Patents by Inventor Junya Ono

Junya Ono 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: 11067139
    Abstract: This vehicle transmission system includes a transmission (21), a clutch device (26), a clutch control unit (61), and a shift operation detecting means (48), and, when a hydraulic pressure is supplied from a clutch actuator (50) to a slave cylinder (28), the clutch device (26) moves to a connection side, in an in-gear stop state in which the transmission (21) is in an in-gear state, and a vehicle (1) is in a stop state, the clutch actuator (50) supplies a standby hydraulic pressure (WP) to the slave cylinder (28), and the clutch control unit (61) sets the standby hydraulic pressure (WP) to a first setting value (P1) during non-detection in which a shift operation is not detected by the shift operation detecting means (48) and sets the standby hydraulic pressure (WP) to a second setting value (P2) lower than the first setting value (P1) when the shift operation is detected by the shift operation detecting means (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Junya Ono
  • Publication number: 20210215209
    Abstract: This clutch control device includes an engine (13), a transmission (21), a clutch device (26) configured to connect and disconnect motive power transmission between the engine (13) and the transmission (21), a clutch actuator (50) configured to drive the clutch device (26) and change a clutch capacity, a clutch operating element (4b) configured to enable the clutch device (26) to be manually operated, and a control unit (60) configured to calculate a target value (Pt) of a control parameter (Ps) of the clutch capacity in accordance with an amount of operation on the clutch operating element (4b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kohei Matsuura, Junya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Go Morita
  • Publication number: 20210148417
    Abstract: This vehicle transmission system includes a transmission (21), a clutch device (26), a clutch control unit (61), and a shift operation detecting means (48), and, when a hydraulic pressure is supplied from a clutch actuator (50) to a slave cylinder (28), the clutch device (26) moves to a connection side, in an in-gear stop state in which the transmission (21) is in an in-gear state, and a vehicle (1) is in a stop state, the clutch actuator (50) supplies a standby hydraulic pressure (WP) to the slave cylinder (28), and the clutch control unit (61) sets the standby hydraulic pressure (WP) to a first setting value (P1) during non-detection in which a shift operation is not detected by the shift operation detecting means (48) and sets the standby hydraulic pressure (WP) to a second setting value (P2) lower than the first setting value (P1) when the shift operation is detected by the shift operation detecting means (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Junya Ono
  • Publication number: 20210147035
    Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle includes a power unit including a multistage transmission having a plurality of gear positions, a transmission actuating mechanism for changing the gear positions, a shift spindle as an input shaft of the transmission actuating mechanism, a crankcase housing therein the multistage transmission and the transmission actuating mechanism, and a crankcase cover covering a side portion of the crankcase. The shift spindle is disposed in the periphery of the crankcase cover and is coupled to a shift actuator mounted on the crankcase cover by a joint rod. Such saddle-type vehicle having a power unit with a shift spindle movable by a shift actuator, in which the shift spindle and the shift actuator are combined with each other in a small-size layout with a joint rod joining the shift spindle and the shift actuator to each other, allows the joint rod to be installed in position with ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi KUDO, Yoshiaki NEDACHI, Junya ONO, Jun ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10976998
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, the information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire position information of a microphone which has accepted a speech; and a response control unit configured to control a response to the speech on a basis of the speech and the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junya Ono
  • Publication number: 20210088088
    Abstract: This clutch control device includes an engine (13), a transmission gear (21), a clutch device (26), a clutch actuator (50), a control unit (60), a clutch operator (4b), and a clutch operation amount sensor (4c), wherein the control unit (60) is configured to enable intervention of a manual clutch operation according to the clutch operator (4b) during automatic control of the clutch device (26) according to the clutch actuator (50), and the control unit (60) is configured to set a control target value of a clutch capacity to a connection lower limit target value (Px) acquired by changing an operation target value (Pv) corresponding to an amount of operation of the clutch operator (4b) to a clutch disconnection side in a case in which the amount of operation of the clutch operator (4b) based on an output value of the clutch operation amount sensor (4c) reaches a predetermined value (?2) set in advance at a time of performing a clutch disconnection operation through the intervention of the manual clutch operatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Junya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Go Morita, Kohei Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10913465
    Abstract: A speed changing device includes a control unit (60) that: has a manual mode in which a clutch is engaged and disengaged by operating a clutch lever (4b) and an automatic mode in which the clutch is engaged and disengaged without the clutch lever (4b) being operated and is able to change a setting to the manual mode and the automatic mode; and is configured to signal mode misrecognition when it is determined that mode misrecognition has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Junya Ono, Seiji Hamaoka
