Patents by Inventor Kazunori Ishikawa

Kazunori Ishikawa 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: 9651146
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure for a plurality of friction engagement elements included in an automatic transmission mounted on a vehicle to establish a plurality of shift speeds, including: a plurality of pressure regulation valves, a plurality of hydraulic switches, speed change control means, and abnormality determination means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Munehiro Tashiro, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9617420
    Abstract: The present technology is an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin (A), a urethane resin (B) in which the terminal isocyanate of the urethane prepolymer is blocked by at least one of an ?-polycaprolactam, an oxime, or a pyrazole, and in which bisphenol A is included in the backbone of the aforementioned urethane prepolymer, and a curing agent (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Misaki Matsumura, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170072710
    Abstract: A part feeding device of the present disclosure includes a main body; a conveyor; and a part detector. At a positon further upstream than the part detector, the transporting passage includes a guide surface for guiding the lower surface of the part feeding tape, and a ceiling surface which faces the guide surface and is positioned at a position upwardly apart from the guide surface by the dimension larger than the thickness of the part feeding tape having the maximum thickness to be used in the part feeding device. The transporting passage includes a partial guide surface which supports the lower surface of the part feeding tape, and the partial guide surface includes an approaching portion approaching a ceiling surface in a downstream direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUMORI, Takashi NAKAMURA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA, Kozo ODAWARA
  • Patent number: 9568093
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes a C1 relay valve 70 whose state is switched based on a signal pressure that is generated based on a line pressure PL, and a check valve 80 attached to a drain oil passage L7. A set pressure of the check valve 80 is adjusted to an oil pressure that is lower than the maximum oil pressure obtained by discharge capability of an electromagnetic pump 60 and higher than an SL1 pressure Psl1 remaining in a hydraulic servo of a clutch C1 when the state of the C1 relay valve 70 is switched after a mechanical oil pump 42 is stopped. Operation of the electromagnetic pump 60 is started before the state of the C1 relay valve 70 is switched after the mechanical oil pump 42 is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Naoyuki Fukaya, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9568090
    Abstract: A spool valve that has a hollow portion formed with an input port, a first output port, and a second output port, and a spool capable of sliding within the hollow portion and having a plurality of lands, the spool valve being configured to distribute output for input to the input port to the first output port and the second output port in accordance with a proportion of distribution that matches a position of the spool. An opening of the second output port is formed in such a shape that a width of the opening becomes gradually smaller in a direction of movement of the spool in which distribution of the output to the first output port is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kenichi Tsuchida, Kazunori Ishikawa, Tomomi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9540587
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for transmissions having improved fuel saving properties, excellent metal fatigue prevention properties, and heat resistance containing: a lubricating base oil containing (A) a mineral base oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 1.5 mm2/s or higher and 3.5 mm2/s or lower, a pour point of ?25° C. or lower, a viscosity index of 105 or greater, a % CP of 85 or greater, a % CN of 2 or greater and 20 or less and a % CA of 3 or less and (B) a monoester-based base oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 2 to 10 mm2/s; (C) a phosphorus acid ester; and (D) a boronated ashless dispersant, the ratio of the mass percent of boron to the mass percent of phosphorus in the composition (B/P) being from 0.07 to 0.42, and the composition having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 2.5 to 4.0 mm2/s is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: JX Nippon Oil & Enery Corporation, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Nakao, Hitoshi Komatsubara, Kazunori Ishikawa, Katsuhito Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160329122
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive paste containing: a binder resin containing at least an aromatic polyimide resin (A) having a phenolic hydroxyl group and an ether linkage in a skeleton, and conductive particles. The polyimide resin (A) is preferably the resin of formula (1). (R1 represents formula (2), R2 represents formula (3), and R3 represents a divalent aromatic group having at least one of the structures illustrated in formula (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPONKAYAKU KABUSHIKIKAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori ISHIKAWA, Go MIZUTANI, Junichi SEGAWA
  • Patent number: 9480154
