Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Kurita

Kiyoshi Kurita 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: 10807597
    Abstract: A control device that includes an electronic control unit that is configured to perform lock-up engagement pressure control for acceleration upon acceleration of a vehicle where vehicle speed is increased by increasing a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, the lock-up engagement pressure control for acceleration controlling engagement pressure of the lock-up clutch, wherein in the lock-up engagement pressure control for acceleration, when an actual rotational speed of the input has reached greater than or equal to a reference rotational speed, the electronic control unit is configured to start engagement pressure increase control, the reference rotational speed being lower than a target rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, and the engagement pressure increase control increasing the engagement pressure of the lock-up clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Moriyama, Kiyoshi Kurita, Kazuharu Asai, Munenori Terada, Makoto Sawada, Shinya Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20200055519
    Abstract: A control device that includes an electronic control unit that is configured to perform lock-up engagement pressure control for acceleration upon acceleration of a vehicle where vehicle speed is increased by increasing a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, the lock-up engagement pressure control for acceleration controlling engagement pressure of the lock-up clutch, wherein in the lock-up engagement pressure control for acceleration, when an actual rotational speed of the input has reached greater than or equal to a reference rotational speed, the electronic control unit is configured to start engagement pressure increase control, the reference rotational speed being lower than a target rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, and the engagement pressure increase control increasing the engagement pressure of the lock-up clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji MORIYAMA, Kiyoshi KURITA, Kazuharu ASAI, Munenori TERADA, Makoto SAWADA, Shinya TOYODA
  • Patent number: 10400886
    Abstract: A speed change ECU for a CVT sets a target input rotational speed Nin* such that the speed ratio of the CVT is varied stepwise a plurality of times consecutively to the downshift side in response to an operation to depress a brake pedal by a driver, and sets the target input rotational speed Nin* such that an amount of increase S(1), S(2), . . . in input rotational speed along with a downshift becomes smaller as the number of times of execution of downshifts is increased while downshifts in which the speed ratio is varied stepwise are executed consecutively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masachika Kato, Akihiro Kikkawa, Kiyoshi Kurita
  • Patent number: 10400885
    Abstract: A speed change ECU for a CVT sets a target input rotational speed (Nin*) such that the speed ratio of the CVT is varied stepwise a plurality of times consecutively to the downshift side in response to an operation to depress a brake pedal by a driver, and sets the target input rotational speed (Nin*) such that the time interval between consecutive downshifts becomes longer as the number of times of execution of downshifts is increased on the basis of intershifting times (tint(1)), (tint(2)), . . . while downshifts in which the speed ratio is varied stepwise are executed consecutively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masachika Kato, Akihiro Kikkawa, Kiyoshi Kurita
  • Patent number: 10190683
    Abstract: A control device for a continuously variable transmission that steplessly changes a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission mounted on a vehicle, the control device including a controller that changes the speed ratio such that a stepwise upshift is performed, wherein in the case where an accelerator depression amount is constant, the controller increases a number of allowable stepwise upshifts as the accelerator depression amount is larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kikkawa, Masaki Ueda, Masachika Kato, Kiyoshi Kurita, Hiroshi Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20180045301
    Abstract: A speed change ECU for a CVT sets a target input rotational speed Nin* such that the speed ratio of the CVT is varied stepwise a plurality of times consecutively to the downshift side in response to an operation to depress a brake pedal by a driver, and sets the target input rotational speed Nin* such that an amount of increase S(1), S(2), . . . in input rotational speed along with a downshift becomes smaller as the number of times of execution of downshifts is increased while downshifts in which the speed ratio is varied stepwise are executed consecutively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masachika KATO, Akihiro KIKKAWA, Kiyoshi KURITA
  • Publication number: 20180017156
    Abstract: A speed change ECU for a CVT sets a target input rotational speed (Nin*) such that the speed ratio of the CVT is varied stepwise a plurality of times consecutively to the downshift side in response to an operation to depress a brake pedal by a driver, and sets the target input rotational speed (Nin*) such that the time interval between consecutive downshifts becomes longer as the number of times of execution of downshifts is increased on the basis of intershifting times (tint(1)), (tint(2)), . . . while downshifts in which the speed ratio is varied stepwise are executed consecutively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masachika KATO, Akihiro KIKKAWA, Kiyoshi KURITA
  • Publication number: 20160363068
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for an automatic transmission capable of outputting a torque reduction signal for reducing the driving torque of a driving source during a transmission shift, in which, when a shift signal for an upshift is input with an accelerator opening equal to or more than a threshold and a transmission shift is performed, the torque reduction signal for reducing the driving torque of the driving source is output so that an inertial torque acting on an input shaft of a continuously variable transmission mechanism is canceled while a transmission shift ratio is changed and, before the transmission shift ends, a vehicle driving force is reduced to a vehicle driving force after the transmission shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro NOZAKI, Akihiro KIKKAWA, Kiyoshi KURITA, Hiroshi TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20160201798
