Patents by Inventor Masashi Kito

Masashi Kito 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: 10371254
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes an input member that is drivingly connected to a driving force source for wheels; a hydraulic transmission device that includes a transmission input member coaxially disposed with the input member and changes a speed of rotation of the transmission input member and transmits the rotation to a transmission output member; a differential gear device that has an axis different from an axis of the input member and distributes a drive force transmitted from the transmission output member to the wheels; a case that houses at least the transmission device and the differential gear device; an electric oil pump that is driven by a pump rotary electric machine; and a hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure of oil discharged from the electric oil pump and supplies the oil at least to the transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Fukui, Satoru Kasuya, Nobukazu Ike, Masashi Kito, Seigo Kano
  • Patent number: 10190671
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes a mechanical oil pump that is driven by a driving force source for a wheel; an auxiliary oil pressure source; a driving force transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force between the driving force source and the wheel; and a case that accommodates at least the driving force transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Kito, Taisuke Fukui, Osamu Murai
  • Patent number: 10160305
    Abstract: A hybrid drive device includes: a first one-way clutch; a second one-way clutch; a first power transfer path through which power can be transferred from a rotor to wheels; and a second power transfer path which is composed of an engine rotation transfer member, the first one-way clutch, and a coupling member, through which power can be transferred from an internal combustion engine to an oil pump, and which intersects the first power transfer path at an intersection portion. An engagement element, the first one-way clutch, and the second one-way clutch are disposed on one side of the first power transfer path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Nobukazu Ike, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Yohei Tada
  • Patent number: 10018265
    Abstract: A reservoir plate for dividing an inside of a transmission case into a differential chamber and a hydraulic oil storage chamber includes: a cylindrical portion covering a part of a differential gear; a flange portion radially extending from the cylindrical portion; and a differential ring surrounding portion extending from an outer circumferential edge of the flange portion so that a part of a differential ring gear is covered from above without interfering with a drive pinion gear. The cylindrical portion, the flange portion, and the differential ring surrounding portion are integrally formed with each other. A seal member is interposed between the transmission case and the outer circumferential edge of the flange portion at least in the range below the differential ring surrounding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Kito, Takeshi Torii, Kentaro Kakuda, Kazuya Kawamura, Tomoki Nishikubo, Shinya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9938973
    Abstract: A vehicle hydraulic supply apparatus with an oil passage component member that includes a first surface being in contact with a first rotor that is a pump rotor of the mechanical oil pump, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first surface faces and being in contact with a second rotor that is a pump rotor of the electric oil pump, and a suction oil passage and a discharge oil passage of the mechanical oil pump which are located between the first surface and the second surface, and a suction oil passage and a discharge oil passage of the electric oil pump which are located between the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Kito, Taisuke Fukui, Osamu Murai
  • Patent number: 9677645
    Abstract: A power transmission system that includes a torque converter; a transmission having a planetary gear; a case configured to accommodate the torque converter and the transmission; a support having a wall that is fixed to the case between the torque converter and the transmission and a tube that extends in an axial direction from an inner circumferential portion of the wall; a stator shaft that is connected to a stator of the torque converter via a one-way clutch; and a tubular connector that connects the support and a stationary element of the planetary gear together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Ike, Masashi Kito, Akira Noguchi, Yuichi Seki, Osamu Murai
  • Patent number: 9677646
    Abstract: A drive device includes: an oil pump; a first rotation transfer member drivably coupled to the oil pump and driven by at least one of an internal combustion engine and a rotary electric machine; and a second rotation transfer member drivably coupled to wheels and driven by the rotary electric machine. One of the first rotation transfer member and the second rotation transfer member is a pinion. The other rotation transfer member is a carrier that rotatably supports the pinion. The pinion and the carrier are rotated together with each other in the case where the oil pump is driven by the rotary electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Hiroki Shintani, Ryosuke Kondo
