Patents by Inventor Shinichi Baba

Shinichi Baba 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: 11415028
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle including an engine, a drive motor, a first oil pump, and a second oil pump is configured to, during forward travel, supply components to be cooled or lubricated with oil discharged from a discharge port of the first oil pump and a discharge port of the second oil pump via an oil passage, while the hybrid vehicle is configured to, during reverse travel, compensate for a driving force by supplying oil discharged from the discharge port of the second oil pump to the discharge port of the first oil pump via the oil passage to cause the first oil pump to operate as a hydraulic motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hori, Shinichi Baba, Munehiro Katsumata, Toru Shibamoto
  • Patent number: 11022208
    Abstract: A vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus including: a casing provided with an oil supply hole through which an oil is to be supplied to a lubrication-required element. The casing is provided with a first guide portion and a second guide portion. The first guide portion defines a first path that is configured to guide the oil to flow from a diagonally upper side of the oil supply hole, toward the oil supply hole. The second guide portion defines a second path that is configured to separate the oil flowing along the first path, into a part of the oil and another part of the oil in an intermediate portion of the first path and to cause the part of the oil to join with the another part the oil in a position located right above the oil supply hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Matsui, Shinichi Baba, Shinichiro Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20200393039
    Abstract: A vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus including: a casing provided with an oil supply hole through which an oil is to be supplied to a lubrication-required element. The casing is provided with a first guide portion and a second guide portion. The first guide portion defines a first path that is configured to guide the oil to flow from a diagonally upper side of the oil supply hole, toward the oil supply hole. The second guide portion defines a second path that is configured to separate the oil flowing along the first path, into a part of the oil and another part of the oil in an intermediate portion of the first path and to cause the part of the oil to join with the another part the oil in a position located right above the oil supply hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori MATSUI, Shinichi BABA, Shinichiro SUENAGA
  • Publication number: 20200392877
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle including an engine, a drive motor, a first oil pump, and a second oil pump is configured to, during forward travel, supply components to be cooled or lubricated with oil discharged from a discharge port of the first oil pump and a discharge port of the second oil pump via an oil passage, while the hybrid vehicle is configured to, during reverse travel, compensate for a driving force by supplying oil discharged from the discharge port of the second oil pump to the discharge port of the first oil pump via the oil passage to cause the first oil pump to operate as a hydraulic motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo HORI, Shinichi BABA, Munehiro KATSUMATA, Toru SHIBAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10753398
    Abstract: A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a support member; a first bearing rotatably supporting a first rotation shaft with respect to the support member; a second bearing, provided adjacent to the first bearing, rotatably supporting a second rotation shaft with respect to the support member, the second rotation shaft being rotated around an axis line same as an axis line of the first rotation shaft; and a partition wall formed in the support member and including a notch. Further, the support member includes an oil gallery to supply lubricating oil into a space formed between the first bearing and the second bearing, the space is partitioned into a first space on a side of the first bearing and a second space on a side of the second bearing by the partition wall, and the oil gallery is formed to eject the lubricating oil toward the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Baba, Toru Shibamoto
  • Publication number: 20200080595
    Abstract: A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a support member; a first bearing rotatably supporting a first rotation shaft with respect to the support member; a second bearing, provided adjacent to the first bearing, rotatably supporting a second rotation shaft with respect to the support member, the second rotation shaft being rotated around an axis line same as an axis line of the first rotation shaft; and a partition wall formed in the support member and including a notch. Further, the support member includes an oil gallery to supply lubricating oil into a space formed between the first bearing and the second bearing, the space is partitioned into a first space on a side of the first bearing and a second space on a side of the second bearing by the partition wall, and the oil gallery is formed to eject the lubricating oil toward the notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi BABA, Toru SHIBAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10502261
    Abstract: A concave portion provided in at least one of the first assembled surface, and other assembled surfaces for fastening the driving force source, in the region corresponding to the outer race of the tapered roller bearing, the other assembled surfaces provided to one of the fixed component and the driving force source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Kato, Shinichi Baba, Shinichiro Suenaga, Iori Matsuda, Michitaka Tsuchida, Akiko Nishimine
  • Patent number: 10023180
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to set a share ratio of driving force of the first electric motor and the second electric motor. The electronic control unit is configured to set the share ratio of the driving force such that when the temperature of a pinion gear in a planetary gear mechanism is higher than a specified temperature, the share ratio of the driving force of the first electric motor is lower than the share ratio when the temperature is lower than the specified temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Suenaga, Shinichi Baba
  • Publication number: 20180100541
    Abstract: A concave portion provided in at least one of the first assembled surface, and other assembled surfaces for fastening the driving force source, in the region corresponding to the outer race of the tapered roller bearing, the other assembled surfaces provided to one of the fixed component and the driving force source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi KATO, Shinichi BABA, Shinichiro SUENAGA, Iori MATSUDA, Mitsutaka TSUCHIDA, Akiko NISHIMINE
  • Publication number: 20180065617
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes a rotation detector and electronic control unit. The rotation detector is configured to detect a rotational state of the third rotational element of the hybrid vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to control a first motor generator of the hybrid vehicle such that output torque of the first motor generator becomes zero when the electronic control unit determines, based on the rotational state of the third rotational element, that the third rotational element has a rotational fluctuation while the hybrid vehicle is travelling in a dual drive motor travelling mode. The dual drive motor travelling mode is a mode in which the hybrid vehicle travels while both the first motor generator and a second motor generator serve as driving force sources for travelling in a state where a first rotational element is fixed by a lock mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michitaka TSUCHIDA, Michinobu SUZUKI, Yosuke SUZUKI, Shinichi BABA, Koichi KATO, Shinichiro SUENAGA