  • Patent number: 10895290
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes a normally open-type hydraulic clutch which connects or disconnects a power transmission line between an engine and a wheel, an actuator which supplies a hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic clutch, an oil flow path which connects the actuator to the hydraulic clutch, a valve member which is provided on the oil flow path and which enables to switch between an open state where the oil flow path communicates and a closed state where the oil flow path closes, a hydraulic pressure sensor which is provided on the oil flow path, and a bypass flow path which bypasses the valve member. A one-way valve, which permits a supply of a hydraulic pressure from an actuator side to a hydraulic clutch side and which shuts off a supply of a hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic clutch side to the actuator side, is provided on the bypass flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Ono, Yoshiaki Nedachi, Eisuke Kajihara, Hiroyuki Kojima
  • Patent number: 10876583
    Abstract: A clutch control device includes an engine, a gearbox, a clutch device configured to disconnect and connect power transmission between the engine and the gearbox, a clutch actuator configured to drive the clutch device and vary a clutch capacity, an engine rotational number sensor configured to detect an engine rotational number, a throttle opening angle sensor configured to detect a throttle opening angle, and a controller configured to calculate a control target value of the clutch capacity, wherein the controller calculates an estimated engine torque and causes the clutch device to change a slip clutch capacity according to the estimated engine torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Go Morita, Junya Ono, Kohei Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10851855
    Abstract: A clutch control device includes an ECU that controls a clutch actuator, the ECU sets a control target value of the clutch capacity according to the operation amount detected by the clutch operation amount sensor, and executes feedback control so that the control parameter which is detected by the control parameter sensor approaches the control target value, and changes a method of the feedback control when the control parameter reaches a predetermined control state change determination value during the feedback control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Matsuura, Junya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Go Morita
  • Publication number: 20200346661
    Abstract: A speed changing device includes a control unit (60) that: has a manual mode in which a clutch is engaged and disengaged by operating a clutch lever (4b) and an automatic mode in which the clutch is engaged and disengaged without the clutch lever (4b) being operated and is able to change a setting to the manual mode and the automatic mode; and is configured to signal mode misrecognition when it is determined that mode misrecognition has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Junya Ono, Seiji Hamaoka
  • Publication number: 20200332844
    Abstract: This clutch control device includes an engine (13), a transmission gear (21), a clutch device (26), a clutch actuator (50), a control unit (60), a control parameter sensor (58), a clutch operator (4b), and a clutch operation amount sensor (4c), wherein the control unit (60) is configured to enable intervention of a manual clutch operation according to the clutch operator (4b) during automatic control of the clutch device (26) according to the clutch actuator (50), and the control unit (60) is configured to set a control target value of a clutch capacity to a connection preparation target value (Py) acquired by causing an operation target value (Pv) corresponding to an amount of operation of the clutch operator (4b) to approach a disconnection determination value (Pz) in a case in which a control parameter detected by the control parameter sensor (58) reaches the disconnection determination value (Pz) set in advance at a time of performing a clutch disconnection operation through intervention of the manual clu
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Junya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Go Morita, Kohei Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10766570
    Abstract: A shifting operation detecting apparatus includes a gearbox and a shift change apparatus. The shift change apparatus includes a shifting operation unit, a shifting operation receiving section, a swing lever and a connecting member. A shift operation detector is disposed between the swing lever in an outer shaft section of the shifting operation receiving section and a gearbox case to directly detect a pivoted state of the shifting operation receiving section, and the connecting member is connected to the swing lever from the gearbox case side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Tokito, Naotada Matsudaira, Eisuke Kajihara, Kazumitsu Yamamoto, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Kosuke Tsunashima, Junya Ono
  • Patent number: 10760627
    Abstract: This clutch control device includes a clutch device, a clutch actuator, a hydraulic pressure circuit device, hydraulic pressure sensors, a control device, and a control valve for controlling a flow of a working fluid between the clutch device and the clutch actuator. The hydraulic pressure sensors include an upstream side hydraulic pressure sensor and a downstream side hydraulic pressure sensor. The control device is configured to perform feedback control of the clutch actuator using hydraulic pressure detection information of a side on which hydraulic pressure fluctuation is small, among the hydraulic pressure detection information of each of the upstream side hydraulic pressure sensor and the downstream side hydraulic pressure sensor, in the case of driving the clutch actuator toward a pressurization side and in the case of driving the clutch actuator to a decompression side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Hiroyuki Kojima, Yoshiaki Nedachi, Eisuke Kajihara
