Patents by Inventor Michihiko Matsumoto
Michihiko Matsumoto 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).
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Patent number: 11794743Abstract: At the time of starting a vehicle, if the vehicle is stopped even without an operation of braking the vehicle, a drive force to be generated before an actual start of the vehicle is limited to or below a predetermined maximum drive force.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Michihiko Matsumoto, Yohei Nakamura, Toshiyuki Murata, Tetsuya Ikeda
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Patent number: 11572729Abstract: A protector with a sensor couples to a sliding door. A first end of an insert made of a non-conductive material is inserted in and fills up a space on a hollow part of the protector, and a terminal part is into die molding. The insert includes at least two feeding ports to receive and feed molding material into the insert during die molding. The feeding ports are spaced from each other and formed along a direction in which a wire harness extends. Covered parts are exposed from the wire harness where the covered parts are faced with the feeding ports.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Michihiko Matsumoto, Toshimichi Kawaguchi, Daisuke Hayashi, Wataru Hattori
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Patent number: 11505071Abstract: A regenerative braking control method and a regenerative braking control device of the present invention control a drive source that generates a regenerative brake force in such a manner that an upper limit of regenerative deceleration when a driver executes manual control becomes smaller than an upper limit of regenerative deceleration when automatic control is executed.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei Nakamura, Masafumi Kuroda, Yuji Wada, Michihiko Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20220325570Abstract: An inner-cabin side part of a hollow part of a protector with a sensor extends between a top end and an inner-cabin side end with an inner-cabin side apex closest to an interior of an automobile body. An outer-cabin side part of the hollow part extends between the top end and an outer-cabin side end with an outer-cabin side apex closest to an exterior of the automobile body. Distances are shorter between the apexes and the ends than between the top end and the apexes. A first conductive part includes parts closer to an installation base member than an apex of a second conductive part. Lower ends of the first conductive part have protrusions formed. The protrusions extend to protrude toward the second conductive part from an inner surface of an outer coat of the hollow part and are formed on uneven bases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicants: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Michihiko MATSUMOTO, Hirofumi NAKAI, Wataru HATTORI
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Patent number: 11433746Abstract: A protrusion is formed on a first part of an inner-cabin side wall of an installation base member of a protector with a sensor. The first part is closer to a connecting wall than a second part opposite the first part. The protrusion is on a virtual line in cross section. The virtual line is where convex substances, keys for example, hanging on passengers' clothes conceivably pass through. The virtual line extends toward a connecting point from a rear part of an automobile body closer to an interior of the automobile body than a reference line. The reference line is parallel with a direction in which a flange protrudes and extends from the connecting point. The connecting point is a part of an inner-cabin side end of a hollow part closest to an interior of the automobile body. The inner-cabin side end is connected with the installation base member.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Ishibashi, Masahiro Kojima, Michihiko Matsumoto, Wataru Hattori
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Patent number: 11420504Abstract: A part of a touch sensor, which couples to a curve of a flange, includes a raising member. The curve of the flange is on a belt line of a sliding door. The raising member rises outwardly toward an exterior of the automobile from an inner-cabin side wall of the touch sensor. A space is formed between the raising member and an outer-cabin side wall for the flange to be inserted into the space. The raising member includes a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks exist along an upper and lower direction of the automobile body.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Michihiko Matsumoto, Masaki Niwa, Hironori Koeda
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Patent number: 11377897Abstract: A part of a touch sensor which couples to a curve of a flange includes an oblique wall and a seal lip. The curve is on a belt line of a sliding door. The oblique wall and the seal lip are close to an interior of an automobile and fit a shape of the curve. A closure wall extends toward an exterior of the automobile and forms a continuous surface with the oblique wall. The closure wall covers a large space from a front side of the automobile.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Michihiko Matsumoto, Tomohiro Taguchi
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Patent number: 11325544Abstract: An inner-cabin side part of a hollow part of a protector with a sensor extends between a top end and an inner-cabin side end with an inner-cabin side apex closest to an interior of an automobile body. A distance is shorter between the inner-cabin side apex and the inner-cabin side end than between the top end and the inner-cabin side apex. An outer-cabin side part of the hollow part extends between the top end and an outer-cabin side end with an outer-cabin side apex closest to an exterior of the automobile body. A distance is shorter between the outer-cabin side apex and the outer-cabin side end than between the top end and the outer-cabin side apex. Thicknesses of an outer coat of the hollow part are increased toward the apexes from the top end, and are uniform between the apexes and the inner-cabin side end and the outer-cabin side end.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michihiko Matsumoto, Wataru Hattori
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Patent number: 11306528Abstract: A protector with a sensor couples to a sliding door. A first end of an insert is inserted in and fills up a space on a hollow part of the protector. A second end of the insert includes a support member and a lid. Top ends of core wires and top ends of two leads are fit in first channels on the support member. Covered parts and a wire harness are fit in a second channel. The second channel is formed between the support member and the lid and is continuous with the first channels. The support member and the lid include feeding ports to receive and feed die-molding material into the second channel during die molding.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michihiko Matsumoto, Wataru Hattori
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Publication number: 20210324670Abstract: A protector with a sensor couples to a sliding door. A first end of an insert made of a non-conductive material is inserted in and fills up a space on a hollow part of the protector, and a terminal part is into die molding. The insert includes at least two feeding ports to receive and feed molding material into the insert during die molding. The feeding ports are spaced from each other and formed along a direction in which a wire harness extends. Covered parts are exposed from the wire harness where the covered parts are faced with the feeding ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicants: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Michihiko MATSUMOTO, Toshimichi KAWAGUCHI, Daisuke HAYASHI, Wataru HATTORI
