Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Soga

Yoshinobu Soga 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: 20170350500
    Abstract: Ground wires are shared between a drive-side pulley solenoid valve and a driven-side pulley solenoid valve. Therefore, when a disconnection or short circuit occurs in the shared portion, a drive-side pulley and a driven-side pulley show substantially the same behavior. As a result, changes in the speed ratio ?cvt of a continuously variable transmission are suppressed and changes in vehicle behavior are also suppressed. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the degradation of drivability during the failure of the solenoid valves involved in power transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi INAGAKI, Yoshinobu SOGA, Shuji MORIYAMA, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Hiromitsu NITANI
  • Publication number: 20170268657
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission having a valve body disposed adjacently to and in parallel with a side cover covering a front or rear side or a side surface of a transmission case in a vehicle width direction in a vehicle-mounted state, the side cover connected to the transmission case, in which an electromagnetic valve is included on the side cover side of the valve body, when viewed in a direction horizontal and parallel to mating surfaces of the transmission case and the side cover, a strainer for removing a foreign material in a hydraulic oil is disposed between the side cover and the valve body to overlap with at least a portion of the electromagnetic valve, and the strainer has an inflow portion for allowing the hydraulic oil to flow in disposed vertically above an oil surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji MORIYAMA, Takafumi INAGAKI, Yoshinobu SOGA, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Hiromitsu NITANI, Yuji IWATSURU
  • Publication number: 20170146104
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission where the spool is locked at the first position and the switching pressure can regulate the belt holding force of the primary pulley or the secondary pulley without switching a position of the spool when the engagement pressure is supplied to the second working oil chamber, and the spool is not locked at the first position and the switching pressure can switch the spool to the second position against the urging member when the engagement pressure is not supplied to the second working oil chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Masafumi TAKASU, Yuta SERIGUCHI, Masashi TAKIZAWA, Takafumi INAGAKI, Yoshinobu SOGA, Syuji MORIYAMA, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Hiromitsu NITANI
  • Publication number: 20170146121
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device where the engagement pressure which is supplied from the first solenoid valve is supplied to the synchronization mechanism in the case where the signal pressure is not supplied to the switching valve, and the engagement pressure which is supplied from the first solenoid valve is supplied to the engagement element and the source pressure is supplied to the synchronization mechanism as the engagement pressure in the case where the signal pressure is supplied to the switching valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Masafumi TAKASU, Yuta SERIGUCHI, Masashi TAKIZAWA, Syuji MORIYAMA, Takafumi INAGAKI, Yoshinobu SOGA, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Hiromitsu NITANI
  • Publication number: 20170074263
    Abstract: A check valve provided makes it possible to operate a vane pump smoothly even at the start of the vane pump by maintaining an oil pressure in backpressure oil passages inside the vane pump while the vane pump is stopped. The check valve opens at the point in time when an oil pressure control device, to which a working fluid is supplied from the vane pump, has been filled with the working fluid and the oil pressure in discharge oil passages communicating with the oil pressure control device has risen and exceeded the oil pressure in the backpressure oil passages. Thus, the check valve is prevented from opening and closing repeatedly, so that the durability of the check valve is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Shuji MORIYAMA, Yoshinobu SOGA, Takafumi INAGAKI, Hiromitsu NITANI, Mitsuhiro TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170074262
    Abstract: A vehicle hydraulic device is provided with an electric motor-driven oil pump and a shuttle valve, so that a vane pump operates smoothly, even at the start, with a backpressure applied from the electric motor-driven oil pump to the vanes. Even when the oil pressure of a working fluid discharged from the vane pump exceeds the backpressure inside vane housing grooves, the working fluid flows from a vane pump discharge oil passage to a backpressure oil passage, so that the vanes are not pushed into the housing grooves. Thus, it is possible to reduce the fluctuations in discharge amount of the vane pump due to fluctuations in oil pressure of the vane pump discharge oil passage during operation of the vane pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Yoshinobu SOGA, Shuji MORIYAMA, Takafumi INAGAKI, Hiromitsu NITANI, Mitsuhiro TAKEDA, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Yoshimitsu HYODO
  • Publication number: 20170016530
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device has: a modulator valve using oil pressure from a hydraulic source for adjusting a modulator pressure; driving and driven-side hydraulic actuator control valves controlling hydraulic oil from the source to driving and driven-side hydraulic actuators; a driving-side control oil pressure adjusting electromagnetic valve using the modulator pressure for outputting a control oil pressure controlling the driving-side control valve; and a driven-side control oil pressure adjusting electromagnetic valve for outputting a control oil pressure controlling the driven-side control valve, the hydraulic control device including a failsafe valve switched from a normal to a failure position based on a failure disabling electric control for the driving-side and driven-side electromagnetic valves, the modulator valve making the modulator pressure lower than a value at the normal position based on an output switching pressure generated due to switching the failsafe valve from the normal to the failure p
