Patents by Inventor Takeshi Torii

Takeshi Torii 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: 11949318
    Abstract: An air chamber serving as a breather chamber and a breather hole that communicates the outside of a case and the air chamber can be easily molded, and breather hole is provided so as to have a degree of freedom in an installation position and volume, so that oil does not easily blow out from case in which rotary electric machine is housed. Case housing rotary electric machine has an inner and outer case portion. Inner case portion has a first coupling portion. Outer case portion has a second coupling portion. The first and second coupling portions are fixed to each other. An air chamber communicated with an inside of inner case portion is formed between outer surface of inner case portion and inner surface of outer case portion. A breather hole that communicates air chamber and an outside of case is formed in outer case portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Torii, Takuro Iwase, So Shiraiwa
  • Patent number: 11933640
    Abstract: A magnetic linear position detector includes a stator and a mover that is movable along a first direction with respect to the stator. One of the stator and the mover includes a magnetic detector, and the other of the stator and the mover includes a magnet. The magnet has a first face facing the magnetic detector, and the first face is provided alternately with N poles and S poles along the first direction. The magnet includes a first region and a second region provided on each side of the first region along the first direction. In the first region, a length along a second direction perpendicular to the first face is constant. In the second region, a length along the second direction is different from the length in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Musha, Yoshinao Tatei, Hisanori Torii, Makoto Higashino
  • Patent number: 11933743
    Abstract: An imaging control apparatus obtains a plurality of images at different radiation energies, the images having been obtained as a result of irradiating a subject with radiation whose energy changes during one shot, and detecting, a plurality of times, the radiation that has passed through the subject during the one shot; generates an energy subtraction image by performing energy subtraction processing using a plurality of images; and generates a difference image using a plurality of generated energy subtraction images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Iwashita, Akira Tsukuda, Kosuke Terui, Sota Torii, Takeshi Noda
  • Patent number: 11913813
    Abstract: A power generation element includes a magnetic member that produces a large Barkhausen effect and magnetism collection members including an insertion part having the magnetic member inserted therethrough. The magnetism collection member includes a first component on an opposite side of a boundary plane to a magnetic field generation unit and a second component on the same side of the boundary plane as the magnetic field generation unit, the boundary plane passing through a center of an imaginary circle inscribed in the insertion part and having a diameter equal to a length of the insertion part in a third direction perpendicular to first and second directions, the first direction is a direction of the insertion of the magnetic member, and the second direction is a direction in which the magnetic field generation unit is disposed. A volume of the second component is larger than a volume of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Nakamura, Yoshinori Miyamoto, Shinichiro Yoshida, Hisanori Torii, Takeshi Musha, Masanori Nimura, Shizuka Ueda, Takuya Noguchi, Toshio Mekata, Yuji Kubo, Hitoshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11904672
    Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a rotary electric machine disposed on a first axis; a differential gear mechanism disposed on a second axis; an output member disposed on the second axis; an inverter device; and a case. The case is a single-piece case internally including: a first housing chamber housing the rotary electric machine; and a second housing chamber housing the inverter device and divided from the first housing chamber with a partition. At least a specified portion of the output member is housed in the first housing chamber. A location of the specified portion in an axial direction overlaps with the rotary electric machine. The partition is provided between the specified portion and the inverter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei Yamashita, Nozomu Takahashi, Ryohei Inoue, Takeshi Torii, Daisuke Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 11858327
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes a rotary electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output member disposed on a second axis parallel to the first axis, an inverter device, a terminal block for electrically connecting a rotary electric machine-side bus bar and an inverter-side bus bar, and a case. The case includes a first housing chamber for housing the rotary electric machine MG, a second housing chamber for housing the inverter device, and a partition wall for separating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber. A terminal block is disposed such that an arrangement area of the terminal block in an axial direction overlaps the rotary electric machine, and disposed so as to penetrate the partition wall in a radial direction of the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Nagaya, Nozomu Takahashi, Ryohei Inoue, Takeshi Torii, Daisuke Yamaoka, Taketoki Maruyama, Toshiya Sugiyama, Munehiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11773959
