Ando, Toyota-Shi
Hiroya Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20110128855 | DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM - A data communication network system which enables an intended unit to determine a start point for a transmission schedule in communication is provided. | 06-02-2011 |
20110235648 | DATA RELAY DEVICE AND DATA RELAY METHOD USED IN THE DEVICE - To provide a data relay device which prevents a significant delay even when pieces of data are transmitted/received in protocols that are different from each other. Transmission timings at which pieces of data are transmitted/received in a network using an event trigger type communication protocol are estimated. Stay periods which occur when pieces of data are relayed and transmitted at predetermined transmission timings in a network using a time trigger type communication protocol are calculated while changing a reference time for the time trigger type communication protocol. Then, synchronization processing is performed in the network using the time trigger type communication protocol such that communication is performed using a reference time having a small stay period that has been calculated. | 09-29-2011 |
20120228961 | SWITCH DEVICE - There are: a communication sheet that propagates electromagnetic wave; a wireless communication part arranged close to the communication sheet, and stores predetermined information, and wirelessly transmits the predetermined information to the communication sheet; a shield part that shields a radio signal wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication part; an operation part that enables or disables wireless communication between the communication sheet and the wireless communication part; and a discrimination part that discriminates contents of operation by the operation part based on the predetermined information wirelessly transmitted by the wireless communication part. According to an operation by said operation part to disable the wireless communication between said communication sheet and the wireless communication part, said shield part shields the radio signal from the wireless communication part. | 09-13-2012 |
Kimihiko Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20080233421 | Iron-based sintered material and production method thereof - There is provided an iron-based sintered material resistant to the metal fatigue developing from the voids therein functioning as the initial points and improved in the strength and machinability thereof. | 09-25-2008 |
20090126676 | Piston for Internal-Combustion Engines - Disclosed is a piston for internal-combustion engines, which includes a low thermal-conductive member disposed at the top portion thereof, the low thermal-conductive member including an alloy containing Fe and Mn. The low thermal-conductive member includes a sintered body having 10˜60 mass % of Mn, 2 mass % or less of C, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. Since the piston has the low thermal-conductive member having low thermal conductivity and thermal expansion properties similar to those of the aluminum alloy, which is the base metal of the piston, an increase in the temperature of a combustion chamber and vaporization of fuel are effectively promoted. Furthermore, thermal fatigue failure and separation of the low thermal-conductive member are prevented. | 05-21-2009 |
20090260594 | IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, PISTON FOR IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING PISTON FOR IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston for in-cylinder fuel-injection type internal combustion engine includes a piston body, a low thermal conductor, and a piston head. The low thermal conductor is disposed on the top of the piston body. The low thermal conductor includes a low thermally-conductive substrate, and a coating layer. The low thermally-conductive substrate has opposite surfaces. The coating layer includes alumina fine particles (Al | 10-22-2009 |
20090266331 | PISTON FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A piston for internal combustion engine includes a piston body, and a low thermal conductor. The piston body has a top that faces a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The low thermal conductor is disposed in the top of the piston body. Moreover, the low thermal conductor has a superficial portion, and an interior portion. The superficial portion faces the combustion chamber. The interior portion is disposed on a more inner side in the low thermal conductor than the superficial portion is. In addition, the superficial portion exhibits a first porosity. The interior portion exhibits a second porosity. The first porosity is smaller than the second porosity. Moreover, the low thermal conductor's superficial portion has a combustion-chamber-side surface that faces the combustion chamber and is subjected to shot peening. | 10-29-2009 |
20100310405 | FERROUS SINTERED ALLOY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FERROUS SINTERED ALLOY AND CONNECTING ROD - A ferrous sintered alloy includes a sintered raw-material powder that is made of an Fe—Cr—Mo-system powder, a carbon-system powder and an Mn—Si-system powder before sintering. The ferrous sintered alloy exhibits a density of 7.4 g/cm | 12-09-2010 |
20110303865 | CLADDING ALLOY POWDER, ALLOY-CLAD MEMBER, AND ENGINE VALVE - A cladding alloy powder consisting of: 0.7 to 1.0 mass % C; 30 to 40 mass % Mo; 20 to 30 mass % Ni; 10 to 15 mass % Cr; and a balance including Co and unavoidable impurities, or consisting of: 0.2 to 0.5 mass % C; 30 to 40 mass % Mo; 20 to 30 mass % Ni; and a balance including Co and unavoidable impurities. | 12-15-2011 |
