Patents by Inventor Shin TSUKAMOTO

Shin TSUKAMOTO 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: 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: 20210237733
    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: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Tomoko OUE, Masashi YAMAJI, Hiroshi TSUCHIYA, Shin TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10323744
    Abstract: Control device for continuously variable transmission (4) with auxiliary transmission having variator (20); hydraulic pressure control circuit (11) having primary pressure solenoid (11b); and transmission ratio controller (12) controlling the transmission ratio of variator (20) by feedback control. The transmission ratio controller (12) has a high limiter control unit (FIG. 5) that, when receiving a high transmission ratio limiting request, performs a high limiter control that limits the transmission ratio to a High limit line. The transmission ratio controller (12) also has a primary pressure lower limit regulation control unit (FIG. 4) that, when operation of the high limiter control is started during a time period when the transmission ratio is present at a High transmission ratio side with respect to the high limit transmission ratio, regulates a decrease of a primary command pressure to the primary pressure solenoid up to a High limiter-operated final target primary lower limit pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Suwabe, Shin Tsukamoto, Youhei Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10316967
    Abstract: CVT controller has rotation speed sensors detecting driving and driven wheel rotation speed; driving and driven wheel speed difference detection unit detecting wheel speed difference ?vfr; and bad road judgment unit judging that road is bad road when ?vfr is first value ?vfr_br or greater. CVT controller further has first belt clamping force increase unit increasing belt clamping force in case where road is judged to be bad road, as compared with case where road is not judged to be bad road; vibration detection unit detecting vehicle speed vibration fvsp; and second belt clamping force increase unit increasing belt clamping force when ?vfr is second value ?vfr_psec or greater or when fvsp is third value fvsp_psec or greater in case where road is not judged to be bad road, as compared with case where ?vfr is less than ?vfr_psec and case where fvsp is less than fvsp_psec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Abe, Shin Tsukamoto, Seiichiro Takahashi, Hiroyasu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10006542
    Abstract: A control device for a continuously variable transmission includes a wheel speed difference sensing section configured to sense a wheel speed difference between the driving wheel and the driven wheel from a detection value of the first rotation speed sensor and a detection value of the second rotation speed sensor; and a clamping force increasing section configured to increase a clamping force for sandwiching a belt of the continuously variable transmission by a pulley when the wheel speed difference becomes equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, relative to a case where the wheel speed difference is smaller than the first predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Abe, Tomoyuki Suwabe, Shin Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20180119813
    Abstract: CVT controller has rotation speed sensors detecting driving and driven wheel rotation speed; driving and driven wheel speed difference detection unit detecting wheel speed difference ?vfr; and bad road judgment unit judging that road is bad road when ?vfr is first value ?vfr_br or greater. CVT controller further has first belt clamping force increase unit increasing belt clamping force in case where road is judged to be bad road, as compared with case where road is not judged to be bad road; vibration detection unit detecting vehicle speed vibration fvsp; and second belt clamping force increase unit increasing belt clamping force when ?vfr is second value ?vfr_psec or greater or when fvsp is third value fvsp_psec or greater in case where road is not judged to be bad road, as compared with case where ?vfr is less than ?vfr_psec and case where fvsp is less than fvsp_psec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke ABE, Shin TSUKAMOTO, Seiichiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroyasu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180073634
    Abstract: Control device for continuously variable transmission (4) with auxiliary transmission having variator (20); hydraulic pressure control circuit (11) having primary pressure solenoid (11b); and transmission ratio controller (12) controlling the transmission ratio of variator (20) by feedback control. The transmission ratio controller (12) has a high limiter control unit (FIG. 5) that, when receiving a high transmission ratio limiting request, performs a high limiter control that limits the transmission ratio to a High limit line. The transmission ratio controller (12) also has a primary pressure lower limit regulation control unit (FIG. 4) that, when operation of the high limiter control is started during a time period when the transmission ratio is present at a High transmission ratio side with respect to the high limit transmission ratio, regulates a decrease of a primary command pressure to the primary pressure solenoid up to a High limiter-operated final target primary lower limit pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SUWABE, Shin TSUKAMOTO, Youhei ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170219096
    Abstract: A control device for a continuously variable transmission includes a wheel speed difference sensing section configured to sense a wheel speed difference between the driving wheel and the driven wheel from a detection value of the first rotation speed sensor and a detection value of the second rotation speed sensor; and a clamping force increasing section configured to increase a clamping force for sandwiching a belt of the continuously variable transmission by a pulley when the wheel speed difference becomes equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, relative to a case where the wheel speed difference is smaller than the first predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke ABE, Tomoyuki SUWABE, Shin TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8818654
    Abstract: Engine output control apparatus has shift range detecting section detecting shift range of automatic transmission; vehicle speed detecting section detecting vehicle speed; engine output state detecting section detecting engine output state; and controller. The controller performs (a) judgment control judging that torque converter is in a stall state if following judgment conditions (i) to (iii) are satisfied, (i) shift range is drive range, (ii) vehicle speed is equal to or less than predetermined vehicle speed, (iii) engine is in a high output state, (b) cumulation control cumulating a period of agreement of the judgment conditions if the judgment conditions are satisfied, and (c) output suppression control suppressing output of the engine if a control start condition is satisfied by cumulation of the agreement period. The control start condition is set so that as the vehicle speed becomes higher, start of the output suppression control is more delayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Takashi Koguchi, Kazunori Sugiura, Shin Tsukamoto, Shohei Imaji, Yoshiyuki Egawa
  • Publication number: 20130261906
    Abstract: Engine output control apparatus has shift range detecting section detecting shift range of automatic transmission; vehicle speed detecting section detecting vehicle speed; engine output state detecting section detecting engine output state; and controller. The controller performs (a) judgment control judging that torque converter is in a stall state if following judgment conditions (i) to (iii) are satisfied, (i) shift range is drive range, (ii) vehicle speed is equal to or less than predetermined vehicle speed, (iii) engine is in a high output state, (b) cumulation control cumulating a period of agreement of the judgment conditions if the judgment conditions are satisfied, and (c) output suppression control suppressing output of the engine if a control start condition is satisfied by cumulation of the agreement period. The control start condition is set so that as the vehicle speed becomes higher, start of the output suppression control is more delayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Takashi KOGUCHI, Kazunori SUGIURA, Shin TSUKAMOTO, Shohei IMAJI, Yoshiyuki EGAWA
  • Patent number: 8548701
    Abstract: A transmission controller determines whether an oil temperature in the CVT is higher than a high oil temperature control starting temperature or not. If it is determined that the oil temperature is higher than the high oil temperature control starting temperature, a first oil temperature lowering processing which limits an input rotation speed of the CVT by changing a speed ratio of the CVT smaller is executed. If the input rotation speed of the CVT reaches a predetermined lower limit rotation speed during execution of the first oil temperature lowering processing, the first oil temperature lowering processing is ended and a second oil temperature lowering processing that limits a torque of an engine is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Shin Tsukamoto, Tooru Yokota
  • Publication number: 20100087997
    Abstract: A transmission controller determines whether an oil temperature in the CVT is higher than a high oil temperature control starting temperature or not. If it is determined that the oil temperature is higher than the high oil temperature control starting temperature, a first oil temperature lowering processing which limits an input rotation speed of the CVT by changing a speed ratio of the CVT smaller is executed. If the input rotation speed of the CVT reaches a predetermined lower limit rotation speed during execution of the first oil temperature lowering processing, the first oil temperature lowering processing is ended and a second oil temperature lowering processing that limits a torque of an engine is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Shin TSUKAMOTO, Tooru Yokota