Patents by Inventor Masayasu Kanke

Masayasu Kanke 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: 11821812
    Abstract: This test system comprises: a dynamometer connected to a test piece W; an inverter for supplying electric power to the dynamometer; an encoder for generating a speed detection signal N corresponding to a rotational speed of the dynamometer; and a dynamometer control device 6 for generating a torque current command signal DYref. The dynamometer control device 6 comprises: a response model 61 that receives a higher-order speed command signal Nr and outputs a model speed command signal Nr?; a feedforward controller 62 that receives the higher-order speed command signal Nr and outputs a feedforward input uff; and a speed controller 64 that generates the torque current command signal DYref on the basis of a feedback input ufb generated on the basis of a deviation e between the model speed command signal Nr? and the speed detection signal N, and the feedforward input uff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayasu Kanke
  • Publication number: 20230273094
    Abstract: This test system comprises: a dynamometer connected to a test piece W; an inverter for supplying electric power to the dynamometer; an encoder for generating a speed detection signal N corresponding to a rotational speed of the dynamometer; and a dynamometer control device 6 for generating a torque current command signal DYref. The dynamometer control device 6 comprises: a response model 61 that receives a higher-order speed command signal Nr and outputs a model speed command signal Nr?; a feedforward controller 62 that receives the higher-order speed command signal Nr and outputs a feedforward input uff; and a speed controller 64 that generates the torque current command signal DYref on the basis of a feedback input ufb generated on the basis of a deviation e between the model speed command signal Nr? and the speed detection signal N, and the feedforward input uff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Masayasu KANKE
  • Patent number: 11733671
    Abstract: This overall control device for a testing system comprises: a plurality of resonance suppression controllers that each generate a torque current command signal for suppressing mechanical resonance between a specimen and a dynamometer upon receiving a base torque current command signal and axial torque detection signal and have different input/output characteristics; a specimen characteristic acquisition unit for acquiring the value of the moment of inertia of the specimen connected to the dynamometer; and a resonance-suppression-controller selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of resonance suppression controllers on the basis of the value of the moment of inertia acquired by the specimen characteristic acquisition unit and mounting the selected resonance suppression controller in a dynamometer control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayasu Kanke, Takao Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20210011454
    Abstract: This overall control device for a testing system comprises: a plurality of resonance suppression controllers that each generate a torque current command signal for suppressing mechanical resonance between a specimen and a dynamometer upon receiving a base torque current command signal and axial torque detection signal and have different input/output characteristics; a specimen characteristic acquisition unit for acquiring the value of the moment of inertia of the specimen connected to the dynamometer; and a resonance-suppression-controller selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of resonance suppression controllers on the basis of the value of the moment of inertia acquired by the specimen characteristic acquisition unit and mounting the selected resonance suppression controller in a dynamometer control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventors: Masayasu KANKE, Takao AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10444116
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a drive train testing system whereby torque fluctuation in a real engine can be reproduced with good precision. A drive train testing system is provided with an input-side dynamometer connected to an input shaft WI of a test piece W which is a vehicle drive train, a torque command generation device for generating a torque command signal for causing a torque resembling that of a vehicle engine to be generated by the input-side dynamometer, and a rotation detector for detecting a motor machine angle corresponding to an absolute position from a reference position of a rotary shaft of the input-side dynamometer. Using the motor machine angle detected by the rotation detector, the torque command generation device generates a torque command signal fluctuating in synchrony with a signal having a period that is a predetermined degree multiple of the motor machine angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayasu Kanke, Masami Nishihara
  • Patent number: 10379004
    Abstract: To obtain vehicle speed deviation data for changeover between accelerator and brake properly with inclination of a standard mode. In technique of calculating a changeover vehicle speed deviation from accelerator to brake in driving vehicle along standard mode (target vehicle speed) of vehicle drive pattern defined by time and vehicle speed within range of predetermined vehicle speed and time deviations from standard mode, an inclination AB of the standard mode is calculated by approximate differentiation of vehicle speed at a judgment standard point A of a current time instant on standard mode, first inclination AB is multiplied by an accelerator-to-brake changeover time deviation preset value ?t?1, and the accelerator-to-brake changeover vehicle speed deviation from the judgment standard point A to a changeover judgment point E for changeover at the current time instant is calculated by addition of the product and an accelerator-to-brake changeover vehicle speed deviation preset value ?V?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayasu Kanke
  • Publication number: 20190178750
