# US 9,435,423 B2 · Oil supply device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,435,423 B2 - Document ID: US9435423B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/775,326 - Filed: 2014-03-07 - Published: 2016-01-28 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-13 - Assignees: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. - Applicants: Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd. - Inventors: Shogo Miyamoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435423B2 ## CPC - F16H 57/0436: {Pumps} - B60R 17/02: Systems, e.g. central lubrication systems - F16H 57/0435: {Pressure control for supplying lubricant; Circuits or valves therefor} - F16H 57/0439: {using multiple pumps with different power sources or a single pump with different power sources, e.g. one and the same pump may selectively be driven by either the engine or an electric motor} - F16H 61/0028: {using a single pump driven by different power sources} - F16H: GEARING - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The present invention relates to an oil supply device for use in an automatic transmission mounted on a vehicle, and is applied to a vehicle in which an idle reduction control or the like is performed. The oil supply device includes an oil pump which is driven by a driving motor of a vehicle and a motor separate from the driving motor, and an engagement and disengagement element which transmits a driving force of the driving motor to the oil pump, and the oil pump is driven by the motor without using a drive system of the driving motor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An oil supply device, comprising: an oil pump which is driven by a driving motor of a vehicle and a motor separate from the driving motor; and a first clutch which transmits and interrupts a driving force of the driving motor to the oil pump, wherein the oil pump is selectively driven by one or both of the driving motor and the motor, the motor drives the oil pump without using a drive system of the driving motor, and the motor assists a driving force of the oil pump generated by the driving motor when the driving motor is rotated at a low speed, and wherein an OFF failure diagnosis of the first clutch is performed by confirming an oil pressure reaching a specific oil pressure in a state in which assist of the motor is not performed after the driving motor starts. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein the first clutch is a first one-way clutch. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The oil supply device according to claim 2, wherein the first one-way clutch engages the driving motor and the oil pump with each other when a rotating speed of a driving portion driven by the driving motor is higher than a rotating speed of the motor, and disengages the driving motor and the oil pump from each other when the rotating speed of the driving portion driven by the driving motor is lower than the rotating speed of the motor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein the first clutch is a mechanical clutch which is in an engagement state when the oil pump is driven by the driving motor, and is in a disengagement state when the oil pump is driven by the motor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The oil supply device according to claim 4, wherein the mechanical clutch includes any one of a friction clutch, a claw clutch, a single plate clutch, a centrifugal clutch, and an electromagnetic clutch. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The oil supply device according to claim 2, wherein when the oil pump is driven by the driving motor, the motor is operated so that a target rotating speed of the motor is equal to or more than a rotating speed of the driving motor, so as to assist driving force of the oil pump generated by the driving motor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein the motor assists the driving force of the oil pump generated by the driving motor, according to a driving condition of the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein when a driving load of the driving motor increases, the motor assists the driving force of the oil pump generated by the driving motor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, further comprising: a flow rate and oil pressure increase prediction device for predicting increases of a flow rate of oil and an oil pressure based on a control signal and a measured value of a sensor, wherein a drive state of the motor is controlled based on prediction with respect to the increases of the flow rate and the oil pressure. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The oil supply device according to claim 9, wherein the control signal includes at least one of a gear-change demand, a lubrication-cooling demand, a shift-down demand in a manual mode, and a state of a brake switch, and the measured value of the sensor includes at least one of an amount of variation in a throttle opening, a stepping force of a brake pedal, a brake oil pressure, and an amount of a brake stroke and/or a brake speed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, further comprising: a gear which decelerates a rotation of the motor and drives the oil pump. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, further comprising: a second clutch which transmits a driving force of the motor to the oil pump. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The oil supply device according to claim 12, wherein the second clutch is a second one-way clutch. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The oil supply device according to claim 13, wherein the second one-way clutch engages the motor and the oil pump with each other when a rotating speed of a driving portion driven by the driving motor is lower than a rotating speed of the motor, and disengages the motor and the oil pump from each other when the rotating speed of the driving portion driven by the driving motor is higher than the rotating speed of the motor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The oil supply device according to claim 12, wherein the second clutch is a mechanical clutch which is in a disengagement state when the oil pump is driven by the driving motor, and is in an engagement state when the oil pump is driven by the motor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The oil supply device according to claim 15, wherein the mechanical clutch includes any one of a friction clutch, a claw clutch, a single plate clutch, a centrifugal clutch, and an electromagnetic clutch. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The oil supply device according to claim 12, further comprising: a gear which decelerates a rotation of the motor and transmits the decelerated rotation to the second clutch. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein the motor assists the driving force of the oil pump generated by the driving motor in at least one of when the driving motor starts, when the driving motor is actuated, when the driving motor idles, and before the driving motor is stopped by coasting reduction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 7) The oil supply device according to claim 7, wherein the motor assists the driving force of the oil pump generated by the driving motor in at least one of a departure state, an acceleration state, and a normal state of the vehicle. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein generation is performed in at least one of when a vehicle normally travels and when a vehicle is decelerated, using co-rotation of the motor generated by driving the oil pump by the driving motor.