Nissan Motor Company Limited

Jatco Corporation

Kazuhiro Miyachi

Shingo Suzuki

Yasuo Takagi

Shigeru Ishii

Kenichi Watanabe

Hironori Miyaishi

Tetsuya Izumi

Akito Suzuki

Kakuzou Kaneko

Kouichi Kotsuji

Taiichi Onoyama

Masumi Fujikawa

Takashi Kuwahara

Tomoyuki Mizuochi

Keisuke Iwado

Katsuyuki Saito

Ryuichi Arai

Takanobu Mouri

Ryuzo Noguchi

Seishi Shimamura

Akihiro Toyofuku

Satoshi Harui

Takuhiro Sugimoto

Kazutoshi Shimozono

Kiyoto Tamura

Yutaka Yoshikawa

Akihisa Kawai

An oil pump driving control device of a vehicle having a main oil pump () that is driven by a motor/generator () and produces a pump discharge oil to a first clutch (), a second clutch () and a belt-type continuously variable transmission () provided on a driving force transmission line. A hybrid control module () is provided in this FF hybrid vehicle. The hybrid control module () is configured to perform a control so that during vehicle stop, the lower an ATF oil temperature is, the more the pump driving energy to drive the main oil pump () is decreased. With this control, consumption energy during the vehicle stop can be reduced.

Vehicle oil pump driving control device

A drive force transmission device is provided with a motor shaft, a transmission input shaft, a drive side sprocket, a resolver rotor and a cylindrical resolver retainer. The motor shaft is configured to be connected to a motor rotor of a motor. The driving force transmission shaft is coaxially connected to the motor shaft. The oil pump sprocket is provided on the driving force transmission shaft for rotating an oil pump. The resolver rotor is disposed on the motor shaft adjacent the oil pump sprocket for detecting a rotational position of the motor. The cylindrical resolver retainer is coaxially disposed on the motor shaft to fix the resolver rotor to the motor shaft. The resolver retainer includes a stopper that forms an axial positioning surface for the resolver rotor by contacting an end portion of the motor shaft, and an axial position limiting surface of the oil pump sprocket.

Drive force transmission device

A drive power transmission device is provided that either disengages a first friction engagement element or a second friction engagement element when the other is engaged. The drive power transmission device detects the temperature of lubricating oil flowing in each friction engagement element using a temperature sensor. The drive power transmission device selectively disengages either a forward clutch or a reverse brake disengages when the other is engaged. The forward clutch and the reverse brake overlap axially, and are layered radially in an inner/outer arrangement. The temperature sensor is positioned at the periphery of the forward clutch and the reverse brake. A lubricating oil pathway is formed such that lubricating oil for cooling the forward clutch and the reverse brake passes through the forward clutch and the reverse brake in the radial direction from the inside of the forward clutch and the reverse brake to the temperature sensor.

Drive power transmission device

A drive force transmission device includes a clutch operatively interposed between a hub member and a drum member to selectively transmit drive power therebetween. A first rotating shaft member is coupled to the hub member to rotate with the hub member. A second rotating shaft member is coupled to a separating wall part of the drum member to rotate with the drum member. A support member rotatably supports the second rotating shaft member via a bearing. The support member includes a restriction part that restricts axial movement of an outer race of the bearing. A bottom portion of the separating wall part is a radially offset towards the bearing space with respect to a top portion of the separating wall so that the bottom portion radial overlaps with the restriction part as viewed perpendicular to a rotational axis of the drum member.

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Kazuhiro Miyachi