Patents by Inventor Tatsuya TAKAYANAGI

Tatsuya TAKAYANAGI 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: 20230303170
    Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus is configured to apply, to a steered wheel of a vehicle, a driving force for canceling a toe change amount caused by a road irregularity. The vehicle steering apparatus includes a road reaction force detector configured to detect a road reaction force received by a tire of the steered wheel, a toe adjustment actuator coupled to the steered wheel, and a controller configured to control a driving force of the toe adjustment actuator. The controller includes a toe change amount setter configured to set the toe change amount based on the road reaction force detected by the road reaction force detector, an operation amount calculator configured to calculate an actuator operation amount for canceling the toe change amount set by the toe change amount setter, and a driver configured to drive the toe adjustment actuator by the actuator operation amount calculated by the operation amount calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio OOWADA, Hiroomi KOBAYASHI, Taichi MURAI, Yosuke TAKEBAYASHI, Takeshi YONEDA, Kaoru SUGANO, Akihiro NABESHIMA, Minoru SUYAMA, Tatsuya TAKAYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20230278421
    Abstract: A front-rear wheel driving force distribution device includes a center differential and a limited slip differential. The limited slip differential includes a first clutch, a second clutch, a first piston, a second piston, and a one-way clutch provided between the first clutch and a rear propeller shaft. If the second clutch is engaged by the second piston, the propeller shaft on the rear side rotates at increased speed as compared with a case where the first clutch is engaged by the first piston. The one-way clutch couples the first clutch and the rear propeller shaft if a number of rotations of the first clutch is same as or higher than a number of rotations of the rear propeller shaft, and idles if the number of rotations of the first clutch is lower than the number of rotations of the rear propeller shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Norio OOWADA, Hiroomi KOBAYASHI, Taichi MURAI, Takeshi YONEDA, Yosuke TAKEBAYASHI, Minoru SUYAMA, Tatsuya TAKAYANAGI, Akihiro NABESHIMA, Kaoru SUGANO