Patents by Inventor Hiromu Soya

Hiromu Soya 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).

  • Publication number: 20240102552
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a first pulley and a second pulley each including a fixed pulley and a movable pulley; and an endless member wound around the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the continuously variable transmission continuously changes a speed ratio by controlling a thrust of the movable pulley with a hydraulic pressure, the thrust of the movable pulley is made smaller as a rotation speed of the first pulley decreases, and when the rotation speed of the first pulley is lower than a predetermined rotation speed, the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a Low side of the predetermined speed ratio is not made smaller than the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a High side of the predetermined speed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shou OKUTANI, Masahiro KUSUDA, Tomohiro UTAGAWA, Hironori MIYAISHI, Seiichirou TAKAHASHI, Yusuke NAKANO, Hiromu SOYA, Jumpei HAYAKAWA, Makoto OGURI
  • Patent number: 8146433
    Abstract: A failure detect device detects the presence of a failure in a peripheral member of a rotary shaft by analyzing a vibration generated in a device provided with the rotary shaft when the rotary shaft is rotated. A vibration detection unit detects the vibration of the device, and a rotation speed detection unit detects a rotation speed of the rotary shaft. An analysis unit calculates a frequency spectrum of the vibration of the device and determines an actually measured vibration level at each vibration order by dividing a frequency component of the calculated frequency spectrum by the rotation speed of the rotary shaft. A detection unit detects the presence of a failure in the peripheral member on the basis of the actually measured vibration level at each vibration order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kishino, Hisashi Kudou, Masayuki Ashizawa, Hiromu Soya
  • Publication number: 20100064814
    Abstract: A failure detect device detects the presence of a failure in a peripheral member of a rotary shaft by analyzing a vibration generated in a device provided with the rotary shaft when the rotary shaft is rotated. A vibration detection unit detects the vibration of the device, and a rotation speed detection unit detects a rotation speed of the rotary shaft. An analysis unit calculates a frequency spectrum of the vibration of the device and determines an actually measured vibration level at each vibration order by dividing a frequency component of the calculated frequency spectrum by the rotation speed of the rotary shaft. A detection unit detects the presence of a failure in the peripheral member on the basis of the actually measured vibration level at each vibration order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro KISHINO, Hisashi Kudou, Masayuki Ashizawa, Hiromu Soya
  • Patent number: 7412913
    Abstract: An oil pump driving apparatus including a rotation shaft in driving connection with a torque converter, a drive sprocket rotatable about the rotation shaft and adapted to be connected with a driven sprocket disposed on the oil pump via the chain, a first sleeve disposed on a radial outside of the rotation shaft so as to be rotatable together with the torque converter, the first sleeve being engaged with the drive sprocket, a second sleeve fixedly disposed on a radial inside of the first sleeve, a first bearing supporting the first sleeve so as to be rotatable relative to the second sleeve, and a second bearing supporting the drive sprocket so as to be rotatable relative to the second sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Masanori Ishikawa, Yuji Takahashi, Hiromu Soya
  • Publication number: 20050255954
    Abstract: An oil pump driving apparatus including a rotation shaft in driving connection with a torque converter, a drive sprocket rotatable about the rotation shaft and adapted to be connected with a driven sprocket disposed on the oil pump via the chain, a first sleeve disposed on a radial outside of the rotation shaft so as to be rotatable together with the torque converter, the first sleeve being engaged with the drive sprocket, a second sleeve fixedly disposed on a radial inside of the first sleeve, a first bearing supporting the first sleeve so as to be rotatable relative to the second sleeve, and a second bearing supporting the drive sprocket so as to be rotatable relative to the second sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Masanori Ishikawa, Yuji Takahashi, Hiromu Soya