Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Maeda

Yoshihiro Maeda 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: 9765882
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control unit. When the control unit performs shifting from a state in which a first shift speed is established by supplying engagement pressures to both hydraulic oil chambers and engaging a predetermined engagement element to a second shift speed by switching engagement and disengagement states of engagement elements other than the predetermined engagement element (Step S1), the control unit reduces the supply of the engagement pressure to one of the two hydraulic oil chambers to a level lower than that in the state in which the first shift speed is established (Step S3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hirai, Yoshihiro Maeda, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20170254277
    Abstract: A motor-driven supercharger includes a compressor, an electric motor, and a controller. The compressor is arranged in the intake passage of the engine. The electric motor drives the compressor. The controller is configured to start detection of the rotational position of the electric motor at least on the condition that a brake operation amount, which is the operation amount of a brake operation member of the vehicle, becomes less than or equal to a threshold. The controller is configured to start forced induction with the electric motor when an acceleration operation amount, which is the operation amount of an acceleration operation member of the vehicle, becomes more than or equal to a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromasa YOSHIZAWA, Yoshihiro MAEDA
  • Patent number: 9726277
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a solenoid valve capable of supplying a first engagement pressure to the first engagement element; and a first cut valve that is interposed in an oil passage from the solenoid valve to the first engagement element and is capable of cutting off supply of a hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element, wherein only the first engagement pressure and a second engagement pressure serve as hydraulic pressures that act such that the first cut valve cuts off the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element, and the first cut valve is switched so as to cut off the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element when the first engagement pressure and the second engagement pressure are simultaneously supplied to the first engagement element and the second engagement element, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Maeda, Nobuyuki Hirai, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Hiroyuki Kutsubo
  • Publication number: 20170133963
    Abstract: A sensorless electric motor control device is provided that completes a phase detection of a rotor before an activation signal is received, so as to shorten a time period from when the activation signal is received to when the rotor reaches a target number of rotations. The control device for a sensorless electric motor 10 includes an inverter 11 that drives the electric motor 10 and a first processor 18 that serves as a phase detection unit that causes the inverter 11 to perform a phase detection before the inverter 11 receives an activation signal that activates the electric motor 10, wherein the phase detection aligns a magnetic pole of a rotor of the electric motor 10 with a predetermined position with respect to a stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kiyoshi UETSUJI, Satoshi UMEMURA, Yoshihiro MAEDA, Makio OSHITA, Toshihiro YAMAMICHI
  • Publication number: 20170117691
    Abstract: An electrical wire guide including a plurality of link members that are lined up along one direction, and are coupled together so as to be rotatable relative to each other. The link members are respectively provided with: through holes that extend in an intersection direction intersecting a direction in which the link members are lined up; and lock protrusions that are each provided with a claw that is locked to a peripheral portion around the corresponding through hole and protrudes in the intersection direction. The lock protrusions of the plurality of link members protrude in the same direction. The link members are coupled together by the lock protrusions being locked to the through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro HAGI, Hiroshi INOUE, Yoshihiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20160377175
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a solenoid valve capable of supplying a first engagement pressure to the first engagement element; and a first cut valve that is interposed in an oil passage from the solenoid valve to the first engagement element and is capable of cutting off supply of a hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element, wherein only the first engagement pressure and a second engagement pressure serve as hydraulic pressures that act such that the first cut valve cuts off the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element, and the first cut valve is switched so as to cut off the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element when the first engagement pressure and the second engagement pressure are simultaneously supplied to the first engagement element and the second engagement element, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MAEDA, Nobuyuki HIRAI, Masamichi YAMAGUCHI, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Hiroyuki KUTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20160351316
