Patents by Inventor Shuji Moriyama

Shuji Moriyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20170350500
    Abstract: Ground wires are shared between a drive-side pulley solenoid valve and a driven-side pulley solenoid valve. Therefore, when a disconnection or short circuit occurs in the shared portion, a drive-side pulley and a driven-side pulley show substantially the same behavior. As a result, changes in the speed ratio ?cvt of a continuously variable transmission are suppressed and changes in vehicle behavior are also suppressed. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the degradation of drivability during the failure of the solenoid valves involved in power transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi INAGAKI, Yoshinobu SOGA, Shuji MORIYAMA, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Hiromitsu NITANI
  • Publication number: 20170268657
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission having a valve body disposed adjacently to and in parallel with a side cover covering a front or rear side or a side surface of a transmission case in a vehicle width direction in a vehicle-mounted state, the side cover connected to the transmission case, in which an electromagnetic valve is included on the side cover side of the valve body, when viewed in a direction horizontal and parallel to mating surfaces of the transmission case and the side cover, a strainer for removing a foreign material in a hydraulic oil is disposed between the side cover and the valve body to overlap with at least a portion of the electromagnetic valve, and the strainer has an inflow portion for allowing the hydraulic oil to flow in disposed vertically above an oil surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji MORIYAMA, Takafumi INAGAKI, Yoshinobu SOGA, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Hiromitsu NITANI, Yuji IWATSURU
  • Publication number: 20170074263
    Abstract: A check valve provided makes it possible to operate a vane pump smoothly even at the start of the vane pump by maintaining an oil pressure in backpressure oil passages inside the vane pump while the vane pump is stopped. The check valve opens at the point in time when an oil pressure control device, to which a working fluid is supplied from the vane pump, has been filled with the working fluid and the oil pressure in discharge oil passages communicating with the oil pressure control device has risen and exceeded the oil pressure in the backpressure oil passages. Thus, the check valve is prevented from opening and closing repeatedly, so that the durability of the check valve is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Shuji MORIYAMA, Yoshinobu SOGA, Takafumi INAGAKI, Hiromitsu NITANI, Mitsuhiro TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170074262
    Abstract: A vehicle hydraulic device is provided with an electric motor-driven oil pump and a shuttle valve, so that a vane pump operates smoothly, even at the start, with a backpressure applied from the electric motor-driven oil pump to the vanes. Even when the oil pressure of a working fluid discharged from the vane pump exceeds the backpressure inside vane housing grooves, the working fluid flows from a vane pump discharge oil passage to a backpressure oil passage, so that the vanes are not pushed into the housing grooves. Thus, it is possible to reduce the fluctuations in discharge amount of the vane pump due to fluctuations in oil pressure of the vane pump discharge oil passage during operation of the vane pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Yoshinobu SOGA, Shuji MORIYAMA, Takafumi INAGAKI, Hiromitsu NITANI, Mitsuhiro TAKEDA, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Yoshimitsu HYODO
  • Patent number: 9567963
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an engine, a starter for starting the engine, a transmission for transmitting power of the engine to a driving wheel, an oil pump for supplying hydraulic pressure to the transmission according to the power of the engine, an accumulator for accumulating the hydraulic pressure ejected from the oil pump, and an electromagnetic on-off valve for controlling the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator. When the engine is restarted after the engine has stopped, an ECU of the vehicle control device opens the electromagnetic on-off valve at the time a line pressure has become equal to or higher than a predetermined hydraulic pressure after the start of the starter, and supplies the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator to respective portions of the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro Morino, Shuji Moriyama, Yoshio Ito
  • Publication number: 20170016530
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device has: a modulator valve using oil pressure from a hydraulic source for adjusting a modulator pressure; driving and driven-side hydraulic actuator control valves controlling hydraulic oil from the source to driving and driven-side hydraulic actuators; a driving-side control oil pressure adjusting electromagnetic valve using the modulator pressure for outputting a control oil pressure controlling the driving-side control valve; and a driven-side control oil pressure adjusting electromagnetic valve for outputting a control oil pressure controlling the driven-side control valve, the hydraulic control device including a failsafe valve switched from a normal to a failure position based on a failure disabling electric control for the driving-side and driven-side electromagnetic valves, the modulator valve making the modulator pressure lower than a value at the normal position based on an output switching pressure generated due to switching the failsafe valve from the normal to the failure p
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji MORIYAMA, Yoshinobu SOGA, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Hiromitsu NITANI, Takafumi INAGAKI, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Yuta SERIGUCHI, Masafumi TAKASU, Yoichiro KIMURA, Masashi TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9540013
