Patents by Inventor Yusuke Ando

Yusuke Ando 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: 20240136092
    Abstract: A grommet includes an umbrella-shaped member that is separate from a grommet body. The umbrella-shaped member has a covering portion that covers an insertion hole of a sound insulator provided on one surface of a vehicle body panel. The covering portion is inclined to increase in diameter toward the sound insulator. The grommet body has an engagement portion that axially locks to a front end of the covering portion, which is the front end of the umbrella-shaped member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke ANDO, Kouichi KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240051535
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is to be applied to a vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus includes one or more processors. The one or more processors configured to function as a target object detector, a road state detector, a speed calculator, and a braking controller. The target object detector is configured to detect a target object in front of the vehicle. The road state detector is configured to detect a road state of a road in front of the vehicle. The speed calculator is configured to calculate a non-stuck speed at which the vehicle does not become stuck on the road in front of the vehicle, when the target object is detected, the road in front of the vehicle is an uphill slope, and a road surface of the road satisfies a predetermined condition. The braking controller is configured to brake the vehicle to the non-stuck speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240051389
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors include a controller. The controller is configured to: perform an acceleration suppression control, in which the acceleration suppression control is configured to suppress acceleration of the vehicle based on pressing of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle performed by a driver who drives the vehicle; and cancel the acceleration suppression control, when two or more operation elements provided in the vehicle are operated by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240051542
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an operation receiving unit and an automatic driving control processor. The operation receiving unit receives an operation at least through an electrical signal. The operation is to be performed by an occupant of a vehicle. The automatic driving control processor performs an automatic driving control of the vehicle, and causes transition from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode to be performed in a predetermined case. The automatic driving mode is a driving mode in which the automatic driving control is performed. The manual driving mode is a driving mode in which manual driving based on the operation received by the operation receiving unit is performed. The operation receiving unit has an interface state that is unchanged from a neutral state in a no-operation period in which the operation on the operation receiving unit is not received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Patent number: 11817236
    Abstract: A grommet includes an opposing portion 32 that opposes a portion surrounding a mounting hole 12 in a vehicle body panel 11, and a second water-blocking portion 34 that extends from the opposing portion 32 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11. The second water-blocking portion 34 is formed in an annular shape that is to surround the mounting hole 12. The second water-blocking portion 34 is provided with a base portion 40 that extends from the opposing portion 32 toward the vehicle body panel 11, a first lip portion 41 that extends from the leading end of the base portion 40 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11, and a second lip portion 42 that extends from the leading end of the base portion 40 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Ando
  • Patent number: 11780388
    Abstract: Provided is a grommet that can improve the water-blocking property. A grommet includes an opposing portion 32 that opposes a portion surrounding a mounting hole 12 in a vehicle body panel 11, a first water-blocking portion 33 that extends from the opposing portion 32 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11, and a second water-blocking portion 34 that extends from the opposing portion 32 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11. Each of the first water-blocking portion 33 and the second water-blocking portion 34 is formed in an annular shape that surrounds the mounting hole 12. The second water-blocking portion 34 is provided on the outer circumferential side with respect to the first water-blocking portion 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Ando
  • Publication number: 20230227014
    Abstract: A brake device includes a master cylinder, a braking mechanism for braking a wheel of a vehicle, a hydraulic pressure circuit coupling the master cylinder to the braking mechanism, and a reservoir tank storing a hydraulic fluid of the master cylinder. The master cylinder includes a housing, a piston, and a seal member. The piston changes a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic pressure chamber in the housing. The seal member is moved with the piston to seal a gap between the housing and the piston. First to third positions are positioned in sequence in a moving direction of the piston. A replenishing hole of the housing communicates with the hydraulic pressure chamber when the piston is at the first position. The seal member closes the replenishing hole when the piston is at the second position. The hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid is made negative with the seal member closing the replenishing hole when the piston is at the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230182738
