Patents by Inventor Yousuke Imamura

Yousuke Imamura 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: 20090267430
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus according to the invention includes an electric motor to be connected to a control unit through bus bars respectively projected from the inside of the electric motor and is structured such that the control unit controls the drive of the electric motor to thereby assist the steering of a vehicle. The control unit is fixed to a fixing base which is structured as a composing element of the electric motor, and the fixing base covers the connecting portion between the bus bars and control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Imamura, Masahiro Maeda, Koji Ohnishi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Tomoaki Ebuchi
  • Publication number: 20090167224
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control device capable of suppressing voltage composite vector fluctuation to increase the output of a brushless motor, and a motor-driven power steering system using this device. The present control device calculates motor phase current command values based on a target current and a rotor rotational position detection value, calculates voltage command values based on the motor phase current command values and phase current detection values, and supplies phase currents to a three-phase brushless motor based on the voltage command values. The present control device outputs the phase current command values so that the absolute value of a composite vector of respective phase drive voltages is substantially a value ?3/2 times the power supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiro Miura, Masahiro Maeda, Yousuke Imamura, Lilit Kovudhikulrungsri
  • Publication number: 20090009127
    Abstract: A motor driving control device includes a current instruction value computing section 31 which computes a current instruction value for driving a brushless motor 12, a motor current detector 38 which detects a motor current of the brushless motor 12, a current controller 34 which computes a voltage instruction value based on the current instruction value and the motor current, and a rotation information detector 22 which detects an electric angle and a rotation angular velocity of the brushless motor, and the motor driving control device includes a disturbance compensation voltage computing section 41 which computes a disturbance compensation voltage value base on the current instruction value, the electric angle of the brushless motor, and the rotation angular velocity of the brushless motor, and a feed-forward compensator 35 which corrects a voltage instruction value outputted from the current controller based on the disturbance compensation voltage value computed by the disturbance compensation voltage com
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke IMAMURA, Lilit KOVUDHIKULRUNGSRI, Shuji ENDO, Kenji MORI
  • Publication number: 20080247783
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus containing a developing device containing a toner housed therein and feeding the toner onto a photoreceptor to form a toner image, and a cleaning blade removing the toner remaining on the photoreceptor after transferring the toner image formed on the photoreceptor to a transfer medium, a toner having a particle diameter of from 5 to 8 ?m and a degree of circularity of from 0.925 to 0.965 and having a lubricant added to a surface thereof in an amount of from 0.01 to 0.125 wt % is used, and the cleaning blade has a hardness of from 60 to 80, a 300% modulus of from 100 to 420 kg/cm2, a tear strength of from 35 to 120 kg/cm, a repulsive elasticity at 10° C. of from 10 to 50%, and a repulsive elasticity at 40° C. of from 40 to 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yousuke Imamura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi