Patents by Inventor KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 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: 20130221793
    Abstract: A stator of a rotary electric machine includes a stator core and polyphase coils. The stator core has a plurality of slots. The polyphase coils are provided in the slots. Each phase of the polyphase coils has a plurality of coils formed for each pole and connected in parallel. When winding in which a coil pitch is equal to number of slots divided by number of poles is termed full-pitch winding, when winding in which a coil pitch is larger than the coil pitch of the full-pitch winding is termed long-pitch winding, and when winding in which a coil pitch is smaller than the coil pitch of the full-pitch winding is termed short-pitch winding, at least two of the coils of each phase are formed on the stator core by wave winding to alternate between the long-pitch winding and the short-pitch winding along a circumferential direction of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130219791
    Abstract: A vehicle door structure in which it is possible to prevent a slide opening and closing door panel from being uncoupled from a swing opening and closing door panel when the swing opening and closing door panel is opened, is provided. A vehicle door structure 10 includes a lock mechanism 22 that locks a slide door panel 14 to a swing door panel 16 when the swing door panel 16 is opened. The lock mechanism 22 is composed of a locking part 50 which is provided so as to be movable backward and forward along a direction in which the slide door panel 14 and the swing door panel 16 overlap each other according to opening and closing of the swing door panel 16, and a protrusion 60 which is provided on the slide door panel 14, and is locked by the locking part 50 when the swing door panel 16 is opened. The locking part 50 moves forward to the slide door panel 14 side, to lock the protrusion 60 when the swing door panel 16 is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130202462
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a wiring connection portion provided in a connector-receiving portion and adapted for supplying electricity from an external power source to a motor drive circuit. The wiring connection portion includes first and second terminals, each of which has a first end-connection portion at an end and a second end-connection portion at another end. The second end-connection portion of the first terminal is electrically connected to the external power source, while the second end-connection portion of the second terminal is electrically connected to a conductive member. The wiring connection portion further includes a coupling member coupling the first and second terminals. The coupling member includes a first metal plate connected to the first end-connection portion of the first terminal, a second metal plate connected to the first end-connection portion of the second terminal, and a wire mesh coupling the first and second metal plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
  • Publication number: 20130202411
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a compression mechanism compressing and discharging fluid, an electric motor driving the compression mechanism, a drive circuit controlling the electric motor, a drive circuit chamber accommodating the drive circuit and a hermetic sealing inspection port that allows the drive circuit chamber to be in communication with the outside thereof. The hermetic sealing inspection port includes a valve opening and closing the hermetic sealing inspection port. The drive circuit chamber can be pressurized or depressurized through the hermetic sealing inspection port. The hermetic sealing inspection is conducted by connecting an outside fluid machine to the hermetic sealing inspection port through a detachable tube. The fluid machine is operated so as to depressurize or pressurize the drive circuit chamber through the hermetic sealing inspection port. The pressure in the drive circuit chamber is measured by a pressure meter provided in the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130202463
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a connector receiving portion provided on the outer surface of a housing. A wiring connection portion is provided in the connector receiving portion and supplies electricity from an external power source to a motor drive circuit. An insulating member provided inside the connector receiving portion insulates the wiring connection portion and the connector receiving portion from each other. An electrical wire is arranged between the inner surface of the connector receiving portion and the insulating member. The electric wire is used for a purpose other than supply of electricity to the motor drive circuit. A recess is formed in at least one of the inner surface of the connector receiving portion and the outer surface of the insulating member. The recess forms a wiring space, in which the electrical wire is arranged, between the connector receiving portion and the insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130195686
    Abstract: The present invention provides a variable displacement swash plate type compressor that reduces wear of cylinder bores and the amount of blow-by gas. Each piston of the compressor has a piston main body, which has a distal portion located at an end corresponding to the compression chamber. A tapering portion and an arcuate portion are formed in the distal portion. The arcuate portion is continuous with an end of the tapering portion that is closer to the compression chamber. The tapering portion and the arcuate portion each have a diameter that increases toward the skirt. The tapering portion has a tapering angle that is in a range from 0.45 degrees to 1.5 degrees. The distance between the distal end of the piston main body and a starting point of the tapering portion on an end closer to the skirt is set in a range from 1.5 mm to 5.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
  • Publication number: 20130189121
