Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Kabe
Tomoaki Kabe 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: 11326689Abstract: A shifter abnormality diagnosis device for a shifter used in an automatic transmission having a manual mode, the shifter including a first switch for outputting a signal corresponding to the position of a select lever and a second switch for outputting a signal corresponding to the position of the select lever if the select lever is located in at least one of an upshift range or a downshift range, wherein the abnormality diagnosis device is configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis of the second switch on the basis of an output signal of the second switch and prohibit the abnormality diagnosis of the second switch if it is determined that the select lever is not located in any one of forward ranges including the upshift range and the downshift range on the basis of an output signal of the first switch.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignees: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Ichikawa, Tomoaki Kabe, Kosuke Abe
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Patent number: 11022190Abstract: A vehicle control device for a vehicle with a drive source and an automatic transmission including a friction engaging element for transmitting a driving force of the drive source to drive wheels by being engaged by a hydraulic pressure, wherein the vehicle control device is configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis of a solenoid valve for adjusting a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the friction engaging element on the basis of a slip amount of the friction engaging element, and prohibit the abnormality diagnosis of the solenoid valve if a hydraulic pressure upstream of the solenoid valve is below a predetermined hydraulic pressure at which the friction engaging element is engaged, the hydraulic pressure upstream of the solenoid being a source hydraulic pressure to be adjusted by the solenoid valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Ichikawa, Tomoaki Kabe, Kosuke Abe
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Patent number: 10821984Abstract: A gear shift control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle is configured to steplessly and continuously change and output a rotation speed of an engine. The gear shift control device includes a gear shift control unit and a torque control command unit. The gear shift control unit is configured to implement a pseudo-stepped upshift control to change a gear shift ratio in steps when upshifting the continuously variable transmission. The torque control command unit is configured to output a torque reduction command so as to reduce an engine torque in conjunction with the pseudo-stepped upshift control so that reduction of the engine torque starts before a point in time when an actual gear shift ratio starts changing in response to an upshift command.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Jatco Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuki Ishizuka, Tomoaki Kabe, Nobuhiko Morifuji, Hitoshi Goka, Takayuki Ogata
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Publication number: 20200116218Abstract: A vehicle control device for a vehicle with a drive source and an automatic transmission including a friction engaging element for transmitting a driving force of the drive source to drive wheels by being engaged by a hydraulic pressure, wherein the vehicle control device is configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis of a solenoid valve for adjusting a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the friction engaging element on the basis of a slip amount of the friction engaging element, and prohibit the abnormality diagnosis of the solenoid valve if a hydraulic pressure upstream of the solenoid valve is below a predetermined hydraulic pressure at which the friction engaging element is engaged, the hydraulic pressure upstream of the solenoid being a source hydraulic pressure to be adjusted by the solenoid valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke ICHIKAWA, Tomoaki KABE, Kosuke ABE
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Publication number: 20200116254Abstract: A shifter abnormality diagnosis device for a shifter used in an automatic transmission having a manual mode, the shifter including a first switch for outputting a signal corresponding to the position of a select lever and a second switch for outputting a signal corresponding to the position of the select lever if the select lever is located in at least one of an upshift range or a downshift range, wherein the abnormality diagnosis device is configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis of the second switch on the basis of an output signal of the second switch and prohibit the abnormality diagnosis of the second switch if it is determined that the select lever is not located in any one of forward ranges including the upshift range and the downshift range on the basis of an output signal of the first switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke ICHIKAWA, Tomoaki KABE, Kosuke ABE
