Patents by Inventor Nobutada Sugiura

Nobutada Sugiura 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: 10408336
    Abstract: A differential case has no hole other than two oil holes except for a pinion shaft hole and a pair of drive shaft holes and has an annular receiver attached thereto that has an inner periphery smaller than the outer periphery of side gear washers with respect to the rotation center of the rotation axis of drive shafts and that has an outer periphery located beyond the outermost edge of the oil holes with respect to the rotation center of the rotation axis. This controls the outflow of lubricating oil located radially outward of the inner periphery of the receiver, thus allowing the side gear washers to be supplied with lubricating oil, regardless of whether the differential case is rotating or stops rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Nadayoshi, Nobutada Sugiura, Seiya Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20190017576
    Abstract: A center support (11c) having a sidewall part (111c) extending from an internal circumferential surface of a transmission case (11) toward a radial inner side of the transmission case (11); and a cylindrical part (112c) axially extending from an internal circumferential portion of the sidewall part (111c) is formed between a first drive gear (26) with a small diameter and a second drive gear (28) with a large diameter. The first drive gear (26) is turnably supported by a first bearing (31) on an internal circumferential surface of the cylindrical part (112c) of the center support (11c), and the second drive gear (28) is turnably supported by a second bearing (32) on an external circumferential surface of the cylindrical part (112c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutada SUGIURA, Hiroaki SANJI, Shota OUE
  • Publication number: 20180274644
    Abstract: An automatic transmission includes: an input shaft disposed on a first axis and drivably coupled to a drive source; a transfer mechanism provided between the first axis and a second axis and that transfers rotation around the first axis to the second axis; a continuously variable speed change mechanism that is capable of continuously changing a speed ratio and has a primary pulley disposed on the second axis, a secondary pulley disposed on a third axis, a belt wound around the two pulleys; and an output shaft disposed on a fourth axis and that outputs rotation at a changed speed. The centers of the second axis and third axis are disposed on one side and the other side, respectively, of a first line that connects between the centers of the first axis and fourth axis and serves as a boundary as viewed in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutada SUGIURA, Masayuki UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 10024429
    Abstract: An automatic transmission including a clutch that can engage rotation transmission of two rotary members by supplying an engagement pressure to an engagement hydraulic oil chamber disposed on an outer peripheral side of a central shaft to press and move a piston member to one axial side, and disengage the rotation transmission of the two rotary members with an other-side pressing mechanism that presses and drives the piston member to the other axial side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobutada Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20180038475
    Abstract: A differential case has no hole other than two oil holes except for a pinion shaft hole and a pair of drive shaft holes and has an annular receiver attached thereto that has an inner periphery smaller than the outer periphery of side gear washers with respect to the rotation center of the rotation axis of drive shafts and that has an outer periphery located beyond the outermost edge of the oil holes with respect to the rotation center of the rotation axis. This controls the outflow of lubricating oil located radially outward of the inner periphery of the receiver, thus allowing the side gear washers to be supplied with lubricating oil, regardless of whether the differential case is rotating or stops rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru NADAYOSHI, Nobutada SUGIURA, Seiya OZAWA
  • Patent number: 9810313
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus including a transmission, a case that accommodates the transmission, a counter drive gear to which power from the transmission is transmitted, a counter driven gear that meshes with the counter drive gear, and a drive pinion gear that is disposed and spaced apart in an axial direction from the counter driven gear and that rotates together with the counter driven gear, the power transmission apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Ike, Nobutada Sugiura, Takeshi Torii, Hiroaki Sanji, Masayuki Uchida
  • Patent number: 9784345
    Abstract: A transmission device, wherein the compound planetary gear mechanism increases the speed of the power transmitted to the input element and transmits the resultant power to the first and the second output elements when the fixable element is non-rotatably held stationary by the first brake; and the first and the second clutches are disposed on a side closer in the axial direction to the compound planetary gear mechanism than the first and the second planetary gear mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutada Sugiura, Takashi Morimoto, Toshihiko Aoki, Hiroshi Kato, Satoru Kasuya, Masahiro Otake, Masanori Murakami, Takuya Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9631708
    Abstract: An automatic transmission wherein the intermediate gear and the reduced-speed rotation output are coupled to each other via a first clutch, the second ring gear and the input are coupled to each other via a second clutch, the first sun gear and the reduced-speed rotation output are coupled to each other via a third clutch, the first sun gear is coupled to a first lock, the second ring gear is coupled to a second lock, and the common carrier is coupled to an output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Nobutada Sugiura
  • Patent number: 9631706
    Abstract: An automatic transmission, wherein the reduced-speed rotation output portion and the first brake are disposed on one side, in the axial direction, of the planetary gear set; the output member is disposed on the other side, in the axial direction, of the planetary gear set; the first clutch, the second clutch, and the second brake are disposed on a side of the output member opposite to the planetary gear set in the axial direction; the first brake is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the reduced-speed rotation output portion; and the second brake is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the first clutch and the second clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Nobutada Sugiura, Hiroaki Sanji, Shota Oue
  • Publication number: 20160305511
    Abstract: An automatic transmission wherein the intermediate gear and the reduced-speed rotation output are coupled to each other via a first clutch, the second ring gear and the input are coupled to each other via a second clutch, the first sun gear and the reduced-speed rotation output are coupled to each other via a third clutch, the first sun gear is coupled to a first lock, the second ring gear is coupled to a second lock, and the common carrier is coupled to an output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KATO, Nobutada SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20160305510