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Publication number: 20210171037Abstract: At the time of starting a vehicle, if the vehicle is stopped even without an operation of braking the vehicle, a drive force to be generated before an actual start of the vehicle is limited to or below a predetermined maximum drive force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Michihiko MATSUMOTO, Yohei NAKAMURA, Toshiyuki MURATA, Tetsuya IKEDA
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Publication number: 20210162869Abstract: A regenerative braking control method and a regenerative braking control device of the present invention control a drive source that generates a regenerative brake force in such a manner that an upper limit of regenerative deceleration when a driver executes manual control becomes smaller than an upper limit of regenerative deceleration when automatic control is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei NAKAMURA, Masafumi KURODA, Yuji WADA, Michihiko MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210109246Abstract: An inner-cabin side part of a hollow part of a protector with a sensor extends between a top end and an inner-cabin side end with an inner-cabin side apex closest to an interior of an automobile body. A distance is shorter between the inner-cabin side apex and the inner-cabin side end than between the top end and the inner-cabin side apex. An outer-cabin side part of the hollow part extends between the top end and an outer-cabin side end with an outer-cabin side apex closest to an exterior of the automobile body. A distance is shorter between the outer-cabin side apex and the outer-cabin side end than between the top end and the outer-cabin side apex. Thicknesses of an outer coat of the hollow part are increased toward the apexes from the top end, and are uniform between the apexes and the inner-cabin side end and the outer-cabin side end.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicants: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michihiko MATSUMOTO, Wataru HATTORI
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Publication number: 20210107340Abstract: A protrusion is formed on a first part of an inner-cabin side wall of an installation base member of a protector with a sensor. The first part is closer to a connecting wall than a second part opposite the first part. The protrusion is on a virtual line in cross section. The virtual line is where convex substances, keys for example, hanging on passengers' clothes conceivably pass through. The virtual line extends toward a connecting point from a rear part of an automobile body closer to an interior of the automobile body than a reference line. The reference line is parallel with a direction in which a flange protrudes and extends from the connecting point. The connecting point is a part of an inner-cabin side end of a hollow part closest to an interior of the automobile body. The inner-cabin side end is connected with the installation base member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicants: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi ISHIBASHI, Masahiro KOJIMA, Michihiko MATSUMOTO, Wataru HATTORI
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Publication number: 20210095512Abstract: A protector with a sensor couples to a sliding door. A first end of an insert is inserted in and fills up a space on a hollow part of the protector. A second end of the insert includes a support member and a lid. Top ends of core wires and top ends of two leads are fit in first channels on the support member. Covered parts and a wire harness are fit in a second channel. The second channel is formed between the support member and the lid and is continuous with the first channels. The support member and the lid include feeding ports to receive and feed die-molding material into the second channel during die molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicants: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michihiko MATSUMOTO, Wataru HATTORI
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Publication number: 20200223295Abstract: A part of a touch sensor, which couples to a curve of a flange, includes a raising member. The curve of the flange is on a belt line of a sliding door. The raising member rises outwardly toward an exterior of the automobile from an inner-cabin side wall of the touch sensor. A space is formed between the raising member and an outer-cabin side wall for the flange to be inserted into the space. The raising member includes a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks exist along an upper and lower direction of the automobile body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Michihiko MATSUMOTO, Masaki NIWA, Hironori KOEDA
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Publication number: 20200157872Abstract: A part of a touch sensor which couples to a curve of a flange includes an oblique wall and a seal lip. The curve is on a belt line of a sliding door. The oblique wall and the seal lip are close to an interior of an automobile and fit a shape of the curve. A closure wall extends toward an exterior of the automobile and forms a continuous surface with the oblique wall. The closure wall covers a large space from a front side of the automobile.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Michihiko MATSUMOTO, Tomohiro TAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10648216Abstract: A touch sensor unit includes a pressure-sensitive sensor and a support that supports the pressure-sensitive sensor. The support includes a first portion that is folded and overlapped with a second portion of the support to at least partially enclosed and support the sensor. One of the first portion and the second portion includes a groove, and the other of the first portion and the second portion includes a projection that projects toward the groove. The projection is fitted into the groove.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Taguchi, Hironori Koeda, Michihiko Matsumoto, Takashi Fukushima
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Patent number: 10530287Abstract: An electric power adjustment system includes a fuel cell connected to a load, and a multi-phase converter connected between the fuel cell and the load. The multi-phase converter is constituted of a plurality of phases and converts an output voltage from the fuel cell by a predetermined required voltage ratio. The electric power adjustment system includes a ripple current characteristic switching unit configured to switch a ripple current characteristic with respect to an input current to the multi-phase converter by changing at least one of a drive phase number and the voltage ratio of the multi-phase converter according to an operation state of the fuel cell and a required electric power of the load.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Michihiko Matsumoto, Hideo Yoshida, Tetsuya Aoki
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Patent number: 10511040Abstract: A fuel cell system configured to generate an electric power by supplying an anode gas and a cathode gas to a fuel cell includes: a connection line configured to connect the fuel cell to an electric load; a converter connected to the connection line and a battery, the converter being configured to adjust a voltage of the connection line; a target output current calculating unit configured to calculate a target output current of the fuel cell in accordance with a load of the electric load; a converter control unit configured to carry out a switching control for the converter in accordance with the target output current; and a flow rate control unit configured to control a flow rate of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell in accordance with the target output current.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Michihiko Matsumoto