Patents by Inventor Masataka Sugiyama

Masataka Sugiyama 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: 7946366
    Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus includes a rotating electrical machine; a power transmitting gear mechanism; and a case in which the rotating electrical machine and the gear mechanism are housed in series in an axial direction of the rotating electrical machine, wherein a low rigidity region, which is a region of the case having low rigidity located at an outer periphery of the rotating electrical machine, is covered by a silencer supported on a high rigidity region of the case having a higher rigidity than the low rigidity region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seigo Kano, Masashi Kitou, Satoru Kasuya, Satoru Wakuta, Taku Sakai, Masataka Sugiyama, Yumi Iraha, Masatoshi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20110116853
    Abstract: Provided is a method for adjusting color tones of a printed matter. The method includes a displaying step of displaying an image of a printed matter on a display apparatus (119) by use of plate data used when a pattern is printed on a printing plate used in printing performed by a printing press, and an adjusting step in which an operator adjusts the color tones of the printed matter while referring to the printed matter displayed on the display apparatus (119). The method for adjusting color tones of a printed matter includes a reference-image displaying step of displaying a reference image of displaying an image of a printed matter obtained when a supply amount ink used in the printing is adjusted, for reference. In the adjusting step, the operator adjusts the color tones of the printed matter on the basis of the supply amount of the ink in the printing press while referring to the image of the printed matter displayed in the reference-image displaying step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Sugiyama, Akihiro Inde, Junichi Tanaka, Yoshihiko Butsusaka, Yusuke Tsumura
  • Patent number: 7841961
    Abstract: A planetary gearset provided with a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier that rotatably retains a plurality of pinion gears arranged between the sun gear and the ring gear as elements, in which one of the elements is made a fixed element and one of the other elements is made a rotating element, and which transmits torque between that rotating element and an external member provided in a location eccentric with respect to that rotating member. The planetary gearset is constructed such that the fixed element is movably retained in the direction of a load from the transmission of torque between the rotating element and the external member, and the load from the transmission of torque between the rotating element and the external member is received by a fixed portion that rotatably retains that rotating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Hideto Watanabe, Hiroshi Hata, Masahiro Kojima, Hideaki Komada, Masataka Sugiyama, Kenji Odaka
  • Publication number: 20090139825
    Abstract: A torque fluctuation absorber, including: an output plate that is rotatably disposed; a first rotating plate disposed for movement in the direction of rotation of the output plate relatively from the output plate; a first elastic member engaged with the output plate and the first rotating plate and capable of transmitting the power applied to the first rotating plate to the output plate; a second elastic member to which the power from a power source is applied and capable of transmitting the power to the first rotating plate; and a power transmission control mechanism. The power transmission control mechanism is located radially outside the first elastic member about an axis of rotation. The second elastic member is spaced from the first elastic member and the power transmission control mechanism in the direction of the axis of rotation. The first elastic member and the second elastic member are arranged radially offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Sugiyama, Takeshi Kanayama, Koichi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20090134820
    Abstract: A vehicle drive unit that includes a first rotary machine; an electric differential; a second rotary machine that transmits power from the electric differential to wheels via a first power transmission interrupt mechanism; a second power transmission interrupt mechanism that connects the second rotary machine to an input member of the electric differential; and a control device. The control device switches between a first operation mode, in which the first power interruption mechanism is in a power transmitting state and the second power interruption mechanism is in a power disconnected state, and a second operation mode, in which the first power interruption mechanism in a power disconnected state and the second power interruption mechanism in a power transmitting state. To avoid generation of a shock, the operation mode is switched when the torque of the second rotary machine is nearly 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Sugiyama, Masato Adachi, Haruhisa Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090105035
    Abstract: A planetary gearset provided with a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier that rotatably retains a plurality of pinion gears arranged between the sun gear and the ring gear as elements, in which one of the elements is made a fixed element and one of the other elements is made a rotating element, and which transmits torque between that rotating element and an external member provided in a location eccentric with respect to that rotating member. The planetary gearset is constructed such that the fixed element is movably retained in the direction of a load from the transmission of torque between the rotating element and the external member, and the load from the transmission of torque between the rotating element and the external member is received by a fixed portion that rotatably retains that rotating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi SHIMIZU, Hideto Watanabe, Hiroshi Hata, Masahiro Kojima, Hideaki Komada, Masataka Sugiyama, Kenji Odaka
  • Patent number: 7510498
