Patents by Inventor Hiroki MURASAWA

Hiroki MURASAWA 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).

  • Patent number: 11215280
    Abstract: Provided is a gear change control device of automatic transmission for vehicles. The gear change control device of automatic transmission includes a gear change control part which performs upshift gear change control and downshift gear change control of an automatic transmission according to a shift map. When an operation of a brake operation element is detected and full closure of an accelerator is detected, the gear change control part calculates, based on a change amount of a vehicle speed and a pressure of a brake master cylinder, a determination counter value for determining whether or not to execute the downshift of the automatic transmission, and when the determination counter value is equal to or greater than a threshold value (first threshold value), the gear change control part performs the downshift of the automatic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Noguchi, Kazuma Sasahara, Hiroki Murasawa, Naoyuki Kubo, Hiroki Kato
  • Publication number: 20210301920
    Abstract: Provided is a gear change control device of automatic transmission for vehicles. The gear change control device of automatic transmission includes a gear change control part which performs upshift gear change control and downshift gear change control of an automatic transmission according to a shift map. When an operation of a brake operation element is detected and full closure of an accelerator is detected, the gear change control part calculates, based on a change amount of a vehicle speed and a pressure of a brake master cylinder, a determination counter value for determining whether or not to execute the downshift of the automatic transmission, and when the determination counter value is equal to or greater than a threshold value (first threshold value), the gear change control part performs the downshift of the automatic transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki NOGUCHI, Kazuma SASAHARA, Hiroki MURASAWA, Naoyuki KUBO, Hiroki KATO
  • Patent number: 10393229
    Abstract: A dual clutch automatic transmission includes a one-way clutch provided in a driving force transmission path that establishes a certain gear ratio in a first set of gear ratios. A driving transmission direction of the one-way clutch is set such that a rotation inputted from a wheel side to an output member in a predetermined rotational direction is transmitted to the input shaft. The predetermined rotational direction corresponds to a backward movement of a vehicle. On condition that the vehicle has stopped, backward movement prevention control of causing the switching mechanism to engage a transmission gear for another gear ratio in the first set with the input shaft can be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Muto, Shohei Taka, Hiroki Murasawa
  • Publication number: 20170248197
    Abstract: A dual clutch automatic transmission includes a one-way clutch provided in a driving force transmission path that establishes a certain gear ratio in a first set of gear ratios. A driving transmission direction of the one-way clutch is set such that a rotation inputted from a wheel side to an output member in a predetermined rotational direction is transmitted to the input shaft. The predetermined rotational direction corresponds to a backward movement of a vehicle. On condition that the vehicle has stopped, backward movement prevention control of causing the switching mechanism to engage a transmission gear for another gear ratio in the first set with the input shaft can be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Akio Muto, Shohei Taka, Hiroki Murasawa
  • Patent number: 8935439
    Abstract: An oil pressure control system of an automatic transmission for a vehicle includes a lock-up clutch, a TC regulator valve, an LC control valve, an LC shift valve, an oil cooler, a control area determination device, a torque transmission capacity calculator, a high load state determination device, and an oil pressure controller. The oil pressure controller is configured to control a TC regulator pressure outputted by a TC regulator valve, so that a torque transmission capacity of a lock-up clutch is greater than a reference torque transmission capacity calculated by the torque transmission capacity calculator, if a control area determined by the control area determination device is a complete engagement area and the high load state determination device determines that an operational state is in a high load state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Murasawa, Satoru Miyata, Akihiro Shibahara
  • Publication number: 20130253785
    Abstract: An oil pressure control system of an automatic transmission for a vehicle includes a lock-up clutch, a TC regulator valve, an LC control valve, an LC shift valve, an oil cooler, a control area determination device, a torque transmission capacity calculator, a high load state determination device, and an oil pressure controller. The oil pressure controller is configured to control a TC regulator pressure outputted by a TC regulator valve, so that a torque transmission capacity of a lock-up clutch is greater than a reference torque transmission capacity calculated by the torque transmission capacity calculator, if a control area determined by the control area determination device is a complete engagement area and the high load state determination device determines that an operational state is in a high load state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki MURASAWA, Satoru MIYATA, Akihiro SHIBAHARA