Patents by Inventor Yasunori Sakata
Yasunori Sakata 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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Publication number: 20230356703Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes a first pressurizing unit including a cylinder, a piston slidable in the cylinder, an electric motor that drives the piston, and an output chamber partitioned by the cylinder and the piston. The first pressurizing unit is configured such that a connection state between the output chamber and a reservoir is switched between communication and cut-off states according to the piston position, and the first pressurizing unit is capable of pressurizing fluid by decreasing a volume of the output chamber by movement of the piston to one axial direction side; a pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the output chamber; and an estimation unit that executes a position estimation process of moving the piston and estimating a switching position of the piston at which the connection state of the output chamber and the reservoir is switched based on a detection value of the pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasunori SAKATA
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Publication number: 20230008163Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes: an electric cylinder in which a piston driven by an electric motor slides in a cylinder to supply fluid; a hydraulic pressure output unit connected to the electric cylinder by way of a first liquid passage, the hydraulic pressure output unit pressurizing or depressurizing a hydraulic pressure in the first liquid passage and outputting the hydraulic pressure to a supply liquid passage connected to a first wheel cylinder; and a control unit that causes at least one of the electric cylinder and the hydraulic pressure output unit to generate the hydraulic pressure in the first wheel cylinder according to a relative position between the piston and the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasunori SAKATA
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Publication number: 20220324426Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes a first supply device that supplies brake fluid to wheel cylinders, a first supply path that connects the first supply device and the wheel cylinders, and first and second electromagnetic valves provided on the first supply path. The first electromagnetic valve is disposed on the first supply path such that a seating direction of the first electromagnetic valve and a brake fluid supply direction are opposite each other, the seating direction is a direction in which a valve body is seated on a valve seat, and the brake fluid supply direction is a direction in which the brake fluid flows from the first supply device to the wheel cylinders through the first supply path. The second electromagnetic valve is disposed on the first supply path such that a seating direction of the second electromagnetic valve and the brake fluid supply direction are the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori SAKATA, Akihito KUSANO
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Patent number: 11151863Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface receives first alarm information indicating an alarm of a plant from a control apparatus and receives second alarm information, obtained by processing the first alarm information, from an alarm management apparatus that receives the first alarm information. The controller makes a judgment of whether the alarm management apparatus is usable, selects, in accordance with the result of the judgment, one of the first alarm information and the second alarm information received by the communication interface, and outputs third alarm information, obtained by the controller processing the selected alarm information, to a user.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Yasunori Sakata, Takashi Sato, Kulasara Mahanama Siriwardena, Motoichi Kuwatani
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Publication number: 20200388146Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface receives first alarm information indicating an alarm of a plant from a control apparatus and receives second alarm information, obtained by processing the first alarm information, from an alarm management apparatus that receives the first alarm information. The controller makes a judgment of whether the alarm management apparatus is usable, selects, in accordance with the result of the judgment, one of the first alarm information and the second alarm information received by the communication interface, and outputs third alarm information, obtained by the controller processing the selected alarm information, to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori SAKATA, Takashi SATO, Kulasara MAHANAMA SIRIWARDENA, Motoichi KUWATANI
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Patent number: 9896080Abstract: A brake device is characterized by being provided with an auxiliary pressure source 100 that accumulates a predetermined range of brake fluid pressure in an accumulator 102 on the basis of an operation of a fluid pressure pump 101, and that outputs the brake fluid pressure as an accumulator pressure; and an electromagnetic valve 110, 111 that controls blocking of communication between the fluid pressure pump 101 and the accumulator 102 and a main pipe line, and that transmits the accumulator pressure to a wheel cylinder when placed in communication state.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi Yogo, Yasunori Sakata, Shuichi Yonemura
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Patent number: 9656644Abstract: The braking control device for controlling a master cylinder device includes a housing, an output piston, an input piston, a separation chamber opening and closing portion, and a driving hydraulic pressure generating portion, and is provided with an operation control for controlling the master cylinder device in an operation force operating state (regulator mode) in which the output piston is driven by operation force on a brake operation member and in a driving hydraulic pressure operating state (linear mode) in which the output piston is driven by driving hydraulic pressure from the driving hydraulic pressure generating portion; a brake operation judgment portion for judging the presence or absence of a brake operation and the probability thereof and a state transition limiter for limiting at least one of state transitions between the operating states when the presence of the brake operation and possibility thereof is determined.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Maruyama, Kazutaka Noro, Tatsushi Kobayashi, Yasunori Sakata, Akitaka Nishio, Masaaki Komazawa, Yusuke Kamiya, Kiyoyuki Uchida
