Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO

Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO 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).

  • Patent number: 10421449
    Abstract: A controller is a control device for a vehicle including an engine, an automatic transmission, and an oil pump and executes a sailing stop control that stops the engine and brings the automatic transmission into a neutral state when a sailing stop condition is satisfied. The controller cancels the sailing stop control to start the engine when a road inclination becomes larger than a predetermined value during the sailing stop control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Yusuke Oota, Yoshimasa Nishihiro, Masayoshi Nakasaki, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190283755
    Abstract: A transmission controller increases a load applied on an engine when a start condition of a sailing-stop control is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Yusuke OOTA, Shintaro OHSHIO
  • Publication number: 20190225222
    Abstract: A transmission controller gives an engagement instruction to a forward clutch so that the forward clutch is engaged when a rotation speed of the engine becomes a target engine rotation speed set on the basis at least of a vehicle speed and a speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission after the engine is started, if a cancellation request for a sailing-stop control is made during execution of the sailing-stop control, and the continuously variable transmission is downshifted before the forward clutch is engaged, if the target engine rotation speed when the cancellation request for the sailing-stop control is made is less than a first predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Yusuke OOTA, Shintaro OHSHIO
  • Patent number: 10214214
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes control means for executing coasting control to disengage a friction engaging element and set a rotation speed of a rotary shaft of a drive source at zero when a predetermined condition is established, the predetermined condition including at least a condition according to which an accelerator pedal is not depressed. The control means starts the coasting control after predicting that an actual speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission will be modifiable to a target speed ratio of the coasting control during the coasting control, even in a case where the accelerator pedal is not depressed but the actual speed ratio has not yet reached the target speed ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakano, Yusuke Ota, Yoshimasa Nishihiro, Masayoshi Nakasaki, Yukifumi Ootsuka, Takuro Kawasumi, Shintaro Oshio
  • Publication number: 20190040947
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle is provided, which vehicle includes a driving source, and an automatic transmission having a torque converter provided downstream of the driving source in a power transmission path and having a lockup clutch, and an engaging element provided downstream of the torque converter in the power transmission path. The device includes a control unit which engages the engaging element in a state where the lockup clutch is engaged if an accelerator opening becomes not smaller than a predetermined opening during neutral running control in which the automatic transmission is brought into a power shut-off state during running of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Yusuke OOTA, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190031171
    Abstract: A sailing stop control method for a vehicle including a transmission and a friction engaging element in series between an engine and drive wheels includes performing a sailing stop control to coast by shutting off power transmission by the friction engaging element, stopping the engine based on satisfaction of a sailing enter condition, restarting the engine upon satisfaction of a sailing exit condition during coasting by the sailing stop control, executing a shift control to set a target speed ratio of the transmission to a highest speed ratio smaller than a coasting speed ratio in normal time and satisfying engine exhaust performance after the restart of the engine if the sailing exit condition is a brake pedal depressing operation, and re-engaging the friction engaging element, if input and output revolution speeds of the friction engaging element are determined to be a synchronous revolution speed after end of the shift control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Tadashi Iwamoto, Masayoshi Nakasaki, Yoshimasa Nishihiro, Yukifumi Ootsuka
  • Publication number: 20190032773
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle is provided, which vehicle includes a driving source, a driven machine driven by the driving source, and an automatic transmission having a torque converter provided downstream of the driving source in a power transmission path and having a lockup clutch, and an engaging element provided downstream of the torque converter in the power transmission path. The device includes a control unit adapted to engage the engaging element in a state where the lockup clutch is engaged if a brake pedal is stepped on during neutral running control in which the automatic transmission is brought into a power shut-off state during running of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Yusuke OOTA, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190024793
    Abstract: A control device of controlling a vehicle that includes an automatic transmission is provided with a control unit. The automatic transmission includes a power transmission mechanism with an engaging element, and a variator connected in series to the power transmission mechanism. The control unit of this device completes engagement of the engaging element after downshifting of the variator is completed when at least an accelerator pedal opening becomes not smaller than a predetermined opening, during neutral running control which brings the power transmission mechanism into a power shut-off state during running of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke OOTA, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO
  • Publication number: 20180304894
    Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle includes a drive source and an automatic transmission connected to the drive source and including a variator. The vehicle control device includes: a first control unit configured to execute a during-travel drive source stop control for stopping the drive source and shifting the automatic transmission in a neutral state if a during-travel drive source stop condition is satisfied; and a second control unit configured to execute a during-travel drive source stop release control for shifting the automatic transmission in a power transmission state via a rotation synchronization control in the automatic transmission set in the neutral state if a during-travel drive source stop release condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Masayoshi NAKASAKI, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Yusuke OOTA, Shintaro OHSHIO
