Patents by Inventor Shigeki Tashiro

Shigeki Tashiro 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).

  • Power steering system
    Patent number: 7828111
    Abstract: A power steering system, which is disposed in the forward part of a vehicle, allows an electric motor to boost the steering torque applied by a driver, and transmits the steering torque to wheels via a steering transmission mechanism. The power steering system includes an impact detection device that detects the impact of an object on a rack housing that houses a rack bar constituting the steering transmission mechanism to detect the impact on the power steering system more accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaharu Yamashita, Masaki Fujimoto, Takatoshi Saito, Shigeki Tashiro
  • Power Steering System
    Publication number: 20080271942
    Abstract: A power steering system, which is disposed in the forward part of a vehicle, allows an electric motor to boost the steering torque applied by a driver, and transmits the steering torque to wheels via a steering transmission mechanism. The power steering system includes an impact detection device that detects the impact of an object on a rack housing that houses a rack bar constituting the steering transmission mechanism to detect the impact on the power steering system more accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaharu Yamashita, Masaki Fujimoto, Takatoshi Saito, Shigeki Tashiro