Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Abe

Yasuaki Abe 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: 11953084
    Abstract: A drive device protection structure has a rotary electric machine, a gearbox connected the rotary electric machine, an undercover disposed underneath the drive device and a protecting plate provided to the undercover. The rotary electric machine has a rotary electric machine housing that has a rotary electric machine flange. The gearbox has a gearbox housing that has a gearbox flange. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are connected together. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are formed such that a lower surface of the gearbox flange is positioned lower than a lower surface of the rotary electric machine flange. The protecting plate is formed of a material more rigid than a material of the undercover. The protecting plate is provided beneath connecting part between the rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange so as to face the connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehak Lee, Yuta Katsushima, Kenji Arai, Daisuke Asakura, Harunobu Abe, Kohei Yamada, Norihisa Tsujimura, Yasuaki Nakamura, Toshimitsu Kakizaki, Kazuhiro Maguchi, Kentarou Kurata
  • Patent number: 11953866
    Abstract: A prediction control development device according to one aspect of the present invention generates a prediction model of a control amount by analyzing first time-series data of the control amount and provides the generated prediction model to a controller. The prediction control development device acquires second time-series data showing transition of a value of the control amount during prediction control using the prediction model, and evaluates prediction accuracy of the prediction model based on a difference between a prediction value by the prediction model and a value of the second time-series data. When the prediction accuracy of the prediction model is not allowable, the prediction control development device analyzes the second time-series data to newly generate a prediction model of the control amount, and provides the newly generated prediction model to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Abe, Yuki Ueyama, Takahiro Toku, Shuji Inamoto
  • Patent number: 11892819
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a control device, control system, control method, and computer-readable storage medium, for enabling verification of the reliability of operation machine control. Provided is a control device comprising: a control part comprising a controller for outputting output data with regard to input data, said control part serving to control an operation machine using the controller; an acquisition part for acquiring attribute information including statistics of previously obtained input data and output data; and an evaluation part for, on the basis of a comparison of the attribute information with new input data being newly inputted into the controller and/or new output data being newly outputted from the controller with regard to the new input data, evaluating to what extent the new input data and/or the new output data deviate from the statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Ueyama, Takashi Fujii, Yasuaki Abe, Kazuhiko Imatake, Nobuyuki Sakatani
  • Patent number: 11808328
    Abstract: To provide a nut that can suppress increase in the number of components. The nut according to the present disclosure includes a nut main body and a circulation component. The nut main body includes a housing part having a bow shape when viewed from an axial direction, a seat surface, a through hole, and a pair of side surfaces. The circulation component includes a circulation component main body, two arm parts extending toward both sides in a seat surface direction from the circulation component main body, ribs projecting from the respective two arm parts, and caulking parts obtained by caulking the ribs. Recessed parts that the caulking parts enter are disposed on the pair of side surfaces. A ball passage is disposed in the circulation component main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Abe, Shuhei Yumiba, Yasumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11762347
    Abstract: A control device executes a step of starting a computation processing of a prediction model; a step of computing a remaining processing time until the computation processing is completed after starting the computation processing of the prediction model; a step of determining whether the determination of the command value based on an output obtained from the prediction model is made within a control timing for controlling the operation of manufacturing by the manufacturing device, on the basis of a computed remaining processing time; and a step of stopping, when it is determined that the determination of the command value is not made within the control timing, the computation processing of the prediction model, determining the command value on the basis of a value of an intermediate result of the computation processing, and controlling the operation of the manufacturing device on the basis of the determined command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Ueyama, Yasuaki Abe, Nobuyuki Sakatani, Kazuhiko Imatake, Takashi Fujii
  • Patent number: 11762344
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the probability of malfunction occurrence when performing predictive control of a device being controlled. In this control device of one aspect of the present invention, a prediction model for a control variable is used to calculate a prediction value from a measured value of the control variable, and a desired command value of the control variable is determined by correcting a desired basic value in accordance with the calculated prediction value. The degree of correction is determined on the basis of weight. The control device controls the operation of the device being controlled according to the determined desired command value. The control device assesses whether the device being controlled is operated appropriately on the basis of monitoring data relating to the operation result of the device being controlled, and optimizes the weight of the correction to make appropriate control possible based on the assessment result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Toku, Yuki Ueyama, Shuji Inamoto, Yasuaki Abe
  • Publication number: 20230287967
