Patents by Inventor Mutsumi Fujisawa

Mutsumi Fujisawa 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: 5183132
    Abstract: A power transfer device having a center differential gear unit for use in a four-wheel drive vehicle of part time four-wheel drive type of the present invention comprises: an intermediate shaft which is rotatably provided around a rotary shaft, which rotary shaft is driven to transmit the driving power of an engine and connected with one of the output elements of the center differential gear unit, and which is detechably connected with the rotary shaft through the first clutch mechanism; and an output shaft which is rotatably provided around the intermediate shaft and detachably connected with the intermediate shaft through the second clutch mechanism having a synchro-mesh unit, wherein the transmission can be optionally changed over among the two-wheel drive state in which the center differential gear unit is locked, the four-wheel drive state in which the center differential gear unit is locked, and the four-wheel drive state in which the center differential gear is released, by moving the sleeve in the fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mutsumi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 5158259
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting a shift lever and a transfer lever, which has a shift-lever mounting portion provided at the center of the body of a manipulation-lever mounting device with the transfer lever selectively mountable on the right or left of the shift-lever mounting portion. The use of the present invention can assure the optimal lever arrangement in a right steering wheel vehicle or left steering wheel vehicle while using a single manipulation-lever mounting device, thus preventing the cost from increasing due to designing of a special mounting assembly otherwise required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mutsumi Fujisawa