Patents by Inventor Haruo Isomura

Haruo Isomura 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: 10300780
    Abstract: A support structure for rotating shafts of a vehicle, including: a drive shaft operatively connected to a power transmitting shaft to which a drive force of an engine is transmitted; and a rotor shaft of an electric motor spline-coupled to the drive shaft, each of the rotor shaft of the electric motor and the drive shaft is being supported by at least one bearing, in the support structure, one of the rotor shaft and the drive shaft is constituted by a first rotary shaft and a second rotary shaft which are operatively connected to each other, and an elastic member is interposed between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft such that the first and second rotary shafts are operatively spline-connected to each other through the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Yokouchi, Hiroki Kuwamoto, Haruo Isomura, Akitaka Ichikawa, Hiroatsu Endo
  • Publication number: 20180257476
    Abstract: A support structure for rotating shafts of a vehicle, including: a drive shaft operatively connected to a power transmitting shaft to which a drive force of an engine is transmitted; and a rotor shaft of an electric motor spline-coupled to the drive shaft, each of the rotor shaft of the electric motor and the drive shaft is being supported by at least one bearing, in the support structure, one of the rotor shaft and the drive shaft is constituted by a first rotary shaft and a second rotary shaft which are operatively connected to each other, and an elastic member is interposed between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft such that the first and second rotary shafts are operatively spline-connected to each other through the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu YOKOUCHI, Hiroki KUWAMOTO, Haruo ISOMURA, Akitaka ICHIKAWA, Hiroatsu ENDO
  • Patent number: 10017041
    Abstract: A power transmission structure of a vehicle, which is provided with a first rotor, a second rotor, and a metallic cylinder. In this power transmission structure, the reduction shaft and the second rotor shaft receive reaction force from the cylindrical metallic member in radially opposite directions. The cylindrical metallic member is deformable elastically in a radial direction and press-fitted in a part where the reduction shaft and the second rotor shaft of a second electric motor overlap each other in the radial direction adjacent to a spline fitting part of the reduction shaft and the second rotor shaft. Therefore, misalignment between the axis of the reduction shaft and the axis of the second rotor shaft is restrained, and generation of tooth hitting sound is thus restrained. Since the cylindrical metallic member has high rigidity and is restrained from being deformed in a rotation direction, responsiveness of torque transmission is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akitaka Ichikawa, Yoshimitsu Yokouchi, Masataka Sugiyama, Haruo Isomura, Hiroki Kuwamoto
  • Patent number: 9834078
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a first/second/third rotary shaft, and a positioning member. The first rotary shaft is connected to an output shaft of a drive source. The second rotary shaft is spline-fitted to a rotary shaft of an electric motor. The third rotary shaft is connected to the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft. The positioning member is configured to apply an elastic force in a rotational direction to the rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft in a portion where the rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft overlap each other; set each of a position in the rotational direction of a spline of the rotary shaft of the electric motor and a spline of the second rotary shaft to a specified position, and applies the elastic force in the rotational direction to the rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Haruo Isomura
  • Patent number: 9682700
    Abstract: A hybrid system includes: an engine; a motor/generator; an automatic clutch; a differential device including first, second, and third rotational elements; a first transmission mechanism; a second transmission mechanism; and a control device, the automatic clutch being provided between the engine and the first transmission mechanism, an input of the first transmission mechanism being connected to the automatic clutch and the second rotational element, the motor/generator being connected to the first rotational element, the third rotational element of the differential device being connected to the second transmission mechanism, the first and the second transmission mechanisms include the same output shaft connected to the wheels. In an electric vehicle driving mode, the control device performs control on the automatic clutch and the first and second transmission mechanisms to drive torque from the first transmission mechanism to the engine to start the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 9487205
    Abstract: In a controller of a hybrid system including an engine, a motor/generator, an automatic clutch to which engine torque is input, a gear group configured to transmit input torque to a driving wheel side, and a differential device provided with plural rotary elements to which a torque input side of the gear group, a rotating shaft of the motor/generator, and an output side of the automatic clutch are individually connected respectively, wherein at the time a vehicle is started by causing the motor/generator to be in charge of a reaction force of the engine torque and transmitting the engine torque to the driving wheels via the differential device and the gear group, the automatic clutch is slip controlled in a semi-engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20160311305
