Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Ishida

Toshihiko Ishida 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: 11964569
    Abstract: In a case of a normal operation, a battery controller (22) assumes a normal operation mode and permits charging and discharging of a battery module (21). Upon receiving a discharge command from a vehicle body controller (17) for completely discharging the battery module (21), the battery controller (22) assumes a discharge mode to discharge the battery module (21) to reach a safe voltage level and store discharge information. Upon reading out the discharge information, the battery controller (22) assumes a discharge prohibition mode to prohibit charging and discharging of the battery module (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Watanabe, Seiji Ishida, Ken Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11807288
    Abstract: A riding vehicle includes: a main body portion supporting a wheel; a seat stay erected on the main body portion and configured to be switched between a riding state in which a person rides and a cart state in which a person does not ride; a seat fixed to an upper side of the seat stay; a frame provided on the seat stay and configured to hold luggage in the riding state and the cart state; a steering stay erected on the main body portion at an interval with respect to the seat stay in a traveling direction; and a handle provided on the steering stay, in which the frame, in the cart state, exists in a region closer to the handle as compared with that in the riding state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Umehara, Toshihiko Ishida
  • Publication number: 20230253858
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drive system that is provided with an induction generator having a primary winding including a main winding and an auxiliary winding and a secondary conductor, can vary the voltage of the main winding, and can increase the maximum output power of the auxiliary winding. Therefore, provided is a drive system, which is provided with an induction generator having a primary winding including a main winding and an auxiliary winding and a secondary conductor, including: a starting battery that starts the induction generator; a traction inverter that drives a traction motor; an auxiliary device inverter that drives an auxiliary device motor; a rectifier the input side of which is connected to the main winding and the output side of which is connected to the traction inverter; and a power generation inverter the output side of which is connected to the auxiliary winding and the input side of which is connected to the auxiliary device inverter and the starting battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuo NISHIHAMA, Masatoshi YOSHIMURA, Toshihiko WATANABE, Toshihiko ISHIDA, Seiji ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11377014
    Abstract: A riding vehicle includes: a main body supporting a wheel and on which a steering stay and a seat stay are erected at an interval in a traveling direction; a handle provided on the steering stay; a pedestal portion fixed to an upper end of the seat stay; a seat rotatably connected to the pedestal portion, and configured to switch between a riding state where the seat stands upright to cover the pedestal portion from above so as to be in an arrangement suitable for riding and a cart state where the seat is inclined in a traveling direction away from the steering stay to open an upper portion of the pedestal portion so as to be in an arrangement suitable for conveyance movement with baggage placed thereon; and a stopper interposed between the pedestal portion and the seat and regulating the seat in the riding and cart states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Yoshiteru Taniguchi, Hideyuki Umehara
  • Patent number: 11261578
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator (1) provided with a controller (40) having a machine control section (43) that executes machine control for moving a work implement (1A) following a predetermined condition at the time of operation of operation devices (45a, 45b, and 46c) includes a level-of-intervention input device (96) that is operated by an operator. The controller includes a correction amount calculating section (43m) that calculates a correction amount of a level of intervention indicating a degree of intervention by the machine control in an operation of the work implement instructed through operation of the operation devices, based on an operation amount of the level-of-intervention input device. The machine control section executes the machine control to intervene in the operation of the work implement instructed through the operation of the operation devices at a level of intervention corrected based on the correction amount calculated at the correction amount calculating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Manabu Edamura, Hidekazu Moriki
  • Patent number: 10967744
    Abstract: A dump truck is provided with a ground fault detection device that detects a ground fault detection voltage V0 as a difference between a detection voltage Vp between a positive electrode line of a DC bus and a neutral point N and a detection voltage Vn between the neutral point N and a negative electrode line of the DC bus and detects a ground fault based upon the ground fault detection voltage V0. The ground fault detection device includes a DC component determining section that extracts a DC component VLdc from the ground fault detection voltage V0 and determines a ground fault based upon the DC component VLdc, and a drive frequency component determining sections (that extract drive frequency components VLiR, VLiL of the inverters from the ground fault detection voltage V0 and determine a ground fault based upon the drive frequency components VLiR, VLiL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Ishida
  • Publication number: 20210094602
    Abstract: A riding vehicle includes: a main body portion supporting a wheel; a seat stay erected on the main body portion and configured to be switched between a riding state in which a person rides and a cart state in which a person does not ride; a seat fixed to an upper side of the seat stay; a frame provided on the seat stay and configured to hold luggage in the riding state and the cart state; a steering stay erected on the main body portion at an interval with respect to the seat stay in a traveling direction; and a handle provided on the steering stay, in which the frame, in the cart state, exists in a region closer to the handle as compared with that in the riding state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki UMEHARA, Toshihiko ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200339024
