Patents by Inventor Motoyasu Nakamura
Motoyasu Nakamura 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: 9522663Abstract: A hydraulic-pressure generator including: primary and secondary pistons displaced corresponding to displacement of a brake pedal; a first pressure chamber communicating with a first hollow in the primary piston and generating in brake fluid hydraulic pressure corresponding to the displacement of the primary piston; a second pressure chamber communicating with a second hollow in the secondary piston and generating in the brake fluid hydraulic pressure corresponding to the displacement of the secondary piston; one or more first communication openings formed in a peripheral wall surrounding the first hollow; and second communication openings formed in a peripheral wall surrounding the second hollow. The flow rate of the brake fluid through the one or more first communication openings is different from the flow rate of the brake fluid through the second communication openings.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Ohnishi, Motoyasu Nakamura, Masaki Kuramochi
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Patent number: 9523439Abstract: Provided is a brake hydraulic device for a vehicle, including: a base body having a hydraulic pressure path for brake fluid formed therein; an electromagnetic valve which opens and closes the hydraulic pressure path; an electromagnetic coil which drives the electromagnetic valve; and a housing attached to the outer surface of the base body and having a housing chamber for accommodating the electromagnetic valve and the electromagnetic coil. The housing includes a peripheral wall part having openings formed on a front side and a rear side thereof, and an intermediate wall part partitioning a space inside the peripheral wall part into a front side and a rear side. The housing chamber is provided on the rear side of the intermediate wall part, and recessed portions and a projecting portion is formed on a front surface of the intermediate wall part.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd.Inventor: Motoyasu Nakamura
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Patent number: 9522666Abstract: A lid member has an external shape inscribing a quadrilateral formed by two sets of two facing sides, and has: a pair of first cut-out sections configured by cutting out, in the same size, a pair of diagonal corners from among the two sets of diagonal corners of the quadrilateral; and a pair of second cut-out sections configured by cutting out the other diagonal corners in the same size. The outer shape of the lid member is formed in a point-symmetric shape relative to the center of an opening in a peripheral wall section. The first cut-out sections have a larger surface area than the second cut-out sections, and one out of the pair of first cut-out sections is configured so as to be arranged in the vehicle progression direction and at the bottom in the vertical direction, when a base body is mounted to a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignees: Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoyasu Nakamura, Kazuaki Murayama, Takaaki Ohnishi
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Patent number: 9499146Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic braking device wherein the heat of a driving coil can be absorbed by a base body, and the heat radiation performance is excellent. The hydraulic braking device having a base body that includes therein a fluid passage for brake fluid, includes: a solenoid valve disposed on one surface of the base body; and a driving coil attached around an axis of the solenoid valve, wherein the one surface of the base body is provided with a wall surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the driving coil. A lower surface of the driving coil is in contact with the one surface of the base body, and a clearance is formed between the outer circumferential surface of the driving coil and the wall surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignees: Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiteru Matsunaga, Motoyasu Nakamura, Kazuaki Murayama
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Publication number: 20160293312Abstract: A choke coil for a brake control device, includes: lead wires; a magnetic core; and a case housing the core. The case includes: a cylindrical core part around which the lead wires are wound; and a base part provided on an outer peripheral surface of the core part. End portions of the lead wires extend laterally from the core part, and holding portions configured to hold the end portions of the lead wires are formed on an outer surface of the base part on the opposite side to the core part side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Sotaro KANAI, Motoyasu NAKAMURA, Sekihei SIMOZONO, Tetsuo KOBORI, Ryuichi UENO, Yukio SATO
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Patent number: 9421957Abstract: A braking device includes a guide piston which surrounds the outer periphery of a rod part of a second slave piston, a cup seal which is mounted on the second slave piston, and a seal member which is provided on the guide piston. The second slave piston includes an enlarged diameter portion which comes into contact with an axial-direction surface of the guide piston when the second slave piston is in the initial position, and the enlarged diameter portion is provided with a cut-out section which extends in the internal diameter direction of the second slave piston.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuaki Murayama, Jiro Suzuki, Makoto Sawai, Takaaki Ohnishi, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Motoyasu Nakamura
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Publication number: 20160182002Abstract: One embodiment provides an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit includes a housing and a noise filter. The housing includes an accommodating portion, and the accommodating portion includes a support portion. The noise filter includes an engaging portion, and at least part of the noise filter is housed in the accommodating portion of the housing. When the at least part of the noise filter is housed in the accommodating portion of the housing, the engaging portion is in engagement with the support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Motoyasu NAKAMURA, Tetsuo KOBORI, Sotaro KANAI, Sekihei SHIMOZONO, Kouji SAKAI
