Patents Assigned to Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
  • Friction plate and hydraulic transmission apparatus
    Patent number: 10724581
    Abstract: A friction plate that is used in a friction engagement device configured to engage an input rotary member and an output rotary member with each other, the friction plate including a base plate having an annular plate shape; and a friction member provided on the base plate in a circumferential direction of the friction plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sugita, Makoto Nakazuru, Hidetaka Ito, Koji Nakamura, Takuya Okada, Isamu Hachisuwa
  • Vehicle system, information processing device, and vehicle
    Patent number: 10724866
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a server. The server is configured to receive start information and positional information of a vehicle from the vehicle when the vehicle is started, acquire schedule information on a user's earliest schedule of the vehicle, the schedule information including information of a start time of the schedule and a destination as a place relating to the schedule, calculate an estimated arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination when the vehicle heads for the destination from a position of the vehicle specified by the positional information of the vehicle, based on a current time, determine whether or not a user has started the vehicle to head for the destination according to a difference between the estimated arrival time and the start time of the schedule, and transmit a determination result of the determination to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takeyama, Norihiro Nakamura, Hideki Kasezawa, Kensuke Takeuchi, Hajime Morikawa, Yoko Sakurai
  • DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200232810
    Abstract: Driving assistance systems, methods, and programs accept an inputted planned travel route from the route guidance system, provide driving assistance of the vehicle on the planned travel route, based on driving assistance map data, and obtain, when versions of the route guidance map data and the driving assistance map data do not match each other, the driving assistance map data whose version matches the version of the route guidance map data from a map provider. Route guidance systems search for a planned travel route based on route guidance map data, provide guidance on the planned travel route, output the planned travel route to the driving assistance system, and obtain, when versions of the route guidance map data and the driving assistance map data do not match each other, the route guidance map data whose version matches the version of the driving assistance map data from a map provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadahiro KOSHIBA, Kazuteru MAEKAWA, Seiji TAKAHATA, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Shingo KINASHI, Yuji SATO, Hironobu SUGIMOTO, Xin JIN, Hiroaki SAKAKIBARA
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE ARMATURE
    Publication number: 20200235647
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core in which a plurality of slots that extend in an axial direction are disposed in a circumferential direction and a coil wound around the armature core, the slots having respective radial openings that open in a radial direction, and the coil being formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka KOGA, Tomotsugu SUGIHARA
  • Damper device
    Patent number: 10718401
    Abstract: An intermediate member is configured to include first and second intermediate members. Connecting portions that respectively extend outward from the first or the second intermediate plates are coupled with each other at two positions on the same circumference as pinion gears by two rivets (total six rivets at three connecting portions) as viewed in a central axis of the damper device. Such an arrangement enables spaces between the pinion gears to be used effectively, increases spaces for the first spring, the second spring and the inner spring and improves a vibration damping performance of a damper device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshikawa, Aki Ogawa, Akiyoshi Kato, Ryosuke Otsuka, Kazuyoshi Ito, Masaki Wajima, Kazuhiro Itou
  • Rotor for rotary electric machine and manufacturing method
    Patent number: 10714995
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine, the rotor including a rotor core that has a magnet hole; a permanent magnet inserted into the magnet hole; and an adhesive layer provided between the permanent magnet and a wall surface of the magnet hole and including a plurality of capsule bodies therein, the adhesive layer fixing the permanent magnet to the wall surface of the magnet hole, wherein the adhesive layer is provided only on a wall surface of the magnet hole on a first side, which is one of a wall surface of the magnet hole on an inner side in a radial direction and a wall surface on an outer side in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Yoshinari Nakagawa, Yasunari Furuta, Shinya Katayama
  • Ring gear and method for manufacturing ring gear
    Patent number: 10711879
    Abstract: A ring gear that, together with a sun gear and a pinion gear that is disposed radially outward of the sun gear and meshes with the sun gear, forms a planetary gear unit, the ring gear includes: a body, internal teeth that are configured to mesh with the pinion gear and that are formed in at least a part of an inner peripheral surface of the body, and external teeth that have a lower hardness than the internal teeth and that are formed in at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the body, wherein a surface nitrogen concentration in the internal teeth is higher than that in at least tooth surfaces of the external teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Mori, Katsuhiro Maeno, Naoki Takabayashi, Kiyoshi Tajima
  • Damper device
    Patent number: 10711862