    Abstract: Provided herein are a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic polyamide resin and a resin composition containing the resin, such as an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin. The phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic polyamide resin has a structure represented by the following formula (1): wherein m and n are average values satisfying the following formula: 0.005?n/(m+n)<0.05, m+n is a positive value of 2 to 200, Ar1 is a bivalent aromatic group, Ar2 is a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing bivalent aromatic group, and Ar3 is a bivalent aromatic group. Such a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic polyamide resin has a low ionic impurity content and improved adhesive properties as well as excellent properties inherent in conventional phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic polyamide resins, such as the ability to allow a cured epoxy resin composition to have excellent flexibility, electrical properties, flame retardancy, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Ishikawa, Makoto Uchida, Yasumasa Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 9458927
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission, the hydraulic control device includes: a throttle valve, a primary regulator valve and a failure circuit that includes a first solenoid valve that is switched when the throttle valve is subjected to a failure in which the throttle valve is unable to output the throttle pressure, and that leads a predetermined hydraulic pressure based on switching of the first solenoid valve to the control oil chamber of the primary regulator valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Yamada, Tozo Yamada, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9429154
    Abstract: An electromagnetic pump including a suction check valve including a tubular portion and a flange portion that extends in a radial direction from an end edge of the tubular portion, the suction check valve being formed with a through hole that penetrates the tubular portion and the flange portion to form a suction port in an end surface of the flange portion. A strainer attached to the suction port and having a pore forming region which is larger than an inside diameter of the through hole at the tubular portion and in which a large number of pores are formed. The suction check valve is formed with a diameter reducing portion formed such that the inside diameter of the through hole is reduced from the flange portion toward the tubular portion with a degree of diameter reduction varied from a large value to a small value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Ishikawa, Masaya Nakai
  • Publication number: 20160194542
    Abstract: A polyimide resin composition which produces a heat-conductive adhesive film having specifically satisfactory electrical insulation properties and thermal conductivity, exhibiting adhesiveness at a low temperature of about 170° C. to 200° C., and exhibiting a glass transition temperature of higher than 200° C. after lamination of the film, is provided. Disclosed is a resin composition including an aromatic polyimide resin (A) containing phenolic hydroxyl groups; a filler (B); and an epoxy resin (C) having a melt viscosity of 0.04 Pa·s or less, wherein the ratio of the amounts in parts by mass of the polyimide resin (A), the filler (B), and the epoxy resin (C) satisfies the relationships: (A):(C)=99:1 to 1:99, and ((A)+(C)):(B)=80:20 to 5:95.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji SEKINE, Noriyuki NAGASHIMA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9346954
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a curable resin composition having excellent adhesion. This curable resin composition contains: a straight-chain organopolysiloxane (A) having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and at least one aryl group in each molecule, the degree of polymerization being greater than 10; a branched-chain organopolysiloxane (B) having at least three alkenyl groups and at least one aryl group in each molecule; and a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emi Kim, Yoshihito Takei, Tsubasa Ito, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9243703
    Abstract: A lubricating oil supply device that supplies hydraulic oil used to actuate a vehicle's transmission. The supply device configured with a pump that generates a hydraulic pressure, and a line pressure generation valve that discharges a part of the hydraulic pressure from the pump as a discharge pressure to generate a line pressure for actuating the transmission. A signal pressure output valve that outputs a signal pressure for actuating the line pressure generation valve in accordance with at least a throttle operation amount or torque input to the transmission. Furthermore, a switching valve that is actuated by the signal pressure from the signal pressure output valve and that supplies lubricating oil input to an input port to the object to be lubricated from an output port with a flow rate of the lubricating oil changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kenichi Tsuchida, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20160003309
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a pressure regulating valve capable of regulating a source pressure to generate a control pressure higher than the oil pressure in the circulation oil chamber and supplying the control pressure to the engagement port, wherein when disengaging the lockup clutch, the hydraulic oil is circulated in the circulation oil chamber via the circulation input port and the circulation output port, and part of the hydraulic oil circulated in the circulation oil chamber is supplied to the engagement port, and when engaging the lockup clutch, the supply of the hydraulic oil circulated in the circulation oil chamber to the engagement port is cut off, and the control pressure is supplied to the engagement port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUTSUBO, Masamichi YAMAGUCHI, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150376544
