Patents Assigned to JATCO Ltd
  • Publication number: 20240136891
    Abstract: A component comprising: a first case portion having a tunnel portion having an opening end opening toward an axial direction; and a second case portion having a catch tank portion opening upward, wherein the first case portion and the second case portion face each other such that a bottom portion of the tunnel portion and a bottom portion of the catch tank portion are coupled to each other, an opening area of the opening end of the tunnel portion on the second case portion side is larger than an opening area of the opening end of the tunnel portion on a side opposite to the second case portion side, the tunnel portion as a whole is inclined downward from the second case portion side of the tunnel portion to the side opposite to the second case portion side of the tunnel portion, and the second case portion side of the tunnel portion is inclined downward toward the catch tank portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki TANAKA, Yutaka OKUMURA, Yusuke SUZUKI, Yojiro MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240133463
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for a vehicle including a first oil pump that is driven by a first drive source driving a drive wheel of a vehicle and configured to supply oil to a hydraulic pressure actuation machine, and a second oil pump that is driven by a second drive source different from the first drive source and configured to supply oil to the hydraulic pressure actuation machine. The control device drives the second oil pump when a start switch of the vehicle is turned on and the first drive source is started for the first time, and drives the second oil pump when the second oil pump is not driven for a first predetermined time after the first drive source is started, and a rotation speed of the second oil pump when the first drive source is started is lower than a rotation speed of the second oil pump after the first drive source is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi OKUNO, Keisuke IWADO, Makoto OGURI
  • Patent number: 11965593
    Abstract: A hydraulic control circuit includes a pressure regulator valve, a first pilot valve, a second pilot valve, and a third pilot valve. A first pilot pressure is introduced as a source pressure into the primary solenoid valve that generates a primary signal pressure and a secondary solenoid valve that generates a secondary signal pressure. A second pilot pressure is introduced as a source pressure into a lock-up solenoid valve that generates the lock-up signal pressure. A third pilot pressure is introduced as a damping pressure into a primary regulator valve that controls a primary pulley pressure according to the primary signal pressure, and into a secondary regulator valve that controls a secondary pulley pressure according to the secondary signal pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Nobu
  • Publication number: 20240128830
    Abstract: A component comprising: a motor accommodating portion that accommodates a motor; an inverter accommodating portion that accommodates an inverter; a coupling portion that couples the motor accommodating portion and the inverter accommodating portion and is integrally formed with the motor accommodating portion and the inverter accommodating portion; and an oil passage that is formed in the coupling portion in a manner of extending along an axial direction of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventor: Kazuhiko YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240110624
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuation device includes a case; an oil passage provided in the case; and a support member provided in the case and configured to support a supported member. The oil passage includes an opening portion that allows the oil passage to communicate with a space inside the case, the support member is inserted into the opening portion, and a communication between the oil passage and the space inside the case is blocked by the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKANO, Fumikazu NAGAOKA, Hui JIN
  • Publication number: 20240102552
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a first pulley and a second pulley each including a fixed pulley and a movable pulley; and an endless member wound around the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the continuously variable transmission continuously changes a speed ratio by controlling a thrust of the movable pulley with a hydraulic pressure, the thrust of the movable pulley is made smaller as a rotation speed of the first pulley decreases, and when the rotation speed of the first pulley is lower than a predetermined rotation speed, the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a Low side of the predetermined speed ratio is not made smaller than the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a High side of the predetermined speed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shou OKUTANI, Masahiro KUSUDA, Tomohiro UTAGAWA, Hironori MIYAISHI, Seiichirou TAKAHASHI, Yusuke NAKANO, Hiromu SOYA, Jumpei HAYAKAWA, Makoto OGURI
  • Publication number: 20240102544
    Abstract: A power transmission device having: a case formed by assembling a first case member and a second case member; and a shaft member supported by the case, the power transmission device comprising: a protrusion provided to the first case member and protruding in the axial direction along to the direction of assembling the case; and a recess provided to the second case member and recessed in the axial direction. The shaft member is supported by the protrusion in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo KOBAYASHI, Kunihiko FUKANOKI, Akira KAMIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11940043
    Abstract: A baffle plate (4) including a body portion (5), a cover portion (8, 9) and a seal member (88, 98), a final gear (25) and a driven sprocket (DS) disposed in an accommodating chamber (Sa, Sb) of the baffle plate (4), an oil pump (OP) serving as a source of oil (OL) for lubrication, and an oil pan (16) are provided. At least one of the body portion (5), the cover portions (8, 9) and the seal members (88, 98) includes a material that shrinks as the temperature of the oil (OL) decreases. The baffle plate (4) is dimensioned such that a gap (CL1, CL2) is sealed by the seal member (88, 89) when the temperature of the oil (OL) is equal to or higher than a predetermined oil temperature and an aperture (CL?) is formed when the temperature of the oil (OL) is less than the predetermined oil temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Itou
  • Publication number: 20240093703
    Abstract: A hydraulic supply device includes: a first oil pump configured to supply oil to a supply passage; a second oil pump driven together with the first oil pump or driven when the first oil pump is stopped; a first check valve provided in a first oil passage that allows a suction side of the second oil pump to communicate with an oil source, and configured to close the first oil passage when the second oil pump is stopped; a second check valve provided in a second oil passage that allows a discharge side of the second oil pump to communicate with the supply passage, and configured to close the second oil passage when the second oil pump is stopped; and a third oil passage into which the oil supplied to the supply passage flows, wherein the oil flowing into the third oil passage is used as an auxiliary pressure for operation of the second check valve when the second oil passage is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko SUGANO, Takurou KAWASUMI, Kenji SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20240084892
