Patents by Inventor Atsushi Mizuta

Atsushi Mizuta 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).

  • Patent number: 8326488
    Abstract: A height controlling apparatus for controlling at least one actual height as a relative position of (a) a body of a vehicle and (b) at least one wheel of the vehicle relative to each other, the apparatus including at least one height controlling actuator which changes the at least one actual height; and an actuator control device which controls the at least one height controlling actuator so that the at least one actual height approaches at least one target height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Onuma, Masaaki Tabata, Takenari Yamaguchi, Masaki Kanatani, Atsushi Mizuta, Hideki Ohashi, Koutaro Okimura
  • Patent number: 7761205
    Abstract: A height controlling apparatus for controlling at least one actual height as a relative position of (a) a body of a vehicle and (b) at least one wheel of the vehicle relative to each other, the apparatus including at least one height controlling actuator which changes the at least one actual height; and an actuator control device which controls the at least one height controlling actuator so that the at least one actual height approaches at least one target height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Onuma, Masaaki Tabata, Takenari Yamaguchi, Masaki Kanatani, Atsushi Mizuta, Hideki Ohashi, Koutaro Okimura
  • Publication number: 20100152970
    Abstract: A height controlling apparatus for controlling at least one actual height as a relative position of (a) a body of a vehicle and (b) at least one wheel of the vehicle relative to each other, the apparatus including at least one height controlling actuator which changes the at least one actual height; and an actuator control device which controls the at least one height controlling actuator so that the at least one actual height approaches at least one target height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Onuma, Masaaki Tabata, Takenari Yamaguchi, Masaki Kanatani, Atsushi Mizuta, Hideki Ohashi, Koutaro Okimura
  • Publication number: 20060186728
    Abstract: A suspension apparatus includes a fluid cylinder for a wheel of a vehicle; at least one of a first controller and a second controller; and a third controller. The fluid cylinder for the wheel of the vehicle is provided between a wheel-holding device that holds the wheel and the vehicle body. The first controller includes (a) an accumulator connected to the fluid cylinder; and (b) an electromagnetic control valve provided between the accumulator and the fluid cylinder. The second controller includes (a) a fluid source that includes a high-pressure source and a low-pressure source; and (b) an electromagnetic control valve, provided between the fluid source and the fluid cylinder, which controls the flow of fluid between the fluid cylinder and the fluid source. The third controller suppresses the pulsation of the fluid caused by operating the electromagnetic control valve included in at least one of the first controller and the second controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Mizuta, Hideki Ohashi, Kazuo Ogawa, Osamu Yasuike, Yukihide Kimura, Kazuyuki Mizuno, Masaki Nanahara, Tsuyoshi Yamasaki, Kotaro Okimura
  • Publication number: 20060142916
    Abstract: A height controlling apparatus for controlling at least one actual height as a relative position of (a) a body of a vehicle and (b) at least one wheel of the vehicle relative to each other, the apparatus including at least one height controlling actuator which changes the at least one actual height; and an actuator control device which controls the at least one height controlling actuator so that the at least one actual height approaches at least one target height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Onuma, Masaaki Tabata, Takenari Yamaguchi, Masaki Kanatani, Atsushi Mizuta, Hideki Ohashi, Koutaro Okimura
  • Patent number: 5170677
    Abstract: An elliptic gear having a constant velocity portion, wherein a pitch circle is a closed curve composed of: a constant velocity portion pitch curve, in which the radius from the center of rotation is a constant arc; and an inconstant velocity portion pitch curve, which is expressed by a formula of an ellipse in polar coordinates having its pole located at the center of rotation and which merges smoothly into the constant velocity portion pitch curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoto Yonekura, Takashi Yamamoto, Atsushi Umemura, Atsushi Mizuta