Patents by Inventor Hidemasa Kawaguchi

Hidemasa Kawaguchi 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: 10215277
    Abstract: A first target secondary pulley pressure Psteng is calculated based on an output torque Teng of an engine, and then an offset value Psteng+PO is calculated by adding a predetermined offset PO to the first target secondary pulley pressure Psteng. The first target secondary pulley pressure Psteng is outputted as a target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n) when a target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n?1) in a previous control cycle is less than or equal to the first target secondary pulley pressure Psteng; the offset value Psteng+PO is outputted as the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n) when the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n?1) in the previous control cycle is greater than or equal to the offset value Psteng+PO; and otherwise, the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n?1) in the previous control cycle is outputted as the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n), thereby suppressing an oscillation in the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Takahashi, Akito Suzuki, Toshiaki Izawa, Takashi Eguchi, Hidemasa Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170227121
    Abstract: A first target secondary pulley pressure Psteng is calculated based on an output torque Teng of an engine, and then an offset value Psteng+PO is calculated by adding a predetermined offset PO to the first target secondary pulley pressure Psteng. The first target secondary pulley pressure Psteng is outputted as a target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n) when a target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n?1) in a previous control cycle is less than or equal to the first target secondary pulley pressure Psteng; the offset value Psteng+PO is outputted as the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n) when the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n?1) in the previous control cycle is greater than or equal to the offset value Psteng+PO; and otherwise, the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n?1) in the previous control cycle is outputted as the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n), thereby suppressing an oscillation in the target secondary pulley pressure Ps(n).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichiro TAKAHASHI, Akito SUZUKI, Toshiaki IZAWA, Takashi EGUCHI, Hidemasa KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8914200
    Abstract: A control device for a belt type continuously variable transmission device includes primary And secondary pulleys and a belt and controls gear ratio based on a running radius of the belt on a pulley by controlling primary and secondary oil pressures. The transmission includes a belt slip control unit and a belt slip control permission determining unit. The belt slip control unit performs such control as to oscillate the secondary oil pressure, estimates a belt slip condition by monitoring the phase difference between an oscillation component included in an actual secondary oil pressure and an oscillation component included in an actual gear ration, and then reduces the actual secondary oil pressure to maintain a predetermined belt slip condition. The belt slip control permission determining unit permits belt slip control when a transmission rate as a change rate of the gear ratio is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Katsumi Doihara, Yoshihisa Kodama, Yasuaki Yoshikawa, Kenta Nakamura, Kiyotaka Sawano, Masahiro Nishi, Hidemasa Kawaguchi, Keisuke Koyama
  • Patent number: 8914201
    Abstract: A control device controls a belt type continuously variable transmission including a belt slip controller and a belt slip control permission determining unit. The device decreases belt friction when an estimated accuracy of a belt slip condition is high and prevents a belt from greatly slipping when an estimated accuracy is low. The device includes primary and secondary pulleys and the belt, and controls a gear ratio based on a running radius of the belt on a pulley by controlling primary and secondary oil pressures. The controller oscillates a secondary oil pressure, estimates the belt slip condition by monitoring a phase difference between oscillation components, and reduces an actual secondary oil pressure to maintain a predetermined belt slip condition. The determining unit permits belt slip control when a torque change speed input to the transmission mechanism is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Katsumi Doihara, Yoshihisa Kodama, Yasuaki Yoshikawa, Kenta Nakamura, Tomoyuki Mizuochi, Kiyotaka Sawano, Masahiro Nishi, Hidemasa Kawaguchi, Keisuke Koyama
  • Patent number: 8892318
    Abstract: A control device controls a belt type continuously variable transmission including a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a belt, and controls a gear ratio based on a primary oil pressure and a secondary oil pressure. The control device includes a belt slip controller which oscillates the secondary oil pressure and monitors a phase difference between an oscillation component included in an actual secondary oil pressure and an oscillation component included in an actual gear ratio to estimate a belt slip state. The controller controls the actual secondary oil pressure to decrease based on the estimation to maintain a predetermined belt slip state. An oscillation amplitude setter sets an oscillation amplitude of the secondary hydraulic pressure small when the gear ratio is high compared with when the gear ratio is low, in a case of oscillating the secondary hydraulic pressure in the belt slip control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: Jatco Ltd, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Doihara, Yoshihisa Kodama, Yasuaki Yoshikawa, Masahiro Nishi, Keisuke Koyama, Kenta Nakamura, Kiyotaka Sawano, Hidemasa Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8843287
    Abstract: A belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism has a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a belt, and a secondary hydraulic pressure controller to determine command secondary hydraulic pressure by feedback control based on the deviation between target secondary hydraulic pressure and actual hydraulic pressure, and control the secondary hydraulic pressure to the secondary pulley. The belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism further includes a belt slip control device to estimate a belt slip condition by monitoring the phase difference between an oscillation component included in the actual secondary hydraulic pressure and an oscillation component included in the actual transmission gear ratio and control the actual secondary hydraulic pressure to decrease based on the estimation so that a predetermined belt slip condition is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Jatco Ltd, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Doihara, Yoshihisa Kodama, Yasuaki Yoshikawa, Masahiro Nishi, Keisuke Koyama, Kenta Nakamura, Kiyotaka Sawano, Hidemasa Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120115678
    Abstract: Provided is control device and method for a belt type continuously variable transmission which can reduce drive energy consumption by a decrease in belt friction when the estimated accuracy of belt slip condition is high and which can prevent the belt from greatly slipping during belt slip control when the estimated accuracy of belt slip condition is low. The device includes a primary pulley (42), a secondary pulley (43), and a belt (44) and controls gear ratio based on the running radius of the belt (44) on the pulley by controlling the primary oil pressure and the secondary oil pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Katsumi Doihara, Yoshihisa Kodama, Yasuaki Yoshikawa, Kenta Nakamura, Kiyotaka Sawano, Masahiro Nishi, Hidemasa Kawaguchi, Keisuke Koyama
  • Publication number: 20120108374
    Abstract: Provided are control device and method for a belt type continuously variable transmission which can improve control stability of secondary hydraulic pressure with the estimated accuracy of a belt slip condition during belt slip control ensured. The device has a primary pulley (42), a secondary pulley (43), and a belt (44), and a secondary hydraulic pressure controller (92) to determine command secondary hydraulic pressure by feedback control based on the deviation (?) between target secondary hydraulic pressure and actual hydraulic pressure, and control the secondary hydraulic pressure to the secondary pulley (43). A belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism (4) includes a belt slip control means (FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., JATCO LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Doihara, Yoshihisa Kodama, Yasuaki Yoshikawa, Masahiro Nishi, Keisuke Koyama, Kenta Nakamura, Kiyotaka Sawano, Hidemasa Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120108373
    Abstract: Provided is control device and method for a belt type continuously variable transmission which can reduce drive energy consumption by a decrease in belt friction when the estimated accuracy of belt slip condition is high and which can prevent the belt from greatly slipping during belt slip control when the estimated accuracy of belt slip condition is low. The device includes a primary pulley (42), a secondary pulley (43), and a belt (44) and controls gear ratio based on the running radius of the belt (44) on the pulley by controlling the primary oil pressure and the secondary oil pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: JATCO LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Doihara, Yoshihisa Kodama, Yasuaki Yoshikawa, Kenta Nakamura, Tomoyuki Mizuochi, Kiyotaka Sawano, Masahiro Nishi, Hidemasa Kawaguchi, Keisuke Koyama