    Abstract: A control device for a continuously variable transmission that steplessly changes a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission mounted on a vehicle, the control device including a controller that changes the speed ratio such that a stepwise upshift is performed, wherein in the case where an accelerator depression amount is constant, the controller increases a number of allowable stepwise upshifts as the accelerator depression amount is larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro KIKKAWA, Masaki UEDA, Masachika KATO, Kiyoshi KURITA, Hiroshi TSUTSUI
  • Patent number: 7935023
    Abstract: In the case where a belt return of a continuously variable transmission is not determined when the vehicle speed has become equal to or lower than a threshold value, control that causes a hydraulic actuator to have an intermediate pressure by setting a duty of a duty solenoid based on an input torque and an oil temperature and closing control are repeatedly performed, in accordance with the running and the stopping of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to inhibit the continuously variable transmission from being shifted up due to a gradual increase in the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic actuator caused by a line pressure seeping to the hydraulic actuator side through a small clearance in a spool of a flow rate control valve in a hydraulic circuit, and it is also possible to allow the continuously variable transmission to be shifted down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kurita, Fumihiro Hazu
  • Publication number: 20080312030
    Abstract: In the case where a belt return of a continuously variable transmission is not determined when the vehicle speed has become equal to or lower than a threshold value, control that causes a hydraulic actuator to have an intermediate pressure by setting a duty of a duty solenoid based on an input torque and an oil temperature and closing control are repeatedly performed, in accordance with the running and the stopping of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to inhibit the continuously variable transmission from being shifted up due to a gradual increase in the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic actuator caused by a line pressure seeping to the hydraulic actuator side through a small clearance in a spool of a flow rate control valve in a hydraulic circuit, and it is also possible to allow the continuously variable transmission to be shifted down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi KURITA, Fumihiro Hazu
  • Patent number: 6223118
    Abstract: A vehicle control unit controls a vehicle having a device capable of controlling deceleration, such as a continuously variable transmission. An information detection device is capable of determining a relationship between the instant vehicle and a preceding vehicle running in front of the instant vehicle, for example, a headway distance and a relative speed therebetween. Based on the information derived from the detection device, the vehicle correlation is determined and compared with a predetermined target correlation. Then, deceleration of the instant vehicle is set by a deceleration setting device such that the determined correlation reaches the predetermined target correlation. The device for performing deceleration is controlled based on the deceleration that has been set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Equos Research, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Kobayashi, Kenji Itou, Nobuaki Miki, Shigeo Tsuzuki, Seiji Sakakibara, Kiyoshi Kurita, Yoshinori Matsushita, Masao Kawai, Toshihiro Shimado
  • Patent number: 6018198
    Abstract: A hybrid drive apparatus for a vehicle which is capable of improving the response in restarting an engine during the running of a vehicle. As a result, a shock due to deceleration can be reduced. The hybrid drive apparatus for a vehicle incorporates an engine, a motor generator, a clutch, a transmission unit and a control unit for controlling the other elements. The control unit incorporates a standby control device for realizing a constant cranking characteristic to improve the starting response at the start of the engine by transmitting the power of the motor generator to the engine and controlling the engagement pressure of the clutch, thus revolving the engine to a cranking start position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Tsuzuki, Kiyoshi Kurita, Yoshinori Matsushita
  • Patent number: 5944632
    Abstract: A vehicular power transmission includes an oil pump that produces an oil pressure for a line pressure to control the applications of frictional engagement elements and for a lubrication pressure to lubricate individual mechanical portions of the transmission. A motor is provided for driving the oil pump. A control unit controls the motor. An electric oil pump control system includes an accelerator sensor for inputting acceleration data according to the operation of the accelerator pedal of a vehicle to the control unit. The control unit controls the revolutions per minute of the motor such that the amount of oil discharged by the oil pump is sufficient for outputting the line pressure matching the acceleration data and the lubrication pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hara, Kiyoshi Kurita
  • Patent number: 5934396
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicular drive unit comprising: an engine, a motor generator connecting to the output of the engine and acting as a power generator for recovering the energy from the wheels and as a motor for driving the output shaft of the engine, a battery for storing the energy recovered by the motor generator as electric power and for supplying electric power to drive the motor generator, a first clutch for connecting the motor generator and the wheels, stopping state detecter for detecting a stopping state of the vehicle, and a controller for controlling the engine, the motor generator and the first clutch. When the stopping state is detected by the stopping state detector, the controller releases the first clutch, sets the supply of a fuel to the engine to a predetermined rate lower than that of an idling RPM, and feeds electric power to the motor generator to maintain the rotation of the engine substantially at an idling RPM by the drive of the motor generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Kurita