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus in a vehicle that includes left wheels, right wheels and brake mechanisms each provided for both. The apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more storage media storing a program causing a brake control process in which brake fluid pressure is applied to the brake mechanisms of one-side wheels, either left or right wheels, to bring the one-side wheels to a locked state under the condition including that the vehicle is in a stopped state or in a substantially stopped state through driver emergency control that is to be applied to the vehicle in response to detection of emergency of a driver who drives the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230182681
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a brake mechanism configured to brake a wheel in accordance with a pressure of a brake fluid; a hydraulic circuit configured to adjust the pressure of the brake fluid and transfer the brake fluid to the brake mechanism; and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors to execute: a torque adjustment process of giving an offset to increase a required driving torque determined based on an operation amount of accelerator of the vehicle in a case where it is determined that the vehicle is in a stolen state; and a brake fluid pressure adjustment process of applying control to the hydraulic circuit to pressurize the brake fluid so as to compensate for an increase in the required driving torque due to the offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230182682
    Abstract: The vehicle control apparatus comprises one or more processors, one or more storage media storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors. The program includes one or more instructions. The one or more instructions cause the one or more processors to perform a brake control process in which, after a stroke of a predetermined amount or more is made to a brake pedal by a brake booster to apply brake fluid pressure to the brake mechanism to make the brake fluid pressure in a pressurized state in response to input of a predetermined signal corresponding to detection of theft of the vehicle, the stroke of the brake pedal by the brake booster is cancelled while a first valve disposed in a brake fluid pressure circuit is kept at a closed state to keep the pressurized state of the brake fluid pressure applied to the brake mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230135801
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure provides a grommet that can improve water sealing property. A grommet main body according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an opposing portion that opposes a circumferential portion of an attachment hole of a vehicle body panel and an annular seal portion that is provided in the opposing portion and is brought into tight contact with the vehicle body panel. The seal portion includes an annular first lip portion that extends from the opposing portion toward the vehicle body panel and an annular second lip portion that extends from the opposing portion toward the vehicle body panel and is provided radially inward of the first lip portion. The first lip portion is inclined radially outward toward the tip end of the first lip portion, and the second lip portion is inclined radially inward toward the tip portion of the second lip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230101956
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a support member for wire harnesses for which the range of compatibility with positional tolerances of bolts can be easily expanded. A support member 13 in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a main body part 15 which has a holding part 14 for holding electric cables; and a bolt fixing member 16 which is a separate body from the main body part 15. The bolt fixing member 16 is provided with: a fixing hole 21 through which a bolt provided on the vehicle side is to be passed so as to be fixed; and an insertion part 24 serving as a support-receiving part. The main body part 15 is provided with a groove 31 which is formed along a direction (height direction Z) intersecting the axial direction of the bolt. The groove 31 supports the insertion part 24 in a movable manner along the length direction (height direction Z) of the groove 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220379856
    Abstract: An automatic brake control apparatus for a vehicle is configured to control a brake device of the vehicle in a control of a driving assist system of the vehicle. The automatic brake control apparatus includes electronic control units. The electronic control units include a first electronic control unit and are communicably coupled to each other and configured to exchange data with each other. The first electronic control unit is configured to control the driving assist system. The first electronic control unit is configured to send, to one or more of the electronic control units, an instruction that controls the brake device and that includes a first instruction for controlling a behavior of the vehicle and a second instruction that has an instruction content different from an instruction content of the first instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220306061
