Patents by Inventor Naoki Matsunaga
Naoki Matsunaga 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: 12218560Abstract: An electric power unit includes: a rotary electric machine unit an electrical unit disposed above the rotary electric machine unit; and a cooling unit. The electrical unit includes a protrusion protruding outward from a left end portion of the rotary electric machine housing portion of the rotary electric machine in a left-right direction. The cooling unit includes: a cooling fan configured to generate cooling air by rotating integrally with a rotary shaft of the rotary electric machine; and an air guide unit configured to guide the cooling air. The air guide unit includes cooling air flow paths provided between the cooling fan and the electrical unit. The closer to the protrusion of the electrical unit a cooling air flow path is disposed, the larger opening area of the introduction port the cooling air flow path has.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Matsumoto, Yuko Nishi, Naoki Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20250022518Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Naoki MATSUNAGA
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Publication number: 20250021106Abstract: A moving object control apparatus in the present disclosure that adjusts a stop position of a moving object based on an instruction of a user, acquires instruction information of the user and acquires a captured image captured in a moving object. The apparatus determines a stop position of the moving object and controls traveling of the moving object to cause the moving object to travel toward the determined stop position. The apparatus (i) determines a first stop position using position information of a communication device used by the user or position information corresponding to a destination included in first instruction information of the user, and (ii) determines a second stop position based on second instruction information of the user and a region of a predetermined target identified in the captured image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro YAMADA, Yuji YASUI, Nanami TSUKAMOTO, Naoki HOSOMI, Anirudh Reddy KONDAPALLY, Kosuke NAKANISHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Aman JAIN
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Patent number: 12112810Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Naoki Matsunaga
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Patent number: 12044291Abstract: A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60 and a deceleration mechanism 50 that converts a torque of the motor 20, and transmits a resultant to the output shaft 60, and the brake mechanism 40 is arranged at a part before the deceleration mechanism 50, and the deceleration mechanism 50 is arranged at a part before the output shaft 60.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Kenta Kohigashi
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Patent number: 11967887Abstract: The present invention provides a motor apparatus having a motor, comprising: a fan that is rotatably supported by a shaft member of the motor, and sends, in a centrifugal direction by rotation, gas taken from an axial direction of the shaft member; and a cover member that covers the fan so as to allow the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan to flow along an outer surface of the motor, wherein the cover member has a blowout port that blows out some of the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan in the centrifugal direction to cool an external mechanism of the motor apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Kazuhisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 11945526Abstract: An electric vehicle that comprises a vehicle main body, a driving apparatus that includes a motor unit which includes a motor and a reduction gear which is attached to the motor unit, and a travel unit configured to drive by a driving force of the driving apparatus. The travel unit includes a plurality of wheels that at least includes a front wheel arranged on the side of a front end portion of the vehicle main body and a rear wheel arranged on the side of a rear end portion of the vehicle main body, and a crawler belt wound around the front wheel and the rear wheel.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta Kohigashi, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Naoki Matsunaga
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Patent number: 11837818Abstract: The electrical power unit is provided with: a power unit body; an electrical component for driving the power unit body; and a connecting terminal which is disposed at the tip end of an electrically conductive path member extending from the power unit body and connectable to the electrical component. The connecting terminal is provided detachably to an attaching portion of the power unit body.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Fumiyoshi Kambara, Yoshitaka Oota, Keisuke Muraoka
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Publication number: 20230260578Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Naoki MATSUNAGA
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Patent number: 11631468Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20230034464Abstract: An electric power unit includes an electric motor, a battery for driving the electric motor, and a battery tray for supporting the battery. The battery tray is attached to the electric motor via elastic members. The electric power unit is provided with oscillating direction restricting portions, a front side convex portion, and a rear side convex portion for restricting relative movement of the battery tray and the electric motor in at least one direction of an attachment direction of the elastic members and an oscillating direction substantially perpendicular to the attachment direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi MIZUGUCHI, Naohiro AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220294306Abstract: An electric power unit includes: a rotary electric machine unit an electrical unit disposed above the rotary electric machine unit; and a cooling unit. The electrical unit includes a protrusion protruding outward from a left end portion of the rotary electric machine housing portion of the rotary electric machine in a left-right direction. The cooling unit includes: a cooling fan configured to generate cooling air by rotating integrally with a rotary shaft of the rotary electric machine; and an air guide unit configured to guide the cooling air. The air guide unit includes cooling air flow paths provided between the cooling fan and the electrical unit. The closer to the protrusion of the electrical unit a cooling air flow path is disposed, the larger opening area of the introduction port the cooling air flow path has.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya MATSUMOTO, Yuko NISHI, Naoki MATSUNAGA
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Patent number: 11371583Abstract: A speed reduction mechanism comprises an output shaft and a plurality of gears. The output shaft is arranged on the same axis as an input shaft. The plurality of gears transmit a driving force input to the input shaft to the output shaft. The plurality of gears include an input gear provided on the input shaft, an output gear provided on the output shaft, and a plurality of transmission gears arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the input shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Kenta Kohigashi, Naoki Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20220166162Abstract: The electrical power unit is provided with: a power unit body; an electrical component for driving the power unit body; and a connecting terminal which is disposed at the tip end of an electrically conductive path member extending from the power unit body and connectable to the electrical component. The connecting terminal is provided detachably to an attaching portion of the power unit body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Naoki MATSUNAGA, Fumiyoshi KAMBARA, Yoshitaka OOTA, Keisuke MURAOKA
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Patent number: 11306791Abstract: A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include a clutch mechanism 30 that switches between a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are connected and a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are disconnected, and a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60, and the clutch mechanism 30 is arranged so as to overlap the brake mechanism 40 in a radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Kenta Kohigashi
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Patent number: 11268585Abstract: A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60. The power transmission units 30, 40, and 50 include at least one of a clutch mechanism 30 that switches between a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are connected and a state where the motor 20 and the output shall 60 are disconnected, in accordance with movement of an operation rod 32, and a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60 in accordance with movement of an operation rod 43.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Kenta Kohigashi
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Publication number: 20220014061Abstract: An outer rotor type motor includes a rotor in which magnets are arranged on an inner circumferential surface of a cylindrical rotor yoke. The outer rotor type motor comprises: a motor shaft configured to rotatably support the rotor; and a rotor attachment member including a base end extended from an outer periphery of the motor shaft outward in a radial direction and an outer end formed from an outer periphery of the base end outward in the radial direction, wherein the outer end is formed at a position close to the inner circumferential surface of the rotor yoke, as compared with an outer peripheral surface of the motor shaft, and the rotor is attached to the outer end.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Hiroshi Mizuguchi
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Publication number: 20220014073Abstract: The present invention provides a motor apparatus having a motor, comprising: a fan that is rotatably supported by a shaft member of the motor, and sends, in a centrifugal direction by rotation, gas taken from an axial direction of the shaft member; and a cover member that covers the fan so as to allow the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan to flow along an outer surface of the motor, wherein the cover member has a blowout port that blows out some of the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan in the centrifugal direction to cool an external mechanism of the motor apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Kazuhisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 11171540Abstract: A driving device includes a motor unit including a motor, and a speed reducer attached to the motor unit. The speed reducer includes a plurality of gears combined to decelerate an output of the motor, and a gear case configured to support the plurality of gears and attached to the motor unit. The gear case is selected from a plurality of types of gear cases. The plurality of types of gear cases are different from one another in an arrangement of the plurality of gears and a position of an output shaft relative to an input shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta Kohigashi, Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki, Naoki Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20210343348Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki MATSUNAGA