    Abstract: A driving force transmitting device includes a case, an electric motor, and a gearbox. The electric motor includes an output shaft. The gearbox includes a spur gear that rotates coaxially with the output shaft. The case includes a partition wall, a first accommodating chamber accommodating the electric motor, and a second accommodating chamber that accommodates a second driven gear. The partition separates the first accommodating chamber and the second accommodating chamber from each other. The partition wall includes a connecting hole that connects the first accommodating chamber and the second accommodating chamber to each other. The connecting hole is located on one direction side in relation to the central axis of the output shaft. At least part of the connecting hole overlaps with the spur gear when viewed in a direction along the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeda, Akihiro Makino, Isao Sato, Haruhisa Suzuki, Yoshiteru Hagino, Koichi Hasegawa, Yasuaki Tahara, Masahiko Kanamaru, Jo Torii, Takeshi Torii, Tokiyoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20230219591
    Abstract: A driver assistance apparatus includes: one or more processors; and one or more memories communicably coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors set a control mode of outputting a sound, to a first or second output control mode depending on a predetermined determination condition. The first output control mode includes outputting the sound continuously during travel of a vehicle, while changing the sound with magnitude of behavior of the vehicle. The second output control mode includes outputting, each time the vehicle travels through a predetermined segment of a planned travel route of the vehicle, a reward sound corresponding to stability of the behavior of the vehicle in the predetermined segment traveled. The one or more processors carry out processing of outputting the sound in the first or second output control mode set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ryuichi SUMIKAWA, Takeshi TORII, Hideyuki TAKAO
  • Publication number: 20230092217
    Abstract: A driving force transmitting device includes a case, an electric motor, and a gearbox. The electric motor includes an output shaft. The gearbox includes a spur gear that rotates coaxially with the output shaft. The case includes a partition wall, a first accommodating chamber accommodating the electric motor, and a second accommodating chamber that accommodates a second driven gear. The partition separates the first accommodating chamber and the second accommodating chamber from each other. The partition wall includes a connecting hole that connects the first accommodating chamber and the second accommodating chamber to each other. The connecting hole is located on one direction side in relation to the central axis of the output shaft. At least part of the connecting hole overlaps with the spur gear when viewed in a direction along the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKEDA, Akihiro MAKINO, Isao SATO, Haruhisa SUZUKI, Yoshiteru HAGINO, Koichi HASEGAWA, Yasuaki TAHARA, Masahiko KANAMARU, Jo TORII, Takeshi TORII, Tokiyoshi KIDA
  • Patent number: 11524681
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a skill level acquiring unit and an inter-vehicle distance controller. The skill level acquiring unit is configured to acquire a driving skill level of a driver of a first vehicle other than a second vehicle. The second vehicle is an own vehicle. The inter-vehicle distance controller is configured to control an inter-vehicle distance from the first vehicle to the second vehicle on the basis of the driving skill level acquired by the skill level acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Sugiyama, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa, Noeru Sato
  • Publication number: 20220281301
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes a rotary electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output member disposed on a second axis parallel to the first axis, an inverter device, a terminal block for electrically connecting a rotary electric machine-side bus bar and an inverter-side bus bar, and a case. The case includes a first housing chamber for housing the rotary electric machine MG, a second housing chamber for housing the inverter device, and a partition wall for separating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber. A terminal block is disposed such that an arrangement area of the terminal block in an axial direction overlaps the rotary electric machine, and disposed so as to penetrate the partition wall in a radial direction of the output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro NAGAYA, Nozomu TAKAHASHI, Ryohei INOUE, Takeshi TORII, Daisuke YAMAOKA, Taketoki MARUYAMA, Toshiya SUGIYAMA, Munehiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220274476
    Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a rotary electric machine disposed on a first axis; a differential gear mechanism disposed on a second axis; an output member disposed on the second axis; an inverter device; and a case. The case is a single-piece case internally including: a first housing chamber housing the rotary electric machine; and a second housing chamber housing the inverter device and divided from the first housing chamber with a partition. At least a specified portion of the output member is housed in the first housing chamber. A location of the specified portion in an axial direction overlaps with the rotary electric machine. The partition is provided between the specified portion and the inverter device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei YAMASHITA, Nozomu TAKAHASHI, Ryohei INOUE, Takeshi TORII, Daisuke YAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220186823
    Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a rotary electric machine disposed on a first axis; a differential gear mechanism disposed on a second axis; an output member disposed on the second axis; an inverter device; and a case. The case is a single-piece case internally including: a first housing chamber housing the rotary electric machine; and a second housing chamber housing the inverter device and divided from the first housing chamber with a partition. At least a specified portion of the output member is housed in the first housing chamber. A location of the specified portion in an axial direction overlaps with the rotary electric machine. The partition is provided between the specified portion and the inverter device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei YAMASHITA, Nozomu TAKAHASHI, Ryohei INOUE, Takeshi TORII, Daisuke YAMAOKA
