Patents by Inventor Junichi Tokunaga

Junichi Tokunaga 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: 20190195315
    Abstract: A transmission belt is formed by a plurality of elements each having: a body portion including a saddle surface that contacts an inner peripheral surface of an endless ring and a pair of pillar portions that are extended outward in the radial direction of the transmission belt from both lateral sides of the saddle surface; a first surface that is formed on one side of the body portion in the circumferential direction of the transmission belt and a second surface that is formed on the other side of the body portion in the circumferential direction of the transmission belt; and rocking edge portions that are formed at both lateral ends of the first surface so as to be separated from each other and that act as a fulcrum when adjacent ones of the elements contact each other and rotate relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira OCHI, Yuki SATO, Takayuki MIYAKE, Ryo NAKAMURA, Junichi TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20190154112
    Abstract: A power transfer belt that includes a plurality of elements; and a ring that binds the plurality of elements annularly, wherein: the power transfer belt is wound in V grooves of a pair of pulleys of a continuously variable transmission to transfer power, the elements each have a saddle surface that contacts the ring, a pair of pillars that extend from both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction in a direction from an inner peripheral side toward an outer peripheral side of the ring, and a pair of side surfaces formed so as to extend away from each other from the inner peripheral side toward the outer peripheral side of the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira OCHI, Kenji KAWANO, Yuki SATO, Ryo NAKAMURA, Junichi TOKUNAGA, Masashi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20190154114
    Abstract: A power transfer belt, where a peripheral length difference between an inner peripheral length of the retainer ring and an outer peripheral length of the outermost ring material is larger than a peripheral length difference between an outer peripheral length of the ring material on an inner side, of two of the ring materials which overlap each other, and an inner peripheral length of the ring material on an outer side,
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira OCHI, Yuki SATO, Ryo NAKAMURA, Kenji KAWANO, Masashi HATTORI, Junichi TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20190154113
    Abstract: A transfer belt wound between a primary pulley and a secondary pulley of a continuously variable transmission, the transfer belt including: a plurality of elements, each of which has a body that includes a saddle surface and a pair of pillars that extend toward a radially outer side of the transfer belt from both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction; and a bind ring that binds the plurality of elements annularly with an inner peripheral surface of the bind ring contacting the saddle surface of each of the plurality of elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki SATO, Kenji KAWANO, Akira OCHI, Ryo NAKAMURA, Takayuki MIYAKE, Junichi TOKUNAGA, Masashi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20190121223
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a compound-eye camera module and an electronic device in which a plurality of monocular camera modules can be fixed together by a connecting member more effectively. In the compound-eye camera module, a camera-side positioning portion for positioning formed on a camera-side reference surface of each of the monocular camera modules and a member-side positioning portion for positioning formed on a member-side reference surface of the connecting member are fitted together, to connect the plurality of monocular camera modules together, whereby the plurality of monocular camera modules can be fixed together by the connecting member more effectively. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a compound-eye camera module in which a plurality of CMOS image sensors is connected together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: JUNICHI TOKUNAGA, SEIYA TSUZAKI, YUUJI KISHIGAMI
  • Patent number: 10054221
    Abstract: In a hydraulic control device of a belt-type continuously variable transmission that includes: a first hydraulic actuator that is provided in a primary pulley and reduces a width of a belt groove when hydraulic pressure is applied thereto; and a first control valve that regulates predetermined source pressure to be gear-change hydraulic pressure for setting or changing a gear change ratio and outputs the gear-change hydraulic pressure to the first hydraulic actuator, gear change equipment is included that regulates the source pressure to be the gear-change hydraulic pressure so as to regulate the hydraulic pressure of the first hydraulic actuator when the hydraulic pressure of the first hydraulic actuator is rapidly changed to change the width of the belt groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Yoshihiro Mizuno, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Masashi Hattori, Junichi Tokunaga, Toshiaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6739998
    Abstract: When an SLT pressure of a linear solenoid valve is input into a control oil chamber of a garage shift control valve, and a direct control pressure from the garage shift control valve is output to a clutch or a brake, a hydraulic controller inputs the direct control pressure into a control oil chamber and executes feedback-control. Also, when a range pressure of a clutch modulator valve is output to the clutch or the brake by switching the garage shift valve, the hydraulic controller inputs the range pressure, which is higher than the SLT pressure, into the control oil chamber and fixes the garage shift control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Junichi Tokunaga, Hiroshi Tanaka, Ryoji Habuchi
  • Publication number: 20030119618
    Abstract: When an SLT pressure of a linear solenoid valve is input into a control oil chamber of a garage shift control valve, and a direct control pressure from the garage shift control valve is output to a clutch or a brake, a hydraulic controller inputs the direct control pressure into a control oil chamber and executes feedback-control. Also, when a range pressure of a clutch modulator valve is output to the clutch or the brake by switching the garage shift valve, the hydraulic controller inputs the range pressure, which is higher than the SLT pressure, into the control oil chamber and fixes the garage shift control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Junichi Tokunaga, Hiroshi Tanaka, Ryoji Habuchi
  • Publication number: 20010022199
    Abstract: An oil pressure solenoid valve assembly includes a single oil feed port and a plurality of oil discharge ports for discharging operating oil, and discharge of this operating oil at each oil discharge port is individually controlled by a respective solenoid valve. When such an oil pressure solenoid valve assembly is used in an oil pressure control circuit, the number of oil pressure assemblies can be decreased as compared to a conventional oil pressure solenoid valve assembly wherein each valve has only one discharge port. The number of oil feed passages connected to the operating oil feed port can also be decreased. As a consequence, the size and the weight of the oil pressure control apparatus can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Junichi Tokunaga, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6019700
    Abstract: For achieving a high accuracy line pressure control and a high line pressure, a valve control system outputs a first signal pressure to a primary regulator valve as a second signal pressure when the first signal pressure is low. The valve control system outputs a gain pressure higher than the first signal pressure to the primary regulator valve as the second signal pressure when the first signal pressure is high. A change amount of the line pressure from the primary regulator valve concerning with a change amount of the first signal pressure is a gain. The gain is a low gain which increases the accuracy of the line pressure control when the first signal pressure is low, and the gain is a high gain with which the high line pressure is output when the first signal pressure is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Imai, Junichi Tokunaga, Hirofumi Nozawa