Patents by Inventor Makoto Morita

Makoto Morita 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: 20180226184
    Abstract: A coil device includes a conductor and a terminal electrode. The conductor is embedded in a core body and wound in a coil shape. The terminal electrode is formed on an end surface of the core body and connected with a lead end of the conductor. The coil device further includes a dummy conductor embedded in the core body separately from the conductor. An end part of the dummy conductor exposed from the end surface of the core body separately from the lead end is connected with the terminal electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KUDO, Makoto MORITA, Fuyuki MIURA, Naoki SATOU, Kyohei TONOYAMA, Yasunori CHIBA, Masanori SUGAI, Junichi AOYADO
  • Patent number: 10000118
    Abstract: A vehicle clutch control device is provided for switching from a two-wheel drive traveling to a four-wheel drive traveling. The vehicle clutch control device includes a dog clutch that separates a rear wheel drive from a front wheel drive by releasing the dog clutch, an electronically controlled coupling that distributes a driving force of a transverse engine to left and right rear wheels in accordance with a clutch connection capacity, and a four-wheel drive control unit. The four-wheel drive control unit switches the drive mode to one of a disconnect two-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch and the electronically controlled coupling are released, a connect four-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch and the electronically controlled coupling are engaged, and a stand-by two-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch is engaged while the electronically controlled coupling is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Ogawa, Atsuhiro Mori, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Makoto Morita, Tetsu Takaishi
  • Patent number: 9981552
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a 4WD control unit that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. The 4WD control unit is switchable between a two-wheel drive mode and a four-wheel drive mode. The 4WD control unit is programmed to control engagement of the dog clutch so that the dog clutch is engaged after the friction clutch is engaged and the dog clutch is synchronized. During engagement of the dog clutch, the 4WD control unit is programmed to reduce a transmission torque of the friction clutch when the dog clutch engagement standby state is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Ogawa, Atsuhiro Mori, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Makoto Morita, Tetsu Takaishi
  • Patent number: 9845006
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a controller that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. In this clutch control device, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch from a disengaged state, the controller, during the engagement control of the friction clutch, first controls the engagement of the friction clutch, monitors the change gradient of the clutch rotational speed difference of the dog clutch and starts engagement of the dog clutch upon determining that the gradient of the clutch rotational speed difference is no longer decreasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Ogawa, Atsuhiro Mori, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Makoto Morita, Tetsu Takaishi
  • Patent number: 9821655
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a 4WD control unit that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. The 4WD control unit has as two-wheel drive modes, a disconnected two-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch and the friction clutch are released, and a standby two-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch is engaged and the friction clutch is released. The 4WD control unit is programmed to switch to the standby two-wheel drive mode when uphill movement is detected during the disconnected two-wheel drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Ogawa, Atsuhiro Mori, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Makoto Morita, Tetsu Takaishi
  • Patent number: 9783053
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a 4-wheel drive vehicle. The clutch control device includes a 4WD control unit that controls the engagement and release of a friction clutch and a dog clutch which are arranged separately in the two paths. The 4WD control unit has a synchronization speed control unit, and at a time of transition from a disconnected, two-wheel drive mode, in which the friction clutch and the dog clutch are released, to a connected, four-wheel drive mode, in which the friction clutch and the dog clutch are engaged, the synchronization speed control unit reduces a synchronization speed of the dog clutch more during vehicle deceleration than when the vehicle is not decelerating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Ogawa, Atsuhiro Mori, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Makoto Morita, Tetsu Takaishi
  • Patent number: 9758038
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a controller that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. In this clutch control device, the four-wheel drive hybrid vehicle includes a disconnected, two-wheel drive mode and a connected, four-wheel drive mode. When a driver's foot is lifted off an accelerator in a low-speed region when the connected, four-wheel drive mode is selected, the 4WD control unit maintains the connected, four-wheel drive mode while the brakes are not depressed, and shifts the mode to the disconnected, two-wheel drive mode when the brakes are depressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Ogawa, Atsuhiro Mori, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Makoto Morita, Tetsu Takaishi
  • Publication number: 20170182887
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a 4WD control unit that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. The 4WD control unit is switchable between a two-wheel drive mode and a four-wheel drive mode. The 4WD control unit is programmed to control engagement of the dog clutch so that the dog clutch is engaged after the friction clutch is engaged and the dog clutch is synchronized. During engagement of the dog clutch, the 4WD control unit is programmed to reduce a transmission torque of the friction clutch when the dog clutch engagement standby state is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi OGAWA, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Tetsu TAKAISHI
  • Patent number: 9688141
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle. The clutch control device is able to suppress the elevation of the temperature of the oil supplied to a friction clutch during two-wheel drive travel when the friction clutch is released. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and an electronic control coupling. The friction clutch is housed in a coupling case. When the dog clutch and the friction clutch are released, a two-wheel drive mode is selected. The coupling case has a passage opening that is closed to retain lubrication oil in an oil chamber with respect to a clutch chamber that houses the friction clutch. When oil stirring conditions are met thereafter, the passage opening is opened and the lubrication oil is allowed to flow into the clutch chamber from the oil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsu Takaishi, Atsuhiro Mori, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Makoto Morita, Katsuyoshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9688142
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a controller that controls the dog clutch and the friction clutch. The controller starts the engagement of the dog clutch, after placing the dog clutch in a rotationally synchronized state by engaging the friction clutch and increasing an output rotation thereof, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch. In this clutch control device, the controller sets the engagement start timing of the friction clutch when a transition is made to the connected, four-wheel drive mode to an earlier timing compared to when a transition is made to the standby two-wheel drive mode, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch while in a state in which the disconnected, two-wheel drive mode is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Ogawa, Atsuhiro Mori, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Makoto Morita, Tetsu Takaishi
