Patents by Inventor Yasuharu Itano

Yasuharu Itano 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: 9158618
    Abstract: In a memory diagnostic method, a fixed domain stores data that are not changed during process execution. A variable domain stores data that are subject to writing during process execution. A fixed domain diagnostic part adds an error-detecting code to data to be stored in the fixed domain. The fixed domain diagnostic part compares an error-detecting code calculated from data read from the fixed domain with the added error-detecting code to determine whether there is any data error. A variable domain diagnostic part temporarily stores data stored in the variable domain in a memory region different from the memory storing the data, and writes known data in the variable domain where the temporarily stored data were stored. The variable domain diagnostic part reads data from the region where the known data were written and determines whether the data is the same as the written known data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Yasuharu Itano, Etsuji Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 8646853
    Abstract: To provide a train braking device including a controller that controls a brake cylinder pressure acting on a brake cylinder based on a service brake command or an emergency brake command, the train braking device includes a supply valve for supplying compressed air to the brake cylinder and an exhaust valve for adjusting a pressure of the supplied compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Itano, Hiroshi Yamada, Etsuji Matsuyama, Hiroshi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 8560198
    Abstract: The train braking device includes an air brake controller in which a plurality of friction coefficients corresponding to a brake command and a brake initial velocity are stored, an electropneumatic conversion valve that converts a pressure control signal transmitted from the air brake controller into a pneumatic signal, a relay valve that generates a predetermined brake cylinder pressure corresponding to the pneumatic signal, and a brake cylinder that controls brake shoes according to the brake cylinder pressure, wherein the air brake controller generates the pressure control signal based on the friction coefficients corresponding to the brake command and the brake initial velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuharu Itano
  • Patent number: 8457818
    Abstract: A train slide control device and a train slide control method capable of further improving the precision of slide control are achieved. The train slide control device comprises: an electromagnetic valve unit; a relay valve that outputs a pressure of the brake cylinder; and a slide controller that includes: a velocity-difference detecting unit that detects a velocity difference of each wheel based on a velocity signal; a deceleration calculating unit that calculates a deceleration of a train based on the velocity signal; a sliding-amount determining unit that determines a sliding-amount of each wheel based on the velocity difference and deceleration; and a brake-cylinder-pressure calculating unit that calculates a pressure control signal for controlling a pressure of the brake cylinder based on: the sliding-amount; a brake command for obtaining a predetermined deceleration; and a signal that indicates the pressure of the compressed air and a pressure of the brake cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Itano, Hiroshi Yamada, Etsuji Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20130056100
    Abstract: Conventional pressure sensor units require time-consuming work including bonding and welding in assembly work and affixing a pressure sensor to a holder, and therefore a pressure sensor unit in which a pressure sensor can be easily affixed to a holder is needed. Disclosed is a pressure sensor unit wherein a holder comprises a first holder member and a second holder member, and by fitting a fitting groove of the first holder member and a fitting claw of the second holder member with each other while housing a pressure sensor in housing holes provided in the two holder members, the two holder members are affixed, and the pressure sensor is affixed to the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Imaizumi, Shogo Fukata, Yasuharu Itano
  • Publication number: 20120324294
    Abstract: In a memory diagnostic method, a fixed domain stores data that are not changed during process execution. A variable domain stores data that are subject to writing during process execution. A fixed domain diagnostic part adds an error-detecting code to data to be stored in the fixed domain. The fixed domain diagnostic part compares an error-detecting code calculated from data read from the fixed domain with the added error-detecting code to determine whether there is any data error. A variable domain diagnostic part temporarily stores data stored in the variable domain in a memory region different from the memory storing the data, and writes known data in the variable domain where the temporarily stored data were stored. The variable domain diagnostic part reads data from the region where the known data were written and determines whether the data is the same as the written known data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Yasuharu Itano, Etsuji Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20120296501
    Abstract: The operation frequency of electromagnetic valves is reduced in an air brake device of a train containing a motor car. A necessary brake force acquisition unit acquires the necessary brake force necessary for each car or flatcar of a train containing a motor car. An electric brake force detection unit detects an electric brake force of the entire composition of the train. A brake force adjustment unit distributes the air brake force so that fluctuations in the electric brake force are compensated for by the air brake force of one car or flatcar, in an operating period of one deceleration of the train or from running to stopping. A brake force command unit sends a command to an air brake control device for the value distributed by the brake force adjustment unit. The air brake control device controls the air brake of the car in accordance with the value commanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Etsuji Matsuyama, Yasuharu Itano, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110121640
    Abstract: A rail vehicle brake control device includes a brake control unit that is mounted on each truck and generates a pressure control signal for controlling a brake cylinder pressure that acts on a brake cylinder based on a service brake command and an emergency brake command, an electromagnetic valve unit that includes a brake control valve that adjusts a pressure of compressed air supplied to the brake cylinder according to the pressure control signal, and a relay valve that outputs the brake cylinder pressure corresponding to the compressed air supplied from the electromagnetic valve unit. The electromagnetic valve unit includes a release isolation magnet valve that adjusts a pressure of the compressed air supplied to a primary side of the relay valve, and the release isolation magnet valve is operated by receiving power source supply from a brake control device mounted on another truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Etsuji Matsuyama, Yasuharu Itano
  • Publication number: 20110089755
    Abstract: To provide a train braking device including a controller that controls a brake cylinder pressure acting on a brake cylinder based on a service brake command or an emergency brake command, the train braking device includes a supply valve for supplying compressed air to the brake cylinder and an exhaust valve for adjusting a pressure of the supplied compressed air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Itano, Hiroshi Yamada, Etsuji Matsuyama, Hiroshi Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20110029213
    Abstract: The train braking device includes an air brake controller in which a plurality of friction coefficients corresponding to a brake command and a brake initial velocity are stored, an electropneumatic conversion valve that converts a pressure control signal transmitted from the air brake controller into a pneumatic signal, a relay valve that generates a predetermined brake cylinder pressure corresponding to the pneumatic signal, and a brake cylinder that controls brake shoes according to the brake cylinder pressure, wherein the air brake controller generates the pressure control signal based on the friction coefficients corresponding to the brake command and the brake initial velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuharu Itano
  • Publication number: 20110029167
    Abstract: A train slide control device and a train slide control method capable of further improving the precision of slide control are achieved. The train slide control device comprises: an electromagnetic valve unit; a relay valve that outputs a pressure of the brake cylinder; and a slide controller that includes: a velocity-difference detecting unit that detects a velocity difference of each wheel based on a velocity signal; a deceleration calculating unit that calculates a deceleration of a train based on the velocity signal; a sliding-amount determining unit that determines a sliding-amount of each wheel based on the velocity difference and deceleration; and a brake-cylinder-pressure calculating unit that calculates a pressure control signal for controlling a pressure of the brake cylinder based on: the sliding-amount; a brake command for obtaining a predetermined deceleration; and a signal that indicates the pressure of the compressed air and a pressure of the brake cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuharu Itano, Hiroshi Yamada, Etsuji Matsuyama
  • Patent number: D631767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Itano, Shogo Fukada, Masaru Imaizumi