Patents by Inventor Koji Makino

Koji Makino 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: 20180335134
    Abstract: A vehicle power transmission device comprises: a continuously variable transmission configured to include a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a transmission belt wound between the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; a belt running clutch of hydraulic type for transmitting power to the continuously variable transmission; and a hydraulic control circuit controlling the continuously variable transmission and the belt running clutch, the hydraulic control circuit comprising a fail-safe valve switching a communication destination of an oil supply passage for supplying a hydraulic fluid to the belt running clutch to one of a first oil passage supplied with a control hydraulic pressure and a second oil passage supplied with a hydraulic pressure higher than the control hydraulic pressure, the fail-safe valve connecting the oil supply passage with the second oil passage when the fail-safe valve is switched to a failure position. The second oil passage is provided with an orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohgata, Shuji Moriyama, Daisuke Tomomatsu, Makoto Sawada, Kyohei Suzumura, Kenichi Tsuchida, Koji Makino, Toshiaki Hayashi, Yuta Seriguchi
  • Patent number: 10125862
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device with a second oil passage check valve provided in the second oil passage between a connection portion with the first oil passage and the second solenoid valve, the second oil passage check valve being configured such that a hydraulic pressure is supplied in a direction from the second solenoid valve toward the first oil passage and a hydraulic pressure is not supplied in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Koji Makino, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 10107389
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device including: a throttle valve; a pressure regulating valve; an on/off solenoid valve of a normally open type that allows communication therethrough when not energized; and a failure circuit that, when power supply to the linear solenoid valve and the on/off solenoid valve is cut off, supplies a certain hydraulic pressure based on switching off of the on/off solenoid valve to the control oil chamber of the pressure regulating valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Koji Makino, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 10013687
    Abstract: A card ID and a consumption amount of virtual money are transmitted from a game terminal as charging-target terminal apparatus, the card ID being recorded in a card possessed by a user (step S31). The server apparatus replaces the card ID with a user ID unique to each user (step S32), and specifies a virtual money account managed by the server apparatus in association with the user ID. When the balance of the account is not less than the consumption amount, the consumption amount is subtracted from the balance of the account, and when the balance is less than the consumption amount, the subtraction of the consumption amount is stopped (step S34). Transaction result information including information indicating whether the subtraction of consumption amount has succeeded is transmitted to the game terminal (3) as a response (steps S35, S36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keina Kanisawa, Yasuyuki Nagatomo, Yusuke Kitakaze, Koji Makino, Jiro Hotta, Masahiko Kami, Tadanobu Otaki, Kazutaka Kubota
  • Patent number: 9958066
    Abstract: A range switching device for switching supply and non-supply of a source pressure based on a hydraulic pressure from a hydraulic pressure generating source to a parking device, the parking device being switched into a parking release state while the source pressure is supplied thereto and being switched into a parking state while the source pressure is not supplied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Ichikawa, Kazuki Kojima, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Koji Makino, Kenichi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 9863531
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a second switching valve that is switchable between a third position in which the forward range pressure input from the first switching valve is output to the shift controller and the reverse range pressure is blocked when the second signal pressure is off and a fourth position in which the reverse range pressure input from the first switching valve is output to the shift controller and the forward range pressure is blocked when the second signal pressure is on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Koji Makino, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20170350306
    Abstract: There is provided a novel regulating member that ensures easy manufacturing and does not adversely affect cooling water and environment. A spacer 6 is inserted from an opening 30 of a cooling water flow passage 3 into the cooling water flow passage 3 to be disposed. The cooling water flow passage 3 is disposed in a cylinder block 1 in an internal combustion engine. The spacer 6 includes a supporting member 7 with rigidity formed into a shape configured to be disposed in the cooling water flow passage 3 and a regulating portion 8 supported by the supporting member 7. The regulating portion 8 regulates a flow of cooling water. The regulating portion 8 includes a cellulose-based sponge 81. The cellulose-based sponge 81 is restorable from a compressed state through a contact with the cooling water w.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Koji MAKINO
  • Patent number: 9764241
    Abstract: This game system (1) includes multiple game machines (2A, 2B) connected to a network (5), allows a player of a game machine to select one of selective items on a game prepared in advance, and allows the player to play a game having content reflecting the selected item. This game system is provided with a device (32) for storing relation data for determining whether or not a predetermined connection exists between players, a device (11) for determining the selection state pertaining to the items selected by the players on the game machines, a device (11, 12) for determining, based on the relation data, other players that have the predetermined connection with the player, and a device (21) which, when the player is making the selection from the selective items, presents the player making the selection with the selection state of other players having the predetermined connection with that player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Mito, Hidekazu Shimizu, Masanori Kono, Koji Makino, Masayuki Shamoto, Satoshi Tsuchida, Ryo Horie, Yuki Nakano, Naoko Nasuhara, Tomohiro Inami
  • Patent number: 9759315
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a normally closed first solenoid valve, a first check valve, a failsafe valve, and a second check valve, wherein the first movable member of the first check valve is biased to cut off the communication between the first input port and the first drain port in case of the failure in which no current is applied to the first solenoid valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Ichikawa, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Koji Makino, Kenichi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 9546730
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device is provided with a solenoid valve, a pressure regulating valve, a switching valve, and a control unit. The control unit, when shifting from a first shift speed to a second shift speed, causes a first signal pressure to be input to an oil chamber of the switching valve with the pressure regulating valve, and presses a valving element to a first input port side to be locked at a blocking position at which communication between the first input port and an output port is blocked at least until a third engagement element is brought into an engaged state from a disengaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Koji Makino, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20160334013