    Abstract: To provide a nut that can suppress increase in the number of components. The nut according to the present disclosure includes a nut main body and a circulation component. The nut main body includes a housing part having a bow shape when viewed from an axial direction, a seat surface, a through hole, and a pair of side surfaces. The circulation component includes a circulation component main body, two arm parts extending toward both sides in a seat surface direction from the circulation component main body, ribs projecting from the respective two arm parts, and caulking parts obtained by caulking the ribs. Recessed parts that the caulking parts enter are disposed on the pair of side surfaces. A ball passage is disposed in the circulation component main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki ABE, YUMIBA Shuhei, WATANABE Yasumi
  • Patent number: 11680628
    Abstract: In the ball screw device, the circulation path that returns balls from the end point to the start point of the load path includes a return path, scooping paths, and connecting paths. The scooping path has an arc-shaped center line that is curved outward in the radial direction as going toward the reference imaginary flat plane including the center axis of the screw shaft and the center line of the return path in the circumferential direction. The connecting path is arranged on the reference imaginary flat plane and includes a straight path having a linear center line extending in a direction orthogonal to the center axis of the screw shaft. When the radius of curvature of the center line of the scooping path is R1, the scooping angle is ?, and the entire length of the straight path is S, R1 cos(90°??)+S is made larger than the diameter of the balls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yamada, Yuji Shimomura, Kanta Sato, Yasuaki Abe
  • Patent number: 11681261
    Abstract: A control system estimates a numerical value range within which a command value can fall from a distribution of second data relating to the command value in a learning data set used to construct a prediction model, and in such a manner that a first acceptable range prescribed by a preset first threshold value with respect to a command value for a subject device is extended, decides a second threshold value with respect to the command value for the subject device on the basis of the estimated numerical value range. Further, in an operational phase, on the basis of an output value from the prediction model, the control system decides a command value for the subject device within a second acceptable range prescribed by the decided second threshold value, and controls an operation of the subject device on the basis of the decided command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Abe, Yuki Ueyama, Takashi Fujii, Kazuhiko Imatake
  • Patent number: 11662003
    Abstract: A ball screw device has a screw shaft; a nut; a circulation part; and balls; a housing concave groove provided on the outer circumferential surface of the nut and linearly extending in the axial direction and opening to end surfaces on both outer sides in the axial direction of the nut, a circulation part arranged inside the housing concave groove, and the circulation part being prevented from displacing toward the outer side in the radial direction and displacing in the circumferential direction with respect to the nut by engaging an engaging convex portion of a fixing portion provided in the end portion on each of both outer sides in the axial direction of the circulation part with an engaging recess portion provided in the end portion of each of both outer sides in the axial direction of the housing concave groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yamada, Yuji Shimomura, Yasuaki Abe, Kanta Sato
  • Publication number: 20230133009
    Abstract: An acquiring section acquires a plurality of observed data that are observed data observed from an object of control and that express combinations of explanatory variables and objective variables. A teacher learning section, on the basis of the plurality of observed data acquired by the acquiring section, trains a model for outputting the objective variable from the explanatory variable, and generates a learned teacher model. A learning data generating section, by inputting a predetermined explanatory variable to the teacher model generated by the teacher learning section, acquires a predetermined objective variable with respect to the predetermined explanatory variable, and generates a combination of the predetermined explanatory variable and the predetermined objective variable as learning data for training a decision tree model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Ito, Yuki Ueyama, Yasuaki Abe, Shuji Inamoto
  • Publication number: 20230087898
    Abstract: In the ball screw device, the circulation path that returns balls from the end point to the start point of the load path includes a return path, scooping paths, and connecting paths. The scooping path has an arc-shaped center line that is curved outward in the radial direction as going toward the reference imaginary flat plane including the center axis of the screw shaft and the center line of the return path in the circumferential direction. The connecting path is arranged on the reference imaginary flat plane and includes a straight path having a linear center line extending in a direction orthogonal to the center axis of the screw shaft. When the radius of curvature of the center line of the scooping path is R1, the scooping angle is ?, and the entire length of the straight path is S, R1 cos(90°??)+S is made larger than the diameter of the balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya YAMADA, Yuji SHIMOMURA, Kanta SATO, Yasuaki ABE
  • Publication number: 20230075229
    Abstract: An acquisition unit (11) acquires an explanatory variable that is to be input to a model (37) configured to output an objective variable for the explanatory variable, a specification unit (12) associates a frequency at which an explanatory variable included in each of a plurality of areas, which are obtained by dividing an explanatory variable space, is acquired by the acquisition unit (11) with each of the plurality of areas, and specifies an area to which an explanatory variable included in learning data used to learn the model (37) belongs and in which a frequency of an explanatory variable acquired by the acquisition unit (11) is a predetermined value or less, and an update unit (14) updates the model (37) in such a manner that learning data including an explanatory variable belonging to an area specified by the specification unit (12) is forgotten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Abe, Yuki Ueyama, Shuji Inamoto, Yoshiki Ito
  • Publication number: 20230015290
