Patents by Inventor Tomoya Jinno

Tomoya Jinno 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: 9651146
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure for a plurality of friction engagement elements included in an automatic transmission mounted on a vehicle to establish a plurality of shift speeds, including: a plurality of pressure regulation valves, a plurality of hydraulic switches, speed change control means, and abnormality determination means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Munehiro Tashiro, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9109686
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes a lock-up control valve that regulates a line pressure to generate a control pressure, and a lock-up relay valve that switches between paths through which a hydraulic pressure is supplied to and discharged from a torque converter. The lock-up relay valve is formed to be capable of switching between a path that connects between a control pressure oil passage to which the control pressure is output and a lock-up oil passage communicated with a lock-up oil chamber and that connects between a control pressure oil passage to which the control pressure is output and a circulation input oil passage communicated with a converter oil chamber, and a path that blocks connection between the control pressure oil passage and the lock-up oil passage and that blocks connection between the control pressure oil passage and the circulation input oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Tomomi Ishikawa, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9086140
    Abstract: A power transmission device that transmits power from a motor to a wheel via a hydraulically driven friction engagement element and that includes a mechanical pump driven by the motor to produce a hydraulic pressure that is regulated by a pressure regulating valve; an electric pump that produces a hydraulic pressure; a switching mechanism that either switches an output pressure of the regulating valve or an output pressure of the electric pump to a servo of the engagement element based upon a signal pressure; a passage to supply pressure from the mechanical pump to the hydraulic servo; a check valve in the passage that allows supply of the pressure from the mechanical pump to the hydraulic servo and prohibits supply of the pressure from the electric pump to the mechanical pump, and the switching mechanism either shuts off or allows communication through the passage based upon the signal pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimizu, Tomomi Ishikawa, Tomoya Jinno, Kenichi Tsuchida, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9022191
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device including a pump driven to generate hydraulic pressure; a first pressure regulation valve that regulates hydraulic pressure in a first passage coupled to a pump along with discharge of oil; a second pressure regulation valve that receives the hydraulic pressure in the first passage and regulates the hydraulic pressure to an engagement pressure to engage a lock-up clutch according to a first signal pressure to output the engagement pressure to a second passage that supplies the oil to an engagement chamber; and a third pressure regulation valve that receives the hydraulic pressure in the first passage or the engagement pressure output to the second passage and regulates the received pressure according to the first signal pressure or a second signal pressure that synchronizes with the first signal pressure to output the resulting pressure to a third passage that supplies the oil to the disengagement chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8984874
    Abstract: A power transmission device that transmits power from a motor to a wheel via a hydraulically driven friction engagement element and that includes a mechanical pump driven by the motor to produce a hydraulic pressure that is regulated by a pressure regulating valve; an electric pump that produces a hydraulic pressure; a switching mechanism that either switches an output pressure of the regulating valve or an output pressure of the electric pump to a servo of the engagement element based upon a signal pressure, and a drain valve that opens to drain oil when a hydraulic pressure of a preset pressure or more is applied, and the switching mechanism connects to the drain valve to allow communication between the electric pump and the drain valve in the first state, and shut off communication between the electric pump and the drain valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimizu, Tomomi Ishikawa, Tomoya Jinno, Kenichi Tsuchida, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140298783
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure for a plurality of friction engagement elements included in an automatic transmission mounted on a vehicle to establish a plurality of shift speeds, including: a plurality of pressure regulation valves, a plurality of hydraulic switches, speed change control means, and abnormality determination means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Munehiro Tashiro, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140231205
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes a lock-up control valve that regulates a line pressure to generate a control pressure, and a lock-up relay valve that switches between paths through which a hydraulic pressure is supplied to and discharged from a torque converter. The lock-up relay valve is formed to be capable of switching between a path that connects between a control pressure oil passage to which the control pressure is output and a lock-up oil passage communicated with a lock-up oil chamber and that connects between a control pressure oil passage to which the control pressure is output and a circulation input oil passage communicated with a converter oil chamber, and a path that blocks connection between the control pressure oil passage and the lock-up oil passage and that blocks connection between the control pressure oil passage and the circulation input oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Tomomi Ishikawa, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8714325
