Patents by Inventor Shinji Fujimoto
Shinji Fujimoto 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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Publication number: 20150061424Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine the interior of which can be suitably cooled. A coolant supply means of the rotating electric machine supplies a cooling fluid to the bottom of a tubular member from a location closer to one end of a rotary shaft than the bottom, and the bottom of the tubular member is equipped with through-holes that run in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, with the cooling fluid being supplied to the interior of the tubular member through the through-holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiichi Mogi, Shinji Fujimoto, Takaaki Kuwabara, Shingo Kato
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Patent number: 8967349Abstract: A lock-up device includes a clutch part and a damper mechanism. The damper mechanism includes an input plate, an output plate, a plurality of torsion springs, an intermediate member and a restriction member. The intermediate member is configured to cause at least two of the torsion springs to act in series. The restriction member is fixed to a clutch output member of the clutch part, while being disposed such that a part of the intermediate member is interposed between the input plate and the restriction member in an axial direction. The intermediate member is restricted from moving in a radial direction by the clutch output member, while being restricted from moving in the axial direction by the input plate and the restriction member.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: EXEDY CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Ushio, Takeshi Kawamoto, Ken Mototsune, Shinji Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8905894Abstract: To allow attachment of pinion shafts in their phased states only in simple steps which do not require a crimping step and a special device. A pinion shaft support structure for a planetary gear includes pinion gears, pinion shafts for pivotally supporting the pinion gears, and a carrier having a plurality of shaft support holes for rotatably supporting the pinion shafts, the pinion shafts being supported by the shaft support holes. The pinion shaft support structure includes stepped portions formed on end surfaces of the pinion shafts and a fall-out prevention washer which is mounted on the carrier to be capable of locking the stepped portions. An outer circumferential rim of the fall-out prevention washer mounted on the carrier faces the stepped portions of the respective pinion shafts inserted into the plurality of respective shaft support holes and is capable of locking the stepped portions, and the pinion shafts are thereby positioned (phased) in their rotational directions.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Shigeru Koyama, Nobuhiro Kumagai, Heisuke Kobayashi, Shinji Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20140357442Abstract: A power transmission apparatus 1 for a hybrid vehicle having an engine 6 and a motor 7 is provided with a planetary gear mechanism 31 configured to differentially rotate a sun gear 32, a carrier 36, and a ring gear 35. The sun gear 32 is connected to one of a first input shaft and a second input shaft and to the motor 7. The ring gear 35 is connected to a lock mechanism capable of stopping a rotation state. The carrier 36 is configured to transmit power to a counter shaft 14. The other of the first input shaft and the second input shaft is configured to transmit power to the counter shaft 14 without passing through the planetary gear mechanism 31.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiro SAKAI, Shinji Fujimoto, Takefumi Ikegami, Seiichi Mogi
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Patent number: 8901504Abstract: An image pickup unit including: an image pickup section including pixels, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion device; and a drive section performing a line-sequential readout drive and a line-sequential reset drive. The drive section intermittently performs the line-sequential reset drive multiple times during one frame period, to allow a non-overlap period to be provided at least in part of reset operation periods in an overlap period. The overlap period is a period during which a drive period of one of the multiple line-sequential reset drives and a drive period of one of the remaining multiple line-sequential reset drives are overlapped. The non-overlap period is a period during which each of the reset operations by the one of the multiple line-sequential drives is not overlapped with any of the reset operations by the one of the remaining multiple line-sequential reset drives.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michiru Senda, Shinji Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8888636Abstract: A power output apparatus 1 to 1D including an engine 6, a motor 7, and a transmission 20 to 20D having two transmission shafts connected to the engine 6 is provided. The transmission includes a power combination mechanism 30 adapted so as to be able to rotate first to third elements differentially from each other. The first element is connected to any one of the two transmission shafts, the second element is connected to a driving shaft 9 or 9, and the third element is connected to the motor 7. The second element combines the power transmitted from the first element and the power transmitted from the third element, and transmits the combined power to the driving shaft 9 and 9. The other transmission shaft of the two transmission shafts transmits power to the driving shaft 9 or 9 without going via the power combination mechanism 30.