Patents by Inventor Yoshimitsu Hyodo
Yoshimitsu Hyodo 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: 10626985Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a second solenoid valve that is capable of supplying a resisting pressure that maintains the switching valve in the non-reverse state against the reverse range pressure, wherein the switching valve is maintained in the non-reverse state by supplying the resisting pressure from the second solenoid valve while a travel range is switched to at least a reverse range during forward travel.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuharu Asai, Makoto Sawada, Kyohei Suzumura, Mitsuhiro Fukao, Kenichi Tsuchida, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Toshiaki Hayashi, Fumiaki Aikawa, Yuta Seriguchi, Syuji Moriyama, Yoshinobu Soga, Hiromitsu Nitani
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Patent number: 10161507Abstract: In a non-forward range, the same gear position as a forward first gear position is established in a stepped transmission. A hydraulic controller includes a second linear solenoid valve and third linear solenoid valve that respectively supply hydraulic pressure to a second clutch and first brake, and a selector valve that is provided in an oil passage upstream of the second and third linear solenoid valves and that switches between a state where hydraulic pressure is supplied to the oil passage and a state where supply of hydraulic pressure is cut off. When the non-forward range is set or when a vehicle is moving backward, the selector valve cuts off supply of hydraulic pressure to the oil passage. Thus, when there is a failure in the second or third linear solenoid valve, it is possible to suitably establish a gear position wherein the vehicle is not allowed to move backward.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota Fujii, Koichi Okuda, Atsushi Tabata, Haruhisa Suzuki, Tooru Matsubara, Kazuyuki Noda, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kousuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 10125862Abstract: A hydraulic control device with a second oil passage check valve provided in the second oil passage between a connection portion with the first oil passage and the second solenoid valve, the second oil passage check valve being configured such that a hydraulic pressure is supplied in a direction from the second solenoid valve toward the first oil passage and a hydraulic pressure is not supplied in the opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Koji Makino, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
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Publication number: 20180313444Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a second solenoid valve that is capable of supplying a resisting pressure that maintains the switching valve in the non-reverse state against the reverse range pressure, wherein the switching valve is maintained in the non-reverse state by supplying the resisting pressure from the second solenoid valve while a travel range is switched to at least a reverse range during forward travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuharu ASAI, Makoto SAWADA, Kyohei SUZUMURA, Mitsuhiro FUKAO, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Fumiaki AIKAWA, Yuta SERIGUCHI, Syuji MORIYAMA, Yoshinobu SOGA, Hiromitsu NITANI
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Patent number: 10107389Abstract: A hydraulic control device including: a throttle valve; a pressure regulating valve; an on/off solenoid valve of a normally open type that allows communication therethrough when not energized; and a failure circuit that, when power supply to the linear solenoid valve and the on/off solenoid valve is cut off, supplies a certain hydraulic pressure based on switching off of the on/off solenoid valve to the control oil chamber of the pressure regulating valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Koji Makino, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
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Patent number: 10041509Abstract: A hydraulic device wherein an orifice is provided upstream of the discharge valve in an oil passage from the electric pump, a drain oil passage from the second hydraulic servo communicates between the orifice and the discharge valve in the oil passage from the electric pump, and an oil pressure in the oil passage upstream of the orifice is maintained at a predetermined pressure higher than the set pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Hirai, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Naoyuki Fukaya
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Patent number: 10024421Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device of a vehicle driving device, the hydraulic pressure control device includes a range switcher having a first signal solenoid valve capable of supplying a first signal pressure and a spool switchable between a first position reached via the first signal pressure and a second position reached via a biasing force of a biasing member.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Noda, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kousuke Tanaka, Aito Ide, Kota Fujii, Atsushi Tabata, Ryuji Ibaraki, Yuji Yasuda, Haruhisa Suzuki, Koichi Okuda
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Patent number: 9982773Abstract: A power transmission device that includes a transmission including a plurality of engagement elements for transmitting power from a motor to axles; a case to accommodate the transmission; a hydraulic control device to control hydraulic pressure to the engagement elements; a hydraulic oil reservoir that stores hydraulic oil; and a first pump that is operated by the power from the motor and that suctions the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil reservoir through a strainer and supplies the hydraulic oil to the hydraulic control device.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Tsuchida, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Yuhei Yoshioka, Nobuhiko Miyamoto, Mitsuhiro Hasama
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Patent number: 9964206Abstract: A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission, wherein when the first switching valve is switched to the first state while the second switching valve is in the third state, the reverse range pressure applied from the reverse range pressure input port of the second switching valve can be supplied from the first output port to the hydraulic servo for the first friction engagement element via the fourth output port of the second switching valve and the first input port of the first switching valve, and when a shift range is shifted from a neutral range to a reverse range, the second switching valve is in the fourth state, and the first switching valve is switched from the first state to the second state, so that the reverse range pressure applied to the reverse range pressure input port is cut off by the second switching valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Hirai, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Naoyuki Fukaya
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Patent number: 9958066Abstract: A range switching device for switching supply and non-supply of a source pressure based on a hydraulic pressure from a hydraulic pressure generating source to a parking device, the parking device being switched into a parking release state while the source pressure is supplied thereto and being switched into a parking state while the source pressure is not supplied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Ichikawa, Kazuki Kojima, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Koji Makino, Kenichi Tsuchida
