Patents Assigned to JATCO Ltd
  • Patent number: 11754174
    Abstract: The transmission control unit includes a gear ratio abnormality determination unit and a limp home control unit. The gear ratio abnormality determination unit is configured to determine that a gear ratio is abnormal when, during travelling at a predetermined gear position, a difference between an actual gear ratio, which is calculated based on a transmission input shaft rotation speed and a transmission output shaft rotation speed, and a set gear ratio at the predetermined gear position is equal to or greater than a set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihira Amano, Masahiro Hamano
  • Patent number: 11746884
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a pinion gear having a large pinion gear and a small pinion gear, a carrier that supports the pinion gear, a ring gear that engages with the small pinion gear, an oil supply unit positioned above a horizontal line that passes through a revolution center of the pinion gear, and a downstream side wall part facing a gear surface of the large pinion gear. The downstream side wall part is arranged to be adjacent to the oil supply unit further downstream in a revolution direction of the pinion gear than the oil supply unit when viewed from an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Yusuke Suzuki, Takayoshi Urushibata, Kenjiro Yasui
  • Patent number: 11746883
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a box, a case disposed in the box, a differential mechanism housed in the case, and a planetary gear mechanism disposed in the box and supported by the case. The planetary gear mechanism includes a sun gear and a pinion gear that engages with the sun gear. The box has a shelf part above a horizontal line that passes through a revolution center of the pinion gear. The shelf part is arranged at a position that does not overlap the sun gear when viewed from radially above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Kenjiro Yasui, Takayoshi Urushibata, Yusuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11746885
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes first and second drive shafts, a differential mechanism, a case, a pinion shaft, a pinion gear, and a bearing. The differential mechanism is connected to the second drive shaft. The differential mechanism includes a first side gear connected to the first drive shaft, a second side gear, first and second pinion mate gears that engage with the first and second side gears, first and second pinion mate shafts that respectively support the first and second pinion mate gears. The pinion gear includes small and large diameter gear parts. The bearing is positioned between the pinion shaft and the pinion gear, and is lubricated via an oil hole that is open facing an outside of the case at a small diameter gear part side. The small diameter gear part is positioned between the first and second pinion mate shafts in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventor: Takaya Kagami
  • Patent number: 11739819
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a motor including a rotor, a first planetary reduction gear connected downstream of the motor, a second planetary reduction gear connected downstream of the first planetary reduction gear, a differential gear connected downstream of the second planetary reduction gear, and a drive shaft connected downstream of the differential gear. The first planetary reduction gear includes a sun gear and a pinion gear that is a stepless pinion. The second planetary reduction gear includes a sun gear and a pinion gear that is a stepped pinion. The drive shafts is penetrating an inner circumference of the rotor of the motor, an inner circumference of the sun gear of the first planetary reduction gear, and an inner circumference of the sun gear of the second planetary reduction gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroki Uehara, Masumi Fujikawa, Toshikazu Oshidari
  • Patent number: 11738737
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle having: an engine; a variator arranged downstream of the engine in a power transmission path connecting the engine and drive wheels; a mechanical oil pump that is driven by the engine and supplies hydraulic pressure to the variator; and an electric oil pump that supplies hydraulic pressure to the variator, wherein the control device for the vehicle has a controller that executes a low standby control which downshifts the variator by moving a belt of the variator in a radial direction during stopping of the vehicle. The controller limits an output of the engine and increases an amount of oil discharged by the electric oil pump when executing the low standby control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori Miyaishi
  • Patent number: 11738752
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle having: an engine; and a variator arranged downstream of the engine in a power transmission path connecting the engine and drive wheels, wherein the control device for the vehicle has a controller that executes a low standby control which downshifts the variator by moving a belt of the variator in a vertical direction (radial direction) during stopping of the vehicle. After starting the low standby control, the controller releases an output limit of the engine based on an actual secondary pressure of the variator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori Miyaishi
