Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Muneno

Yoshihiko Muneno 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: 11168778
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission structure of an embodiment includes a shift drum which rotates in accordance with a shift operation; a bearing member which rotatably supports the shift drum with respect to a transmission case; a set member which positions the bearing member; a shift fork shaft supported by the transmission case; and a shift fork supported by the shift fork shaft to be movable in an axial direction. An end portion of the shift fork shaft is movably fitted to an insertion hole provided in the transmission case, a cap is provided at an end portion of the shift fork shaft, a first gap is provided between an end surface of the insertion hole and the cap, the set member is disposed at a position overlapping the insertion hole when viewed in the axial direction, and a second gap is provided between an end surface of the insertion hole and the set member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ishii, Yoshihiko Muneno
  • Publication number: 20200200254
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission structure of an embodiment includes a shift drum which rotates in accordance with a shift operation; a bearing member which rotatably supports the shift drum with respect to a transmission case; a set member which positions the bearing member; a shift fork shaft supported by the transmission case; and a shift fork supported by the shift fork shaft to be movable in an axial direction. An end portion of the shift fork shaft is movably fitted to an insertion hole provided in the transmission case, a cap is provided at an end portion of the shift fork shaft, a first gap is provided between an end surface of the insertion hole and the cap, the set member is disposed at a position overlapping the insertion hole when viewed in the axial direction, and a second gap is provided between an end surface of the insertion hole and the set member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Naoki Ishii, Yoshihiko Muneno
  • Publication number: 20120298466
    Abstract: A stroke start position is detected by a change amount of a clutch hydraulic pressure that has become smaller than a negative predetermined value ?P1 during clutch connection control by a clutch actuator, and a stroke end position is detected by a change amount of the clutch hydraulic pressure that has become larger than a positive change amount ?P2. By using a proportional function formed by a stroke start hydraulic pressure Ps detected at the stroke start position and a stroke end hydraulic pressure Pe detected at the stroke end position, a target half-clutch hydraulic pressure Ph that generates a predetermined target half-clutch capacity in a predetermined half-clutch state between the stroke start position and the stroke end position is calculated. By using the target half-clutch hydraulic pressure Ph, a clutch control amount in the predetermined half-clutch state is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nedachi, Takashi Ozeki, Kazuyuki Fukaya, Mayuko Higuchi, Hiroyuki Kojima, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Yoshihiko Muneno