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Publication number: 20160090070Abstract: A cylinder device includes a regulation mechanism that regulates separation distance between a front piston and a rear piston. A spring seat member of the regulation mechanism includes a spring reception part that projects toward a retainer side to receive a rear end of a spring, a cup seal holding part that projects on an opposite side from the retainer to hold a cup seal arranged on the rear piston, and a projection part that projects on the opposite side from the retainer. The projection part becomes abuttable on the retainer by a stroke of the rear piston if the spring reception part and the cup seal holding part are installed reversely-oriented on the rear piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Kazuhiro TAGATA, Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI, Motoyasu NAKAMURA, Yoshiyuki TAKAMATSU, Hideki HIDUME, Kazuaki MURAYAMA, Nobutake HYODO
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Patent number: 9266512Abstract: A braking device includes a guide piston which surrounds the outer periphery of a rod part of a second slave piston, a cup seal which is mounted on the second slave piston, and a seal member which is provided on the guide piston. The second slave piston includes an enlarged diameter portion which comes into contact with an axial-direction surface of the guide piston when the second slave piston is in the initial position, and the enlarged diameter portion is provided with a cut-out section which extends in the internal diameter direction of the second slave piston.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuaki Murayama, Jiro Suzuki, Makoto Sawai, Takaaki Ohnishi, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Motoyasu Nakamura
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Publication number: 20150275926Abstract: One embodiment provides a reservoir tank, including: a reservoir main body having a reserving chamber which reserves a hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic fluid pouring port which is provided at an upper portion of the reservoir main body, and a hydraulic fluid supply port which is provided at a lower portion of the reservoir main body. A groove-like recess portion is formed on a bottom surface of the reservoir main body. As in a projection in which the hydraulic fluid pouring port is projected onto a bottom surface side of the reservoir main body, the recess portion is disposed between the hydraulic fluid pouring port and the hydraulic fluid supply port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Tetsuo KOBORI, Motoyasu NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9073526Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle includes: a base body; reservoirs to store brake fluid in the base body; and a single lid member secured to the base body. The reservoir has a reservoir hole, a piston that slides inside the reservoir hole, and a spring that biases the piston. The lid member hermetically seals the reservoir holes. The lid member includes a plate member with which the springs make contact and a ring-shaped sealing member held between one face of the base body to which the plate member is secured and the other face of the plate member opposed to the one face to provide a sealing function. In the lid member, a screw hole is disposed outside a region surrounded by the sealing member and a communication passage communicating with the reservoir holes is provided inside the region.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuro Kodama, Motoyasu Nakamura
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Patent number: 9062791Abstract: An electric connection structure of a solenoid valve drive assembly has a solenoid valve, a coil that drives the solenoid valve, and a housing in which the solenoid valve and the coil are located, so that a terminal of the coil and a terminal inside the housing are electrically connected to each other. In the electric connection structure, a coil urging part that urges the coil is provided between the housing and the coil, and the coil urging part has: a base portion to be attached to the housing, and an elastic portion that extends from the base portion to press the coil.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoyasu Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Takamatsu, Takaaki Komaba
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Publication number: 20150158474Abstract: Provided is a master cylinder apparatus with a reduced size enabled by simplifying the fluid passageway configuration. A master cylinder apparatus which includes a base member containing a fluid passageway for brake fluid and to which an operation of a brake operator is inputted is provided with: a master cylinder installed on the base member to generate a fluid pressure based on an input produced by operating the brake operator; and at least two solenoid valves attached to one side of the base member to open or close the fluid passageway. The two solenoid valves are disposed symmetrically with respect to a central axis along the axial direction of the master cylinder as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the one side of the base member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Yoshiteru Matsunaga, Motoyasu Nakamura, Kazuaki Murayama
