Patents by Inventor Shoji Hamada

Shoji Hamada 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: 9533705
    Abstract: A vehicle steering system can keep the comfort of steering feeling for a driver, even in a situation, such as traveling on a cant road or in a crosswind, where a unidirectional-drift behavior of a vehicle occurs, and includes an electric motor, a steering angle sensor, a steering torque sensor, and an EPS_ECU that controls driving power of the electric motor, when the vehicle is traveling straight, based on vehicle information including a steering torque and a steering angle, to perform a control for applying an assist torque to a steering system. The EPS_ECU includes an integrating unit for calculating an integrated torque value obtained by integrating the steering torque, and a steering effort assist controlling unit for performing an anti-unidirectional-drift control over the driving power of the electric motor, when the integrated torque value exceeds the threshold value, so as to cancel the unidirectional-drift behavior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Tamura, Yoshifumi Banno, Yuki Endo, Shoji Hamada, Yoshinobu Mukai
  • Patent number: 9393995
    Abstract: It is determined whether or not a vehicle is in a first vehicle state based on a detected steering torque and a detected yaw rate (step S1), one-side pull is decided if the yaw rate is within a range from 2 deg/sec to 10 deg/sec (step S4) for 1 second which is a first predetermined time (step S3) since an absolute value of the steering torque becomes 20 Nm or larger in the first vehicle state (step S2), then a target current value (one-side response) is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Banno, Norifumi Tamura, Yuki Endo, Shoji Hamada
  • Patent number: 9371088
    Abstract: A vehicle steering device including a steering torque detection unit that detects a steering torque, the vehicle steering device controlling an electric current value, which is applied to an electric motor, and applying an assist torque to a steering system based on the steering torque, includes a one-side pull response control unit that detects one-side pull generated at a vehicle, and corrects the current value to restrict the one-side pull. One-side pull response control is restricted or inhibited for a predetermined time after the vehicle ends a turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Tamura, Yoshifumi Banno, Shoji Hamada, Yuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20150025744
    Abstract: It is determined whether or not a vehicle is in a first vehicle state based on a detected steering torque and a detected yaw rate (step S1), one-side pull is decided if the yaw rate is within a range from 2 deg/sec to 10 deg/sec (step S4) for 1 second which is a first predetermined time (step S3) since an absolute value of the steering torque becomes 20 Nm or larger in the first vehicle state (step S2), then a target current value (one-side response) is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Banno, Norifumi Tamura, Yuki Endo, Shoji Hamada
  • Publication number: 20150025743
    Abstract: A vehicle steering device including a steering torque detection unit that detects a steering torque, the vehicle steering device controlling an electric current value, which is applied to an electric motor, and applying an assist torque to a steering system based on the steering torque, includes a one-side pull response control unit that detects one-side pull generated at a vehicle, and corrects the current value to restrict the one-side pull. One-side pull response control is restricted or inhibited for a predetermined time after the vehicle ends a turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Tamura, Yoshifumi Banno, Shoji Hamada, Yuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20150025745
    Abstract: A vehicle steering system can keep the comfort of steering feeling for a driver, even in a situation, such as traveling on a cant road or in a crosswind, where a unidirectional-drift behavior of a vehicle occurs, and includes an electric motor, a steering angle sensor, a steering torque sensor, and an EPS_ECU that controls driving power of the electric motor, when the vehicle is traveling straight, based on vehicle information including a steering torque and a steering angle, to perform a control for applying an assist torque to a steering system. The EPS_ECU includes an integrating unit for calculating an integrated torque value obtained by integrating the steering torque, and a steering effort assist controlling unit for performing an anti-unidirectional-drift control over the driving power of the electric motor, when the integrated torque value exceeds the threshold value, so as to cancel the unidirectional-drift behavior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Norifumi TAMURA, Yoshifumi BANNO, Yuki ENDO, Shoji HAMADA, Yoshinobu MUKAI