and a piston slidably movable inside the cylinder in conjunction with an operation of a brake operation member. The stroke simulator causes a reaction force chamber to generate a reaction hydraulic pressure and applies a reaction force. The hydraulic pressure generation unit generates a master hydraulic pressure by driving a master piston and supplies a hydraulic pressure to a wheel cylinder. The reaction hydraulic pressure detection unit detects the reaction hydraulic pressure. The master hydraulic pressure detection unit detects the master hydraulic pressure. The bottoming determination unit determines whether the master piston is in a bottoming state based on the reaction hydraulic pressure and the master hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nishiwaki, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yasuhito Ishida, Tatsushi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10259437
    Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes: a stroke simulator for generating a hydraulic pressure corresponding to a brake operation in a hydraulic chamber, the stroke simulator having a cylinder part and a piston part for sliding through the inside of the cylinder part in conjunction with a brake operation of a brake pedal; a booster mechanism having an input part directly pressed by the piston part or pressed by a spring interposed between the input part and the piston part in conjunction with the sliding of the piston part, and thereby moved in sliding fashion through the inside of the cylinder, and a hydraulic pressure generating part for generating a first hydraulic pressure corresponding to the movement of the input part based on the hydraulic pressure of an accumulator; and a wheel cylinder for applying a braking force to a vehicle wheel on the basis of the first hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nishiwaki, Takayuki Yamamoto, Kyosuke Hata, Yasuhito Ishida
  • Publication number: 20190100181
    Abstract: This invention is characterized in being provided with: a determining unit for determining the execution of a state transition from a pressure increase mode in which an electric pump is operated with a differential valve being in a closed state and a holding valve being in an open state to a pressure decrease mode in which the electric pump is operated with the holding valve being in a closed state and the differential valve being in an open state; and a control unit for controlling, when the determining unit determines the execution of the state transition, one or more of the differential valve, the holding valve, a pressure reduction valve, and the electric pump, and reducing the amount of a braking fluid retained in a path between the differential valve and the holding valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsushi Kobayashi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yasuhito Ishida, Kunihiro Nishiwaki
  • Publication number: 20170274880
    Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes: a stroke simulator for generating a hydraulic pressure corresponding to a brake operation in a hydraulic chamber, the stroke simulator having a cylinder part and a piston part for sliding through the inside of the cylinder part in conjunction with a brake operation of a brake pedal; a booster mechanism having an input part directly pressed by the piston part or pressed by a spring interposed between the input part and the piston part in conjunction with the sliding of the piston part, and thereby moved in sliding fashion through the inside of the cylinder, and a hydraulic pressure generating part for generating a first hydraulic pressure corresponding to the movement of the input part based on the hydraulic pressure of an accumulator; and a wheel cylinder for applying a braking force to a vehicle wheel on the basis of the first hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro NISHIWAKI, Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Kyosuke HATA, Yasuhito ISHIDA