Patents by Inventor Tsunehiko Fukatsu
Tsunehiko Fukatsu 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).
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Patent number: 9632177Abstract: An object detecting apparatus includes a first transmission and reception unit having a first transmitter and a first receiver, a second transmission and reception unit having a second transmitter and a second receiver, and a failure judging section. The first receiver produces a first output signal corresponding to a transmission wave, which is transmitted directly from the second transmitter to the first receiver. The second receiver produces a second output signal corresponding to a transmission wave, which is transmitted directly from the first transmitter to the second receiver. Using at least one of the first output signal and the second output signal, the failure judging section judges whether a failure of the first transmitter or the second receiver has occurred, or judges whether a failure of the first transmission and reception unit or the second transmission and reception unit has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Inagaki, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Tsunehiko Fukatsu
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Publication number: 20140355385Abstract: An object detecting apparatus includes a first transmission and reception unit having a first transmitter and a first receiver, a second transmission and reception unit having a second transmitter and a second receiver, and a failure judging section. The first receiver produces a first output signal corresponding to a transmission wave, which is transmitted directly from the second transmitter to the first receiver. The second receiver produces a second output signal corresponding to a transmission wave, which is transmitted directly from the first transmitter to the second receiver. Using at least one of the first output signal and the second output signal, the failure judging section judges whether a failure of the first transmitter or the second receiver has occurred, or judges whether a failure of the first transmission and reception unit or the second transmission and reception unit has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromi INAGAKI, Hiroyuki YAMASHITA, Tsunehiko FUKATSU
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Patent number: 8225483Abstract: The torque sensor includes a plurality of coil units having a substantially cylindrical shape, the coil units including a plurality of detection coils arranged to face a magnetic characteristic change portion formed on a rotary shaft. The coil units include a first coil unit and a second coil unit, and the first coil unit and the second coil unit are disposed in the axial direction of the shaft. The first coil unit and the second coil unit are fixed in an integrally molded resin. Thereby, there is provided a torque sensor having a high productivity and an easy configuration and a method of manufacturing the torque sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Watanabe, Yasuo Shimizu, Atsuhiko Yoneda, Tsunehiko Fukatsu
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Patent number: 7624653Abstract: The torque sensor includes a plurality of coil units having a substantially cylindrical shape, the coil units including a plurality of detection coils arranged to face a magnetic characteristic change portion formed on a rotary shaft. The coil units include a first coil unit and a second coil unit, and the first coil unit and the second coil unit are disposed in the axial direction of the shaft. The first coil unit and the second coil unit are fixed in an integrally molded resin. Thereby, there is provided a torque sensor having a high productivity and an easy configuration and a method of manufacturing the torque sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Watanabe, Yasuo Shimizu, Atsuhiko Yoneda, Tsunehiko Fukatsu
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Publication number: 20090288288Abstract: The torque sensor includes a plurality of coil units having a substantially cylindrical shape, the coil units including a plurality of detection coils arranged to face a magnetic characteristic change portion formed on a rotary shaft. The coil units include a first coil unit and a second coil unit, and the first coil unit and the second coil unit are disposed in the axial direction of the shaft. The first coil unit and the second coil unit are fixed in an integrally molded resin. Thereby, there is provided a torque sensor having a high productivity and an easy configuration and a method of manufacturing the torque sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Katsuji Watanabe, Yasuo Shimizu, Atsuhiko Yoneda, Tsunehiko Fukatsu
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Publication number: 20070283767Abstract: The torque sensor includes a plurality of coil units having a substantially cylindrical shape, the coil units including a plurality of detection coils arranged to face a magnetic characteristic change portion formed on a rotary shaft. The coil units include a first coil unit and a second coil unit, and the first coil unit and the second coil unit are disposed in the axial direction of the shaft. The first coil unit and the second coil unit are fixed in an integrally molded resin. Thereby, there is provided a torque sensor having a high productivity and an easy configuration and a method of manufacturing the torque sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventors: Katsuji Watanabe, Yasuo Shimizu, Atsuhiko Yoneda, Tsunehiko Fukatsu
