Patents Assigned to JATCO Ltd
  • Patent number: 10598277
    Abstract: In a vehicle in which a continuously variable transmission, which is connected to an electric motor via a clutch, is operated using oil pressure of an oil pump driven by the motor, erroneous engagement of the clutch is quickly determined. The vehicle has the motor serving as a vehicle driving source, the oil pump connected to the motor, the continuously variable transmission, the clutch interposed between the motor and the continuously variable transmission, a clutch control means for controlling the clutch such that the clutch enters into a completely-engaged, slip-engaged, or release state, and a vehicle control means for controlling the motor such that the motor rotates at a target rotation speed. Also provided is an erroneous engagement handling control means that executes torque adjustment control to decrease an output torque of the vehicle driving source when the clutch is determined to be in an erroneously completely engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihira Amano, Youji Itou, Masahiro Hamano
  • Patent number: 10589731
    Abstract: A sailing stop control method for a vehicle including a transmission and a friction engaging element in series between an engine and drive wheels includes performing a sailing stop control to coast by shutting off power transmission by the friction engaging element, stopping the engine based on satisfaction of a sailing enter condition, restarting the engine upon satisfaction of a sailing exit condition during coasting by the sailing stop control, executing a shift control to set a target speed ratio of the transmission to a highest speed ratio smaller than a coasting speed ratio in normal time and satisfying engine exhaust performance after the restart of the engine if the sailing exit condition is a brake pedal depressing operation, and re-engaging the friction engaging element, if input and output revolution speeds of the friction engaging element are determined to be a synchronous revolution speed after end of the shift control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Tadashi Iwamoto, Masayoshi Nakasaki, Yoshimasa Nishihiro, Yukifumi Ootsuka
  • Patent number: 10591053
    Abstract: A failure judgment device of an automatic transmission includes: a first abnormality judging section configured to judge a power supply fault abnormality or a breaking abnormality of the solenoid, from a selected shift stage and a state of the transmission mechanism, after the detection of the electric abnormality; and a second abnormality judging section configured to judge the power supply abnormality or the breaking abnormality of the solenoid, from the monitor current value when the solenoid valve is switched to an OFF state, after the detection of the electric abnormality, when one of the first abnormality judging section and the second abnormality judging section judges the power supply fault abnormality or the breaking abnormality, the judgement result being outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Tasaka, Youji Itou, Masahiro Hamano, Naonori Iizuka, Norihira Amano, Heo Chang Moo
  • Patent number: 10576965
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a mechanical oil pump (O/P) that is driven by a motor/generator (MG), an electric oil pump (M/O/P) that is driven by a sub-motor (S/M) and a second clutch (CL2) that transmits the drive force of the motor/generator (MG) to left and right drive wheels (LT, RT). When an accelerator pedal is depressed while a brake pedal is still depressed, an integrated controller (10) drives the electric oil pump (M/O/P) before the brake pedal is released, and oil pressure supplied to the second clutch (CL2) is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Shusaku Katakura, Yutaka Shimizu, Tomoyuki Koike, Yukiyoshi Inuta, Youko Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10569661
    Abstract: In a specific state where an electric vehicle is in a stop state and a creep torque is generate in an electric motor (2), when a shift range is switched from a traveling range to a non-traveling range, a motor control section (10B) performs a torque decrease control to stepwisely decrease the creep torque of the electric motor (2), and an automatic transmission control device (30) performs a disengagement control to gradually disengage the frictional engagement element of the automatic transmission (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Tomoo Mochizuki, Kenichi Ooshima, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Yuji Torizawa, Hiroki Matsui, Daisuke Nakagawa, Takefumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10549757
    Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle includes a drive source and an automatic transmission connected to the drive source and including a variator. The vehicle control device includes: a first control unit configured to execute a during-travel drive source stop control for stopping the drive source and shifting the automatic transmission in a neutral state if a during-travel drive source stop condition is satisfied; and a second control unit configured to execute a during-travel drive source stop release control for shifting the automatic transmission in a power transmission state via a rotation synchronization control in the automatic transmission set in the neutral state if a during-travel drive source stop release condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Nishihiro, Masayoshi Nakasaki, Naoki Kobayashi, Yusuke Oota, Shintaro Ohshio
  • Patent number: 10550938
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure controller includes belt sandwiching force increasing means. The belt sandwiching force increasing means increases a belt sandwiching force by a primary pulley and a secondary pulley on the basis of a braking force request from a driver, up to a predetermined value to prevent a belt from slipping due to a braking force. The belt sandwiching force increasing means increases the belt sandwiching force in a range of less than the predetermined value before the braking force request occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Iwasa, Hironori Miyaishi, Tetsuya Izumi
