Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Nakada

Hirofumi Nakada 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: 10697533
    Abstract: A power transmission system includes a first case, a second case, a first tube, and a shaft. The first tube is configured to supply a lubricating oil to a first bearing and a second bearing. A shaft is rotatably supported by the first bearing and the second bearing. The shaft is provided with a through-hole extending through the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft. The first tube is insertedly fixed to an insertion hole of the first case from an outside of a space where the shaft is disposed. The first tube includes a first opening and a second opening, the first opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the first bearing, and the second opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the second bearing via the through-hole of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Yamamoto, Hideki Nakagawa, Hirofumi Nakada, Miki Natsume, Haruki Shirasaka
  • Patent number: 10502270
    Abstract: A power transmitting system including: a first piston disposed within a center bore formed through the rotary shaft such that the first piston is axially reciprocable; a sleeve connected to the first piston and having internal teeth meshing with the external teeth of the rotary shaft so that the sleeve is rotated with the rotary shaft, and such that the sleeve is axially reciprocable together with the first piston according to axial movements of the first piston; a synchronizer ring supported in sliding contact with an outer circumferential tapered surface of the clutch gear such that the synchronizer ring is rotatable relative to the clutch gear; and an actuator including a second piston to axially advance the first piston for thereby bringing the sleeve's internal teeth into meshing engagement with the clutch gear through the synchronizer ring. The first piston and second piston are disposed coaxially with the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michio Yoshida, Hirofumi Nakada, Kazunori Saito
  • Patent number: 10393253
    Abstract: A transmission case include: a wall portion; a bearing portion having a through-hole penetrating through the wall portion such that a power transmission shaft is inserted into the through-hole, the bearing portion projecting from the wall portion in a cylindrical shape; and a rib projected from the wall portion in the same direction as a projection direction of the bearing portion, the rib having an arc portion. When viewed from a direction along the center line of the bearing portion, the wall portion includes i) a first wall portion in a region surrounded by the bearing portion, the arc portion of the rib and two common tangent lines to the bearing portion and the arc portion of the rib, and ii) a second wall portion in another region; and the first wall portion is offset in the projection direction of the bearing portion relative to the second wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Nakagawa, Kozo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Nakada, Haruki Shirasaka
  • Patent number: 10352431
    Abstract: The transmission case is provided with a bearing portion having a through hole in which a power transmission shaft is inserted, a fitting portion having a mating surface on which another member is superimposed, a plurality of fastening portions provided in the fitting portion, and ribs provided between the bearing portion and the fastening portions, respectively. The ribs are arranged between the bearing portion and the fastening portions, respectively, the fastening portions being other than the fastening portion that is the closest to the bearing portion amongst the plurality of fastening portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Nakagawa, Kozo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Nakada, Takeo Matsuo, Haruki Shirasaka
  • Patent number: 10215279
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device is disposed forward of a case housing a speed change mechanism in an on-vehicle state. A detent lever is fixed to the control shaft, has a first end connected to a parking rod, and includes a detent recess with which a detent mechanism is engaged. A swing lever includes a shaft serving as a swing center, a first extension extending from one end of the shaft, and a second extension extending from the other end of the shaft. The first extension is connected to a second end of the detent lever. The second extension is connected to a manual valve. An axial position of the manual valve changes in accordance with a rotation angle of the control shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Iwatsuru, Yuki Kadokura, Kozo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Nakada, Hideki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20180245641
    Abstract: A power transmitting system including: a first piston disposed within a center bore formed through the rotary shaft such that the first piston is axially reciprocable; a sleeve connected to the first piston and having internal teeth meshing with the external teeth of the rotary shaft so that the sleeve is rotated with the rotary shaft, and such that the sleeve is axially reciprocable together with the first piston according to axial movements of the first piston; a synchronizer ring supported in sliding contact with an outer circumferential tapered surface of the clutch gear such that the synchronizer ring is rotatable relative to the clutch gear; and an actuator including a second piston to axially advance the first piston for thereby bringing the sleeve's internal teeth into meshing engagement with the clutch gear through the synchronizer ring. The first piston and second piston are disposed coaxially with the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michio YOSHIDA, Hirofumi NAKADA, Kazunori SAITO
  • Patent number: 9989148
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for vehicles is provided. A switching valve (34) that is adapted to provide a communication between an electric oil pump (25) and a drain passage while inhibiting a delivery of the oil from the electric oil pump (25) to the control object (20, C) when an output pressure of the mechanical oil pump (9) is higher than a predetermined level, and to provide a communication between the electric oil pump (25) and the control object (20, C) through a predetermined oil passage when an output pressure of the mechanical oil pump (9) is lower than the predetermined level. The electric oil pump (25) discharges oil before establishing the communication between the electric oil pump (25) and the control object (20, C) as a result of reduction in the output pressure of the mechanical oil pump (9) to be lower than the predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Hirofumi Nakada