    Abstract: A planetary gearset provided with a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier that rotatably retains a plurality of pinion gears arranged between the sun gear and the ring gear as elements, in which one of the elements is made a fixed element and one of the other elements is made a rotating element, and which transmits torque between that rotating element and an external member provided in a location eccentric with respect to that rotating member. The planetary gearset is constructed such that the fixed element is movably retained in the direction of a load from the transmission of torque between the rotating element and the external member, and the load from the transmission of torque between the rotating element and the external member is received by a fixed portion that rotatably retains that rotating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Hideto Watanabe, Hiroshi Hata, Masahiro Kojima, Hideaki Komada, Masataka Sugiyama, Kenji Odaka
  • Publication number: 20080258569
    Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus includes a rotating electrical machine; a power transmitting gear mechanism; and a case in which the rotating electrical machine and the gear mechanism are housed in series in an axial direction of the rotating electrical machine, wherein a low rigidity region, which is a region of the case having low rigidity located at an outer periphery of the rotating electrical machine, is covered by a silencer supported on a high rigidity region of the case having a higher rigidity than the low rigidity region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seigo Kano, Masashi Kitou, Satoru Kasuya, Satoru Wakuta, Taku Sakai, Masataka Sugiyama, Yumi Iraha, Masatoshi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20080250961
    Abstract: In a printed product color misregister amount detection method, a reference register mark including a first color area portion with a predetermined width and a blank portion in contact with the first color area portion is printed in a reference color on a printed product to be printed by a multi-color printing press. A positional shift detection register mark including a second color area portion with a width smaller than that of the first color area portion of the reference register mark is printed in a color other than the reference color to have as a target position a position where the width of the second color area portion falls within the width of the first color area portion of the reference register mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Masataka Sugiyama, Akihiro Inde, Junichi Tanaka, Yoshihiko Butsusaka, Yusuke Tsumura
  • Patent number: 7395889
    Abstract: A hybrid drive unit for vehicles, in which a power distribution device is arranged in a power transmission route between an engine and a wheel, in which the power distribution device has a first to fourth rotary elements capable of rotating differentially with one another, in which a first motor generator is connected to the second rotary element and a wheel is connected to the fourth rotary element, and which is capable of steplessly controlling a speed change ratio of the first rotary element and the fourth rotary element of the power distribution device comprising: a second motor generator connected to the third rotary element of the power distribution device; a third motor generator connected to the wheel in a power transmittable manner; and an electric circuit for allowing exchange of electric power among individual motor generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masataka Sugiyama, Masatoshi Adachi, Hideaki Komada
  • Publication number: 20070278029
    Abstract: A hybrid drive system is provided which includes a first damper that is connected to an output shaft of an engine; an electric motor which is provided adjacent to the first damper and connected to the output side of the first damper; a power split device that distributes power from the engine to the electric motor and a wheel side output shaft; and a second damper that is connected to the output side of the first damper between the first damper and the electric motor. Accordingly, a hybrid drive system can be provided which reduces vibration caused by resonance of a torsional damper without increasing the size of the hybrid drive system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Sugiyama, Nobuyuki Nagashima, Masatoshi Adachi
  • Patent number: 7261670
    Abstract: A control device of a hybrid drive unit, wherein an assist prime mover is connected through a transmission to an output member, to which a torque outputted by a main prime mover is transmitted. The control device comprises a first torque correcting means for correcting the torque to be transmitted from the main prime mover to the output member during a gear shift by the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroatsu Endo, Tatsuya Ozeki, Masataka Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7090612
    Abstract: A control device of a hybrid drive unit, wherein an output member is connected to a first prime mover, and wherein a second prime mover capable of outputting at least one of a positive torque and a negative torque is connected through a transmission to said output member, comprising: a running restriction judger for judging that a running control of at least one of said first prime mover and said second prime mover is restricted, and a shift point changer for changing a shift point, in which a decision of a gear shift of said transmission is to be satisfied when the running restriction judger judges that the running control is restricted, different from the shift point of a case in which the running control is not restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ozeki, Hiroatsu Endo, Masahiro Kojima, Masataka Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6995069
