Patents by Inventor Satoshi Motozawa

Satoshi Motozawa 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: 11618430
    Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus including a first oil pump driven by an internal combustion engine; a second oil pump connected to a torque transmission portion transmitting a driving force of the second motor generator to a drive wheel; a hydraulic circuit configured so that a lubricating oil is supplied from the second oil pump to a lubrication portion in a first mode in which a vehicle travels while stopping the internal combustion engine, and the lubricating oil is supplied from the first and second oil pumps to the lubrication portion in a second mode in which the vehicle travels while driving the internal combustion engine; a slip detector detecting a slip state of the drive wheel, and a control unit switching to the second mode when the slip state is detected during the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tomoya Okaji, Kota Inoue, Satoshi Motozawa
  • Publication number: 20220242220
    Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus including a first oil pump driven by an internal combustion engine; a second oil pump connected to a torque transmission portion transmitting a driving force of the second motor generator to a drive wheel; a hydraulic circuit configured so that a lubricating oil is supplied from the second oil pump to a lubrication portion in a first mode in which a vehicle travels while stopping the internal combustion engine, and the lubricating oil is supplied from the first and second oil pumps to the lubrication portion in a second mode in which the vehicle travels while driving the internal combustion engine; a slip detector detecting a slip state of the drive wheel, and a control unit switching to the second mode when the slip state is detected during the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoya Okaji, Kota Inoue, Satoshi Motozawa
  • Patent number: 8886429
    Abstract: An oil pressure control device includes: line pressure adjusting means for adjusting the line pressure; line pressure switching means for switching, in two stages, the line pressure adjusted by the line pressure adjusting means; a linear solenoid valve that adjusts a required oil pressure for engaging frictional engagement elements with one another by engagement force, which is required thereby, by adjusting a pressure of hydraulic oil with the line pressure; and control means for controlling a value of a current supplied to the linear solenoid valve. The control means performs control to differentiate the value of the current, which is supplied to the linear solenoid valve in order to adjust (obtain) the same required oil pressure, in response to the line pressure switched by the line pressure switching means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Motozawa, Hideyuki Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20130298713
    Abstract: An oil pressure control device includes: line pressure adjusting means for adjusting the line pressure; line pressure switching means for switching, in two stages, the line pressure adjusted by the line pressure adjusting means; a linear solenoid valve that adjusts a required oil pressure for engaging frictional engagement elements with one another by engagement force, which is required thereby, by adjusting a pressure of hydraulic oil with the line pressure; and control means for controlling a value of a current supplied to the linear solenoid valve. The control means performs control to differentiate the value of the current, which is supplied to the linear solenoid valve in order to adjust (obtain) the same required oil pressure, in response to the line pressure switched by the line pressure switching means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Motozawa, Hideyuki Yamanaka