  • Patent number: 9845869
    Abstract: A mechanical oil pump, an electric oil pump, and a strainer are disposed inside a transmission case. As a suction oil passage that returns an excess hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic control device to the mechanical oil pump, a common oil passage extending from the hydraulic control device, a branch point, a first oil passage extending from the branch point to the mechanical oil pump, and a second oil passage extending from the branch point to the electric oil pump are formed in the transmission case. A meeting point where an inlet oil passage for suctioning oil via the strainer and the first oil passage of the suction oil passage meet is formed inside a pump body of the mechanical oil pump. Accordingly, the suction oil passage of the mechanical oil pump and an inlet oil passage of the electric oil pump have a portion in common.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki Shirasaka, Yuji Iwatsuru, Tetsuya Maruyama, Kozo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Nakada
  • Publication number: 20170343101
    Abstract: A power transmission system includes a first case, a second case, a first tube, and a shaft. The first tube is configured to supply a lubricating oil to a first bearing and a second bearing. A shaft is rotatably supported by the first bearing and the second bearing. The shaft is provided with a through-hole extending through the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft. The first tube is insertedly fixed to an insertion hole of the first case from an outside of a space where the shaft is disposed. The first tube includes a first opening and a second opening, the first opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the first bearing, and the second opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the second bearing via the through-hole of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Yamamoto, Hideki Nakagawa, Hirofumi Nakada, Miki Natsume, Haruki Shirasaka
  • Patent number: 9765886
    Abstract: A control system and a control method for a vehicle, the vehicle includes an engine, an input shaft, an output shaft, a continuously variable transmission section, a stepped transmission section and a clutch mechanism, and a control device. The continuously variable transmission section and the stepped transmission section are provided between the input shaft and the output shaft. The clutch mechanism is provided in a torque transmission path between the stepped transmission section and drive wheels. The control device is configured to disengage the clutch mechanism in a case where a vehicle speed is at least equal to a specified value and the engine is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Taninaka, Hirofumi Nakada, Michio Yoshida, Hiroki Kondo, Kenji Matsuo, Kazuya Ishiizumi, Daisuke Inoue, Kyohei Suzumura
  • Publication number: 20170261093
    Abstract: A lubrication structure of a power transmission apparatus including a case member is provided. The lubrication structure includes a first oil passage, a second oil passage, and an oil passage pipe. The first oil passage is provided in the case member, and includes a first opening that opens at a wall surface of the case member. The second oil passage is provided in the case member, and includes a second opening that opens at the wall surface of the case member. The oil passage pipe is attached to the wall surface, and includes an end portion inserted into the second opening to be connected to the second oil passage. The oil passage pipe includes a through-hole that opens at an outer peripheral surface of the oil passage pipe. The through-hole is provided adjacent to the first opening such that oil is supplied from the through-hole into the first oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hideki NAKAGAWA, Hirofumi NAKADA, Yosuke ANAN, Haruki SHIRASAKA
  • Publication number: 20170211681
    Abstract: A transmission case include: a wall portion; a bearing portion having a through-hole penetrating through the wall portion such that a power transmission shaft is inserted into the through-hole, the bearing portion projecting from the wall portion in a cylindrical shape; and a rib projected from the wall portion in the same direction as a projection direction of the bearing portion, the rib having an arc portion. When viewed from a direction along the center line of the bearing portion, the wall portion includes i) a first wall portion in a region surrounded by the bearing portion, the arc portion of the rib and two common tangent lines to the bearing portion and the arc portion of the rib, and ii) a second wall portion in another region; and the first wall portion is offset in the projection direction of the bearing portion relative to the second wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki NAKAGAWA, Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi NAKADA, Haruki SHIRASAKA
  • Publication number: 20170204960
    Abstract: The transmission case is provided with a bearing portion having a through hole in which a power transmission shaft is inserted, a fitting portion having a mating surface on which another member is superimposed, a plurality of fastening portions provided in the fitting portion, and ribs provided between the bearing portion and the fastening portions, respectively. The ribs are arranged between the bearing portion and the fastening portions, respectively, the fastening portions being other than the fastening portion that is the closest to the bearing portion amongst the plurality of fastening portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki NAKAGAWA, Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi NAKADA, Takeo MATSUO, Haruki SHIRASAKA
  • Patent number: 9664278
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a transmission mechanism capable of setting a fixed transmission gear ratio, a continuously variable transmission provided in parallel with the transmission mechanism, and a path switching mechanism for selectively blocking a torque transmission path that includes the transmission mechanism and that is configured to dampen vibration. The control device further includes a clutch mechanism where the continuously variable transmission and the transmission mechanism capable of setting constant transmission gear ratio are arranged in parallel between an input shaft and the output shaft, that selectively connects torque transmission path stretching from an internal combustion engine to drive wheels via transmission mechanism, and one clutch and other clutch are arranged in series, the other clutch is arranged on a relatively downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Toyoda, Hirofumi Nakada, Michio Yoshida, Daisuke Inoue, Atsushi Ayabe, Motonori Kimura, Akira Hino, Hiroki Kondo, Kenji Matsuo, Takuro Shimazu
