Patents by Inventor Chie Mitsuhashi

Chie Mitsuhashi 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).

  • Electrically-driven steering column apparatus
    Patent number: 7444900
    Abstract: An electrically-driven steering column apparatus includes a steering column rotatably holding a steering shaft and capable of adjusting a position of the steering wheel, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting to the steering column a rotational driving force of an electric motor as a position adjusting motion driving force, wherein the power transmission mechanism has a joint constructed of a spherical joint element and a cylindrical joint element in which the spherical joint element is slidably fitted, on within a driving force transmission route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Tomaru, Chie Mitsuhashi, Takeshi Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Shibuya
  • Electrically-driven steering column apparatus
    Publication number: 20070262576
    Abstract: An electrically-driven steering column apparatus includes a steering column rotatably holding a steering shaft and capable of adjusting a position of the steering wheel, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting to the steering column a rotational driving force of an electric motor as a position adjusting motion driving force, wherein the power transmission mechanism has a joint constructed of a spherical joint element and a cylindrical joint element in which the spherical joint element is slidably fitted, on within a driving force transmission route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Masaki Tomaru, Chie Mitsuhashi, Takeshi Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Shibuya