Patents by Inventor Torao Kawaguchi

Torao Kawaguchi 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).

  • Vehicle deceleration controller
    Patent number: 6478716
    Abstract: A vehicle deceleration controller which is able to relatively reliably satisfy the intended deceleration of the driver irrespective of changes in the vehicle speed, the gradient of the driving road surface and the total weight of the vehicle includes a deceleration determining device that determines a required deceleration in accordance with the vehicle speed and the gradient of the driving road surface with reference to stored characteristic information, and an operation mode determining device that determines the required operation mode in accordance with the required deceleration determined by the deceleration determining device and the vehicle speed and the total vehicle weight with reference to stored characteristic information. An outputting device operates a braking force generating device with the required operation mode when it is determined that the accelerator has been released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Onimaru, Toshinori Murahashi, Toshiaki Ishiguro, Torao Kawaguchi
  • Vehicle deceleration controller
    Publication number: 20010018384
    Abstract: A vehicle deceleration controller which is able to relatively reliably satisfy the intended deceleration of the driver irrespective of changes in the vehicle speed, the gradient of the driving road surface and the total weight of the vehicle includes a deceleration determining device that determines a required deceleration in accordance with the vehicle speed and the gradient of the driving road surface with reference to stored characteristic information, and an operation mode determining device that determines the required operation mode in accordance with the required deceleration determined by the deceleration determining device and the vehicle speed and the total vehicle weight with reference to stored characteristic information. An outputting device operates a braking force generating device with the required operation mode when it is determined that the accelerator has been released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Onimaru, Toshinori Murahashi, Toshiaki Ishiguro, Torao Kawaguchi