Patents by Inventor Yoshio Masuda
Yoshio Masuda 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: 20250058749Abstract: This braking control device comprises: a first unit that outputs a supply pressure in accordance with the amount of operation of a braking operation member; a second unit that is provided between the first unit and a wheel cylinder, and adjusts the supply pressure to output a wheel pressure to the wheel cylinder; a communication bus for communicating signals between the first unit and the second unit; an operation amount sensor that detects the operation amount; and a supply pressure sensor that detects the supply pressure. In the braking control device, when there is an abnormality in signal communication, the second unit calculates a target pressure on the basis of the operation amount and adjusts the wheel pressure on the basis of the difference between the target pressure and the supply pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideshi KATO, Kazuya MORISHITA, Yoshio MASUDA, Daichi NAGAE
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Publication number: 20250058746Abstract: This braking control device comprises a first unit for outputting a supply pressure in accordance with operation displacement of a braking operation member, a second unit between the first unit and a wheel cylinder to increase the supply pressure and output a wheel pressure to the wheel cylinder, a displacement sensor for detecting the operation displacement, and a supply pressure sensor for detecting the supply pressure. The first unit selects either a first mode in which the operation displacement and the supply pressure are independent or a second mode in which the operation displacement and the supply pressure are linked. When the displacement sensor is normal, the first unit selects the first mode and increases the supply pressure based on the operation displacement. When the displacement sensor is not normal, the first unit selects the second mode, and the second unit increases the wheel pressure based on the supply pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Daichi NAGAE, Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Yoshio MASUDA
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Patent number: 12194977Abstract: A brake control device includes a brake operation member, a pressurization unit, a master cylinder unit, a connection path connecting a separation chamber and a reaction force chamber, an electromagnetic valve at the connection path, and a control device. The control device includes a specified control section configured to, when the brake operation member is operated in a closed state of the electromagnetic valve, execute activation-time control in which the pressurization unit supplies fluid to a servo chamber based on a predetermined pattern, a determination section configured to determine whether a pressure difference between pressure in the reaction force chamber and pressure in the separation chamber, is equal to or less than a threshold value, and a valve control section configured to open the electromagnetic valve when the determination section determines the pressure difference is equal to or less than the threshold value after start of the activation-time control.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Osayoshi Kato, Yoshio Masuda
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Patent number: 12162446Abstract: A brake device includes: a first pressurizing unit configured to increase a WC pressure by supplying brake fluid into wheel cylinders provided in wheels RL and RR; a second pressurizing unit connected to a reservoir tank via a fourth flow passage and configured to increase the WC pressure by supplying the brake fluid taken in from the reservoir tank into the wheel cylinders; and a brake control unit configured to control at least one of the first pressurizing unit and the second pressurizing unit based on a target WC pressure. The brake control unit is configured to, when the WC pressure is to be increased by operating the second pressurizing unit, execute an auxiliary brake control in which the first pressurizing unit is operated to assist the second pressurizing unit to increase the WC pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Yamamoto, Yoshio Masuda
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Patent number: 12017624Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes a first supply unit supplying fluid to main flow channels connected to wheel cylinders of a vehicle, a differential solenoid valve provided on the main flow channels and generating a differential pressure across the differential solenoid valve, a second supply unit supplying fluid to the wheel cylinders by drawing at least some fluid supplied from the first supply unit through branch flow channels branching off from the main flow channels upstream of the differential solenoid valve, and a setting unit setting a supply amount of fluid supplied from the first supply unit in accordance with a draw amount of fluid drawn by the second supply unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Maruyama, Yoshio Masuda, Shunya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240092321Abstract: A control device is applied to a friction brake device of a vehicle. The friction brake device produces a friction brake force in the vehicle by starting driving of an electric motor. The control device includes a motor control unit configured to control the electric motor. The control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an index value corresponding to a magnitude of a target value of the friction brake force. A value for determining a magnitude of the index value is set as a limit determination value. The motor control unit limits an increase speed of the number of rotations of the electric motor if the index value is equal to or less than the limit determination value, and releases the limit if the index value exceeds the limit determination value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunya WATANABE, Yoshio MASUDA
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Publication number: 20220332301Abstract: A brake device includes: a first pressurizing unit configured to increase a WC pressure by supplying brake fluid into wheel cylinders provided in wheels RL and RR; a second pressurizing unit connected to a reservoir tank via a fourth flow passage and configured to increase the WC pressure by supplying the brake fluid taken in from the reservoir tank into the wheel cylinders; and a brake control unit configured to control at least one of the first pressurizing unit and the second pressurizing unit based on a target WC pressure. The brake control unit is configured to, when the WC pressure is to be increased by operating the second pressurizing unit, execute an auxiliary brake control in which the first pressurizing unit is operated to assist the second pressurizing unit to increase the WC pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke YAMAMOTO, Yoshio MASUDA
