Patents by Inventor Makoto Araki

Makoto Araki 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: 11938660
    Abstract: A mold die includes: a mold die body that is configured to hold an object to be molded, the object including a substrate and a chip mounted in a central area of the substrate, and that has a cavity which is rectangular in a plan view and which is configured to receive a resin material, the mold die body including: a pot for containing the resin material; a gate disposed at one side of the cavity and configured to allow the resin material to flow into the cavity; and a flow-path restricting mechanism that is disposed on both lateral sides of the cavity that are perpendicular to the one side and that is configured to narrow lateral flow paths, the lateral flow paths being flow paths for the resin material flowing through the cavity in which the chip is not disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Tsukiyama, Atsushi Morikami, Kosuke Araki
  • Patent number: 10724518
    Abstract: A gear pump according to the present invention is configured such that a first pump chamber comprises a first intake space into which a fluid is taken in and a first discharge space from which the fluid is discharged, in accordance with rotation of an internal gear and external gears, a second pump chamber comprises a second intake space into which the fluid is taken in and a second discharge space from which the fluid is discharged, in accordance with rotation of the internal gear and the external gears, the first intake space and the second intake space are provided to be symmetrical about a rotational center of the internal gear, and the first discharge space and the second discharge space are provided to be symmetrical about the rotational center of the internal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TBK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Araki, Hirotada Yoshitani
  • Patent number: 10597110
    Abstract: A vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame and a steering rotation unit that is supported on the vehicle body frame and that rotates about a steering axis. The vehicle includes a variable trail length mechanism. The variable trail length mechanism varies a trail length of a front wheel and includes an oscillation unit and a torsion reduction portion. The oscillation unit is connected with the steering rotation unit so as to be oscillatable in a fore-aft direction and supports the front wheel. The torsion reduction portion reduces torsion of the oscillation unit in a vehicle width direction through the oscillation unit combined with the steering rotation unit under a condition in which the trail length is changed such that the front wheel is disposed at a rearmost position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Araki, Hiroyoshi Kobayashi, Tsubasa Nose
  • Patent number: 10583888
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a steering swivel unit supported on a head pipe of the vehicle frame and angularly movable about a steering axis, a front wheel angularly movable in unison with the steering swivel unit, and a steering handle mounted on the steering swivel unit. The vehicle has a steering handle turning mechanism that makes the steering handle angularly movable about the steering axis relatively to the steering swivel unit. The steering handle turning mechanism includes a handle turning motor for angularly moving the steering handle about the steering axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Araki, Yusuke Yamamoto, Toru Takenaka
  • Patent number: 10543866
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a steering swivel unit supported on a head pipe of the vehicle frame and angularly movable about a steering axis, a front wheel angularly movable in unison with the steering swivel unit, and an automatic steering mechanism for angularly moving the steering swivel unit, wherein the vehicle frame includes a main frame extending rearwardly from the head pipe, and the steering mechanism includes a steering motor for angularly moving the steering swivel unit, the steering motor being supported on the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Araki, Kazushi Akimoto, Toru Takenaka
  • Patent number: 10518837
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a front wheel that is disposed anterior to the vehicle body and that is steerable about a steering axis. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame and a steering rotation unit that is supported on the vehicle body frame and that rotates about the steering axis. The vehicle includes a variable trail length mechanism. The variable trail length mechanism includes an oscillation unit that supports front forks that are disposed to be oscillatable in a fore-aft direction and that support the front wheel, and an electric motor that oscillates the oscillation unit. The electric motor is supported by the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Araki, Takashi Kudo, Toru Takenaka
  • Patent number: 10457346
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a front wheel that is disposed anterior to the vehicle body and that is steerable about a steering axis, and a front fork that supports the front wheel. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame and a steering rotation unit that is supported on the vehicle body frame and that rotates about the steering axis. The vehicle includes a variable trail length mechanism. The variable trail length mechanism includes an oscillation shaft that extends in a vehicle width direction to thereby connect the front fork oscillatably with the steering rotation unit. The oscillation shaft is disposed at a position overlapping an axis of the front fork in a vehicle side elevational view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Araki, Takashi Kudo, Toru Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20190316578