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Publication number: 20170001614Abstract: A brake device is characterized by being provided with an auxiliary pressure source 100 that accumulates a predetermined range of brake fluid pressure in an accumulator 102 on the basis of an operation of a fluid pressure pump 101, and that outputs the brake fluid pressure as an accumulator pressure; and an electromagnetic valve 110, 111 that controls blocking of communication between the fluid pressure pump 101 and the accumulator 102 and a main pipe line, and that transmits the accumulator pressure to a wheel cylinder when placed in communication state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi YOGO, Yasunori SAKATA, Shuichi YONEMURA
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Patent number: 9428167Abstract: A vehicle brake device includes a failure detection means for driving the master piston only by the operation force of the brake operation member along with the operation of the brake operation member, thereby to detect a failure of a master system, when a master cylinder pressure correlation value correlated to the master cylinder pressure is less than a predetermined value, in a case where an operation amount of the brake operation member is a predetermined amount or in a case where the operation force of the brake operation member is a predetermined force; and a driving control means for driving the master piston by force corresponding to the servo pressure in the servo chamber generated by the servo pressure generation portion, when the operation amount of the brake operation member is greater than a predetermined amount, or when the operation force of the brake operation member is greater than a predetermined force, in the operation of the brake operation member in which the failure detection means detecType: GrantFiled: November 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasunori Sakata
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Patent number: 9365198Abstract: A braking device for a vehicle includes an operating characteristics setting portion for setting an operating characteristic which is a relationship between the input electric power to the electro-magnetic valve and a pressure difference between a master cylinder side and a wheel cylinder side with respect to the electro-magnetic valve, based on the input electric power at the time when the accumulator pressure detected by the accumulator pressure detecting portion first falls to a value equal to or less than a threshold value accumulator pressure by changing the input electric power towards an opening side of the electro-magnetic valve in response to a time lapsed after a predetermined value of the pilot pressure has been generated by the pilot pressure generating portion by first closing the electro-magnetic valve thereby to suppress the manufacturing cost.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshio Masuda, Yasunori Sakata, Kazutaka Noro, Akira Sakai, Kiyoyuki Uchida, Masaaki Komazawa, Yasuji Mizutani, Yusuke Kamiya
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Patent number: 9199621Abstract: A vehicle brake device is provided with a master piston which is driven to generate a master cylinder pressure. The device includes a pressure accumulation portion that accumulates the brake fluid under pressure; a servo pressure generation portion that is configured to be able to generate the servo pressure using the brake fluid in the pressure accumulation portion regardless of the operation of the brake operation member; brake fluid consumption correlative value detection means for detecting a brake fluid consumption correlative value relating to a consumption of the brake fluid in the pressure accumulation portion; and failure detection means for driving the master pistons only by the servo pressure using the servo pressure generation portion in a state where the brake operation member is not operated, and detecting a failure of a master system, based on a brake fluid consumption correlative value detected by the brake fluid consumption correlative value detection means at that time.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutaka Noro, Yasunori Sakata, Yoshinori Suzuki, Satoshi Ishida
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Publication number: 20150321652Abstract: The braking control device for controlling a master cylinder device includes a housing, an output piston, an input piston, a separation chamber opening and closing portion, and a driving hydraulic pressure generating portion, and is provided with an operation control for controlling the master cylinder device in an operation force operating state (regulator mode) in which the output piston is driven by operation force on a brake operation member and in a driving hydraulic pressure operating state (linear mode) in which the output piston is driven by driving hydraulic pressure from the driving hydraulic pressure generating portion; a brake operation judgment portion for judging the presence or absence of a brake operation and the probability thereof and a state transition limiter for limiting at least one of state transitions between the operating states when the presence of the brake operation and possibility thereof is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Masaki MARUYAMA, Kazutaka NORO, Tatsushi KOBAYASHI, Yasunori SAKATA, Akitaka NISHIO, Masaaki KOMAZAWA, Yusuke KAMIYA, Kiyoki UCHIDA
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Patent number: 8955921Abstract: A hydraulic brake apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The hydraulic brake apparatus includes a master cylinder, a high hydraulic pressure source, a brake assist mechanism, a liquid reservoir, an electronic control device, a hydraulic control device and is configured such that the master cylinder is actuated by a force assisted by the brake assist mechanism to generate a hydraulic pressure and a braking force according to the hydraulic pressure is applied to a wheel of the vehicle. The hydraulic brake apparatus further includes driving pressure reducing valve which is configured such that when a hydraulic pressure in a master pressure input port is higher than that in the driving pressure input port by a predetermined value, the hydraulic brake apparatus is actuated based on the pressure difference to open a hydraulic pressure discharge path extending from a driving hydraulic pressure chamber to the liquid reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Sakata