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure controller, which controls hydraulic pressure supplied to a torque converter including a lock-up clutch that is engageable using a hydraulic pressure from a mechanical pump, including a first pressure regulation valve that regulates pressure in a first passage connected to the pump while discharging oil in the first passage to a discharge passage; a bypass passage branched from the first passage bypassing the first pressure regulation valve; a first switching valve selectively switchable between a first state in which the bypass passage and a second passage are connected to each other and a second state in which the discharge passage and the second passage are connected to each other; and a second pressure regulation valve that regulates a hydraulic pressure in the second passage. The first switching valve is switchable into the first state to engage the clutch and into the second state to disengage the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8506454
    Abstract: A fluid pressure control device including a first pump actuated by power from a motor; a pressure regulator that regulates a discharge pressure from the first pump; a second pump actuated by electric power; a switcher opening a first path extending from the pressure regulator to a fluid pressure chamber of a friction engagement element, and blocking a second path extending from the second pump to the fluid pressure chamber of the friction engagement element, when the signal pressure is equal to or more than a set pressure, and the switcher blocking the first and opening the second paths when the signal pressure is less than the set pressure; and a control that controls the second pump and the fluid supply unit to supply the fluid regulated by the pressure regulator to a destination different from the fluid pressure chamber of the friction engagement element when the motor is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimizu, Tomoya Jinno, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Kenichi Tsuchida, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120247095
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device including a pump driven to generate hydraulic pressure; a first pressure regulation valve that regulates hydraulic pressure in a first passage coupled to a pump along with discharge of oil; a second pressure regulation valve that receives the hydraulic pressure in the first passage and regulates the hydraulic pressure to an engagement pressure to engage a lock-up clutch according to a first signal pressure to output the engagement pressure to a second passage that supplies the oil to an engagement chamber; and a third pressure regulation valve that receives the hydraulic pressure in the first passage or the engagement pressure output to the second passage and regulates the received pressure according to the first signal pressure or a second signal pressure that synchronizes with the first signal pressure to output the resulting pressure to a third passage that supplies the oil to the disengagement chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya JINNO, Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120247899
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure controller, which controls hydraulic pressure supplied to a torque converter including a lock-up clutch that is engageable using a hydraulic pressure from a mechanical pump, including a first pressure regulation valve that regulates pressure in a first passage connected to the pump while discharging oil in the first passage to a discharge passage; a bypass passage branched from the first passage bypassing the first pressure regulation valve; a first switching valve selectively switchable between a first state in which the bypass passage and a second passage are connected to each other and a second state in which the discharge passage and the second passage are connected to each other; and a second pressure regulation valve that regulates a hydraulic pressure in the second passage. The first switching valve is switchable into the first state to engage the clutch and into the second state to disengage the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya JINNO, Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120241272
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device controls a hydraulic pressure in an engagement side oil chamber defined on one side of a piston that configures a hydraulic clutch, and a hydraulic pressure in a back-pressure side oil chamber defined on the other side of the piston. The hydraulic control device includes a line pressure generating valve that generates a line pressure by adjusting a hydraulic pressure from an oil pump; a secondary pressure generating valve that generates a secondary pressure, which is a hydraulic pressure supplied to the back-pressure side oil chamber, by adjusting a hydraulic pressure from the line pressure generating valve so as to be lower than the line pressure; and a clutch engagement pressure generating valve that generates a clutch engagement pressure, which is a hydraulic pressure supplied to the engagement side oil chamber, by adjusting the line pressure from the line pressure generating valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya JINNO, Masamichi YAMAGUCHI, Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120234645