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Publication number: 20190210605Abstract: A gear shift control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle is configured to steplessly and continuously change and output a rotation speed of an engine. The gear shift control device includes a gear shift control unit and a torque control command unit. The gear shift control unit is configured to implement a pseudo-stepped upshift control to change a gear shift ratio in steps when upshifting the continuously variable transmission. The torque control command unit is configured to output a torque reduction command so as to reduce an engine torque in conjunction with the pseudo-stepped upshift control so that reduction of the engine torque starts before a point in time when an actual gear shift ratio starts changing in response to an upshift command.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Mitsuki ISHIZUKA, Tomoaki KABE, Nobuhiko MORIFUJI, Hitoshi GOKA, Takayuki OGATA
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Patent number: 10071737Abstract: There is provided with an automatic transmission (2) having a clutch (32) and a brake device (6) which holds a brake force during a stop of an engine (1). There is provided with an engine control section (11) which performs an automatic stop of the engine and a re-start of the engine and a release control section (14) which releases a holding of the brake force during the re-start of the engine. The release control section (14) releases the holding of the brake force when an engagement state of the clutch (32) is a predetermined state in case where an accelerator off state occurs until the engagement state of the clutch (32) becomes the predetermined state and releases the holding of the brake force when the engagement state of the clutch (32) is an engagement state weaker than the predetermined state, during a re-start of the engine (1).Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Noritaka Aoyama, Azusa Shimoda, Yuki Ono, Tomoaki Kabe
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Patent number: 9958063Abstract: A hydraulic control device controls hydraulic pressure supplied to a continuously variable transmission. The hydraulic control device includes a pressure regulating valve, a solenoid valve configured to control the pilot pressure, line pressure control means, and hydraulic control means. The pressure regulating valve includes an input port to which line pressure is input, an output port configured to supply an oil chamber of a second pulley with a second pulley pressure, a drain port configured to discharge the second pulley pressure from the oil chamber, and a spool moving according to pilot pressure to regulate the second pulley pressure. The line pressure control means is configured to control the line pressure on the basis of the second pulley pressure and first pulley pressure of first pulley. The hydraulic control means is configured to temporarily change the pilot pressure from set pressure to configure the line pressure identical to the second pulley pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Yasuyuki Hashimoto, Seiichiro Takahashi, Tomoaki Honma, Tomoaki Kabe, Nobuhiko Morifuji, Nobuhide Kato, Hitoshi Goka, Koichi Sugita
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Publication number: 20160356380Abstract: A hydraulic control device controls hydraulic pressure supplied to a continuously variable transmission. The hydraulic control device includes a pressure regulating valve, a solenoid valve configured to control the pilot pressure, line pressure control means, and hydraulic control means. The pressure regulating valve includes an input port to which line pressure is input, an output port configured to supply an oil chamber of a second pulley with a second pulley pressure, a drain port configured to discharge the second pulley pressure from the oil chamber, and a spool moving according to pilot pressure to regulate the second pulley pressure. The line pressure control means is configured to control the line pressure on the basis of the second pulley pressure and first pulley pressure of first pulley. The hydraulic control means is configured to temporarily change the pilot pressure from set pressure to configure the line pressure identical to the second pulley pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Yasuyuki HASHIMOTO, Seiichiro TAKAHASHI, Tomoaki HONMA, Tomoaki KABE, Nobuhiko MORIFUJI, Nobuhide KATO, Hitoshi GOKA, Koichi SUGITA
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Publication number: 20160339918Abstract: There is provided with an automatic transmission (2) having a clutch (32) and a brake device (6) which holds a brake force during a stop of an engine (1). There is provided with an engine control section (11) which performs an automatic stop of the engine and a re-start of the engine and a release control section (14) which releases a holding of the brake force during the re-start of the engine. The release control section (14) releases the holding of the brake force when an engagement state of the clutch (32) is a predetermined state in case where an accelerator off state occurs until the engagement state of the clutch (32) becomes the predetermined state and releases the holding of the brake force when the engagement state of the clutch (32) is an engagement state weaker than the predetermined state, during a re-start of the engine (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Noritaka AOYAMA, Azusa SHIMODA, Yuki ONO, Tomoaki KABE
