Patents by Inventor Hideshi Wakayama

Hideshi Wakayama 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: 9815469
    Abstract: A vehicle control device calculates a target line pressure based on an instructed torque capacity of a friction engaging element and a belt capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging. Belt capacity is calculated using an input torque of a continuously variable transmission mechanism. The device calculates torque down in a driving source based on an upper limit line pressure when the calculated target line pressure exceeds such line pressure. A limit torque capacity of the friction engaging element is calculated using the input torque and a belt capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging. The belt capacity is calculated using an actual line pressure. The device restrains a slip between pulleys and a power transmitting member using the target line pressure, the torque down, and the limit torque capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Kunihiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Hideshi Wakayama
  • Patent number: 9643577
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle that has an electric oil pump, executes idling stop control for stopping a drive source when predetermined conditions are satisfied, and is capable of applying a braking force in a state where a brake pedal is released. The vehicle control device determines whether or not the vehicle is stopped, determines whether or not the electric oil pump is driven, and executes the idling stop control when stop of the vehicle is determined, driving of the electric oil pump is determined, and the braking force is applied to the vehicle. Application of the braking force is started after the vehicle is determined to be stopped and the electric oil pump is determined to be driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Kousuke Waku, Hideshi Wakayama, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9625034
    Abstract: A control device (12) for a stepped transmission mechanism is configured to perform an interlock by engaging a first clutch (32) and increasing hydraulic pressure of a second clutch (33) up to a first predetermined pressure (P1) such that an output shaft of the transmission mechanism is fixed, after an idle-stop condition including at least a requirement that a vehicle is stationary was satisfied and before a stop of an engine (1). The control device includes a gradient detecting section (12a, 47) that detects a gradient (R) of a road surface on which the vehicle is stationary; and a hydraulic control section (12c) that performs a slipping interlock by reducing the hydraulic pressure to a second predetermined pressure (P2), if the gradient R detected by the gradient detecting section is lower than or equal to a predetermined value (RTH) during the interlock and before the stop of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyazono, Hideshi Wakayama
  • Publication number: 20170021834
    Abstract: An engine control device for a vehicle including a power train where a continuously variable transmission is coupled to an engine, includes engine torque control means configured to control the engine so as to obtain an basic engine torque corresponding to an operating state of the vehicle, and command means configured to command engine torque control means to increase an engine torque from the basic engine torque during a gear shifting from a first speed stage to a second speed stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Yuzuru TOHTA, Hideshi WAKAYAMA, Mamiko INOUE, Takuichiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20170008524
    Abstract: A vehicle control device calculates a target line pressure based on an instructed torque capacity of a friction engaging element and a belt capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging. Belt capacity is calculated using an input torque of a continuously variable transmission mechanism. The device calculates torque down in a driving source based on an upper limit line pressure when the calculated target line pressure exceeds such line pressure. A limit torque capacity of the friction engaging element is calculated using the input torque and a belt capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging. The belt capacity is calculated using an actual line pressure. The device restrains a slip between pulleys and a power transmitting member using the target line pressure, the torque down, and the limit torque capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Kunihiro TAKAHASHI, Yoshinobu KAWAMOTO, Hideshi WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160230884
    Abstract: A control device (12) for a stepped transmission mechanism is configured to perform an interlock by engaging a first clutch (32) and increasing hydraulic pressure of a second clutch (33) up to a first predetermined pressure (P1) such that an output shaft of the transmission mechanism is fixed, after an idle-stop condition including at least a requirement that a vehicle is stationary was satisfied and before a stop of an engine (1). The control device includes a gradient detecting means (12a, 47) that detects a gradient (R) of a road surface on which the vehicle is stationary; and a hydraulic control means (12c) that performs a slipping interlock by reducing the hydraulic pressure to a second predetermined pressure (P2), if the gradient R detected by the gradient detecting means is lower than or equal to a predetermined value (RTH) during the interlock and before the stop of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Masayuki MIYAZONO, Hideshi WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160215879
    Abstract: 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 u
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamiko INOUE, Hideshi WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160159359
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Seiji KASAHARA, Hideshi WAKAYAMA, Naohiro HOSHI
  • Patent number: 9353857
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Kousuke Waku, Hideshi Wakayama, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9334933
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Noritaka Aoyama, Hideshi Wakayama, Naohiro Yamada, Keichi Tatewaki, Kousuke Waku
  • Publication number: 20160097450
    Abstract: A transmission including a variator capable of continuously changing a speed ratio, a stepped transmission mechanism arranged in series with the variator and in which a gear position is switched and a shilling control unit executing stepped shifting repeatedly performing a shifting suppression phase and an upshift phase when a stepped upshift shifting condition is satisfied is provided, and the shifting control unit completes a change from an n-th gear position of the stepped transmission mechanism to an n+1 gear position if the stepped transmission mechanism is at the n-th gear position before the through speed ratio reaches a Highest speed ratio of the variator when the stepped shifting is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Masashi SATO, Hideshi WAKAYAMA, Mamiko INOUE, Kousuke WAKU, Hyuk PARK
  • Patent number: 9284910
    Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle includes a drive source control unit adapted to output a command for automatically stopping a drive source when a first predetermined condition is satisfied and output a command for restarting the drive source when a second predetermined condition is not satisfied after the command for automatically stopping the drive source is output, a drive source restart determination unit adapted to determine that the drive source has restarted when a third predetermined condition is satisfied after the command for restarting the drive source is output, and a restart determination prohibition unit adapted to prohibit a restart determination by the drive source restart determination unit at least until the third predetermined condition is no longer satisfied when the third predetermined condition is satisfied and the command for restarting the drive source is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Keichi Tatewaki, Masayuki Miyazono, Hideshi Wakayama
  • Publication number: 20150345634
    Abstract: In a transmission comprising a driving force source, an oil pressure source that generates oil pressure lifting a driving force from the driving force source, a first power transmission unit having a first mechanical biasing mechanism, and a second power transmission unit having a second mechanical biasing mechanism, opening/closing unit is provided in an oil passage through which the oil pressure is supplied to the second power transmission unit in order to close the oil passage until the oil pressure supplied to the first power transmission unit reaches or exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Keichi TATEWAKI, Hideshi WAKAYAMA, Kousuke WAKU, Noritaka AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 9199631
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle for stopping a drive source during vehicle running includes a power transmission means arranged between the drive source and drive wheels, a coast stop control means for executing a coast stop control to stop the drive source when a coast stop condition for stopping the drive source holds during the vehicle running, an electrical oil pump for supplying oil to the power transmission means during the coast stop control, a slip detection means for detecting a slip in the power transmission means during the coast stop control, and an electrical oil pump control means for causing the electrical oil pump to discharge a second discharge pressure higher than a first discharge pressure set before the slip in the power transmission means occurs when the slip occurs in the power transmission means during the coast stop control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Keichi Tatewaki, Hideshi Wakayama, Naohiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 9132823
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle for automatically stopping a drive source when a predetermined condition holds during the travel of the vehicle includes a drive source control unit adapted to control the automatic stop and the restart of the drive source, a transmission mechanism provided between the drive source and drive wheels, and a transmission control unit adapted to control a speed ratio of the transmission mechanism. When the drive source is restarted, the transmission control unit is adapted to control the transmission mechanism to a speed ratio higher than a predetermined speed ratio in response to an input shift request to the predetermined speed ratio, and the drive source control unit is adapted to restart the drive source in a state where the speed ratio of the transmission mechanism is higher than the predetermined speed ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Hideshi Wakayama, Keichi Tatewaki, Naohiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 9097315
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a hydraulic control circuit including a hydraulic pump driven by a driving power source in order to supply an oil pressure to a hydraulic circuit, a hydraulic auxiliary unit for supplying an accumulated oil pressure to the hydraulic circuit, and a control valve for supplying at least one of oil pressures of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic auxiliary unit to pulleys, and a control unit for executing a coast stop control to stop the driving power source while traveling and controlling, when an increase of torque inputted to the continuously variable transmission is detected or predicted during the coast stop control, the control valve so as to supply an oil pressure of the hydraulic auxiliary unit to the pulleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Noritaka Aoyama, Hideshi Wakayama, Naohiro Yamada, Keichi Tatewaki, Kousuke Waku
  • Publication number: 20150142286
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle that has an electric oil pump, executes idling stop control for stopping a drive source when predetermined conditions are satisfied, and is capable of applying a braking force in a state where a brake pedal is released. The vehicle control device determines whether or not the vehicle is stopped, determines whether or not the electric oil pump is driven, and executes the idling stop control when stop of the vehicle is determined, driving of the electric oil pump is determined, and the braking force is applied to the vehicle. Application of the braking force is started after the vehicle is determined to be stopped and the electric oil pump is determined to be driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Kousuke Waku, Hideshi Wakayama, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8996233
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including a first oil pump adapted to be driven by power generated by a first drive source, automatically stop when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and supply oil to a power transmission unit and a second oil pump adapted to supply oil to the power transmission unit when the drive source is in an automatically stopped state, and includes a control unit adapted to continue an automatic stop until it is determined to restart the first drive source based on a parameter with which a reduction in drive force responsiveness to a drive force request from a driver, not including the stop of the first drive source, can be determined after an automatic stop command of the first drive source is output and if there is an abnormality in the second oil pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Kousuke Waku, Hideshi Wakayama, Noritaka Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8958960
    Abstract: A coast stop vehicle includes power transmission means provided between a drive source and drive wheels, drive source automatic stop means configured to stop the drive source during vehicle running when a value indicating a driving state of the vehicle is in a drive source stop permission region, slip determination means configured to determine whether or not there is slip in the power transmission means while the drive source is stopped by the drive source automatic stop means, and a changer means configured to narrow the drive source stop permission region when the occurrence of the slip in the power transmission means was determined by the slip determination means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Hideshi Wakayama, Noritaka Aoyama, Kousuke Waku, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Keichi Tatewaki
  • Patent number: 8911326
    Abstract: A transmission controller operates an electrical oil pump in a steady mode, in which an operating load of the electrical oil pump is set at a steady load, during an idle stop, but operates the electrical oil pump in a high-pressure mode, in which the operating load of the electrical oil pump is higher than the steady load, for a predetermined period when an engine stops rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Jatco Ltd, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kousuke Waku, Hideshi Wakayama, Masayuki Miyazono, Keichi Tatewaki, Seiichiro Takahashi, Yuzuru Tohta, Takashi Matsuda, Daisuke Matsumoto