    Abstract: An electric pump device (1) according to the present invention comprises an oil pump (10) that discharges oil; a motor (20) that drives the oil pump (10); and a control unit (30) that controls the value of current supplied to the motor (20) to control rotation of the motor (20), thereby controlling the flow rate of fluid discharged from the oil pump (10). The device is configured such that at startup of the motor (20), until the rotational speed of the motor (20) comes near to a target rotational speed set beforehand, the motor (20) is driven by open loop control that restricts the value of current supplied to the motor (20) to lower than a predetermined upper limit, and that when the rotational speed of the motor (20) has come near to the target rotational speed, the motor (20) is driven by feedback control that keeps the rotational speed at a steady rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: TBK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto ARAKI, Yoshitaka KURAYA
  • Patent number: 10227084
    Abstract: An assist motor generates a steering assist force that assists a steering force transmitted to a steering shaft. A steering assist force transmit member is turnably supported by steering stem, and an assist steering system link joins a steering arm and a steering assist force transmit member. The assist motor is disposed adjacent to an assist steering system link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yotaro Mori, Hisakazu Yasui, Makoto Araki
  • Patent number: 10207762
    Abstract: A control device (60) of a mobile body (1) calculates a center-of-gravity displacement degree index value representing an estimate of the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator in the lateral direction of a vehicle body (2) from a predetermined reference position with respect to the vehicle body (2), and determines a control input for an actuator (15), which can cause a moment in the roll direction to act on the vehicle body (2), so as to increase the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator indicated by the center-of-gravity displacement degree index value in a state of presence of such displacement. The control device (60) controls the actuator (15) in accordance with the control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Kazushi Akimoto, Yuichi Uebayashi, Shinya Shirokura, Tomohiro Kawakami, Makoto Araki
  • Patent number: 10173743
    Abstract: A steering system of a saddle-ride type vehicle including a front fork that includes a steering shaft at the upper end and supports a front wheel at the lower end, a steering arm that is attached to the steering shaft, a steering force transmit member that is turnably supported by a steering stem that is arranged in a body frame, and a steering system link that joins the steering arm and the steering force transmit member. An assist motor generates a steering assist force that assists a steering force transmitted to the steering shaft, and a steering assist force transmit member is turnably supported by the steering stem. An assist steering system link joins the steering arm and the steering assist force transmit member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yotaro Mori, Hisakazu Yasui, Makoto Araki
  • Patent number: 10112675
    Abstract: A control device (60) of a mobile body (1) calculates a center-of-gravity displacement degree index value representing an estimate of the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator in the lateral direction from a prescribed reference position with respect to a vehicle body (2), and determines a control input for an actuator (15) which can cause a moment in the roll direction to act on the vehicle body (2) so as to reduce the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator indicated by the center-of-gravity displacement degree index value. The control device (60) controls the actuator (15) in accordance with the control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Kazushi Akimoto, Yuichi Uebayashi, Shinya Shirokura, Tomohiro Kawakami, Makoto Araki
  • Patent number: 10077066
    Abstract: A steering system of a saddle-ride type vehicle includes a front fork that includes a steering shaft at the upper end and supports a front wheel at the lower end. A steering arm is attached to the steering shaft, a steering force transmit member is turnably supported by a steering stem that is arranged in a body frame, and a steering system link that joins the steering arm and the steering force transmit member. Engage sections are arranged between the steering force transmit member and the steering assist force transmit member. The engage sections allow the steering force transmit member and a steering assist force transmit member to be engaged with each other so that the steering assist force transmit member is turned around the steering stem accompanying turning of the steering force transmit member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yotaro Mori, Hisakazu Yasui, Makoto Araki
  • Publication number: 20180209416
