Patents Assigned to JATCO
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Publication number: 20160215878Abstract: An instantaneous revolution speed Nm of an input shaft is calculated from an input period of a pulse signal from a revolution sensor, a revolution speed Nf is calculated by filter processing the instantaneous revolution speed Nm, a determination is made that a belt slip occurs when, during a stop of a vehicle, a state in which the revolution speed Nf is equal to or higher than a slip determination speed NSL is continued for a time equal to or longer than slip determination time TSL, and an immediately prior revolution speed Nf is held until a time of a pulse signal no input exceeds a road wheel lock corresponding time TWL which is longer than a slip determination time TSL.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: JATCO LTDInventor: Kouichi HATAJIMA
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Publication number: 20160214610Abstract: Initial variation learning control is executed when learning condition is satisfied each time of its satisfaction, to absorb initial variations of manufacturing errors or variations of components of second clutch (CL2). When the number of times of total learning is counted and this becomes predetermined number (e.g. five times), initial variation learning control is judged to be converged. On the basis of condition of this convergence, so-called vertical sliding speed control returning belt (50) of variator (V) to LOWEST transmission ratio position is performed. With this, vertical sliding speed control is not performed in state in which excessively large torque acts on second clutch, and durability of belt and pulley is increased. It is therefore possible to prevent vertical sliding speed control from being performed in state in which input torque is predetermined value or greater, and possible to improve response of accelerator operation after performing vertical sliding speed control.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Kouichi KOTSUJI, Hironori MIYAISHI
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Publication number: 20160215876Abstract: Provided is a control device of an automatic transmission, by which a supercharger can be prevented from becoming high in temperature and deteriorating in durability. An automatic transmission is connected to an engine (1) in which a supercharger (2) is mounted and has a manual mode to manually select a desired gear ratio from a plurality of fixed gear ratios. A control device includes a manual mode detection unit, a temperature judgment unit (31) and a gear ratio changeover unit (43) arranged such that, when the manual mode detection unit detects that the automatic transmission is in the manual mode and when the temperature judgment unit judges that the temperature of the supercharger is higher than or equal to a predetermined value, the gear ratio changeover unit changes the gear ratio of the automatic transmission to a higher gear ratio and thereby lowers the rotation speed of the engine (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironori MIYAISHI
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Publication number: 20160215879Abstract: In a control apparatus for an automatic transmission including a continuously variable transmission mechanism continuously modifying speed ratio and a stepped transmission mechanism that is disposed on a downstream side of the continuously variable transmission mechanism and being switched between a plurality of gear positions by engaging and disengaging a plurality of frictional engagement elements, the control apparatus comprises a control unit that performs a coordinated shift by shifting the stepped transmission mechanism and simultaneously shifting the continuously variable transmission mechanism in an opposite direction to a shift direction of the stepped transmission mechanism in order to suppress variation in a through speed ratio, which is an overall speed ratio of the automatic transmission, when the stepped transmission mechanism is upshifted and the control unit predicts, on the basis of an increase in an accelerator opening, that judder will occur in the frictional engagement element during the uType: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Mamiko INOUE, Hideshi WAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20160214600Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes a low temperature time hydraulic control section (11a) to perform a low temperature time hydraulic control to restrain a discharge quantity of operating oil from an oil pump (4) by limiting a line pressure of a transmission (7) at an engine cold time to a predetermined value smaller than a maximum value of a line pressure command pressure for a predetermined time period. The hydraulic control by this low temperature time hydraulic control section (11a) is continued until the motor is started after the start of the engine and a first clutch (3) is engaged at the time of low temperature of engine (1). By so doing, the control apparatus can prevent the oil pump from being stopped by inappropriate starting timing of the low temperature time hydraulic control.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironori MIYAISHI
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Publication number: 20160217629Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission, with a torque converter including a lock-up clutch, includes a learning unit configured to learn an engagement holding pressure, which is a hydraulic pressure immediately before the lock-up clutch is released, during coasting, and a determination unit configured to determine during learning in the learning unit whether or not an ON-failure in which the lock-up clutch is held in an engaged state in response to a release instruction has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventor: Quinn MORRISON