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji MORIYAMA, Yoshinobu SOGA, Yoshihiro MIZUNO, Hiromitsu NITANI, Takafumi INAGAKI, Kenichi TSUCHIDA, Toshiaki HAYASHI, Yuta SERIGUCHI, Masafumi TAKASU, Yoichiro KIMURA, Masashi TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 8517871
    Abstract: In a vehicular belt-driven continuously variable transmission, belt squeezing force is inhibited from becoming excessive and a safety factor, with respect to belt slip, of belt squeezing force applied to a transmission belt (48) is reduced to a value that is less than or equal to 1.5 by reducing a pressure receiving area (SOUT) of an output side hydraulic cylinder (46c). As a result, a centrifugal hydraulic pressure canceller chamber on a secondary pulley side (46) can be eliminated thus simplifying the structure of the vehicular belt-driven continuously variable transmission, while belt squeezing force can be appropriately controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Yoshinobu Soga, Ryoji Habuchi, Hideki Yasue, Hirofumi Nakada
  • Patent number: 8393345
    Abstract: An oil pressure control device includes a plurality of solenoid valves, and a foreign matter discharge unit which carries out foreign matter discharge treatment for a treatment period composed of a first period T1 in which a current smaller than a predetermined value is supplied to one of the solenoid valves and a second period T2 in which a current equal to or larger than the predetermined value is supplied to the one of the solenoid valves, and makes timings for varying the current values different from one another so as to start supplying a current equal to or larger than the predetermined current value to another one of the solenoid valves at the beginning of the first period T1, and to start supplying a current smaller than the predetermined value to the another one of the solenoid valves at the beginning of the second period T2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushika Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Yoshinobu Soga
  • Patent number: 8191694
    Abstract: A lock-up control valve (550) selectively applies secondary pressure P (L/U) to the apply side hydraulic chamber of a torque converter (200) or to the release side hydraulic chamber thereof. The lock-up control valve (550) has a valve element (600), a first port (611), a second port (612), a third port (613), a fourth port (614), and a drain port (616). The valve element (600) has a first land (601) and a second land (602). The diameter of the second land (602) is larger than that of the first land (601).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Soga
  • Patent number: 8105191
    Abstract: The line hydraulic pressure setting portion sets the line hydraulic pressure PL, which is the base pressure for the required shift control pressure Pin and the required belt clamping pressure Pd, based on the higher of the required pressures Pin and Pd. At this time, if the continuously variable transmission is to be shifted up, the required Pin calculating portion calculates the required shift control pressure Pin based on one of the target speed ratio ?* and the actual speed ratio ? with which the required shift pressure Pv is calculated to be higher than with the other. As such, the required shift control pressure Pin is set to the minimum necessary level for shifting up the continuously variable transmission and the line hydraulic pressure PL is appropriately set to a level for obtaining the required shift control pressure Pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Toyoda, Hiroji Taniguchi, Yoshinobu Soga
  • Patent number: 8070650
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system of a vehicle power train having a belt-type continuously variable transmission, and a hydraulic lock-up clutch, includes: a line pressure control valve; first and second control valves; first, second and third electromagnetic valves; and a fail-safe valve. The fail-safe valve is switched to a fail position in which a line pressure is supplied to one of a drive pulley and a driven pulley when a rapid deceleration state is likely to occur in the belt-type continuously variable transmission, the fail-safe valve is switched to a normal position in which a hydraulic pressure output from the first control valve is supplied to the one of the drive pulley and the driven pulley during times other than the above, and the fail-safe valve is switched by a combination of a hydraulic pressure controlled by the second electromagnetic valve and a hydraulic pressure controlled by the third electromagnetic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Yoshinobu Soga
  • Patent number: 8066595
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for a vehicular drive system including a hydraulically operated belt-and-pulley type continuously variable transmission and a hydraulically operated frictional coupling device engaged for running of a vehicle, the hydraulic control system including: a first solenoid valve for regulating a belt-tensioning hydraulic pressure for tensioning a belt of the transmission, a second solenoid valve for regulating a transient coupling hydraulic pressure to be applied to the frictional coupling device in the process of an engaging action, a line-pressure regulating valve for regulating a line pressure used for hydraulically operated devices of the mechanism, and a hydraulic-circuit switching device operable to apply a control pressure of the second solenoid-operated valve to the line-pressure regulating valve after the frictional coupling device has been placed in a fully engaged state, and to apply a first control pressure of the first solenoid-operated valve to the line-pressure regulating va
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Yoshinobu Soga, Ryoji Habuchi