    Abstract: A power transmission structure of a vehicle, which is provided with a first rotor, a second rotor, and a metallic cylinder. In this power transmission structure, the reduction shaft and the second rotor shaft receive reaction force from the cylindrical metallic member in radially opposite directions. The cylindrical metallic member is deformable elastically in a radial direction and press-fitted in a part where the reduction shaft and the second rotor shaft of a second electric motor overlap each other in the radial direction adjacent to a spline fitting part of the reduction shaft and the second rotor shaft. Therefore, misalignment between the axis of the reduction shaft and the axis of the second rotor shaft is restrained, and generation of tooth hitting sound is thus restrained. Since the cylindrical metallic member has high rigidity and is restrained from being deformed in a rotation direction, responsiveness of torque transmission is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akitaka ICHIKAWA, Yoshimitsu YOKOUCHI, Masataka SUGIYAMA, Haruo ISOMURA, Hiroki KUWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9409551
    Abstract: A parking lock device that is installed in a transmission of a vehicle includes a gear, a lock, a receiver, a cam, and a damper. The lock has a pawl that can be engaged in a tooth space between the teeth of the gear. The lock moves between an engagement position at which the pawl is engaged in the tooth space to lock the gear and a retreat position at which the pawl is not engaged in the tooth space. The receiver is arranged to be fixed to a case of the transmission. The cam moves forward and backward with respect to a gap between the receiver and the lock. The cam holds the lock at the engagement position when having entered the gap. The damper is provided in a vibration transmission path to dampen vibrations transmitted to the case of the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroshi Takekawa
  • Patent number: 9381906
    Abstract: A vehicle driving device includes: a rotating electrical machine; a first shaft and a second shaft respectively connected to a drive shaft; and a differential mechanism including a rotation component connected to the rotating electrical machine, a rotation component connected to the first shaft, and a rotation component connected to the second shaft. The vehicle driving device includes a predetermined mode in which a transmission of a power through the second shaft is disconnected, a differential operation of the differential mechanism is regulated, and the rotating electrical machine and the drive shaft are connected to each other through the first shaft. Each of the first shaft and the second shaft may include a transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 9254837
    Abstract: A first shaft and a second shaft configured to connect the engine to the driving shaft and connectable/disconnectable to/from the engine, and a differential mechanism configured to connect the first shaft, the second shaft, and a rotating electrical machine to one another are provided, wherein, at the time of upshift to a gear shift stage of the second shaft from a state in which the engine is connected to the driving shaft through a gear shift stage of the first shaft, power transmission to the driving shaft through the second shaft is blocked, the second shaft is connected to the engine, power of the engine is transmitted to the second shaft by output control of the rotating electrical machine, the first shaft is disconnected from the engine, and the engine is connected to the driving shaft through the gear shift stage of the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 9132810
    Abstract: A parking device includes a drive cam disposed around an MG shaft that transmits a drive force of a second motor generator by being coupled with a parking gear, a driven cam disposed around an MG shaft so as to be able to rotate integrally with the MG shaft and capable of moving in the axial direction of the MG shaft by a relative rotation generated between the driven cam and the drive cam when the parking gear is locked by a pilot clutch, and a dog type brake that engages the parking gear with the MG shaft and a transaxle case accommodating the parking device by the movement of the driven cam. With the configuration, a shock load at the time of operation can be suppressed and the parking device can be reduced in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Haruo Isomura, Makoto Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Shibata, Shotaro Kato
  • Patent number: 9103432
    Abstract: A lubricating oil supply device of a power transmission device includes: a storage portion configured to store lubricating oil; a first rotary member configured to be connected to a wheel of a vehicle and rotated in conjunction with a rotation of the wheel to send the lubricating oil of the storage portion; a second rotary member configured to be disposed above the first rotary member in a vertical direction and connected to the wheel; an oil receiving portion configured to be disposed above the first rotary member and the second rotary member in the vertical direction; a first passage configured to guide the lubricating oil, which is sent by the rotation of the first rotary member, to the oil receiving portion; and a second passage configured to guide the lubricating oil, which is sent by the rotation of the first rotary member, to the second rotary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Kensuke Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20150119190
    Abstract: A first shaft and a second shaft configured to connect the engine to the driving shaft and connectable/disconnectable to/from the engine, and a differential mechanism configured to connect the first shaft, the second shaft, and a rotating electrical machine to one another are provided, wherein, at the time of upshift to a gear shift stage of the second shaft from a state in which the engine is connected to the driving shaft through a gear shift stage of the first shaft, power transmission to the driving shaft through the second shaft is blocked, the second shaft is connected to the engine, power of the engine is transmitted to the second shaft by output control of the rotating electrical machine, the first shaft is disconnected from the engine, and the engine is connected to the driving shaft through the gear shift stage of the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20150082929