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Publication number: 20150158473Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic braking device wherein the heat of a driving coil can be absorbed by a base body, and the heat radiation performance is excellent. The hydraulic braking device having a base body that includes therein a fluid passage for brake fluid, includes: a solenoid valve disposed on one surface of the base body; and a driving coil attached around an axis of the solenoid valve, wherein the one surface of the base body is provided with a wall surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the driving coil. A lower surface of the driving coil is in contact with the one surface of the base body, and a clearance is formed between the outer circumferential surface of the driving coil and the wall surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Yoshiteru Matsunaga, Motoyasu Nakamura, Kazuaki Murayama
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Publication number: 20150158466Abstract: One embodiment provides a brake system input apparatus into which a brake operation performed by an operating person k inputted, including: a base body; a master cylinder that is provided in the base body and that generates a brake hydraulic pressure by a piston, the piston being connected to a brake operator; a stroke sensor unit that is attached to the base body on a side of the master cylinder and that has a detection element, the detection element being configured to detect a sliding stroke of the piston; and a control circuit board that is provided on a side of the base body, wherein the stroke sensor unit has a connection terminal portion that is connected to a connection terminal of the control circuit board, and wherein the connection terminal portion is disposed so as to face the control circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Motoyasu NAKAMURA, Toshiya SHIMOZAKI, Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI, Kouji SAKAI
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Publication number: 20150091371Abstract: A stroke simulator and a bush for a stroke simulator are configured so that a bush provided to a stroke simulator can be attached without direction management. The stroke simulator generates brake reaction force by a simulator piston that is displaced within a cylinder by hydraulic pressure generated according to the operation of a brake pedal by a driver. A cylindrical rubber bush is elastically deformed in an axial direction by pressure from the simulator piston to generate brake reaction force, the bush characterized in that a first end section on the simulator piston side and a second end section facing the first end section contain the same number, at least two, of concave sections which are concaved in the axial direction, and the concave section formed in the first end section and the concave section formed in the second end section are formed in different positions in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutake Hyodo, Kazuaki Murayama, Motoyasu Nakamura, Shunsuke Aoki
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Publication number: 20150082979Abstract: A lid member has an external shape inscribing a quadrilateral formed by two sets of two facing sides, and has: a pair of first cut-out sections configured by cutting out, in the same size, a pair of diagonal corners from among the two sets of diagonal corners of the quadrilateral; and a pair of second cut-out sections configured by cutting out the other diagonal corners in the same size. The outer shape of the lid member is formed in a point-symmetric shape relative to the center of an opening in a peripheral wall section. The first cut-out sections have a larger surface area than the second cut-out sections, and one out of the pair of first cut-out sections is configured so as to be arranged in the vehicle progression direction and at the bottom in the vertical direction, when a base body is mounted to a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Motoyasu Nakamura, Kazuaki Murayama, Takaaki Ohnishi
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Publication number: 20150075370Abstract: Provided is a piston push rod assembly which can prevent discomfort from being imparted during the operation of a brake pedal by a driver. A piston push rod assembly, wherein: a second piston is provided with a piston slide section which is housed in a cylinder and which slides relative to the cylinder, and a connection tube section which is connected to a push rod; the piston slide section is covered by metal plating; the connection tube section has a non-plated section; and the second piston and the push rod are connected by the caulking of the connection tube section when the push rod has been inserted inside the connection tube section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Kazuaki Murayama, Jiro Suzuki, Takaaki Ohnishi, Motoyasu Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Takamatsu, Kazuhiro Tagata
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Publication number: 20150068201Abstract: Provided is a body reservoir assembly whose height can be reduced. In the body reservoir assembly, the reservoir comprises: a recessed portion formed on a bottom surface of the reservoir; and a reservoir side connecting portion formed in the recessed portion and connected to a cylinder portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoyasu Nakamura, Yoshiteru Matsunaga, Kazuaki Murayama
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Publication number: 20150059335Abstract: Provided is a stroke simulator in which the piston operates smoothly without being inhibited from displacement thereof by the negative pressure generated in the closed space, even if the piston is configured to be displaced so as to close the space in which the elastic member is housed, and to elastically deform the elastic member. A stroke simulator, in which a simulator piston presses a first return spring, which is housed in a bottomed cylindrical portion, from an opening portion side of the cylindrical portion, to cause the first return spring to be elastically deform, and to generate a brake reaction force. When the opening portion is closed by the simulator piston, a brake fluid filled in the cylinder portion is taken into the inside of the cylindrical portion via a flow path leading to the inside of the cylindrical portion from a second cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Kazuaki Murayama, Jiro Suzuki, Motoyasu Nakamura