    Abstract: A ball screw device has a screw shaft; a nut; a circulation part; and balls; a housing concave groove provided on the outer circumferential surface of the nut and linearly extending in the axial direction and opening to end surfaces on both outer sides in the axial direction of the nut, a circulation part arranged inside the housing concave groove, and the circulation part being prevented from displacing toward the outer side in the radial direction and displacing in the circumferential direction with respect to the nut by engaging an engaging convex portion of a fixing portion provided in the end portion on each of both outer sides in the axial direction of the circulation part with an engaging recess portion provided in the end portion of each of both outer sides in the axial direction of the housing concave groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya YAMADA, Yuji SHIMOMURA, Yasuaki ABE, Kanta SATO
  • Publication number: 20220350313
    Abstract: An information management system includes a storage unit configured to store a database including a bill of materials, a bill of process, and a bill of equipment. Each of the bills includes designation of an approver for included information. An information management system includes: a search module configured to search an item corresponding to a change content that is a content of a change from the database in response to generation of a change to a production site or generation of a change to be reflected in the production site, and search the approver of the searched item; an approval request module configured to request the searched approver to approve the reflection of the change content in the database; and an update module configured to reflect the change content in a corresponding item of the database in response to the approval from the approver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji INAMOTO, Yuki UEYAMA, Nobuyuki SAKATANI, Yasuaki ABE, Hitoshi KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 11480931
    Abstract: This learning device provides a learned model to an adjuster containing a learned model learned to output a predetermined compensation amount to a controller, in a control system including the controller outputting a command value obtained by compensating a target value based on a compensation amount and a control object controlled to process an object to be processed. The learning device includes: an evaluation part obtaining operation data including the target value, command value and control variable and evaluates the quality of the control variable; a learning part generating candidate compensation amounts based on the operation data, and learning, as teacher data, the generated candidate compensation amount and the specific parameter of the object, and generating a learned model; and a setting part providing the learned model to the adjuster if the evaluated quality is within an allowable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Fujii, Yuki Ueyama, Yasuaki Abe, Nobuyuki Sakatani, Kazuhiko Imatake
  • Patent number: 11384821
    Abstract: A ball screw device includes: a screw shaft the outer peripheral surface of which has a first thread groove; a nut the inner peripheral surface of which is provided with a second thread groove that matches the first thread groove, and the outer peripheral surface of which is provided with a through hole; a plurality of balls that roll between the first thread groove and the second thread groove; a circulation component including a main body part and a pair of leg parts provided on both ends of the main body part, and that is provided on the nut; and a pin component that fixes the circulation component to the nut. Each of the leg parts is inserted into the through hole, the pin component is provided on the leg part in an overlapping manner, and the leg part is retained in the through hole by the pin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kanta Sato, Yasuaki Abe, Kazuya Yamada, Motoshi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220042582
    Abstract: A ball screw device includes: a screw shaft the outer peripheral surface of which has a first thread groove; a nut the inner peripheral surface of which is provided with a second thread groove that matches the first thread groove, and the outer peripheral surface of which is provided with a through hole; a plurality of balls that roll between the first thread groove and the second thread groove; a circulation component including a main body part and a pair of leg parts provided on both ends of the main body part, and that is provided on the nut; and a pin component that fixes the circulation component to the nut. Each of the leg parts is inserted into the through hole, the pin component is provided on the leg part in an overlapping manner, and the leg part is retained in the through hole by the pin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kanta SATO, Yasuaki ABE, Kazuya YAMADA, Motoshi SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11209790
    Abstract: An actuator control system includes: a transmission control unit configured to transmit final data, which is a final result of the computation by a sensor output computation unit, and to transmit intermediate data before transmitting the final data; and a command value computation unit configured to compute a command value for driving an actuator, based on the intermediate data and the final data transmitted by the transmission control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Oya, Hiroyuki Yanagi, Yasuaki Abe, Yuki Taniyasu
  • Publication number: 20210325838
    Abstract: A prediction control development device according to one aspect of the present invention generates a prediction model of a control amount by analyzing first time-series data of the control amount and provides the generated prediction model to a controller. The prediction control development device acquires second time-series data showing transition of a value of the control amount during prediction control using the prediction model, and evaluates prediction accuracy of the prediction model based on a difference between a prediction value by the prediction model and a value of the second time-series data. When the prediction accuracy of the prediction model is not allowable, the prediction control development device analyzes the second time-series data to newly generate a prediction model of the control amount, and provides the newly generated prediction model to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki ABE, Yuki UEYAMA, Takahiro TOKU, Shuji INAMOTO