Patents by Inventor Yuuki Masui
Yuuki Masui 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: 11168741Abstract: A dog clutch for a vehicle includes gear-side meshing teeth provided on a shifting gear fitted so as to be rotatable relative to a shaft, and a dog ring disposed adjacent to the shifting gear in the axial direction of the shaft. The dog ring includes a first ring, a second ring, and springs interposed between the two rings. The first ring is provided with meshing teeth that can be meshed with the gear-side meshing teeth of the shifting gear. The second ring is provided with meshing teeth that can be meshed with the gear-side meshing teeth of the shifting gear. The springs are provided on the inner peripheral side of a circle that is centered on a rotational axis and that circumscribes a portion of the meshing teeth of the first ring and the second ring positioned on the outermost peripheral side.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukihiro Inaba, Akihiko Ichikawa, Tomoyasu Kurimoto, Takeshi Kamiya, Yuuki Masui, Isamu Shiotsu, Yasumitsu Osada
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Patent number: 10883547Abstract: A dog clutch includes a gear (40) mounted on a power transmission shaft (30), first and second dog rings (10, 20), a fork (60), springs (65), and cam grooves (31). The cam grooves (31) each include a first slope surface (36) inclined from the axial direction toward the positive rotation direction as the first slope surface (36) approaches the gear (40) and a second parallel surface (37) parallel to the axial direction. The first dog ring (10) includes first cam protrusions (16) to be engaged with the respective first slope surfaces (36), and the second dog ring (20) includes second cam protrusions (26) to be engaged with the respective second parallel surfaces (37). This structure prevents the dog rings and the fork from coming into contact with each other, thereby avoiding generation of abrasion and increasing the transmission efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Isamu Shiotsu, Shinichi Takeuchi, Akihiko Ichikawa, Junichi Muraoka, Tomohiro Yoshimura, Jun Yabuta, Yuuki Masui
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Publication number: 20200284302Abstract: A dog clutch for a vehicle includes gear-side meshing teeth provided on a shifting gear fitted so as to be rotatable relative to a shaft, and a dog ring disposed adjacent to the shifting gear in the axial direction of the shaft. The dog ring includes a first ring, a second ring, and springs interposed between the two rings. The first ring is provided with meshing teeth that can be meshed with the gear-side meshing teeth of the shifting gear. The second ring is provided with meshing teeth that can be meshed with the gear-side meshing teeth of the shifting gear. The springs are provided on the inner peripheral side of a circle that is centered on a rotational axis and that circumscribes a portion of the meshing teeth of the first ring and the second ring positioned on the outermost peripheral side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukihiro Inaba, Akihiko Ichikawa, Tomoyasu Kurimoto, Takeshi Kamiya, Yuuki Masui, Isamu Shiotsu, Yasumitsu Osada
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Publication number: 20190242442Abstract: A dog clutch includes a gear (40) mounted on a power transmission shaft (30), first and second dog rings (10, 20), a fork (60), springs (65), and cam grooves (31). The cam grooves (31) each include a first slope surface (36) inclined from the axial direction toward the positive rotation direction as the first slope surface (36) approaches the gear (40) and a second parallel surface (37) parallel to the axial direction. The first dog ring (10) includes first cam protrusions (16) to be engaged with the respective first slope surfaces (36), and the second dog ring (20) includes second cam protrusions (26) to be engaged with the respective second parallel surfaces (37). This structure prevents the dog rings and the fork from coming into contact with each other, thereby avoiding generation of abrasion and increasing the transmission efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, AISIN AI CO., LTD.Inventors: Isamu SHIOTSU, Shinichi TAKEUCHI, Akihiko ICHIKAWA, Junichi MURAOKA, Tomohiro YOSHIMURA, Jun YABUTA, Yuuki MASUI
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Publication number: 20190065132Abstract: Display device information on a display device connected to a content distribution device is managed, and summary information is generated and displayed in accordance with the display device information. In a case where the displayed summary information is selected, display devices corresponding to the selected summary information are extracted, and the content is distributed to the extracted display devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventor: YUUKI MASUI
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Publication number: 20170307079Abstract: A power transmission control apparatus for a vehicle c has a plurality of fork shafts coupled with “sleeves engageable with free-rotating gears”, including first and second fork shafts. When both the first and second fork shafts are in neutral positions, the first and second fork shafts are not coupled in the axial direction so that, while one fork shaft is maintained in its neutral position, the other fork shaft is movable by an actuator from its neutral position to its meshing position. When the one fork shaft is in its neutral position and the other fork shaft is in its meshing position, the first and second fork shafts are coupled in the axial direction so that, when the one fork shaft is moved from its neutral position to its meshing position by the actuator, the other fork shaft is simultaneously moved from its meshing position to its neutral position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuuki MASUI