  • Patent number: 11313691
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a skill level acquiring unit, a vehicle position information acquiring unit, and a map acquiring generating unit. The skill level acquiring unit is configured to acquire driving skill levels of respective drivers of a plurality of vehicles. The vehicle position information acquiring unit is configured to acquire pieces of position information of the vehicles. The map acquiring generating unit is configured to acquire map information on the basis of the driving skill levels acquired by the skill level acquiring unit and the pieces of position information acquired by the vehicle position information acquiring unit. The map information indicates presence of the vehicles on a road map in accordance with the respective driving skill levels of the drivers of the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sumikawa, Takeshi Torii, Noeru Sato, Akiko Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20220101752
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus includes a controller. While the vehicle is driving, the controller is configured to obtain data indicating behavior of a body of a vehicle and output a certain sound based on information indicating stability of the behavior determined from the obtained data. Every time the vehicle drives a predetermined segment, the controller is configured to output a reward sound in accordance with the stability of the behavior in the predetermined segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi SUMIKAWA, Takeshi TORII
  • Publication number: 20220097715
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to obtain data indicating behavior of a body of a vehicle while the vehicle is driving. The controller is configured to continuously output a sound that is to be changed in accordance with the behavior while the vehicle is driving. The controller is configured to set a predetermined threshold for a value indicating magnitude of the behavior, based on a driving condition of the vehicle. The controller is configured to change the sound in accordance with the value indicating the magnitude of the behavior in a case where the value indicating the magnitude of the behavior is smaller than the predetermined threshold. The controller is configured to execute predetermined control in a case where the value indicating the magnitude of the behavior is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuichi SUMIKAWA, Takeshi TORII, Hideyuki TAKAO, Riku KATO
  • Patent number: 11256928
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a skill level determining unit, a driving load determining unit, and an information provision controller. The skill level determining unit is configured to determine a driving skill level of a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling. The driving load determining unit is configured to determine a driving load on the driver. The information provision controller is configured to control provision of information to the driver on the basis of the driving skill level and the driving load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noeru Sato, Takeshi Torii, Ryuichi Sumikawa, Akiko Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20210362728
    Abstract: A driving skill evaluation system configured to evaluate a driving skill of a driver includes a correction operation detection unit configured to detect a correction operation of a driving operation of the driver, a cause estimation unit configured to perform an estimation of a cause of the correction operation based on vehicle traveling state information at a time point when the correction operation is performed and vehicle traveling state information at time points before a predetermined period and after a predetermined period of the time point when the correction operation is performed, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the driving skill of the driver based on a result of the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Noeru SATO, Takeshi TORII, Shun TANAKA, Masaaki KOBASHI, Shota TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210313859
    Abstract: An air chamber serving as a breather chamber and a breather hole that communicates the outside of a case and the air chamber can be easily molded, and breather hole is provided so as to have a degree of freedom in an installation position and volume, so that oil does not easily blow out from case in which rotary electric machine is housed. Case housing rotary electric machine has an inner and outer case portion. Inner case portion has a first coupling portion. Outer case portion has a second coupling portion. The first and second coupling portions are fixed to each other. An air chamber communicated with an inside of inner case portion is formed between outer surface of inner case portion and inner surface of outer case portion. A breather hole that communicates air chamber and an outside of case is formed in outer case portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi TORII, Takuro IWASE, So SHIRAIWA
  • Patent number: 11028906
    Abstract: A vehicle drive system including: a rotating electric machine; an output drivingly coupled to a wheel; a differential gear device provided in a power transmission path between the rotating electric machine and the output, the differential gear device including at least a first rotating element drivingly coupled to the rotating electric machine, a second rotating element drivingly coupled to the output, and a third rotating element that is selectively fixed by a one-way clutch to a non-rotating member and that is selectively fixed by a friction brake to the non-rotating member; and a clutch that selectively couples together two of the first rotating element, the second rotating element, and the third rotating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Torii, Hiroshi Kato, Takuro Iwase, Keisuke Nakashima, Daisuke Yamaoka