Patents by Inventor Naofumi Nishida
Naofumi Nishida 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).
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Patent number: 11519499Abstract: An output is calculated using, as an input, a measured value of a pump discharge pressure in a neural network having the pump discharge pressure as the input and a pump rotational speed as the output. A leakage degree of oil of the hydraulic circuit of a transmission is estimated based on a difference obtained by subtracting a measured value of the pump rotational speed from the calculated value of the output. Learning of the neural network is performed using, as teacher data, the measured values of the pump discharge pressure and the pump rotational speed in the transmission in which the leakage degree of oil is within an allowable range.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naofumi Nishida
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Publication number: 20220275863Abstract: An output is calculated using, as an input, a measured value of a pump discharge pressure in a neural network having the pump discharge pressure as the input and a pump rotational speed as the output. A leakage degree of oil of the hydraulic circuit of a transmission is estimated based on a difference obtained by subtracting a measured value of the pump rotational speed from the calculated value of the output. Learning of the neural network is performed using, as teacher data, the measured values of the pump discharge pressure and the pump rotational speed in the transmission in which the leakage degree of oil is within an allowable range.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naofumi NISHIDA
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Patent number: 9303762Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic control device for a continuously variable transmission which changes the transmission gear ratio by changing the hydraulic pressure supplied to hydraulic pressure chambers for pulleys in the continuously variable transmission via control valves is changed. In this hydraulic control device, line pressure regulation hydraulic pressure which corresponds to the magnitudes of the oil pressure supplied to the hydraulic pressure chambers is introduced into a regulator valve, and line pressure which is input into the control valves according to the magnitudes of the oil pressure is subjected to feedback regulation. In the hydraulic control device for the continuously variable transmission, after the valve element of the control valve is driven in the valve opening direction, a vibration restriction control operation which temporarily restricts the displacement of the valve element is executed.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naofumi Nishida
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Patent number: 9127750Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission including a hydraulic actuator that is actuated on the basis of a hydraulic pressure supplied and a linear solenoid valve that controls the hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic actuator on the basis of a driving current of a solenoid includes an ECU that executes current feedback control over a current value of the driving current that is flowed to the solenoid using at least a proportional term and an integral term on the basis of a deviation (?I) between a target current value (Itgt) and actual current value (Ir) of the solenoid such that the hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic actuator becomes a target hydraulic pressure. The ECU increases a proportional gain (Kp) in the current feedback control as a fluid temperature (To) detected by a fluid temperature sensor increases.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naofumi Nishida, Shinichi Ito
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Publication number: 20150148158Abstract: A control device for an automatic transmission including a hydraulic actuator that is actuated on the basis of a hydraulic pressure supplied and a linear solenoid valve that controls the hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic actuator on the basis of a driving current of a solenoid includes an ECU that executes current feedback control over a current value of the driving current that is flowed to the solenoid using at least a proportional term and an integral term on the basis of a deviation (?I) between a target current value (Itgt) and actual current value (Ir) of the solenoid such that the hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic actuator becomes a target hydraulic pressure. The ECU increases a proportional gain (Kp) in the current feedback control as a fluid temperature (To) detected by a fluid temperature sensor increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naofumi Nishida, Shinichi Ito
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Patent number: 8943818Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a switch-over valve 1140 provided at a section of a sub-passage 1105 located downstream of a location where a first bypass passage 1117 is connected and located upstream of a primary regulator 1110. The switch-over valve 1140 is switched between a blocked state, where supply of hydraulic oil to a section of the sub-passage 1105 located downstream of the switch-over valve 1140 is blocked, and a communication state, where supply of hydraulic oil to the section of the sub-passage 1105 located downstream of the switch-over valve 1140 is permitted. In the hydraulic device, when the switch-over valve 1140 is switched to the communication state, as a discharge performance of a main pump 1102 increases, a first check valve 1118 closes. Supply paths for hydraulic oil discharged from the sub-pump 1103 are automatically switched in accordance with the discharge performance of the main pump 1102.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yusuke Ogata, Koichi Tanaka, Nobuaki Takahashi, Kenji Matsuo, Naofumi Nishida
