Patents Assigned to JATCO Ltd
  • Patent number: 11293531
    Abstract: An automatic transmission is provided, which includes a variator having a first pulley, a second pulley and a belt wound around the first and second pulleys, a first motor configured to give a pulley thrust force for shifting the variator to the first or second pulley, a second motor configured to cause a belt clamping force to be generated in the variator, and a power transmission mechanism provided between the second motor and the variator, to transmit an output torque of the second motor to the variator. The power transmission mechanism includes a cycloid decelerator configured to decelerate an input torque from the second motor, and transmit the decelerated input torque to the variator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanori Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20220065341
    Abstract: The gear mechanism includes a gear shaped to have a bottom land, a first tooth flank connected to the bottom land, a second tooth flank connected to the bottom land, a first tooth face connected to the first tooth flank, and a second tooth face connected to the second tooth flank. The bottom land is curved, a radius of curvature of the first tooth flank is greater than a radius of curvature of the second tooth flank, and parts of the first tooth flank and the second tooth flank connected to connection points with the bottom land are curved such that a distance of each of the parts from a shaft center of the gear decreases toward the connection points and that a gradient of each of the parts decreases toward the connection points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Daiki KAMATA, Kouji MATSUO, Ryouhei SAITOU, Kunihiko FUKANOKI
  • Patent number: 11260869
    Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission includes: a failure diagnosis section for diagnosing whether or not a failure has occurred in a shift control system of the automatic transmission; a fail-safe control section for fixing the automatic transmission into a predetermined gear position in response to confirmation of the failure of the shift control system of the automatic transmission; and an oil temperature rise regulation torque reduction control section for outputting a torque reduction request to suppress torque of a vehicle driving source, based on temperature of transmission operating oil of the automatic transmission, and outputting the torque reduction request in response to satisfaction of an oil temperature condition that is set lower in oil temperature when the automatic transmission is fixed in a first gear position by the fail-safe control section than when the automatic transmission is not fixed in the first gear position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Tomoko Oue, Masashi Yamaji, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Shin Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20220055601
    Abstract: A controller includes a control unit configured to perform stepwise shift that upshifts a CVT in a stepped manner to accelerate a vehicle. The control unit performs a downshift control configured to downshift the continuously variable transmission in a case in which an accelerator pedal is continuously stepped on from before prohibition of the stepwise shift to after prohibition of the stepwise shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonghwan LEE, Tomoaki HONMA, Satoshi NAKANO, Koutarou TAGAMI, Yusuke USHIKUBO
  • Patent number: 11242923
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a case member including an outer surface on the side where a torque converter is disposed and an inner surface on the side where a driving force transmission mechanism is disposed. The case member includes a supporting hole by which a bearing that supports a third shaft is supported, a supporting hole by which a bearing that supports a fourth shaft is supported, and an oil path through which an lubricant, to be supplied to the bearing and the bearing, is supplied. The oil path protrudes from the outer surface from the case member and has a straight line shape connecting between the supporting hole and the supporting hole. Thus, components can be appropriately lubricated even when it is difficult to provide lubrication pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tou Ou, Toshiyuki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220032915
    Abstract: A controller includes a control unit which is configured to execute a coast stop control. The coast stop control is configured to perform automatic stopping of the drive source while the vehicle is traveling, when a permitting condition is satisfied, the permitting condition including a condition that a speed ratio R of the variator is lower than a first threshold R1 while the lock-up clutch is in an engaged phase. The control unit is configured to prohibit execution of the coast stop control in a case in which an input-output rotation speed difference of the torque converter is equal to or more than a predetermined value when the lock-up clutch is in the engaged phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonghwan LEE, Tomohiro UTAGAWA, Chadol KIM
  • Patent number: 11236824
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission has a variator (4) structured to be able to continuously vary a transmission ratio and a control unit (100). The control unit (100) continuously varies a transmission ratio of the variator (4) in a continuously variable shift mode. In a manual mode in which a manual mode switch (36c) is ON, the transmission ratio is maintained. When a shift switch (36a, 36b) is operated by a driver during the manual mode, the control unit (100) performs shift of the variator (4) so as to change an input rotation speed of the variator (4) by a predetermined rotation speed (?N1) regardless of a vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Ken Okahara, Atsushi Shimada
