Sakai, Kariya-Shi
Kazuya Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20110068780 | ROTATIONAL ANGLE SENSOR, MOTOR, ROTATIONAL ANGLE DETECTOR, AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A rotational angle sensor includes: a magnet rotor in which multiple magnetic poles are formed along the circumferential direction of the magnet rotor; and three sensor devices that are arranged on a circle concentric with the magnet rotor at regular angle intervals. Each of the sensor devices includes three half-bridge circuits each of which has a pair of spin valve magnetic resistances that are connected in series in such a manner that the magnetization directions of spin fixed layers of the spin valve magnetic resistances are opposite to each other. Each of the sensor devices is formed in such a manner that phases of the sensor signals output from the respective half-bridge circuits based on a change in magnetic flux caused by the rotation of the magnet rotor are offset from each other by an electrical angle of 120°. | 03-24-2011 |
20140358375 | ACTUATOR CONTROL APPARATUS - There is provided an actuator control apparatus configured such that even when an electronic device that generates an electric signal to be used to control an actuator is provided in the form of a duplexed system, an increase in the number of communication paths between the electronic device and a controller is suppressed. A torque sensor and a rotation angle sensor are each provided in the form of a duplexed system. Two sets of a torque sensor and a rotation angle sensor are connected to a microcomputer via a SPI communication line. The torque sensors and the rotation angle sensors are connected to the microcomputer via CS communication lines, respectively. By selecting a communication target via a corresponding one of the CS communication lines, the microcomputer is able to receive multiple kinds of electric signals via each one of the SPI communication lines. | 12-04-2014 |
Keiji Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20110163078 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MACHINING WORKPIECE WITH A LASER BEAM - A laser machining device machines a workpiece having a machining portion where a hole is machined and a non-machining portion positioned on an extension of the hole. The laser machining device includes a nozzle that jets a column of liquid towards the hole of the machining portion and a laser head that introduces a laser beam into the column of liquid jetted towards the hole. The workpiece is held by a holding member. A laser beam blocking member is disposed in the non-machining portion. The laser beam blocking member blocks the laser beam that passes through the hole. Furthermore, a discharge path that discharges the liquid reaching the hole is provided in the laser beam blocking member. | 07-07-2011 |
Kosuke Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20140232082 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM - A suspension system includes an upper cylinder chamber, a lower cylinder chamber, and a variable valve that adjusts the opening area of an opening of the lower cylinder chamber. The suspension system includes a first communication path through which the upper cylinder chamber of one of damping force control cylinders incorporated in a pair of wheels of a vehicle is in communication with the lower cylinder chamber of the other damping force control cylinder, a second communication path through which the lower cylinder chamber of the one damping force control cylinder is in communication with the upper cylinder chamber of the other damping force control cylinder, and a pair of oil receptacles that are provided in the first and second communication paths, respectively, and hold and discharge oil, depending on operations of the damping force control cylinders. | 08-21-2014 |
Naoto Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20110210698 | ONBOARD CHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE TO SECONDARY BATTERY - A vehicle has an ECU, a battery being chargeable with off-board electricity and a motor driven by electric power of the battery. The ECU has a microcomputer to receive an operation time each time a user sets the ECU in an operation state, prepare a frequency of operation times for each time zone, and set a time of the time zone corresponding to the high frequency as a charging end target time. When the microcomputer receives a signal from an onboard charger connected with an off-board power source, the microcomputer sets a charging schedule such that the battery charged by the charger according to the schedule is set in a fully-charged state at the charging end target time. The microcomputer controls the charger to charge the battery according to the schedule and to set the battery in the fully-charged state at the charging end target time. | 09-01-2011 |
20110270490 | VEHICLE-USE ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - The vehicle-use electronic control device includes a main microcomputer and a sub microcomputer. The sub-microcomputer is configured to be in one of a normal operation mode, a sleep mode and a stop mode, and to learn a frequent use time period in which frequency of use of the vehicle is high. The sub-microcomputer continues to be in the sleep mode if the frequent use time period prevails, and changes from the sleep mode to the stop mode if the frequent use time period does not prevail in order to further reduce the dark current. | 11-03-2011 |
Shin Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20110121693 | DRIVING DEVICE - A driving device includes a first rotating member, an armature member being movable and rotatable together with, a second rotating member being rotatable relative to the armature member, a magnetic force generating portion for generating a magnetic force for attracting the armature member toward the second rotating member in order to establish a connection between the armature member and the second rotating member so as to be integrally rotatable, a sensor magnet fixed to the second rotating member, a sensor provided for detecting a change of the magnetic field and a fixing member formed with a first claw portion engaged with the second rotating member and a second claw portion engaged with the sensor magnet while being press-fitted thereto in a radial direction thereof, wherein the sensor magnet is fixed to the second rotating member by means of the fixing member. | 05-26-2011 |
