Patents by Inventor Yousuke Nishimura

Yousuke Nishimura 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: 11465666
    Abstract: A steering system includes: a variable mechanism that reversibly changes a configuration of an operating member between a configuration for automated driving and a configuration for manual driving, the configuration including at least one of a position, an orientation, and a shape; a variable drive source; a receiver that receives an operation of a driver; and a controller that controls the variable drive source to cause the variable mechanism to return the configuration of the operating member to the configuration for manual driving, when the receiver receives the operation of the driver in a period when the configuration of the operating member is being changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Ochi, Yousuke Nishimura, Yasuyuki Nozawa, Kei Kitahara, Takeshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11247713
    Abstract: A steering apparatus for use in steering a vehicle includes: a movable body to which an input device is attached, the movable body configured to move back and forth in an extend-retract direction between a first position closer to the front of the vehicle and a second position closer to the driver; an intermediate guide that guides the movable body in the extend-retract direction, and moves back and forth in the extend-retract direction; a base guide that is attached to the vehicle and guides the intermediate guide in the extend-retract direction; a first extend-retract mechanism including an extend-retract drive source that causes the intermediate guide to move back and forth relative to the base guide; and a second extend-retract mechanism that causes the movable body to move back and forth relative to the intermediate guide by using driving force of the extend-retract drive source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Nozawa, Takeshi Watanabe, Norihiro Ochi, Ryoichi Tokioka, Kei Kitahara, Yousuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11214293
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a steering wheel that rotates about a first rotation axis, a folding mechanism that folds the steering wheel along the first rotation axis, a moving mechanism that moves the steering wheel between a protruding position in which the steering wheel protrudes from a dashboard of the vehicle and a stored position closer to the dashboard than the protruding position, and an electronic control unit that drives the folding mechanism and the moving mechanism. When the folded steering wheel is moved from the protruding position to the stored position, the electronic control unit drives, in advance, a drive member mounted on the vehicle so that the steering wheel is retracted relative to a body of a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Nishimura, Norihiro Ochi, Takeshi Watanabe, Yasuyuki Nozawa, Kei Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20210016820
    Abstract: A steering apparatus for use in steering a vehicle includes: a movable body to which an input device is attached, the movable body configured to move back and forth in an extend-retract direction between a first position closer to the front of the vehicle and a second position closer to the driver; an intermediate guide that guides the movable body in the extend-retract direction, and moves back and forth in the extend-retract direction; a base guide that is attached to the vehicle and guides the intermediate guide in the extend-retract direction; a first extend-retract mechanism including an extend-retract drive source that causes the intermediate guide to move back and forth relative to the base guide; and a second extend-retract mechanism that causes the movable body to move back and forth relative to the intermediate guide by using driving force of the extend-retract drive source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki NOZAWA, Takeshi WATANABE, Norihiro OCHI, Ryoichi TOKIOKA, Kei KITAHARA, Yousuke NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200101998
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a steering wheel that rotates about a first rotation axis, a folding mechanism that folds the steering wheel along the first rotation axis, a moving mechanism that moves the steering wheel between a protruding position in which the steering wheel protrudes from a dashboard of the vehicle and a stored position closer to the dashboard than the protruding position, and an electronic control unit that drives the folding mechanism and the moving mechanism. When the folded steering wheel is moved from the protruding position to the stored position, the electronic control unit drives, in advance, a drive member mounted on the vehicle so that the steering wheel is retracted relative to a body of a driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke NISHIMURA, Norihiro OCHI, Takeshi WATANABE, Yasuyuki NOZAWA, Kei KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190308655
    Abstract: A steering system includes: a variable mechanism that reversibly changes a configuration of an operating member between a configuration for automated driving and a configuration for manual driving, the configuration including at least one of a position, an orientation, and a shape; a variable drive source; a receiver that receives an operation of a driver; and a controller that controls the variable drive source to cause the variable mechanism to return the configuration of the operating member to the configuration for manual driving, when the receiver receives the operation of the driver in a period when the configuration of the operating member is being changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro OCHI, Yousuke NISHIMURA, Yasuyuki NOZAWA, Kei KITAHARA, Takeshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8598290
