Patents by Inventor Fusahiro Tsukano

Fusahiro Tsukano 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: 11511629
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle system includes an electric motor coupled to a drive wheel via a plurality of power transmission components and a control device. The control device is configured to act as: a feedforward control section configured based on a transfer function simulating vibration transmission characteristics of a power transmission system, receiving as an input a required torque of the electric motor from a driver, and outputting a base command torque of the electric motor; a timing estimation section estimating, based on information on the power transmission system, a timing at which a backlash between the plurality of power transmission components is eliminated; and a torque correction section applying, to the base command torque, a correction torque for reducing a vibration generated in the power transmission system due to elimination of the backlash, in response to an arrival of the timing estimated by the timing estimation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsaku Oide, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Fusahiro Tsukano, Yuya Takahashi, Shinya Asaura
  • Patent number: 11318895
    Abstract: A soundproofing device for a transmission according to the present disclosure is provided to transmit the power of one or more prime movers (for example, internal combustion engine and electric motor). The soundproofing device includes a Helmholtz resonator including: a wall that forms a Helmholtz resonance chamber; and an opening formed in the wall so as to cause the Helmholtz resonance chamber to communicate with the outside of the Helmholtz resonance chamber. The wall includes a transmission case that accommodates the transmission and a housing of a component mounted on the transmission (for example, PCU housing). The Helmholtz resonance chamber is formed between the transmission case and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shotaro Kato, Akiko Nishimine, Fusahiro Tsukano, Yu Miyahara, Yuya Takahashi, Akinori Goto, Hiroshi Takekawa
  • Publication number: 20210031635
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle system includes an electric motor coupled to a drive wheel via a plurality of power transmission components and a control device. The control device is configured to act as: a feedforward control section configured based on a transfer function simulating vibration transmission characteristics of a power transmission system, receiving as an input a required torque of the electric motor from a driver, and outputting a base command torque of the electric motor; a timing estimation section estimating, based on information on the power transmission system, a timing at which a backlash between the plurality of power transmission components is eliminated; and a torque correction section applying, to the base command torque, a correction torque for reducing a vibration generated in the power transmission system due to elimination of the backlash, in response to an arrival of the timing estimated by the timing estimation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsaku OIDE, Tomohiro YAMAZAKI, Fusahiro TSUKANO, Yuya TAKAHASHI, Shinya ASAURA
  • Publication number: 20200215997
    Abstract: A soundproofing device for a transmission according to the present disclosure is provided to transmit the power of one or more prime movers (for example, internal combustion engine and electric motor). The soundproofing device includes a Helmholtz resonator including: a wall that forms a Helmholtz resonance chamber; and an opening formed in the wall so as to cause the Helmholtz resonance chamber to communicate with the outside of the Helmholtz resonance chamber. The wall includes a transmission case that accommodates the transmission and a housing of a component mounted on the transmission (for example, PCU housing). The Helmholtz resonance chamber is formed between the transmission case and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Shotaro KATO, Akiko NISHIMINE, Fusahiro TSUKANO, Yu MIYAHARA, Yuya TAKAHASHI, Akinori GOTO, Hiroshi TAKEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200217064
    Abstract: A soundproofing device according to the present disclosure includes a Helmholtz resonator including: a wall that forms a Helmholtz resonance chamber; and a first opening formed in the wall so as to cause the Helmholtz resonance chamber to communicate with an outside of the Helmholtz resonance chamber. At least a part of the wall is configured by a sound source member that radiates sound. The Helmholtz resonator includes: one or more partition walls formed so as to divide the Helmholtz resonance chamber into a plurality of regions, and a second opening formed in the one or more partition walls so as to cause the plurality of regions to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fusahiro TSUKANO, Hiroshi TAKEKAWA, Yu MIYAHARA, Yuya TAKAHASHI, Akinori GOTO
  • Patent number: 10533650
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper having enhanced damping performance is provided. A first gear held in the holding member includes a first engagement member situated in an opposite side of a fluid coupling and a second engagement member situated between a holding member and the fluid coupling. A second gear is meshed with the first engagement member, and a third gear is meshed with the second engagement member. The second gear is integrated with the input member, the third gear is integrated with the inertial mass, and the holding member is integrated with the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki Nakamura, Yuya Takahashi, Morihiro Matsumoto, Fusahiro Tsukano
  • Patent number: 10323715