20120297619 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HOLLOW CASTING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PISTON OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method of producing a hollow casting is provided, by which the joinability of a cast base material and a hollow-forming member to each other can be enhanced while suppressing the generation of oxides of or blow holes on a casting base material. The method of producing the hollow casting comprises enveloping a hollow-forming member in a molten base-metal cast material. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: producing a hollow-forming member with a material having a melting point higher than that of a base-metal cast material such that air-gap layers are formed within the surface layers of contact surfaces with which the molten metal comes into contact; coating the contact surfaces with a layer of the same metal as that of the base-metal cast material; and enveloping the hollow-forming member in the base-metal cast material by disposing the coated hollow-forming member within a mold and then pouring the molten base-metal cast material into the mold. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304821 | HARD PARTICLES FOR BLENDING IN SINTERED ALLOY, WEAR-RESISTANT IRON-BASED SINTERED ALLOY CONTAINING HARD PARTICLES, VALVE SEAT FORMED OF SINTERED ALLOY, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HARD PARTICLES - Hard particles for blending as a starting material in a sintered alloy contain 20 to 40 mass % of molybdenum, 0.5 to 1.0 mass % of carbon, 5 to 30 mass % of nickel, 1 to 10 mass % of manganese, 1 to 10 mass % of chromium, 5 to 30 mass % of cobalt, 0.05 to 2 mass % of yttrium, and the balance being inadvertent impurities and iron. | 12-06-2012 |
20130152735 | IRON-BASED MIXTURE POWDER FOR SINTERING AND IRON-BASED SINTERED ALLOY - There is provided an iron-based mixture powder for sintering, as well as an iron-based sintered alloy using same, that are capable of reducing the cutting resistance of the iron-based sintered alloy and of mitigating the shortening of cutting tool life even when a metal fluoride powder is used. The iron-based mixture powder for sintering comprises an iron-based powder, a graphite powder, a hard powder that is harder than the iron-based powder, and a metalfluoride powder. With respect to particle asperity as expressed by the following equation, | 06-20-2013 |
20130327491 | IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, PISTON FOR IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING PISTON FOR IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston for in-cylinder fuel-injection type internal combustion engine includes a piston body, a low thermal conductor, and a piston head. The low thermal conductor is disposed on the top of the piston body. The low thermal conductor includes a low thermally-conductive substrate, and a coating layer. The low thermally-conductive substrate has opposite surfaces. The coating layer includes alumina fine particles (Al | 12-12-2013 |
Kimitaka Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20090102266 | HEADRESTS FOR VEHICLE SEATS - A headrest for a vehicle seat has a base member attached to a seatback of the vehicle seat, a body frame attached to the base member so as to be capable of tilting, a locking device for locking the body frame with the base member so as not to be capable of tilting, and an unlocking device for unlocking the locking device. The unlocking device includes a swinging body attached to the base member so as to be capable of swinging and a moving body attached to the body frame so as to be capable of moving with respect thereto. The moving body moves with respect to the body frame by being pushed by the swinging body to unlock the locking device. The swinging body has a connecting portion to which one end of a cable is connected and an arcuate-shaped outer peripheral surface on which the cable is disposed. And the cable is retracted into a tubular portion provided on the base member from an entrance of the tubular portion when the cable is pulled to unlock the locking device. The entrance of the tubular portion is located substantially on a tangent line of the arc of the outer peripheral surface. | 04-23-2009 |
20090134683 | HEADRESTS FOR VEHICLE SEATS - A headrest for a vehicle seat has a tubular stay to be attached to a seatback and a connector to be connected to an end of the stay. The stay includes a shaft hole, an attachment hole, and a notched surface. The attachment hole penetrates from an outer surface of the stay to the shaft hole in the radial direction. The notched surface is circumferentially adjacent to the attachment hole and is substantially orthogonal to the attachment hole. The connector includes a cantilevered locking strip to be inserted into the shaft hole while being resiliently deformed. The locking strip includes a projection. The projection fits in the attachment hole by being resiliently restored. And the projection includes an extending portion being wider than the circumferential width of the attaching hole and extending over the notched surface by being resiliently restored. | 05-28-2009 |
Masaaki Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20130310236 | PRESS MACHINE DIE UNIT REPLACING DEVICE - A press machine die unit replacing device for replacing die units in a press machine may include a die unit storage device controllably rotatably disposed on a position adjacent to a press machine and having various types of replacement die units that are placed thereon, and a transferring mechanism that is capable of transferring the die units between the die unit storage device and the press machine. The die units selected by controllable rotation of the die unit storage device are capable of being carried in or discharged from the press machine via the transferring mechanism. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310237 | DIE REPLACING METHOD FOR PRESS FORMING MACHINE - In a press forming machine, a material inserted between at least one pair of oppositely positioned dies can be pressed by the at least one pair of dies, so that a work can be formed from the material. When the at least one pair of dies is replaced, the at least one pair of dies can be replaced while the material or the work is held between the at least one pair of dies. | 11-21-2013 |