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Publication number: 20160207524Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes a coast stop control section (60) which stops a fuel supply to an engine (E) when a vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined vehicle speed, an accelerator pedal is not depressed, a brake pedal is depressed, and a select position of a continuously variable transmission (1) is in a traveling position; and a low return control section (50) for retuning a transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission (1) to a low side after the engine (E) is restarted in a case where the transmission gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission (1) is a midway ratio which is higher than a predetermined transmission gear ratio, when detecting that the coast stop control section (60) is operated and the vehicle is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironori MIYAISHI
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Publication number: 20160208892Abstract: A torque cam device includes: a drive cam member; a driven cam member; and an intermediate cam member which includes a second drive cam surface that is formed on one end, and that is arranged to be abutted on the first drive cam surface, a second driven cam surface that is formed on the other end, and that is arranged to be abutted on the first driven cam surface, and which is arranged to be rotated relative to the driven cam member and the driven cam member, the first and second drive cam surfaces being abutted on each other when a power is transmitted from the drive cam member to the driven cam member, the first and second driven cam surfaces being abutted on each other when the power is transmitted from the driven cam member to the drive cam member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventor: Kazuhiko YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20160208910Abstract: Oil pressure controller for an automatic transmission produces a pre-charge shelf pressure supplied to a starter clutch by rapidly decreasing a command hydraulic pressure to the starter clutch after temporarily rapidly increasing the command hydraulic pressure, also produces a capacity adjustment pressure (Pb1 or Pb2) of the starter clutch by gradually increasing the hydraulic pressure from a decrease point of the pre-charge shelf pressure (Pa), when a selecting operation is made from N-range to D-range. By changing capacity adjustment pressure (Pb1 or Pb2) according to brake-operating/nonoperating state, capacity adjustment pressure (Pb1) in the brake-nonoperating state is set to be higher than capacity adjustment pressure (Pb2) in the brake-operating state by an offset hydraulic pressure amount. With this, when the selecting operation is made from N-range to D-range, in the brake-operating state, selection shock of the starter clutch can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: JATCO LTD.Inventors: Kouichi KOTSUJI, Kenji HATTORI
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Publication number: 20160208896Abstract: An automatic transmission for an electric vehicle includes: a belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism; a constantly meshed parallel shaft type gear transmission mechanism which is connected to an output portion of the belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism, and which has a plurality of shift stages; an input gear which is disposed to the input shaft to be rotated relative to the input shaft, and which is drivingly connected to one of a plurality of shift gears fixed to an output side shaft of the constantly meshed parallel shaft type gear transmission mechanism; and an engaging clutch mechanism which is disposed to the input shaft, and which selectively connects one of the input portion of the belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism and the input gear to the main electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Atsushi YAMADA, Toshiaki SEGAWA, Toshiyuki OKAMOTO, Kazuhiko YOKOYAMA, Kazuo OGURI, Takuya YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20160207523Abstract: An initial variation learning control is executed when a learning condition is satisfied each time the learning condition is satisfied, with the aim of absorbing initial variations of manufacturing errors or variations of components of a second clutch (CL2). When the number of times of learning control is counted and this becomes a predetermined number (e.g. five times), after that, a deterioration variation learning control, which is equivalent to the initial variation learning control, is executed only once a trip from ON of a key switch to OFF of the key switch. With this, a frequency of execution of the learning control can be reduced, and the number of times of the learning can be reduced. It is therefore possible to suppress energy consumption and improve energy efficiency in stand-by pressure learning control of the second clutch that serves as a starter clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Kouichi KOTSUJI, Shoichi SEKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20160185353Abstract: First control unit performing first pseudo stepwise up-shift control that, in first travelling mode, increases vehicle speed while performing hold of transmission ratio and up-shift by first shifting speed and reduces engine torque upon up-shift, second control unit performing second pseudo stepwise up-shift control that, in second travelling mode, increases vehicle speed while performing hold of transmission ratio and up-shift by second shifting speed and reduces engine torque upon up-shift, and third control unit controlling change of travelling mode and switch between two pseudo stepwise up-shift controls according to control states of first and second control units, are provided. When travelling mode is changed to second travelling mode during progress of up-shift in first pseudo stepwise up-shift control, third control unit maintains first pseudo stepwise up-shift control until up-shift is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Tomoaki HONMA, Takahiro KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20160159359Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle with a drive source, a friction transmission mechanism provided between the drive source and drive wheels and a fluid transmission mechanism provided between the friction transmission mechanism and the drive source includes a suppression unit configured to suppress a decrease of a speed ratio of the fluid transmission mechanism if the speed ratio becomes negative when the vehicle starts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Seiji KASAHARA, Hideshi WAKAYAMA, Naohiro HOSHI