  • Patent number: 11235753
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a drive shaft, an engagement element, an engine coupled via the engagement element, an electric motor coupled without via the engagement element, and a control unit that instructs a reengagement of the engagement element when an accelerator pedal opening increases to equal to or more than a predetermined degree of opening during switching of driving sources in which an engagement capacity of the engagement element is decreased while a torque of the electric motor is increased, and increases the torque of the electric motor to more than the torque of the electric motor before the accelerator pedal opening increases to equal to or more than the predetermined degree of opening until the engagement capacity of the engagement element starts increasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Nishihiro, Masaharu Mochizuki, Takashi Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20220025962
    Abstract: A torque converter has a torus. The torus has a size set based on a flatness ratio obtained by dividing a width of the torus in an axial direction by a width of the torus in a radial direction, a thinness ratio obtained by dividing the width of the torus in the axial direction by an outer diameter of the torus, and an inner diameter ratio obtained by dividing an inner diameter of the torus by the outer diameter of the torus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunori KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11226032
    Abstract: An automatic transmission has an oil pump driven by a travelling driving source. An air vent structure that expels air bubbles contained in automatic transmission fluid during pump operation has an air vent hole whose one end communicates with an outlet port of the oil pump and whose other end opens toward the oil pan. An air vent tube is connected to an opening end of the air vent hole. The air vent tube is extended up to a strainer lower side gap area located between a strainer and the oil pan, and a tube opening end of the air vent tube is placed in oil of the automatic transmission fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11208095
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle having a drive shaft, an engagement element, an engine connected to the drive shaft via the engagement element, and an electric motor connected to the drive shaft not via the engagement element includes a control portion adapted to stop the engine after a maintaining period in which the engine is maintained at predetermined rotation speed during travel of the vehicle. The a control portion gradually decreases an engagement volume of the engagement element while gradually increasing a power generation load of the electric motor during the maintaining period to disengage the engagement element, and stops the engine after disengagement of the engagement element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Shimizu, Masayoshi Nakasaki
  • Patent number: 11204096
    Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission arranged between an engine and a drive wheel, the automatic transmission including a torque converter having a lock-up clutch, and a transmission mechanism. The control device includes a shift control unit configured to perform shift control of the transmission mechanism. The shift control unit includes a forced downshift control processing unit configured to implement forced downshift when an accelerator foot release operation is performed during auto-upshift in a power-on state with the lock-up clutch engaged. The forced downshift control processing unit is configured to start the forced downshift before an engine rotation speed that has decreased due to the auto-upshift reaches a lock-up release rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: Jatco Ltd., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuki Hirasako
  • Patent number: 11204092
    Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism, a torque converter, a target transmission ratio calculation unit, a feedback control unit, and a phase compensation unit. The torque converter has a lock-up clutch. The target transmission ratio calculation unit is configured to calculate a target transmission ratio based on a travelling state. The feedback control unit is configured to perform feedback control based on an actual value indicative of a state of the continuously variable transmission mechanism. The phase compensation unit is configured to perform phase lead compensation of the feedback control based on the travelling state. The phase compensation control unit is configured to halt the phase lead compensation when an unstable travelling state of a vehicle is detected. The phase compensation control unit is further configured to release the lock-up clutch when the phase lead compensation is halted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Okahara, Hiroyasu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11193584
    Abstract: For a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a motor generator, and a belt-type continuously variable transmission, a controller performs a low speed position return expediting control in response to a downshift request accompanying deceleration. During the low speed position return expediting control, the controller increases a differential pressure between a primary pressure and a secondary pressure and cause a downshift toward a lowest speed position transmission ratio by reducing the primary pressure, and further reduces the primary pressure when the secondary pressure becomes greater than or equal to a trigger threshold value during the downshift; and terminates the low speed position return expediting control when an actual secondary pressure decreases to a secondary pressure minimum level. The controller further sets a secondary pressure lower limit higher than the secondary pressure minimum level during the low speed position return expediting control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokoi, Kenji Yoneda, Hironori Miyaishi
