Patents by Inventor Takashi KOUZAI

Takashi KOUZAI 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: 11486454
    Abstract: A driving force transmission control device includes a driving force transmission device configured to press a friction clutch by an actuator and a controller configured to control the driving force transmission device. The controller calculates a torque command value indicating a driving force to be transmitted from a rotating member on an input side to a rotating member on an output side based on information of a vehicle. The controller sets an electric current command value according to a magnitude and an amount of time change of the torque command value. The electric current command value is a target value of an electric current. The controller performs electric current feedback control such that an electric current corresponding to the calculated electric current command value is supplied to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Oda, Go Nagayama, Tomonori Ono, Takashi Kouzai
  • Patent number: 11371568
    Abstract: A driving force transmission device includes an input rotation member and output rotation member, a multiple-disc clutch, a pressing mechanism, and a control device that includes a current supply circuit. The control device is configured to compute a torque command value based on a state of a vehicle, the torque command value being a driving force that needs to be transmitted by the multiple-disc clutch, to compute a current command value, to correct the current command value, and to control the current supply circuit such that an electric current depending on the current command value is supplied to the pressing mechanism. The control device is configured to perform the correction so as to increase or decrease the current command value by a correction amount depending on a change rate of the torque command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Oda, Go Nagayama, Tomonori Ono, Takashi Kouzai
  • Patent number: 11168751
    Abstract: A driving force transmission device includes an input rotation member, an output rotation member, a multiple-disc clutch, a pressing mechanism, and a control device including a current supply circuit. The control device is configured to compute a torque command value, to compute a current command value, to correct the current command value, and to control the current supply circuit such that an electric current depending on the current command value is supplied to the pressing mechanism. The control device is configure to correct the current command value by a correction amount in a constant-torque state after the torque command value changes, the constant-torque state being a state where a change rate of the torque command value is in a predetermined range, the correction amount depending on a duration of the constant-torque state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Oda, Go Nagayama, Tomonori Ono, Takashi Kouzai
  • Publication number: 20210222741
    Abstract: A driving force transmission control device includes a driving force transmission device configured to press a friction clutch by an actuator and a controller configured to control the driving force transmission device. The controller calculates a torque command value indicating a driving force to be transmitted from a rotating member on an input side to a rotating member on an output side based on information of a vehicle. The controller sets an electric current command value according to a magnitude and an amount of time change of the torque command value. The electric current command value is a target value of an electric current. The controller performs electric current feedback control such that an electric current corresponding to the calculated electric current command value is supplied to the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro ODA, Go NAGAYAMA, Tomonori ONO, Takashi KOUZAI
  • Publication number: 20210162859
    Abstract: A driving force transmission device includes an input rotation member and output rotation member, a multiple-disc clutch, a pressing mechanism, and a control device that includes a current supply circuit. The control device is configured to compute a torque command value based on a state of a vehicle, the torque command value being a driving force that needs to be transmitted by the multiple-disc clutch, to compute a current command value, to correct the current command value, and to control the current supply circuit such that an electric current depending on the current command value is supplied to the pressing mechanism. The control device is configured to perform the correction so as to increase or decrease the current command value by a correction amount depending on a change rate of the torque command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro ODA, Go NAGAYAMA, Tomonori ONO, Takashi KOUZAI
  • Publication number: 20210164527
    Abstract: A driving force transmission device includes an input rotation member, an output rotation member, a multiple-disc clutch, a pressing mechanism, and a control device including a current supply circuit. The control device is configured to compute a torque command value, to compute a current command value, to correct the current command value, and to control the current supply circuit such that an electric current depending on the current command value is supplied to the pressing mechanism. The control device is configure to correct the current command value by a correction amount in a constant-torque state after the torque command value changes, the constant-torque state being a state where a change rate of the torque command value is in a predetermined range, the correction amount depending on a duration of the constant-torque state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro ODA, Go NAGAYAMA, Tomonori ONO, Takashi KOUZAI