  • Publication number: 20180283548
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle controlling the vehicle including a driving source and an automatic transmission coupled to the driving source and includes a power transmission mechanism including a forward engaging element. The control device for the vehicle includes a first control unit configured to execute a driving-source-stop-while-traveling control that stops the driving source and brings the automatic transmission into a neutral state when a driving-source-stop-while-traveling condition for stopping the driving source while traveling is satisfied and a second control unit configured to engage the forward engaging element on the basis of input and output rotation speeds of the power transmission mechanism after a driving-source-stop-while-traveling cancellation condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Masayoshi NAKASAKI, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Yusuke OOTA, Shintaro OHSHIO
  • Publication number: 20180244256
    Abstract: A controller is a control device for a vehicle including an engine, an automatic transmission, and an oil pump and executes a sailing stop control that stops the engine and brings the automatic transmission into a neutral state when a sailing stop condition is satisfied. The controller cancels the sailing stop control to start the engine when a road inclination becomes larger than a predetermined value during the sailing stop control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Yusuke OOTA, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Masayoshi NAKASAKI, Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180245685
    Abstract: A vehicle sailing stop control method is provided for a vehicle including a friction engagement element disposed between a traveling drive source and drive wheels, a torque converter disposed between the friction engagement element and the traveling drive source, and including a lock-up clutch for which a power transmission amount is controlled based on hydraulic pressure, and a hydraulic pressure source that can supply the hydraulic pressure while the traveling drive source is stopped. The vehicle sailing stop control method includes: performing sailing stop control so that coasting is performed by cutting off power transmission of the friction engagement element and stopping the traveling drive source upon a sailing stop travel condition being established; and, during coasting by the sailing stop control, placing the lock-up clutch in a power transmission state in which the hydraulic pressure is applied to the lock-up clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Takuro KAWASUMI, Masayoshi NAKASAKI, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Yukifumi OOTSUKA, Yusuke OTA, Yusuke NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180244272
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is for a vehicle having a drive source, and an automatic transmission connected to the drive source, the automatic transmission having an engagement element for disconnecting/connecting transmission of a driving force and a variator placed further upstream than the engagement element. The vehicle control device includes first and second control units. The first control unit is configured to execute sailing stop control to stop the drive source and to put the automatic transmission into a neutral state when a sailing stop condition is established. The second control unit is configured to start the drive source and to implement downshifting of the variator when a size of a deceleration level is a prescribed value or greater when the sailing stop control is cancelled due to a prescribed sailing stop cancellation condition among sailing stop cancellation conditions being established, and to engage the engagement element after the downshifting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Yukifumi OOTSUKA, Masayoshi NAKASAKI, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO
  • Publication number: 20180244273
    Abstract: Variator (20) and forward clutch (Fwd/C) disposed in series are provided between engine (1) having starter motor (15) and driving wheel (7). Sailing stop control that, on the basis of satisfaction of sailing entering condition, interrupts power transmission by frictional engagement element (Fwd/C), stops engine (1) and performs coast-travel is performed. When sailing entering condition is satisfied, coast-travel is started with rotation stop timing of variator (20) being delayed with respect to rotation stop timing of engine (1). When accelerator pedal depression operation intervenes after start of coast-travel, engine (1) is restarted by starter motor (15). When judged that input and output rotation speeds of frictional engagement element (Fwd/C) become synchronization rotation speed after restart of engine (1), frictional engagement element (Fwd/C) is reengaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Tadashi IWAMOTO, Akira TAKANO, Masayoshi NAKASAKI, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Yukifumi OOTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20180037229
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes control means for executing coasting control to disengage a friction engaging element and set a rotation speed of a rotary shaft of a drive source at zero when a predetermined condition is established, the predetermined condition including at least a condition according to which an accelerator pedal is not depressed. The control means starts the coasting control after predicting that an actual speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission will be modifiable to a target speed ratio of the coasting control during the coasting control, even in a case where the accelerator pedal is not depressed but the actual speed ratio has not yet reached the target speed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: JATCO LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKANO, Yusuke OTA, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Masayoshi NAKASAKI, Yukifumi OOTSUKA, Takuro KAWASUMI, Shintaro OSHIO
  • Publication number: 20180037231
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes control means for executing coasting control, in which a friction engaging element is disengaged and a rotation speed of a rotary shaft of a drive source is set at zero, when a shift range corresponds to a travel range and a coasting condition is established, and the control means executes the coasting control when the shift range is modified to a neutral range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: JATCO LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKANO, Yusuke OTA, Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Masayoshi NAKASAKI, Yukifumi OOTSUKA, Takuro KAWASUMI, Shintaro OSHIO