Patents by Inventor Masaaki Komazawa

Masaaki Komazawa 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: 10625721
    Abstract: The hydraulic pressure control device has an idle region, and is provided with a control portion, and a correcting portion which, in cases when the reaction time of the actual pressure to pressure increasing control or pressure decreasing control exceeds a predetermined threshold time, corrects a control current towards the side in which the flow-rate is increased. In cases when a judging portion has judged that the pressure increasing control is in the idle area, the correcting portion applies, as the threshold time, an idle threshold time set to a value different from the threshold time that in cases when the judging portion has not judged that the pressure increasing control is in the idle area. Furthermore, in cases when the reaction time of the actual pressure to the pressure increasing control exceeds the idle threshold time, the correcting portion corrects the control current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano, Masaaki Komazawa
  • Patent number: 10604129
    Abstract: Provided is a brake device capable of detecting abnormality condition of a subject valve without using a wheel pressure sensor and the vehicle brake device includes a valve which is configured to open and close a fluid passage connected to the master chamber and at the same time which is a subject valve for a subject of failure judgement and an abnormality judging portion which is configured to judge whether or not the subject valve is in an abnormal state based on an advancement amount of the master piston accompanying an opening of the subject valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Kobayashi, Masaaki Komazawa, Yusuke Kamiya
  • Patent number: 10449943
    Abstract: A brake ECU (abnormality detection device) includes: an operating amount obtaining portion configured to obtain a measurement value of a stroke; a hydraulic pressure obtaining portion configured to obtain a measurement value of a reaction force hydraulic pressure having a mutual relationship with respect to the stroke; an operation direction determining portion configured to determine directions of operation of outputs from a stroke sensor and a pressure sensor; a failure detection range switching portion configured to switch the failure detection range for detecting failures of a hydraulic pressure braking force generating device in accordance with the direction of operation; and a failure determining portion configured to determine the failure of the hydraulic pressure braking force generating device from the failure detection range switched by the failure detection range switching portion, the measurement value of the stroke, and the measurement value of the reaction force hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Okano, Yusuke Kamiya, Masaaki Komazawa, Takeshi Okawa
  • Patent number: 10173658
    Abstract: In a vehicular brake device, while a brake operating member is not operated and a wheel cylinder pressure supplying control is executed to supply the target wheel cylinder pressure to the respective wheel cylinders individually, the vehicle control device sets the target servo pressure to a first predetermined target servo pressure which is a value smaller than a maximum output pressure of the servo pressure generating device. When the execution of the wheel cylinder pressure supplying control starts, the vehicle control device sets the target servo pressure to be the target wheel cylinder maximum value when a firstly occurred rising inclination of the target wheel cylinder maximum value is equal to or more than a minimum increment of an output of the servo pressure generating device per unit time and at the same time when the target wheel cylinder pressure is smaller than the first determined target servo pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano, Yusuke Kamiya, Daisuke Nakata, Masaaki Komazawa
  • Publication number: 20180345925
    Abstract: The hydraulic pressure control device has an idle region, and is provided with a control portion, and a correcting portion which, in cases when the reaction time of the actual pressure to pressure increasing control or pressure decreasing control exceeds a predetermined threshold time, corrects a control current towards the side in which the flow-rate is increased. In cases when a judging portion has judged that the pressure increasing control is in the idle area, the correcting portion applies, as the threshold time, an idle threshold time set to a value different from the threshold time that in cases when the judging portion has not judged that the pressure increasing control is in the idle area. Furthermore, in cases when the reaction time of the actual pressure to the pressure increasing control exceeds the idle threshold time, the correcting portion corrects the control current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki NINOYU, Takahiro OKANO, Masaaki KOMAZAWA
  • Patent number: 10065619
    Abstract: A vehicle control device which is applicable to a vehicle brake device, controls the pressure increasing control valve and the pressure-decreasing control valve so that an actual servo pressure detected by the servo pressure sensor becomes a target servo pressure; and controls so as to increase the target servo pressure by a predetermined amount, while the brake actuator is executing the braking control which accompanies a brake fluid pumping back control wherein the brake fluid supplied to the wheel cylinder is pumped back to the master cylinder by the built-in pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano, Yusuke Kamiya, Daisuke Nakata, Masaaki Komazawa
  • Publication number: 20180244254
    Abstract: A brake ECU (abnormality detection device) includes: an operating amount obtaining portion configured to obtain a measurement value of a stroke; a hydraulic pressure obtaining portion configured to obtain a measurement value of a reaction force hydraulic pressure having a mutual relationship with respect to the stroke; an operation direction determining portion configured to determine directions of operation of outputs from a stroke sensor and a pressure sensor; a failure detection range switching portion configured to switch the failure detection range for detecting failures of a hydraulic pressure braking force generating device in accordance with the direction of operation; and a failure determining portion configured to determine the failure of the hydraulic pressure braking force generating device from the failure detection range switched by the failure detection range switching portion, the measurement value of the stroke, and the measurement value of the reaction force hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro OKANO, Yusuke KAMIYA, Masaaki KOMAZAWA, Takeshi OKAWA
