Patents Assigned to JATCO
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 10507832
    Abstract: In a drive control device, a controller automatically stops an engine if an execution condition of an idling stop is satisfied, and an electric oil pump is driven during an automatic stop of the engine. A first friction engaging element establishes a starting gear position and a second friction engaging element is released when a vehicle starts. A second solenoid drains oil to be supplied to the second friction engaging element according to an indicator current. A drain degree becomes smaller by reducing the indicator current. The controller reduces the indicator current below a minimum value during the automatic stop of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Ruofeng Liu, Hideshi Wakayama
  • Patent number: 10507833
    Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle including an oil pump driven by a transmission of a rotation of the motor-generator; and a hydraulic pressure supply unit for supplying a hydraulic pressure to the continuously variable transmission. The hydraulic pressure is generated by regulating a pressure of an oil discharged from the oil pump. When a regenerative braking is performed by the motor-generator based on a deceleration request from a driver, the hydraulic pressure supply unit supplies a hydraulic pressure based on a first hydraulic pressure and a second hydraulic pressure to the continuously variable transmission. The first hydraulic pressure is a hydraulic pressure to transmit an input torque input to the continuously variable transmission during the regenerative braking. The second hydraulic pressure is a hydraulic pressure to shift the continuously variable transmission during the regenerative braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Hiroki Iwasa, Hironori Miyaishi, Tetsuya Izumi
  • Patent number: 10501083
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes control means for executing coasting control, in which a friction engaging element is disengaged and a rotation speed of a rotary shaft of a drive source is set at zero, when a shift range corresponds to a travel range and a coasting condition is established, and the control means executes the coasting control when the shift range is modified to a neutral range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakano, Yusuke Ota, Yoshimasa Nishihiro, Masayoshi Nakasaki, Yukifumi Ootsuka, Takuro Kawasumi, Shintaro Oshio
  • Patent number: 10502314
    Abstract: An oil pump driving control device of a vehicle having a main oil pump (14) that is driven by a motor/generator (4) and produces a pump discharge oil to a first clutch (3), a second clutch (5) and a belt-type continuously variable transmission (6) provided on a driving force transmission line. A hybrid control module (81) is provided in this FF hybrid vehicle. The hybrid control module (81) is configured to perform a control so that during vehicle stop, the lower an ATF oil temperature is, the more the pump driving energy to drive the main oil pump (14) is decreased. With this control, consumption energy during the vehicle stop can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Takanobu Mouri, Taiichi Onoyama, Seishi Shimamura, Kakuzou Kaneko, Akihiro Toyofuku, Ryuichi Arai, Ryuzo Noguchi, Satoshi Harui, Hironori Miyaishi, Tomoyuki Mizuochi, Kenichi Watanabe, Masumi Fujikawa, Kouichi Kotsuji, Shingo Suzuki, Akito Suzuki, Tetsuya Izumi, Keisuke Iwado, Kazuhiro Miyachi
  • Patent number: 10495221
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle controlling the vehicle including a driving source and an automatic transmission coupled to the driving source and includes a power transmission mechanism including a forward engaging element. The control device for the vehicle includes a first control unit configured to execute a driving-source-stop-while-traveling control that stops the driving source and brings the automatic transmission into a neutral state when a driving-source-stop-while-traveling condition for stopping the driving source while traveling is satisfied and a second control unit configured to engage the forward engaging element on the basis of input and output rotation speeds of the power transmission mechanism after a driving-source-stop-while-traveling cancellation condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Nishihiro, Masayoshi Nakasaki, Naoki Kobayashi, Yusuke Oota, Shintaro Ohshio
  • Patent number: 10495222
    Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission includes: a transmission gear ratio control section configured to control the transmission gear ratio so that a rotation speed of the output element rapidly becomes closer to a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine, a first engagement control section configured to perform a first engagement control to be brought to the full engagement state after the rotation of the internal combustion engine is increased in the slip engagement state while a torque transmission capacity of the lockup clutch is increased when the lockup clutch is switched through the slip engagement state to the full engagement state by an ON operation of an accelerator of the vehicle, the transmission gear ratio control being prohibited during the first engagement control by the first engagement control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Kamiya, Tomoaki Honma, Yasuhiro Endo
  • Patent number: 10480648
    Abstract: In a vehicle equipped with a torque converter (4) having a lock-up clutch (3), learning control for obtaining a learning value (L_n) on the basis of meet-point information, with which the lock-up clutch (3) initiates torque transmission, is carried out. After acquiring the current learning detection value (M_n), a meet-point learning control unit (12c) calculates the current detection error (E_n) on the basis of the difference between the current learning detection value (M_n) and the previous learning value (L_(n?1)) that is stored. When the current and previous detection errors (E_n) and (E_n?1) have the same plus/minus sign, the current learning value correction amount is set to a larger value if the absolute value |(E_n?1)| of the previous detection error (E_n?1) is large than if the absolute value |(E_n?1)| is small. The sum of the previous learning value (L_(n?1)) and the current learning value correction amount is set as the present learning value (L_n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Araki, Seiji Kasahara, Hideshi Wakayama, Hiroyasu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10473212
    Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a mechanical oil pump, an electric oil pump, and a controller. The controller calculates a flow rate of oil necessary for the automatic transmission during the vehicle travels, and drives the electric oil pump when the calculated flow rate of the oil necessary for the automatic transmission is higher than a margin flow rate of the mechanical oil pump generated in a state where a hydraulic pressure necessary for the automatic transmission is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190333722
    Abstract: An inhibitor switch is attached to a manual shaft with a jig. The jig includes a fitting part and an engagement pin. The fitting part is spline-fitted to an outer periphery of the manual shaft. The engagement pin engages in a positioning hole of the inhibitor switch. The outer periphery of the manual shaft includes a tooth-omitted part formed by omitting at least one of spline teeth. The fitting part includes an insertion hole. The insertion hole includes an inner periphery including internal teeth and an engaging part, wherein the internal teeth meshes with the spline teeth, and wherein the engaging part engages with the tooth-omitted part. The jig is attached to the manual shaft with the engaging part engaged with the tooth-omitted part. The inhibitor switch is rotated about the rotation axis to a position allowing engagement of the positioning hole with the engagement pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventor: Syunsuke HINUMA
  • Patent number: 10457290
    Abstract: An FF hybrid vehicle control device having an HEV mode and an EV mode as drive modes is provided with a CVT control unit (84) for determining primary pulley pressure (Ppri) and secondary pulley pressure (Psec) with which a belt (6c) of a belt-type continuously variable transmission (6) will be clamped on the basis of a torque component inputted to the belt-type continuously variable transmission (6) during brake deceleration, and the corrected amount of brake torque which is an inertia torque correction component. The CVT control unit (84) reduces the corrected amount of brake torque during brake deceleration when EV mode is selected to be less than the corrected amount of brake torque during brake deceleration when HEV mode is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Miyaishi, Tomoyuki Mizuochi, Akito Suzuki, Tetsuya Izumi