Patents by Inventor Yukihito INABA

Yukihito INABA 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: 11025130
    Abstract: An onboard device includes a first cover member having a first abutment surface, a second cover member having a second abutment surface abutting on the first abutment surface and an internal space for housing an electrical apparatus with the first cover member, a transmission portion that is formed in one or both of the first and second cover members, extends, from the first and second abutment surfaces, outward in an abutment direction in which the first and second abutment surfaces abut against each other and transmits sound more easily from the internal space to outside of the first and second cover members than adjacent regions in the first and second cover members, and a soundproof cover that has a through-hole penetrating in the abutment direction. The first abutment surface, the second abutment surface, and the transmission portion are located inside the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Tateishi, Yukihito Inaba, Tomoatsu Imamura, Takeki Nemoto, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200303989
    Abstract: An onboard device includes a first cover member having a first abutment surface, a second cover member having a second abutment surface abutting on the first abutment surface and an internal space for housing an electrical apparatus with the first cover member, a transmission portion that is formed in one or both of the first and second cover members, extends, from the first and second abutment surfaces, outward in an abutment direction in which the first and second abutment surfaces abut against each other and transmits sound more easily from the internal space to outside of the first and second cover members than adjacent regions in the first and second cover members, and a soundproof cover that has a through-hole penetrating in the abutment direction. The first abutment surface, the second abutment surface, and the transmission portion are located inside the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiya TATEISHI, Yukihito INABA, Tomoatsu IMAMURA, Takeki NEMOTO, Hiroyuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9944197
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an inverter, a motor, a transmission, and a modulator. The inverter performs pulse width modulation processing at a predetermined carrier frequency. The motor is supplied with electric power from the inverter. The transmission changes the number of revolutions of the motor, and transmits rotary power of the motor to one or more driving wheels. The modulator controls the pulse width modulation processing performed by the inverter, and changes the carrier frequency of the pulse width modulation processing, to offset a change in a frequency of a sideband component out of frequencies of a carrier sound. The carrier sound is generated in the motor or the inverter, or both, accompanying a stepwise change in the number of revolutions of the motor on a condition that the stepwise change is made by the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yukihiro Osaku, Yukihito Inaba
  • Publication number: 20180043791
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an inverter, a motor, a transmission, and a modulator. The inverter performs pulse width modulation processing at a predetermined carrier frequency. The motor is supplied with electric power from the inverter. The transmission changes the number of revolutions of the motor, and transmits rotary power of the motor to one or more driving wheels. The modulator controls the pulse width modulation processing performed by the inverter, and changes the carrier frequency of the pulse width modulation processing, to offset a change in a frequency of a sideband component out of frequencies of a carrier sound. The carrier sound is generated in the motor or the inverter, or both, accompanying a stepwise change in the number of revolutions of the motor on a condition that the stepwise change is made by the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Yukihiro OSAKU, Yukihito INABA