Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Nada

Kazuaki Nada 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).

  • Traction control system for vehicles
    Patent number: 6141618
    Abstract: A traction control system for a vehicle determines a target value of engine output torque. The determined output torque is suitable for a specified target of quantitative slippage based on an effective output torque and quantitative slippage of the drive wheels. the engine is controlled so as to attain the target engine output torque, restraining an excess of driving force during an occurrence of excessive slippage of drive wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Yamashita, Kazuaki Nada, Hideharu Sato, Koji Hirai
  • Traction control system for a vehicle responsive to a position of an accelerator pedal
    Patent number: 5729455
    Abstract: In a traction control system for a vehicle provided with an engine having a supercharger, the traction control is terminated when the actual supercharging pressure is converged on a target supercharging pressure which is set according to the operating condition of the engine while the traction control by feedback control of the supercharging pressure is being effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Yamashita, Koji Hirai, Kazuaki Nada, Hideharu Satou
  • Traction control termination determining system
    Patent number: 5600560
    Abstract: In a traction control system for a vehicle provided with an engine having a supercharger, the traction control is terminated when the actual supercharging pressure is converged on a target supercharging pressure which is set according to the operating condition of the engine while the traction control by feedback control of the supercharging pressure is being effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Yamashita, Koji Hirai, Kazuaki Nada, Hideharu Satou