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Patent number: 9353857Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle including a first power transmission mechanism arranged between a drive source and a drive wheel, and a second power transmission mechanism which is arranged in series with the first power transmission mechanism and which changes a speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft, includes slip detection means configured to detect whether or not a slip occurs in the first power transmission mechanism, and shift means configured to reduce the slip by shifting the second power transmission mechanism in a case where occurrence of the slip is detected by the slip detection means.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: JATCO LTDInventors: Kousuke Waku, Hideshi Wakayama, Noritaka Aoyama
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Publication number: 20160146343Abstract: A control unit comprises determining unit for determining whether or not a predetermined elapsed time condition is established after a shift has been performed to a specific gear position reached by engaging a specific frictional engagement element of a stepped transmission mechanism, and restricting unit for prohibiting the stepped transmission mechanism from performing a shift back to the specific gear position while allowing a continuously variable transmission mechanism to perform shifts so that an automatic transmission is controlled to a target speed ratio until the determining unit determines that the predetermined elapsed time condition is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: JATCO LTDInventors: Mamiko INOUE, Hiroyasu TANAKA, Masato MORI
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Patent number: 9347551Abstract: A device for controlling an automatic transmission including a first frictional engagement element that is engaged at a first gear shift stage and is released at a second gear shift stage, the device including a piston stroke return determination means for determining a released state of a piston that is actuated to press friction discs of the first frictional engagement element, and a gear shift start determination means for restricting execution of a gear shift from the second gear shift stage to the first gear shift stage until it is determined that the piston is in a predetermined released state after a gear shift from the first gear shift stage to the second gear shift stage is finished.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Go Endo
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Publication number: 20160138687Abstract: The present invention has a mechanical rotation drive mechanism (50) that drives rotation of at least one rotation pinion sprocket (22; 23) on its axis from among a plurality of pinion sprockets (20). The mechanical rotation drive mechanism (50) drives the rotation of at least one rotation pinion sprocket (22; 23) on its axis in concert with a sprocket movement mechanism (40A) so as to eliminate a phase shift, associated with a radial direction movement of the plurality of pinion sprockets (20) by the sprocket movement mechanism (40A), of the plurality of pinion sprockets (20) with respect to a chain (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventor: Hiroshi TANGE
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Patent number: 9340196Abstract: Under a specified condition where a torque converter is kept in a lockup state to prolong the fuel-cutoff time, because of vehicle coasting with an accelerator opening APO=0, a downshift command is generated and then an automatic transmission causes a reengagement downshift by a drop in a release-side clutch hydraulic pressure Poff and a rise in an engagement-side clutch hydraulic pressure Pon. During the reengagement downshift, the engagement-side clutch hydraulic pressure Pon is reduced from a high lockup-ON hydraulic pressure to a low lockup-OFF hydraulic pressure after the time when the lockup is predicted to be released, thus preventing a torque drawing-in tendency of transmission output torque, which may occur at the time of the beginning of the inertia phase, from increasing, and also reducing in the width of a subsequent change in vehicle deceleration G, and consequently enhancing the shift quality.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., JATCO LTDInventors: Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Takenaka, Go Endo
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Patent number: 9334933Abstract: A control device for continuously variable transmission is composed of a continuously variable transmission mechanism and friction engagement elements, and includes a control unit for decreasing, during a coast stop control to stop a driving power source in a traveling state of a vehicle, a transmission torque capacity transmittable by the friction engagement elements to fall under a belt capacity being torque transmittable by a belt using a holding force of pulleys.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: JATCO LTDInventors: Noritaka Aoyama, Hideshi Wakayama, Naohiro Yamada, Keichi Tatewaki, Kousuke Waku
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Publication number: 20160125670Abstract: A failure determination device of a hybrid vehicle, includes an engine, a motor arranged in series with the engine, a clutch arranged between the motor and a driving wheel, a pressure adjusting mechanism that adjusts hydraulic pressure supplied to the clutch, and that performs wet start clutch control for adjusting the hydraulic pressure, supplied to the clutch at least upon starting, to the hydraulic pressure causing the clutch to slip, and a controller configured to calculate required driving force on the basis of accelerator opening, and calculate torque capacity of the clutch, required for transmitting the required driving force by the clutch, as target torque capacity, calculate actual torque of the engine and actual torque of the motor, and calculate a torque deviation as a deviation between the target torque capacity and a sum of the actual torque of the engine and the actual torque of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicants: JATCO Ltd, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norihira Amano, Hajime Tasaka