Patents Assigned to JATCO
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Publication number: 20210249934Abstract: The power transmission device has the rotating electric machine, the housing that houses the stator of the rotating electric machine, and the pipe as a refrigerant liquid feeding member that has the holes. In the upper part of the housing is provided the opening that introduces oil ejected from the holes. In the lower part of the housing is provided the oil reservoir that forms an oil pool.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Daiki TANAKA, Akira SUWABAYASHI, Masahiro KOSAKA
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Publication number: 20210237733Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission includes: a failure diagnosis section for diagnosing whether or not a failure has occurred in a shift control system of the automatic transmission; a fail-safe control section for fixing the automatic transmission into a predetermined gear position in response to confirmation of the failure of the shift control system of the automatic transmission; and an oil temperature rise regulation torque reduction control section for outputting a torque reduction request to suppress torque of a vehicle driving source, based on temperature of transmission operating oil of the automatic transmission, and outputting the torque reduction request in response to satisfaction of an oil temperature condition that is set lower in oil temperature when the automatic transmission is fixed in a first gear position by the fail-safe control section than when the automatic transmission is not fixed in the first gear position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Tomoko OUE, Masashi YAMAJI, Hiroshi TSUCHIYA, Shin TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11077852Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimitsu Araki, Tomoaki Honma, Yasuhiro Endo, Hiroshi Kuroiwa
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Publication number: 20210222772Abstract: As a driving source, an engine and an assist motor are provided. An engine control module includes a torque assist control unit for controlling the assist motor by a plurality of types of switching patterns having different torque assist levels. A CVT control unit includes a torque assist coordination control unit that, when a torque assist request is input from the torque assist control unit, carries out the control that increases commanded hydraulic pressure so as to increase the hydraulic pressure of hydraulically operated members. When carrying out the control that increases the commanded hydraulic pressure, the torque assist coordination control unit unifies the levels of the commanded hydraulic pressure regardless of the types of the switching patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoichi HIRATA, Hironori MIYAISHI
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Patent number: 11067171Abstract: A control device for a continuously variable transmission performs feedback control so that an actual transmission control value becomes a target transmission control value. The control device includes a phase lead compensation unit configured to perform phase lead compensation of the feedback control, a phase delay compensation unit configured to perform phase delay compensation of the feedback control, a first peak value frequency determination unit configured to change a peak value frequency of the phase lead compensation according to a transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission, and a second peak value frequency determination unit configured to change a peak value frequency of the phase delay compensation based on the peak value frequency of the lead compensation.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Jatco Ltd.Inventor: Ken Okahara
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Patent number: 11067167Abstract: A control device for a lock-up clutch includes a control unit, an abnormality determination unit, a release control unit and a prohibition unit. The control unit is configured to control an engagement state of a lock-up clutch, and to perform a slip lock-up control by performing a feedback control of an engagement hydraulic pressure to be a first slip amount during coasting. The abnormality determination unit is configured to determine an abnormality when a state continues with a slip amount being equal to or greater than a second slip amount. The release control unit is configured to release the lock-up clutch when the abnormality is determined. The prohibition unit is configured to allow the control unit to raise the engagement hydraulic pressure by a prescribed pressure, and to prohibit determination by the abnormality determination unit, when the transmission ratio is downshifted during coasting while the slip lock-up control is performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Jatco Ltd.Inventors: Takehiro Iizumi, Toshiaki Noda, Takahiro Yamada, Takashi Koguchi, Yuichi Ishiyama
