Patents by Inventor Shusaku Katakura
Shusaku Katakura 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: 7840329Abstract: An automatic transmission includes at least an input section, an output section, first and second frictional engagement elements, and a controller. The input section receives an input torque from a drive unit. The first frictional engagement element has an engaged state allowing the output section to rotate at a first transmission gear ratio with respect to the input section. The second frictional engagement element has an engaged state allowing the output section to rotate at a second transmission gear ratio with respect to the input section. The controller controls at least a gear shift from the first transmission gear ratio to the second transmission gear ratio. The controller controls the first and second frictional engagement elements and the drive unit so as to cancel an inertia torque resulting from the gear shift.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Jatco LtdInventors: Shusaku Katakura, Masaaki Uchida, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Tomoaki Honma, Sadamu Fujiwara
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Patent number: 7771316Abstract: A control apparatus of an automatic transmission having first and second frictional engagement elements that achieve lower and higher speed gear stages respectively, includes a target value determination section setting a rotation speed difference between input and output sides of the frictional engagement element, a total torque capacity calculation section calculating a total torque capacity, a distribution ratio determination section setting a distribution ratio of the total torque capacity to the first and second frictional engagement elements, an individual torque capacity calculation section calculating individual torque capacities respectively required of the first and second frictional engagement elements, and an engagement control section controlling engagement conditions of the first and second frictional engagement elements in accordance with the individual torque capacity.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Tomoaki Honma, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Sadamu Fujiwara
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Patent number: 7666113Abstract: A control apparatus of an automatic transmission having first and second frictional engagement elements that achieve higher and lower speed gear stages respectively, includes a target value determination section setting a rotation speed difference between input and output sides of the frictional engagement element, a total torque capacity calculation section calculating a total torque capacity, a distribution ratio determination section setting a distribution ratio of the total torque capacity to the first and second frictional engagement elements, an individual torque capacity calculation section calculating individual torque capacities respectively required of the first and second frictional engagement elements, and an engagement control section controlling engagement conditions of the first and second frictional engagement elements in accordance with the individual torque capacity.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Jatco LtdInventors: Tomoaki Honma, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Sadamu Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20090145253Abstract: A shifting control system has two gear shift stage groups, two clutches, a clutch release detection section, a pre-shift controller, a clutch oil level detection section and a pre-shift inhibiting section. The clutches are alternately engaged to selectively transmit power from an engine to a wheel. The clutch release detection section detects a release-side clutch which corresponds to the clutch that is in a released state. The pre-shift controller operates a meshing mechanism of the gear shift stage group corresponding to the release-side clutch, so as to undergo pre-shifting when the other clutch is engaged as an engage-side clutch. The clutch oil level detection section determines whether an oil level in the release-side clutch is equal to or greater than a preset oil level. The pre-shift inhibiting section inhibits pre-shifting while the oil level in the release-side clutch is equal to or greater than a preset oil level.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku KATAKURA, Sadamu FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20090143195Abstract: A rapid acceleration control apparatus has a rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section and a rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control section. The rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section executes a rapid acceleration start prime mover rotational speed control that control a rotational speed of the prime mover to a target rotational speed required to achieve the rapid acceleration start when a rapid acceleration start condition exists in which both an accelerator and a brake are simultaneously operated while the vehicle is stopped. The rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control section executes a rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control that decreases a connection capacity of the clutch during the rapid acceleration start prime mover rotational speed control executed by the rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section to suppress heating of the clutch due to the rapid acceleration start primer mover rotational speed control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shusaku KATAKURA, Kazuhiro TANIAI, Masami MURAYAMA, Yoshinobu KAWAMOTO, Youhei MIZUTA
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Patent number: 7500932Abstract: A shift control apparatus includes an automatic transmission provided with a first friction-engagement element and a second friction-engagement element; and a friction-engagement element control section configured to control the first and second friction-engagement elements. The friction-engagement element control section includes a target-value setting section configured to set a first target differential speed; a first control section configured to bring a rotational speed difference of the first friction-engagement element gradually close to the first target differential speed; and a second control section. The second control section includes a torque-capacity calculating section configured to calculate a total transfer-torque capacity, and a distribution ratio setting section configured to set a distribution ratio between transfer-torque capacities of the first and second friction-engagement elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Jatco LtdInventors: Shusaku Katakura, Masaaki Uchida, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Tomoaki Honma
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Patent number: 7445107Abstract: A hydraulic clutch control system includes a clutch, a hydraulic circuit that supplies a hydraulic pressure to a piston of the clutch so as to cause a stroke of the piston for engagement of the clutch, a primary hydraulic pressure signal generation unit that generates a primary hydraulic pressure signal to regulate a magnitude of the hydraulic pressure, a secondary hydraulic pressure signal generation unit that generates a secondary hydraulic pressure signal to induce fluctuations in the hydraulic pressure, a hydraulic pressure control unit that operates the hydraulic circuit to control the hydraulic pressure according to the primary and secondary hydraulic pressure signals, a detection unit that detects the amount of fluctuations in the hydraulic pressure and a piston stroke judgment unit that judges the piston stroke based on the hydraulic pressure fluctuation amount.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Tomoaki Honma