    Abstract: The swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, a plurality of pistons, a first rotor, a second rotor, a solenoid and a cone clutch. The second rotor transmits the rotation of the first rotor to the swash plate. The solenoid produces electromagnetic force that acts on the first rotor or the second rotor so that the first rotor and the second rotor move toward each other. The cone clutch is engageable by energization of the solenoid. The cone clutch has a male cone portion and a female cone portion. The male cone portion has a conical surface provided on one of the first rotor and the second rotor. The female cone portion has a conical surface provided on the other. The conical surface of the female cone portion is connectable to and disconnectable from the conical surface of the male cone portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130189143
    Abstract: A differential pressure regulating valve is disposed in a fluid passage. The differential pressure regulating valve includes a valve chamber, a valve hole, a valve body, a support member and an urging member. The valve chamber is formed in the fluid passage and having a cylindrical shape. The valve hole is formed in the fluid passage as an opening which communicates with the valve chamber. The valve body is disposed in the valve chamber and adapted to open and close the valve hole. The support member is fixedly mounted to the valve chamber and extending across flowing direction of the fluid in the valve chamber. The support member has a communication passage for fluid communication between a first valve chamber and a second valve chamber. The urging member is disposed between the support member and the valve body for urging the valve body toward the valve hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130189091
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes an electric motor having a stator core, a compression mechanism driven by the electric motor, a motor housing accommodating the electric motor, and a cluster block engaged with the stator core in the motor housing. The stator core of the electric motor and the motor housing are assembled by shrink fit. The cluster block accommodates a connecting terminal for electrical connection between a conductor connected to a motor drive circuit and a lead wire drawn from the electric motor. The cluster block has a terminal hole for receiving the connecting terminal and has an opening that is provided separately from the terminal hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130164539
    Abstract: A plastic substrate for automotive glazing is provided. The substrate is an article comprising first layer in contact with the substrate surface, which is a layer prepared by curing a coating composition containing a vinyl copolymer having an alkoxysilyl group and a UV-absorbing group and a fine particle silicon oxide and not containing any curing catalyst; second layer in contact with the first layer, which is a layer prepared by curing an organopolysiloxane composition containing a curing catalyst and a co-hydrolyzate of an organosilicon compound containing a UV-absorbing organooxysilane and a fine particle silicon oxide; and third layer in contact with the second layer, which is a layer prepared by curing an organopolysiloxane composition containing a curing catalyst having an activity stronger than the catalyst used in the second layer, and a co-hydrolyzate of an organosilicon compound containing a UV-absorbing organooxysilane and a fine particle silicon oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130162383
    Abstract: The induction element includes an insulating substrate, a coil, a core and an insulating projection or a groove. The coil is formed on at least a surface of the insulating substrate. The core has a part around which the coil is wound. The insulating projection or the groove is formed on or in the surface of the insulating substrate between the coil and the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130152583
    Abstract: A flow rate adjustment method for a variable geometry turbocharger may include steps as follows. An adjustment apparatus drives an actuator to an abutment position where a power transmission member abuts a stopper. The apparatus acquires the abutment position opening amount based on an opening detection sensor's signal. The apparatus drives the actuator until the detection amount attains a pre-set amount, moving the power transmission member to a temporary control position. The apparatus acquires a temporary control position flow rate. It is acquired when an adjustment gas inflow apparatus causes the adjustment gas to flow into an exhaust turbine, and a flow rate measurement sensor measures the flow rate of the adjustment gas. The apparatus obtains a correction amount based on a difference between the temporary control position flow rate and a real control position flow rate, which is a proper flow rate corresponding to the pre-set amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
  • Publication number: 20130140099
    Abstract: A battery unit mounting apparatus for an electric vehicle includes four or more fixing portions configured to be provided at the bottom of an electric vehicle and four or more corresponding portions-to-be-fixed on a battery unit. When the battery unit is raised toward the vehicle, the battery unit mounting apparatus causes each fixing portion to be engaged with the corresponding one of the portions-to-be-fixed. There is a first group, formed by three of the fixing portions and corresponding three of the portions-to-be-fixed, and a second group, formed by the remaining one or more of the fixing portions and the remaining one or more of the portions-to-be-fixed. The fixing portion and the portion-to-be-fixed in the second group are configured to be engaged with each other after the fixing portions and the portions-to-be-fixed in the first group are engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130129546
    Abstract: A compressor includes a valve base plate, which is arranged between a suction chamber and a compression chamber and has a suction port. The valve base plate includes a sealing surface, a recessed groove, a receiving surface, and a support surface. The sealing surface is flush with a fixing surface and contacts the valve portion in an annular manner. The recessed groove is located at an outer side of the sealing surface and recessed with respect to the fixing surface. The recessed groove includes a bottom portion and separates an edge portion of the valve portion from the bottom portion. The receiving surface is flush with the fixing surface and capable of contacting a distal zone of the valve portion. The support surface is flush with the fixing surface and capable of contacting a middle zone located at an inner side of the sealing surface of the valve portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: TOKYU CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOKYU CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130129551
