Patents by Inventor Shinya Notomi

Shinya Notomi 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: 10166824
    Abstract: An indirect tire pressure monitoring system is provided that estimates a pressure in a tire more accurately than before. The system includes an estimated internal pressure transmitter (control unit) that calculates and transmits an estimated internal pressure of a tire when a vehicle is travelling based on a wheel speed, a measured internal pressure of the tire at halt and a measured temperature of the tire at halt. The system measures the internal pressure and the temperature for each tire, and carries out deflation evaluation independently for each tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinya Notomi
  • Publication number: 20180072116
    Abstract: An indirect tire pressure monitoring system is provided that estimates a pressure in a tire more accurately than before. The system includes an estimated internal pressure transmitter (control unit) that calculates and transmits an estimated internal pressure of a tire when a vehicle is travelling based on a wheel speed, a measured internal pressure of the tire at halt and a measured temperature of the tire at halt. The system measures the internal pressure and the temperature for each tire, and carries out deflation evaluation independently for each tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Shinya Notomi
  • Patent number: 9387736
    Abstract: A system for detecting deflated tires by making a relative comparison among rotation speeds of tires attached to a vehicle. The system includes a rotation speed information detection means for detecting rotation speed information of the tires; a rotation speed calculation means for calculating rotation speeds of the tires; and a determination means for determining deflated tires by comparing a decreased pressure determination value using the calculated rotation speeds with a predetermined threshold value. The determination means determines that the vehicle is going straight when it is found, with regard to factors composed of a lateral G, a yaw rate, and a steering angle of the vehicle, at least two of the factors including the yaw rate show that a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value at a predetermined time is lower than a predetermined value, thereby detecting deflated tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minao Yanase, Seigou Sakagami, Yuji Oshiro, Tomonori Sakai, Shinya Notomi, Kazutaka Saito, Kazunari Okada, Ichiro Ueno
  • Patent number: 8726724
    Abstract: A system detects deflated tires based on a resonance frequency of tires with a vehicle and a relative comparison value of rotation speeds of the tires. The system includes: a rotation information detection means for detecting rotation information of the tires; a rotation speed calculation means for calculating rotation speeds of the tires; a resonance frequency assumption means for assuming a resonance frequency of the tires; and a determination means for detection of deflated tires using a decreased pressure determination index calculated by a relative comparison of the rotation speeds of the tires and the resonance frequency. The determination means is so configured as to reduce the second threshold to be compared with the decreased pressure determination index to a value equal to or higher than 1% and equal to or lower than 90% and to detect deflated tires when the decreased pressure determination index exceeds the reduced threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Oshiro, Seigou Sakagami, Masashi Kitano, Hiroaki Kawasaki, Tomonori Sakai, Shinya Notomi, Kazunari Okada
  • Patent number: 8334333
    Abstract: The rubber composites for tire treads include silica; carbon black; and oil constituents, wherein a ratio (A index) of silica contents, carbon black contents, and oil constituents contents is represented by A index=silica contents/(carbon black contents+silica contents+oil constituents contents)?0.8; and a ratio (B index) of a complex elastic modulus E* at 30° C. and a loss tangent tan ? at 60° C. is represented by B index=E*/tan ??120.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hotaka, Tetsuya Mizone, Emiko Mogi, Shinya Notomi
  • Publication number: 20120304754
    Abstract: A system detects deflated tires based on a resonance frequency of tires with a vehicle and a relative comparison value of rotation speeds of the tires. The system includes: a rotation information detection means for detecting rotation information of the tires; a rotation speed calculation means for calculating rotation speeds of the tires; a resonance frequency assumption means for assuming a resonance frequency of the tires; and a determination means for detection of deflated tires using a decreased pressure determination index calculated by a relative comparison of the rotation speeds of the tires and the resonance frequency. The determination means is so configured as to reduce the second threshold to be compared with the decreased pressure determination index to a value equal to or higher than 1% and equal to or lower than 90% and to detect deflated tires when the decreased pressure determination index exceeds the reduced threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Yuji Oshiro, Seigou Sakagami, Masashi Kitano, Hiroaki Kawasaki, Tomonori Sakai, Shinya Notomi, Kazunari Okada
  • Publication number: 20120310590
    Abstract: A system for detecting deflated tires by making a relative comparison among rotation speeds of tires attached to a vehicle. The system includes a rotation speed information detection means for detecting rotation speed information of the tires; a rotation speed calculation means for calculating rotation speeds of the tires; and a determination means for determining deflated tires by comparing a decreased pressure determination value using the calculated rotation speeds with a predetermined threshold value. The determination means determines that the vehicle is going straight when it is found, with regard to factors composed of a lateral G, a yaw rate, and a steering angle of the vehicle, at least two of the factors including the yaw rate show that a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value at a predetermined time is lower than a predetermined value, thereby detecting deflated tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Minao YANASE, Seigou Sakagami, Yuji Oshiro, Tomonori Sakai, Shinya Notomi, Kazutaka Saito, Kazunari Okada, Ichiro Ueno
  • Publication number: 20100160489
    Abstract: The rubber composites for tire treads include silica; carbon black; and oil constituents, wherein a ratio (A index) of silica contents, carbon black contents, and oil constituents contents is found by: A index=silica contents/(carbon black contents+silica contents+oil constituents contents)?0.8??relational expression (1); and a ratio (B index) of a complex elastic modulus E* at 30° C. and a loss tangent tan ? at 60° C. is found by: B index=E*/tan ??120??relational expression (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hotaka, Tetsuya Mizone, Emiko Mogi, Shinya Notomi