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for transmissions having improved fuel saving properties, excellent metal fatigue prevention properties, and heat resistance containing: a lubricating base oil containing (A) a mineral base oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 1.5 mm2/s or higher and 3.5 mm2/s or lower, a pour point of ?25° C. or lower, a viscosity index of 105 or greater, a % Cp of 85 or greater, a % CN of 2 or greater and 20 or less and a % CA of 3 or less and (B) a monoester-based base oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 2 to 10 mm2/s; (C) a phosphorus acid ester; and (D) a boronated ashless dispersant, the ratio of the mass percent of boron to the mass percent of phosphorus in the composition (B/P) being from 0.07 to 0.42, and the composition having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 2.5 to 4.0 mm2/s is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicants: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime NAKAO, Hitoshi KOMATSUBARA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA, Katsuhito YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20150354639
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a solenoid valve that includes an input port, an output port that communicates with the hydraulic engagement element via an oil passage, and a feedback port that communicates with the output port via the oil passage, the solenoid valve regulating a pressure of working oil input from the input port to output the regulated pressure from the output port to the oil passage, a part of the output working oil being input to the feedback port; and a hydraulic damper that damps pulsation of the hydraulic pressure output from the output port to the oil passage, wherein: the oil passage is provided with an orifice mechanism that reduces a flow rate of the working oil; and the hydraulic damper communicates with the oil passage on a side of the output port and the feedback port with respect to the orifice mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori ISHIKAWA, Kazuyuki NODA, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Koji MAKINO, Keiji SUZUKI, Yoshimitsu HYODO
  • Publication number: 20150330501
    Abstract: In a sleeve, two input ports are formed as ports that receive a discharge pressure of an electromagnetic pump, and a drain port connected to a drain oil passage is formed on the same circumference as that on which the input port is formed, so as to have a smaller opening area than the input port and an output port connected to an oil passage. The axial length of the second land is set so that the input port can be closed by the second land when a signal pressure is equal to or higher than a set pressure, and that the input port and the drain port can be closed by the second land when the signal pressure is lower than the set pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUTSUBO, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Naoyuki FUKAYA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150323063
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes a C1 relay valve 70 whose state is switched based on a signal pressure that is generated based on a line pressure PL, and a check valve 80 attached to a drain oil passage L7. A set pressure of the check valve 80 is adjusted to an oil pressure that is lower than the maximum oil pressure obtained by discharge capability of an electromagnetic pump 60 and higher than an SL1 pressure Psl1 remaining in a hydraulic servo of a clutch C1 when the state of the C1 relay valve 70 is switched after a mechanical oil pump 42 is stopped. Operation of the electromagnetic pump 60 is started before the state of the C1 relay valve 70 is switched after the mechanical oil pump 42 is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUTSUBO, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Naoyuki FUKAYA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9175679
    Abstract: A piston is slidably provided in a cylinder and partitions a first pump chamber, and a second pump chamber connected to an object to be operated. A first on-off valve is provided between the first pump chamber and the outside. A second on-off valve is provided in a connecting flow passage that connects the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber to each other. When the piston is moved forward by an electromagnetic force of a solenoid portion, a capacity of the first pump chamber decreases, and a capacity of the second pump chamber increases. When the piston is moved backward by a biasing force of a spring, the capacity of the first pump chamber increases, and the capacity of the second pump chamber decreases. A pressure receiving area of the front face of the piston is larger than that of the back face thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazuhiko Kato, Noriomi Fujii, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9157544
    Abstract: A valve section that functions as a solenoid valve device that includes a pressure adjusting section that adjusts fluid pressure supplied from a fluid pressure source; a pump section that sucks and discharges working fluid in a reservoir; and a single solenoid section that drives the pressure adjusting section and the pump section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazuhiko Kato, Naoyuki Fukaya, Kazunori Ishikawa, Kenichi Tsuchida, Akitomo Suzuki, Noriomi Fujii