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takefumi Ikegami, Noriyuki Abe, Shigeru Koyama, Atsuhiro Sakai, Shinji Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20140326564Abstract: A lock-up device includes a clutch part and a damper mechanism. The damper mechanism includes an input plate, an output plate, a plurality of torsion springs, an intermediate member and a restriction member. The intermediate member is configured to cause at least two of the torsion springs to act in series. The restriction member is fixed to a clutch output member of the clutch part, while being disposed such that a part of the intermediate member is interposed between the input plate and the restriction member in an axial direction. The intermediate member is restricted from moving in a radial direction by the clutch output member, while being restricted from moving in the axial direction by the input plate and the restriction member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Hiroyuki Ushio, Takeshi Kawamoto, Ken Mototsune, Shinji Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20140326563Abstract: A lock-up device includes a clutch part, an input plate, an output plate, torsion springs and an input plate support member. The clutch part is disposed between a front cover and a turbine, and is configured to allow or block transmission of a torque. The input plate is coupled to a clutch output member of the clutch part. The output plate is fixed to a turbine shell. The torsion springs are disposed between the input plate and the output plate, and absorb and attenuate a torsional vibration. The input plate support member is fixed to a front cover side of a turbine shell and positions the input plate in a radial direction and an axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Exedy CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Ushio, Takeshi Kawamoto, Ken Mototsune, Shinji Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8863618Abstract: A driving force transmission device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a motor which drives a rotation shaft, and a connection/disconnection switching device which switches between connection and disconnection of driving force for driving wheels, the driving force being transmitted from an engine. The driving force transmission device is also provided with the auxiliary device driving mechanism, which includes one or more auxiliary device driving shafts for transmitting driving force to the in-vehicle accessory devices, one or more rotation transmission sections which transmit at least either engine's driving force or motor's driving force to one or more accessory device driving shafts via the rotation shaft, and a plurality of one-way clutches provided between the one or more rotation transmission sections and the one or more accessory device driving shafts.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsumi Kubo, Jirou Obinata, Shinji Fujimoto, Masaaki Tsuruoka
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Publication number: 20140300222Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes an annular stator, a plurality of coils, a case, a side cover, a refrigerant passage, supply ports, and a strainer. The annular stator has an axis. The plurality of coils are provided about the axis. The case houses the stator. The side cover is disposed at one axial end of the case so as to face the stator in an axial direction along the axis. The refrigerant passage is provided in the side cover along a circumferential direction. The supply ports supply refrigerant from the refrigerant passage toward axial ends of the plurality of coils. The strainer is provided inside the refrigerant passage to be erected so as to intersect with the axis. The strainer has a plate-shaped member including holes to trap foreign matter in the refrigerant while the refrigerant passes through the holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Norikazu KAWAI, Shinji FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20140262666Abstract: A lock-up device includes a clutch part and a damper mechanism. The clutch part includes a clutch input member, a clutch output member, a drive plate, a driven plate, a second flange and a piston. The second flange is mounted between a front cover and an inner peripheral part of a turbine to be axially immovable with respect to the front cover, and forms a lock-up oil chamber. The piston is mounted between the front cover and the second flange, forms a lock-up oil chamber together with the second flange therebetween, and is configured to be moved toward the front cover by an operating oil to be supplied to the lock-up oil chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: EXEDY CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Ushio, Takeshi Kawamoto, Ken Mototsune, Shinji Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8819946Abstract: A support arm that is rockably supported on one end of a grip portion and projects from the one end is provided. Both ends of a blade head are supported by the support arm such that the blade head can rock around an axis extending along a reciprocating direction of an inner blade, and an axial direction of the rocking motion of the support arm with respect to the grip portion is set in a direction intersecting with the reciprocating direction of the inner blade. This configuration achieves an electric shaver capable of increasing the movable range of the blade head while preventing a main body from increasing in size.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masanobu Yamasaki, Takeshi Shiba, Juzaemon Iwasaki, Shinji Fujimoto, Masaaki Sato, Shunsuke Komori
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Patent number: 8790202Abstract: A power transmission apparatus 1 for a hybrid vehicle having an engine 6 and a motor 7 is provided with a planetary gear mechanism 31 configured to differentially rotate a sun gear 32, a carrier 36, and a ring gear 35. The sun gear 32 is connected to one of a first input shaft and a second input shaft and to the motor 7. The ring gear 35 is connected to a lock mechanism capable of stopping a rotation state. The carrier 36 is configured to transmit power to a counter shaft 14. The other of the first input shaft and the second input shaft is configured to transmit power to the counter shaft 14 without passing through the planetary gear mechanism 31.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Sakai, Shinji Fujimoto, Takefumi Ikegami, Seiichi Mogi
