Patents by Inventor Takaho Kawakami

Takaho Kawakami 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: 10415652
    Abstract: A clutch apparatus includes a clutch drum and a band. The clutch drum includes spline large-diameter portions protruding outward in a radial direction of the clutch drum and spline small-diameter portions protruding inward in the radial direction. The spline large-diameter portions and the spline small-diameter portions are arranged alternately in a circumferential direction of the clutch drum. The band is wound around an outer peripheral portion of the clutch drum, and is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic. The spline large-diameter portions are provided with a protrusion protruding outward in the radial direction. The band includes a recessed portion with which the protrusion is engaged. The recessed portion is provided at a position at which the recessed portion faces the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motoki Tabuchi, Atsushi Honda, Takaho Kawakami, Junko Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10408334
    Abstract: In an attachment structure for an oil guide plate including an oil guide plate and a seal member, the seal member is disposed at an edge part of the oil guide plate along an outer peripheral end portion, the seal member is an elastic body element protruding from both sides of the oil guide plate in a plate thickness direction, a pair of facing surfaces facing each other and pinching the edge part from both sides of the edge part in the plate thickness direction is disposed in a fixing portion in the case where the oil guide plate is attached, and the fixing portion pinches and compressively deforms the seal member with the pair of facing surfaces and supports the oil guide plate via the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Motoki Tabuchi
  • Patent number: 10371248
    Abstract: In an oil passage structure for a power transmission device including a case provided to accommodate a power transmission device, a baffle plate attached to an inner wall of the case, and an oil pump, the oil passage structure includes a supply oil passage through which oil is pumped from the oil pump to an oil supply destination via the baffle plate. A plate oil passage, which constitutes a portion of the supply oil passage, a supply port, which allows the oil discharged from the oil pump to flow into the plate oil passage through the supply port, and a first discharge port, which allows the oil supplied to the oil supply destination to be discharged through the first discharge port, are formed in the baffle plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Motoki Tabuchi
  • Patent number: 10302185
    Abstract: In an oil passage structure for a power transmission device including a case provided to accommodate a power transmission device, a baffle plate attached to an inner wall of the case, and an oil pump, the oil passage structure includes a supply oil passage through which oil is pumped from the oil pump to an oil supply destination via the baffle plate. The baffle plate has a structure in which two members of a plate body and a plate-shaped auxiliary member are superposed and integrated with each other. The baffle plate is provided with a plate oil passage that constitutes a portion of the supply oil passage and passes through the inside of the baffle plate. The plate oil passage is formed by a recess provided in at least one of a surface of the plate body and a surface of the auxiliary member which face to each other such that the auxiliary member is interposed on the plate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Motoki Tabuchi, Shinya Sakai, Katsuhisa Ota, Tatsuya Hirano, Yoshito Arihata
  • Patent number: 10012269
    Abstract: A meshing-type engagement device includes a first member, a second member, a pressing mechanism, and a reaction force mechanism. The first member is provided with a plurality of first dog teeth. The second member is provided with a plurality of second dog teeth. The pressing mechanism is configured to press the first member to the second member side. The reaction force mechanism is configured to generate a reaction force with respect to a pressing force pressing the first member for the first dog teeth and the second dog teeth to mesh with each other such that the amount of increase in the reaction force with respect to a movement of the first member is larger at a position further on the second member side than a predetermined position compared to the amount of increase to the predetermined position when the first member is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Yoshino, Motoki Tabuchi, Takaho Kawakami, Seiji Kuwahara, Isamu Shiotsu
  • Patent number: 9976604
    Abstract: A translational force Fh to one side in a rotational axis direction is caused to act from a hydraulic piston to a sleeve when an engaged stage between an engagement tooth and an engaged tooth is maintained, so that translation of the sleeve to the other side in the rotational axis direction and consequent disengagement of the engagement tooth and the engaged tooth can be prevented. Therefore, the engaged state between the engagement member and the engaged member can be stably maintained regardless of the condition of the torque acting from the drive source to the engagement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu Shiotsu, Hirotsugu Yoshino, Motoki Tabuchi, Fusahiro Tsukano, Takaho Kawakami, Atsushi Honda, Seiji Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 9964161
    Abstract: A control system for a meshing type engagement mechanism includes a meshing type engagement mechanism and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to allow a fluid chamber to be filled with a fluid by putting a switching valve into a cut-off state after respective dog teeth mesh with each other by a second member reaching a predetermined position determined in advance in response to a fluid pressure of the fluid chamber such that the second member is pressed in the direction in which the second member is separated from a first member by a release force depending on the torque transmitted between a surface of a first tooth and a surface of a second tooth, the fluid pressure of the fluid chamber is increased, and an engagement state between the first member and the second member is maintained by the fluid pressure which is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Motoki Tabuchi, Hirotsugu Yoshino, Fusahiro Tsukano, Isamu Shiotsu
