Patents by Inventor Takashi Kurokochi

Takashi Kurokochi 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).

  • Publication number: 20110208391
    Abstract: A stabilizer control device for a vehicle which performs a variable control of a torsional stiffness of a stabilizer provided between right and left wheels of the vehicle, including: an absolute roll information obtaining unit which obtains absolute roll information above a spring from an output of a sensor installed above the spring in the vehicle; and a stabilizer control unit which calculates a first anti-roll moment based on the absolute roll information and controls the stabilizer based on the first anti-roll moment. Therefore, it becomes possible to appropriately suppress a roll due to a steering input and a roll due to a road surface disturbance input and balance a handling and stability with a riding quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Mizuta, Takashi Kurokochi, Mitsuhiro Tsumano
  • Patent number: 7605555
    Abstract: A stabilizer control device includes: an electric motor having a regenerative function; a stabilizer, connecting a left wheel and a right wheel, that is capable of altering a roll rigidity via the electric motor; vehicle behavior detection device that detects a vehicle behavior; regenerative current setting device that sets a regenerative current of the electric motor based on the vehicle behavior detected by the vehicle behavior detection device; and regenerative current adjusting device that adjusts the regenerative current of the electric motor so that the regenerative current set by the regenerative current setting device is reached. The spring reaction force against the twist of the stabilizer rotates the electric motor to thereby generate electricity. Vehicle behavior such as body roll is detected and the regenerative current of the electric motor is set based on the detected vehicle behavior to restrain or accelerate the twist or return of the stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Kurokochi
  • Publication number: 20070194733
    Abstract: A stabilizer control device includes: an electric motor having a regenerative function; a stabilizer, connecting a left wheel and a right wheel, that is capable of altering a roll rigidity via the electric motor; vehicle behavior detection device that detects a vehicle behavior; regenerative current setting device that sets a regenerative current of the electric motor based on the vehicle behavior detected by the vehicle behavior detection device; and regenerative current adjusting device that adjusts the regenerative current of the electric motor so that the regenerative current set by the regenerative current setting device is reached. The spring reaction force against the twist of the stabilizer rotates the electric motor to thereby generate electricity. Vehicle behavior such as body roll is detected and the regenerative current of the electric motor is set based on the detected vehicle behavior to restrain or accelerate the twist or return of the stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Kurokochi