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a fluoroelastomer excellent in dispersion stability at low cost, at a high rate of polymerization and in high yields. The present invention is a method of producing a fluoroelastomer comprising an emulsion polymerization of a fluorinated monomer in the presence of a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, wherein the emulsion polymerization is carried out in the presence of a compound (1) containing a functional group reactive in radical polymerization and a hydrophilic group and a fluorinated compound (2) containing a fluorocarbon group comprising 1 to 6 continuously united carbon atom with fluorine atom directly bound to each of them as well as a hydrophilic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kishine, Masanori Kitaichi, Yousuke Nishimura, Manabu Fujisawa, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shintarou Ogata, Yutaka Ueta, Shigeru Morita
  • Patent number: 8247505
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a fluorine-containing elastomer in a high productivity comparable to that of non-iodine transfer polymerization process by carrying out an iodine transfer polymerization at high pressure. The present invention also provides a fluorine-containing elastomer prepared by this process, and fluorine-containing molded articles. The process is a batch copolymerization process conducted under conditions that the reduced temperature of the critical constant is at least 0.95 and the reduced pressure of the critical constant is at least 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousuke Nishimura, Masaki Irie, Sadashige Irie, Manabu Fujisawa, Satoshi Tokuno, Mitsuru Kishine
  • Publication number: 20090234086
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a fluoroelastomer excellent in dispersion stability at low cost, at a high rate of polymerization and in high yields. The present invention is a method of producing a fluoroelastomer comprising an emulsion polymerization of a fluorinated monomer in the presence of a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, wherein the emulsion polymerization is carried out in the presence of a compound (1) containing a functional group reactive in radical polymerization and a hydrophilic group and a fluorinated compound (2) containing a fluorocarbon group comprising 1 to 6 continuously united carbon atom with fluorine atom directly bound to each of them as well as a hydrophilic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kishine, Masanori Kitaichi, Yousuke Nishimura, Manabu Fujisawa, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shintarou Ogata, Yutaka Ueta, Shigeru Morita
  • Publication number: 20080306196
    Abstract: The present invention provides a peroxide-vulcanizable fluorine-containing elastomer composition which is remarkably improved in fluidity and thereby exhibits improved processability, though conventional fluorine-containing elastomer compositions could be molded only by a molding process having a problem in its productivity, for instance, compression molding or transfer molding which has been used so far as a general molding process. The present invention further provides a molded article obtained by vulcanizing the composition. The present invention also provides a fluorine-containing elastomer composition in which a large amount of a filler can be blended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Masaki Irie, Yousuke Nishimura, Manabu Fujisawa, Mitsuru Kishine, Daisuke Ota
  • Patent number: 7375171
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a fluorine-containing elastomer in a high productivity comparable to that of non-iodine transfer polymerization process by carrying out an iodine transfer polymerization at high pressure. The present invention also provides a fluorine-containing elastomer prepared by this process, and fluorine-containing molded articles. The process is a batch copolymerization process conducted under conditions that the reduced temperature of the critical constant is at least 0.95 and the reduced pressure of the critical constant is at least 0.80 wherein the reduced temperature and the reduced pressure are calculated using the Peng-Robinson formula from the critical temperature, the critical pressure and the composition ratio of each of the monomers in the gaseous phase in a reaction vessel, in which ethylenically unsaturated compounds containing at least one fluoroolefine are copolymerized in the presence of a compound having the formula: Rf1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousuke Nishimura, Masaki Irie, Sadashige Irie, Manabu Fujisawa, Satoshi Tokuno, Mitsuru Kishine
  • Publication number: 20070299207
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a fluorine-containing elastomer in a high productivity comparable to that of non-iodine transfer polymerization process by carrying out an iodine transfer polymerization at high pressure. The present invention also provides a fluorine-containing elastomer prepared by this process, and fluorine-containing molded articles. The process is a batch copolymerization process conducted under conditions that the reduced temperature of the critical constant is at least 0.95 and the reduced pressure of the critical constant is at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Yousuke Nishimura, Masaki Irie, Sadashige Irie, Manabu Fujisawa, Satoshi Tokuno, Mitsuru Kishine
  • Publication number: 20060052548
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a fluorine-containing elastomer in a high productivity comparable to that of non-iodine transfer polymerization process by carrying out an iodine transfer polymerization at high pressure. The present invention also provides a fluorine-containing elastomer prepared by this process, and fluorine-containing molded articles. The process is a batch copolymerization process conducted under conditions that the reduced temperature of the critical constant is at least 0.95 and the reduced pressure of the critical constant is at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Nishimura, Masaki Irie, Sadashige Irie, Manabu Fujisawa, Satoshi Tokuno, Mitsuru Kishine