Patents by Inventor Tarou MURAZUMI

Tarou MURAZUMI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151305
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission which has a first oil pump driven by rotation of a drive source that drives a drive wheel and a second oil pump provided with a check valve on a suction side and driven by a motor. In a vehicle control device for controlling the vehicle, a minimum value of a drive current value of the motor is defined as a first current value, when the second oil pump is driven in a normal drive state, and a minimum rotation speed of the drive source is increased compared to a case in which the drive current value of the motor is equal to or larger than the first current value, when an automatic downshift control for automatically downshifting a speed ratio of the transmission is executed in a case in which the drive current value of the motor is smaller than the first current value when the second oil pump is driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tarou MURAZUMI, Hajime TASAKA, Junki MATSUI, Masakatsu OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240141985
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device for controlling the vehicle, when automatic downshift control for automatically downshifting a speed ratio of the transmission is executed in the case where a drive current value of the motor obtained when the second oil pump is driven is larger than a maximum value of the drive current value of the motor obtained when the second oil pump is driven in a normal drive state, the vehicle control device increases a minimum rotation speed of the drive source compared to a case where the drive current value of the motor is equal to or less than the maximum value, and when the automatic downshift control is executed in the case where a line pressure generated by a hydraulic pressure supplied from the first oil pump and the second oil pump is larger than a predetermined value, the vehicle control device does not increase the minimum rotation speed of the drive source even in the case where the drive current value of the motor obtained when the second oil pump is driven is larger than the m
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tarou MURAZUMI, Hajime TASAKA, Keisuke IWADO, Hiroyuki TOKOI, Yuji OISHI