Patents by Inventor Toshiji Ilda

Toshiji Ilda 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: 20060094564
    Abstract: A lock-up clutch control device which controls a lock-up clutch (6) provided in a torque converter (5) interposed between an engine (3) and a transmission (4) used with a vehicle, is disclosed. The lock-up clutch control device has a differential pressure generating device (7,8), a vehicle speed sensor (13), a throttle valve opening sensor (14), an transmission input shaft rotation speed sensor (16), engine torque detection means (2), and a controller (1). The controller (1) determines, based on the detected vehicle speed (VSP) and the detected throttle valve opening (TVO), whether or not a control region of a torque converter is a converter region wherein control is performed to disengage the lock-up clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiji Ilda, Hiroshi Sekiya, Morimasa Yamawaki, Tatsuya Imamura, Koji Dohi, Kouji Saitou