Patents by Inventor Osamu Murai

Osamu Murai 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: 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: 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: 9885404
    Abstract: A front support includes a second boss portion which extends toward a chain drive mechanism and to which a stator shaft is fixed. The second boss portion is inserted into a tubular portion of an impeller hub through a drive sprocket. An oil passage that communicates with a fluid transmission chamber is defined between the inner peripheral surface of the tubular portion and the outer peripheral surface of the stator shaft. A seal member that restricts an inflow of working oil from the oil passage is interposed between the tubular portion and the second boss portion. A shaft-side oil groove and a recessed portion which communicate with an in-case oil passage formed in the front support and the oil passage are formed between the second boss portion and the stator shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Nobukazu Ike, 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: 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20160223070
    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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi KITO, Taisuke FUKUI, Osamu MURAI
  • Publication number: 20160207401
    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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru KASUYA, Nobukazu IKE, Masashi KITO, Yuichi SEKI, Taisuke FUKUI, Osamu MURAI
  • Publication number: 20160138692
    Abstract: A front support includes a second boss portion which extends toward a chain drive mechanism and to which a stator shaft is fixed. The second boss portion is inserted into a tubular portion of an impeller hub through a drive sprocket. An oil passage that communicates with a fluid transmission chamber is defined between the inner peripheral surface of the tubular portion and the outer peripheral surface of the stator shaft. A seal member that restricts an inflow of working oil from the oil passage is interposed between the tubular portion and the second boss portion. A shaft-side oil groove and a recessed portion which communicate with an in-case oil passage formed in the front support and the oil passage are formed between the second boss portion and the stator shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Nobukazu IKE, Osamu MURAI
  • Publication number: 20130213043
    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: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Ryosuke Kondo, Osamu Murai
  • Patent number: 5049183
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sintered machine part, by which the machine part can be manufactured to be sufficiently strong, wear and abrasion resistive, and durable against the fatigue caused by recursive impacts, without the heat treatments. In the method, a machine part composed of 0.1 to 0.8% of carbon by weight, 2 to 6% of nickel by weight, 0.6 to 1.6% of molybdenum by weight, 1 to 3% of copper by weight and balance iron is manufactured by mixing partially diffused alloy powder composed of 2 to 6% of nickel by weight, 0.4 to 0.6% of molybdenum by weight, 1 to 3% of copper by weight and balance iron with graphite powder amounting to 0.1 to 0.8% by weight and molybdenum simple powder having 2 to 7 .mu.m mean particle size amounting to 0.2 to 1% by weight, and then by compacting the mixed powder and sintering the compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Saka, Akira Fujiwara, Tadayuki Tsutsui, Osamu Murai, Kei Ishii
  • Patent number: 4578441
    Abstract: An .alpha.-methylstyrene copolymer is produced by effecting the emulsion polymerization of .alpha.-methylstyrene and another co-monomer in the presence of a succinic acid derivative having a C8 to C40 alkenyl group or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1986
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Murai, Noboru Moriyama