  • Patent number: 9587726
    Abstract: A power transmission unit for a vehicle including a first clutch device that selectively allows a torque transmitting route from an input shaft to an output shaft via a first gear train to transmit torque therethrough, a dog clutch that switches the torque transmitting route from the input shaft to the output shaft between a continuously variable speed change route in which the torque is transmitted through a continuously variable transmission and a reverse route in which the torque is transmitted through a second gear train, and a second clutch device that connects and disconnects both of the continuously variable speed change route and the reverse route to/from at least any one of the input shaft and the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michio Yoshida, Daisuke Kobayashi, Hirotsugu Yoshino, Tomoe Osada, Hirofumi Nakada, Ryoji Habuchi, Yuji Hattori
  • Patent number: 9523417
    Abstract: There is a vehicle power transmission device in which a continuously variable transmission and a gear train are provided between an input shaft and an output shaft so as to be able to transmit torque between the input shaft and the output shaft, the gear train has at least one speed ratio that cannot be set by the continuously variable transmission. In the vehicle power transmission device, a forward-reverse switching mechanism is arranged along the same axis as an axis of the input shaft, a first clutch mechanism and a brake mechanism are provided, a second clutch mechanism is provided in a first torque transmission path that is routed from the input shaft to the output shaft via the continuously variable transmission, a third clutch mechanism is provided in a second torque transmission path that is routed from the output element to the output shaft via the gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Nakagawa, Michio Yoshida, Hirofumi Nakada, Ryoji Habuchi
  • Patent number: 9494204
    Abstract: A controller for a vehicle transmission in which a continuously variable transmission mechanism able to continuously change its speed ratio and a transmission mechanism having a constant speed ratio are provided in parallel between an input shaft and an output shaft. The transmission includes a friction engagement mechanism and an intermeshing engagement mechanism, the intermeshing engagement mechanism being arranged in series with the friction engagement mechanism, the intermeshing engagement mechanism setting the transmission mechanism to a state where torque is transmittable between the input and output shaft, in changing to a state where the intermeshing engagement mechanism is engaged and the transmission mechanism is able to transmit torque to the output shaft, a torque capacity of the friction engagement mechanism is configured to be increased to a torque capacity to such extent that the transmission mechanism rotates without a delay of start of engagement of the intermeshing engagement mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuo, Hirofumi Nakada, Michio Yoshida, Daisuke Inoue, Atsushi Ayabe, Motonori Kimura, Shuhei Ishikawa, Akira Hino, Hiroki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20160319930
    Abstract: A mechanical oil pump, an electric oil pump, and a strainer are disposed inside a transmission case. As a suction oil passage that returns an excess hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic control device to the mechanical oil pump, a common oil passage extending from the hydraulic control device, a branch point, a first oil passage extending from the branch point to the mechanical oil pump, and a second oil passage extending from the branch point to the electric oil pump are formed in the transmission case. A meeting point where an inlet oil passage for suctioning oil via the strainer and the first oil passage of the suction oil passage meet is formed inside a pump body of the mechanical oil pump. Accordingly, the suction oil passage of the mechanical oil pump and an inlet oil passage of the electric oil pump have a portion in common.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki SHIRASAKA, Yuji IWATSURU, Tetsuya MARUYAMA, Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi NAKADA
  • Publication number: 20160290504
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device is disposed forward of a case housing a speed change mechanism in an on-vehicle state. A detent lever is fixed to the control shaft, has a first end connected to a parking rod, and includes a detent recess with which a detent mechanism is engaged. A swing lever includes a shaft serving as a swing center, a first extension extending from one end of the shaft, and a second extension extending from the other end of the shaft. The first extension is connected to a second end of the detent lever. The second extension is connected to a manual valve. An axial position of the manual valve changes in accordance with a rotation angle of the control shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji IWATSURU, Yuki KADOKURA, Kozo YAMAMOTO, Hirofumi NAKADA, Hideki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9404563
    Abstract: Power system including differential-mechanism, clutch-mechanism, power-mechanism and dog-clutch disposed between an input rotary member to receive drive-force from a drive power source and output rotary-member to transmit drive-force to drive-wheels, the differential-mechanism including an input rotary element, output rotary element and reaction rotary element; the clutch-mechanism connecting two rotary elements of the input, output and reaction rotary elements of the differential-mechanism, to each other, the power-mechanism having predetermined gear ratio, and dog-clutch selectively placing a power path between the output rotary element and output rotary-member, in power transmitting state and power cutoff state; transmitting drive-force to drive-wheels while the clutch-mechanisms and dog-clutch are placed in engaged states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kozo Yamamoto, Michio Yoshida, Hirofumi Nakada, Kenji Matsuo, Mitsuhiro Fukao, Shuji Moriyama, Yuji Iwatsuru