Patents Assigned to JATCO Ltd
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Patent number: 12680605Abstract: The unit includes a housing configured to house oil, a rotating electric machine, a first gear connected downstream of the rotating electric machine, a second gear meshing with the first gear, a third gear connected downstream of the second gear, a fourth gear meshing with the third gear, a fifth gear connected downstream of the fourth gear, and a sixth gear meshing with the fifth gear. The rotating electric machine and the first gear are disposed on a first axis. The second gear and the third gear are disposed on a second axis. The fourth gear and the fifth gear are disposed on a third axis. The sixth gear is disposed on a fourth axis. When viewed in an axial direction, the first axis and the fourth axis are disposed in a lower side of the second axis and the third axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Atsushi Maeda, Akira Suwabayashi, Minoru Shoichi, Hiroki Uehara, Akira Kamiyama
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Patent number: 12671300Abstract: A component comprising: a first case portion having a tunnel portion having an opening end opening toward an axial direction; and a second case portion having a catch tank portion opening upward, wherein the first case portion and the second case portion face each other such that a bottom portion of the tunnel portion and a bottom portion of the catch tank portion are coupled to each other, an opening area of the opening end of the tunnel portion on the second case portion side is larger than an opening area of the opening end of the tunnel portion on a side opposite to the second case portion side, the tunnel portion as a whole is inclined downward from the second case portion side of the tunnel portion to the side opposite to the second case portion side of the tunnel portion, and the second case portion side of the tunnel portion is inclined downward toward the catch tank portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuuki Tanaka, Yutaka Okumura, Yusuke Suzuki, Yojiro Mochizuki
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Patent number: 12663059Abstract: Provided is a unit including: an input element; an output element; first to third engagement elements; a first planetary gear mechanism in which the first to third rotational elements are arranged in this order on an alignment chart; and a second planetary gear mechanism in which fourth to sixth rotational elements are arranged in this order on the alignment chart. The input element is connected to the first rotational element, the output element is connected to the second rotational element and the sixth rotational element, one side of the first engagement element is connected to the fifth rotational element, the other side of the first engagement element is fixed, one side of the second engagement element is connected to the third rotational element and the fourth rotational element, the other side of the second engagement element is fixed, and the third engagement element connects two rotational elements that are selected from the first to sixth rotational elements and are not connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunori Kawashima, Michinori Matsuo, Toshikazu Oshidari
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Patent number: 12663070Abstract: A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a housing that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, a control valve configured to control an oil pressure supplied to the power transmission mechanism, an oil pump configured to supply oil to the control valve, a partition section that divides an interior of the housing into a first chamber that accommodates the power transmission mechanism and a second chamber in which the control valve is arranged upright, and a communication path communicating between the first chamber and the second chamber. An opening area of the communication path is set so that an amount of the oil flowing from the second chamber into the first chamber through the communication path is less than an amount of the oil drained into the second chamber from the control valve while the vehicle is in motion.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignees: JATCO LTD, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Tsuchida
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Patent number: 12663072Abstract: A power transmission device includes a case including an oil reservoir at a lower portion thereof, and a first shaft, a second shaft, and a third shaft which are shaft-supported by the case. The case includes an air breather chamber that separates air and an oil in the case and communicates with the atmosphere, an oil catch tank that reserves an oil raked up by a third gear portion of the third shaft, and an oil guide that introduces the oil raked up by the third gear portion into the oil catch tank. The air breather chamber is provided above and near the third shaft. The oil catch tank is provided above and near the first shaft. The oil guide is provided above the second shaft. The second shaft is disposed outside the oil reservoir in the case.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Akira Tsuchida
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Publication number: 20260168561Abstract: Provided is a unit including: an input element; an output element; first to third engagement elements; a first planetary gear mechanism in which the first to third rotational elements are arranged in this order on an alignment chart; and a second planetary gear mechanism in which fourth to sixth rotational elements are arranged in this order on the alignment chart. The input element is connected to the sixth rotational element, the output element is connected to the third rotational element and the fifth rotational element, one side of the first engagement element is connected to the second rotational element, the other side of the first engagement element is fixed, one side of the second engagement element is connected to the first rotational element and the fourth rotational element, the other side of the second engagement element is fixed, and the third engagement element connects two rotational elements that are selected from the first to sixth rotational elements and are not connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: June 18, 2026Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Kazutoshi SHIMOZONO, Hidekazu YAGI