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Publication number: 20220203944Abstract: A brake control device includes a brake operation member, a pressurization unit, a master cylinder unit, a connection path connecting a separation chamber and a reaction force chamber, an electromagnetic valve at the connection path, and a control device. The control device includes a specified control section configured to, when the brake operation member is operated in a closed state of the electromagnetic valve, execute activation-time control in which the pressurization unit supplies fluid to a servo chamber based on a predetermined pattern, a determination section configured to determine whether a pressure difference between pressure in the reaction force chamber and pressure in the separation chamber, is equal to or less than a threshold value, and a valve control section configured to open the electromagnetic valve when the determination section determines the pressure difference is equal to or less than the threshold value after start of the activation-time control.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Osayoshi KATO, Yoshio MASUDA
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Publication number: 20210394733Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes a first supply unit supplying fluid to main flow channels connected to wheel cylinders of a vehicle, a differential solenoid valve provided on the main flow channels and generating a differential pressure across the differential solenoid valve, a second supply unit supplying fluid to the wheel cylinders by drawing at least some fluid supplied from the first supply unit through branch flow channels branching off from the main flow channels upstream of the differential solenoid valve, and a setting unit setting a supply amount of fluid supplied from the first supply unit in accordance with a draw amount of fluid drawn by the second supply unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki MARUYAMA, Yoshio MASUDA, Shunya WATANABE
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Patent number: 11203331Abstract: A hydraulic circuit comprises: a first pressure-boosting flow path that connects a first main flow path and a first wheel cylinder; a first pressure-boosting valve that is disposed in the first pressure-boosting flow path and that opens in a non-energized state; a first pressure-reducing flow path that connects the first wheel cylinder and a reservoir; a first pressure-reducing valve that is disposed in the first pressure-reducing flow path and that closes in a non-energized state; a second pressure-boosting flow path; a second pressure-boosting valve; a second pressure-reducing flow path; and a second pressure-reducing valve. A control unit comprises: a first drive circuit that controls the first pressure-reducing valve; and a second drive circuit that is separate from the first drive circuit and that controls the second pressure-reducing valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Osayoshi Kato, Hiroyuki Ando, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Yoshio Masuda
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Patent number: 10940847Abstract: A brake control device adjusts a front wheel braking hydraulic pressure of front wheel cylinders provided on front wheels of a vehicle and a rear wheel braking hydraulic pressure of rear wheel cylinders provided on rear wheels of the vehicle. The brake control device includes a hydraulic pressure generating unit configured to adjust a hydraulic pressure generated by an electric motor to an adjusted hydraulic pressure and apply the adjusted hydraulic pressure as the rear wheel braking hydraulic pressure and a hydraulic pressure correcting unit configured to adjust to decrease the adjusted hydraulic pressure to be a corrected hydraulic pressure, and apply the corrected hydraulic pressure as the front wheel braking hydraulic pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osayoshi Kato, Yoshio Masuda, Hiroyuki Kodama, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yasuji Mizutani
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Patent number: 10800390Abstract: The hydraulic pressure generating device includes a regulator (spool valve) formed by a cylinder body, a spool which slidably moves within the cylinder body, a pilot chamber in which a pilot pressure which is a hydraulic pressure moving the spool along in an axial direction is inputted and an output chamber out of which an output pressure which is a hydraulic pressure corresponding to the pilot pressure is outputted, wherein the hydraulic pressure generating device further includes a spool position obtaining portion which obtains a relative position of the spool relative to the cylinder body and a pilot pressure controlling portion which controls the pilot pressure based on the relative position obtained by the spool position obtaining portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano, Yoshio Masuda
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Patent number: 10625720Abstract: A vehicle braking device performs a following control which makes an actual value of a physical quantity follow a first target value when the actual value of the physical quantity is a value outside a dead zone and a suppression control which suppresses a change of the actual value when the actual value is a value within the dead zone in order to control the physical quantity associated with the braking force to be the first target value. The vehicle braking device comprises a setting portion which sets a second target value which follows the first target value and which is smaller than the first target value, when the first target value is increasing and a control portion which performs a control to make the actual value approximate the second target value.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshio Masuda, Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano
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Patent number: 10625723Abstract: Provided is a vehicular brake apparatus capable of suppressing the occurrence of pedal shock. In this vehicular brake apparatus, a master cylinder forms a second hydraulic chamber neighboring to a first hydraulic chamber through a seal member. The seal member is arranged at a position facing the first hydraulic chamber and the second hydraulic chamber to be movable in the axial direction relative to the master cylinder. A first hydraulic pressure generating portion executes a movement restriction hydraulic pressure control such that when the operation information obtained by the operation information obtaining portion indicates that the brake operating member is not operated, the first hydraulic pressure which is higher than the second hydraulic pressure is generated in advance and consecutively, the larger a value relating to an operating amount in the operation information obtained by the operation information obtaining portion, the higher the first hydraulic pressure is generated.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshio Masuda, Daisuke Nakata