  • Publication number: 20180106358
    Abstract: In an attachment structure for an oil guide plate including an oil guide plate and a seal member, the seal member is disposed at an edge part of the oil guide plate along an outer peripheral end portion, the seal member is an elastic body element protruding from both sides of the oil guide plate in a plate thickness direction, a pair of facing surfaces facing each other and pinching the edge part from both sides of the edge part in the plate thickness direction is disposed in a fixing portion in the case where the oil guide plate is attached, and the fixing portion pinches and compressively deforms the seal member with the pair of facing surfaces and supports the oil guide plate via the seal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho KAWAKAMI, Motoki Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20180106357
    Abstract: In an oil passage structure for a power transmission device including a case provided to accommodate a power transmission device, a baffle plate attached to an inner wall of the case, and an oil pump, the oil passage structure includes a supply oil passage through which oil is pumped from the oil pump to an oil supply destination via the baffle plate. The baffle plate has a structure in which two members of a plate body and a plate-shaped auxiliary member are superposed and integrated with each other. The baffle plate is provided with a plate oil passage that constitutes a portion of the supply oil passage and passes through the inside of the baffle plate. The plate oil passage is formed by a recess provided in at least one of a surface of the plate body and a surface of the auxiliary member which face to each other such that the auxiliary member is interposed on the plate body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takaho KAWAKAMI, Motoki Tabuchi, Shinya Sakai, Katsuhisa Ota, Tatsuya Hirano, Yoshito Arihata
  • Publication number: 20180106359
    Abstract: In an oil passage structure for a power transmission device including a case provided to accommodate a power transmission device, a baffle plate attached to an inner wall of the case, and an oil pump, the oil passage structure includes a supply oil passage through which oil is pumped from the oil pump to an oil supply destination via the baffle plate. A plate oil passage, which constitutes a portion of the supply oil passage, a supply port, which allows the oil discharged from the oil pump to flow into the plate oil passage through the supply port, and a first discharge port, which allows the oil supplied to the oil supply destination to be discharged through the first discharge port, are formed in the baffle plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho KAWAKAMI, Motoki TABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170298998
    Abstract: In an engagement device provided with a hydraulic actuator having an oil bag expanding and contracting in an engaging direction and a releasing direction, an annular engagement plate moved by the oil bag in the engaging direction and the releasing direction, and a return mechanism that urges the engagement plate in the releasing direction, the engagement plate is an engagement element whose surface on the releasing direction side is in contact with the oil bag, and the return mechanism moves the engagement plate in the releasing direction and presses the oil bag through the engagement plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho KAWAKAMI, Hirotsugu YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 9777810
    Abstract: A belt-driven continuously variable transmission adapted to prevent an occurrence of belt slippage is provided. The continuously variable transmission comprises a hydraulic actuator formed on a back side of a movable sheave to change a belt groove between a fixed sheave and a movable sheave, and a torque cam assembly adapted to convert a torque into an axial thrust force by a relative rotation between a pair of cam members contacted to each other. In the belt-driven continuously variable transmission, a piston fitted onto a shaft of the driven pulley while allowing to rotate relatively therewith and to reciprocate thereon is integrated with one of the cam members of driven side and with an output gear for outputting torque of the pulley. The cam member of drive side is fixed in an axial direction on a driven shaft to be rotated integrally therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Tomoaki Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20170211633
    Abstract: A clutch apparatus includes a clutch drum and a band. The clutch drum includes spline large-diameter portions protruding outward in a radial direction of the clutch drum and spline small-diameter portions protruding inward in the radial direction. The spline large-diameter portions and the spline small-diameter portions are arranged alternately in a circumferential direction of the clutch drum. The band is wound around an outer peripheral portion of the clutch drum, and is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic. The spline large-diameter portions are provided with a protrusion protruding outward in the radial direction. The band includes a recessed portion with which the protrusion is engaged. The recessed portion is provided at a position at which the recessed portion faces the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motoki TABUCHI, Atsushi HONDA, Takaho KAWAKAMI, Junko ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9518647
