Patents by Inventor Masaya KOTANI

Masaya KOTANI 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).

  • ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230219550
    Abstract: An electric parking brake device includes: a “linear motion member configured to be driven by an electric motor, moved in a forward direction so as to apply a parking brake and moved in a backward direction opposite to the forward direction so as to release the parking brake”; and a “controller configured to control the electric motor”. When the parking brake is released, the controller stops energization to the electric motor at a time point when a first predetermined time elapses after a time point when an energization amount to the electric motor becomes constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya KOTANI, Kentaro YUASA, Daisuke SATO