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device with a second oil passage check valve provided in the second oil passage between a connection portion with the first oil passage and the second solenoid valve, the second oil passage check valve being configured such that a hydraulic pressure is supplied in a direction from the second solenoid valve toward the first oil passage and a hydraulic pressure is not supplied in the opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUTSUBO, Kazuki KOJIMA, Koji MAKINO, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160334015
    Abstract: A range switching device for switching supply and non-supply of a source pressure based on a hydraulic pressure from a hydraulic pressure generating source to a parking device, the parking device being switched into a parking release state while the source pressure is supplied thereto and being switched into a parking state while the source pressure is not supplied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya ICHIKAWA, Kazuki KOJIMA, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Koji MAKINO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160327155
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device including: a throttle valve; a pressure regulating valve; an on/off solenoid valve of a normally open type that allows communication therethrough when not energized; and a failure circuit that, when power supply to the linear solenoid valve and the on/off solenoid valve is cut off, supplies a certain hydraulic pressure based on switching off of the on/off solenoid valve to the control oil chamber of the pressure regulating valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUTSUBO, Kazuki KOJIMA, Koji MAKINO, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160327154
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a second switching valve that is switchable between a third position in which the forward range pressure input from the first switching valve is output to the shift controller and the reverse range pressure is blocked when the second signal pressure is off and a fourth position in which the reverse range pressure input from the first switching valve is output to the shift controller and the forward range pressure is blocked when the second signal pressure is on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUTSUBO, Kazuki KOJIMA, Koji MAKINO, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160305543
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a normally closed first solenoid valve, a first check valve, a failsafe valve, and a second check valve, wherein the first movable member of the first check valve is biased to cut off the communication between the first input port and the first drain port in case of the failure in which no current is applied to the first solenoid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya ICHIKAWA, Masamichi YAMAGUCHI, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Koji MAKINO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160265656
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device is provided with a solenoid valve, a pressure regulating valve, a switching valve, and a control unit. The control unit, when shifting from a first shift speed to a second shift speed, causes a first signal pressure to be input to an oil chamber of the switching valve with the pressure regulating valve, and presses a valving element to a first input port side to be locked at a blocking position at which communication between the first input port and an output port is blocked at least until a third engagement element is brought into an engaged state from a disengaged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUTSUBO, Kazuki KOJIMA, Koji MAKINO, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160195036
    Abstract: Provided is a spacer configured such that a protruding portion remaining after removal of a portion unnecessary after molding does not contact an inner wall of a coolant water flow path and therefore, even a portion of the spacer in the vicinity of the remaining portion can be positioned close to the cylinder bore side inner wall. The spacer of this embodiment is a spacer (4) formed of a resin molded body and inserted, in use, into a coolant water flow path (3) through an opening (30) of the coolant water flow path (3) that is formed around a plurality of cylinder bores (2) formed adjacent to each other in a cylinder block (1) of an internal combustion engine. The spacer (4) includes a spacer body (40) formed in a cylindrical shape to surround the cylinder bores (2), and a protruding remaining portion (5) remaining after removal of a portion (6ba) necessary in molding and unnecessary after molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki MORI, Koji MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20150354639
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a solenoid valve that includes an input port, an output port that communicates with the hydraulic engagement element via an oil passage, and a feedback port that communicates with the output port via the oil passage, the solenoid valve regulating a pressure of working oil input from the input port to output the regulated pressure from the output port to the oil passage, a part of the output working oil being input to the feedback port; and a hydraulic damper that damps pulsation of the hydraulic pressure output from the output port to the oil passage, wherein: the oil passage is provided with an orifice mechanism that reduces a flow rate of the working oil; and the hydraulic damper communicates with the oil passage on a side of the output port and the feedback port with respect to the orifice mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori ISHIKAWA, Kazuyuki NODA, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Koji MAKINO, Keiji SUZUKI, Yoshimitsu HYODO
  • Patent number: 9200687
    Abstract: A connecting portion 4f to which a pushrod actuating mechanism 7 is connected is provided on an opposite side, to a disc rotor 5, of a bottom wall of a cylinder bore 4e of a caliper body 4 so as to project therefrom. An accommodation bore 4m that accommodates a pushrod 12 and an adjusting bolt 18 is formed in the connecting portion 4f. In forming the caliper body 4, the connecting portion 4f is formed so as to have the same section shapes when taken along a direction perpendicular to an cylinder axial direction. By cutting the connecting portion 4f so that a length of the connecting portion 4f in the cylinder axial direction becomes a predetermined length and processing the connecting portion 4f, a connecting surface 4n to which the pushrod actuating mechanism 7 is connected is formed on the connecting portion 4f.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Koji Makino, Yuki Urashima
  • Publication number: 20150211409
    Abstract: A water jacket spacer adjusting a flow amount of cooling water in a water jacket, the water jacket spacer being inserted in the water jacket of a cylinder block, the water jacket spacer has a spacer body and a rectification means inhibiting flow of cooling water to an inner wall on a cylinder bore side of the water jacket, the rectification means having a form of a pocket and being provided on a face of the spacer body, the face being on a side of a cooling water introduction port of the water jacket, the rectification means being provided lower than the cooling water introduction port in a depth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Koji MAKINO