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a first/second/third rotary shaft, and a positioning member. The first rotary shaft is connected to an output shaft of a drive source. The second rotary shaft is spline-fitted to a rotary shaft of an electric motor. The third rotary shaft is connected to the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft. The positioning member is configured to apply an elastic force in a rotational direction to the rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft in a portion where the rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft overlap each other; set each of a position in the rotational direction of a spline of the rotary shaft of the electric motor and a spline of the second rotary shaft to a specified position, and applies the elastic force in the rotational direction to the rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Haruo Isomura
  • Publication number: 20150039170
    Abstract: A vehicle driving device includes: a rotating electrical machine; a first shaft and a second shaft respectively connected to a drive shaft; and a differential mechanism including a rotation component connected to the rotating electrical machine, a rotation component connected to the first shaft, and a rotation component connected to the second shaft. The vehicle driving device includes a predetermined mode in which a transmission of a power through the second shaft is disconnected, a differential operation of the differential mechanism is regulated, and the rotating electrical machine and the drive shaft are connected to each other through the first shaft. Each of the first shaft and the second shaft may include a transmission mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20150031503
    Abstract: A control device of a hybrid system includes an engine; a motor/generator; an automatic clutch to a first engaging unit side of which an engine rotary shaft is connected; a differential device provided with a plurality of rotational elements to each of which an MG rotary shaft and a second engaging unit side of the automatic clutch are separately connected; a first transmission a rotary shaft of which is connected to the rotational element to which the second engaging unit is connected; a second transmission a rotary shaft of which is connected to another rotational element; and an output shaft connected to a driving wheel side, wherein at the time of EV driving, transmission control is performed and the automatic clutch is disengaged such that the first transmission and the second transmission can perform torque transmission between the input shaft and the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 8931596
    Abstract: A lubricant oil supplying apparatus (1-1) provided for a power transmission apparatus (1) having an accumulating part (9), a rotating member (7) rotating interlockingly with rotation of a drive wheel to feed a lubricant oil in the accumulating part, and an oil receiving part (8) disposed above in the vertical direction than the rotating member, and supplying the lubricant oil to the oil receiving part, in which a passage member (10) for guiding the lubricant oil fed by the rotating member to the oil receiving part is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Tadashi Yamada, Haruo Isomura
  • Publication number: 20140342871
    Abstract: In a controller of a hybrid system including an engine, a motor/generator, an automatic clutch to which engine torque is input, a gear group configured to transmit input torque to a driving wheel side, and a differential device provided with plural rotary elements to which a torque input side of the gear group, a rotating shaft of the motor/generator, and an output side of the automatic clutch are individually connected respectively, wherein at the time a vehicle is started by causing the motor/generator be in charge of a reaction force of the engine torque and transmitting the engine torque to the driving wheels via the differential device and the gear group, the automatic clutch is slip controlled in a semi-engaged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20140284169
    Abstract: A parking device includes a drive cam disposed around an MG shaft that transmits a drive force of a second motor generator by being coupled with a parking gear, a driven cam disposed around an MG shaft so as to be able to rotate integrally with the MG shaft and capable of moving in the axial direction of the MG shaft by a relative rotation generated between the driven cam and the drive cam when the parking gear is locked by a pilot clutch, and a dog type brake that engages the parking gear with the MG shaft and a transaxle case accommodating the parking device by the movement of the driven cam. With the configuration, a shock load at the time of operation can be suppressed and the parking device can be reduced in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Haruo Isomura, Makoto Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Shibata, Shotaro Kato
  • Publication number: 20140231213
    Abstract: A parking lock device that is installed in a transmission of a vehicle includes a gear, a lock, a receiver, a cam, and a damper. The lock has a pawl that can be engaged in a tooth space between the teeth of the gear. The lock moves between an engagement position at which the pawl is engaged in the tooth space to lock the gear and a retreat position at which the pawl is not engaged in the tooth space. The receiver is arranged to be fixed to a case of the transmission. The cam moves forward and backward with respect to a gap between the receiver and the lock. The cam holds the lock at the engagement position when having entered the gap. The damper is provided in a vibration transmission path to dampen vibrations transmitted to the case of the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroshi Takekawa