  • Publication number: 20170166052
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a 4-wheel drive vehicle. The clutch control device includes a 4WD control unit that controls the engagement and release of a friction clutch and a dog clutch which are arranged separately in the two paths. The 4WD control unit has a synchronization speed control unit, and at a time of transition from a disconnected, two-wheel drive mode, in which the friction clutch and the dog clutch are released, to a connected, four-wheel drive mode, in which the friction clutch and the dog clutch are engaged, the synchronization speed control unit reduces a synchronization speed of the dog clutch more during vehicle deceleration than when the vehicle is not decelerating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi OGAWA, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Tetsu TAKAISHI
  • Publication number: 20170166053
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a 4WD control unit that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. The 4WD control unit has as two-wheel drive modes, a disconnected two-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch and the friction clutch are released, and a standby two-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch is engaged and the friction clutch is released. The 4WD control unit is programmed to switch to the standby two-wheel drive mode when uphill movement is detected during the disconnected two-wheel drive mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi OGAWA, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Tetsu TAKAISHI
  • Publication number: 20170028843
    Abstract: A vehicle clutch control device is provided for switching from a two-wheel drive traveling to a four-wheel drive traveling. The vehicle clutch control device includes a dog clutch that separates a rear wheel drive from a front wheel drive by releasing the dog clutch, an electronically controlled coupling that distributes a driving force of a transverse engine to left and right rear wheels in accordance with a clutch connection capacity, and a four-wheel drive control unit. The four-wheel drive control unit switches the drive mode to one of a disconnect two-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch and the electronically controlled coupling are released, a connect four-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch and the electronically controlled coupling are engaged, and a stand-by two-wheel drive mode in which the dog clutch is engaged while the electronically controlled coupling is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi OGAWA, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Tetsu TAKAISHI
  • Publication number: 20170033759
    Abstract: A band-pass filter circuit includes a low-pass filter, a high-pass filter including an integrator, and a controller. The controller is configured to increase a cut-off frequency of the high-pass filter for a predetermined period of time, when changing a gain of the low-pass filter. Further, the controller is configured to increase a cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter or decrease a Q value of the low-pass filter for the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shigehito SAIGUSA, Mai ARAKI, Tadashi ARAI, Makoto MORITA, Shoji OOTAKA
  • Publication number: 20170008396
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle. The clutch control device is able to suppress the elevation of the temperature of the oil supplied to a friction clutch during two-wheel drive travel when the friction clutch is released. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and an electronic control coupling. The friction clutch is housed in a coupling case. When the dog clutch and the friction clutch are released, a two-wheel drive mode is selected. The coupling case has a passage opening that is closed to retain lubrication oil in an oil chamber with respect to a clutch chamber that houses the friction clutch. When oil stirring conditions are met thereafter, the passage opening is opened and the lubrication oil is allowed to flow into the clutch chamber from the oil chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsu TAKAISHI, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Katsuyoshi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160355089
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a controller that controls the dog clutch and the friction clutch. The controller starts the engagement of the dog clutch, after placing the dog clutch in a rotationally synchronized state by engaging the friction clutch and increasing an output rotation thereof, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch. In this clutch control device, the controller sets the engagement start timing of the friction clutch when a transition is made to the connected, four-wheel drive mode to an earlier timing compared to when a transition is made to the standby two-wheel drive mode, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch while in a state in which the disconnected, two-wheel drive mode is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi OGAWA, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Tetsu TAKAISHI
  • Publication number: 20160355086
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a controller that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. In this clutch control device, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch from a disengaged state, the controller, during the engagement control of the friction clutch, first controls the engagement of the friction clutch, monitors the change gradient of the clutch rotational speed difference of the dog clutch and starts engagement of the dog clutch upon determining that the gradient of the clutch rotational speed difference is no longer decreasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi OGAWA, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Tetsu TAKAISHI
  • Publication number: 20160347171
    Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a controller that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. In this clutch control device, the four-wheel drive hybrid vehicle includes a disconnected, two-wheel drive mode and a connected, four-wheel drive mode. When a driver's foot is lifted off an accelerator in a low-speed region when the connected, four-wheel drive mode is selected, the 4WD control unit maintains the connected, four-wheel drive mode while the brakes are not depressed, and shifts the mode to the disconnected, two-wheel drive mode when the brakes are depressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi OGAWA, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Tetsu TAKAISHI
  • Publication number: 20160291437
    Abstract: There is provided a display device having an electrochromic element placed in the display device. The electrochromic element has: a light transmittance of 70% or more and a light reflectance of 20% or less at a central wavelength of a visible spectrum when in a transparent state; and a light reflectance of 65% or more at the central wavelength of the visible spectrum when in a mirror state. By this, the display device is not only highly effective in terms of light-shielding, heat blocking, screening, etc., but is also switchable between a transmissive type and a reflective type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: SHOTARO OGAWA, KOJI AOTO, AKIRA SHIOKAWA, MAKOTO MORITA, TAKASHI ISHIKAWA, TAKASHI SUZUKI, YASUTAKA TSUTSUI
  • Patent number: 9425707
    Abstract: A compact inverter device that includes a power module having a switching element and a smoothing capacitor that converts electric power between DC power and AC power. The inverter is configured with a plate-like DC bus board to which the smoothing capacitor is fixed, a fixing member that maintains a relative positional relation between the DC bus board. The DC bus board has a plurality of connection positive terminals that are electrically connected to the positive electrode pattern and that are respectively electrically connected to the positive terminals of the plurality of power modules. The DC bus board and power modules are fixed to the fixing member by connection positive terminal and positive terminals through a common fastening member, and similarly on the negative terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Mutsuura, Tatsuya Kondo, Makoto Morita