    Abstract: An automatic transmission, wherein the reduced-speed rotation output portion and the first brake are disposed on one side, in the axial direction, of the planetary gear set; the output member is disposed on the other side, in the axial direction, of the planetary gear set; the first clutch, the second clutch, and the second brake are disposed on a side of the output member opposite to the planetary gear set in the axial direction; the first brake is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the reduced-speed rotation output portion; and the second brake is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the first clutch and the second clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KATO, Nobutada SUGIURA, Hiroaki SANJI, Shota OUE
  • Patent number: 9458914
    Abstract: An automatic transmission that shifts power applied to an input member and outputs the shifted power to an output member, the automatic transmission including a first planetary gear mechanism, a third planetary gear mechanism, a compound planetary gear mechanism, a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch a first brake, and a second brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kato, Toshihiko Aoki, Hiroshi Kato, Nobutada Sugiura, Takashi Morimoto, Nobukazu Ike, Satoru Kasuya, Terufumi Miyazaki, Masaru Morise, Shinji Oita
  • Publication number: 20160160964
    Abstract: A transmission device, wherein the compound planetary gear mechanism increases the speed of the power transmitted to the input element and transmits the resultant power to the first and the second output elements when the fixable element is non-rotatably held stationary by the first brake; and the first and the second clutches are disposed on a side closer in the axial direction to the compound planetary gear mechanism than the first and the second planetary gear mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutada SUGIURA, Takashi MORIMOTO, Toshihiko AOKI, Hiroshi KATO, Satoru KASUYA, Masahiro OTAKE, Masanori MURAKAMI, Takuya NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20150377326
    Abstract: An automatic transmission that shifts power applied to an input member and outputs the shifted power to an output member, the automatic transmission including a first planetary gear mechanism, a third planetary gear mechanism, a compound planetary gear mechanism, a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch a first brake, and a second brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Takayoshi KATO, Toshihiko AOKI, Hiroshi KATO, Nobutada SUGIURA, Takashi MORIMOTO, Nobukazu IKE, Satoru KASUYA, Terufumi MIYAZAKI, Masaru MORISE, Shinji OITA
  • Publication number: 20150369356
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus including a transmission, a case that accommodates the transmission, a counter drive gear to which power from the transmission is transmitted, a counter driven gear that meshes with the counter drive gear, and a drive pinion gear that is disposed and spaced apart in an axial direction from the counter driven gear and that rotates together with the counter driven gear, the power transmission apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu IKE, Nobutada SUGIURA, Takeshi TORII, Hiroaki SANJI, Masayuki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150369342
    Abstract: An automatic transmission that shifts power applied to an input member and outputs the shifted power to an output member, the automatic transmission including a first planetary gear mechanism, a second planetary gear mechanism, a third planetary gear mechanism, a fourth planetary gear mechanism, a first coupling element, a second coupling element, a third coupling element, a fourth coupling element, a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch, a first brake and a second brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Takayoshi KATO, Toshihiko AOKI, Hiroshi KATO, Nobutada SUGIURA, Takashi MORIMOTO, Nobukazu IKE, Satoru KASUYA, Terufumi MIYAZAKI, Masaru MORISE, Shinji OITA
  • Publication number: 20150354700
    Abstract: An automatic transmission including a clutch that can engage rotation transmission of two rotary members by supplying an engagement pressure to an engagement hydraulic oil chamber disposed on an outer peripheral side of a central shaft to press and move a piston member to one axial side, and disengage the rotation transmission of the two rotary members with an other-side pressing mechanism that presses and drives the piston member to the other axial side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Nobutada SUGIURA
  • Patent number: 8771130
    Abstract: An automatic transmission is configured to achieve at least ten forward speeds and one reverse speeds. This is achieved through the use of two planetary gear sets with a plurality of clutches and brakes configured to operably couple different components of the two planetary gears to achieve different speeds. For example, operation of a first clutch inputs decelerated rotation of a reduction planetary gear to a third sun gear. Operation of a second clutch transmits from an input shaft to a third ring gear, a third clutch inputs decelerated rotation of the reduction planetary gear to the second sun gear, a fourth clutch transmits from the input shaft to the second carrier, a first brake prevents a second sun gear from rotating, a second brake prevents a carrier from rotating, a third brake capable prevents a third ring gear from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Ando, Nobutada Sugiura, Hayato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130260948
    Abstract: An automatic transmission is configured to achieve at least ten forward speeds and one reverse speeds. This is achieved through the use of two planetary gear sets with a plurality of clutches and brakes configured to operably couple different components of the two planetary gears to achieve different speeds. For example, operation of a first clutch inputs decelerated rotation of a reduction planetary gear to a third sun gear. Operation of a second clutch transmits from an input shaft to a third ring gear, a third clutch inputs decelerated rotation of the reduction planetary gear to the second sun gear, a fourth clutch transmits from the input shaft to the second carrier, a first brake prevents a second sun gear from rotating, a second brake prevents a carrier from rotating, a third brake capable prevents a third ring gear from rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko ANDO, Nobutada SUGIURA, Hayato SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 8066608
    Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a case; a speed change mechanism; a torque converter having a lock-up clutch axially arranged and freely slidably toward and away from the input shaft; a thrust bearing interposed between the flange unit and the side face of the sleeve unit on the input shaft side; a ball bearing that includes an outer race, a side face of which contacts the first step portion toward the input shaft side, and a propeller shaft connecting member capable of connecting with a propeller shaft, spline-engaging with the outer periphery of the output shaft, and contacting a side face of an inner race of the ball bearing upon being pressed axially toward the input shaft side by the propeller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobutada Sugiura, Minoru Todo, Mikio Iwase, Takuya Ishii, Tomohiro Katada, Hirofumi Ota, Kazutoshi Nozaki, Atsushi Honda