Patents by Inventor Yo Ito
Yo Ito 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: 8579066Abstract: This seat belt device of a vehicle includes a webbing, a belt reel, a motor, a clutch, detection unit, brake control unit and motor control unit. The motor control unit includes a waiting current control unit configured to conduct a current that can maintain the clutch to be in the connection state in the motor when the brake control unit outputs the operation signal and variable current control unit configured to proceed from current control performed by the waiting current control unit when a change in the movement state of the vehicle is detected by the detection unit during the current control performed by the waiting current control unit and adjusts the amount of conduction in the motor based on the movement state of the vehicle that is detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Takeshi Kojima, Yo Ito
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Publication number: 20120325574Abstract: This seat belt device of a vehicle includes a webbing, a belt reel, a motor, a clutch, detection unit, brake control unit and motor control unit. The motor control unit includes a waiting current control unit configured to conduct a current that can maintain the clutch to be in the connection state in the motor when the brake control unit outputs the operation signal and variable current control unit configured to proceed from current control performed by the waiting current control unit when a change in the movement state of the vehicle is detected by the detection unit during the current control performed by the waiting current control unit and adjusts the amount of conduction in the motor based on the movement state of the vehicle that is detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Takeshi Kojima, Yo Ito
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Patent number: 8141806Abstract: A seat belt apparatus for a vehicle including: a belt reel; a emergency locking retractor which performs a mechanical locking of the belt reel so as not to rotate in a direction of unwinding a webbing when an unstable behavior of the vehicle is detected by a vehicle condition detection device, and then automatically release the locking if the belt reel rotates in a direction of winding the webbing greater than or equal to a predetermined amount; and a locking continuity determination device which determines whether or not the locking continues after the emergency locking retractor performs the locking based on the vehicle condition and variation of the rotational position of the belt reel, wherein a control device makes a driving motor rotate so as to release the locking if the locking continuity determination device determines the locking continues for greater than or equal to a predetermined amount of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Yo Ito, Osamu Tsurumiya, Yutaka Wakisaka
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Patent number: 7992669Abstract: Vehicle seat belt apparatus includes an electric-type pretensioner that includes a motor for rotationally driving a belt reel to take up a belt. The apparatus also includes: a take-up position detection section for detecting a take-up position of the reel; a traveling condition determination section for determining that a traveling condition of the vehicle has varied to a predetermined condition; and a control section for controlling power supply to the motor, on the basis of a signal output from the determination section, to thereby control a driving amount of the motor but also for controlling the reel, in accordance with a detection signal output by the take-up position detection section, so that the reel is kept at a predetermined take-up position, to thereby hold a vehicle occupant in a seat with the belt.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Yo Ito
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Patent number: 7953532Abstract: A seatbelt device for a vehicle including: a belt reel having webbing wound thereon; a position detection device that detects a winding position of the belt reel; a motor that drives the belt reel to rotate to thereby perform winding of the webbing; and a control section that performs control of electric current conduction to the motor, wherein: the control section performs electric current conduction to the motor at a predetermined amount at the time of a rear vehicular collision or when a rear vehicular collision is predicted; and the electric current conduction amount is controlled, so that during electric current conduction at the predetermined electric current conduction amount, when a winding position detected by the position detection device reaches a predetermined position, variation in the winding position is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Osamu Tsurumiya, Yo Ito
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Patent number: 7942448Abstract: A vehicular seatbelt device whereby slack in a lap belt is sufficiently eliminated according to a traveling state of a vehicle, and a comfortable ride for a vehicle occupant is maintained. A seatbelt device comprises a belt retraction part and an actuator for driving the belt retraction part. The belt retraction part pulls part of a belt in a direction opposite the direction in which the belt is wound up by a belt reel so as to restrain the vehicle occupant. A controller includes a plurality of pre-set control modes for controlling a motor and the actuator in accordance with the traveling state of the vehicle, and selects and implements one control mode corresponding to the traveling state from among the plurality of control modes. The control modes include a mode for drivably controlling both the motor and the actuator, a mode for drivably controlling only the motor, and a mode for drivably controlling only the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Yo Ito