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for vehicle includes: an engine; an oil pump driven by the engine; a clutch device brought into engagement to enable power transmission between the engine and drive wheels by delivering a pressurized fluid thereto, and brought into disengagement to interrupt the power transmission between the engine and the drive wheels by discharging the fluid therefrom; and an accumulator storing the fluid delivered to the clutch device. The hydraulic control system is configured to control the hydraulic pressure applied to the clutch device, to stop the engine while bringing the clutch device into disengagement upon satisfaction of a predetermined stopping condition, and to restart the engine while bringing the clutch device into engagement upon satisfaction of a predetermined restarting condition. In the hydraulic control system, a hydraulic circuit increases flow rate of the fluid flowing between the accumulator and the clutch device when the engine is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro Morino, Shuji Moriyama, Yoshio Ito
  • Patent number: 9528600
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes an electric pump configured to supply oil to a belt-type continuously variable transmission mechanism of a power transmission device through a hydraulic path based on driving of a motor, and an accumulator configured to accumulate oil inside by using the oil supplied by the electric pump and supplies the oil to a control system by discharging the accumulated oil through the hydraulic path. According to such a configuration, an increase in the sizes of the electric pump and the accumulator used for hydraulic control at the time of executing an idling stop function can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji Moriyama, Takuro Morino, Yoshio Ito
  • Patent number: 9487213
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an engine that is a power source of a vehicle, a transmission configured to connect the engine to a drive wheel of the vehicle, and a clutch configured to connect or block transmission of power between the engine and the drive wheel through the transmission. The vehicle control device is capable of executing predetermined control to allow the vehicle to travel while stopping supplying fuel to the engine and releasing the clutch that has been engaged, during travel of the vehicle, and the vehicle control device downshifts the transmission at the time the clutch is released in the predetermined control. It is possible to shift the transmission into a lowest-speed side gear ratio by the downshift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yanagida, Shuji Moriyama, Takuro Morino, Hitoshi Matsunaga, Yuji Hattori
  • Patent number: 9404563
    Abstract: Power system including differential-mechanism, clutch-mechanism, power-mechanism and dog-clutch disposed between an input rotary member to receive drive-force from a drive power source and output rotary-member to transmit drive-force to drive-wheels, the differential-mechanism including an input rotary element, output rotary element and reaction rotary element; the clutch-mechanism connecting two rotary elements of the input, output and reaction rotary elements of the differential-mechanism, to each other, the power-mechanism having predetermined gear ratio, and dog-clutch selectively placing a power path between the output rotary element and output rotary-member, in power transmitting state and power cutoff state; transmitting drive-force to drive-wheels while the clutch-mechanisms and dog-clutch are placed in engaged states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kozo Yamamoto, Michio Yoshida, Hirofumi Nakada, Kenji Matsuo, Mitsuhiro Fukao, Shuji Moriyama, Yuji Iwatsuru
  • Patent number: 9266519
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes an accumulator configured to accumulate oil supplied by a mechanical pump and supply the accumulated oil to a C1 control system (clutch) by discharging the accumulated oil; a first oil passage connected to the hydraulic route (clutch oil passage) on an upstream side of a SLC linear solenoid; a second oil passage connected to the hydraulic route on a downstream side of the manual valve; and connection control unit (a switching valve and a pressure accumulation control valve) configured to control the connection between the accumulator and the hydraulic route so that the accumulator is in communication with one of the first oil passage and the second oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro Morino, Shuji Moriyama, Yoshio Ito
  • Publication number: 20150354682
    Abstract: Power system including differential-mechanism, clutch-mechanism, power-mechanism and dog-clutch disposed between an input rotary member to receive drive-force from a drive power source and output rotary-member to transmit drive-force to drive-wheels, the differential-mechanism including an input rotary element, output rotary element and reaction rotary element; the clutch-mechanism connecting two rotary elements of the input, output and reaction rotary elements of the differential-mechanism, to each other, the power-mechanism having predetermined gear ratio, and dog-clutch selectively placing a power path between the output rotary element and output rotary-member, in power transmitting state and power cutoff state; transmitting drive-force to drive-wheels while the clutch-mechanisms and dog-clutch are placed in engaged states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Kozo YAMAMOTO, Michio YOSHIDA, Hirofumi NAKADA, Kenji MATSUO, Mitsuhiro FUKAO, Shuji MORIYAMA, Yuji IWATSURU
  • Publication number: 20150232102
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for vehicle includes: an engine; an oil pump driven by the engine; a clutch device brought into engagement to enable power transmission between the engine and drive wheels by delivering a pressurized fluid thereto, and brought into disengagement to interrupt the power transmission between the engine and the drive wheels by discharging the fluid therefrom; and an accumulator storing the fluid delivered to the clutch device. The hydraulic control system is configured to control the hydraulic pressure applied to the clutch device, to stop the engine while bringing the clutch device into disengagement upon satisfaction of a predetermined stopping condition, and to restart the engine while bringing the clutch device into engagement upon satisfaction of a predetermined restarting condition. In the hydraulic control system, a hydraulic circuit increases flow rate of the fluid flowing between the accumulator and the clutch device when the engine is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro MORINO, Shuji MORIYAMA, Yoshio ITO