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Publication number: 20120317969Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic control device for a continuously variable transmission which changes the transmission gear ratio by changing the hydraulic pressure (Pin, Pout) supplied to hydraulic pressure chambers (134, 154) for pulleys in the continuously variable transmission via control valves (217, 218) is changed. In this hydraulic control device, line pressure regulation hydraulic pressure (Psrv) which corresponds to the magnitudes of the oil pressure (Pin, Pout) supplied to the hydraulic pressure chambers (134, 154) is introduced into a regulator valve (212), and line pressure (P1) which is input into the control valves (217, 218) according to the magnitudes of the oil pressure (Pin, Pout) is subjected to feedback regulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Naofumi Nishida
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Patent number: 8292036Abstract: In an oil suction system for drawing up oil stored in an oil reservoir through a strainer, the oil reservoir is constructed such that, when the liquid surface of the oil is inclined due to movement of the stored oil, the level of the liquid surface close to the suction port varies in accordance with a plurality of directions of inclination of the liquid surface, and the level of the liquid surface close to the suction port is lower in a particular direction as one of the directions of inclination of the liquid surface than those in the other directions of inclination, and an inflow resistance portion is provided at a lowered liquid-level side of the suction port on which the liquid level is lowered when the oil surface is inclined in the particular direction, for increasing the resistance to flow of the oil from the lowered liquid-level side toward the suction port, to be larger than the resistance to flow of the oil from a raised liquid-level side of the suction port on which the liquid level is raised due tType: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Naofumi Nishida
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Publication number: 20120011841Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a switch-over valve 1140 provided at a section of a sub-passage 1105 located downstream of a location where a first bypass passage 1117 is connected and located upstream of a primary regulator 1110. The switch-over valve 1140 is switched between a blocked state, where supply of hydraulic oil to a section of the sub-passage 1105 located downstream of the switch-over valve 1140 is blocked, and a communication state, where supply of hydraulic oil to the section of the sub-passage 1105 located downstream of the switch-over valve 1140 is permitted. In the hydraulic device, when the switch-over valve 1140 is switched to the communication state, as a discharge performance of a main pump 1102 increases, a first check valve 1118 closes. Supply paths for hydraulic oil discharged from the sub-pump 1103 are automatically switched in accordance with the discharge performance of the main pump 1102.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2009Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Ogata, Koichi Tanaka, Nobuaki Takahashi, Kenji Matsuo, Naofumi Nishida
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Publication number: 20090101441Abstract: In an oil suction system for drawing up oil stored in an oil reservoir through a strainer, the oil reservoir is constructed such that, when the liquid surface of the oil is inclined due to movement of the stored oil, the level of the liquid surface close to the suction port varies in accordance with a plurality of directions of inclination of the liquid surface, and the level of the liquid surface close to the suction port is lower in a particular direction as one of the directions of inclination of the liquid surface than those in the other directions of inclination, and an inflow resistance portion is provided at a lowered liquid-level side of the suction port on which the liquid level is lowered when the oil surface is inclined in the particular direction, for increasing the resistance to flow of the oil from the lowered liquid-level side toward the suction port, to be larger than the resistance to flow of the oil from a raised liquid-level side of the suction port on which the liquid level is raised due tType: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naofumi NISHIDA
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Patent number: 6375645Abstract: An individually packaged absorbent article having a pair of first flaps and a pair of second flaps with fasteners, such as adhesive fasteners thereon, is disclosed. The absorbent article comprises a pair of first flaps and a pair of second flaps joined to the main body portion apart from the first flaps in the longitudinal direction and extending laterally outward beyond the longitudinal side edges of the main body portion. The garment surface of each of the first and second flaps comprises a first flap fastener and a second flap fastener respectively. The first and second flaps are folded over the body surface of the main body portion to expose the flap fasteners. A wrapper for the absorbed article comprises a main wrapper sheet, a first flap fastener cover and a second flap fastener cover. The main wrapper sheet comprises a pair of longitudinal side portions, a pair of end portions, an inner surface facing the main body portion and an outer surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Naofumi Nishida, Maki Hasegawa