    Abstract: A damper device that includes an elastic body support provided to the intermediate element to support both end portions of the third elastic body at least when torque is not transferred between the input and the output; and an elastic body abutment provided to one of the input and the output, the elastic body abutment not abutting against an end portion of the third elastic body at least when torque is not transferred between the input and the output, but abutting against one of the end portions of the third elastic body as a relative torsional angle between the one of the input and the output and the intermediate element is increased when torque is transferred between the input and the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Ito, Makoto Nakazuru, Shuhei Warashina, Tanaka Katsunori, Tomoyuki Hiramoto
  • VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200215920
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes a rotating electrical machine that serves as a drive power source for a first wheel and a second wheel; a differential gear device that distributes drive power from the rotating electrical machine to the first wheel and the second wheel; a reduction device that includes a planetary gear mechanism with a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear; and a case that accommodates the rotating electrical machine, the differential gear device, and the reduction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki SUYAMA, Hiroaki SANJI, Mitsuhiro ICHIOKA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Koji OTA, Kazuyuki SASAKI, Isao FUJISHIMA
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CORE FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE
    Publication number: 20200220437
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a core for a rotary electric machine including forming a bridge portion, forming a stator side hole portion in at least a first portion of a portion of an electric steel plate in which a slot portion is formed. Then forming a rotor side hole portion in at least a part of a portion of the electric steel plate in which a hole portion is formed; and forming a rotor plate member and a stator plate member by blanking the electric steel plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki MAKI, Tetsuya MATSUBARA
  • STATOR ASSEMBLY METHOD AND STATOR ASSEMBLY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200220438
    Abstract: A stator assembly method of assembling a stator that includes a stator core that includes a slot that has an opening that opens on one side in a radial direction, a coil that includes a slot-housed portion housed in the slot, and insulation disposed between the slot and the slot-housed portion, the method including disposing the insulation in the slot; opening a portion of the insulation on the one side in the radial direction by inserting a first guide jig into the insulation, which is disposed in the slot, along a center axis direction of the stator core, after disposing the insulation; and inserting the slot-housed portion into the slot via the opening by moving the coil and the first guide jig together toward the other side in the radial direction with respect to the stator core, after opening the portion of the insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro IDE, Hiromasa SUZUKI
  • INVERTER CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200220479
    Abstract: An inverter control device that controls an inverter connected to a direct-current power supply and connected to an alternating-current rotating electrical machine to convert electric power between direct current and alternating current of a plurality of phases, the inverter control device including an electronic control unit that is configured to perform, in a state in which one switching element of a plurality of switching elements included in the inverter has a turn-off failure in which the switching element always goes into an off state, torque reduction control for reducing torque of the rotating electrical machine or deceleration control for outputting torque in a reverse direction from a rotation direction of the rotating electrical machine by performing switching control of the plurality of switching elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi MIYAZAKI, Subrata SAHA, Isao FUJIWARA, Yuki SUGIYAMA
  • STATOR AND STATOR COIL
    Publication number: 20200220417
    Abstract: A stator wherein the lead wire portion includes a root portion connected to the slot housed portion, disposed in a same-phase region which overlaps the coil end portion of the coil of a same phase as seen in the center axis direction, and disposed on an axially inner side with respect to the coil end portion, and a draw-out portion that projects in the center axis direction from a power source portion-side end portion of the root portion toward an axially outer side with respect to the coil end portion in the same-phase region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., HAYASHIKOGYOSYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru KUROYANAGI, Takahiko HOBO, Hiroo HAYASHI, Ko KAJITA
  • DRIVING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200220489
    Abstract: An amplitude of current ripples on a primary side of a power supply device that uses a plurality of transformers is reduced. A driving power supply device (7) that supplies electric power to a plurality of drive circuits (2) that individually drive switching elements (3) of an inverter (10) includes a plurality of transformers (L) having secondary-side coils (Ls) which are individually connected to the respective corresponding drive circuits (2); a plurality of transformer driving units (5) each including a driving switching element (M) that controls supply of electric power to a primary-side coil (Lp); and a power supply control device (6) that provides transformer drive signals (MG) for driving the transformer driving units (5). The power supply control device (6) drives the transformer driving units (5) by transformer drive signals (MG) having different phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKAMURA, Keita MUTSUURA, Yoshinobu ITO, Shota SEKIGUCHI
