Patents by Inventor Shingo Nishigaki

Shingo Nishigaki 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: 7246864
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure regulating device is disposed between a master cylinder and a pair of wheel cylinders included in each of a dual hydraulic circuit. A desired value is provided for a wheel cylinder operatively associated with a wheel to be controlled, on the basis of state variable monitored by a monitor. The desired value for at least one wheel cylinder in a hydraulic circuit including the wheel cylinder for the wheel to be controlled, is modified at least in response to operation of a brake pedal to provide a modified desired value. When the brake pedal is operated, the regulating device is controlled in response to a result of comparison between the modified desired value and the state variable, to regulate the pressure in at least one wheel cylinder included in the hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kato, Shingo Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 7213892
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes normally open valves to supply hydraulic pressure discharged from a master cylinder into wheel brake cylinders, normally closed valves to reduce wheel cylinder pressure, and a proportional pressure difference valve which is disposed between the master cylinder and the normally open valves, to regulate a pressure difference between the hydraulic pressure at the side of the master cylinder and the hydraulic pressure at the side of the normally open valves to be of a desired value. A pressure generating device is provided for generating the hydraulic pressure independently of the master cylinder to supply it into a passage between the pressure difference valve and the normally open valves. The hydraulic pressure in one of the wheel brake cylinders in one hydraulic circuit is regulated on the basis of monitored vehicle state variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kato, Shingo Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 7104615
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes a hydraulic pressure regulating device disposed between a master cylinder and a pair of wheel brake cylinders included in each of a dual hydraulic circuit, and a monitor for monitoring state variable of the vehicle. A desired value is provided for a wheel brake cylinder operatively associated with a wheel to be controlled, on the basis of the state variable. The regulating device is controlled in response to a result of comparison between the desired value and the state variable, to regulate the pressure in at least the wheel brake cylinder operatively associated with said wheel to be controlled. A pressure increasing gradient of the hydraulic braking pressure in the wheel brake cylinder operatively associated with the wheel to be controlled, is set in response to a result of comparison between the desired value and the state variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kato, Shingo Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20050012389
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes a hydraulic pressure regulating device disposed between a master cylinder and a pair of wheel brake cylinders included in each of a dual hydraulic circuit, and a monitor for monitoring state variable of the vehicle. A desired value is provided for a wheel brake cylinder operatively associated with a wheel to be controlled, on the basis of the state variable. The regulating device is controlled in response to a result of comparison between the desired value and the state variable, to regulate the pressure in at least the wheel brake cylinder operatively associated with said wheel to be controlled. A pressure increasing gradient of the hydraulic braking pressure in the wheel brake cylinder operatively associated with the wheel to be controlled, is set in response to a result of comparison between the desired value and the state variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kato, Shingo Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20050012391
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes a hydraulic pressure regulating device disposed between a master cylinder and a pair of wheel brake cylinders included in each of a dual hydraulic circuit, and a monitor for monitoring state variable of the vehicle. A desired value is provided for a wheel brake cylinder operatively associated with a wheel to be controlled, on the basis of the state variable. And, the desired value for at least one wheel brake cylinder in a hydraulic circuit including the wheel brake cylinder for the wheel to be controlled, is modified at least in response to operation of a brake pedal to provide a modified desired value. The regulating device is controlled in response to a result of comparison between the desired value and the state variable, to regulate the pressure in the wheel brake cylinder for the wheel to be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kato, Shingo Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20050012388
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes normally open valves to supply hydraulic pressure discharged from a master cylinder into wheel brake cylinders, normally closed valves to reduce wheel cylinder pressure, and a proportional pressure difference valve which is disposed between the master cylinder and the normally open valves, to regulate a pressure difference between the hydraulic pressure at the side of the master cylinder and the hydraulic pressure at the side of the normally open valves to be of a desired value. A pressure generating device is provided for generating the hydraulic pressure independently of the master cylinder to supply it into a passage between the pressure difference valve and the normally open valves. The hydraulic pressure in one of the wheel brake cylinders in one hydraulic circuit is regulated on the basis of monitored vehicle state variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kato, Shingo Nishigaki