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a drive train testing system whereby torque fluctuation in a real engine can be reproduced with good precision. A drive train testing system is provided with an input-side dynamometer connected to an input shaft WI of a test piece W which is a vehicle drive train, a torque command generation device for generating a torque command signal for causing a torque resembling that of a vehicle engine to be generated by the input-side dynamometer, and a rotation detector for detecting a motor machine angle corresponding to an absolute position from a reference position of a rotary shaft of the input-side dynamometer. Using the motor machine angle detected by the rotation detector, the torque command generation device generates a torque command signal fluctuating in synchrony with a signal having a period that is a predetermined degree multiple of the motor machine angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Masayasu KANKE, Masami NISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10151666
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a torque command generation device for generating a motor-generated-torque command that makes it possible to maximize excitation force while ensuring necessary acceleration, and the like, within a limited motor torque range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayasu Kanke, Masami Nishihara, Kenji Kawakubo, Takao Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20180348088
    Abstract: To obtain vehicle speed deviation data for changeover between accelerator and brake properly with inclination of a standard mode. In technique of calculating a changeover vehicle speed deviation from accelerator to brake in driving vehicle along standard mode (target vehicle speed) of vehicle drive pattern defined by time and vehicle speed within range of predetermined vehicle speed and time deviations from standard mode, an inclination AB of the standard mode is calculated by approximate differentiation of vehicle speed at a judgment standard point A of a current time instant on standard mode, first inclination AB is multiplied by an accelerator-to-brake changeover time deviation preset value ?t?1, and the accelerator-to-brake changeover vehicle speed deviation from the judgment standard point A to a changeover judgment point E for changeover at the current time instant is calculated by addition of the product and an accelerator-to-brake changeover vehicle speed deviation preset value ?V?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayasu KANKE
  • Publication number: 20170254725
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a torque command generation device for generating a motor-generated-torque command that makes it possible to maximize excitation force while ensuring necessary acceleration, and the like, within a limited motor torque range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Masayasu KANKE, Masami NISHIHARA, Kenji KAWAKUBO, Takao AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9689774
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a torque command generation device for generating a motor-generated-torque command that makes it possible to maximize excitation force while ensuring necessary acceleration, and the like, within a limited motor torque range. A torque command generation device is provided with: a maximum torque calculation unit for calculating, according to a motor speed, a maximum torque value for a motor-generated-torque-command signal value; a DC component limiter for calculating a DC signal value; a surplus amplitude calculation unit for calculating a surplus amplitude by subtracting the maximum torque value from the sum of the DC component value; a sine-wave transmitter for generating a sine wave having an amplitude obtained by subtracting the surplus amplitude from a base amplitude; and a summing unit for calculating the motor-generated-torque-command signal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayasu Kanke, Masami Nishihara, Kenji Kawakubo, Takao Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20160109328
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a torque command generation device for generating a motor-generated-torque command that makes it possible to maximize excitation force while ensuring necessary acceleration, and the like, within a limited motor torque range. A torque command generation device is provided with: a maximum torque calculation unit for calculating, according to a motor speed, a maximum torque value for a motor-generated-torque-command signal value; a DC component limiter for calculating a DC signal value; a surplus amplitude calculation unit for calculating a surplus amplitude by subtracting the maximum torque value from the sum of the DC component value; a sine-wave transmitter for generating a sine wave having an amplitude obtained by subtracting the surplus amplitude from a base amplitude; and a summing unit for calculating the motor-generated-torque-command signal value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Masayasu KANKE, Masami NISHIHARA, Kenji KAWAKUBO, Takao AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9207149
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drive-train testing system that is capable of generating a large drive torque without increasing the size of a motor that simulates an engine. The drive-train testing system inputs a drive torque, which is generated according to a torque command which contains an alternating-current component having an excitation frequency, to an input shaft of a workpiece in order to evaluate the performance of said workpiece. This system is equipped with a first motor, a second motor, a torque meter for detecting a torque which acts upon the shaft between the workpiece and the second motor, and a resonance suppression circuit that divides the torque command into a first torque command and a second torque command so as to suppress torsional resonance on the basis of a value detected by the torque meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayasu Kanke, Takao Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20150013443