  • Patent number: 10550937
    Abstract: In gear-shift control apparatus and method for a vehicular transmission, a variator which is interposed between an engine and driving wheels and which is capable of modifying a gear (speed) ratio continuously; a sub transmission which is installed in series with the variator and which is capable of switching a plurality of gear-shift stages through a replacement of engagement elements; and a transmission controller which performs a gear ratio control for the variator and a gear-shift stage control for the sub transmission are installed. During a deceleration through a second speed stage of the sub transmission, when the variator is a state in which the variator is at a lowest gear (speed) ratio, a down-shift in which the sub transmission is forced to perform the gear-shift from a second speed stage to a first speed stage, with the variator maintained at the lowest gear (speed) ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Kousuke Waku, Incheol Na, Mamiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 10549761
    Abstract: An automatic transmission includes an oil temperature detecting unit configured to detect an oil temperature of the hydraulic oil, and a controller configured to perform the control of the speed ratio on a basis of the oil temperature obtained from the oil temperature detecting unit. The controller is configured such that if the controller has failed to obtain the oil temperature from the oil temperature detecting unit, the controller outputs a command to restrict an output from the driving force source, and such that if the controller has obtained the oil temperature from the oil temperature detecting unit again, the controller gradually cancels the command to restrict the output from the driving force source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihira Amano, Youji Itou, Kosuke Abe
  • Publication number: 20200032900
    Abstract: For a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a motor generator, and a belt-type continuously variable transmission, a controller performs a low speed position return expediting control in response to a downshift request accompanying deceleration. During the low speed position return expediting control, the controller increases a differential pressure between a primary pressure and a secondary pressure and cause a downshift toward a lowest speed position transmission ratio by reducing the primary pressure, and further reduces the primary pressure when the secondary pressure becomes greater than or equal to a trigger threshold value during the downshift; and terminates the low speed position return expediting control when an actual secondary pressure decreases to a secondary pressure minimum level. The controller further sets a secondary pressure lower limit higher than the secondary pressure minimum level during the low speed position return expediting control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKOI, Kenji YONEDA, Hironori MIYAISHI
  • Publication number: 20200025266
    Abstract: Abnormality detection device for automatic transmission of invention has automatic transmission 5A connected to vehicle driving source 1, 3 through clutch 4a; range detector detecting selection range of selector lever 9 and outputting detection signal; manual valve 90 configured to, when selector lever is positioned at drive range position, engage clutch and bring automatic transmission into power transmission state, and when selector lever is positioned at range position except drive range position, disengage clutch and bring automatic transmission into power non-transmission state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junki MATSUI, Masahiro HAMANO, Norihira AMANO
  • Publication number: 20200025288
    Abstract: Provided are a variator and a transmission controller in an engine-driven vehicle. The transmission controller has an instantaneous interruption recovery control portion configured to, upon a power reset from an instantaneous interruption during running, set a target through transmission ratio and a desired through transmission ratio to a lowest transmission ratio value by initialization and perform recovery control to recover an actual through transmission ratio of the variator to a transmission ratio value for shifting to normal control. The instantaneous interruption recovery control portion is further configured to, upon the power reset from the instantaneous interruption during the running, set a change speed of the target through transmission ratio from the lowest transmission ratio value to the desired through transmission ratio, to be higher than that under the normal control, before a time at which the desired through transmission ratio value deviates from the lowest transmission ratio value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori ISHII, Tetsuya IZUMI, Sungpil RYU, Hiroki IWASA, Hironori MIYAISHI
  • Publication number: 20200023849
    Abstract: A shift control device for a vehicle includes: an engine; a shift mechanism disposed between the engine and driving wheels; a shift control section configured to control a transmission gear ratio of the shift mechanism; and a fuel cut control section configured to stop a fuel supply to the engine, at least when an accelerator pedal is in a release state, and when an engine speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotation speed, the shift control section being configured to perform a minimum rotation speed restriction control to control the transmission gear ratio of the shift mechanism so that the minimum rotation speed of the engine is equal to or greater than the predetermined rotation speed regardless of a vehicle front condition and an accelerator operation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu ARAKI, Tomoaki HONMA, Yasuhiro ENDO, Hiroshi KUROIWA
  • Publication number: 20200025289