  • Patent number: 11739800
    Abstract: A first multi-plate brake device and a second multi-plate brake device are arranged side by side in a direction of a rotating axis X along an inner peripheral surface of a transmission case. In the second multi-plate brake device, the snap ring is supported by a supporting portion which is formed on the first multi-plate brake device side of the snap ring and protrudes from the inner peripheral surface of the transmission case radially inward to the rotating axis X. The piston retainer of the first multi-plate brake device includes an abutting portion that protrudes to the second multi-plate brake device side and abuts the supporting portion from the opposite side of the snap ring of the second multi-plate brake device. The abutting portion includes a thick portion whose radial thickness on a lower side in a vertical direction is increased as compared to on an upper side in the vertical direction based on a state of mounting the automatic transmission on a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Toyama, Yuya Kimura
  • Patent number: 11731606
    Abstract: The lock-up control unit is configured to: in a case where the normal mode is selected, disengage the lock-up clutch when a vehicle speed decreases and reaches a first vehicle speed while the vehicle is traveling in a state where the lock-up clutch is engaged, in a case where the eco mode is selected, disengage the lock-up clutch when the vehicle speed decreases and reaches a second vehicle speed in a brake operation OFF state while the vehicle is traveling in the state where the lock-up clutch is engaged, in the case where the eco mode is selected, disengage the lock-up clutch when the vehicle speed decreases and reaches a third vehicle speed in a brake operation ON state while the vehicle is traveling in the state where the lock-up clutch is engaged, and set the third vehicle speed to a vehicle speed lower than the first vehicle speed, and set the second vehicle speed to a vehicle speed higher than the first vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuki Hirasako
  • Patent number: 11732798
    Abstract: A transmission case having a storage area inside for an assembling member, includes a first opening in the storage area; a seating portion provided in the storage area and on which the assembling member inserted from an opening direction of the first opening is to be seated; and a mirror-finished portion allowing an opposite portion of the assembling member facing the seating portion to be visually recognized when the assembling member is being inserted to the first opening from the opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Itou, Aya Nakata
  • Patent number: 11725720
    Abstract: In a transmission case, a pattern exerting a water repellent effect is provided around a connection portion for a connection with an electrical component. A water passage is provided on an upper surface of an outer peripheral surface of the transmission case. A drain portion is provided on a downstream side of the water passage. The drain portion is a through hole provided in the transmission case, the through hole connecting with the water passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Itou, Aya Nakata
  • Publication number: 20230221146
    Abstract: A rotation sensor includes a power supply line, a detection line, a sensor unit, and a switch, wherein a power supply voltage is applied to the sensor unit via the power supply line, and an ON voltage is applied to the switch via the power supply line, and the switch is connected to the detection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei IINUMA, Takeshi KATOU, Masatoshi AKANUMA, Wataru MATSUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11692621
    Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission in a vehicle with a constant speed travel mode includes: a determination section that determines whether the vehicle is traveling on a slope road; a slope adaptation control section that implements a first transmission shift control if not traveling on a slope road and, if traveling on a slope road, implements a second transmission shift control for selecting a transmission shift position of a lower speed than case of not traveling on a slope road; a delaying section that, upon switching from the second transmission shift control to the first transmission shift control, implements an upshift delay control for performing upshift one by one at a predetermined time interval; and a setting section that, in case of traveling at the constant speed travel mode, sets the time interval shorter in comparison with case of traveling not at the constant speed travel mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuki Hirasako
  • Patent number: 11692625
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, a metal belt and a controller. The metal ring includes a ring and a plurality of elements bundled by the ring. The elements have respective receiving portions opening in a radial direction of the metal belt and receive the ring in the receiving portions. Assuming a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction and a radial direction of the metal belt as a lateral direction L, the controller executes a falling-off countermeasure control of the element when a relative movement of the element in the lateral direction L with respect to the ring is detected or a presence of an action of a force on the element which causes such relative movement is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Masanori Yamazaki, Kouhei Toyohara, Yoshiteru Kanayama, Takashi Saitou, Tadaaki Hiraoka, Satoshi Ohata