  • Patent number: 8038553
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an oil pressure control apparatus includes a belt-driven continuously variable transmission, a lockup clutch provided in a torque converter, a primary regulator valve that regulates a line oil pressure that becomes a source pressure of oil pressure of various parts, and a clamping oil pressure control valve that supplies a clamping oil pressure to a driven-side pulley of the belt-driven continuously variable transmission. Control of the primary regulator valve is performed with a control oil pressure of a linear solenoid valve that controls the clamping oil pressure control valve, and a control oil pressure of a linear solenoid valve that controls engagement/release of the lockup clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Soga
  • Patent number: 8012051
    Abstract: An oil pressure control apparatus includes a belt-driven continuously variable transmission, a primary regulator valve that regulates a line oil pressure that becomes a source pressure of oil pressure of various parts, and a gear oil pressure control valve that supplies gear oil pressure to a driving-side pulley of the belt-driven continuously variable transmission. A failsafe valve is provided between the gear oil pressure control valve and the driving-side pulley. When the gear oil pressure control valve or a linear solenoid valve that controls the gear oil pressure control valve fails, the failsafe valve is switched so as to supply the line oil pressure to the driving-side pulley, and other than during such the gear oil pressure control valve's failure or the electromagnetic valve's failure, the failsafe valve is switched so as to supply the gear oil pressure to the driving-side pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Soga
  • Patent number: 7951026
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an oil pressure control apparatus includes a belt-driven continuously variable transmission, a lockup clutch provided in a torque converter, a primary regulator valve that regulates a line oil pressure that becomes a source pressure of oil pressure of various parts, and a lockup control valve that performs switching when controlling engagement/release of the lockup clutch. Control of the primary regulator valve and control of the lockup control valve are performed with a single linear solenoid valve. In this case, control of the primary regulator valve and control of the lockup control valve are performed in different ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Soga, Ryoji Habuchi, Yusuke Ogata
  • Publication number: 20100101653
    Abstract: In an oil pressure control device equipped with a plurality of solenoid valves, and foreign matter discharge means, the foreign matter discharge means carries out the foreign matter discharge treatment for a treatment period composed of a first period T1 in which a current smaller than a predetermined value is supplied to one of the solenoid valves and a second period T2 in which a current equal to or larger than the predetermined value is supplied to the one of the solenoid valves, and the foreign matter discharge means makes timings for varying the current values different from one another so as to start supplying a current equal to or larger than the predetermined current value to another at the beginning of the first period T1, and start supplying a current smaller than the predetermined value to the another one at the beginning of the second period T2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Yoshinobu Soga
  • Patent number: 7669701
    Abstract: A first orifice is provided in a first fluid passage upstream of a cooler, and a second orifice is provided in a second fluid passage. The flowrates of hydraulic fluid flowing through the first and second fluid passages are regulated by the first and second orifices, respectively, and are thus suppressed from becoming excessive. Also, the downstream side of the second fluid passage is connected to the first fluid passage between the first orifice and the cooler, and a lubrication passage is connected to the first fluid passage downstream of the cooler. Accordingly, the lubrication passage is a single passage and the cooler and the lubrication passage are arranged in series so the cooler flowrate and the lubrication flowrate are the same. As a result, the flowrate of hydraulic fluid that flows out from a secondary regulator valve to the upstream side of an oil pump can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Ryuji Chida, Yoshinobu Soga
  • Publication number: 20100018822
    Abstract: A lock-up control valve (550) selectively applies secondary pressure P (L/U) to the apply side hydraulic chamber of a torque converter (200) or to the release side hydraulic chamber thereof. The lock-up control valve (550) has a valve element (600), a first port (611), a second port (612), a third port (613), a fourth port (614), and a drain port (616). The valve element (600) has a first land (601) and a second land (602). The diameter of the second land (602) is larger than that of the first land (601).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Soga
  • Patent number: 7621845
    Abstract: An oil pressure control circuit includes an oil pump for outputting an oil pressure from each of a first port and a second port, a lockup control valve for making a switchover between a state in which a secondary pressure is supplied to an engagement-side oil chamber of a torque converter and a state in which a secondary pressure is supplied to a release-side oil chamber of the torque converter, in accordance with an oil pressure supplied from a first solenoid valve, a garage shift control valve for maintaining a supply source of an oil pressure when an oil pressure is supplied from the first solenoid valve, and a port switchover valve for shutting off the first port of the oil pump from a line-pressure oil passage when an oil pressure is supplied from each of both the first solenoid valve and a second solenoid valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Soga