Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Shioiri

Hiroyuki Shioiri 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: 20130109523
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive device includes a planetary gear mechanism, a one way clutch, and a torque limiter, wherein a sun gear of the planetary gear mechanism is connected to a first electric rotating machine, a carrier thereof is connected to an engine, and a ring gear thereof is connected to a second electric rotating machine and drive wheels, respectively, the ring gear is disposed on an inner peripheral side of a hollow rotary member as well as connected to drive wheels via counter drive gear disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotary member, the one way clutch regulates a rotation of the carrier in a negative direction when it is assumed that a rotation direction of the ring gear at the time a hybrid vehicle travels forward is a positive direction, the torque limiter operates in response to transmission torque of the one way clutch and restricts the transmission torque of the one way clutch, and the one way clutch and the torque limiter are disposed inside of the rotary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Kouhei Miyake
  • Publication number: 20130074649
    Abstract: Disclosed is a structure for fastening a ring gear to a differential case. The ring gear has a gear-side press-fit face annularly formed thereon, a projected portion located at an inner position relative to the gear-side press-fit face, and a notch portion located opposite to the gear-side press-fit face across the projected portion. The differential case has a case-side press-fit face which is annularly formed thereon and over which the gear-side press-fit face is press fitted, a caulk portion which is smaller than the case-side press-fit face in outer diameter and caulked to the notch portion, and a case-side smooth face which contacts the projected portion to position the ring gear with respect to the differential case. This arrangement serves to reduce the differential case in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Taniguchi, Yoshihiko Ukai, Hirokazu Tsunekawa, Hiroyuki Shioiri
  • Publication number: 20130074648
    Abstract: A fastening structure for a ring-gear and a differential case comprises a differential case which is provided with: a ring gear having a gear section formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and a plurality of notch portions formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof; a press-fitting surface whereon the ring gear is press-fitted; and a flange section which is forced against and caulked to the notch portions, at the end of the press-fitting surface. After the ring gear has been press-fitted to the press-fitting surface, the flange section is forced toward the notch portions, and thus the differential case is caulked and fastened to the ring gear. The notch portions have stepped surfaces, and thus rattling generated during torque transmission can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Taniguchi, Yoshihiko Ukai, Hirokazu Tsunekawa, Hiroyuki Shioiri
  • Publication number: 20130035196
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening structure of a ring gear, wherein a ring gear is fastened to a flange of a differential case constituting a differential subassembly. The ring gear has an inner peripheral surface to be press-fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the flange, and is swaged by a swaging portion provided on at least one end of the flange in the axial direction. In order to prevent the ring gear from deforming in the radial direction, an engaging means for engaging the flange with the ring gear using the relationship between a recess and a protrusion is provided. The engaging means is comprised of a recess formed at an end face of the ring gear and a protrusion formed on the flange. The protrusion is engaged in the recess by swaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Shioiri
  • Publication number: 20120329599
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ring gear fastening structure in which a ring gear is fastened to the flange of a differential case configuring a differential sub-assembly. The inner circumferential surface of the ring gear is press-fitted into the outer circumferential surface of the flange, and the ring gear is swaged by means of a swage part which is disposed on at least one end of the flange in the axial direction. The inner circumferential surface of the ring gear is formed with a circumferential groove which extends in the circumferential direction of said inner circumferential surface. The circumferential groove is disposed facing the outer circumferential surface of the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Shioiri
  • Patent number: 8147364
    Abstract: A flow control valve is provided in a primary pulley that is a rotor, and includes a first port; a second port; a working fluid channel formed between the first port and the second port and through which working oil passes; a check valve that is formed in the working fluid channel and is opened toward a first-port-side channel from a second-port-side channel of the working fluid channel; and a valve-opening control section (a guide member, a spool, a cylinder, and a drive pressure chamber) that is arranged at the check valve at the side of the second port, that forcibly opens the check valve when discharging the working fluid from the first port to the second port, and increases a channel resistance of the second-port-side channel as an opening amount of the check valve is small. The flow control valve can prevent over-discharge of the working fluid at the beginning of opening the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Hiroaki Kimura, Shinya Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20110319220
