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).
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Patent number: 10190671Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Kito, Taisuke Fukui, Osamu Murai
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Patent number: 9938973Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Kito, Taisuke Fukui, Osamu Murai
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Patent number: 9885404Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Nobukazu Ike, Osamu Murai
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Patent number: 9677645Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobukazu Ike, Masashi Kito, Akira Noguchi, Yuichi Seki, Osamu Murai
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Patent number: 9610842Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Nobukazu Ike, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Taisuke Fukui, Osamu Murai
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Patent number: 9528436Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Ryosuke Kondo, Osamu Murai
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Publication number: 20160341288Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobukazu IKE, Masashi KITO, Akira NOGUCHI, Yuichi SEKI, Osamu MURAI
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Publication number: 20160230756Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi KITO, Taisuke FUKUI, Osamu MURAI
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Publication number: 20160223070Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi KITO, Taisuke FUKUI, Osamu MURAI
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Publication number: 20160207401Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoru KASUYA, Nobukazu IKE, Masashi KITO, Yuichi SEKI, Taisuke FUKUI, Osamu MURAI
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Publication number: 20160138692Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Nobukazu IKE, Osamu MURAI
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Publication number: 20130213043Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Masashi Kito, Yuichi Seki, Ryosuke Kondo, Osamu Murai
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Patent number: 5049183Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 1990Date of Patent: September 17, 1991Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsutomu Saka, Akira Fujiwara, Tadayuki Tsutsui, Osamu Murai, Kei Ishii
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Patent number: 4578441Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 14, 1985Date of Patent: March 25, 1986Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Osamu Murai, Noboru Moriyama