Patents by Inventor Yoshimori Kondo

Yoshimori Kondo 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: 8159098
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus including: a motor including a rotating member and a stator; a housing member including a motor housing portion and a power system substrate housing portion, the motor housing portion enclosing the motor and extending in an axial direction of the rotating member, the power system substrate housing portion being integrally formed with the motor housing portion and being located is radially outside of the motor; a control system board supporting a component of a control circuit to control the motor, and including a first board portion facing the motor in the axial direction, and a second board portion extending radially from the first board portion; and a power system substrate supporting a component of a power supply circuit to supply power to the motor, the power system substrate being provided in the power system substrate housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohtaro Shiino, Makoto Kimura, Toshiro Yoda, Haruhiko Fujita, Yoshimori Kondo, Yoshiki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8066093
    Abstract: A power steering system includes a wormshaft housed in a shaft housing portion and rotatably supported at one end by a bearing, a worm wheel adapted to mesh with the wormshaft, a bottomed, cylindrical bearing holder configured to enclose and fit onto the bearing for holding the bearing, and a preloading means located in the bearing holder for preloading the bearing in a direction of meshed-engagement of the worm gear. An adjustment-mechanism housing portion is formed at one end of the shaft housing portion for housing and retaining the bearing holder. A restriction wall is formed in the adjustment-mechanism housing portion for restricting a movement of the bearing holder. The preloading means includes a preload portion formed integral with the bearing holder, for forcing the bearing in the direction of meshed-engagement by a force of resiliency of the preload portion, thus ensuring sufficient accuracy of meshed-engagement without complicated machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimori Kondo, Kohtaro Shiino
  • Publication number: 20110266928
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus including: a motor including a rotating member and a stator; a housing member including a motor housing portion and a power system substrate housing portion, the motor housing portion enclosing the motor and extending in an axial direction of the rotating member, the power system substrate housing portion being integrally formed with the motor housing portion and being located is radially outside of the motor; a control system board supporting a component of a control circuit to control the motor, and including a first board portion facing the motor in the axial direction, and a second board portion extending radially from the first board portion; and a power system substrate supporting a component of a power supply circuit to supply power to the motor, the power system substrate being provided in the power system substrate housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kohtaro SHIINO, Makoto Kimura, Toshiro Yoda, Haruhiko Fujita, Yoshimori Kondo, Yoshiki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7982347
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus including: a power system board which is received in a housing, which supports a component of a power supply circuit to supply power to a motor; a control system board which is received in the housing, which supports a component of a control circuit to control the motor, and which extends radially with respect to an axis of the motor output shaft; a rotation sensor which is provided in the housing, which is located, in an axial direction of a motor output shaft, between the motor and the control system board, and which is arranged to sense a rotational position of the motor output shaft; and an output terminal which is provided with the rotation sensor, which is connected electrically with the control system board to supply a rotational position signal of the rotation sensor to the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohtaro Shiino, Makoto Kimura, Toshiro Yoda, Haruhiko Fujita, Yoshimori Kondo, Yoshiki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20100126794
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus including: a power system board which is received in a housing, which supports a component of a power supply circuit to supply power to a motor; a control system board which is received in the housing, which supports a component of a control circuit to control the motor, and which extends radially with respect to an axis of the motor output shaft; a rotation sensor which is provided in the housing, which is located, in an axial direction of a motor output shaft, between the motor and the control system board, and which is arranged to sense a rotational position of the motor output shaft; and an output terminal which is provided with the rotation sensor, which is connected electrically with the control system board to supply a rotational position signal of the rotation sensor to the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Kohtaro SHIINO, Makoto Kimura, Toshiro Yoda, Haruhiko Fujita, Yoshimori Kondo, Yoshiki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7663273
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes a motor, and a control system board supporting a control circuit to control the motor. The apparatus may further include a power system board supporting a power supply circuit to supply power to the motor. The control system board includes a first board portion facing in a direction along a rotation axis of the motor, and a second board portion extending radially from the first board portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohtaro Shiino, Makoto Kimura, Toshiro Yoda, Haruhiko Fujita, Yoshimori Kondo, Yoshiki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20090255751
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] The object of the invention to provide a power steering system capable of ensuring a sufficient accuracy of meshed-engagement between toothed portions of a worm gear without complicated machining to be made to an inside of a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshimori Kondo, Kohtaro Shiino
  • Patent number: 7225687
    Abstract: Power steering apparatus includes input and output shafts connected by a torsion bar; and a coil unit disposed around one of the shafts and arranged to sense torque between the input and output shafts. A housing includes an axial bore in which the shafts and coil unit are installed. The housing is further formed with an insertion opening which extends radially into the axial bore and which is sized to allow insertion of the coil unit radially into the axial bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshimori Kondo
  • Publication number: 20070028606
    Abstract: In a power-cylinder equipped power steering device, under a first condition where a first directional control valve disposed in a first pressure line receives fluid pressure supplied into a second pressure line by a reversible pump, the first directional control valve intercommunicates a reservoir and a first-pressure-line downstream passage section, and blocks fluid communication of the first-pressure-line upstream and downstream passage sections. Under a second condition where a second directional control valve receives fluid pressure supplied into the first pressure line by the pump, the first directional control valve intercommunicates the first-pressure-line upstream and downstream passage sections. Under the second condition, the second directional control valve intercommunicates the reservoir and the second-pressure-line downstream passage section, and blocks fluid communication of the second-pressure-line upstream and downstream passage sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Masaki Misunou, Masakazu Kurata, Mitsuo Sasaki, Masaaki Busujima, Yoshimori Kondo
  • Publication number: 20060108884
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes a motor, and a control system board supporting a control circuit to control the motor. The apparatus may further include a power system board supporting a power supply circuit to supply power to the motor. The control system board includes a first board portion facing in a direction along a rotation axis of the motor, and a second board portion extending radially from the first board portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Kohtaro Shiino, Makoto Kimura, Toshiro Yoda, Haruhiko Fujita, Yoshimori Kondo, Yoshiki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20050193835
    Abstract: Power steering apparatus includes input and output shafts connected by a torsion bar; and a coil unit disposed around one of the shafts and arranged to sense torque between the input and output shafts. A housing includes an axial bore in which the shafts and coil unit are installed. The housing is further formed with an insertion opening which extends radially into the axial bore and which is sized to allow insertion of the coil unit radially into the axial bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventor: Yoshimori Kondo
  • Patent number: 6503046
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting a single bar from a plurality of bars, comprises a holding device for nipping the single bar. The holding device comprises nipping-members, which face each other and are capable of being opened and closed. The nipping members have a taper space formed therebetween so that only a single bar locating in a peak portion of the taper space of a plurality of bars received therein can be nipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Alps Tool Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Saiki, Mitsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Yoshimori Kondo