  • Patent number: 10760628
    Abstract: A clutch control device includes a clutch device that disconnects and connects a power transmission between an engine and a gearbox, a clutch actuator that drives the clutch device and changes a clutch capacity, an ECU that calculates a control target value of the clutch capacity, a clutch lever that manually operates the clutch device, and a clutch lever operation amount sensor that converts an operation amount of the clutch lever into an electrical signal, wherein the ECU calculates a clutch operation speed on the basis of the operation amount detected by the clutch lever operation amount sensor, and changes a disconnection and connection speed of the clutch device according to the clutch operation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Matsuura, Junya Ono, Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Go Morita
  • Patent number: 10760629
    Abstract: A clutch control device includes an engine, a gearbox, a clutch device configured to disconnect and connect power transmission between the engine and the gearbox, a clutch actuator configured to drive the clutch device and vary a clutch capacity, and an ECU configured to calculate a control target value of the clutch capacity, and the ECU determines whether an engine rotational number after downshifting by the gearbox enters a high rotation region and decreases the clutch capacity after downshifting when it is determined that the engine rotational number after downshifting enters the high rotation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Junya Ono, Takashi Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20200271174
    Abstract: A gear-position learning device for an automatic clutch transmission includes a transmission configured to be shifted by an operation of a driver of a vehicle, a clutch device disposed in a transmission path between the transmission and an engine and configured to be connected and disconnected by actuation of a clutch actuator, a controller configured to control connection and disconnection of the clutch device performed by the clutch actuator, a shift drum configured to rotate according to a shift operation that the driver performs on a shift operator and switch the shift stage of the transmission, and a rotational position defining mechanism configured to define a rotational position of the shift drum, wherein the controller has a learning mode for learning a rotation angle of the shift drum and is configured to control connection and disconnection of the clutch device during the learning mode such that the shift drum is at a rotational position determined by the rotational position defining mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Junya Ono
  • Publication number: 20200168006
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is associated with a vehicle, the apparatus comprises: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, cause the information processing apparatus to function as: a setting unit configured to set a destination; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a fee for priority passage to a destination and a time required to get to the destination, wherein the fee for priority passage is based on at least one of a fee to be paid in a case where priority passage is caused and a fee required for priority passage of another vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Toshikatsu KURAMOCHI, Sohei HAYASHI, Suguru ISHIDA, Junya ONO, Kenichiro NAKAMURA, Masaki MARUYAMA, Masahiro YOSHINO, Takamasa UDAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200166948
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is associated with a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by one or more processors, cause the apparatus to function as: a setting unit configured to set information of a transaction condition relating to priority passage for a road; a control unit configured to cause the vehicle to perform priority passage so that the vehicle overtakes another vehicle, in accordance with it being determined that priority passage on the road is possible based on the information of the transaction condition; and a processing unit configured to process payment of a fee based on the transaction condition, wherein the processing unit, in a case where the vehicle is caused to perform priority passage through the road, processes payment of a fee for priority passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Toshikatsu KURAMOCHI, Sohei HAYASHI, Suguru ISHIDA, Junya ONO, Kenichiro NAKAMURA, Masaki MARUYAMA, Masahiro YOSHINO, Takamasa UDAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200168007
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is for controlling lighting of a traffic light, comprising: a communication circuit configured to acquire information of a transaction condition relating to priority passage from a communication apparatus; one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, cause the information processing apparatus to function as: a control unit configured to control lighting of the traffic light according to the transaction condition on priority passage being satisfied; and a processing unit configured to process a payment of a fee based on the transaction condition on priority passage, wherein the processing unit, in a case where lighting of the traffic light has been controlled, processes the payment of the fee so as to collect a fee for priority passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Toshikatsu KURAMOCHI, Sohei HAYASHI, Suguru ISHIDA, Junya ONO, Kenichiro NAKAMURA, Masaki MARUYAMA, Masahiro YOSHINO, Takamasa UDAGAWA