    Abstract: A differential device has a differential case that houses a gear group, and a ring gear that is disposed fitted to the differential case. The differential case and the ring gear are supported rotatably about a drive shaft. The ring gear is made up of a helical gear. The ring gear abuts the differential case in the axial direction of the drive shaft. The ring gear and the differential case are welded at an abutting portion of the ring gear and the differential case in the axial direction of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Michitaka Tsuchida, Makoto Taniguchi, Yosuke Suzuki, Takahito Endo, Yoshitaka Murata, Tsuyoshi Ide
  • Publication number: 20110192245
    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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Tadashi Yamada, Haruo Isomura
  • Patent number: 7988573
    Abstract: A control device includes an arrangement for deriving an input torque input to a belt-type continuously variable transmission based on a control amount of a first actuator. The continuously variable transmission includes a first actuator that is provided on a one movable sheave side, that presses the one movable sheave toward one fixed sheave, and that can generate a belt pinching pressure on the one movable sheave side, and a second actuator and a torque cam that are provided on the other movable sheave side, that press the other movable sheave toward the other fixed sheave, and that can generate a belt pinching pressure on the other movable sheave side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Ryuji Ibaraki, Hiroaki Kimura, Yasuo Hojo
  • Publication number: 20110113782
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus is provided with an electric motor shaft that is connected to a rotor of an electric motor, an input shaft arranged parallel to the electric motor shaft and transmits power to and from an internal combustion engine positioned on one side in the axial direction, an input shaft rotating member provided on an end portion of the input shaft that is on the side opposite the internal combustion engine side and transmitting at least one of the power from the input shaft or the power from the electric motor shaft to a drive shaft of a vehicle, and a pump driven by the power from the internal combustion engine and pumps lubrication oil, and the electric motor is arranged on the opposite side of the input shaft rotating member from the internal combustion engine in the axial direction. The input shaft rotating member is rotatably supported by the case via a bearing, and at least part of the pump is arranged radially inward of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michitaka Tsuchida, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Hideaki Komada, Makoto Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 7803076
    Abstract: A belt type continuously variable transmission is provided with two pulley shafts arranged in parallel a predetermined distance apart from each other, a movable sheave provided on each pulley shaft and being able to slide in an axial direction thereof, a fixed sheave arranged on each pulley shaft so as to face the moveable sheave, the fixed sheave and the movable sheave that face each another on each pulley shaft together forming a groove therebetween, and a belt wound around the grooves. At least one of the movable sheaves and a motor serving as a driving source for the moving sheave are integrally provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Yasuo Hojo, Hiroaki Kimura, Ryuji Ibaraki
  • Patent number: 7670244
    Abstract: A power transmission system having an input member (6) and an output member (2) for transmitting power, and an oil pump (7) for discharging oil by a relative rotation between a first (8, 70) and a second rotary members (9, 87, 88) which is driven by the power transmitted between the input member (6) and the output member (2), characterized in that: the input member (6) and the first rotary member (8, 70) are connected with each other in a power transmittable manner, and the output member (2) and the second rotary member (9, 87, 88) are connected with each other in a power transmittable manner; and characterized by comprising: a transmission member (11, 13, 76, 77) for connecting the first and the second rotary members in a power transmittable manner; and a control valve (9, 87, 88) for controlling a power transmission state between the first and the second rotary members, by controlling a discharge condition of the oil pump (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Ryuji Ibaraki, Yasuo Hojo, Hitoshi Nomasa
  • Publication number: 20090105020
    Abstract: A flow control valve is provided in a primary pulley that is a rotor, and includes a first port; a second port; a working fluid channel formed between the first port and the second port and through which working oil passes; a check valve that is formed in the working fluid channel and is opened toward a first-port-side channel from a second-port-side channel of the working fluid channel; and a valve-opening control section (a guide member, a spool, a cylinder, and a drive pressure chamber) that is arranged at the check valve at the side of the second port, that forcibly opens the check valve when discharging the working fluid from the first port to the second port, and increases a channel resistance of the second-port-side channel as an opening amount of the check valve is small. The flow control valve can prevent over-discharge of the working fluid at the beginning of opening the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Hiroaki Kimura, Shinya Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20090060765
