Patents by Inventor Kensuke Akimoto

Kensuke Akimoto 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: 10895322
    Abstract: A parking device includes a parking gear, a parking pawl, and a torsion spring. The parking gear is directly coupled to an axle. The parking pawl is pivotably supported by a fulcrum pin and provided with a claw configured to be able to mesh with a tooth space of the parking gear. The torsion spring is fitted on the fulcrum pin, with a first end of the torsion spring mounted on the parking pawl and a second end of the torsion spring mounted on a holding member that holds the fulcrum pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kimura, Kensuke Akimoto, Ryoki Il, Kenji Asai
  • Publication number: 20190264807
    Abstract: A parking device includes a parking gear, a parking pawl, and a torsion spring. The parking gear is directly coupled to an axle. The parking pawl is pivotably supported by a fulcrum pin and provided with a claw configured to be able to mesh with a tooth space of the parking gear. The torsion spring is fitted on the fulcrum pin, with a first end of the torsion spring mounted on the parking pawl and a second end of the torsion spring mounted on a holding member that holds the fulcrum pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki KIMURA, Kensuke AKIMOTO, Ryoki II, Kenji ASAI
  • Patent number: 9784362
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: an oil pump; an oil cooler; a bypass oil passage configured to bypass the oil cooler; a control valve; and a control unit. The control unit keeps the control valve in a first state while a temperature of oil circulated by the oil pump is lower than a predetermined value, and switches the control valve to a second state when the temperature of the oil circulated by the oil pump becomes not lower than the predetermined value while the control valve is in the first state. The control unit changes a voltage command value of an electric motor to a value smaller than a voltage command value corresponding to a required output of the electric motor after elapse of a predetermined period from a time the control valve is switched to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kensuke Akimoto, Yoshinobu Nozaki, Hirotatsu Kitabatake
  • Publication number: 20170045133
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: an oil pump; an oil cooler; a bypass oil passage configured to bypass the oil cooler; a control valve; and a control unit. The control unit keeps the control valve in a first state while a temperature of oil circulated by the oil pump is lower than a predetermined value, and switches the control valve to a second state when the temperature of the oil circulated by the oil pump becomes not lower than the predetermined value while the control valve is in the first state. The control unit changes a voltage command value of an electric motor to a value smaller than a voltage command value corresponding to a required output of the electric motor after elapse of a predetermined period from a time the control valve is switched to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kensuke AKIMOTO, Yoshinobu NOZAKI, Hirotatsu KITABATAKE
  • Patent number: 9103432
    Abstract: A lubricating oil supply device of a power transmission device includes: a storage portion configured to store lubricating oil; a first rotary member configured to be connected to a wheel of a vehicle and rotated in conjunction with a rotation of the wheel to send the lubricating oil of the storage portion; a second rotary member configured to be disposed above the first rotary member in a vertical direction and connected to the wheel; an oil receiving portion configured to be disposed above the first rotary member and the second rotary member in the vertical direction; a first passage configured to guide the lubricating oil, which is sent by the rotation of the first rotary member, to the oil receiving portion; and a second passage configured to guide the lubricating oil, which is sent by the rotation of the first rotary member, to the second rotary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Kensuke Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20140054114
    Abstract: A lubricating oil supply device of a power transmission device includes: a storage portion configured to store lubricating oil; a first rotary member configured to be connected to a wheel of a vehicle and rotated in conjunction with a rotation of the wheel to send the lubricating oil of the storage portion; a second rotary member configured to be disposed above the first rotary member in a vertical direction and connected to the wheel; an oil receiving portion configured to be disposed above the first rotary member and the second rotary member in the vertical direction; a first passage configured to guide the lubricating oil, which is sent by the rotation of the first rotary member, to the oil receiving portion; and a second passage configured to guide the lubricating oil, which is sent by the rotation of the first rotary member, to the second rotary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruo Isomura, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Kensuke Akimoto