  • Patent number: 9644531
    Abstract: A hybrid drive having a clutch and a rotary electric machine disposed radially outwardly of the clutch so as to at least partially overlap the clutch in an axial direction as seen from a radially outer side, the rotary electric machine having a stator fixed to a case and a rotor coupled to the input member of the automatic transmission device. A clutch lubricating oil hole formed in a center shaft that extends at a center portion of the clutch and the rotary electric machine. A rotary electric machine lubricating oil hole formed in the center shaft. Separation means for separating lubricating oil such that lubricating oil from the clutch lubricating oil hole is led to the clutch and lubricating oil from the rotary electric machine lubricating oil hole is led to the rotary electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Hiroki Shintani
  • Patent number: 9643608
    Abstract: A vehicular power transmission device that includes a parking gear that is drivingly coupled with wheels; a parking pawl that is capable of meshing or unmeshing with or from the parking gear; a hydraulic pressure actuator that unmeshes the parking pawl from the parking gear when a release hydraulic pressure is supplied; a first oil pump that generates a hydraulic pressure; a second oil pump that generates a hydraulic pressure, the second oil pump having a capacity smaller than the first oil pump; a hydraulic pressure control device that is capable of deriving the release hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic pressure generated by the second oil pump or the hydraulic pressure generated by the first oil pump and supplying the release hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic pressure actuator; and a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Makoto Iwanaka
  • Patent number: 9636990
    Abstract: A hybrid drive apparatus includes a rotary electric machine including a rotor capable of transmitting driving force to at least a speed change mechanism and a rotor hub that holds the rotor; a clutch; an oil hole that supplies oil from a radial inner side of the clutch toward the clutch; and a partition member disposed with a clearance provided in at least a portion in a circumferential direction between the rotor hub and the partition member on a radial inner side of the rotor hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Muneyuki Tsumura
  • Patent number: 9624992
    Abstract: A control device that controls a vehicle drive device in which a rotary electric machine is provided in a power transfer path that connects between an internal combustion engine and wheels. Engagement of a second engagement device is started when a change in shift range from a stop range to a running range is detected when output torque of the rotary electric machine is zero with the internal combustion engine rotating and with both the first engagement device and the second engagement device disengaged. Engagement of a first engagement device is started after engagement of the second engagement device is started, and the output torque of the rotary electric machine is increased from zero at the same time as engagement of the first engagement device is started or before engagement of the first engagement device is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Shigeru Sugisaka, Yuichi Seki
  • Patent number: 9624848
    Abstract: A control device that controls a vehicle drive device in which a first engagement device, a rotary electric machine, and a second engagement device are arranged in this order from an internal combustion engine on a power transmission path that connects the internal combustion engine to wheels. The control device is configured to determine an operation stop of the internal combustion engine in a state in which torque is transmitted from the internal combustion engine to the wheels, the control device executes rotational speed control that controls output torque of the rotary electric machine such that a rotational speed of the rotary electric machine approaches a target rotational speed and executes torque-down control that causes output torque of the internal combustion engine to decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Kohei Tsuda, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki
  • Patent number: 9610842
    Abstract: A vehicle hydraulic pressure supply device that includes a mechanical oil pump driven by a drive force source for wheels; an oil passage constitution member in which an oil passage connected to the mechanical oil pump is formed; and a hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure supplied from the mechanical oil pump via the oil passage constitution member and that supplies the hydraulic pressure to a vehicle drive transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Nobukazu Ike, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Taisuke Fukui, Osamu Murai
  • Patent number: 9528436
    Abstract: A hybrid drive device having an engine coupling shaft member, a speed change mechanism, a rotating electrical machine, and an engine connecting clutch. A first lubricating oil passage scatters lubricating oil from radially inside to radially outside of first and second friction plates. A first one-way clutch is interposed between an engine coupling shaft member and a coupling member, and is configured to not be engaged when rotation of the engine coupling shaft member becomes lower than rotation of the coupling member. A second one-way clutch is configured not to be engaged when rotation of the rotating electrical machine becomes lower than rotation of the coupling member. An engine driven oil pump generates an oil pressure to be supplied by a driving force of the internal combustion engine or a driving force of the rotating electrical machine regardless of engagement or disengagement of the engine connecting clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Ryosuke Kondo, Osamu Murai