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Publication number: 20100207444Abstract: A vehicular seatbelt device whereby slack in a lap belt is sufficiently eliminated according to a traveling state of a vehicle, and a comfortable ride for a vehicle occupant is maintained. A seatbelt device comprises a belt retraction part and an actuator for driving the belt retraction part. The belt retraction part pulls part of a belt in a direction opposite the direction in which the belt is wound up by a belt reel so as to restrain the vehicle occupant. A controller includes a plurality of pre-set control modes for controlling a motor and the actuator in accordance with the traveling state of the vehicle, and selects and implements one control mode corresponding to the traveling state from among the plurality of control modes. The control modes include a mode for drivably controlling both the motor and the actuator, a mode for drivably controlling only the motor, and a mode for drivably controlling only the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Yo Ito
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Publication number: 20100156083Abstract: A seat belt apparatus for a vehicle including: a belt reel; a emergency locking retractor which performs a mechanical locking of the belt reel so as not to rotate in a direction of unwinding a webbing when an unstable behavior of the vehicle is detected by a vehicle condition detection device, and then automatically release the locking if the belt reel rotates in a direction of winding the webbing greater than or equal to a predetermined amount; and a locking continuity determination device which determines whether or not the locking continues after the emergency locking retractor performs the locking based on the vehicle condition and variation of the rotational position of the belt reel, wherein a control device makes a driving motor rotate so as to release the locking if the locking continuity determination device determines the locking continues for greater than or equal to a predetermined amount of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Yo Ito, Osamu Tsurumiya, Yutaka Wakisaka
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Publication number: 20090024283Abstract: A seatbelt device for a vehicle including: a belt reel having webbing wound thereon; a position detection device that detects a winding position of the belt reel; a motor that drives the belt reel to rotate to thereby perform winding of the webbing; and a control section that performs control of electric current conduction to the motor, wherein: the control section performs electric current conduction to the motor at a predetermined amount at the time of a rear vehicular collision or when a rear vehicular collision is predicted; and the electric current conduction amount is controlled, so that during electric current conduction at the predetermined electric current conduction amount, when a winding position detected by the position detection device reaches a predetermined position, variation in the winding position is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Osamu Tsurumiya, Yo Ito
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Publication number: 20070284174Abstract: Vehicle seat belt apparatus includes an electric-type pretensioner that includes a motor for rotationally driving a belt reel to take up a belt. The apparatus also includes: a take-up position detection section for detecting a take-up position of the reel; a traveling condition determination section for determining that a traveling condition of the vehicle has varied to a predetermined condition; and a control section for controlling power supply to the motor, on the basis of a signal output from the determination section, to thereby control a driving amount of the motor but also for controlling the reel, in accordance with a detection signal output by the take-up position detection section, so that the reel is kept at a predetermined take-up position, to thereby hold a vehicle occupant in a seat with the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Yo Ito
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Publication number: 20020079392Abstract: Object of the invention is to finely granulate the granular substances with pollutants, such as the contaminated soils and incinerated ashes, adhered and to separate the pollutants from the granular substances efficiently and further to enable the unnoxious granular substances, from which pollutants as above have been separated, to be recycled.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Applicant: Shinroku Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takao Tango, Yo Ito, Hirohiko Shibata, Kenji Kawaguchi, Yutaka Shida
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Patent number: 6402064Abstract: Granular substances with pollutants adhered, such as contaminated soils and incinerated ashes, are finely granulated to separate the pollutants from the granular substances efficiently and to enable the granular substances, from which pollutants have been separated, to be recycled. After fine granulation of the granular substances by a coarse disintegrating treatment through a first fine granulation machine, the granular substances, which have been finely granulated by the first fine granulation machine, are subjected to, by a second fine granulation machine, mutual polishing among the granular substances by mutual rubbing forces of the substances themselves and thus the pollutants, such as heavy metals and dioxin class substances adhering strongly to the surfaces of the granular substances, are separated, and also the granular substances not containing the pollutants are classified from the granular substances which have already been finely granulated by a vibrational screen and a classification device.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1999Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignees: Shinroku Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Youyu Shigen Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha KamagaigumiInventors: Takao Tango, Yo Ito, Hirohiko Shibata, Kenji Kawaguchi, Yutaka Shida
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Patent number: 5192585Abstract: A differential pressure sealing apparatus and method for processing a continuously moving elongated sheet through successively different stages of vacuum. A vacuum chamber is provided with an inlet and a guide roller for the incoming sheet with the sheet urged against the guide roller over a wrap contact angle of 15 to 120 degrees. To resist the entrance of air into the chamber, a sealing structure encompasses at least portions of the entrance, the guide roller and the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1990Date of Patent: March 9, 1993Assignees: Kawasaki Steel Corp., Nihon Shinku Gijutsu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio Inokuti, Yo Ito