  • Patent number: 9033831
    Abstract: A belt-driven continuously variable transmission having a downsized torque cam assembly for creating forward thrust to push a movable sheave toward a fixed sheave. The belt-driven continuously variable transmission is adapted to output a torque while changing a speed ratio continuously by altering an effective diameter position of a driving belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Tomoaki Yanagida, Shuji Moriyama, Takuro Morino
  • Patent number: 8986164
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device includes an accumulator configured to accumulate oil supplied by a mechanical pump and discharge the accumulated oil to a control system; a first oil path connected to a hydraulic path (clutch oil path) at an upstream side than an SLC linear solenoid; a second oil path connected to the hydraulic path (clutch oil path) at a downstream side of a manual valve; a connection control unit (switching valve, accumulation control valve) configured to control the connection between the accumulator and the hydraulic path to communicate the accumulator to either one of the first oil path and the second oil path; and a back pressure control oil path configured to supply the oil supplied by the mechanical pump to the back pressure side of the accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuro Morino, Shuji Moriyama, Yoshio Ito
  • Publication number: 20150075474
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an engine, a starter for starting the engine, a transmission for transmitting power of the engine to a driving wheel, an oil pump for supplying hydraulic pressure to the transmission according to the power of the engine, an accumulator for accumulating the hydraulic pressure ejected from the oil pump, and an electromagnetic on-off valve for controlling the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator. When the engine is restarted after the engine has stopped, an ECU of the vehicle control device opens the electromagnetic on-off valve at the time a line pressure has become equal to or higher than a predetermined hydraulic pressure after the start of the starter, and supplies the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator to respective portions of the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro Morino, Shuji Moriyama, Yoshio Ito
  • Publication number: 20140371012
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes an electric pump configured to supply oil to a belt-type continuously variable transmission mechanism of a power transmission device through a hydraulic path based on driving of a motor, and an accumulator configured to accumulate oil inside by using the oil supplied by the electric pump and supplies the oil to a control system by discharging the accumulated oil through the hydraulic path. According to such a configuration, an increase in the sizes of the electric pump and the accumulator used for hydraulic control at the time of executing an idling stop function can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji Moriyama, Takuro Morino, Yoshio Ito
  • Publication number: 20140315687
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device includes an accumulator configured to accumulate oil supplied by a mechanical pump and discharge the accumulated oil to a control system; a first oil path connected to a hydraulic path (clutch oil path) at an upstream side than an SLC linear solenoid; a second oil path connected to the hydraulic path (clutch oil path) at a downstream side of a manual valve; a connection control unit (switching valve, accumulation control valve) configured to control the connection between the accumulator and the hydraulic path to communicate the accumulator to either one of the first oil path and the second oil path; and a back pressure control oil path configured to supply the oil supplied by the mechanical pump to the back pressure side of the accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro Morino, Shuji Moriyama, Yoshio Ito
  • Publication number: 20140296032
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device includes an accumulator configured to accumulate oil supplied by a mechanical pump and supply the accumulated oil to a C1 control system (clutch) by discharging the accumulated oil; a first oil passage connected to the hydraulic route (clutch oil passage) on an upstream side of a SLC linear solenoid; a second oil passage connected to the hydraulic route on a downstream side of the manual valve; and connection control unit (a switching valve and a pressure accumulation control valve) configured to control the connection between the accumulator and the hydraulic route so that the accumulator is in communication with one of the first oil passage and the second oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro Morino, Shuji Moriyama, Yoshio Ito
  • Patent number: 8701835
    Abstract: This lubricating device 1 is equipped with an oil pan 2 that stores therein lubricating oil, a micro bubble generator 4 that mixes the lubricating oil with air to produce micro bubbles and supplies the lubricating oil in the oil pan 2 with the micro bubbles, and an oil pump 3 that pressurizes the lubricating oil in the oil pan 2 to supply the micro bubble generator 4 therewith. Further, in this lubricating device 1, the micro bubble generator 4 has an air inlet portion 431 disposed inside the oil pan 2 at a predetermined position with respect to an oil surface height (oil level) of the lubricating oil in the oil pan 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Murakami, Shuji Moriyama, Daisuke Tomomatsu, Daisuke Tokozakura, Masafumi Yamamoto, Keisuke Ichige, Masanori Iritani, Hiroyuki Nishizawa, Hideyuki Suzuki, Yasusi Hirano