Patents by Inventor Yoshiteru Matsunaga

Yoshiteru Matsunaga 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).

  • Publication number: 20120118682
    Abstract: The present invention provides an input device of a vehicle brake system, the input device being a separate unit from an electric brake actuator, the electric brake actuator for generating a first fluid pressure, the input device of the vehicle brake system comprising: a master cylinder for generating a second fluid pressure; a stroke simulator for applying a simulated reaction force, the stroke simulator and the master cylinder forming an attachment body, with the stroke simulator disposed in communication with the master cylinder; and a component storage box provided on the attachment body for a component of either one of the master cylinder and the stroke simulator, wherein the attachment body has a vent hole with a first end in communication with the component storage box and a second end in communication with a space formed before a surface of a dashboard having the input device mounted thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki MURAYAMA, Takaaki OHNISHI, Hideo MIYABAYASHI, Motoyasu NAKAMURA, Yoshiteru MATSUNAGA, Yoshiyuki TAKAMATSU, Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20120119566
    Abstract: An electric brake actuator (motor cylinder apparatus) for generating hydraulic brake pressure on the basis of at least an electric signal corresponding to brake manipulation by an operator, which is incorporated in a vehicle brake system with an input apparatus being arranged separately from the electric brake actuator and receiving the brake manipulation. A reservoir reserving brake fluid is attached to a cylinder body included in the electric brake actuator, and the ceiling of the reservoir is inclined from the axis of the cylinder body in correspondence with an arrangement of the main body inclined from the horizontal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki OHNISHI, Kazuaki MURAYAMA, Hideo MIYABAYASHI, Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI, Yoshiyuki TAKAMATSU, Motoyasu NAKAMURA, Yoshiteru MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20090241539
    Abstract: An annular sealing member 95 for establishing sealing between a boosted hydraulic pressure application chamber 22 and an input-side annular chamber 93 formed between a casing and a backup piston 64A and connected to a hydraulic pressure source is disposed between the casing and the backup piston 64A, and communication passage 216 for establishing communication between the input-side annular chamber 93 and the boosted hydraulic pressure application chamber 22 as the backup piston 64A moves forward by a predetermined stroke or more is provided in one of the backup piston 64A and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Kouji SAKAI, Hlromitsu Takizawa, Takashi Kinoshita, Yoshiteru Matsunaga