    Abstract: A coil component in which a change in thicknesses of the winding part is prevented is provided. According to the coil component, since each of a pair of neighboring resin walls and a seed part between the pair of resin walls are separated by a predetermined distance, a plating part grown on the seed part is easy to grow uniformly between the pair of neighboring resin walls. For this reason, the winding part whose surface is gentle and in which a change in thickness is prevented is obtained by plating growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OHKUBO, Masazumi ARATA, Manabu OHTA, Yuuya KANAME, Yoshihiro MAEDA, Takahiro KAWAHARA, Hokuto EDA, Shigeki SATO
  • Publication number: 20160290499
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes two hydraulic oil chambers, wherein a predetermined engagement element of the engagement elements is an engagement element that includes the two hydraulic oil chambers and is engageable and disengageable when an engagement pressure is supplied to and discharged from at least one of the two hydraulic oil chambers, and a control unit that reduces supply of the engagement pressure to one of the two hydraulic oil chambers to a level lower than that in a state in which a first shift speed is established, when the control unit performs shifting from the state in which the first shift speed is established by supplying the engagement pressures to both of the two hydraulic oil chambers and engaging the predetermined engagement element to a second shift speed by switching engagement and disengagement states of engagement elements other than the predetermined engagement element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HIRAI, Yoshihiro MAEDA, Masamichi YAMAGUCHI, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA
  • Patent number: 9406420
    Abstract: A coil component 1 is provided with coil conductors 10a and 10b and a magnetic metal powder containing resin 22 (22a and 22b) covering the coil conductors 10a and 10b. The magnetic metal powder containing resin 22 includes first metal powder having a first average grain diameter, second metal powder having a second average grain diameter that is smaller than the first average grain diameter, and third metal powder having a third average grain diameter that is smaller than the second average grain diameter. The first average grain diameter is 15 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less. The third average grain diameter is 2 ?m or less. The first metal powder mainly contains Permalloy and the second and third metal powders mainly contain carbonyl iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohkubo, Kyohei Tonoyama, Makoto Morita, Tomokazu Ito, Hideto Itoh, Yoshihiro Maeda, Manabu Ohta, Yuuya Kaname, Takahiro Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20160155550
    Abstract: In a coil component (planar coil element), at least part of a third metal magnetic powder constituting a metal magnetic powder and having a minimum average grain diameter is uncoated, which suppresses a reduction in magnetic permeability. On the other hand, the remaining metal powders are coated with glass, which improves the insulating properties of a metal magnetic powder-containing resin and reduces core loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OHKUBO, Masazumi ARATA, Manabu OHTA, Shou KAWADAHARA, Yoshihiro MAEDA, Takahiro KAWAHARA, Hokuto EDA, Shigeki SATO
  • Publication number: 20160155556
    Abstract: In a coil component 1 and a method for manufacturing the same, a winding part of a coil is grown by plating so as to extend between resin walls of a resin body provided before the coil is grown by plating. The resin wall is interposed between adjacent turns of the winding part of the coil during the plating growth, and therefore contact between adjacent turns of the winding part of the coil cannot occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Hitoshi OHKUBO, Masazumi ARATA, Manabu OHTA, Shou KAWADAHARA, Yoshihiro MAEDA, Takahiro KAWAHARA, Hokuto EDA, Shigeki SATO
  • Patent number: 9349522
    Abstract: A coil component includes a substrate, a planar spiral conductor formed on a top surface of the substrate, a lead conductor connected to an outer peripheral end of the planar spiral conductor, a dummy lead conductor formed on the top surface of the substrate between an outermost turn of the planar spiral conductor and an end of the substrate and free from an electrical connection with another conductor within the same plane, external electrodes and arranged in parallel with the top surface of the substrate, and a bump electrode formed on a surface of the lead conductor and connects the lead conductor with the external electrode. The external terminals have a larger area than the bump electrodes for securing a bonding strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohkubo, Tomokazu Ito, Hideto Itoh, Yoshihiro Maeda, Manabu Ohta, Yuuya Kaname, Takahiro Kawahara, Takashi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20160134177
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a liquid cooled electric motor includes a case; a rotator including a rotation shaft and a rotator core secured to the rotation shaft; a stator opposed to an outer circumference of the rotator core; a cooling portion provided around a stator core and configured to allow a liquid coolant to flow therein; a ventilation duct provided on an outer side of the case and configured to communicate first opening and second opening of the case with each other; a rotator fan mounted on the rotation shaft to be rotatable with the rotation shaft; a heat exchanger provided in the ventilation duct; and a cooling system configured to supply the liquid coolant to the cooling portion and the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Akira Itoh, Taihei Koyama, Shinichi Noda, Makoto Matsushita, Toshio Hasebe, Yoshihiro Maeda
  • Patent number: 9236171