    Abstract: Pressure regulation valve control device has line pressure regulation valve (4) having line pressure solenoid (41) and line pressure spool valve (42) and CVT control unit (8) controlling secondary pressure (Psec) by actuating the line pressure spool valve (42) by solenoid pressure (Psol) produced by controlling current command value (I) to the line pressure solenoid (41). CVT control unit (8) has abnormality control unit (81). The abnormality control unit (81) is configured to, when decrease in secondary pressure (Psec) is detected during travel, execute, during travel, abnormality control that increases solenoid pressure (Psol), supplied to line pressure spool valve (42) from line pressure solenoid (41), more than solenoid pressure (Psol) of a time when the decrease in secondary pressure (Psec) is detected. With this, even when the decrease in the pressure is detected during travel, the decrease in the pressure is suppressed during travel while reducing influence on vehicle travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Soyoung LEE, Hajime TASAKA, Kokan BOKU, Kosuke ABE, Tomoyuki SUWABE
  • Publication number: 20200018668
    Abstract: In the present invention, a secondary pressure solenoid valve (74) for adjusting the pressure of oil supplied from an oil pump (70) so as to make the same an indicated pressure and a CVT control unit (8) for determining whether the adjustment operation of the secondary pressure solenoid valve (74) is normal are provided. This device for determining the normality of an electromagnetic control valve is provided with a secondary pressure sensor (82) for detecting the actual pressure arrived at through adjustment by the secondary pressure solenoid valve (74). The CVT control unit (8) uses a plurality of non-overlapping indicated pressure regions as determination regions for determining the normality of the adjustment operation of the secondary pressure solenoid valve (74).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junki MATSUI
  • Patent number: 10527161
    Abstract: A control device that controls an automatic transmission is provided, in which device the automatic transmission includes a variator disposed in a power transmission path between a driving source and a driving wheel of a vehicle, and a friction engaging element disposed between the variator and the driving wheel, in a manner capable of transmitting a power disconnectably via the power transmission path. The control device increases a speed ratio of the variator toward a predetermined target speed ratio with disengaging the friction engaging element during a vehicle stop of the vehicle, and executes a learning regarding a hydraulic control of the friction engaging element when the friction engaging element is disengaged during the vehicle stop. The control device decreases the target speed ratio at a time of learning when the learning is executed during the vehicle stop, compared to a time of vehicle stop other than the time of learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Seiji Kasahara, Haibin Ma
  • Patent number: 10527163
    Abstract: The present invention is a control device for an automatic transmission, the control device being adapted to control the automatic transmission including a torque converter and a stepped transmission mechanism provided on a power transmission route from the torque converter to drive wheels, wherein while a non-driving range of the automatic transmission is selected, determination on interlock in the stepped transmission mechanism is executed on the basis of deceleration of an output shaft of the stepped transmission mechanism and a change in the torque converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hamano, Youji Itou, Haruka Kondo, Norihira Amano
  • Patent number: 10527165
    Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission includes: a first engagement control section configured to bring the lockup clutch to a full engagement state after a rotation of the internal combustion engine is increased in a slip engagement state while a torque transmission capacity of the lockup clutch is increased, and a second engagement control section configured to add a predetermined capacity to the increased torque transmission capacity when the torque judging section judges an increase of the output torque of the internal combustion engine in a state where a sensed rotation speed difference in the slip engagement state of the engagement state of the first engagement control is increased to be equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, and then decreased to be equal to or smaller than a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Kamiya, Tomoaki Honma, Akito Suzuki, Yasuhiro Endo
  • Patent number: 10520082
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle which a continuously variable transmission mechanism; a stepwise variable transmission mechanism; a shift control means, the hydraulic pressure control device includes: the shift control means including a line pressure control section configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure before a generation of an oil vibration when the oil vibration is generated in at least one of actual hydraulic pressures of the primary pressure and the secondary pressure, and the line pressure control section being configured to continue the increase of the line pressure until the shift of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism is finished when the stepwise variable transmission is shifted in a state where the line pressure is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Hiroyasu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10514095
    Abstract: A control device for a continuously variable transmission mechanism of a vehicle includes: a stepwise variable transmission mechanism which is disposed in series with the continuously variable transmission mechanism, and which has at least two or more forward gear stages; and a controller configured to increase the belt capacities to be greater than the belt capacity set when an accelerator opening degree is zero, at least in a time period from a timing when the accelerator opening degree becomes zero, to a timing when a braking force is generated by a depression of a brake pedal, the controller being configured to set an increase amount with respect to the belt capacity set when the accelerator opening degree is zero, to a smaller value as a transmission gear ratio of the stepwise variable transmission mechanism is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Norio Asai, Hiroyasu Tanaka