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Patent number: 9518634Abstract: A manual transmission including an input shaft Ai to which power is input from an internal combustion engine E/G through a clutch UT and an output shaft Ao from which power is output to drive wheels. This transmission has a plurality of EV travel gear stages (different from the neutral) in which no power transmission system is established between the input shaft Ai and the output shaft Ao, and a plurality of E/G travel gear stages in which a power transmission system is established between the input shaft Ai and the output shaft Ao. This transmission has a connection changeover mechanism which establishes and breaks connection between the output shaft of the electric motor and the output shaft. When an EV travel gear stage is selected, a “connected state” is always realized. When an E/G travel gear stage is selected, a “disconnected state” is realized in some cases.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Aisin AI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuuki Masui
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Publication number: 20160010726Abstract: A power transmission mechanism transmits torque of the input shaft to the output shaft, and includes gear mechanisms corresponding to each of gear stages respectively. A control device controls the power transmission mechanism to realize one of a first control mode, a second control mode and a third control mode selectively. In the first control mode, a first gear stage is selected and the power transmission mechanism transmits torque via only a first gear mechanism. In the second control mode, a second gear stage is selected and the power transmission mechanism transmits torque via only a second gear mechanism. In the third control mode, at gear-shift from the first gear stage to the second gear stage, the power transmission mechanism circulates torque having a prescribed amount to the input shaft from the output shaft via the first gear mechanism while transmitting torque of the input shaft to the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuuki MASUI
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Publication number: 20140245861Abstract: A manual transmission including an input shaft Ai to which power is input from an internal combustion engine E/G through a clutch C/T and an output shaft Ao from which power is output to drive wheels. This transmission has a plurality of EV travel gear stages (different from the neutral) in which no power transmission system is established between the input shaft Ai and the output shaft Ao, and a plurality of HV travel gear stages in which a power transmission system is established between the input shaft Ai and the output shaft Ao. This transmission has a connection changeover mechanism which establishes and breaks connection between the output shaft of the electric motor and the output shaft. When an EV travel gear stage is selected, a “connected state” is always realized. When an HV travel gear stage is selected, a “disconnected state” is realized in some cases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuuki Masui
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Publication number: 20140208893Abstract: This manual transmission includes an input shaft Ai to which power is input from an internal combustion engine E/G through a clutch C/T, an output shaft Ao to which power is input from an electric motor M/G, and a plurality of EV travel gear stages (EV, EV-R) in which no power transmission system is established between the input shaft Ai and the output shaft Ao, and a plurality of HV travel gear stages (2-nd to 5-th) in which a power transmission system is established between the input shaft Ai and the output shaft Ao. On an H-type shift pattern, the shift completion position of the EV travel gear stage for forward travel (EV) is disposed at the forward end of the leftmost shift line, and the shift completion position of the EV travel gear stage for reverse travel (EV-R) is disposed at the rearward end of the rightmost shift line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTDInventors: Yuuki Masui, Shinya Osuka
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Publication number: 20140202282Abstract: The manual transmission of this apparatus includes an input shaft Ai to which power is input from an internal combustion engine E/G through a clutch CIT and an output shaft Ao to which power is input from an electric motor M/G. This transmission has a plurality of EV travel gear stages (EV, EV-R) (different from the neutral) in which no power transmission system is established between the input shaft Ai and the output shaft Ao, and a plurality of HV travel gear stages (2-nd to 5-th) in which a power transmission system is established between the input shaft Ai and the output shaft Ao. On an H-type shift pattern, the shift completion position of one EV travel gear stage for forward travel and the shift completion position of one EV travel gear stage for reverse travel are disposed at opposite ends of a common shift line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: AISIN AI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuki Masui, Shinya Osuka
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Publication number: 20120244986Abstract: A differential apparatus (11) according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a ring gear (2) into which torques are input from a power source in order to rotate it, a pinion shaft (3) engaging with the ring gear (2) in one of rotary directions of the ring gear (2) in order to rotate integrally with the ring gear (2), pinion gears (41, 42) being supported rotatably to the pinion shaft (3), side gears (51, 52) meshing with the pinion gears (41, 42), and a case (6) rotating integrally with the ring gear (2) and the pinion shaft (3), and accommodating the pinion gears (41, 42) and the side gears (51, 52) in an inner side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventor: Yuuki Masui