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Patent number: 5996724Abstract: In a steering control system for a motor vehicle, the magnitude of the steering assist torque is reduced from a normal value by a value depending on the ratio of the steering angle to a maximum permissible steering angle which is determined according to the frictional coefficient between the road surface and the road wheels so that excessive steering, which may otherwise occur on a slipper road surface, can be avoided. Additionally, the value by which the steering assist torque is reduced is increased with an increase in the steering speed so that a certain damping effect may be achieved in the system. This is particularly beneficial in preventing any ill effect which may arise when the steering wheel has a large mass of inertia, for instance by being equipped with an air bag system.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1997Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Honda Giken Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Shimizu, Tsunehiko Fukatsu, Hiroyuki Tokunaga
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Patent number: 5764015Abstract: In an automatic driving apparatus, a storage unit is responsive to a storing mode signal for storing as model driving data steering and running states of the vehicle corresponding to elapsed time in a storing mode. In response to an automatic driving mode signal, a setting unit compares the steering and running states stored in the storage unit and steering and running states of the vehicle detected in an automatic driving mode so as to set at least one automatic steering state data. In the automatic driving mode, the model driving data stored in the storage unit can be reproduced with the vehicle's steering system set to an automatically operating state, and the vehicle can be steered automatically in accordance with the model driving data, so that highly convenient, efficient and reliable automatic driving are achieved in automatic garaging of the vehicle etc. with a simple structure that would otherwise require high-level skill of the vehicle driver.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1996Date of Patent: June 9, 1998Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Shimizu, Tsunehiko Fukatsu
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Patent number: 4826207Abstract: For better handling and improved riding comfort of a vehicle, there is provided a compound suspension system comprising a plurality of hydraulic shock absorbers each having a front chamber and a back chamber defined in front of and behind a piston member, respectively, received in a cylinder member, and a valve structure provided in each of the shock absorbers for selectively communicating the chambers to a conduit which is common to at least one other shock absorber, wherein: the valve structure comprises a valve element provided with a first part for varying a degree of communication between the front chamber and the common conduit and a second part for varying a degree of communication between the front chamber and the back chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1988Date of Patent: May 2, 1989Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Showa SeisakushoInventors: Hiroshi Yoshioka, Tsunehiko Fukatsu, Nobuharu Kuriki, Yasushi Aoki, Takashi Takeuchi, Tsutomu Naitou, Nobuo Mori
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Patent number: 4724936Abstract: A fluid-filled bushing with variable damping forces includes an inner tube, an outer tube, an elastomeric body joining the inner and outer tubes, a plurality of fluid chambers defined by the elastomeric body between the inner and outer tubes in circumferentially spaced relationship, a fluid passage for providing communication between the fluid chambers, a valve disposed in the inner tube for controlling fluid flow through the fluid passage, and a valve actuator for actuating the valve. The fluid passage includes a plurality of first passages defined in the inner tube and each communicating with one of the fluid chambers, and a plurality of second passages defined in the valve and communicable with the first fluid passages, respectively, the second fluid passages cooperating with the first fluid passages in varying cross-sectional areas thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1987Date of Patent: February 16, 1988Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Koga, Tsunehiko Fukatsu, Masaru Yorita
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Patent number: 4616846Abstract: A control device in a suspension having a link rod includes a pair of fluid-sealed bushings provided on the respective opposite ends of the link rod and having hydraulically adjustable compliances, a valve mechanism for varying the compliances of the fluid-sealed bushings, an actuator for actuating the valve mechanism, and a control mechanism for controlling the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1985Date of Patent: October 14, 1986Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kunitaka Furuya, Hiromi Inagaki, Kiyoshi Koga, Masaru Yorita, Tsunehiko Fukatsu, Kazuo Matsuura