  • Patent number: 11686387
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, a metal belt wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley, and a controller. The metal belt includes a ring and a plurality of elements. The elements have respective receiving portions opening in a radial direction of the belt and receive the ring in the receiving portions. The controller executes a preliminary determined falling-off countermeasure control of the element when the end play larger than the predetermined length is detected to be generated or the continuously variable transmission is detected to be under the operation condition in which the end plays concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Tadaaki Hiraoka, Kouhei Toyohara, Masanori Yamazaki, Yoshiteru Kanayama, Takashi Saitou
  • Patent number: 11644096
    Abstract: A diagnosis device determines diagnoses one of primary and secondary board temperature sensors as abnormal, in response to a condition that a state in which a primary temperature sensor value and a secondary temperature sensor value deviate from each other by a predetermined value or more continues for a predetermined duration or more; performs torque limitation to limit a torque inputted from an engine to an automatic transmission, during driving in a predetermined travel section based on a predetermined condition, after the one of the primary and secondary board temperature sensors is diagnosed as abnormal; and performs transmission shift restriction to restrict shifting of the automatic transmission along with the torque limitation, in response to a condition that the one of the primary and secondary board temperature sensors continues to be diagnosed as still abnormal after the driving in the predetermined travel section is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hamano, Yasunori Murase
  • Publication number: 20230074909
    Abstract: A device includes a rotary electric machine, a liquid supply member configured to supply liquid to the rotary electric machine, and a facing member facing the rotary electric machine in an axial direction with the liquid supply member interposed therebetween. The liquid is supplied to the liquid supply member via the facing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Atsushi MAEDA, Ryoichi MIZOKAMI, Masaomi MORISHITA, Masahiro KOSAKA
  • Patent number: 11585426
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a gear; a case receiving the gear; and a baffle plate positioned between the gear and the case; the baffle plate including a guide portion arranged to guide an oil scooped up by the gear, into between the baffle plate and the case, and the guide portion being disposed above an oil level within the case, the guide portion being adjacent to an axial side surface of the gear, the guide portion being positioned in the baffle plate on an upstream side in a rotation direction of the gear, and the guide portion including a first bent portion which is positioned on a tip end side, and which is bent in a direction from the case toward the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tahei Toyoshima, Shingo Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Handa, Masaki Shibuya, Tomohiro Nagata, Masakazu Tamura, Atsuyuki Ide, Yasuyuki Horie, Hideyuki Mamiya, Akira Kakimi
  • Patent number: 11572943
    Abstract: A housing member for a power transmission device connected to a driving source via a torque converter housed in the housing member includes a torque converter side mating face closer to the torque converter. The torque converter side mating face has a single-wall structure and a double-wall structure, wherein two adjacent fastening regions are connected circumferentially by a wall in the single-wall structure, and wherein two adjacent fastening regions are connected circumferentially by each of two walls in the double-wall structure. The torque converter side mating face includes: an upper half region in which the double-wall structure has a greater proportion in area than the single-wall structure; and a lower half region in which the double-wall structure has a less proportion in area than the single-wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Numata, Yuuki Sakai, Yusuke Ienaka, Kazuhiro Nishimura, Tatsuya Kumagai, Masakazu Tamura
  • Publication number: 20230030147
    Abstract: An oil pressure supply device includes: a first oil pump configured to be operated by a traveling drive source of a vehicle; a second oil pump configured to be operated by a motor different from the traveling drive source and to be switched between an operation and a stop according to a traveling condition of the vehicle; a pressure regulating circuit configured to regulate an oil pressure generated by the first oil pump and the second oil pump and supply the regulated oil pressure to an oil chamber; an oil passage configured to connect the second oil pump with an oil source; and a check valve provided in the oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko SUGANO, Takurou KAWASUMI, Tomoya OTAKI