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Publication number: 20080096721Abstract: An automatic transmission control apparatus is provided with a control scheme that focuses on the rotational speed differences of the frictional engaging elements and the distribution of torque transferred by the frictional engaging elements. When the automatic transmission is upshifted while in a power-off state, the individual torque capacity of a frictional engaging element being released and the individual torque capacity of a frictional engaging element being connected are corrected by adding a prescribed torque capacity amount to each of the individual torque capacities during an inertia phase of the shift control in which a compensation is executed for inertia related to changing the gear ratio. In this way, frictional losses are induced in the frictional engaging elements so as to absorb the inertia torque and lower the input rotational speed more quickly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: JATCO LTDInventors: Tomoaki Honma, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Sadamu Fujiwara
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Patent number: 7356400Abstract: A clutch control apparatus for a power transmission system including an input rotating member and an output rotating member. The clutch control apparatus includes a friction clutch, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first desired clutch torque setting in accordance with a clutch slip indicator; sets a second desired clutch torque setting to an amount of torque input from the input rotating member to the friction clutch; controls the clutch torque to be the first desired clutch torque setting during a starting stage of the friction clutch; controls the clutch torque to be the second desired clutch torque setting during a steady-state stage of the friction clutch; and controls the clutch torque to gradually change from the first desired clutch torque setting to the second desired clutch torque setting during a transition stage between the starting stage and the steady-state stage.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Tomoaki Honma, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Yoshinobu Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20080026910Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a target-value setting section configured to set a target rotational-speed difference between input and output rotational speeds of at least one of first and second friction-engagement elements to cause the input rotational speed to be higher than the output rotational speed, when a downshift is carried out during a power-on running; a total torque-capacity calculating section configured to calculate a total torque capacity of the first and second friction-engagement elements by adding a transmission input torque to a correction value calculated from a deviation between the target rotational-speed difference and an actual rotational-speed difference, so as to bring the actual rotational-speed difference to the target rotational-speed difference; a distribution-ratio setting section configured to set a distribution ratio; an individual torque-capacity calculating section configured to calculate individual torque capacities of both second friction-engagType: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: Tomoaki Honma, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Sadamu Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20080020897Abstract: A control apparatus of an automatic transmission having first and second frictional engagement elements that achieve lower and higher speed gear stages respectively, includes a target value determination section setting a rotation speed difference between input and output sides of the frictional engagement element, a total torque capacity calculation section calculating a total torque capacity, a distribution ratio determination section setting a distribution ratio of the total torque capacity to the first and second frictional engagement elements, an individual torque capacity calculation section calculating individual torque capacities respectively required of the first and second frictional engagement elements, and an engagement control section controlling engagement conditions of the first and second frictional engagement elements in accordance with the individual torque capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Tomoaki HONMA, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Sadamu Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20080017467Abstract: A control apparatus of an automatic transmission having first and second frictional engagement elements that achieve higher and lower speed gear stages respectively, includes a target value determination section setting a rotation speed difference between input and output sides of the frictional engagement element, a total torque capacity calculation section calculating a total torque capacity, a distribution ratio determination section setting a distribution ratio of the total torque capacity to the first and second frictional engagement elements, an individual torque capacity calculation section calculating individual torque capacities respectively required of the first and second frictional engagement elements, and an engagement control section controlling engagement conditions of the first and second frictional engagement elements in accordance with the individual torque capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Tomoaki Honma, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Sadamu Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20080021622Abstract: An automatic transmission includes at least an input section, an output section, first and second frictional engagement elements, and a controller. The input section receives an input torque from a drive unit. The first frictional engagement element has an engaged state allowing the output section to rotate at a first transmission gear ratio with respect to the input section. The second frictional engagement element has an engaged state allowing the output section to rotate at a second transmission gear ratio with respect to the input section. The controller controls at least a gear shift from the first transmission gear ratio to the second transmission gear ratio. The controller controls the first and second frictional engagement elements and the drive unit so as to cancel an inertia torque resulting from the gear shift.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Shusaku Katakura, Masaaki Uchida, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Tomoaki Honma, Sadamu Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20070012538Abstract: A shift control apparatus includes an automatic transmission provided with a first friction-engagement element and a second friction-engagement element; and a friction-engagement element control section configured to control the first and second friction-engagement elements. The friction-engagement element control section includes a target-value setting section configured to set a first target differential speed; a first control section configured to bring a rotational speed difference of the first friction-engagement element gradually close to the first target differential speed; and a second control section. The second control section includes a torque-capacity calculating section configured to calculate a total transfer-torque capacity, and a distribution ratio setting section configured to set a distribution ratio between transfer-torque capacities of the first and second friction-engagement elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Inventors: Shusaku Katakura, Masaaki Uchida, Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Tomoaki Honma
