Patents by Inventor Kiyonori TAKAGI

Kiyonori TAKAGI 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: 11353103
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for a vehicle oil supply device that includes a mechanical oil pump configured to be rotatable forward and in reverse, an electric oil pump configured to suction oil stored in an oil storage portion that is common to the mechanical oil pump and the electric oil pump, a first filtering member provided to a first strainer of the mechanical oil pump, and a second filtering member provided to second strainer of the electric oil pump. The control device includes a controller configured to control the rotational speed of the electric oil pump. The controller is configured to restrict the rotational speed of the electric oil pump when the mechanical oil pump is rotated in reverse compared to when the mechanical oil pump is rotated forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawanishi, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Patent number: 11114921
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided with a lubricating path including a first oil pump to pump up an oil stored in the casing by the first oil pump and to supply the oil to the power transmission mechanism for lubricating the power transmission mechanism, and a cooling path that is separated from the lubricating circuit and provided for the rotating electric machine, the cooling path including a second oil pump to pump up the oil stored in the casing by the second oil pump to supply the oil exclusively to the rotating electric machine for cooling the rotating electric machine, the second oil pump is an electric oil pump, and the cooling path is provided with an oil cooler cooling the oil to be supplied to the rotating electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Ito, Kiyonori Takagi, Naoya Jinnai, Takahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 11081935
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided with a lubricating path including a first oil pump to pump up an oil stored in the casing by the first oil pump and to supply the oil to the power transmission mechanism for lubricating the power transmission mechanism, and a cooling path that is separated from the lubricating circuit and provided for the rotating electric machine, the cooling path including a second oil pump to pump up the oil stored in the casing by the second oil pump to supply the oil exclusively to the rotating electric machine for cooling the rotating electric machine, the second oil pump is an electric oil pump, and the cooling path is provided with an oil cooler cooling the oil to be supplied to the rotating electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Ito, Kiyonori Takagi, Naoya Jinnai, Takahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 10994602
    Abstract: A duct assembly for a vehicle includes an intake duct configured to supply air to an object to be cooled and a discharge duct configured to discharge the air supplied to the object to be cooled to the outside of the vehicle. The discharge duct has a discharge port that opens downward. The intake duct has an intake port that opens rearward. The rear bumper has a depression and an upper wall section. The depression has a panel opening that allows passage of air supplied to the intake port. The depression is recessed from the upper wall section toward the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Furukawa, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Patent number: 10955053
    Abstract: A manual unlocking device for a parking lock mechanism includes an operation lever that rotates when the parking lock mechanism is switched from a locked state to an unlocked state. The operation lever is arranged outside an occupant space of a vehicle cabin and is configured that a tool can be coupled to a rotation center thereof from the occupant space. The manual unlocking device for the parking lock mechanism is configured to switch the parking lock mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state by integral rotation of the operation lever with the tool when the tool, which is coupled to the operation lever, rotates in a state where the tool is arranged on the rotation center of the operation lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tateno, Kiyonori Takagi, Koichi Okuda, Atsushi Kawamoto, Ryuji Ibaraki, Yuji Yasuda, Haruhisa Suzuki, Hideki Matsubo, Junya Abe
  • Patent number: 10900410
    Abstract: A duct assembly for a vehicle includes an intake duct having an intake port that opens rearward, a discharge duct having a discharge port that opens downward, and a protrusion. The protrusion protrudes to a position below the discharge port from a position that is forward of the discharge port and overlaps with the discharge port in the width direction of the vehicle. The protrusion has a protruding distal end face. The distance in the front-rear direction from the rear end of the protruding distal end face to the rear end of the discharge port is defined as L. The distance in the vertical direction from the lower end of the object to be cooled to the rear end of the protruding distal end face is defined as H. The value obtained by dividing the distance L by the distance H is less than 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Furukawa, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Patent number: 10828978
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a heat exchanging type cooling device comprising an undercover disposed below the cooler body and having an air outlet through which the ambient air discharged through the lower surface of the cooler body is exhausted downwardly into outside atmosphere, the air outlet being formed through the undercover so as to extend in a vertical direction. The undercover is provided with a plurality of fins disposed within the air outlet such that the fins are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, each of the fins extending in a width direction of the vehicle and being inclined such that a lower end of the fin is located backward of its upper end in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Furukawa, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Patent number: 10828979
    Abstract: A cooling device of a vehicle includes a cooler body of a heat exchanging type and an air intake duct which are disposed in a rear portion of the vehicle. The air intake duct extends backwardly from the cooler body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and is disposed such that the air intake duct is displaceable relative to the cooler body forwardly of the vehicle upon application of an impact load to the air intake duct. The cooler body is attached to a body of the vehicle, while the air intake duct is attached to the cooler body, such that a strength of attachment of the air intake duct to the cooler body is lower than a strength of attachment of the cooler body to the body of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Furukawa, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Publication number: 20200339075
    Abstract: Provided is a manual release mechanism for a parking lock device including a gear, a meshing tooth capable of meshing with the gear, and an actuator that switches between a parking lock state and a non-parking lock state. The manual release mechanism includes an outer lever, an elastic member, and a retaining member. An activation state of the parking lock device is switched by the outer lever. One end of the elastic member is mounted on the outer lever. The retaining member has the other end of the elastic member mounted thereon, and retains the outer lever in a turning position through the elastic member. The elastic member is mounted between the outer lever and the retaining member so as to exert a force in the direction of a tangent to a turning locus of the outer lever when the outer lever is not being manually operated by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori KANEKO, Eiji ITO, Kiyonori TAKAGI, Hiroshi KAWANISHI, Soma NAKAGAMI
  • Patent number: 10793206
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a heat exchanging type cooling device includes an undercover disposed below the cooler body and having an air exhaust passage into which the ambient air discharged through the lower surface of the cooler body is introduced and through which the ambient air is exhausted into outside atmosphere, under a negative air pressure generated due to an air stream generated during running of the vehicle; and an elastically deformable sealing member in a closed form interposed between the air exhaust passage and the lower surface of the cooler body. The undercover is attached to the body of the vehicle, such that a gap is provided between the undercover and the lower surface of the cooler body, and such that the sealing member fluid-tightly closes the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Furukawa, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Publication number: 20200292054
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for a vehicle oil supply device that includes a mechanical oil pump configured to be rotatable forward and in reverse, an electric oil pump configured to suction oil stored in an oil storage portion that is common to the mechanical oil pump and the electric oil pump, a first filtering member provided to a first strainer of the mechanical oil pump, and a second filtering member provided to second strainer of the electric oil pump. The control device includes a controller configured to control the rotational speed of the electric oil pump. The controller is configured to restrict the rotational speed of the electric oil pump when the mechanical oil pump is rotated in reverse compared to when the mechanical oil pump is rotated forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawanishi, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Patent number: 10746282
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device comprises: a power transmission mechanism transmitting a drive power from a drive power source to a plurality of wheels; a differential gear mechanism provided in the power transmission mechanism and distributing the drive power input from the drive power source to the plurality of wheels; a casing housing the power transmission mechanism; and an oil pump sucking a lubricating oil stored in the casing, and the device drives the oil pump in conjunction with rotation of the differential gear mechanism. In the device, a catch tank storing the lubricating oil is provided in the casing, an introduction path is formed in the casing for introducing the lubricating oil scooped up by the differential gear mechanism during backward running of a vehicle into the catch tank, and a discharge oil passage connected to a discharge port of the oil pump is connected to the catch tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ito, Kiyonori Takagi, Kazuki Toya, Yuki Kawamoto, Naoya Jinnai
  • Patent number: 10670138
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes a case forming a first accommodating space that accommodates a speed change device and a second accommodating space that accommodates a rotary electric machine; an storage that is disposed under the first accommodating space and stores oil; a hydraulic pump including a suction that suctions the oil from the oil storage; a first oil passage that supplies the oil discharged by the hydraulic pump to the speed change device as hydraulic oil; a second oil passage that supplies the oil discharged by the hydraulic pump to the rotary electric machine as cooling oil; and a third oil passage that returns the oil supplied to the rotary electric machine, from the second accommodating space to the oil storage, by allowing the oil to flow in a direction from the second accommodating space toward the first accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junji Matsushita, Naoya Usami, Takeshi Horie, Kuniaki Ishii, Kazuyuki Shiiba, Tooru Matsubara, Atsushi Kawamoto, Kiyonori Takagi, Hidehiko Bansyoya
  • Publication number: 20200063639
    Abstract: A duct assembly for a vehicle includes an intake duct having an intake port that opens rearward, a discharge duct having a discharge port that opens downward, and a protrusion. The protrusion protrudes to a position below the discharge port from a position that is forward of the discharge port and overlaps with the discharge port in the width direction of the vehicle. The protrusion has a protruding distal end face. The distance in the front-rear direction from the rear end of the protruding distal end face to the rear end of the discharge port is defined as L. The distance in the vertical direction from the lower end of the object to be cooled to the rear end of the protruding distal end face is defined as H. The value obtained by dividing the distance L by the distance H is less than 3.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi NAKAMURA, Tomoaki FURUKAWA, Kiyonori TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20200062107
    Abstract: A duct assembly for a vehicle includes an intake duct configured to supply air to an object to be cooled and a discharge duct configured to discharge the air supplied to the object to be cooled to the outside of the vehicle. The discharge duct has a discharge port that opens downward. The intake duct has an intake port that opens rearward. The rear bumper has a depression and an upper wall section. The depression has a panel opening that allows passage of air supplied to the intake port. The depression is recessed from the upper wall section toward the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi NAKAMURA, Tomoaki FURUKAWA, Kiyonori TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20190249765
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device comprises: a power transmission mechanism transmitting a drive power from a drive power source to a plurality of wheels; a differential gear mechanism provided in the power transmission mechanism and distributing the drive power input from the drive power source to the plurality of wheels; a casing housing the power transmission mechanism; and an oil pump sucking a lubricating oil stored in the casing, and the device drives the oil pump in conjunction with rotation of the differential gear mechanism. In the device, a catch tank storing the lubricating oil is provided in the casing, an introduction path is formed in the casing for introducing the lubricating oil scooped up by the differential gear mechanism during backward running of a vehicle into the catch tank, and a discharge oil passage connected to a discharge port of the oil pump is connected to the catch tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji ITO, Kiyonori TAKAGI, Kazuki TOYA, Yuki KAWAMOTO, Naoya JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20190233026
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a heat exchanging type cooling device includes an undercover disposed below the cooler body and having an air exhaust passage into which the ambient air discharged through the lower surface of the cooler body is introduced and through which the ambient air is exhausted into outside atmosphere, under a negative air pressure generated due to an air stream generated during running of the vehicle; and an elastically deformable sealing member in a closed form interposed between the air exhaust passage and the lower surface of the cooler body. The undercover is attached to the body of the vehicle, such that a gap is provided between the undercover and the lower surface of the cooler body, and such that the sealing member fluid-tightly closes the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Furukawa, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190232777
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a heat exchanging type cooling device comprising an undercover disposed below the cooler body and having an air outlet through which the ambient air discharged through the lower surface of the cooler body is exhausted downwardly into outside atmosphere, the air outlet being formed through the undercover so as to extend in a vertical direction. The undercover is provided with a plurality of fins disposed within the air outlet such that the fins are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, each of the fins extending in a width direction of the vehicle and being inclined such that a lower end of the fin is located backward of its upper end in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Furukawa, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190232778
    Abstract: A cooling device of a vehicle includes a cooler body of a heat exchanging type and an air intake duct which are disposed in a rear portion of the vehicle. The air intake duct extends backwardly from the cooler body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and is disposed such that the air intake duct is displaceable relative to the cooler body forwardly of the vehicle upon application of an impact load to the air intake duct. The cooler body is attached to a body of the vehicle, while the air intake duct is attached to the cooler body, such that a strength of attachment of the air intake duct to the cooler body is lower than a strength of attachment of the cooler body to the body of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Furukawa, Kiyonori Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190229582
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided with a lubricating path including a first oil pump to pump up an oil stored in the casing by the first oil pump and to supply the oil to the power transmission mechanism for lubricating the power transmission mechanism, and a cooling path that is separated from the lubricating circuit and provided for the rotating electric machine, the cooling path including a second oil pump to pump up the oil stored in the casing by the second oil pump to supply the oil exclusively to the rotating electric machine for cooling the rotating electric machine, the second oil pump is an electric oil pump, and the cooling path is provided with an oil cooler cooling the oil to be supplied to the rotating electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji ITO, Kiyonori TAKAGI, Naoya JINNAI, Takahiro KATO