  • Publication number: 20210348681
    Abstract: A housing member for a power transmission device connected to a driving source via a torque converter housed in the housing member includes a torque converter side mating face closer to the torque converter. The torque converter side mating face has a single-wall structure and a double-wall structure, wherein two adjacent fastening regions are connected circumferentially by a wall in the single-wall structure, and wherein two adjacent fastening regions are connected circumferentially by each of two walls in the double-wall structure. The torque converter side mating face includes: an upper half region in which the double-wall structure has a greater proportion in area than the single-wall structure; and a lower half region in which the double-wall structure has a less proportion in area than the single-wall structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya NUMATA, Yuuki SAKAI, Yusuke IENAKA, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Tatsuya KUMAGAI, Masakazu TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210341039
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a fix pulley; a slide pulley: an endless annular member sandwiched by the fix pulley and the slide pulley; a cylinder member which is fixed to the fix pulley, and which includes a cylinder cylindrical portion constituting a wall of a pulley pressure receiving chamber; and a stopper member disposed at a position at which the stopper member is abutted on the cylinder member when a hydraulic pressure which is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is supplied to the pulley pressure receiving chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi KUROKI
  • Publication number: 20210341046
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a cylindrical member including an opening formed at a first end in an axial direction, and a wall portion formed at a second end in the axial direction; and a planetary gear set received within the cylindrical member; a carrier of the planetary gear set which includes a protruding portion protruding toward an outer circumference side, and the protruding portion being positioned between the wall portion and a ring gear of the planetary gear set, wherein the carrier is integrally formed with a hub portion of a clutch; the hub portion is positioned on a wall portion side of the carrier; and an outermost circumference portion of the protruding portion is positioned radially outside of an outermost circumference portion of the hub portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MATSUSHITA, Akira KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210341050
    Abstract: Disclosed is a support structure for a ring gear (32), which includes: a clutch drum (6) coupled by spline fitting with the ring gear (32); and first and second snap rings (38, 39) mounted to a circumferential wall (62) of the clutch drum (6) and supporting the ring gear (32). The first snap ring (38) is positioned so as not to overlap with the ring gear (32) in a radial direction. The second snap ring (39) is positioned so as to overlap with the ring gear (32) in the radial direction. A length (a1) of the first snap ring (38) in the radial direction is longer than a length (a2) of the second snap ring (39) in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya NUMATA, Hiroyuki MATSUSHITA, Akira KAMIYAMA, Ryousuke KATSUYAMA, Tsukasa SHIINO
  • Patent number: 11162581
    Abstract: A control device for a continuously variable transmission performs feedback control so that an actual transmission control value becomes a target transmission control value. The control device for a continuously variable transmission includes a phase lead compensation unit configured to perform phase lead compensation of the feedback control, a phase delay compensation unit configured to perform phase delay compensation of the feedback control, and a phase compensation on/off determination unit configured to stop the phase delay compensation by the phase delay compensation unit when an unstable traveling state of a vehicle is detected, and to restore the phase delay compensation when a traveling state of the vehicle has changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Okahara
  • Publication number: 20210328480
    Abstract: A motor oil-cooling structure for cooling, with oil, coils wound around split stator cores of a motor includes injection holes arranged in a circumferential direction of the split stator cores. The motor includes a motor case, a rotor rotatably supported by the motor case, and a stator including the split stator cores fixed to the motor case and arranged along a cylindrical outer periphery of the rotor. Each of the injection holes is structured to inject oil toward a corresponding one of coil gaps each of which is formed between two of the split stator cores adjacent to each other. Furthermore, each of the injection holes is structured to inject oil in a direction inclined by a circumferential inclination angle with respect to a direction of a motor axis, wherein oil injected to the coil gaps in the direction of the motor axis passes straight through the coil gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventor: Masahiro KOSAKA