    Abstract: A riding vehicle includes: a main body supporting a wheel and on which a steering stay and a seat stay are erected at an interval in a traveling direction; a handle provided on the steering stay; a pedestal portion fixed to an upper end of the seat stay; a seat rotatably connected to the pedestal portion, and configured to switch between a riding state where the seat stands upright to cover the pedestal portion from above so as to be in an arrangement suitable for riding and a cart state where the seat is inclined in a traveling direction away from the steering stay to open an upper portion of the pedestal portion so as to be in an arrangement suitable for conveyance movement with baggage placed thereon; and a stopper interposed between the pedestal portion and the seat and regulating the seat in the riding and cart states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko ISHIDA, Yoshiteru TANIGUCHI, Hideyuki UMEHARA
  • Publication number: 20200224383
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator (1) provided with a controller (40) having a machine control section (43) that executes machine control for moving a work implement (1A) following a predetermined condition at the time of operation of operation devices (45a, 45b, and 46c) includes a level-of-intervention input device (96) that is operated by an operator. The controller includes a correction amount calculating section (43m) that calculates a correction amount of a level of intervention indicating a degree of intervention by the machine control in an operation of the work implement instructed through operation of the operation devices, based on an operation amount of the level-of-intervention input device. The machine control section executes the machine control to intervene in the operation of the work implement instructed through the operation of the operation devices at a level of intervention corrected based on the correction amount calculated at the correction amount calculating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiko ISHIDA, Manabu EDAMURA, Hidekazu MORIKI
  • Publication number: 20200223313
    Abstract: A dump truck is provided with a ground fault detection device that detects a ground fault detection voltage V0 as a difference between a detection voltage Vp between a positive electrode line of a DC bus and a neutral point N and a detection voltage Vn between the neutral point N and a negative electrode line of the DC bus and detects a ground fault based upon the ground fault detection voltage V0. The ground fault detection device includes a DC component determining section that extracts a DC component VLdc from the ground fault detection voltage V0 and determines a ground fault based upon the DC component VLdc, and a drive frequency component determining sections (that extract drive frequency components VLiR, VLiL of the inverters from the ground fault detection voltage V0 and determine a ground fault based upon the drive frequency components VLiR, VLiL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Toshihiko ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 9828749
    Abstract: To provide a hybrid wheel loader capable of reliably detecting a short-circuited state of a synchronous generator driven by a drive source. The present invention is provided with an MG 4 being a synchronous generator driven as an electric generator by an engine and operated as a motor by the electric power supplied from an electrical storage device 9, an MG inverter 5 having a motor current sensor 5d for detecting motor current flowing through the MG 4 and semiconductor switches 5a, 5b, and an HCU 10 for detecting a short-circuited state of the MG 4, wherein the HCU 10 determines that the MG 4 is in a short-circuited state when the semiconductor switches 5a, 5b of the MG inverter 5 are in an OFF state at gates and when the motor current detected by the motor current sensor 5d is equal to or greater than a specified threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Takada, Shigeyuki Yoshihara, Toshihiko Ishida, Nobuyoshi Takahashi, Naoya Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9728924
    Abstract: An actuator device includes: a motor that is a driving source; a reduction gear that decelerates rotation of the motor; an accommodating member that accommodates the reduction gear; and a conductive member that is disposed integrally with the accommodating member and is in sliding contact with the reduction gear so that a ground circuit capable of grounding the reduction gear is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Wataru Otake, Fumiaki Togitani
  • Patent number: 9470031
    Abstract: An opening/closing body control device for a vehicle includes: a drive section for driving an opening/closing body; a controller for controlling the drive section; a handle unit that is operable by an manipulation input in an opening direction and is operable by an manipulation input in a closing direction; a manipulation input detector for detecting the manipulation input for the handle unit and the direction of the manipulation input; and an operation position detector for detecting the operation position of the opening/closing body. When the opening/closing body is in a fully open position, the controller executes closing operation control in order to bring the opening/closing body into closing operation in both a case where the manipulation input in the closing direction is detected and a case where the manipulation input in the opening direction is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishikibe, Toshihiko Ishida, Tsuyoshi Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20160194855
