Patents by Inventor Fumito Shinohara

Fumito Shinohara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10385968
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control device for a continuously variable transmission (4) that has, as forward speed change stages, a first speed change stage (32) and a second speed change stage (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Takahashi, Takuichiro Inoue, Koutarou Tagami, Fumito Shinohara, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yuji Okamoto, Takashi Nobukawa
  • Patent number: 9566974
    Abstract: A transmission controller executes synchronization shift of shifting a variator in a direction opposite to a speed ratio change direction of a sub transmission mechanism when shifting a sub transmission mechanism. When a gear position of the sub transmission mechanism is at the second gear position and an output increase request of a power source is made, the transmission controller prohibits the synchronization shift and shifts only the sub transmission mechanism from a second gear position to a first gear position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Tanaka, Mamiko Inoue, Ryousuke Nonomura, Takuichiro Inoue, Norio Asai, Masato Mori, Satoru Ishii, Fumito Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20160223079
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control device for a continuously variable transmission (4) that has, as forward speed change stages, a first speed change stage (32) and a second speed change stage (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicants: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seiichiro TAKAHASHI, Takuichiro INOUE, Koutarou TAGAMI, Fumito SHINOHARA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Yuji OKAMOTO, Takashi NOBUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9080671
    Abstract: A first determining unit configured to determine whether the indicated pressure of a primary pulley pressure has become a line pressure during an up shift, an indicated pressure control unit configured to make the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure alone higher than the line pressure when the target shift rate is determined to be equal to or lower than a predetermined shift rate and the speed ratio is determined not to have become the target speed ratio, and an estimated time detecting unit configured to detect a predetermined time it takes until the primary pulley pressure can be regarded as being equal to the line pressure after the target shift rate is determined to be equal to or lower than the predetermined shift rate, and the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure is made higher than the line pressure, are provided, and the indicated pressure control unit is configured to calculate the deviation between the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure and indicated pressur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Hideaki Suzuki, Yoshio Yasui, Yuuji Nagase, Fumito Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9062742
    Abstract: A continuously-variable transmission, which has a first pulley, which has a first fixed pulley and a first mobile pulley, a second pulley, which has a second fixed pulley and a second mobile pulley, and a drive force transmitting member, which is stretched between the first pulley and the second pulley, is provided, and this continuously-variable transmission has an indicated pressure calculation section, which calculates the indicated pressure of the first pulley, a stroke speed calculation section, which calculates the stroke speed of the first mobile pulley, and an oil pressure calculation section, which, when oil is discharged from an oil chamber, calculates the amount of increase of oil pressure in a first pulley oil chamber that increases compared to the indicated pressure due to the channel resistance of the discharge path, based on the channel resistance and the stroke speed, and a correction section, which, when oil is discharged from the first pulley oil chamber, subtracts the amount of increase of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Hideaki Suzuki, Yoshio Yasui, Yuuji Nagase, Fumito Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20140342860
    Abstract: A continuously-variable transmission, which has a first pulley, which has a first fixed pulley and a first mobile pulley, a second pulley, which has a second fixed pulley and a second mobile pulley, and a drive force transmitting member, which is stretched between the first pulley and the second pulley, is provided, and this continuously-variable transmission has an indicated pressure calculation section, which calculates the indicated pressure of the first pulley, a stroke speed calculation section, which calculates the stroke speed of the first mobile pulley, and an oil pressure calculation section, which, when oil is discharged from an oil chamber, calculates the amount of increase of oil pressure in a first pulley oil chamber that increases compared to the indicated pressure due to the channel resistance of the discharge path, based on the channel resistance and the stroke speed, and a correction section, which, when oil is discharged from the first pulley oil chamber, subtracts the amount of increase of
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Hideaki Suzuki, Yoshio Yasui, Yuuji Nagase, Fumito Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20140343810
    Abstract: A first determining unit configured to determine whether the indicated pressure of a primary pulley pressure has become a line pressure during an up shift, an indicated pressure control unit configured to make the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure alone higher than the line pressure when the target shift rate is determined to be equal to or lower than a predetermined shift rate and the speed ratio is determined not to have become the target speed ratio, and an estimated time detecting unit configured to detect a predetermined time it takes until the primary pulley pressure can be regarded as being equal to the line pressure after the target shift rate is determined to be equal to or lower than the predetermined shift rate, and the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure is made higher than the line pressure, are provided, and the indicated pressure control unit is configured to calculate the deviation between the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure and indicated pressur
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Hideaki Suzuki, Yoshio Yasui, Yuuji Nagase, Fumito Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20140342876
    Abstract: A transmission controller executes synchronization shift of shifting a variator in a direction opposite to a speed ratio change direction of a sub transmission mechanism when shifting a sub transmission mechanism. When a gear position of the sub transmission mechanism is at the second gear position and an output increase request of a power source is made, the transmission controller prohibits the synchronization shift and shifts only the sub transmission mechanism from a second gear position to a first gear position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Tanaka, Mamiko Inoue, Ryousuke Nonomura, Takuichiro Inoue, Norio Asai, Masato Mori, Satoru Ishii, Fumito Shinohara