    Abstract: A fluid pressure control device including a first pump actuated by power from a motor; a pressure regulator that regulates a discharge pressure from the first pump; a second pump actuated by electric power; a switcher opening a first path extending from the pressure regulator to a fluid pressure chamber of a friction engagement element, and blocking a second path extending from the second pump to the fluid pressure chamber of the friction engagement element, when the signal pressure is equal to or more than a set pressure, and the switcher blocking the first and opening the second paths when the signal pressure is less than the set pressure; and a control that controls the second pump and the fluid supply unit to supply the fluid regulated by the pressure regulator to a destination different from the fluid pressure chamber of the friction engagement element when the motor is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Tomoya JINNO, Masamichi YAMAGUCHI, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120144818
    Abstract: A power transmission device that transmits power from a motor to a wheel via a hydraulically driven friction engagement element and that includes a mechanical pump driven by the motor to produce a hydraulic pressure that is regulated by a pressure regulating valve; an electric pump that produces a hydraulic pressure; a switching mechanism that either switches an output pressure of the regulating valve or an output pressure of the electric pump to a servo of the engagement element based upon a signal pressure, and a drain valve that opens to drain oil when a hydraulic pressure of a preset pressure or more is applied, and the switching mechanism connects to the drain valve to allow communication between the electric pump and the drain valve in the first state, and shut off communication between the electric pump and the drain valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Tomomi ISHIKAWA, Tomoya JINNO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120137670
    Abstract: A power transmission device that transmits power from a motor to a wheel via a hydraulically driven friction engagement element and that includes a mechanical pump driven by the motor to produce a hydraulic pressure that is regulated by a pressure regulating valve; an electric pump that produces a hydraulic pressure; a switching mechanism that either switches an output pressure of the regulating valve or an output pressure of the electric pump to a servo of the engagement element based upon a signal pressure; a passage to supply pressure from the mechanical pump to the hydraulic servo; a check valve in the passage that allows supply of the pressure from the mechanical pump to the hydraulic servo and prohibits supply of the pressure from the electric pump to the mechanical pump, and the switching mechanism either shuts off or allows communication through the passage based upon the signal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Tomomi ISHIKAWA, Tomoya JINNO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120000740
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device including a first oil passage connected to an engagement side oil chamber defined on one side of a piston included in a clutch, an engagement pressure generating valve generating an engagement pressure supplied to the engagement side oil chamber via the first oil passage; a second oil passage connected to a back-pressure side oil chamber defined on the other side of the piston, and a clutch control pressure generating valve generating a clutch control pressure supplied to the back-pressure side oil chamber via the second oil passage and operates to lower the clutch control pressure as hydraulic pressure supplied as a feedback pressure from the back-pressure-side oil chamber side becomes higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Tomoya JINNO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Naoyuki FUKAYA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20110302915
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device including a valve for generating a circulating pressure to a hydraulic power transmission chamber in which power is transmitted between an input- and output side of a hydraulic power transmission element via hydraulic oil; and a valve for generating a lock-up pressure supplied to a lock-up chamber that faces the hydraulic power transmission chamber with a lock-up piston included in a lock-up clutch interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Tomoya JINNO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Naoyuki FUKAYA, Kazunori ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7967028
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a plurality of solenoid valves, each solenoid valve having a pressure-regulating valve portion formed by a sleeve having a plurality of valve-side ports and a spool for opening and closing the valve-side ports, and a solenoid portion having a plunger for driving the spool and a coil for electromagnetically driving the plunger; and a valve body having a plurality of insertion holes into which the solenoid valves are inserted, and having ports that are connected to the plurality of valve-side ports in a state in which the solenoid valves are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kenichi Tsuchida, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Satoshi Nishio, Akitomo Suzuki, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20090140190
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a plurality of solenoid valves, each solenoid valve having a pressure-regulating valve portion formed by a sleeve having a plurality of valve-side ports and a spool for opening and closing the valve-side ports, and a solenoid portion having a plunger for driving the spool and a coil for electromagnetically driving the plunger; and a valve body having a plurality of insertion holes into which the solenoid valves are inserted, and having ports that are connected to the plurality of valve-side ports in a state in which the solenoid valves are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Jinno, Tetsuya Shimizu, Kenichi Tsuchida, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Satoshi Nishio, Akitomo Suzuki, Kazunori Ishikawa