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Patent number: 4698272Abstract: An extra-low iron loss grain oriented silicon steel sheet comprises a base metal of silicon steel and a thin coat of nitride or carbide of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Mn, Cr, Mo, W, Co, Ni, Al, B and Si and strongly adhered to a finished surface of the base metal through a mixed layer of the base metal and the thin coat, and has excellent electrical and magnetic properties as well as good compressive stress dependence of magnetostriction and lamination factor.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1986Date of Patent: October 6, 1987Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Yukio Inokuti, Yo Ito
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Patent number: 4690855Abstract: A substrate for print circuit board comprising a steel sheet, a forsterite film layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, and an insulating film layer formed on the forsterite film layer by baking a coating solution mainly consisting of a phosphate and colloidal silica. A print circuit board having a conductive pattern on the insulating film layer of the substrate for print circuit board, and methods of manufacturing the substrate and the print circuit board. One of typical methods of manufacturing the substrate for print circuit board comprises steps of applying an annealing separator mainly consisting of MgO on the steel sheet and annealing it to form a forsterite film layer, applying and baking a coating solution mainly consisting of the phosphate and colloidal silica onto the forsterite film layer to form an insulating film layer. The print circuit board is obtained by bonding the conductive pattern to the insulating film layer and annealing at a temperature range of not lower than 300.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1986Date of Patent: September 1, 1987Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Yukio Inokuti, Shigeko Ikeda, Toshihiko Funahashi, Yo Ito
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Patent number: 4579608Abstract: Grain oriented silicon steel sheets having a very low iron loss W.sub.17/50 of lower than 0.90 W/kg, in which Si content is 2-4%, are produced by containing at least one of Se and S in an amount of 0.010-0.035% and at least one of Sb, As, Bi and Sn in an amount of 0.010-0.080% as inhibitor, making a final gauge to be 0.15-0.25 mm, forsterite coating formed on the steel sheet surfaces in the final annealing to be 1-4 g/m.sup.2 per one surface and a secondary crystallized grain size to be 1-6 mm.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1983Date of Patent: April 1, 1986Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Yoh Shimizu, Hiroshi Shishido, Yo Ito, Hiroshi Shimanaka
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Patent number: 4576658Abstract: A method for obtaining grain-oriented silicon steel sheet with a very high magnetic flux density and a very low core loss by setting specific conditions for the decarburization and primary recrystallization annealing step within the series of steps performed for the manufacture of the grain-oriented silicon steel sheet. This method consists of setting the rate of temperature rise in the decarburization and primary recrystallization annealing step at no less than 10.degree. C./sec, dividing the decarburization and primary recrystallization annealing step into a first half and a second half, and restricting the temperature, time, and ratio P.sub.H.sbsb.2.sub.O /P.sub.H.sbsb.2 of the partial pressure of H.sub.2 O to the partial pressure of H.sub.2 of the atmosphere for each of these two halves within certain predefined ranges.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1984Date of Patent: March 18, 1986Inventors: Yukio Inokuti, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Yo Ito
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Patent number: 4565240Abstract: Pressure is exerted on the interior of casting rolls with a negative crown so that the rolls may maintain a true cylindrical surface without any crown when the continuous casting operation is initiated. When the cylindrical surface of the rolls is heated by molten metal as the continuous casting operation continues, the interior pressure of the rolls is decreased, whereby the rolls may maintain a true cylindrical surface without any crown.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1985Date of Patent: January 21, 1986Assignees: Kawasaki Seitetsu Kabushiki Kaisha, Ishikawajima-Harima Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Shibuya, Takahiro Kan, Yo Ito, Hiroshi Shimanaka, Yoshiaki Tanaami
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Patent number: 4546814Abstract: A process and an apparatus for producing rapidly solidified metallic tapes by a double-roll system are disclosed, wherein molten metal is poured into a kissing region defined between a fixed cooling roll and a movable cooling roll through a nozzle located thereabove and rapidly solidified at the kissing region to form a metallic tape. In this case, pushing forces added to the movable cooling roll by hydraulic cylinders at driving and operational sides are controlled by adding to or subtracting from a standard pushing force an adjusting quantity of the pushing force as a function of a difference between a roll gap at the driving side and a roll gap at the operational side.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1983Date of Patent: October 15, 1985Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Shibuya, Masao Yukumoto, Takahiro Kan, Yo Ito
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Patent number: 4518029Abstract: A double roll type method and apparatus for producing a thin metallic sheet by pouring a molten metal of a desired composition into a kissing region between two cooling rolls rotating in opposite directions, and rapidly cooling and solidifying the molten metal while it passes through the kissing region. The thin sheet which has come out of the kissing region is forcibly deflected by gas from a gas applying head and by a pair of pinch rolls so as to make close contact with one of the two cooling rolls over a predetermined region in the circumferential direction of the roll.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1982Date of Patent: May 21, 1985Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Shibuya, Takahiro Kan, Yo Ito