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drive-train testing system that is capable of generating a large drive torque without increasing the size of a motor that simulates an engine. The drive-train testing system inputs a drive torque, which is generated according to a torque command which contains an alternating-current component having an excitation frequency, to an input shaft of a workpiece in order to evaluate the performance of said workpiece. This system is equipped with a first motor, a second motor, a torque meter for detecting a torque which acts upon the shaft between the workpiece and the second motor, and a resonance suppression circuit that divides the torque command into a first torque command and a second torque command so as to suppress torsional resonance on the basis of a value detected by the torque meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Masayasu Kanke, Takao Akiyama
  • Patent number: 8812213
    Abstract: A vehicle speed control apparatus including a driving force characteristic map section configured to have a previously recorded driving force characteristic map, to input a target driving force and a target vehicle speed, and to output an accelerator opening angle in accordance with the driving force characteristic map, a vehicle sensitivity calculating section configured to calculate an inverse number of a vehicle sensitivity in accordance with the driving force characteristic map, a vehicle speed feedback section configured to input a vehicle speed deviation and the inverse number of the vehicle sensitivity and to output an accelerator opening angle according to the inverse number of the vehicle sensitivity, and an addition section configured to add the accelerator opening angle from the driving force characteristic map section to the accelerator opening angle from the vehicle speed feedback section to provide an accelerator opening angle command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventor: Masayasu Kanke
  • Patent number: 8006548
    Abstract: It is a challenge to make it possible to produce a resonance suppression effect, and perform a stable control even in a case where a spring rigidity of a shaft significantly varies. The challenge is achieved as follows. In an engine bench system in which an engine 1 to be tested and a dynamometer 2 are coupled together by a coupling shaft 3, and a shaft torque control of the dynamometer is performed, a controller 5 includes: an integral element having an integral coefficient KI for a deviation (T12r?T12) between a shaft torque command T12r and a measured shaft torque T12; a differential element having a differential coefficient KD for the measured shaft torque T12; and a proportional element KP for the measured shaft torque T12. The controller 5 obtains a torque control signal T2 by subtracting the differential element and the proportional element from the integral element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Yoshimasa Sawada, Masayasu Kanke
  • Publication number: 20110015847
    Abstract: [Task] Under a low-speed, low-load state in which vehicle sensitivity is high, an accelerator manipulation is made slow in action, and under a high-speed, high-load state in which the vehicle sensitivity is low, a vehicle following property is improved. [Means for Solving the Task] A vehicle sensitivity calculating section 18 calculates an inverse number of vehicle sensitivity in accordance with a driving force characteristic map, and a vehicle speed feedback section 22 outputs an accelerator opening angle according to the inverse number of the vehicle sensitivity. An accelerator opening angle from the driving force characteristic map section 23 is added to the accelerator opening angle from vehicle speed feedback section 22. By varying the accelerator opening angle by this added accelerator command, a vehicle speed is brought to a target vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Masayasu Kanke
  • Publication number: 20100251811
    Abstract: It is a challenge to make it possible to produce a resonance suppression effect, and perform a stable control even in a case where a spring rigidity of a shaft significantly varies. The challenge is achieved as follows. In an engine bench system in which an engine 1 to be tested and a dynamometer 2 are coupled together by a coupling shaft 3, and a shaft torque control of the dynamometer is performed, a controller 5 includes: an integral element having an integral coefficient KI for a deviation (T12r?T12) between a shaft torque command T12r and a measured shaft torque T12; a differential element having a differential coefficient KD for the measured shaft torque T12; and a proportional element KP for the measured shaft torque T12. The controller 5 obtains a torque control signal T2 by subtracting the differential element and the proportional element from the integral element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Yoshimasa Sawada, Masayasu Kanke
  • Patent number: 6775610
    Abstract: An engine testing system has a speed control system which controls at least one of an engine speed and a dynamo speed. The control system comprises a mechanical transfer function which receives an engine torque and a dynamo torque and outputs an engine speed, the axial torque and a dynamo speed, an electric transfer function which receives a command dynamo torque and outputs the dynamo torque, and a speed controller which receives one of a command engine speed and a command dynamo speed and at least one of the engine speed and the dynamo speed, and outputs the command dynamo torque. A transfer function representative of the speed controller is designed using the structured singular value synthesis method so as to be adapted to the mechanical transfer function and the electric transfer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Masayasu Kanke
  • Patent number: 6768940
    Abstract: An engine testing system has a torque control system which controls at least one of an axial torque and an engine load torque. The torque control system comprises a mechanical transfer function which receives an engine torque and a current and outputs an engine speed, the axial torque and a dynamo speed, an electric transfer function which receives a command current and outputs the current, and a torque controller which receives one of a command axial torque and a command engine load torque, and at least one of the engine speed, the dynamo speed, and the axial torque and outputs the command current. A transfer function representative of the torque controller is designed using the structured singular value synthesis method so as to be adapted to the mechanical transfer function and the electric transfer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha
    Inventors: Takao Akiyama, Masayasu Kanke, Yoshimasa Sawada, Minoru Kobayashi