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Patent number: 9879762Abstract: A jump shift of an automatic transmission with multiple shift speeds such as, e.g., ten forward speeds involves operation of many engagement elements. The shifting operation for the jump shift is therefore complicated, making it difficult for the automatic transmission to respond quickly. After shifting to the seventh speed as a direct coupling speed is completed by engaging three clutches C1, C3, C4, the remaining other clutch C2 is also engaged at the seventh speed. In the case of a jump shift, e.g., a shift from the seventh speed to the fifth speed, shifting to the fifth speed is completed by disengaging the clutch C1 and performing control to disengage the clutch C3 and to engage a brake B1 with the remaining other clutch C2 kept in the engaged state. This facilitates the shifting operation from the direct coupling speed and allows the automatic transmission to respond quickly.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Nobuyuki Hirai, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Terufumi Miyazaki, Youhei Habata, Yoshio Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9863531Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a second switching valve that is switchable between a third position in which the forward range pressure input from the first switching valve is output to the shift controller and the reverse range pressure is blocked when the second signal pressure is off and a fourth position in which the reverse range pressure input from the first switching valve is output to the shift controller and the forward range pressure is blocked when the second signal pressure is on.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Kazuki Kojima, Koji Makino, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
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Patent number: 9803745Abstract: In a sleeve, two input ports are formed as ports that receive a discharge pressure of an electromagnetic pump, and a drain port connected to a drain oil passage is formed on the same circumference as that on which the input port is formed, so as to have a smaller opening area than the input port and an output port connected to an oil passage. The axial length of the second land is set so that the input port can be closed by the second land when a signal pressure is equal to or higher than a set pressure, and that the input port and the drain port can be closed by the second land when the signal pressure is lower than the set pressure.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kutsubo, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Naoyuki Fukaya, Kazunori Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9777830Abstract: A power transmission device that is mounted on a vehicle and provided with a transmission having a plurality of engagement elements for transmitting power from a motor to an axle, a case that accommodates the transmission, and a hydraulic control device that controls hydraulic pressure to the plurality of engagement elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Tsuchida, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Yuhei Yoshioka, Nobuhiko Miyamoto, Mitsuhiro Hasama
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Publication number: 20170268661Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device of a vehicle driving device, the hydraulic pressure control device includes a range switcher having a first signal solenoid valve capable of supplying a first signal pressure and a spool switchable between a first position reached via the first signal pressure and a second position reached via a biasing force of a biasing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki NODA, Yoshimitsu HYODO, Kousuke TANAKA, Aito IDE, Kota FUJII, Atsushi TABATA, Ryuji IBARAKI, Yuji YASUDA, Haruhisa SUZUKI, Koichi OKUDA
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Patent number: 9765880Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a solenoid valve capable of supplying a first engagement pressure to the first engagement element; and a first cut valve that is interposed in an oil passage from the solenoid valve to the first engagement element and is capable of cutting off supply of a hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element, wherein only the first engagement pressure and a second engagement pressure serve as hydraulic pressures that act such that the first cut valve cuts off the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element, and the first cut valve is switched so as to cut off the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element when the first engagement pressure and the second engagement pressure are simultaneously supplied to the first engagement element and the second engagement element, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Maeda, Nobuyuki Hirai, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Hiroyuki Kutsubo
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Patent number: 9765882Abstract: The present invention provides a control unit. When the control unit performs shifting from a state in which a first shift speed is established by supplying engagement pressures to both hydraulic oil chambers and engaging a predetermined engagement element to a second shift speed by switching engagement and disengagement states of engagement elements other than the predetermined engagement element (Step S1), the control unit reduces the supply of the engagement pressure to one of the two hydraulic oil chambers to a level lower than that in the state in which the first shift speed is established (Step S3).Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Hirai, Yoshihiro Maeda, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida
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Patent number: 9759315Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a normally closed first solenoid valve, a first check valve, a failsafe valve, and a second check valve, wherein the first movable member of the first check valve is biased to cut off the communication between the first input port and the first drain port in case of the failure in which no current is applied to the first solenoid valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Ichikawa, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Koji Makino, Kenichi Tsuchida
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Patent number: 9759314Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus, wherein the first switching valve receives an input of one of the hydraulic pressure from the first electromagnetic valve device and the predetermined hydraulic pressure from the third switching valve, as a switching signal pressure, the first switching valve is switched from the first state to the second state in response to the input of the switching signal pressure, and the first switching valve is held in the second state, and the second switching valve receives an input of one of the hydraulic pressure from the first electromagnetic valve device and the predetermined hydraulic pressure from the third switching valve, as a holding pressure for holding the normal supply state.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi Tsuchida, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Yuhei Yoshioka, Nobuhiko Miyamoto, Yuichiro Kato, Toshihiko Kamiya, Akio Murasugi, Masakazu Owatari
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Patent number: 9726277Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a solenoid valve capable of supplying a first engagement pressure to the first engagement element; and a first cut valve that is interposed in an oil passage from the solenoid valve to the first engagement element and is capable of cutting off supply of a hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element, wherein only the first engagement pressure and a second engagement pressure serve as hydraulic pressures that act such that the first cut valve cuts off the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element, and the first cut valve is switched so as to cut off the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the first engagement element when the first engagement pressure and the second engagement pressure are simultaneously supplied to the first engagement element and the second engagement element, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Maeda, Nobuyuki Hirai, Masamichi Yamaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hyodo, Kenichi Tsuchida, Hiroyuki Kutsubo