Patents by Inventor Masayuki Sunamoto

Masayuki Sunamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149974
    Abstract: A vehicle management method includes assembling a vehicle body of a vehicle and a power source to be mounted on the vehicle, acquiring, at a first time, first gear-ratio-related information which is information related to a gear ratio of a transmission section, the transmission section being a whole or part of a power transmission mechanism between the power source and a wheel of the vehicle, storing the first gear-ratio-related information in a storage unit mounted on the vehicle or a storage unit of an external device provided to be capable of communication with the vehicle, acquiring, at a second time after the first time, second gear-ratio-related information which is information related to the gear ratio of the transmission section, and comparing the first gear-ratio-related information stored in the storage unit with the second gear-ratio-related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki NOMURA, Hirotaka ONUKI, Makoto HATTORI, Masayuki SUNAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11511827
    Abstract: An electric bicycle includes: a sleeve to which power for driving the electric bicycle is input; a rear wheel; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits the power input to the sleeve to the rear wheel. The electric bicycle determines an abnormality of the power transmission mechanism or prevents or prohibits driving performed by using the power transmission mechanism based on a reference composite gear ratio of the power transmission mechanism acquired at a first time and current composite gear ratio of the power transmission mechanism acquired at a second time subsequent to the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Nomura, Makoto Hattori, Hirotaka Onuki, Masayuki Sunamoto
  • Publication number: 20220089251
    Abstract: An electric bicycle includes: a sleeve to which power for driving the electric bicycle is input; a rear wheel; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits the power input to the sleeve to the rear wheel. The electric bicycle determines an abnormality of the power transmission mechanism or prevents or prohibits driving performed by using the power transmission mechanism based on a reference composite gear ratio of the power transmission mechanism acquired at a first time and current composite gear ratio of the power transmission mechanism acquired at a second time subsequent to the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki NOMURA, Makoto HATTORI, Hirotaka ONUKI, Masayuki SUNAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210068287
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes a base having a relay mounting portion on which a relay is configured to be mounted. The base has a component mounting portion on which a component is configured to be mounted at a lower position of the relay mounted on the relay mounting portion. The component mounting portion is disposed so that at least a part of the component mounting portion overlaps with an area of the base in which the relay is mounted in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanemitsu, Takashi Sugiyama, Tsukasa Saito, Yuya Tokuda, Toshihisa Yagi, Masayuki Sunamoto, Gota Masuda
  • Patent number: 10879683
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes a first base on which an electronic component is configured to be mounted, the first base having a first side surface portion and a second side surface portion, and a second base on which the electronic component is configured to be mounted, the second base configured to be assembled to the first base and having a first side surface portion and a second side surface portion. The first side surface portion of the first base faces the second side surface portion of the first base. The first side surface portion of the second base faces the second side surface portion of the second base. The first side surface portion of the first base has a guide rib. The first side surface portion of the second base has a guide groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanemitsu, Takashi Sugiyama, Tsukasa Saito, Yuya Tokuda, Toshihisa Yagi, Masayuki Sunamoto, Gota Masuda