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper in which noise and vibrations in a planetary gear unit are suppressed is provided. In a planetary gear unit, as an inertial element is oscillated to establish an inertial torque by a relative rotation between a sun gear and a ring gear. Pinion gears are interposed between the sun gear and the ring gear at predetermined intervals, and gear dimensions of one of the pinion gears and gear dimensions of another one of the pinion gears are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki Nakamura, Shuhei Horita, Fusahiro Tsukano, Morihiro Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Amano, Yuya Takahashi, Tadashi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10228042
    Abstract: There is provided a vibration damper which is capable of damping torsional vibrations by pendulum movement of a plurality of inertial masses, and damping vibrations of plurality of order without letting the inertial masses to interfere. A distance between a center of curvature of an inner surface of a first through-hole and a center of curvature of an inner surface of a second through-hole formed in a rotary member is shorter than a distance between a center of curvature of an inner surface of a fifth through-hole and a center of curvature of an inner surface of a sixth through-hole formed in a first inertial mass. Moreover, a distance between a center of curvature of an inner surface of a third through-hole and a center of curvature of an inner surface of a fourth through-hole in a rotary member is longer than a distance between a center of curvature of an inner surface of a seventh through-hole and a center of curvature of an inner surface of an eighth through-hole formed in a second inertial mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuhei Horita, Fusahiro Tsukano, Morihiro Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Amano, Tadashi Sekiguchi, Yuya Takahashi, Taiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10132386
    Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a first engagement mechanism selectively engaging a first rotating member to a second rotating member, a second engagement mechanism selectively engaging the first rotating member to a third rotating member, and other engagement mechanisms. At least one of the first or second engagement mechanisms is a dog clutch. The automatic transmission sets intermediate, high and low speed stages by controlling the engagement mechanisms. The first engagement mechanism is kept engaged in shifting from the high speed stage to the intermediate speed stage. The second engagement mechanism is kept engaged in shifting from the low speed stage to the intermediate speed stage. When the automatic transmission sets the intermediate speed stage by controlling the other engagement mechanisms, a rotation speed of the rotating member that is coupled to the first rotating member by the dog clutch coincides with a rotation speed of the first rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Yoshino, Atsushi Honda, Fusahiro Tsukano, Naoyuki Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10066720
    Abstract: A torsional vibration reduction device that is provided inside of a fluid power transmitting device that has a driving side member that generates a fluid flow, and a driven side member that is driven by the fluid flow, includes a rolling element configured to move in a reciprocating manner according to a variation in torque; a retaining member that has a rolling chamber configured to house the rolling element in a manner that enables the rolling element to move in a reciprocating manner; and a housing configured to shield the rolling element and the rolling chamber from fluid inside of the fluid power transmitting device. The retaining member is enclosed and fixed inside the housing, and the housing is fixed to the driven side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Miyahara, Fusahiro Tsukano, Atsushi Honda
  • Patent number: 10001192
    Abstract: A torsional vibration reducing apparatus is provided. The torsional vibration reducing apparatus includes a rotating body having a rolling chamber, and a rolling body including a support shaft portion, a first flange portion, a second flange portion, a first corner portion, and a second corner portion. The support shaft portion is housed in the rolling chamber. The flange portions are located respectively at either end of the support shaft portion in an axial direction. A position defined by the support shaft portion and the first flange portion is the first corner portion, and a position defined by the support shaft portion and the second flange portion is the second corner portion. In a section of the rolling body that is along a central axis of the support shaft portion, sectional shapes of the first corner portion and the second corner portion differ from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuhei Horita, Yu Miyahara, Shingo Aijima, Fusahiro Tsukano, Atsushi Honda
  • Patent number: 9976604
    Abstract: A translational force Fh to one side in a rotational axis direction is caused to act from a hydraulic piston to a sleeve when an engaged stage between an engagement tooth and an engaged tooth is maintained, so that translation of the sleeve to the other side in the rotational axis direction and consequent disengagement of the engagement tooth and the engaged tooth can be prevented. Therefore, the engaged state between the engagement member and the engaged member can be stably maintained regardless of the condition of the torque acting from the drive source to the engagement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu Shiotsu, Hirotsugu Yoshino, Motoki Tabuchi, Fusahiro Tsukano, Takaho Kawakami, Atsushi Honda, Seiji Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 9964161