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Patent number: 12638066Abstract: Provided is a unit including: an input element; an output element; first to third engagement elements; a first planetary gear mechanism in which the first to third rotational elements are arranged in this order on an alignment chart; and a second planetary gear mechanism in which fourth to sixth rotational elements are arranged in this order on the alignment chart. The input element is connected to the first rotational element and the sixth rotational element, the output element is connected to the second rotational element, one side of the first engagement element is connected to the third rotational element and the fifth rotational element, the other side of the first engagement element is fixed, one side of the second engagement element is connected to the fourth rotational element, the other side of the second engagement element is fixed, and the third engagement element connects two rotational elements that are selected from the first to sixth rotational elements and are not connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Hidekazu Yagi, Kazutoshi Shimozono
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Patent number: 12640613Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes an inner housing and an outer housing. An inner circumferential surface of the outer housing includes a first cylindrical surface contacting first sealing member, a second cylindrical surface contacting a second sealing member, and a third cylindrical surface in which an end part of the inner housing is press-fitted into. The second cylindrical surface has a smaller diameter than the first cylindrical surface and the third cylindrical surface has a smaller diameter than the second cylindrical surface and is provided closer to the bottom than the second cylindrical surface. The first sealing member contacts the first cylindrical surface and the second sealing member contacts the second cylindrical surface to form a gap in an axial direction between the end part of the inner housing and the third cylindrical surface where the inner housing has been inserted into the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., JATCO LTDInventors: Kazuki Eguchi, Tatsuya Uchida, Yiwei Zhao, Fumio Honda, Yusuke Suzuki, Yojiro Mochizuki
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Patent number: 12631247Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a case that accommodates a power transmission mechanism; a strainer disposed to face a bottom wall portion in the case; a suction port for oil provided in a portion of the strainer facing the bottom wall portion; and a magnet disposed between the bottom wall portion and the strainer in the case. The magnet and the suction port are provided to be displaced from each other when viewed from a facing direction in which the strainer and the bottom wall portion face each other, and the suction port is provided with an opening facing a magnet side.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Tsuchida, Katsunori Yamashita, Tomoya Otaki, Tsutomu Itou
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Patent number: 12630010Abstract: Provided is a unit including: a heat exchanger; and a housing configured to accommodate a differential gear mechanism, in which the housing has a portion having an inclined surface surrounding the differential gear mechanism in a radial direction, and the heat exchanger has a portion that overlaps the inclined surface when viewed in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: JATCO LtdInventor: Yusuke Oota
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Patent number: 12623525Abstract: A unit includes: a rotating electrical machine; an inverter located in an outer periphery of the rotating electrical machine; a first gear connected downstream of the rotating electrical machine; a second gear to mesh with the first gear; a third gear connected downstream of the second gear via a shaft; and a fourth gear to mesh with the third gear. The shaft has a portion that overlaps a stator of the rotating electrical machine when viewed in a radial direction, and the inverter has a portion that overlaps the second gear when viewed in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Atsushi Maeda, Minoru Shoichi, Hiroki Uehara, Akira Suwabayashi
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Patent number: 12601401Abstract: Provided is a unit including: an input element; an output element; first to third engagement elements; a first planetary gear mechanism in which the first to third rotational elements are arranged in this order on an alignment chart; and a second planetary gear mechanism in which fourth to sixth rotational elements are arranged in this order on the alignment chart. The input element is connected to the third rotational element, the output element is connected to the second rotational element and the sixth rotational element, one side of the first engagement element is connected to the fifth rotational element, the other side of the first engagement element is fixed, one side of the second engagement element is connected to the first rotational element and the fourth rotational element, the other side of the second engagement element is fixed, and the third engagement element connects two rotational elements that are selected from the first to sixth rotational elements and are not connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Hidekazu Yagi, Kazutoshi Shimozono
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Patent number: 12595842Abstract: A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a housing that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, a partition section that supports the power transmission mechanism and divides an interior of the housing, a strainer arranged at a bottom of the housing, and a pump supported by the partition section. The housing defines a first chamber located on one side of the partition section in a direction of an axis of rotation of the power transmission device, and a second chamber located on the other side of the partition section. The strainer has a first connection port that connects to the pump, and a second connection port that connects to a second oil path inside the partition section, the second connection port connecting to the second oil path from a direction of assembly of the pump onto the partition section.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 7, 2026Assignees: JATCO LTD, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsunori Yamashita, Hirohisa Yukawa, Masahiro Kouya, Tomoya Otaki, Tahei Toyoshima
