Patents by Inventor Masanobu Eguchi

Masanobu Eguchi 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: 9784629
    Abstract: Provided is a clamping-type tensile force measurement device configured to clamp a belt being used to lash a cargo and to measure a tensile force of the belt. The measurement device includes: a base having a pair of support rollers which are rotatable; and a lid connected to the base via a hinge portion such that the base and the lid form a foldable structure. A load cell is installed in a backside portion of the lid. A pressing plate having a pressing portion positioned to face a space between the pair of support rollers is provided on a backside of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Miyata, Yuta Hamasaki, Masanobu Eguchi, Haruki Shikasho
  • Publication number: 20170115173
    Abstract: Provided is a clamping-type tensile force measurement device configured to clamp a belt being used to lash a cargo and to measure a tensile force of the belt. The measurement device includes: a base having a pair of support rollers which are rotatable; and a lid connected to the base via a hinge portion such that the base and the lid form a foldable structure. A load cell is installed in a backside portion of the lid. A pressing plate having a pressing portion positioned to face a space between the pair of support rollers is provided on a backside of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi MIYATA, Yuta HAMASAKI, Masanobu EGUCHI, Haruki SHIKASHO
  • Patent number: 9194356
    Abstract: A stop control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of ensuring the comfort of vehicle occupants in a vehicle compartment and improving the fuel economy of the engine along with automatic stoppage of the engine during both a cooling operation and a heating operation of an air conditioner. When the engine is automatically stopped, the stop control system sets a target blowout temperature which is a target value of the temperature of air blown out from the air conditioner into a vehicle compartment, and acquires a fan voltage indicative of the air volume blown by a fan of the air conditioner. Further, the stop control system calculates stop allowable time based on the target blowout temperature and the fan voltage, and restarts the engine when engine stoppage time period (stoppage time period-counting timer value) has reached the stop allowable time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Wakou, Yoshihisa Tsuchiya, Shinji Yasuno, Masanobu Eguchi, Kanao Kogure, Nobuyuki Akahoshi
  • Patent number: 9163603
    Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly determining timing for restarting the engine in a stopped state when idle stop control of the engine is executed during a heating operation of an air conditioner, thereby making it possible to ensure marketability and fuel economy performance in a well-balanced manner. The control system executes the idle stop control of the engine during the heating operation of the air conditioner. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU sets a lower limit blowout temperature, calculates an estimated blowout temperature, and controls the engine such that the engine is restarted when the estimated blowout temperature has become not higher than the lower limit blowout temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Wakou, Yoshihisa Tsuchiya, Masanobu Eguchi, Shinji Yasuno, Kanao Kogure, Nobuyuki Akahoshi
  • Patent number: 9126634
    Abstract: A structure (100) for a front portion of a vehicle includes: a windshield lower member (6); a cross member (7) fixed to the windshield lower member (6); paired damper housings (4) disposed in front of both ends of the cross member (7); and paired damper housing supports (5) arranged between the cross member (7) and the damper housing (4) to drain water. The windshield lower member (6) and the cross member (7) define a closed cross section K which extends in the vehicle width direction and serves as a second intake path (R2). The cross member (7) has, in rear of the damper housing supports (5), paired left and right outside air intake openings (72a, 72b) for outside air to pass therethrough. The windshield base member (6) has a blower air intake opening (62a) opened to face one of the pair of outside air intake openings (72a, 72b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutada Sasaki, Hidefumi Nihei, Daisuke Naoi, Masanobu Eguchi, Minoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9033400
    Abstract: The vehicle front structure 100 has a windshield lower 6, a cross member 7 fixed on the windshield lower 6, an upper member 1 extending in a front-back direction of a vehicle, a damper housing 4 fixed inside the upper member 1 in a vehicle width direction and arranged in front the cross member 7, and a damper housing support 5 coupling the cross member 7 with the damper housing 4. A closed section K is formed by the windshield lower 6 and the cross member 7. The damper housing support 5 has a damper housing fixed section 51 which is fixed on an upper surface 41 of the damper housing 4 and a vertical wall section 53 which extends backward from an inside of the damper housing fixed section 51 in the vehicle width direction and is fixed on the cross member 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutada Sasaki, Hidefumi Nihei, Daisuke Naoi, Masanobu Eguchi
  • Patent number: 8972157