    Abstract: A control system for a meshing type engagement mechanism includes a meshing type engagement mechanism and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to allow a fluid chamber to be filled with a fluid by putting a switching valve into a cut-off state after respective dog teeth mesh with each other by a second member reaching a predetermined position determined in advance in response to a fluid pressure of the fluid chamber such that the second member is pressed in the direction in which the second member is separated from a first member by a release force depending on the torque transmitted between a surface of a first tooth and a surface of a second tooth, the fluid pressure of the fluid chamber is increased, and an engagement state between the first member and the second member is maintained by the fluid pressure which is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Motoki Tabuchi, Hirotsugu Yoshino, Fusahiro Tsukano, Isamu Shiotsu
  • Patent number: 9920812
    Abstract: To prevent response delay and to damp torsional vibration transmitted to a power transmission route. A vibration damper includes a first route R1 provided with a coil spring 43 as an elastic member, and a second route R2 provided with a sun gear 5s as an inertial body formed to be parallel as power transmission routes between an engine 10 to a transmission 20, and by switching the first route R1 and the second route R2 by a first clutch C1 and a second clutch C2, switchover to a state in which an inertial torque acts on the power transmission route by the sun gear 5s and a state in which the inertial torque is not generated is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Sekiguchi, Naoyuki Kishimoto, Fusahiro Tsukano, Atsushi Honda
  • Publication number: 20170299016
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper in which noise and vibrations in a planetary gear unit are suppressed is provided. In a planetary gear unit, as an inertial element is oscillated to establish an inertial torque by a relative rotation between a sun gear and a ring gear. Pinion gears are interposed between the sun gear and the ring gear at predetermined intervals, and gear dimensions of one of the pinion gears and gear dimensions of another one of the pinion gears are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki NAKAMURA, Shuhei HORITA, Fusahiro TSUKANO, Morihiro MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki AMANO, Yuya TAKAHASHI, Tadashi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170276210
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper having enhanced damping performance is provided. A first gear held in the holding member includes a first engagement member situated in an opposite side of a fluid coupling and a second engagement member situated between a holding member and the fluid coupling. A second gear is meshed with the first engagement member, and a third gear is meshed with the second engagement member. The second gear is integrated with the input member, the third gear is integrated with the inertial mass, and the holding member is integrated with the output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki NAKAMURA, Yuya TAKAHASHI, Morihiro MATSUMOTO, Fusahiro TSUKANO
  • Patent number: 9739341
    Abstract: A torsional vibration reducing device includes a rotating body, rolling bodies, and a connection member. The rotating body includes guide holes, and the connection member includes accommodating portions that has at least two contact portions. The accommodating portions are positioned in the guide holes, and the guide holes accommodate the rolling bodies. The accommodating portions are configured to hold the outer peripheral surface of each of the rolling bodies with the contact portions, in a direction in which the rolling body reciprocates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fusahiro Tsukano, Yu Miyahara, Hiroyuki Amano, Yuji Suzuki, Morihiro Matsumoto, Atsushi Honda
  • Publication number: 20170227093
    Abstract: The planetary gear unit in which sliding resistance between a double helical gear and a peripheral member is reduced is provided. The planetary gear unit comprises: pinion gears individually having two rows of oppositely-oriented helical gears in an axial direction; a first pushing member that elastically pushes at least one of the pinion gears toward in a predetermined axial direction; and a second pushing member that elastically pushes at least one of the remaining pinion gears in the opposite axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Morihiro MATSUMOTO, Fusahiro TSUKANO
  • Publication number: 20170184177
    Abstract: To prevent response delay and to damp torsional vibration transmitted to a power transmission route. A vibration damper includes a first route R1 provided with a coil spring 43 as an elastic member, and a second route R2 provided with a sun gear 5s as an inertial body formed to be parallel as power transmission routes between an engine 10 to a transmission 20, and by switching the first route R1 and the second route R2 by a first clutch C1 and a second clutch C2, switchover to a state in which an inertial torque acts on the power transmission route by the sun gear 5s and a state in which the inertial torque is not generated is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHS
    Inventors: Tadashi SEKIGUCHI, Naoyuki KISHIMOTO, Fusahiro TSUKANO, Atsushi HONDA
  • Publication number: 20170175851
    Abstract: A torsional vibration reducing apparatus is provided. The torsional vibration reducing apparatus includes a rotating body having a rolling chamber, and a rolling body including a support shaft portion, a first flange portion, a second flange portion, a first corner portion, and a second corner portion. The support shaft portion is housed in the rolling chamber. The flange portions are located respectively at either end of the support shaft portion in an axial direction. A position defined by the support shaft portion and the first flange portion is the first corner portion, and a position defined by the support shaft portion and the second flange portion is the second corner portion. In a section of the rolling body that is along a central axis of the support shaft portion, sectional shapes of the first corner portion and the second corner portion differ from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuhei HORITA, Yu MIYAHARA, Shingo AIJIMA, Fusahiro TSUKANO, Atsushi HONDA