    Abstract: To provide a hybrid wheel loader capable of reliably detecting a short-circuited state of a synchronous generator driven by a drive source. The present invention is provided with an MG 4 being a synchronous generator driven as an electric generator by an engine and operated as a motor by the electric power supplied from an electrical storage device 9, an MG inverter 5 having a motor current sensor 5d for detecting motor current flowing through the MG 4 and semiconductor switches 5a, 5b, and an HCU 10 for detecting a short-circuited state of the MG 4, wherein the HCU 10 determines that the MG 4 is in a short-circuited state when the semiconductor switches 5a, 5b of the MG inverter 5 are in an OFF state at gates and when the motor current detected by the motor current sensor 5d is equal to or greater than a specified threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Tomonori TAKADA, Shigeyuki YOSHIHARA, Toshihiko ISHIDA, Nobuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Naoya KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20160123061
    Abstract: An opening/closing body control device for a vehicle includes: a drive section for driving an opening/closing body; a controller for controlling the drive section; a handle unit that is operable by an manipulation input in an opening direction and is operable by an manipulation input in a closing direction; a manipulation input detector for detecting the manipulation input for the handle unit and the direction of the manipulation input; and an operation position detector for detecting the operation position of the opening/closing body. When the opening/closing body is in a fully open position, the controller executes closing operation control in order to bring the opening/closing body into closing operation in both a case where the manipulation input in the closing direction is detected and a case where the manipulation input in the opening direction is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi NISHIKIBE, Toshihiko ISHIDA, Tsuyoshi KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 9290908
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine is capable of performing satisfactory operations even when trouble occurs that disables the electric motor from outputting torque. The hybrid construction has both a hydraulic motor and an electric motor driving the swing structure and a controller for switching between a hydraulic/electric hybrid swing mode (using both the hydraulic motor and the electric motor) and a hydraulic-alone swing mode (using only the hydraulic motor). The switching is executed while achieving satisfactory operability and performance in each mode. Normally, an energy saving operation is performed in the hydraulic/electric hybrid swing mode. When the electric amount of an electricity storage device has gone out of a prescribed range or an abnormality has occurred in an electric system (e.g., failure of an inverter), the swing mode is switched to the hydraulic-alone swing mode so that driving with normal braking torque is possible by the hydraulic motor alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takenori Hiroki, Manabu Edamura, Toshihiko Ishida, Manabu Sugiura, Hidetoshi Satake, Kouji Ishikawa, Takatoshi Ooki, Shinji Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9260901
    Abstract: A door opening/closing device for use in a vehicle is provided with a driving member. The driving member has a permanent-magnet motor provided with two terminals and an output member, which is rotationally driven by the permanent-magnet motor. The driving member is mounted on either a vehicle body or a vehicle door and is coupled to the other via the output member. As the output member rotates, the vehicle door opens or closes. The door opening/closing device is also provided with a switching device configured to switch the permanent-magnet motor between an energizable state, in which the permanent-magnet motor can receive electricity through the two terminals, and a brake state, in which the terminals are short-circuited. The switching device switches the permanent-magnet motor into the brake state when the vehicle door is in any position other than the fully closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Wataru Otake, Takeshi Nishikibe
  • Publication number: 20150229084
    Abstract: An actuator device includes: a motor that is a driving source; a reduction gear that decelerates rotation of the motor; an accommodating member that accommodates the reduction gear; and a conductive member that is disposed integrally with the accommodating member and is in sliding contact with the reduction gear so that a ground circuit capable of grounding the reduction gear is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiko ISHIDA, Wataru Otake, Fumiaki Togitani
  • Patent number: 9033354
    Abstract: A step device for a vehicle includes a step member, a drive member provided at the step member and configured to drive a slide door to open and close, the step member including a metal-made rail portion configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and configured to guide the slide door to move at an opening and closing operation of the slide door, and a resin-made step main body integrally including a step panel, a rail fitting portion protruding from the step panel to be fitted onto an outer surface of the rail portion, and a drive member setting portion to which the drive member is set. The resin-made step main body and the metal-made rail portion form a guide rail. The guide rail is configured to guide the slide door to move over an entire range of the opening and closing operation of the slide door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiko Ishida
  • Patent number: 9004217
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle is provided in which the length of a high-tension cable connecting an electric motor included in a slewing motor with an inverter for controlling the electric motor can be set to be comparatively short. A region on a main frame is divided into three regions consisting of a center region, a first side region, and a second side region, via a first vertical rib and a second vertical rib. A slewing hydraulic motor and a slew assist electric motor, which constitute the slewing motor, are disposed in the center region, and an inverter for controlling the slew assist electric motor is disposed in a position near the second vertical rib in a second tool chamber provided in the second side region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Okumura, Mitsugu Ojima, Yasunori Ota, Toshihiko Ishida, Takenori Hiroki