Patents by Inventor Tasuo Ochiai

Tasuo Ochiai 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).

  • CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100248894
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a variator capable of varying a speed ratio continuously, and a subtransmission mechanism provided in series with the variator. On the basis of an operating condition of a vehicle, a transmission controller sets a destination through speed ratio, which is an overall speed ratio of the variator and the subtransmission mechanism to be realized in accordance with the operating condition, and controls the variator and the subtransmission mechanism on the basis thereof. When shifts are prohibited in the subtransmission mechanism, the destination through speed ratio is limited to a speed ratio range that can be realized only by a shift in the variator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Tateki JOZAKI, Hideaki Suzuki, Ryousuke Nonomura, Mamiko Inoue, Seiichiro Takahashi, Tasuo Ochiai, Masato Koga, Masaaki Uchida, Ryoji Kadono