    Abstract: A stop control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of restarting the engine automatically stopped, in optimum timing, thereby making it possible to positively prevent occurrence of fogging of window glass of a vehicle compartment and improve fuel economy. The engine is connected to a compressor of an air conditioner. According to the stop control system, during idle stop, window glass temperature is calculated, and according to the calculated window glass temperature, limit humidity below which fogging of the window glass does not occur is set. When determining compartment humidity becomes equal to or higher than the limit humidity, the idle stop is terminated and the engine is restarted. When the weather is rainy or snowy, the determining compartment humidity is corrected. When vehicle compartment temperature is not lower than a first predetermined temperature, the window glass temperature is corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Wakou, Yoshihisa Tsuchiya, Masanobu Eguchi, Shinji Yasuno, Kanao Kogure, Nobuyuki Akahoshi
  • Publication number: 20150015030
    Abstract: A structure (100) for a front portion of a vehicle includes: a windshield lower member (6); a cross member (7) fixed to the windshield lower member (6); paired damper housings (4) disposed in front of both ends of the cross member (7); and paired damper housing supports (5) arranged between the cross member (7) and the damper housing (4) to drain water. The windshield lower member (6) and the cross member (7) define a closed cross section K which extends in the vehicle width direction and serves as a second intake path (R2). The cross member (7) has, in rear of the damper housing supports (5), paired left and right outside air intake openings (72a, 72b) for outside air to pass therethrough. The windshield base member (6) has a blower air intake opening (62a) opened to face one of the pair of outside air intake openings (72a, 72b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kazutada Sasaki, Hidefumi Nihei, Daisuke Naoi, Masanobu Eguchi, Minoru Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20140367994
    Abstract: The vehicle front structure 100 has a windshield lower 6, a cross member 7 fixed on the windshield lower 6, an upper member 1 extending in a front-back direction of a vehicle, a damper housing 4 fixed inside the upper member 1 in a vehicle width direction and arranged in front the cross member 7, and a damper housing support 5 coupling the cross member 7 with the damper housing 4. A closed section K is formed by the windshield lower 6 and the cross member 7. The damper housing support 5 has a damper housing fixed section 51 which is fixed on an upper surface 41 of the damper housing 4 and a vertical wall section 53 which extends backward from an inside of the damper housing fixed section 51 in the vehicle width direction and is fixed on the cross member 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kazutada Sasaki, Hidefumi Nihei, Daisuke Naoi, Masanobu Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20130030679
    Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly determining timing for restarting the engine in a stopped state when idle stop control of the engine is executed during a heating operation of an air conditioner, thereby making it possible to ensure marketability and fuel economy performance in a well-balanced manner. The control system executes the idle stop control of the engine during the heating operation of the air conditioner. The control system includes an ECU. The ECU sets a lower limit blowout temperature, calculates an estimated blowout temperature, and controls the engine such that the engine is restarted when the estimated blowout temperature has become not higher than the lower limit blowout temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou WAKOU, Yoshihisa TSUCHIYA, Masanobu EGUCHI, Shinji YASUNO, Kanao KOGURE, Nobuyuki AKAHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20120259530
    Abstract: A stop control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of ensuring the comfort of vehicle occupants in a vehicle compartment and improving the fuel economy of the engine along with automatic stoppage of the engine during both a cooling operation and a heating operation of an air conditioner. When the engine is automatically stopped, the stop control system sets a target blowout temperature which is a target value of the temperature of air blown out from the air conditioner into a vehicle compartment, and acquires a fan voltage indicative of the air volume blown by a fan of the air conditioner. Further, the stop control system calculates stop allowable time based on the target blowout temperature and the fan voltage, and restarts the engine when engine stoppage time period (stoppage time period-counting timer value) has reached the stop allowable time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou WAKOU, Yoshihisa Tsuchiya, Shinji Yasuno, Masanobu Eguchi, Kanao Kogure, Nobuyuki Akahoshi
  • Publication number: 20120259534
    Abstract: A stop control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of restarting the engine automatically stopped, in optimum timing, thereby making it possible to positively prevent occurrence of fogging of window glass of a vehicle compartment and improve fuel economy. The engine is connected to a compressor of an air conditioner. According to the stop control system, during idle stop, window glass temperature is calculated, and according to the calculated window glass temperature, limit humidity below which fogging of the window glass does not occur is set. When determining compartment humidity becomes equal to or higher than the limit humidity, the idle stop is terminated and the engine is restarted. When the weather is rainy or snowy, the determining compartment humidity is corrected. When vehicle compartment temperature is not lower than a first predetermined temperature, the window glass temperature is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou WAKOU, Yoshihisa Tsuchiya, Masanobu Eguchi, Shinji Yasuno, Kanao Kogure, Nobuyuki Akahoshi