Patents by Inventor Teruyoshi Yamakawa

Teruyoshi Yamakawa 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: 10744983
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle includes a wheel speed acquisition device that acquires a wheel speed, an estimated vehicle body speed calculation device that calculates an estimated vehicle body speed on the basis of the wheel speed, and a bad road determination device that determines whether a road surface of travel is a bad road. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle can provide hydraulic control of a brake fluid that is used in wheel brakes, and the bad road determination device determines whether the road surface of travel is a bad road on the basis of the deviation between the estimated vehicle body speed and the wheel speed. The present invention can detect phenomena particular to bad roads, and can more accurately perform bad road determination, and allows for the improvement of control such as ABS control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Teruyoshi Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 10737670
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle that can perform fluid pressure control on the brake fluid pressure applied to wheel brakes. It is determined whether the pressure increasing time in the current pressure increasing control exceeds determination time which is set on the basis of the pressure increasing time in past pressure increasing control. If the pressure increasing time in the current pressure increasing control exceeds the determination time, it is determined that the road surface on which the vehicle is travelling has changed from the road surface with a low coefficient of friction to the road surface with a high coefficient of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyoda, Teruyoshi Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 10723333
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control device for a includes a wheel speed acquisition device that acquires a wheel speed, a slippage amount calculation device that calculates a wheel slippage amount, and a bad road determination device that determines whether a road surface of travel is a bad road. The bad road determination device determines whether the road surface of travel is a bad road using a bad road determination threshold value, and a value that relates to wheel behavior that is calculated based at least upon the wheel speed. The bad road determination threshold value is modified according to the wheel slippage amount. The present invention can appropriately set a bad road determination threshold value that is in accordance with a slippage amount, which corresponds to braking power, and can improve bad road determination precision without depending on variation in change of wheel speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teruyoshi Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20190126896
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control device for a includes a wheel speed acquisition device that acquires a wheel speed, a slippage amount calculation device that calculates a wheel slippage amount, and a bad road determination device that determines whether a road surface of travel is a bad road. The bad road determination device determines whether the road surface of travel is a bad road using a bad road determination threshold value, and a value that relates to wheel behavior that is calculated based at least upon the wheel speed. The bad road determination threshold value is modified according to the wheel slippage amount. The present invention can appropriately set a bad road determination threshold value that is in accordance with a slippage amount, which corresponds to braking power, and can improve bad road determination precision without depending on variation in change of wheel speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teruyoshi Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20190126897
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle includes a wheel speed acquisition device that acquires a wheel speed, an estimated vehicle body speed calculation device that calculates an estimated vehicle body speed on the basis of the wheel speed, and a bad road determination device that determines whether a road surface of travel is a bad road. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle can provide hydraulic control of a brake fluid that is used in wheel brakes, and the bad road determination device determines whether the road surface of travel is a bad road on the basis of the deviation between the estimated vehicle body speed and the wheel speed. The present invention can detect phenomena particular to bad roads, and can more accurately perform bad road determination, and allows for the improvement of control such as ABS control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Teruyoshi Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20190092293
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle that can perform fluid pressure control on the brake fluid pressure applied to wheel brakes. It is determined whether the pressure increasing time in the current pressure increasing control exceeds determination time which is set on the basis of the pressure increasing time in past pressure increasing control. If the pressure increasing time in the current pressure increasing control exceeds the determination time, it is determined that the road surface on which the vehicle is travelling has changed from the road surface with a low coefficient of friction to the road surface with a high coefficient of friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyoda, Teruyoshi Yamakawa