Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Owa

Nobutaka Owa 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: 4807128
    Abstract: In this system for vehicle roll control, one actuator assembly is provided corresponding to each vehicle wheel and resiliently suspends it from the vehicle body. Each of these actuator assemblies is adapted to increase or decrease the vehicle height at its vehicle wheel as a result of a control signal being supplied. Control means are provided corresponding to the actuator assemblies and serve to supply control signals to them. A vehicle speed detecting means senses road speed, a steering angle detecting means senses steering angle, a means senses the rate of change of steering angle, and a means detects the actual roll angle .phi..sub.t of the vehicle body. A computing and control means computes a steady state roll angle .phi..sub..infin. of the vehicle body from the vehicle speed and the steering angle, advances the phase of a signal representative of the steady state roll angle .phi..sub..infin. to thereby compute a compensating value .PHI..sub..infin. of roll angle, computes an amendment value .phi..sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ikemoto, Nobutaka Owa, Yasutaka Hayashi, Shunichi Doi
  • Patent number: 4803627
    Abstract: In this system for vehicle roll control, a plurality of actuator assemblies are provided, one corresponding to each one of the vehicle wheels and resiliently suspending it from the vehicle body. Each of these actuator assemblies is adapted to increase or decrease the vehicle height at a location corresponding to its corresponding vehicle wheel as results of control signals being supplied to it. A plurality of control means are provided corresponding to the actuator assemblies and serve to supply control signals to them. A vehicle speed detecting means senses the road speed of the vehicle, a steering angle detecting means senses the steering angle of the vehicle, and a lateral acceleration detecting means detects the lateral acceleration of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Yasuike, Yasuji Arai, Hiroyuki Ikemoto, Nobutaka Owa, Shunichi Doi