  • DAMPER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200217395
    Abstract: An intermediate member is configured to include first and second intermediate members. Connecting portions that respectively extend outward from the first or the second intermediate plates are coupled with each other at two positions on the same circumference as pinion gears by two rivets (total six rivets at three connecting portions) as viewed in a central axis of the damper device. Such an arrangement enables spaces between the pinion gears to be used effectively, increases spaces for the first spring, the second spring and the inner spring and improves a vibration damping performance a damper device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya YOSHIKAWA, Aki OGAWA, Akiyoshi KATO, Ryosuke OTSUKA, Kazuyoshi ITO, Masaki WAJIMA, Kazuhiro ITOU
  • Semiconductor device, chip module, and semiconductor module
    Patent number: 10707159
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a surface layer power supply path in a surface layer wiring layer, on which a chip module is mounted, of a main substrate that has a plurality of wiring layers and through holes, the surface layer power supply path supplying power to a semiconductor chip via an inner peripheral-side power supply terminal group and an outer peripheral-side power supply terminal group. The surface layer power supply path overlaps the inner peripheral-side power supply terminal group and the outer peripheral-side power supply terminal group as seen in the orthogonal direction, and is formed continuously so as to extend in a direction from a position at which the surface layer power supply path is connected to the inner peripheral-side power supply terminal group toward the outer peripheral side of the main substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanobu Naruse
  • Autonomous driving autonomous system, automated driving assistance method, and computer program
    Patent number: 10703362
    Abstract: Autonomous driving assistance systems, methods, and programs acquire a planned travel route along which a host vehicle plans to travel and acquire map information including lane information about a road that is included in the planned travel route. The systems, methods, and programs acquire, from outside the host vehicle, obstacle information that includes a location of an obstacle on the road and that has been acquired by another vehicle that travels along the planned travel route ahead of the host vehicle, and generate, as assistance information that is used to perform autonomous driving assistance in the host vehicle that travels along the planned travel route, a travel trajectory candidate for the host vehicle based on the obstacle information and the lane information about the planned travel route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Maura
  • LANE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND LANE GUIDANCE PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200209007
    Abstract: A lane guidance system is provided and includes a proposed travel route acquisition unit that acquires a proposed travel route of a vehicle; a successive intersection determination unit that determines whether a distance between a first intersection that is a guidance intersection on the proposed travel route and a second intersection that is a guidance intersection immediately after the first intersection is within a prescribed distance; and a lane guidance unit. Before arriving at the first intersection, the lane guidance unit selects and proposes, as a recommended lane from the travelable lane, a lane that the vehicle needs to travel along when entering the first intersection, to travel along, after exiting from the first intersection, a lane that the vehicle needs to travel along when entering the second intersection to exit in a specific exiting direction of the second intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Xin JIN
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTOR AND APPLICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200212735
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor including a rotor core and a permanent magnet that is bonded to the rotor core with an adhesive containing a foaming agent, wherein applying the adhesive includes applying the adhesive such that the adhesive is spread to a portion on a front side with respect to the application area on the application surface, by moving the nozzle to a front side in the nozzle traveling direction with respect to a position in the application area at which feeding of the adhesive by the pump is finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoki KORI, Tetsuya MATSUBARA, Yosuke MIYAZAKI, Taisuke NAKAMURA
  • Power transmission system
    Patent number: 10697533
    Abstract: A power transmission system includes a first case, a second case, a first tube, and a shaft. The first tube is configured to supply a lubricating oil to a first bearing and a second bearing. A shaft is rotatably supported by the first bearing and the second bearing. The shaft is provided with a through-hole extending through the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft. The first tube is insertedly fixed to an insertion hole of the first case from an outside of a space where the shaft is disposed. The first tube includes a first opening and a second opening, the first opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the first bearing, and the second opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the second bearing via the through-hole of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Yamamoto, Hideki Nakagawa, Hirofumi Nakada, Miki Natsume, Haruki Shirasaka