    Abstract: An automatic transmission, in which when starting with an accelerator pedal opening less than a predetermined opening, the automatic transmission is set to a first speed ratio, and when starting with the accelerator pedal opening equal to or greater than the predetermined opening, the automatic transmission is set to a second speed ratio lower than the first speed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazue SHIMOKAWARA
  • Publication number: 20240068564
    Abstract: An automatic transmission includes: a transmission mechanism configured to shift rotation of a driving source and transmit the rotation to a driving wheel; and a clutch configured to control transmission of a torque from the driving source to the driving wheel, wherein when a change rate of a rotation speed of the driving source is equal to or higher than a predetermined change rate, a torque transmission capacity of the clutch is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazue SHIMOKAWARA
  • Publication number: 20240060556
    Abstract: The sensor arrangement structure includes a pulley that rotates about a rotation axis; and a sensor that detects rotation of the pulley. The pulley includes a fixed pulley, a movable pulley that can be displaced relative to the fixed pulley in a direction of the rotation axis, and a plunger defining an oil chamber on a back of the movable pulley. The plunger is provided with a detection target portion in a region that can be visually recognized from the direction of the rotation axis, and the sensor is provided on a support portion that rotatably supports the fixed pulley in a direction along the rotation axis and faces the region in which the detection target portion is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKANO, Fumikazu NAGAOKA, Hui JIN
  • Patent number: 11906035
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a pinion gear having a large pinion gear and a small pinion gear, a wall part that overlaps a revolution orbit of the large pinion gear in an axial direction, a plate that is provided between the wall part and the large pinion gear, and a bottom part provided on a lower part of the plate and a lower part of the revolution orbit of the large pinion gear with a clearance being interposed. A space on a wall part side of the plate and a space on a large pinion gear side of the plate in the axial direction are in communication with each other via the clearance positioned at the lower part of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Kenjiro Yasui, Takayoshi Urushibata, Yusuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240052857
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device for a hydraulic actuation machine including a main oil pump configured to supply oil to the hydraulic actuation machine, a sub oil pump configured to temporarily supply oil to the hydraulic actuation machine based on a drive request so as to compensate for an oil shortfall when supply of oil from the main oil pump to the hydraulic actuation machine is stopped or insufficient, and a drive unit configured to drive the sub oil pump, wherein when an elapsed time elapsed from a time point when the sub oil pump is driven reaches a predetermined time, the hydraulic control device generates an air discharge command for discharging air accumulated in the sub oil pump and outputs the air discharge command to the drive unit, and the drive unit drives the sub oil pump to discharge the air accumulated in the sub oil pump based on the output air discharge command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji OISHI, Keisuke IWADO, Hiroyuki TOKOI, Masanori SATOU
  • Publication number: 20240044404
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] When an acceleration request from a driver is large, upshift is performed under a high engine rotation speed. [SOLUTIONS] Provided is an automatic transmission, including: a torque converter that is disposed downstream of a drive source in a power transmission path and is provided with a lockup clutch; and a transmission mechanism that is disposed downstream of the torque converter and changes a speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft, in which in a state where the lockup clutch is engaged, when a rotation speed of the input shaft reaches a first rotation speed, the automatic transmission starts upshift, and in a state where the lockup clutch is disengaged or slips, when the rotation speed of the input shaft reaches a second rotation speed obtained by subtracting a first predetermined rotation speed from the first rotation speed, the automatic transmission starts upshift, and the first predetermined rotation speed decreases as an output torque of the drive source increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichirou TAKAHASHI, Koji SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240035559
    Abstract: A device includes a case; a first rotating body that has at least a part immersed in the oil in an oil bath; a second rotating body disposed in the case at a position not immersed in the oil in the oil bath; a plate; a first wall portion provided on the plate between the first rotating body and the second rotating body; a second wall portion provided above the first wall portion in a gravity direction and extending toward a direction away from the first rotating body; and a fourth wall portion provided between the first rotating body and the second rotating body and extending in a vertical direction on the plate, wherein the first wall portion is provided on a first rotating body side of the plate, and the fourth wall portion is provided on a second rotating body side of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240026963
    Abstract: A power transmission device, includes a motor; a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor; a pump that sucks oil through a pump inlet; and a box that includes a first chamber accommodating the gear mechanism and a second chamber provided with the pump inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventor: Masumi FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240027145
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a case including a heat exchange unit; an inflow port through which a fluid flows into the heat exchange unit; and a discharge port through which the fluid is discharged from the heat exchange unit. In the case, the inflow port and the discharge port are opened in a facing surface facing a component to which the apparatus is assembled, the inflow port is disposed to face a fluid outlet of the component, and a partition wall that separates an inflow port side and a discharge port side is provided on the facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu SUZUKI, Giljo JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240026964
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a case that stores oil inside, wherein the case includes a drain hole that discharges the oil to an outside, and a tubular portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a direction of gravity, and the drain hole opens in a direction intersecting the direction of gravity on the tubular portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu ITOU
  • Patent number: 11858352
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a case member, a stay member and a rib. The case member is supported by a frame of a vehicle body with a mount member being interposed. The stay member is suspended between a boss part of the case member and a member of a case member side in the mount member, a longitudinal direction of the stay member intersecting a longitudinal direction of the frame. The rib extends in the case member in a direction that is an extension of the longitudinal direction of the stay member at a root of the boss part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Jatco Ltd, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Numata, Satoru Naruoka, Yusuke Ienaka, Kazuhiro Nishimura, Taku Maezono, Tatsuya Kumagai, Yutaka Okumura