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Publication number: 20150015061Abstract: In a braking device for a vehicle, an operating characteristics setting portion is provided for setting an operating characteristic which is a relationship between the input electric power to the electro-magnetic valve and a pressure difference between a master cylinder side and a wheel cylinder side with respect to the electro-magnetic valve, based on the input electric power at the time when the accumulator pressure detected by the accumulator pressure detecting portion first falls to a value equal to or less than a threshold value accumulator pressure by changing the input electric power towards an opening side of the electro-magnetic valve in response to a time lapsed after a predetermined value of the pilot pressure has been generated by the pilot pressure generating portion by first closing the electro-magnetic valve thereby to suppress the manufacturing cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshio Masuda, Yasunori Sakata, Kazutaka Noro, Akira Sakai, Kiyoyuki Uchida, Masaaki Komazawa, Yasuji Mizutani, Yusuke Kamiya
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Publication number: 20120074769Abstract: A hydraulic brake apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The hydraulic brake apparatus includes a master cylinder, a high hydraulic pressure source, a brake assist mechanism, a liquid reservoir, an electronic control device, a hydraulic control device and is configured such that the master cylinder is actuated by a force assisted by the brake assist mechanism to generate a hydraulic pressure and a braking force according to the hydraulic pressure is applied to a wheel of the vehicle. The hydraulic brake apparatus further includes driving pressure reducing valve which is configured such that when a hydraulic pressure in a master pressure input port is higher than that in the driving pressure input port by a predetermined value, the hydraulic brake apparatus is actuated based on the pressure difference to open a hydraulic pressure discharge path extending from a driving hydraulic pressure chamber to the liquid reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasunori Sakata
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Patent number: 7633384Abstract: There are provided an alarm information processing device and an alarm information processing method capable of handling alarm information in unification and of exhibiting flexible adaptability in response to the circumstances. A collection unit collects alarm information having a plurality of mixed formats. A normalization unit normalizes alarm information collected by the collection unit. An information processing unit executes information processing relative to the alarm information normalized by the normalization unit. A user setting unit is used for setting a logic for normalization by a user in the normalization unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Mamoru Kakimoto, Yasunori Sakata, Naohito Ohtani, Yasunori Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7360848Abstract: In a parallel relay circuit, only one of a plurality of relays is turned on sequentially while turning the rest of the relays off. It is determined whether the motor is applied with voltage via a voltage detection resistor when each of the relays is turned on individually such that a disconnection abnormality in the respective relays is detected. As the disconnection abnormality in each of the relays can be detected individually, it is possible to detect a disconnection abnormality that has been occurred at least in a part of the relays, and to alert a driver for the abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Sakata
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Publication number: 20070200520Abstract: A vehicle electronic controller comprises a load such as electric motor or one or more solenoids each connected in series to a power supply; a load state detection sensor for detecting the state of the load; a required minimum drive voltage calculation microprocessor for calculating a required minimum drive voltage which is a drive voltage to be supplied to the load and which is a required lowest voltage, based on the state of the load detected by the load state detection sensor; and a power supply relay circuit arranged between the power supply and the load for transforming a power voltage supplied from the power supply into the required minimum drive voltage calculated by the required minimum drive voltage calculation microprocessor to supply the transformed voltage as the drive voltage to the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventor: Yasunori Sakata
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Publication number: 20070171041Abstract: There are provided an alarm information processing device and an alarm information processing method capable of handling alarm information in unification and of exhibiting flexible adaptability in response to the circumstances. A collection means collects alarm information having a plurality of mixed formats. A normalization means normalizes alarm information collected by the collection means. An information processing means executes information processing relative to the alarm information normalized by the normalization means. A user setting means is used for setting a logic for normalization by a user in the normalization means.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mamoru Kakimoto, Yasunori Sakata, Naohito Ohtani, Yasunori Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20070174789Abstract: There are provided a filtering device and a filtering method capable of easily filtering information with an excellent operability. A first display means 101 displays a plurality of icons representing elements of conditions and a designation area for receiving the icons on a screen. A second display means 102 displays icons selected from the plurality of icons by a user's operation within the designation area on the screen. A filtering means 103 filters information in accordance with conditions responsive to a combination of icons displayed within the designation area. A third display means 104 displays information filtered by the filtering means on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yasunori Sakata