  • Publication number: 20160341288
    Abstract: A power transmission system that includes a torque converter; a transmission having a planetary gear; a case configured to accommodate the torque converter and the transmission; a support having a wall that is fixed to the case between the torque converter and the transmission and a tube that extends in an axial direction from an inner circumferential portion of the wall; a stator shaft that is connected to a stator of the torque converter via a one-way clutch; and a tubular connector that connects the support and a stationary element of the planetary gear together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu IKE, Masashi KITO, Akira NOGUCHI, Yuichi SEKI, Osamu MURAI
  • Publication number: 20160281842
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes an input member that is drivingly connected to a driving force source for wheels; a hydraulic transmission device that includes a transmission input member coaxially disposed with the input member and changes a speed of rotation of the transmission input member and transmits the rotation to a transmission output member; a differential gear device that has an axis different from an axis of the input member and distributes a drive force transmitted from the transmission output member to the wheels; a case that houses at least the transmission device and the differential gear device; an electric oil pump that is driven by a pump rotary electric machine; and a hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure of oil discharged from the electric oil pump and supplies the oil at least to the transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke FUKUI, Satoru KASUYA, Nobukazu IKE, Masashi KITO, Seigo KANO
  • Publication number: 20160263984
    Abstract: A hybrid drive device includes: a first one-way clutch; a second one-way clutch; a first power transfer path through which power can be transferred from a rotor to wheels; and a second power transfer path which is composed of an engine rotation transfer member, the first one-way clutch, and a coupling member, through which power can be transferred from an internal combustion engine to an oil pump, and which intersects the first power transfer path at an intersection portion. An engagement element, the first one-way clutch, and the second one-way clutch are disposed on one side of the first power transfer path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Nobukazu Ike, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Yohei Tada
  • Patent number: 9428176
    Abstract: A control device that controls a vehicle drive device in which a first rotating electrical machine and a speed change mechanism are provided on a power transmission path connecting an internal combustion engine and wheels. The control device includes a first pump that is driven by the first rotating electrical machine and a second pump that is driven by a second rotating electrical machine provided independently of the power transmission path. The control device is configured with an auxiliary drive control section that, when a main power supply of a vehicle is turned on, executes auxiliary drive control of driving the first pump for a set drive time by the first rotating electrical machine before driving the second pump by the second rotating electrical machine, and starting the second pump after elapse of the set drive time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Shigeru Sugisaka
  • Publication number: 20160245373
    Abstract: A drive device includes: an oil pump; a first rotation transfer member drivably coupled to the oil pump and driven by at least one of an internal combustion engine and a rotary electric machine; and a second rotation transfer member drivably coupled to wheels and driven by the rotary electric machine. One of the first rotation transfer member and the second rotation transfer member is a pinion. The other rotation transfer member is a carrier that rotatably supports the pinion. The pinion and the carrier are rotated together with each other in the case where the oil pump is driven by the rotary electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru KASUYA, Masashi KITO, Yuichi SEKI, Hiroki SHINTANI, Ryosuke KONDO
  • Publication number: 20160230756
    Abstract: A vehicle hydraulic supply apparatus with an oil passage component member that includes a first surface being in contact with a first rotor that is a pump rotor of the mechanical oil pump, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first surface faces and being in contact with a second rotor that is a pump rotor of the electric oil pump, and a suction oil passage and a discharge oil passage of the mechanical oil pump which are located between the first surface and the second surface, and a suction oil passage and a discharge oil passage of the electric oil pump which are located between the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi KITO, Taisuke FUKUI, Osamu MURAI