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Patent number: 12584475Abstract: An oil pressure supply device supplies, to an oil chamber, an oil pressure generated by suctioning oil from an oil source with an oil pump. The oil pressure supply device includes a first oil passage connected to a suction side of the oil pump; a first check valve provided in the first oil passage and configured to close the first oil passage and prevent oil from moving to the oil source side when the oil pump is stopped; a second oil passage connected to a discharge side of the oil pump; and a second check valve provided in the second oil passage and configured to close the second oil passage and prevent oil from moving to the oil pump side when the oil pump is stopped. When the oil pump is stopped, the second check valve closes the second oil passage earlier than the first check valve closes the first oil passage.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoko Sugano, Takurou Kawasumi
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Patent number: 12577976Abstract: A device includes: a motor, an inverter configured to drive the motor, a gear device connected downstream of the motor, and a drive shaft configured to transmit, to a drive wheel, power of the motor transmitted from the gear device, and the drive shaft includes a portion covered with a noise reducing material.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: JATCO LtdInventor: Shota Oikawa
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Patent number: 12578012Abstract: A device includes: a motor; a gear device disposed on one side of the motor and including a first lubricated member; an oil accumulation portion provided on the other side of the motor; a second lubricated member provided in the oil accumulation portion; and a communication passage configured to allows gear device side to communicate with the oil accumulation portion, in which the communication passage is provided above respective lowest points on a lower side in a gravity direction of lubrication target locations of the first lubricated member and the second lubricated member, the oil accumulation portion includes an enlarged portion in which an upper side in the gravity direction is thicker than a lower side in an axial direction, and the lowest point of the second lubricated member is positioned in the enlarged portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: JATCO LtdInventor: Shota Oikawa
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Patent number: 12580444Abstract: A component comprising: a motor accommodating portion that accommodates a motor; an inverter accommodating portion that accommodates an inverter; a coupling portion that couples the motor accommodating portion and the inverter accommodating portion and is integrally formed with the motor accommodating portion and the inverter accommodating portion; and an oil passage that is formed in the coupling portion in a manner of extending along an axial direction of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: JATCO LtdInventor: Kazuhiko Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20260075778Abstract: A cooling device cools a power semiconductor device. The cooling device includes a tank that accommodates a power semiconductor device, insulating oil, and a refrigerant liquid having a boiling point temperature lower than a boiling point temperature of the insulating oil and a specific gravity larger than a specific gravity of the insulating oil. The insulating oil and the refrigerant liquid are stored in the tank in a mixed state to cool the power semiconductor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: March 12, 2026Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Hisaya HAGIMORI, Yuuma MOCHIDUKI
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Patent number: 12565926Abstract: A power transmission device includes a case, a control valve, and an electric pump. The case has a first chamber that accommodates a power transmission mechanism, and a second chamber in which the control valve is arranged upright, with pressure regulating valves being aligned in a vertical direction. An axis of rotation of a motor of the electric pump is aligned in the vertical direction. The control valve and the electric pump are arranged in a direction of an axis of rotation of the power transmission mechanism. The electric pump has a first flange section where a first arm of a jig engages, and a supported section supported by a second arm of the jig. The supported section forms a circular basic cross-sectional shape in a plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the motor. The first flange section extends from an outer circumference of the supported section.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignees: JATCO LTD, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsunori Yamashita, Masayasu Kinoshita, Masahiro Kouya, Tomoo Ikeda
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Publication number: 20260055799Abstract: Provided is a unit including: an input element; an output element; and a gear device including a first rotational part, a second rotational part, a third rotational part, and a fourth rotational part arranged in this order on an alignment chart. The input element is connectable to the first rotational part and connectable to the second rotational part, the output element is connected to the third rotational part, and the fourth rotational part is switchable between a rotating state and a non-rotating state. The gear device includes a first planetary gear mechanism and a second planetary gear mechanism, the first rotational part is implemented by the sixth rotational element, the second rotational part is implemented by coupling the first rotational element and the fifth rotational element, the third rotational part is implemented by the second rotational element, and the fourth rotational part is implemented by coupling the third rotational element and the fourth rotational element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: February 26, 2026Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Akira KAMIYAMA, Kenichi WATANABE, Ikuo HIROSE