Patents by Inventor Taichi SHIBATA

Taichi SHIBATA 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: 8727453
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control apparatus has an electromagnetic valve having a valve body forced to one side by an elastic member and a coil driving the valve body to the other side; a hydraulic pressure control section for calculating a command current value to drive the electromagnetic valve and controlling a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic circuit by opening/closing the electromagnetic valve; a current detection section detecting a value of the current passing through the coil; and a command current value correction section. The command current value correction section detects a change of an inductance of the coil when the valve body moves from the one side to the other side or from the other side to the one side through the current detection section, and corrects the command current value using the detected inductance change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro Saita, Taichi Shibata, Masamichi Imamura, Shinichiro Nishida, Satoshi Doi, Tadaharu Yokota
  • Publication number: 20120112524
    Abstract: In a brake control apparatus employing a pump for producing a flow of brake fluid in a hydraulic brake circuit, an electric motor for driving the pump, and a control unit, the control unit includes a motor speed estimation section configured to estimate a revolution speed of the motor based on an inter-terminal voltage of the motor and a motor characteristic of the motor. Also provided is a motor speed control section configured to control a speed of the motor based on the motor speed estimated by the motor speed estimation section and a preset target motor speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Taichi SHIBATA, Yohei MASUI
  • Publication number: 20110221264
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control apparatus has an electromagnetic valve having a valve body forced to one side by an elastic member and a coil driving the valve body to the other side; a hydraulic pressure control section for calculating a command current value to drive the electromagnetic valve and controlling a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic circuit by opening/closing the electromagnetic valve; a current detection section detecting a value of the current passing through the coil; and a command current value correction section. The command current value correction section detects a change of an inductance of the coil when the valve body moves from the one side to the other side or from the other side to the one side through the current detection section, and corrects the command current value using the detected inductance change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Norihiro SAITA, Taichi SHIBATA, Masamichi IMAMURA, Shinichiro NISHIDA, Satoshi DOI, Tadaharu YOKOTA