  • Patent number: 10029665
    Abstract: A brake device for controlling an actual pressure of an output hydraulic pressure outputted from a pressure adjusting device and applying a braking force to a wheel of a vehicle based on the actual pressure of the output hydraulic pressure. The brake device includes an actual pressure judging portion configured to judge whether or not the actual pressure of the output hydraulic pressure is the pressure that is within the range of the dead zone and a adjusting portion configured to execute a target pressure adjustment for adjusting a target pressure of the output hydraulic pressure to approximate a side of the actual pressure of the output hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Okano, Masaki Ninoyu, Kiyohito Takeuchi, Masaaki Komazawa, Yusuke Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9937911
    Abstract: A vehicle control device which is applicable to a vehicle brake device, controls the pressure increasing control valve and the pressure decreasing control valve so that an actual servo pressure detected by the servo pressure sensor becomes a target servo pressure and sets a control dead zone in which a control of the pressure increasing control valve and the pressure decreasing control valve is prohibited to be an area which has a first predetermined width from the target servo pressure when a normal braking operation is performed and sets the control dead zone to be an area which has a second predetermined width, wider than the first predetermined width when the brake actuator executes the braking control which accompanies a brake fluid pumping back control, wherein the brake fluid supplied to the wheel cylinder is returned to the master cylinder by pumping back operation of the built-in pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano, Yusuke Kamiya, Daisuke Nakata, Masaaki Komazawa
  • Patent number: 9919687
    Abstract: Vibrations of a hydraulic pressure in an upstream portion due to operations of a slip control device during anti-lock control are transmitted to a control pressure chamber via a pressurizing piston of a master cylinder and a control piston of a regulator. During anti-lock control, in contrast, a pressure-increase linear valve and a pressure-reduction linear valve are opened, allowing change in volume of the control pressure chamber, resulting in reduction in stiffness. This reduction suppresses vibrations of a hydraulic pressure in the control pressure chamber, resulting in suppression of vibrations of a hydraulic pressure in a front pressure chamber. As a result, it is possible to reduce the lowering in control accuracy for a hydraulic pressure in a brake cylinder in anti-lock control using the hydraulic pressure in the front pressure chamber, which can well avoid a long braking distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kamiya, Masaaki Komazawa, Kiyoyuki Uchida, Masaki Ninoyu, Akitaka Nishio, Masaki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20180029576
    Abstract: Provided is a brake device capable of detecting abnormality condition of a subject valve without using a wheel pressure sensor and the vehicle brake device includes a valve which is configured to open and close a fluid passage connected to the master chamber and at the same time which is a subject valve for a subject of failure judgement and an abnormality judging portion which is configured to judge whether or not the subject valve is in an abnormal state based on an advancement amount of the master piston accompanying an opening of the subject valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi KOBAYASHI, Masaaki KOMAZAWA, Yusuke KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 9783170
    Abstract: The vehicle control apparatus gives a control current to the electromagnetic control valve at a start of energization of the electromagnetic control valve as a start current value smaller by a first determined amount than an open/closed state change-over reference current value which is necessary for changing over a state of the electromagnetic valve and after the start of energization of the electromagnetic control valve, the control current gradually increases with a smaller increase inclination than an increase inclination of an increase control of the control current which gives priority to a control responsibility of the electromagnetic control valve and finishes a gradual increase of the control current applying to the electromagnetic control valve, when the control current exceeds a finish current value which is larger than the open/closed state change-over reference current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano, Daisuke Nakata, Yuusuke Kamiya, Masaaki Komazawa
  • Patent number: 9744957
    Abstract: The braking device for a vehicle includes a judging portion which judges whether the input piston and the output piston are in contact with or separated from each other and a control portion which outputs the control signal to the pilot pressure generating device so that the hydraulic pressure detected by the hydraulic pressure detecting device becomes a target value corresponding to a vehicle state, when judged that the input piston is not in contact with the output piston and outputs another control signal to the pilot pressure generating device, by which the pilot pressure becomes higher than the pilot pressure generated under a same vehicle state to a vehicle state in a case that the control signal is outputted when the judging portion judges that the input piston is not in contact with the output piston, when judged that the input piston is in contact with the output piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyohito Takeuchi, Yosuke Yamasoe, Yoshio Masuda, Masaki Ninoyu, Kiyoyuki Uchida, Yusuke Kamiya, Masaaki Komazawa, Akira Sakai
  • Patent number: 9714017
    Abstract: The brake controller includes a friction brake device, a regeneration brake device, a required braking force calculating portion, a vehicle motion control portion which distributes the required braking force to the non-regeneration braking side right/left wheels that is either one of the right/left front wheels and right/left rear wheels, a maximum braking force calculating portion which calculates the maximum braking force at each wheel and a braking force control portion-which calculates the regeneration braking force generated at the regeneration braking side right/left wheels within a range where the regeneration braking force to be generated at the regeneration braking side right/left wheels does not exceed a smaller value of the maximum braking forces of the regeneration braking side right/left wheels, based on the required braking force and the distribution of the braking force to the non-regeneration braking side right/left wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Okano, Akitaka Nishio, Yusuke Kamiya, Masaaki Komazawa
