Patents by Inventor Naoto Ohkubo

Naoto Ohkubo 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: 7274982
    Abstract: A vehicle motion control system is provided. In a first state requiring understeer suppressing control, a controller determines, based on a yaw rate deviation, a first control amount of an actuator selected so as to generate an inward turning moment a vehicle. In a second state requiring spin suppressing control, the controller determines, based on the sideways slip angular velocity, a second control amount of an actuator selected so as to generate an outward turning moment in the vehicle. When the first and second states are concurrent, the controller selects an actuator to be controlled by the larger of the absolute values of first and second cooperative control amounts, and determines a control amount of the selected actuator as the sum of the first and second cooperative control amounts. Accordingly, the understeer suppressing control and the spin suppressing control can be performed in parallel, improving control performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Ohkubo, Osamu Yamamoto, Yuki Ito, Hiromi Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20070219690
    Abstract: A vehicle motion control system is provided. In a first state requiring understeer suppressing control, a controller determines, based on a yaw rate deviation, a first control amount of an actuator selected so as to generate an inward turning moment a vehicle. In a second state requiring spin suppressing control, the controller determines, based on the sideways slip angular velocity, a second control amount of an actuator selected so as to generate an outward turning moment in the vehicle. When the first and second states are concurrent, the controller selects an actuator to be controlled by the larger of the absolute values of first and second cooperative control amounts, and determines a control amount of the selected actuator as the sum of the first and second cooperative control amounts. Accordingly, the understeer suppressing control and the spin suppressing control can be performed in parallel, improving control performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Ohkubo, Osamu Yamamoto, Yuki Ito, Hiromi Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20070114839
    Abstract: A vehicular anti-lock control system includes: a ground load calculation section for detecting or estimating a ground load of a wheel; a road surface friction coefficient calculation section for detecting or estimating a road surface friction coefficient; and a reference fluid pressure calculation section for calculating an upper side reference fluid pressure and a lower side reference fluid pressure in anti-lock control based on the ground load and the friction coefficient. The upper and lower side reference fluid pressures are respectively determined to be an upper limit value and a lower limit value of a fluid pressure in anti-lock control. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the amount of change in the fluid pressure during anti-lock control, thus improving the braking effect and the braking feel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Osamu Yamamoto, Naoto Ohkubo, Hiromi Inagaki