    Abstract: A gear pump according to the present invention is configured such that a first pump chamber comprises a first intake space into which a fluid is taken in and a first discharge space from which the fluid is discharged, in accordance with rotation of an internal gear and external gears, a second pump chamber comprises a second intake space into which the fluid is taken in and a second discharge space from which the fluid is discharged, in accordance with rotation of the internal gear and the external gears, the first intake space and the second intake space are provided to be symmetrical about a rotational center of the internal gear, and the first discharge space and the second discharge space are provided to be symmetrical about the rotational center of the internal gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: TBK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Araki, Hirotada Yoshitani
  • Patent number: 10023260
    Abstract: A steering system of a saddle-ride type vehicle includes a front fork that includes a steering shaft at the upper end and supports a front wheel at the lower end, a steering arm that is attached to the steering shaft, a steering force transmit member that is turnably supported by a steering stem that is disposed in a body frame, and a steering system link that joins the steering arm and the steering force transmit member. The steering system link joins the steering arm and the steering force transmit member that is disposed rearward of the steering arm. A steering force detection sensor that detects a steering force transmitted to the steering shaft is disposed in the steering system link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yotaro Mori, Hisakazu Yasui, Makoto Araki
  • Publication number: 20180178876
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a front wheel that is disposed anterior to the vehicle body and that is steerable about a steering axis. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame and a steering rotation unit that is supported on the vehicle body frame and that rotates about the steering axis. The vehicle includes a variable trail length mechanism. The variable trail length mechanism includes an oscillation unit that supports front forks that are disposed to be oscillatable in a fore-aft direction and that support the front wheel, and an electric motor that oscillates the oscillation unit. The electric motor is supported by the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Araki, Takashi Kudo, Toru Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20180178875
    Abstract: A vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame and a steering rotation unit that is supported on the vehicle body frame and that rotates about a steering axis. The vehicle includes a variable trail length mechanism. The variable trail length mechanism varies a trail length of a front wheel and includes an oscillation unit and a torsion reduction portion. The oscillation unit is connected with the steering rotation unit so as to be oscillatable in a fore-aft direction and supports the front wheel. The torsion reduction portion reduces torsion of the oscillation unit in a vehicle width direction through the oscillation unit combined with the steering rotation unit under a condition in which the trail length is changed such that the front wheel is disposed at a rearmost position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto ARAKI, Hiroyoshi KOBAYASHI, Tsubasa NOSE
  • Publication number: 20180178873
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a front wheel that is disposed anterior to the vehicle body and that is steerable about a steering axis, and a front fork that supports the front wheel. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame and a steering rotation unit that is supported on the vehicle body frame and that rotates about the steering axis. The vehicle includes a variable trail length mechanism. The variable trail length mechanism includes an oscillation shaft that extends in a vehicle width direction to thereby connect the front fork oscillatably with the steering rotation unit. The oscillation shaft is disposed at a position overlapping an axis of the front fork in a vehicle side elevational view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto ARAKI, Takashi KUDO, Toru TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20180178827
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a steering swivel unit supported on a head pipe of the vehicle frame and angularly movable about a steering axis, a front wheel angularly movable in unison with the steering swivel unit, and an automatic steering mechanism for angularly moving the steering swivel unit, wherein the vehicle frame includes a main frame extending rearwardly from the head pipe, and the steering mechanism includes a steering motor for angularly moving the steering swivel unit, the steering motor being supported on the main frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto ARAKI, Kazushi AKIMOTO, Toru TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20180178872
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a steering swivel unit supported on a head pipe of the vehicle frame and angularly movable about a steering axis, a front wheel angularly movable in unison with the steering swivel unit, and a steering handle mounted on the steering swivel unit. The vehicle has a steering handle turning mechanism that makes the steering handle angularly movable about the steering axis relatively to the steering swivel unit. The steering handle turning mechanism includes a handle turning motor for angularly moving the steering handle about the steering axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto ARAKI, Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Toru TAKENAKA