  • Patent number: 7998006
    Abstract: In a speed ratio control device for a belt continuously variable transmission according to this invention, when a speed ratio is subjected to feedback control on the basis of a difference between an actual speed ratio and a target speed ratio, pressure supplied to a primary pulley is corrected through feedforward (S17, S18) in order to suppress variation in the groove width of the primary pulley caused by a rapid variation in an input torque into the primary pulley (S17) while traveling in a fixed speed ratio mode (S14) in which the target speed ratio is held at a fixed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Hironori Nihei, Tetsuya Izumi, Seonjae Kim, Fumito Shinohara, Kiyotaka Sawano, Takuya Numata
  • Patent number: 7922610
    Abstract: In a line pressure control device for a belt type continuously variable transmission according to this invention, when a line pressure is feedback-controlled to equal a target line pressure which is equal to or greater than the larger of oil pressures supplied to a primary pulley and a secondary pulley (S1), and it is determined that the target line pressure has fallen below a first low pressure, leading to a divergence between the target line pressure and the actual line pressure (S6), the target line pressure is restricted such that the target line pressure does not fall below a lower limit value (S7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Hironori Nihei, Tetsuya Izumi, Seonjae Kim, Fumito Shinohara, Toshiyuki Shibuya, Toshiji Iida
  • Patent number: 7892141
    Abstract: A speed ratio change control device for a belt type continuously variable transmission calculates a maximum thrust that can be generated by the primary pulley on the basis of an upper limit value of the line pressure, calculates an upper limit value of a shift speed on the basis of the maximum thrust, and sets the target speed ratio on the basis of the upper limit value of the shift speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Midori Yamaguchi, Fumito Shinohara, Yoshihisa Kodama
  • Patent number: 7774120
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a control section having a normal control section configured to actuate the step motor at a first speed by using a feedback control including an integral control in accordance with the target pulley ratio and the actual pulley ratio, a high speed control section configured to actuate the step motor at a second speed higher than the first speed by an open loop control based on the target pulley ratio, a judgment section configured to judge whether there is a high speed operation request, and a switch section configured to select the normal control performed by the normal control section at a normal condition, and to switch to the high speed control when a switch start condition is satisfied, the switch start condition including a first condition that the judgment section judges there is the high speed operation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Midori Yamaguchi, Yoshihisa Kodama, Tatsuya Ozone, Toshiji Iida, Fumito Shinohara, Toshiyuki Shibuya, Atsufumi Kobayashi, Yusuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090240410
    Abstract: When a shift lever is shifted from an N range to a D range and a predetermined learning condition is established, a learning timer tm_pulse up to a point at which a pulse signal is detected by a primary pulley rotation speed sensor is calculated, and when a deviation between the learning timer tm_pulse and a reference correction amount ?P_offset is larger than a predetermined threshold ?t_pulse_dif, a learned correction amount P_offset is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Fumito Shinohara, Juhyun Nam, Katsumi Doihara, Hideaki Sasaki, Norio Asai, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Hideshi Wakayama, Takeshi Kaneda, Daisuke Aoki
  • Publication number: 20080146409
    Abstract: This invention is a speed ratio change control device for a belt type continuously variable transmission that a maximum thrust that can be generated by the primary pulley is calculated on the basis of an upper limit value of the line pressure (S3), an upper limit value of a shift speed is calculated on the basis of the maximum thrust (S5), and the target speed ratio is set on the basis of the upper limit value of the shift speed (S9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Midori YAMAGUCHI, Fumito Shinohara, Yoshihisa Kodama
  • Publication number: 20070099754
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a control section having a normal control section configured to actuate the step motor at a first speed by using a feedback control including an integral control in accordance with the target pulley ratio and the actual pulley ratio, a high speed control section configured to actuate the step motor at a second speed higher than the first speed by an open loop control based on the target pulley ratio, a judgment section configured to judge whether there is a high speed operation request, and a switch section configured to select the normal control performed by the normal control section at a normal condition, and to switch to the high speed control when a switch start condition is satisfied, the switch start condition including a first condition that the judgment section judges there is the high speed operation request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Midori Yamaguchi, Yoshihisa Kodama, Tatsuya Ozone, Toshiji Iida, Fumito Shinohara, Toshiyuki Shibuya, Atsufumi Kobayashi, Yusuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20070082770
    Abstract: In a speed ratio control device for a belt continuously variable transmission according to this invention, when a speed ratio is subjected to feedback control on the basis of a difference between an actual speed ratio and a target speed ratio, pressure supplied to a primary pulley is corrected through feedforward (S17, S18) in order to suppress variation in the groove width of the primary pulley caused by a rapid variation in an input torque into the primary pulley (S17) while traveling in a fixed speed ratio mode (S14) in which the target speed ratio is held at a fixed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Hironori Nihei, Tetsuya Izumi, Seonjae Kim, Fumito Shinohara, Kiyotaka Sawano, Takuya Numata
  • Publication number: 20070082769
    Abstract: In a line pressure control device for a belt type continuously variable transmission according to this invention, when a line pressure is feedback-controlled to equal a target line pressure which is equal to or greater than the larger of oil pressures supplied to a primary pulley and a secondary pulley (S1), and it is determined that the target line pressure has fallen below a first low pressure, leading to a divergence between the target line pressure and the actual line pressure (S6), the target line pressure is restricted such that the target line pressure does not fall below a lower limit value (S7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Hironori Nihei, Tetsuya Izumi, Seonjae Kim, Fumito Shinohara, Toshiyuki Shibuya, Toshiji Iida