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Publication number: 20210215239Abstract: The present invention relates to a lock-up clutch of a torque converter. A cover (10) is separated to a pilot (48) and includes an opening (10-1) for installing the pilot (48). Before assembling a clutch driving portion such as a piston, a separator, drive plates, a seal ring, and driven plates, to the pilot (48), rivets (53) are press-fitted into the pilot (48), the cover (10) is abutted to respective head portions of the rivets (53), and the pilot (48) is installed in the cover (10) and is fixed to the cover (10) by welding. Thereafter, the piston, the drive plates and the driven plates are disposed between the separator and the cover (10), the seal ring is contact with the separator, the separator is press-fitted into projection ends of the rivets (53), and then projection portions (53-2) of the rivets (53) are crimped.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicants: UNIPRES CORPORATION, JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiko FURUYA, Ryuta MORI, Mitsuyoshi TAKO, Daisuke NAKAHARA, Koshi ASAO, Daisuke USUI, Takumi WATANABE, Yasuhiro ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11059475Abstract: An automatic transmission is arranged in a hybrid driveline employing an EV mode and an HEV mode, and establishes transmission ratio positions by engaging or disengaging frictional elements. A system or method includes: determining, based on a vehicle deceleration and a relationship between a requested transmission ratio position and an actual transmission ratio, whether or not interlocking is occurring, when the automatic transmission is in a state out of transmission shifting, wherein the interlocking is due to erroneous engagement of one of the frictional elements; and inhibiting the determination about interlocking, during a period from start of slip of a first frictional element of the automatic transmission to confirmation of convergence of slip of the first frictional element, in a situation that the first frictional element is slip-engaged for starting the engine in response to a request for mode transition from the EV mode to the HEV mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Hamano, Yutaka Tohyama, Norihira Amano
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Patent number: 11054028Abstract: A CVT is provided with a primary pulley (1) and a secondary pulley (2) between which a belt (3) is wound, and hydraulic pressure control valves (5, 6, 7) which control pulley hydraulic pressures. A CVT controller (8) sets a base current indicated value to be output to solenoids (5a, 6a, 7a) of the hydraulic pressure control valves (5, 6, 7), on the basis of a pulley hydraulic pressure indicated value. A dither control unit (58) of the CVT controller (8) superimposes a dither current onto the base current indicated value to be output to the solenoids (5a, 6a, 7a) if, during pulley hydraulic pressure control, the situation is determined, on the basis of belt slip determination information, to be such that belt slipping is highly likely to occur.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Junki Matsui
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Publication number: 20210199187Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a cylinder member fixed to the fix pulley, and including a cylinder cylindrical portion radially inside a pulley cylindrical portion of the slide pulley, the cylinder cylindrical portion including a groove which is formed on an outer circumference of the cylinder cylindrical portion, and which extends in an axial direction, the groove including a first groove portion which functions as a sensed portion of the rotation speed sensor, and a second groove portion which is other than the first groove portion, and wherein the continuously variable transmission includes a plunger located radially inside the pulley cylindrical portion; the cylinder cylindrical portion includes an abutment portion abutted on the plunger; and the thickness decreasing portion is not formed in the abutment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Atsushi KUROKI
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Publication number: 20210190200Abstract: A baffle plate (4) including a body portion (5), a cover portion (8, 9) and a seal member (88, 98), a final gear (25) and a driven sprocket (DS) disposed in an accommodating chamber (Sa, Sb) of the baffle plate (4), an oil pump (OP) serving as a source of oil (OL) for lubrication, and an oil pan (16) are provided. At least one of the body portion (5), the cover portions (8, 9) and the seal members (88, 98) includes a material that shrinks as the temperature of the oil (OL) decreases. The baffle plate (4) is dimensioned such that a gap (CL1, CL2) is sealed by the seal member (88, 89) when the temperature of the oil (OL) is equal to or higher than a predetermined oil temperature and an aperture (CL?) is formed when the temperature of the oil (OL) is less than the predetermined oil temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsutomu ITOU
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Publication number: 20210164557Abstract: A continuously variable transmission has an oil pan, an oil strainer located above the oil pan and a control valve unit located above the oil pan. The control valve unit has a shape having a cutting portion formed by a part of the control valve unit being cut out when viewed from an oil pan side. The oil strainer is arranged so as to overlap the cutting portion. With this structure, it is possible to ease a restriction on layout in terms of a height direction in the continuously variable transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya NUMATA, Tahei TOYOSHIMA, Daisuke YANAGAWA, Tomoya OTAKI, Akira HIGASHIYAMA, Fuminori SATOH, Naoya SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11022190Abstract: A vehicle control device for a vehicle with a drive source and an automatic transmission including a friction engaging element for transmitting a driving force of the drive source to drive wheels by being engaged by a hydraulic pressure, wherein the vehicle control device is configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis of a solenoid valve for adjusting a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the friction engaging element on the basis of a slip amount of the friction engaging element, and prohibit the abnormality diagnosis of the solenoid valve if a hydraulic pressure upstream of the solenoid valve is below a predetermined hydraulic pressure at which the friction engaging element is engaged, the hydraulic pressure upstream of the solenoid being a source hydraulic pressure to be adjusted by the solenoid valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Ichikawa, Tomoaki Kabe, Kosuke Abe