20120241212 | WIRING HOLDING STRUCTURE - Provided is a wiring holding structure, wherein wiring for electrically connecting a vehicle body to the vehicle sliding door is held in the vehicle body. The wiring holding structure comprises a step member provided adjacent to the vehicle sliding door and a holding portion for holding the wiring. The step member is molded of plastic material. The holding portion is for holding the wiring. The holding portion comprises a first holding portion integrally molded onto the step member; and a second holding member that is fixed to face the first holding section. The second holding member holds the wiring together with the first holding portion. The number of components necessary for the wiring holding structure can thereby be reduced, and the size of the wiring holding structure is made more compact. | 09-27-2012 |
20120261894 | STEP UNIT - A step unit comprises: a step member which is provided on the vehicle body side so as to be adjacent to a slide door of the vehicle and has a flat plate section on which an occupant's foot is placed; and a drive device which is affixed to the step member and drives the slide door to open and close the slide door. The step member is molded using a resin material and has a accommodation portion which is provided with a bottom formed below the upper surface of the flat plate section. The drive device is affixed while at least a part thereof is accommodated within the accommodation portion. | 10-18-2012 |
Shinji Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20100122778 | Shade apparatus for vehicle - A shade apparatus for a vehicle includes a guide rail mechanism adapted to be arranged along a side portion of an inner periphery of an opening formed in an interior ceiling member of the vehicle, a shade panel mechanism slidably supported by the guide rail mechanism, configured to open and close the opening of the interior ceiling member, and including first and second shade panels, an engaging member arranged at one of the first and second shade panels, and an elastic member arranged at the other of the first and second shade panels and including a fixing portion and a deformable portion. The first and second shade panels move as a unit in the moving direction after one of the first and second shade panels moves relative to the other of the first and second shade panels in the moving direction and the engaging member engages with the elastic member. | 05-20-2010 |
Tomoyasu Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20130284012 | VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER - In a vacuum brake booster, a valve mechanism having a negative pressure valve which communicates and cuts off between a negative pressure chamber and a variable pressure chamber according to a retractable movement of the plunger with respect to a valve body, and an atmosphere valve which communicates and cuts off between the variable pressure chamber and the atmosphere is assembled in a shaft hole of a valve body. In addition, the plunger and the key member are assembled in the shaft hole. In addition, in the vacuum brake booster, when the valve body is in the forward moving position and the plunger is moved rearward from the forward moving position, a protrusion tilting and holding the key member with respect to the valve body is provided. | 10-31-2013 |
Toshiki Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20130137341 | ACTUAL GRINDING DEPTH MEASUREMENT METHOD, MACHINING METHOD, AND MACHINE TOOL - In a machining method of supporting a workpiece having a cylindrical machined portion such that the workpiece is rotatable and feeding a grinding wheel in a radial direction, a start diameter that is a diameter including a measurement start point on a surface of the machined portion is measured, and, after the measurement start point passes through a machining application portion, an end diameter that is a diameter including a measurement end point is measured. An actual grinding depth at the time when the measurement start point is machined is computed by the equation, U=|D | 05-30-2013 |
20140335769 | GRINDING MACHINE - A grinding machine includes: a grinding wheel of which movement in an X direction and a Z direction is controlled and that grinds a workpiece; and a truing unit that is installed at a predetermined position and that trues a machining surface of the grinding wheel. The truing unit includes: a movable table that is installed to be movable in the X direction relative to a support member; a truer that is rotatably installed in the movable table and that trues the machining surface of the grinding wheel; and an X-direction pressing mechanism that presses the truer in the X direction along with the movable table. | 11-13-2014 |
Yasuyuki Sakai, Kariya-Shi JP
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20120106220 | SWITCHING MODULE - A switching module includes a series-connected unit of a first flowing restriction element and a second flowing restriction element, the first flowing restriction element having an opening and closing function of opening and closing a flowing path of current, and the second flowing restriction element having at least one of a rectifying function of restricting the direction in which current flows and the opening and closing function, and a snubber circuit connected to the series-connected unit in parallel. A first wiring line connecting between the first flowing restriction element and the snubber circuit, a second wiring line connecting between the second flowing restriction element and the snubber circuit, a third wiring line connecting between the first flowing restriction element and the second flowing restriction element, the first flowing restriction element, the second flowing restriction element, and the snubber circuit are formed substantially integrally with each other by using an insulator. | 05-03-2012 |