    Abstract: An axial piston pump has: a cylinder body that forms therein a cylinder chamber extending in an axial direction of a drive shaft and rotates integrally with a driven shaft; a piston that reciprocates in the axial direction of the drive shaft; and a cam device that rotates integrally with the drive shaft and has: a fixed cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with a cam follower coupled to the piston and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the fixed cam member in the axial direction being restricted; and a movable cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with the cam follower and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the movable cam member in the axial direction being allowed, irregularity differences in the axial direction of the cam surface of the fixed cam member and the movable cam member being different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya KUWABARA, Tadashi FUJIYOSHI, Hiroyuki SHIOIRI
  • Publication number: 20090062044
    Abstract: A belt type continuously variable transmission that includes a primary pulley; a secondary pulley; a belt where the primary pulley and the secondary pulley are bound; a positioning hydraulic chamber that presses a primary movable sheave to a primary fixed sheave; a supply-side valve that permits working oil to be supplied from the outside to the positioning hydraulic chamber; and a discharge-side control valve that controls permission or prohibition of discharge of the working oil from the positioning hydraulic chamber to the outside. The discharge-side control valve prohibits discharge of the working oil from the positioning hydraulic chamber to the outside when a position of the primary movable sheave is kept constant in the axial direction with respect to the primary fixed sheave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Hiroaki Kimura, Ryuji Ibaraki
  • Publication number: 20080287251
    Abstract: A power transmission system having a positive displacement pump which is driven by a prime mover, and an output member which is driven by a fluid discharged from the positive displacement pump, characterized by comprising a rotational direction switching mechanism for switching a rotational direction of the output member between forward direction and backward direction. The rotational direction switching mechanism comprises a mechanism for switching a direction of a torque applied to the output member through the fluid between forward direction and backward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Yasuo Hojo, Ryuji Ibaraki, Hitoshi Nomasa
  • Patent number: 7288043
    Abstract: A belt type continuously variable transmission including a primary pulley; a secondary pulley; a belt which is looped over the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; a reduction gear unit that transmits torque, which has been output from an internal combustion engine and then transmitted to a secondary shaft, to a final reduction gear unit that is provided so as to be coaxial with the secondary shaft of the secondary pulley; and a damper oil chamber which is provided between the secondary shaft and an input shaft of the reduction gear unit. A thrust force generated in the reduction gear unit due to an input of a driving force is transmitted to a hydraulic fluid in a damper oil chamber, and then absorbed. Therefore, a displacement of a relative position between the primary pulley and the secondary pulley is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Ryuji Ibaraki, Hitoshi Nomasa, Hiroaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 7267211
    Abstract: In a damper device of a lock-up clutch-equipped torque converter which has at least two rotating members that have a common rotation axis and are rotatable relatively to each other via an elastic member, an axial-direction support portion that supports the at least two rotating members in the direction of the rotation axis with respect to each other, and a radial-direction support portion that supports the rotating members in a radial direction with respect to each other are disposed on circumferences that are substantially equidistant from the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiya Yamashita, Ryuji Ibaraki, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Hiroaki Kimura, Yasunori Nakawaki
  • Publication number: 20070191178
    Abstract: A power transmission system having an input member (6) and an output member (2) for transmitting power, and an oil pump (7) for discharging oil by a relative rotation between a first (8, 70) and a second rotary members (9, 87, 88) which is driven by the power transmitted between the input member (6) and the output member (2), characterized in that: the input member (6) and the first rotary member (8, 70) are connected with each other in a power transmittable manner, and the output member (2) and the second rotary member (9, 87, 88) are connected with each other in a power transmittable manner; and characterized by comprising: a transmission member (11, 13, 76, 77) for connecting the first and the second rotary members in a power transmittable manner; and a control valve (9, 87, 88) for controlling a power transmission state between the first and the second rotary members, by controlling a discharge condition of the oil pump (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Ryuji Ibaraki, Yasuo Hojo, Hitoshi Nomasa
  • Publication number: 20070117664
    Abstract: A belt type continuously variable transmission is provided with two pulley shafts arranged in parallel a predetermined distance apart from each other, a movable sheave provided on each pulley shaft, and being able to slide in an axial direction thereof, a fixed sheave arranged on each pulley shaft so as to face the moveable sheave, the fixed sheave and the movable sheave that face each another on each pulley shaft together forming a groove therebetween, and a belt wound around the grooves. At least one of the movable sheaves and a motor serving as a driving source for the moving sheave are integrally provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioiri, Yasuo Hojo, Hiroaki Kimura, Ryuji Ibaraki