Patents by Inventor Masahiko Yoshizawa

Masahiko Yoshizawa 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: 8818630
    Abstract: A vehicular vibration damping control apparatus calculates a correction torque to suppress vehicle body sprung vibration. In outputting a correction torque command to a driving/braking torque producing device, the control apparatus outputs a hunting time correction torque command smaller than a normal time correction toque command when a state in which amplitude of the correction torque is greater than or equal to a predetermined amplitude continues for a predetermined time length, and thereafter to return an output of the correction torque command from the hunting time correction torque command to the normal time correction torque command if a state in which the amplitude of the correction torque is smaller than or equal to the predetermined amplitude continues for a first predetermined time length. The frequency of performing the vibration damping control is increased by suppressing occurrence of hunting at the time of return to the normal vibration damping control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Kimura, Yuuki Shiozawa, Mitsunori Ohta, Hiroki Sasaki, Akihiro Itoh, Masahiko Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 8688342
    Abstract: Predetermined weights are assigned, in accordance with a traveling state, to a first correction toque to suppress a sprung vibration of the vehicle in accordance with a wheel speed, and a second correction toque to suppress the sprung vibration of the vehicle in accordance with a driving/braking torque. With this configuration, it becomes possible to calculate the vibration suppressing torque corresponding to the traveling state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ohta, Masahiko Yoshizawa, Yuuki Shiozawa, Yosuke Kobayashi, Akihiro Itoh
  • Patent number: 8620524
    Abstract: A correction torque command is outputted to a driving/braking torque producing means in accordance with a correction torque to suppress vehicle body spring vibration. When a state of the correction torque amplitude being greater than a predetermined amplitude continues for a given predetermined time, a control apparatus outputs a hunting time correction torque command smaller than a normal time correction toque command. When a state of the correction torque amplitude being smaller than or equal to the predetermined amplitude continues for a first predetermined time, the control apparatus returns the output of correction torque command from the hunting time correction torque command to the normal time correction torque command. The control apparatus continues the output of the hunting time correction torque command if the state in which the correction torque amplitude exceeds the predetermined amplitude continues for the given predetermined time, before the expiration of the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Kimura, Yuuki Shiozawa, Mitsunori Ohta, Hiroki Sasaki, Akihiro Itoh, Masahiko Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20130090826
    Abstract: Predetermined weights are assigned, in accordance with a traveling state, to a first correction toque to suppress a sprung vibration of the vehicle in accordance with a wheel speed, and a second correction toque to suppress the sprung vibration of the vehicle in accordance with a driving/braking torque. With this configuration, it becomes possible to calculate the vibration suppressing torque corresponding to the traveling state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ohta, Masahiko Yoshizawa, Yuuki Shiozawa, Yosuke Kobayashi, Akihiro Itoh
  • Publication number: 20130080012
    Abstract: A vehicular vibration damping control apparatus calculates a correction torque to suppress vehicle body sprung vibration. In outputting a correction torque command to a driving/braking torque producing device, the control apparatus outputs a hunting time correction torque command smaller than a normal time correction toque command when a state in which amplitude of the correction torque is greater than or equal to a predetermined amplitude continues for a predetermined time length, and thereafter to return an output of the correction torque command from the hunting time correction torque command to the normal time correction torque command if a state in which the amplitude of the correction torque is smaller than or equal to the predetermined amplitude continues for a first predetermined time length. The frequency of performing the vibration damping control is increased by suppressing occurrence of hunting at the time of return to the normal vibration damping control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Yosuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Kimura, Yuuki Shiozawa, Mitsunori Ohta, Hiroki Sasaki, Akihiro Itoh, Masahiko Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20130073145
    Abstract: A correction torque command is outputted to a driving/braking torque producing means in accordance with a correction torque to suppress vehicle body sprung vibration. When a state of the correction torque amplitude being greater than or equal to a predetermined amplitude continues for a predetermined time, a control apparatus outputs a hunting time correction torque command smaller than a normal time correction toque command. When a state of the correction torque amplitude being smaller than or equal to the predetermined amplitude continues for a first predetermined time, the control apparatus returns the output of correction torque command from the hunting time correction torque command to the normal time correction torque command. The control apparatus continues the output of the hunting time correction torque command if the state in which the correction torque amplitude exceeds the predetermined amplitude continues for the predetermined time, before the expiration of the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Yosuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Kimura, Yuuki Shiozawa, Mitsunori Ohta, Hiroki Sasaki, Akihiro Itoh, Masahiko Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 5441536
    Abstract: An implant is produced by coating a core material with a calcium phosphate type compound and converting the coating layer into an apatite type ceramic layer by a hydrothermal treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisya Advance
    Inventors: Hideki Aoki, Masaru Akao, Yoshiharurayama Shin, Osamu Hayashi, Masahiko Yoshizawa