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Patent number: 9002601Abstract: In a shift control apparatus of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) configured to steplessly vary a torque, the control apparatus employs an acceleration intention determination section for determining the presence or absence of a driver's acceleration intention, a shift mode setting section for setting a shift-control mode from a normal mode to an acceleration mode in the presence of the driver's acceleration intention, a shift speed setting section for setting a shift speed based on a target transmission ratio and a vehicle speed, and a shift control section for controlling a shift of the CVT. Also provided is a shift speed correction section for correcting the shift speed for an initial downshift in the acceleration mode to a shift speed slower than the shift speed set by the shift speed setting section, only when a demanded degree of the driver's acceleration intention is small.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Jatco LtdInventors: Tomoaki Kabe, Nobuhiko Morifuji, Keisuke Ichikawa, Nobuhide Kato, Yuki Ono, Hiromu Ogino, Yukinobu Sakakibara, Hisao Nakanishi, Takahiro Nakata, Mitsuki Ishizuka
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Patent number: 8657720Abstract: A shift control apparatus for a continuously variable transmission includes: a target transmission gear ratio setting section configured to set a target transmission gear ratio with reference to a map based on an accelerator opening degree and a vehicle speed; a shift control section configured to control a shift of the continuously variable transmission based on the target transmission gear ratio; and a downshift restricting section configured to judge whether or not a restriction of the downshift is needed based on at least one of a variation amount of the accelerator opening degree and an accelerator depression speed, and to perform the restriction of the downshift when the downshift restricting section judges that the restriction of the downshift is needed, irrespective of a variation of the accelerator opening degree inputted to the target transmission gear ratio setting section.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Tomoaki Kabe, Nobuhiko Morifuji, Keisuke Ichikawa, Nobuhide Kato, Yuki Ono, Hiromu Ogino, Yukinobu Sakakibara, Hisao Nakanishi, Takahiro Nakata, Mitsuki Ishizuka
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Patent number: 8617029Abstract: A shift control apparatus for continuously variable transmission includes: a pseudo accelerator opening degree generating section configured to generate a pseudo accelerator opening degree larger than the actual accelerator opening degree when the actual accelerator opening degree is decreased when the judging section judges that the vehicle runs the uphill; the target transmission gear ratio setting section being configured to set the target transmission gear ratio by the pseudo accelerator opening degree when the pseudo accelerator opening degree is inputted, and the shift control section being configured to control the shift toward the target transmission gear ratio set based on the pseudo accelerator opening degree and the vehicle speed when the pseudo accelerator opening degree is generated, and to control the shift toward the target transmission gear ratio set based on the actual accelerator opening degree and the vehicle speed when the pseudo accelerator opening degree is not generated.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Jatco LtdInventors: Tomoaki Kabe, Nobuhiko Morifuji, Keisuke Ichikawa, Nobuhide Kato, Yuki Ono, Hiromu Ogino, Yukinobu Sakakibara, Hisao Nakanishi, Takahiro Nakata, Mitsuki Ishizuka
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Patent number: 6876918Abstract: An engine torque estimating apparatus is connected to an automatic transmission and an internal combustion engine. A control unit of the engine torque estimating apparatus is arranged to stop a fuel supply to the engine when a predetermined engine operating condition is satisfied, to estimate a torque generated by the engine using a first map which has defined the torque according to an engine speed and an intake air flow of the engine when the fuel supply to the engine is executed, and to estimate the torque using a second map which has defined the torque according to the engine speed when the fuel supply to the engine is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: JATCO LtdInventors: Tomoaki Kabe, Masahiro Hamano, Katsutoshi Usuki, Tetsuya Fujioka
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Publication number: 20040128049Abstract: An engine torque estimating apparatus is connected to an automatic transmission and an internal combustion engine. A control unit of the engine torque estimating apparatus is arranged to stop a fuel supply to the engine when a predetermined engine operating condition is satisfied, to estimate a torque generated by the engine using a first map which has defined the torque according to an engine speed and an intake air flow of the engine when the fuel supply to the engine is executed, and to estimate the torque using a second map which has defined the torque according to the engine speed when the fuel supply to the engine is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: JATCO LtdInventors: Tomoaki Kabe, Masahiro Hamano, Katsutoshi Usuki, Tetsuya Fujioka