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor storage device having a dielectric capacitor, an IrO2 film, an Ir film, an amorphous film, and a Pt film—are sequentially made on an Si substrate. The SBT film may comprise Bix, Sry, Ta2.0 and Oz, where the atomic ratio may be within the range of 0?Sr/Ti?1.0, 0?Ba/Ti?1.0. The Pt film, the amorphous film, the Ir film, and the IrO2 film formed into a dielectric capacitor and the amorphous film is twice annealed to change its amorphous phase to a fluorite phase and then to a crystal phase of a perovskite type crystalline structure and thereby obtain the SBT film. The process may include a lower electrode made from an organic metal source material selected from a group consisting of Bi(C6H5)3, Bi(o-C7H7)3, Bi(O—C2H5)3, Bi(O—iC3H7)3, Bi(O-tC4H9)3, Bi(O-tC5H11)3, Sr(THD)2, Sr(THD)2 tetraglyme, Sr(Me5C5)2. 2THF, Ti(i-OC3H7)4, TiO(THD)2, Ti(TD)2(i-OC3H7)2, Ta(i-OC3H7)5, Ta(iOC3H7)4THD, Nb(i-OC3H7)5, Nb(i-OC3H7)4THD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Hironaka, Masataka Sugiyama, Chiharu Isobe, Takaaki Ami
  • Publication number: 20060011395
    Abstract: A hybrid drive unit for vehicles, in which a power distribution device is arranged in a power transmission route between an engine and a wheel, in which the power distribution device has a first to fourth rotary elements capable of rotating differentially with one another, in which a first motor generator is connected to the second rotary element and a wheel is connected to the fourth rotary element, and which is capable of steplessly controlling a speed change ratio of the first rotary element and the fourth rotary element of the power distribution device comprising: a second motor generator connected to the third rotary element of the power distribution device; a third motor generator connected to the wheel in a power transmittable manner; and an electric circuit for allowing exchange of electric power among individual motor generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Sugiyama, Masatoshi Adachi, Hideaki Komada
  • Publication number: 20050288147
    Abstract: A control device of a hybrid drive unit, wherein an assist prime mover is connected through a transmission to an output member, to which a torque outputted by a main prime mover is transmitted. The control device comprises a first torque correcting means for correcting the torque to be transmitted from the main prime mover to the output member during a gear shift by the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroatsu Endo, Tatsuya Ozeki, Masataka Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20050215389
    Abstract: A planetary gearset provided with a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier that rotatably retains a plurality of pinion gears arranged between the sun gear and the ring gear as elements, in which one of the elements is made a fixed element and one of the other elements is made a rotating element, and which transmits torque between that rotating element and an external member provided in a location eccentric with respect to that rotating member. The planetary gearset is constructed such that the fixed element is movably retained in the direction of a load from the transmission of torque between the rotating element and the external member, and the load from the transmission of torque between the rotating element and the external member is received by a fixed portion that rotatably retains that rotating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Hideto Watanabe, Hiroshi Hata, Mashiro Kojima, Hideaki Komada, Masataka Sugiyama, Kenji Odaka
  • Publication number: 20040192494
    Abstract: A control device of a hybrid drive unit, wherein an output member is connected to a first prime mover, and wherein a second prime mover capable of outputting at least one of a positive torque and a negative torque is connected through a transmission to said output member, comprising: a running restriction judger for judging that a running control of at least one of said first prime mover and said second prime mover is restricted, and a shift point changer for changing a shift point, in which a decision of a gear shift of said transmission is to be satisfied when the running restriction judger judges that the running control is restricted, different from the shift point of a case in which the running control is not restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ozeki, Hiroatsu Endo, Masahrio Kojima, Masataka Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6544857
    Abstract: In a process for manufacturing a dielectric capacitor, an IrO2 film, an Ir film, an amorphous film, and a Pt film-are sequentially made on a Si substrate. The SBT film may comprise BixSryTa2.0Oz, where the atomic composition ratio maybe within the range of 0≦Sr/Ti≦1.0, 0≦Ba/Ti≦1.0. The Pt film, the amorphous film, the Ir film, and the IrO2 film formed into a dielectric capacitor and the amorphous film is annealed to change its amorphous phase to a crystal phase of a perovskite type crystalline structure and thereby obtain the SBT film. The process may include a lower electrode made from an organic metal source material selected from a group consisting of Bi(C6H5)3, Bi(o-C7H7)3, Bi(O-C2H5)3, Bi(O-iC3H7)3, Bi(O- tC4H9)3, Bi(O-tC5H11)3, Sr(THD)2, Sr(THD)2 tetraglyme, Sr(Me5C5)2·2THF, Ti(i-OC3H7)4, TiO(THD)2, Ti(THD)2(i-OC3H7)2, Ta(i-OC3H7)5, Ta(iOC3H7)4THD, Nb(i-OC3H7)5, Nb(i- OC3H7)4THD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Hironaka, Masataka Sugiyama, Chiharu Isobe, Takaaki Ami
  • Publication number: 20030036243
    Abstract: In a process for manufacturing a dielectric capacitor using a SBT film as its dielectric film, an IrO2 film 2, Ir film 3, both making up a lower electrode, an amorphous film 4 as a precursor film of the SBT film, and a Pt film 5 as an upper electrode are sequentially made on a Si substrate 5. Then, the Pt film 5, amorphous film 4, Ir film 3 and IrO2 film 2 are patterned into the form of the dielectric capacitor, and the amorphous film 4 is annealed to change the amorphous phase in the amorphous film 4 to a crystal phase of a perovskite type crystalline structure and thereby obtain the SBT film 6. Therefore, even when the decrease in area of dielectric capacitors progresses, a dielectric capacitor with good characteristics can be realized, and a semiconductor storage device using a dielectric capacitor having good characteristics can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Hironaka, Masataka Sugiyama, Chiharu Isobe, Takaaki Ami