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Publication number: 20200094802Abstract: A hydraulic circuit comprises: a first pressure-boosting flow path that connects a first main flow path and a first wheel cylinder; a first pressure-boosting valve that is disposed in the first pressure-boosting flow path and that opens in a non-energized state; a first pressure-reducing flow path that connects the first wheel cylinder and a reservoir; a first pressure-reducing valve that is disposed in the first pressure-reducing flow path and that closes in a non-energized state; a second pressure-boosting flow path; a second pressure-boosting valve; a second pressure-reducing flow path; and a second pressure-reducing valve. A control unit comprises: a first drive circuit that controls the first pressure-reducing valve; and a second drive circuit that is separate from the first drive circuit and that controls the second pressure-reducing valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Osayoshi KATO, Hiroyuki ANDO, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Yoshio MASUDA
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Publication number: 20190092303Abstract: A brake control device adjusts a front wheel braking hydraulic pressure of front wheel cylinders 71, 72 provided on front wheels of a vehicle and a rear wheel braking hydraulic pressure of rear wheel cylinders 73, 74 provided on rear wheels of the vehicle. The brake control device includes a hydraulic pressure generating unit 1A configured to adjust a hydraulic pressure generated by an electric motor 11 to an adjusted hydraulic pressure and apply the adjusted hydraulic pressure as the rear wheel braking hydraulic pressure and a hydraulic pressure correcting unit 1B configured to adjust to decrease the adjusted hydraulic pressure to be a corrected hydraulic pressure, and apply the corrected hydraulic pressure as the front wheel braking hydraulic pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osayoshi KATO, Yoshio MASUDA, Hiroyuki KODAMA, Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Yasuji MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20190016317Abstract: A vehicle braking device performs a following control which makes an actual value of a physical quantity follow a first target value when the actual value of the physical quantity is a value outside a dead zone and a suppression control which suppresses a change of the actual value when the actual value is a value within the dead zone in order to control the physical quantity associated with the braking force to be the first target value. The vehicle braking device comprises a setting portion which sets a second target value which follows the first target value and which is smaller than the first target value, when the first target value is increasing and a control portion which performs a control to make the actual value approximate the second target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshio MASUDA, Masaki NINOYU, Takahiro OKANO
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Publication number: 20180354486Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device to be used in a vehicle braking device equipped with a low pressure source connected to a reaction force chamber in a predetermined condition, a master cylinder, a drive portion, and a control portion. The abnormality diagnosis device includes: a diagnosis portion for performing an abnormality diagnosis on the basis of the relationship between the reaction force hydraulic pressure and the operation amount of a braking operation member, and/or the relationship between a target value and an actual value; and a judging portion for judging whether or not the reaction force chamber state pertaining to the hydraulic pressure and/or fluid amount thereof is in a predetermined insufficient state or in a predetermined excess state. Furthermore, when the judging portion judges that the reaction force chamber state is in a predetermined insufficient state or in a predetermined excess state, the diagnosis portion stops the abnormality diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshio MASUDA, Takahiro OKANO
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Publication number: 20180244251Abstract: Provided is a vehicular brake apparatus capable of suppressing the occurrence of pedal shock. In this vehicular brake apparatus, a master cylinder forms a second hydraulic chamber neighboring to a first hydraulic chamber through a seal member. The seal member is arranged at a position facing the first hydraulic chamber and the second hydraulic chamber to be movable in the axial direction relative to the master cylinder. A first hydraulic pressure generating portion executes a movement restriction hydraulic pressure control such that when the operation information obtained by the operation information obtaining portion indicates that the brake operating member is not operated, the first hydraulic pressure which is higher than the second hydraulic pressure is generated in advance and consecutively, the larger a value relating to an operating amount in the operation information obtained by the operation information obtaining portion, the higher the first hydraulic pressure is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshio MASUDA, Daisuke NAKATA
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Patent number: 10029662Abstract: A vehicle brake device includes a pressure adjusting device wherein as the volume of a pilot chamber is changed by the movement of a piston and the flow rate of liquid flowing in and out of the pilot chamber increases, the amount of movement of the piston increases with reference to the piston position in an equilibrium state where the force corresponding to the pilot pressure and the force corresponding to the output pressure are balanced, whereby the flow rate of the liquid flowing in and out of an output chamber increases. A control device, when judged by a limitation necessity judging portion that the gradient of output pressure should be limited, implements at least one of pressure increasing gradient limit control for opening a pressure decreasing electromagnetic valve under pressure increasing control, or pressure decreasing gradient limit control for opening a pressure increasing electromagnetic valve under pressure decreasing control.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano, Yoshio Masuda, Daisuke Nakata