Nobuhiro Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20110187081 | Tow hook support device for vehicle - A tow hook support device for a vehicle, includes a vehicle structural member having a tubular shaped sidewall, and integrally provided to a vehicle body in a posture such that an axial direction of the tubular shaped sidewall coincides with a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a nut member integrally fixed to a tip of the vehicle structural member so as to be extended parallel to the axial direction of the tubular shaped sidewall, to which a tow hook is screwed and detachably fitted, the tow hook support device comprises, multiple grooves formed in the tubular shaped sidewall of the vehicle structural member so as to be positioned around an axis O of the tubular shaped sidewall and extended in the axial direction, by bending portions of the sidewall, and the nut member being arranged at a position in the tubular shaped sidewall and further inward than the multiple grooves so as to be coaxial with the axis O or extended parallel to the axis O, and being integrally fixed to the multiple grooves. | 08-04-2011 |
Satoru Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20100227721 | ENDLESS METAL BELT - An endless metal belt including a ring formed by laminating endless metal plates; and multiple elements continuously attached to the ring. Each of the elements has a body, a head connected to the body by a pillar, and slots formed between the body and the head on left and right sides of the pillar, respectively, for receiving the ring. The elements satisfy the equations (h/t)<1 and (S/h)>40, where h is a width of the slots, t is a plate thickness of the elements, and S is an area of the head. | 09-09-2010 |
Toru Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20110190970 | POWER GENERATION DEVICE EQUIPPED ON VEHICLE - A structure for controlling an engine is simplified in a power generation device equipped on a vehicle which generates power by a driving force of an engine. An operation unit ( | 08-04-2011 |
Toshihiko Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20140145527 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE APPARATUS - A rotary electric machine apparatus includes a first rotary electric machine that includes a first rotor, a first stator and a first housing for containing the first rotor and the first stator, a second rotary electric machine that includes a second rotor, a second stator and a second housing for containing the second rotor and the second stator, a pump that supplies a cooling liquid to the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine, and a communication pipe that communicates a gas-phase in the first housing and a gas-phase in the second housing so that an internal pressures of the first housing and the second housing are balanced to each other. | 05-29-2014 |
Tsuyoshi Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20130275019 | ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - An EPB control device controlling an electric actuator driving an EPB, wherein the device performs control to reach a lock position, a release position and a standby position between the lock position and the release position. In the lock position, a friction-applying member is thereby pressed against a friction-applied member by the EPB by actuating the electric actuator and a predetermined braking force is generated. In the release position, the friction-applying member is separated from the friction-applied member when the EPB is not actuated. In the standby position, a transition to the lock position is performed in a shorter time than when the EPB is actuated from the release position by the actuation of the electric actuator. The device controls, when a starting operation to start moving a vehicle is performed, the electric actuator such that the standby position is reached. | 10-17-2013 |
20140149012 | ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - An EPB-ECU is an electric parking brake control device which generates a braking force by driving an electric motor to press pads and to a disc rotor. The EPB-ECU includes a current supply unit for supplying a motor current to the electric motor and stopping the supply of the motor current when the motor current reaches a predetermined target current value, a supply time measurement unit for measuring a supply time of the motor current, a waiting time setting unit for setting a waiting time from when the supply of the motor current is stopped to when the supply of the motor current is restarted next time on the basis of the measured motor current supply time, and a control unit for instructing the current supply unit to supply the motor current according to the set waiting time. | 05-29-2014 |
Yasushi Ando, Toyota-Shi JP
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20140025279 | VEHICLE, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A vehicle includes an engine in which an intake valve is provided in each of a plurality of cylinders and an ECU for controlling the engine. An intake valve provided for at least any one of the plurality of cylinders opens when an output shaft of the engine stops. The ECU changes an intake valve which opens when the output shaft of the engine stops, while the vehicle is running. | 01-23-2014 |