Patents by Inventor Tomohisa Hirakawa

Tomohisa Hirakawa 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: 10254737
    Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus, which drives a motor while controlling the motor based on an external command signal from an external device, includes an external command processor, a program storage, a motor controller, a program rewriting unit, a rewriting data input terminal. The external command processor outputs a motor control command from the external command signal based on an external command processing program. The motor controller controls an operation of the motor according to the motor control command based on a motor control program. Further, the external command processing program and the motor control program are previously stored in the program storage. The program rewriting unit rewrites only the external command processing program stored in the program storage based on the program rewriting data received from the rewriting data input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Nishizono, Yoshiaki Ikeuchi, Tomohisa Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20160282835
    Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus, which drives a motor while controlling the motor based on an external command signal from an external device, includes an external command processor, a program storage, a motor controller, a program rewriting unit, a rewriting data input terminal. The external command processor outputs a motor control command from the external command signal based on an external command processing program. The motor controller controls an operation of the motor according to the motor control command based on a motor control program. Further, the external command processing program and the motor control program are previously stored in the program storage. The program rewriting unit rewrites only the external command processing program stored in the program storage based on the program rewriting data received from the rewriting data input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: MASARU NISHIZONO, YOSHIAKI IKEUCHI, TOMOHISA HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 7866016
    Abstract: An information processing system for producing a building material has a design drawing generator, a list generator and a member production controller. The design drawing generator generates design drawing information of an objective building. The list generator generates list information of the members used for the objective building. The member production controller controls the production of the members used for the objective building, based on the list information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hashimoto, Tomohisa Hirakawa, Jun Shimizu, Yoshitomo Ito, Kimihiko Imai, Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Tetsushi Horibe
  • Publication number: 20100281939
    Abstract: An information processing system for producing a building material has a design drawing generator, a list generator and a member production controller. The design drawing generator generates design drawing information of an objective building. The list generator generates list information of the members used for the objective building. The member production controller controls the production of the members used for the objective building, based on the list information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hashimoto, Tomohisa Hirakawa, Jun Shimizu, Yoshitomo Ito, Kimihiko Imai, Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Tetsushi Horibe
  • Patent number: 7797813
    Abstract: An information processing system for producing a building material has a design drawing generator, a list generator and a member production controller. The design drawing generator generates design drawing information of an objective building. The list generator generates list information of the members used for the objective building. The member production controller controls the production of the members used for the objective building, based on the list information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hashimoto, Tomohisa Hirakawa, Jun Shimizu, Yoshitomo Ito, Kimihiko Imai, Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Tetsushi Horibe
  • Publication number: 20090187264
    Abstract: An information processing system for producing a building material has a design drawing generator, a list generator and a member production controller. The design drawing generator generates design drawing information of an objective building. The list generator generates list information of the members used for the objective building. The member production controller controls the production of the members used for the objective building, based on the list information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hashimoto, Tomohisa Hirakawa, Jun Shimizu, Yoshitomo Ito, Kimihiko Imai, Murahashi Yoshimitsu, Tetsushi Horibe
  • Publication number: 20080065252
    Abstract: An information processing system for producing a building material has a design drawing generator, a list generator and a member production controller. The design drawing generator generates design drawing information of an objective building. The list generator generates list information of the members used for the objective building. The member production controller controls the production of the members used for the objective building, based on the list information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hashimoto, Tomohisa Hirakawa, Jun Shimizu, Yoshitomo Ito, Kimihiko Imai, Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Tetsushi Horibe
  • Publication number: 20070272470
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus has an EPS motor 100 which is coupled to a steering system and generates a torque for assisting a steering torque and an ECU 101 for controlling and driving the EPS motor 100. The EPS motor 100 is coupled to the ECU 101 via an elastic member 103. A sub-vibration system including the ECU 101 and the elastic member 103 constitutes a dynamic damper with respect to a main vibration system having the EPS motor 100 serving as a vibration source, whereby the sub-vibration system absorbs vibration generated on the EPS motor 100 side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: NSK LTD
    Inventor: Tomohisa Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20070256887
    Abstract: A motor 1 for electric power steering has a motor section 12 for generating rotary torque and a motor cover 11 which houses the motor section 12 and is fixed to a column. The motor cover 11 has a yoke section 21 and a flange section 22 which is disposed at one end of the yoke section 21 and fixed to the column at a plurality of positions The yoke section 21 has at least one rib 50A (50B) provided on an exterior surface located between positions where the flange section 22 is fixed to the column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa HIRAKAWA, Suguru NAGANO, Takahiro SHINZOU
  • Publication number: 20070235247
    Abstract: In an electric power steering device has an electric motor for applying a steering assist force to a steering shaft connected to a steering wheel, a gear box for accommodating a speed reducing mechanism for transmitting the steering assist force of the electric motor to the steering shaft and a control unit for controlling the driving of the electric motor, the control unit is disposed in the steering wheel side from the gear box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.,
    Inventors: Tomohisa Hirakawa, Suguru Nagano
  • Publication number: 20070194666
    Abstract: To reduce the vibration appearing at a motor for an electric power steering apparatus and further reduce noise caused by the vibration generated from the motor for an electric power steering apparatus. The motor for an electric power steering apparatus includes a rotor, a stator and a yoke 12 which houses the rotor and the stator therein and pivotally supports the rotation shaft 14 of the rotor so as to rotate freely. At least one annular band 26 is attached via an elastic member 28 to the outer peripheral surface of the yoke 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Hirakawa, Suguru Nagano
  • Publication number: 20050044133
    Abstract: An information processing system for producing a building material comprises a design drawing generating means for generating the design drawing information of an objective building, a list generating means for generating the list information of the members used for the objective building, and a member production control means for controlling the production of the members used for the objective building, based on the list information obtained by the list generating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hashimoto, Tomohisa Hirakawa, Jun Shimizu, Yoshitomo Ito, Kimihiko Imai, Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Tetsushi Horibe