    Abstract: A lubricating device of an automatic transmission includes a partitioning member that partitions an oil chamber, to which a lubricating oil of a first oil chamber is introduced; a second oil chamber partitioned by the partitioning member and to which lubricating oil to supply to a forward clutch is introduced; and a third oil chamber partitioned by the partitioning member and to which lubricating oil to supply to a pinion unit such as a pinion gear coupled with one engagement unit of the forward clutch is introduced; wherein a clutch oil path that introduces the lubricating oil of the first oil chamber to the second oil chamber and a pinion oil path that introduces the lubricating oil of the first oil chamber to the third oil chamber are formed in a clutch drum interposed between the first oil chamber and the oil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yanagida, Takaho Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9458928
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes an oil pump, a first one-way clutch, a first transmission path configured to transmit a driving force generated in an engine to the oil pump via the first one-way clutch, a second one-way clutch, a second transmission path configured to transmit a driving force from an output shaft of a transmission portion to the oil pump via the second one-way clutch, and a power transmission interruption device configured to interrupt transmission of the driving force generated in the engine to a drive wheel. A speed ratio between the engine and the oil pump in the first transmission path is set to be smaller than a speed ratio obtained by multiplying the smallest speed ratio of the transmission portion by a speed ratio between the transmission portion and the oil pump in the second transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Tomoaki Yanagida, Kenta Kimura
  • Publication number: 20160281792
    Abstract: A translational force Fh to one side in a rotational axis direction is caused to act from a hydraulic piston to a sleeve when an engaged stage between an engagement tooth and an engaged tooth is maintained, so that translation of the sleeve to the other side in the rotational axis direction and consequent disengagement of the engagement tooth and the engaged tooth can be prevented. Therefore, the engaged state between the engagement member and the engaged member can be stably maintained regardless of the condition of the torque acting from the drive source to the engagement member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu SHIOTSU, Hirotsugu YOSHINO, Motoki TABUCHI, Fusahiro TSUKANO, Takaho KAWAKAMI, Atsushi HONDA, Seiji KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20160258492
    Abstract: A meshing-type engagement device includes a first member, a second member, a pressing mechanism, and a reaction force mechanism. The first member is provided with a plurality of first dog teeth. The second member is provided with a plurality of second dog teeth. The pressing mechanism is configured to press the first member to the second member side. The reaction force mechanism is configured to generate a reaction force with respect to a pressing force pressing the first member for the first dog teeth and the second dog teeth to mesh with each other such that the amount of increase in the reaction force with respect to a movement of the first member is larger at a position further on the second member side than a predetermined position compared to the amount of increase to the predetermined position when the first member is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotsugu YOSHINO, Motoki TABUCHI, Takaho KAWAKAMI, Seiji KUWAHARA, Isamu SHIOTSU
  • Patent number: 9394992
    Abstract: A sheave positioning device is provided. A valve element is arranged on a flow path to close the flow path when pushed in a direction against a pressure from hydraulic chambers, and a valve closing mechanism is also arranged on the flow path to generate a thrust force for pushing the valve element in the direction against a pressure from the hydraulic chambers. The valve closing mechanism is adapted to generate the thrust force, which is larger than a load to be applied to the valve element to push the valve element in a direction to open the valve element in case a predetermined speed change ratio is being set, but smaller than a load to be applied to the valve element to push the valve element in a direction to open the valve element in case the pressure in the hydraulic chambers is raised to the maximum pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Fujimura, Takahiro Yokokawa, Takaho Kawakami, Yuji Hattori
  • Publication number: 20160201737
    Abstract: A control system for a meshing type engagement mechanism includes a meshing type engagement mechanism and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to allow a fluid chamber to be filled with a fluid by putting a switching valve into a cut-off state after respective dog teeth mesh with each other by a second member reaching a predetermined position determined in advance in response to a fluid pressure of the fluid chamber such that the second member is pressed in the direction in which the second member is separated from a first member by a release force depending on the torque transmitted between a surface of a first tooth and a surface of a second tooth, the fluid pressure of the fluid chamber is increased, and an engagement state between the first member and the second member is maintained by the fluid pressure which is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho KAWAKAMI, Motoki TABUCHI, Hirotsugu YOSHINO, Fusahiro TSUKANO, Isamu SHIOTSU
  • Publication number: 20160131230
    Abstract: A belt-driven continuously variable transmission adapted to prevent an occurrence of belt slippage is provided. The continuously variable transmission comprises a hydraulic actuator formed on a back side of a movable sheave to change a belt groove between a fixed sheave and a movable sheave, and a torque cam assembly adapted to convert a torque into an axial thrust force by a relative rotation between a pair of cam members contacted to each other. In the belt-driven continuously variable transmission, a piston fitted onto a shaft of the driven pulley while allowing to rotate relatively therewith and to reciprocate thereon is integrated with one of the cam members of driven side and with an output gear for outputting torque of the pulley. The cam member of drive side is fixed in an axial direction on a driven shaft to be rotated integrally therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho KAWAKAMI, Tomoaki YANAGIDA