  • Publication number: 20170240163
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to set a share ratio of driving force of the first electric motor and the second electric motor. The electronic control unit is configured to set the share ratio of the driving force such that when the temperature of a pinion gear in a planetary gear mechanism is higher than a specified temperature, the share ratio of the driving force of the first electric motor is lower than the share ratio when the temperature is lower than the specified temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro SUENAGA, Shinichi BABA
  • Patent number: 9464687
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission belt includes rings each superimposing annular component pieces on each other's inner and outer peripheries, and plural elements attached to the rings side by side in a circumferential direction. Each element includes a neck portion. The rings are disposed on opposite sides of the neck portion. The elements contact a driving pulley and a driven pulley. A lubrication oil discharge mechanism discharges out a lubrication oil in at least one of a gap between the component pieces, and a gap between each ring and the elements. A function of discharging the lubrication oil present in a region remote from the neck portion is higher than a function of discharging the lubrication oil present in a region near the neck portion. Thereby, the rings to which the elements are attached or the component pieces of the rings restrain decline in the centering characteristic in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinichi Baba
  • Patent number: 9306734
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication device is connected to a key generating device which generates an encryption key. The communication device includes a querying unit, an encryption processor, and a selecting unit. The querying unit is configured to send a query to the key generating device about capability information which indicates capability of the key generating device to generate the encryption key. The encryption processor is configured to implement a plurality of encryption functions. The selecting unit is configured to select, from among the plurality of encryption functions, an encryption function according to the capability information. The encryption processor implements the encryption function thus selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Shinichi Baba
  • Patent number: 9240882
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a key generating device connected to an external device includes a generating unit configured to generate an encryption key; a first communicating unit configured to transmit and receive the encryption key to and from the external device; a storage unit configured to stores therein state information indicating a communication state with respect to an application using the encryption key; and a controller configured to make a control of changing a frequency at which the generating unit generates the encryption key or a frequency at which the first communicating unit transmits and receives the encryption key according to the state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Shinichi Baba
  • Publication number: 20150360681
    Abstract: Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle drive system including a plurality of coupling elements which selectively connect selected ones of rotary components of differential device and stationary member to each other, and which permit the drive system to be placed in one of electric motor drive mode, and constant-speed-ratio drive modes in which an engine is operated as drive power source, control apparatus selectively establishing one of hybrid drive mode and electric motor drive mode, with an engaging action of one of coupling elements, and one of constant-speed-ratio drive modes, with an engaging action of another coupling element as well as or in place of engaging action of above-indicated one coupling element, control apparatus including drive mode switching portion configured to establish one of hybrid drive mode and electric motor drive mode, when drive system is required to be switched from neutral state to a vehicle drive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi KANAYAMA, Shinichi BABA
  • Patent number: 9197608
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication method including acquiring an application key from a key-sharing network, determining a key use of the application key, and performing encryption communication by using the application key according to the determined key use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Shinichi Baba
  • Patent number: 9106406
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a key storage unit configured to store therein a cryptographic key; a receiving unit configured to receive a message; an analyzing unit configured to analyze whether the message includes an access request for the cryptographic key; a generating unit configured to, when the message includes the access request, generate request information used to request an access to the cryptographic key requested by the access request; and an access controller configured to control the access to the cryptographic key based on the request information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Baba, Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Hideaki Sato
  • Patent number: 9083684
    Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a communication node includes a key synchronization controller and an application communicator. The key synchronization controller controls synchronization of an application key on the basis of a node-based signaling process and a session-based signaling process, where the former process is for starting or ending exchanging of an application key between a correspondent node and the communication node and the latter process is for synchronizing a rule for assignment of the application key to a session with the correspondent node, the session shared with the correspondent node. The application communicator provides the application key in accordance with the rule, the key for use by an application having the session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Shinichi Baba
  • Patent number: 9049012
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a finding unit; a negotiating unit; and a communicating unit. The finding unit is configured to, in response to a request from an application that makes use of key information, find out a key generating device that generates the key information. The negotiating unit is configured to perform a negotiation operation with respect to the key generating device to determine conditions for key information that is to be generated. The communicating unit is configured to receive, from the key generating device, the key information that is generated based on the conditions determined in the negotiation operation, and send the received key information to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Baba, Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Hideaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20150105195
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission belt includes rings each superimposing annular component pieces on each other's inner and outer peripheries, and plural elements attached to the rings side by side in a circumferential direction. Each element includes a neck portion. The rings are disposed on opposite sides of the neck portion. The elements contact a driving pulley and a driven pulley. A lubrication oil discharge mechanism discharges out a lubrication oil in at least one of a gap between the component pieces, and a gap between each ring and the elements. A function of discharging the lubrication oil present in a region remote from the neck portion is higher than a function of discharging the lubrication oil present in a region near the neck portion. Thereby, the rings to which the elements are attached or the component pieces of the rings restrain decline in the centering characteristic in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinichi BABA