  • Publication number: 20170182990
    Abstract: A vehicular brake device that implements ESC/TRC control suppresses hydraulic pressure variations produced during open/close control of a brake actuator holding valve or depressurizing valve. While a brake operating member is not operated and a wheel cylinder pressure supplying control is executed to supply target wheel cylinder pressure to respective wheel cylinders, the target servo pressure is set to a first predetermined target servo pressure smaller than a maximum output pressure of the servo pressure generating device. When wheel cylinder pressure supplying control starts, the target servo pressure is set as the target wheel cylinder maximum value when a firstly occurred rising inclination of the target wheel cylinder maximum value is equal to or more than a minimum increment of an output of the servo pressure generating device per unit time and at the same time when the target wheel cylinder pressure is below the first determined target servo pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano, Yusuke Kamiya, Daisuke Nakata, Masaaki Komazawa
  • Patent number: 9683584
    Abstract: The brake device for a vehicle generates two master pressures by controlling one single servo pressure to accurately control braking force. The pressure increasing characteristic is set based on the first pressure increasing characteristic obtained from the relationship between the servo pressure and the first master pressure upon increasing the servo pressure and the second pressure increasing characteristic obtained from the servo pressure and the second master pressure. The pressure decreasing characteristic is set based on the first pressure increasing characteristic obtained from the relationship between the servo pressure and the first master pressure upon decreasing the servo pressure and the second pressure decreasing characteristic obtained from the servo pressure and the second master pressure. Thus, the total braking force of the brake device is the sum of a braking force generated by the first master pressure and a braking force generated by the second master piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshio Masuda, Hiroaki Niino, Akira Sakai, Yasuji Mizutani, Kiyoyuki Uchida, Masaaki Komazawa, Kazutaka Noro, Yusuke Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9663086
    Abstract: The vehicular brake device according to the present invention is provided with a first flow passage connecting a first electromagnetic valve and a wheel cylinder, a second flow passage connecting a reservoir portion capable of storing brake fluid and the first flow passage and a second electromagnetic valve disposed in the second flow passage. A pressure differential generating portion generates a predetermined pressure differential by moving a master piston by a drive pressure generating portion after an execution of an advancement control to advance the master piston so that the stroke position of the master piston is within an advanced side area. A second electromagnetic valve control portion places the second electromagnetic valve in an open state for a period including at least a portion of the period of time in an execution period of the advancement control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Ozeki, Hiroaki Niino, Takahiro Okano, Masaaki Komazawa, Kiyoyuki Uchida
  • Patent number: 9656644
    Abstract: The braking control device for controlling a master cylinder device includes a housing, an output piston, an input piston, a separation chamber opening and closing portion, and a driving hydraulic pressure generating portion, and is provided with an operation control for controlling the master cylinder device in an operation force operating state (regulator mode) in which the output piston is driven by operation force on a brake operation member and in a driving hydraulic pressure operating state (linear mode) in which the output piston is driven by driving hydraulic pressure from the driving hydraulic pressure generating portion; a brake operation judgment portion for judging the presence or absence of a brake operation and the probability thereof and a state transition limiter for limiting at least one of state transitions between the operating states when the presence of the brake operation and possibility thereof is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Maruyama, Kazutaka Noro, Tatsushi Kobayashi, Yasunori Sakata, Akitaka Nishio, Masaaki Komazawa, Yusuke Kamiya, Kiyoyuki Uchida
  • Patent number: 9623856
    Abstract: A hydraulic braking system includes: a master cylinder including: a pressurizing piston fluid-tightly and slidably fitted in a housing; a front pressure chamber located in front of the pressurizing piston and connected to a brake cylinder; and a rear chamber located behind the pressurizing piston; a rear-hydraulic-pressure control device connected to the rear chamber of the master cylinder and configured to supply control hydraulic pressure to the rear chamber; and an air bleeding device configured to perform air bleeding for an air bleeding target portion as at least a portion of the rear-hydraulic-pressure control device, in a state in which working fluid is prevented from being supplied to the rear chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kamiya, Masaaki Komazawa, Yasuhito Ishida
  • Publication number: 20160355168
    Abstract: A vehicle control device which is applicable to a vehicle brake device, controls the pressure increasing control valve and the pressure-decreasing control valve so that an actual servo pressure detected by the servo pressure sensor becomes a target servo pressure; and controls so as to increase the target servo pressure by a predetermined amount, while the brake actuator is executing the braking control which accompanies a brake fluid pumping back control wherein the brake fluid supplied to the wheel cylinder is pumped back to the master cylinder by the built-in pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki NINOYU, Takahiro OKANO, Yusuke KAMIYA, Daisuke NAKATA, Masaaki KOMAZAWA