Patents by Inventor Kohei Iizuka

Kohei Iizuka 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: 20100298086
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic transmission capable of reducing friction loss. The automatic transmission is provided with an input shaft (2) coupled with a sun gear (Sa), an output member (3), a first to third planetary gear mechanisms (4, 5, 6), a first engagement mechanism (C1) coupling the input shaft (2) with a ring gear (Rc) releasably, a second engagement mechanism (C2) coupling a carrier (Ca) with a carrier (Cc) releasably, a third engagement mechanism (C3) coupling the carrier (Ca) with a second coupling body (Rb-Sc) releasably, a fourth engagement mechanism (B1) fixing a first coupling body (Ra-Cb) to a transmission case (1) releasably, a fifth engagement mechanism (B2) fixing a sun gear (Sb) to the transmission case (1) releasably, and a sixth engagement mechanism (B3) fixing the ring gear (Rc) to the transmission case (1) releasably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Iizuka, Noriaki Saitoh, Soichi Sugino, Jörg Müller, Rico Resch, Mirko Leesch
  • Patent number: 7731623
    Abstract: An automatic transmission includes two clutches that are disposed such that they overlap in an axial direction and occupy different positions in a radial direction. Each of the two clutches includes a clutch drum, a piston that forms a working fluid chamber for which a portion of the clutch drum serves as a cylinder, a plurality of friction plates that engage the clutch drum, and a cancel oil chamber that is disposed on a rear face side of the piston and that cancels a centrifugal oil pressure that acts on the working fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishida, Hiroshi Katou, Masashi Kitou, Kohei Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20090011892
    Abstract: An automatic transmission that includes one clutch that includes a clutch drum; a piston that forms a hydraulic oil chamber using a part of the clutch drum as a cylinder; a plurality of friction plates that engage with the clutch drum; and a cancel oil chamber that is provided on a rear side of the piston and that cancels a centrifugal oil pressure that acts on the hydraulic oil chamber. Oil is supplied to the cancel oil chamber from a boss portion formed in the clutch drum on a radially inner side, and the oil is discharged from discharge holes formed in the boss portion to an outside of a hydraulic oil chamber side of the clutch drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishida, Hiroshi Katou, Masashi Kitou, Kohei Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20080207384
    Abstract: An automatic transmission that includes two adjacent clutches. Two clutches each include a clutch drum, a piston that structures an operating oil chamber with a portion of the clutch drum used as a cylinder, a plurality of friction plates that engage with the clutch drum, a cancel oil chamber that is arranged on a back surface side of the piston and that cancels a centrifugal oil pressure acting on the operating oil chamber, and a return spring that is provided within the cancel oil chamber and that is structured between a cancel plate and a back surface of the piston and that biases the piston toward the operating oil chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishida, Hiroshi Katou, Masashi Kitou, Kohei Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20080202884
    Abstract: An automatic transmission that includes two clutches that are provided in mutually different positions in a radial direction while overlapping each other in an axial direction. The two clutches each include a clutch drum; a piston that structures a operating oil chamber while using a part of the clutch drum as a cylinder; a plurality of friction plates that engage the clutch drum; and a cancel oil chamber that is disposed on a back face side of the piston and that cancels a centrifugal hydraulic pressure acting on the operating oil chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishida, Hiroshi Katou, Masashi Kitou, Kohei Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20080207385
    Abstract: An automatic transmission includes two clutches that are disposed such that they overlap in an axial direction and occupy different positions in a radial direction. Each of the two clutches includes a clutch drum, a piston that forms a working fluid chamber for which a portion of the clutch drum serves as a cylinder, a plurality of friction plates that engage the clutch drum, and a cancel oil chamber that is disposed on a rear face side of the piston and that cancels a centrifugal oil pressure that acts on the working fluid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishida, Hiroshi Katou, Masashi Kitou, Kohei Iizuka