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Publication number: 20210155223Abstract: An automatic transmission is arranged in a hybrid driveline employing an EV mode and an HEV mode, and establishes transmission ratio positions by engaging or disengaging frictional elements. A system or method includes: determining, based on a vehicle deceleration and a relationship between a requested transmission ratio position and an actual transmission ratio, whether or not interlocking is occurring, when the automatic transmission is in a state out of transmission shifting, wherein the interlocking is due to erroneous engagement of one of the frictional elements; and inhibiting the determination about interlocking, during a period from start of slip of a first frictional element of the automatic transmission to confirmation of convergence of slip of the first frictional element, in a situation that the first frictional element is slip-engaged for starting the engine in response to a request for mode transition from the EV mode to the HEV mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro HAMANO, Yutaka TOHYAMA, Norihira AMANO
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Patent number: 11015704Abstract: A vehicle has an engine (1) as a driving source. Output rotation of the engine (1) is transmitted to driving wheels (7) through a torque converter (2) equipped with a lock-up clutch, a first gear train (3), a transmission (4) formed by combination of a variator (20) and an auxiliary transmission (30), a second gear train (5) and a final speed reduction device (6). The second gear train (5) is provided with a parking mechanism (8) that mechanically locks an output shaft of the transmission (4) so that the output shaft of the transmission (4) cannot rotate during parking of the vehicle. A shift speed when down-shift is performed by the variator (20) during a torque-down request to the engine (1) is set to be slower than a shift speed when down-shift is performed by the variator (20) during a non-torque-down request.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Sho Okutani, Takashi Koguchi, Makoto Komatsu, Takashi Nobukawa
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Patent number: 10989301Abstract: A controller constitutes a control device for continuously variable transmission for executing a feedback control of a transmission so that an actual speed ratio reaches a target speed ratio. The controller includes a first phase lead compensator and a second phase lead compensator configured to perform phase lead compensation of a feedback primary command pressure, and a peak value frequency determination unit configured to change a peak value frequency according to a speed ratio.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: JATCO LTDInventors: Ken Okahara, Kazutaka Adachi, Yutaka Kaneko, Kenichi Mori
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Patent number: 10962111Abstract: A controller changes a shift line of the continuously variable transmission to a high rotation side when execution of automatic brake is detected during sailing stop which stops the engine while driving the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Oota
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Patent number: 10962101Abstract: A transmission case (10) includes a case (2) and a side cover (3). A rotation sensor (5) including a connector terminal part (52) is attached to the side cover (3). A seal member (FIPG) (4) is interposed between joining surfaces (22a, 32a) of the case (2) and the side cover (3). A notch portion (25) where the seal member (4) is accumulated is provided to an outer peripheral surface (22b) of the joining surface (22a) which is adjacent to the connector terminal part (52). Accordingly, the amount of the seal member (4) protruding outward from the outer peripheral surface (22b, 32b) of the flange portions (22, 32) is reduced, thus suppressing connection failure of a connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo Fujii, Mitsuhiro Akiyama
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Publication number: 20210071755Abstract: A vehicle has an engine (1) as a driving source. Output rotation of the engine (1) is transmitted to driving wheels (7) through a torque converter (2) equipped with a lock-up clutch, a first gear train (3), a transmission (4) formed by combination of a variator (20) and an auxiliary transmission (30), a second gear train (5) and a final speed reduction device (6). The second gear train (5) is provided with a parking mechanism (8) that mechanically locks an output shaft of the transmission (4) so that the output shaft of the transmission (4) cannot rotate during parking of the vehicle. A shift speed when down-shift is performed by the variator (20) during a torque-down request to the engine (1) is set to be slower than a shift speed when down-shift is performed by the variator (20) during a non-torque-down request.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Sho OKUTANI, Takashi KOGUCHI, Makoto KOMATSU, Takashi NOBUKAWA
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Patent number: 10941855Abstract: A controller performs control in a vehicle having a planetary gear mechanism, a forward clutch, an engine rotation sensor. a PRI rotation sensor, and a rotation sensor. The controller determines a rotation direction of a primary pulley corresponding to a rotation direction of a carrier on the basis of a rotation speed corresponding to a rotation speed of a sun gear, a rotation speed corresponding to a rotation speed of the carrier C, and a rotation speed of a ring gear, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Seiya Kitagawa