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Publication number: 20060272919Abstract: A hydraulic clutch control system includes a clutch, a hydraulic circuit that supplies a hydraulic pressure to a piston of the clutch so as to cause a stroke of the piston for engagement of the clutch, a primary hydraulic pressure signal generation unit that generates a primary hydraulic pressure signal to regulate a magnitude of the hydraulic pressure, a secondary hydraulic pressure signal generation unit that generates a secondary hydraulic pressure signal to induce fluctuations in the hydraulic pressure, a hydraulic pressure control unit that operates the hydraulic circuit to control the hydraulic pressure according to the primary and secondary hydraulic pressure signals, a detection unit that detects the amount of fluctuations in the hydraulic pressure and a piston stroke judgment unit that judges the piston stroke based on the hydraulic pressure fluctuation amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Tomoaki Honma
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Publication number: 20060212204Abstract: A clutch control apparatus for a power transmission system including an input rotating member and an output rotating member. The clutch control apparatus includes a friction clutch, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first desired clutch torque setting in accordance with a clutch slip indicator; sets a second desired clutch torque setting to an amount of torque input from the input rotating member to the friction clutch; controls the clutch torque to be the first desired clutch torque setting during a starting stage of the friction clutch; controls the clutch torque to be the second desired clutch torque setting during a steady-state stage of the friction clutch; and controls the clutch torque to gradually change from the first desired clutch torque setting to the second desired clutch torque setting during a transition stage between the starting stage and the steady-state stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Tomoaki Honma, Masaaki Uchida, Shusaku Katakura, Yoshinobu Kawamoto
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Patent number: 6763295Abstract: In apparatus and method for controlling a driving force for an automotive vehicle, a manipulated variable of an accelerator is detected, a vehicular velocity is detected, a vehicular velocity control purpose target driving force is calculated from an absolute value of the manipulated variable of the accelerator and the vehicular velocity, an acceleration control purpose target driving force is calculated from either at least one of an absolute value of the accelerator manipulated variable and a variation velocity of the manipulated variable of the accelerator or from at least one of an absolute value of a result of calculation of the vehicular velocity control purpose target driving force and a variation velocity of the result of calculation of the same, and both of the vehicular velocity control purpose target driving force and the acceleration control purpose target driving force are synthesized to achieve a target driving force of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku Katakura, Mikio Nozaki, Daisuke Yoshinoya
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Patent number: 6741923Abstract: The vehicle driving force control apparatus includes a target driving force computing component that is configured to calculate a target driving force. The vehicle driving force control apparatus further includes a zone attribute detecting component that is configured to detect zone attributes and a requested driving force detecting component that is configured to detect a requested driving force. The target driving force computing component has a zone attribute compensation control section that is configured to calculate a compensation driving force according to the zone attribute being detected and a compensation driving force upper limit value setting section that is configured to set an upper limit value for the compensation driving force in response to the requested driving force. The compensation driving force limited with the upper limit value is used as a final compensation driving force.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku Katakura, Daisuke Yoshinoya, Yasuhito Suzuki
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Publication number: 20030216854Abstract: The vehicle driving force control apparatus includes a target driving force computing component that is configured to calculate a target driving force. The vehicle driving force control apparatus further includes a zone attribute detecting component that is configured to detect zone attributes and a requested driving force detecting component that is configured to detect a requested driving force. The target driving force computing component has a zone attribute compensation control section that is configured to calculate a compensation driving force according to the zone attribute being detected and a compensation driving force upper limit value setting section that is configured to set an upper limit value for the compensation driving force in response to the requested driving force. The compensation driving force limited with the upper limit value is used as a final compensation driving force.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku Katakura, Daisuke Yoshinoya, Yasuhito Suzuki
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Patent number: 6640179Abstract: An automatic transmission (5) converts the output torque of an engine (4) into a drive torque for the vehicle. The automatic transmission (5) is provided with a first gear and a second gear which has a smaller speed reduction ratio than the first gear. The gears are selectively applied according to the vehicle speed and the accelerator pedal depression amount. A controller (3) stores a first map (11, 12) which prescribes the transmission target output torque with the first gear according to the vehicle speed and the depression amount, and a second map (12, 13) which prescribes the transmission target output torque with the second gear according to the vehicle speed and the depression amount. The first map applies a larger transmission target output torque than the second map at a given vehicle speed and depression amount. The transmission target output torque is calculated by looking up either of these maps corresponding to the gear applied by the automatic transmission (5).Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku Katakura, Daisuke Yoshinoya