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Patent number: 8747265Abstract: A power transmitting device having a main input shaft selectively connected to an output shaft of an engine by a main clutch CM; first and second sub input shafts disposed coaxially and selectively connected to the main input shaft by clutches C1 and C2, respectively; an output shaft connected to the first and second sub input shafts via a pair of gears, respectively, and outputting motive power to driving wheels via a counter shaft; and a deceleration mechanism configured to be capable of differentially rotating a sun gear, which is connected to the main input shaft and an electric motor, a ring gear, and a carrier, which is connected to the first sub input shaft, with respect to one another and transmitting the motive power to the output shaft via the carrier. A brake B capable of locking the ring gear is connected to the ring gear.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Onomura, Shinji Fujimoto, Jiro Obinata, Taku Yatsugi, Katsumi Kubo
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Patent number: 8708124Abstract: A parking lock apparatus for a transmission including a meshing type clutch is provided in which when a parking lock is operated by engaging a parking pawl (43) with a parking gear (41) provided on a gear shaft of a transmission, since a parking rod (51) for operating the parking pawl (43) is provided on a shift rod (44) connected to and operated by an actuator (46) in order to establish a reverse gear position on the transmission, it is possible to establish the reverse gear position with a shift fork (48) by moving the shift rod (44) in one direction from the neutral position, and to carry out the operation of the parking lock automatically without requiring a special actuator by moving the shift rod (44) in another direction from the neutral position, thereby reducing the size and cost of the transmission by enabling the number of components, including the number of actuators (46), to be cut.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Morizumi, Shinji Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8647230Abstract: A moving apparatus that is capable of properly driving an accessory while preventing driven parts from being driven when the accessory is driven in a state where the driven parts are at rest. In the moving apparatus VE1, out of first to third elements S, C, and R configured such that they rotate during transmission of motive power therebetween while maintaining a collinear relationship in rotational speed, the first element S is mechanically connected to a first rotor 13 of a first rotating machine 11, one of the second and third elements C and R is mechanically connected to an output portion 3a of a prime mover 3 and an input portion 32 of an accessory 31, and the other of the second and third elements C and R is mechanically connected to driven parts DW and DW.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigemitsu Akutsu, Shinji Fujimoto, Mitsuhiro Takeda, Noriyuki Abe
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Patent number: 8632438Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle driving system which can implement sufficient lubrication while a vehicle is being driven. A hybrid vehicle driving system 1 of the invention includes a lubrication pump 122 which is connected to a first input shaft 11 and which is adapted to lubricate a transmission 20 and a lubricated state determination unit 55 which determines a lubricated state of the transmission 20. When the lubricated state determination unit 55 determines that lubrication is necessary, the first input shaft 11 is rotated by an electric motor 7 so as to drive the lubrication pump 122, or the first input shaft 11 is rotated by an internal combustion engine 6 by engaging a first engaging and disengaging unit to thereby drive the lubrication pump 122.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Shigetaka Kuroda, Shinji Fujimoto, Takefumi Ikegami
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Publication number: 20130169073Abstract: A side cover 82 which covers a side surface portion of an electric motor 7 is formed of a resin, and a lubricant is ejected from plural ejecting holes 95 of an oil path 90 formed in the side cover 82 to a stator 71 of the electric motor 7 so as to cool the stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2010Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Teruo Nagahama, Norikazu Kawai, Heisuke Kobayashi, Shinji Fujimoto, Atsuhiro Sakai, Seiichi Mogi, Hironori Mito
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Publication number: 20130044250Abstract: An image pickup unit including: an image pickup section including pixels, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion device; and a drive section performing a line-sequential readout drive and a line-sequential reset drive. The drive section intermittently performs the line-sequential reset drive multiple times during one frame period, to allow a non-overlap period to be provided at least in part of reset operation periods in an overlap period. The overlap period is a period during which a drive period of one of the multiple line-sequential reset drives and a drive period of one of the remaining multiple line-sequential reset drives are overlapped. The non-overlap period is a period during which each of the reset operations by the one of the multiple line-sequential drives is not overlapped with any of the reset operations by the one of the remaining multiple line-sequential reset drives.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michiru Senda, Shinji Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20120322603Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle driving system which can implement sufficient lubrication while a vehicle is being driven. A hybrid vehicle driving system 1 of the invention includes a lubrication pump 122 which is connected to a first input shaft 11 and which is adapted to lubricate a transmission 20 and a lubricated state determination unit 55 which determines a lubricated state of the transmission 20. When the lubricated state determination unit 55 determines that lubrication is necessary, the first input shaft 11 is rotated by an electric motor 7 so as to drive the lubrication pump 122, or the first input shaft 11 is rotated by an internal combustion engine 6 by engaging a first engaging and disengaging unit to thereby drive the lubrication pump 122.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Shigetaka Kuroda, Shinji Fujimoto, Takefumi Ikegami