    Abstract: A brake device to be applied to a vehicle includes a housing, a piston, and a seal member. The housing has a first end that is closed. The housing includes a supply port configured to communicate with a reservoir tank. The piston has an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface and a through-hole extending from the outer peripheral surface to the inner peripheral surface. The piston is configured to generate a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic chamber in the housing by moving toward a side of the first end inside the housing. The seal member is provided around the piston in a circumferential direction on the side of the first end with respect to the through-hole. The seal member is configured to seal between an inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220130577
    Abstract: The grommet includes an opposing portion 32 that opposes a portion surrounding a mounting hole 12 in a vehicle body panel 11, and a second water-blocking portion 34 that extends from the opposing portion 32 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11. The second water-blocking portion 34 is formed in an annular shape that is to surround the mounting hole 12. The second water-blocking portion 34 is provided with a base portion 40 that extends from the opposing portion 32 toward the vehicle body panel 11, a first lip portion 41 that extends from the leading end of the base portion 40 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11, and a second lip portion 42 that extends from the leading end of the base portion 40 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220126768
    Abstract: Provided is a grommet that can improve the water-blocking property. A grommet includes an opposing portion 32 that opposes a portion surrounding a mounting hole 12 in a vehicle body panel 11, a first water-blocking portion 33 that extends from the opposing portion 32 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11, and a second water-blocking portion 34 that extends from the opposing portion 32 and comes in contact with the vehicle body panel 11. Each of the first water-blocking portion 33 and the second water-blocking portion 34 is formed in an annular shape that surrounds the mounting hole 12. The second water-blocking portion 34 is provided on the outer circumferential side with respect to the first water-blocking portion 33.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO
  • Patent number: 11242017
    Abstract: A first grommet 11 includes a ring-shaped seal portion 15 into which a peripheral edge of an attachment hole Pa is fit, and a joining piece 23 serving as a first joining portion. A second grommet 12 includes a holding portion 33 serving as a second joining portion that is joined to the joining piece 23. The seal portion 15 includes a brim portion 21 serving as a first flange portion that is engaged with a side surface Pc of a vehicle body panel P, and a lip portion 22 serving as a second flange portion that is engaged with a side surface Pb of the vehicle body panel P. Also, the joining piece 23 is formed on the inner side in the radial direction of the lip portion 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Ando
  • Patent number: 11186240
    Abstract: A first grommet includes a first tube-shaped portion for covering the outer periphery of the wire harness, and an expanded tube portion that expands in diameter and extends from the first tube-shaped portion, and at an end portion on the expanded side, has a seal portion into which the peripheral edge of the attachment hole Pa is to be fit. The covering portion protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the first tube-shaped portion in a state of being inclined toward the expanded tube portion in the axial direction of the first tube-shaped portion. Also, a first protruding portion that protrudes outward in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the first tube-shaped portion and is connected to the side surface on the expanded tube portion side in the axial direction of the covering portion is formed between the covering portion and the expanded tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Ando
  • Patent number: 11180126
    Abstract: A master cylinder device includes a reservoir tank, a master cylinder, a piston, and a pair of cup seals. The master cylinder includes a cylinder body having a cylinder chamber and a master port. The piston is inserted into the cylinder chamber, and has a relief port that communicates with the master port. The cup seals are provided on an inner circumference of the cylinder chamber, being positioned in front and rear of the master port, and seals a space between the inner circumference of the cylinder chamber and an outer circumference of the piston. The relief port is closed by the front cup seal, as the piston moves forward, to generate brake fluid pressure in a brake fluid in a hydraulic chamber. The relief port is tilted from a front side to a rear side, from the outer circumference toward an inner circumference of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Ando, Naozumi Yoshio
  • Publication number: 20210129773
    Abstract: A first grommet 11 includes a ring-shaped seal portion 15 into which a peripheral edge of an attachment hole Pa is fit, and a joining piece 23 serving as a first joining portion. A second grommet 12 includes a holding portion 33 serving as a second joining portion that is joined to the joining piece 23. The seal portion 15 includes a brim portion 21 serving as a first flange portion that is engaged with a side surface Pc of a vehicle body panel P, and a lip portion 22 serving as a second flange portion that is engaged with a side surface Pb of the vehicle body panel P. Also, the joining piece 23 is formed on the inner side in the radial direction of the lip portion 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Yusuke ANDO