    Abstract: A coil component includes: an insulating resin layer provided between a first planar spiral conductor formed on a back surface of a first substrate and a second planer spiral conductor formed on a back surface of a second substrate; an upper core covering a third second planer spiral conductor formed on a front surface of the first substrate on which the insulating resin layer is formed; and a lower core covering a fourth planer spiral conductor formed on a front surface of the second substrate on which the insulating resin layer is formed. One of the upper and lower cores is formed of a metal-magnetic-powder-containing resin. The coil component includes connecting portions disposed respectively at center and outside portions of each of the first and second substrates so as to physically connect the upper and lower cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Hitoshi Ohkubo, Yoshihiro Maeda, Makoto Morita, Toshiyuki Anbo, Kyohei Tonoyama, Manabu Ohta
  • Publication number: 20150357115
    Abstract: A coil component includes a substrate, a planar spiral conductor formed on a top surface of the substrate, a lead conductor connected to an outer peripheral end of the planar spiral conductor, a dummy lead conductor formed on the top surface of the substrate between an outermost turn of the planar spiral conductor and an end of the substrate and free from an electrical connection with another conductor within the same plane, external electrodes and arranged in parallel with the top surface of the substrate, and a bump electrode formed on a surface of the lead conductor and connects the lead conductor with the external electrode. The external terminals have a larger area than the bump electrodes for securing a bonding strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hitoshi OHKUBO, Tomokazu ITO, Hideto ITOH, Yoshihiro MAEDA, Manabu OHTA, Yuuya KANAME, Takahiro KAWAHARA, Takashi NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9150168
    Abstract: A wire harness (5) to be bridged between a slide door (3) and a vehicle body (BO) is inserted into a harness guide (6). The harness guide (6) is coupled by a multitude of stepped links (10). Each link (10) is composed of a first coupling portion (11) and a second coupling portion (12) connected to the first coupling portion (11) via a step. Coupling pins (23) projecting in a vertical direction on the second coupling portions (12) are rotatably inserted into insertion holes (14) in the first coupling portions (11) of adjacent stepped links (10), whereby the entire harness guide (6) has a uniform inclination and the wire harness (5) inside is also arranged in a similar inclined posture. Thus, if the harness guide (6) is curved when opening or closing the slide door (3), the wire harness (5) also is curved, but simultaneously twisted, relieving stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Yoshihiro Maeda, Jun Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 9142343
    Abstract: A coil component 1 includes a substrate 2, a planar spiral conductor 10a formed on a top surface 2t of the substrate 2, a lead conductor 11a connected to an outer peripheral end of the planar spiral conductor 10a, a dummy lead conductor 15a formed on the top surface of the substrate 2 and between an outermost turn of the planar spiral conductor 10a and an end 2X2 of the substrate 2 and free from an electrical connection with another conductor within the same plane, external electrodes 26a and 26b arranged in parallel with the top surface of the substrate 2, and a bump electrode 25a formed on a surface of the lead conductor 11a and connects the lead conductor 11a with the external electrode 26a. The external terminals 26a and 26b have a larger area than the bump electrodes 15a and 15b for securing a bonding strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohkubo, Tomokazu Ito, Hideto Itoh, Yoshihiro Maeda, Manabu Ohta, Yuuya Kaname, Takahiro Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20150111996
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition that may contain plant fine powders that are kicked up when a plant is pulverized. Such plant fine powders have an average particle diameter of 20 ?m or less. Standard deviation of particle diameters are 15 ?m or less. Content of the plant fine powders is less than 50 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Okuda, Yoshihiro Maeda
  • Patent number: 8975997
    Abstract: In a planar coil element, the quantitative ratio of inclined particles to total particles of a first metal magnetic powder contained in a metal magnetic powder-containing resin provided in a through hole of a coil unit is higher than the quantitative ratio of inclined particles to total particles of the first metal magnetic powder contained in the metal magnetic powder-containing resin provided in other than the through hole, and many of particles of the first metal magnetic powder in the magnetic core are inclined particles whose major axes are inclined with respect to the thickness direction and the planar direction of a substrate. Therefore, the planar coil element has improved strength as compared to a planar coil element shown in FIG. 9A and has improved magnetic permeability as compared to a planar coil element shown in FIG. 9B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kyohei Tonoyama, Makoto Morita, Tomokazu Ito, Hitoshi Ohkubo, Manabu Ohta, Yoshihiro Maeda, Yuuya Kaname, Hideharu Moro
  • Patent number: 8858811
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a device comprising an elastic member on a substrate includes steps of: forming a sacrificial layer by forming a plurality of sacrificial sub-layers on the substrate; forming a plate member in or on the sacrificial layers connected to the substrate and substantially parallel to a top surface of the substrate; and removing the sacrificial sub-layers after forming the plate member by removing the sacrificial sub-layers in an order different from the reverse order of forming the sacrificial sub-layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Maeda, Fusao Ishii, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Hirotoshi Ichikawa