Patents by Inventor Shunji Morhichika

Shunji Morhichika 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).

  • Method and device for steering vehicle having no contact with track
    Patent number: 7757608
    Abstract: A rail non-contact vehicle includes wheels, a vehicle main body supported by the wheels, and a steering control system. The steering control system includes a control section configured to control a steering of the wheels in a non-mechanical manner, and a drive section configured to mechanically drive the steering of the wheels. The control section includes a first detector configured to detect 1-dimensional coordinate data of a target route, a steering angle holding section configured to hold a target steering angle corresponding to the 1-dimensional coordinate data, a second detector configured to detect a current deviation between the target route and a current position of the vehicle main body, and a control steering angle calculating section configured to generate a control steering angle corresponding to the current deviation and the target steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masahisa Masukawa, Shunji Morhichika, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Koki Fukuda
  • Method and device for steering vehicle having no contact with track
    Publication number: 20060200280
    Abstract: A rail non-contact vehicle includes wheels, a vehicle main body supported by the wheels, and a steering control system. The steering control system includes a control section configured to control a steering of the wheels in a non-mechanical manner, and a drive section configured to mechanically drive the steering of the wheels. The control section includes a first detector configured to detect 1-dimensional coordinate data of a target route, a steering angle holding section configured to hold a target steering angle corresponding to the 1-dimensional coordinate data, a second detector configured to detect a current deviation between the target route and a current position of the vehicle main body, and a control steering angle calculating section configured to generate a control steering angle corresponding to the current deviation and the target steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masahisa Masukawa, Shunji Morhichika, Hiroyuki Mochidome, Koki Fukuda