    Abstract: With regard to a scroll compressor, a compression portion is rotatably connected with one end portion of a rotating shaft. A first shaft portion formed at one end portion of the rotating shaft is supported through a first bearing by a partition. A second shaft portion formed at the other end portion of the rotating shaft is supported through a second bearing by a cylindrical shaft support. A coil spring is interposed between a second inner race of a second bearing and a spring receiving portion of the rotating shaft which faces the second inner race in the shaft direction of the rotating shaft. The structure reduces vibration toward the shaft length direction of the rotating shaft and minimizes common vibrations together with vehicle side vibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventor: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
  • Publication number: 20130126017
    Abstract: A displacement control valve includes an electromagnetic solenoid, a drive force transmitting body actuated, and a pressure sensitive portion having a pressure sensitive body that selectively extends and contracts in the movement direction of the drive force transmitting body in correspondence with pressure in a pressure sensitive chamber. A first valve body is arranged in the pressure sensitive body to adjust the cross-sectional area of an outlet passage. A second valve body is connected to the drive force transmitting body to adjust the cross-sectional area of a supply passage. The pressure sensitive body is movable in the movement direction of the drive force transmitting body in the pressure sensitive chamber. The pressure sensitive chamber is configured to communicate with the control pressure chamber. The pressure sensitive body is urged by the pressure in the control pressure chamber in the direction in which the first valve body closes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130113432
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for equalization of a battery pack that is composed of plural battery cells. The apparatus includes: a cell balancing device equalizing the voltages of the plural battery cells; a battery cell monitor monitoring the voltage and/or current of each battery cell; a correction voltage calculator calculating correction voltage for a subject battery cell that needs to be equalized, based on the monitored voltage and/or current of the subject battery cell, wherein the correction voltage depends on internal resistance of the subject battery cell; and a cell balancing controller determining the subject battery cell. The cell balancing controller corrects target voltage for equalization of the subject battery cell by the calculated correction voltage, and causes the cell balancing device to execute equalization of the subject battery cell so that the monitored voltage of the subject battery cell reaches the corrected target voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
  • Publication number: 20130108486
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a housing, an inverter assembly and an elastic member. The inverter assembly has a base member, a circuit board and an electronic component. The base member has a base portion and a sidewall portion that extends from the base portion toward the housing and is mounted on the housing. The circuit board is disposed in a space of the base member. The electronic component is mounted on a surface of the circuit board adjacent to the housing. The sidewall portion extends beyond an imaginary plane including the surface of the circuit board. The elastic member having heat conductivity is located between the circuit board and the base portion, between the circuit board and the sidewall portion, and over the surface of the circuit board so that the circuit board is embedded in the elastic member. A space is formed between the elastic member and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130108485
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a compression mechanism compressing refrigerant gas, an electric motor driving the compression mechanism, a housing made of a thermally conductive material and accommodating the compression mechanism and the electric motor and an inverter assembly controlling rotation of the electric motor. The inverter assembly includes an elastic member made of a thermally conductive material and disposed in contact with the housing, a circuit board supported directly by the elastic member, an electronic part mounted on the circuit board and a base member made of a thermally conductive material, fixed to the housing and having a closed end. The base member fixes the electronic part. The base member and the housing cooperate to form an accommodation space that accommodates the elastic member, the circuit board and the electronic part. The closed end of the base member and the elastic member forms therebetween a space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
  • Publication number: 20130106234
    Abstract: A rotor core is composed of a plurality of laminated magnetic steel plates, and a plurality of magnet insertion holes include a pair of magnet insertion holes present to widen a spacing therebetween toward the outer peripheral edges of the magnetic steel plates. At least one magnetic steel plate includes communicating portions for allowing the magnet insertion holes to communicate with the outer peripheral edge of the magnetic steel plate, and a peninsula portion formed between the pair of magnet insertion holes present to widen the spacing therebetween toward the outer peripheral edge of the magnetic steel plate and also between a pair of the communicating portions continuous with the pair of magnet insertion holes. The rotor core includes a steel plate fixing portion for fixing the mutually adjacent magnetic steel plates to each other at the peninsula portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki