Patents by Inventor Nobutada Saitou

Nobutada Saitou 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: 9028355
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission including three frictional engagement elements is configured to set engagement pressures of first and second frictional engagement elements at the time when a predetermined shift speed is established such that a torque capacity of a third frictional engagement element becomes smaller than torque capacities of the first and second frictional engagement elements in the case where an engagement pressure is generated in the third frictional engagement element at the time when the predetermined shift speed is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Owatari, Nobutada Saitou, Shinei Takata
  • Publication number: 20130233111
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission including three frictional engagement elements is configured to set engagement pressures of first and second frictional engagement elements at the time when a predetermined shift speed is established such that a torque capacity of a third frictional engagement element becomes smaller than torque capacities of the first and second frictional engagement elements in the case where an engagement pressure is generated in the third frictional engagement element at the time when the predetermined shift speed is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Masakazu OWATARI, Nobutada SAITOU, Shinei TAKATA
  • Patent number: 6317671
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission capable of sufficiently producing the effect of neutral control by reducing a period of time from stop of a vehicle to the release of an input clutch. Vehicle stop prediction means for predicting immediate stop of the vehicle from a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor is provided. Input clutch control means for reducing a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic servo of the input clutch from a hydraulic pressure in a normal engagement state to a waiting pressure capable of maintaining an engagement state of the clutch based on the prediction of the stop of the vehicle by the vehicle stop prediction means is provided. The operation of releasing the input clutch concurrent with the neutral control is started from a state of the waiting pressure, so that the input clutch is released in a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: AISIN AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsutsui, Nobutada Saitou