Patents by Inventor Shinichi Matani

Shinichi Matani 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).

  • Shift control system for continuously variable transmission
    Patent number: 6450917
    Abstract: A speed change control system for a continuously variable transmission, for controlling a gear ratio by deciding an abrupt acceleration demand of a driver, to effect an abrupt speed change when it is decided that the driver demands an abrupt acceleration. The speed change control system comprises: a drive state decider for deciding that the vehicle has changed from a driven state to a drive state, when said abrupt acceleration is demanded at the driven state; and a speed change controller for controlling said continuously variable transmission to effect said abrupt speed change, after said drive state decider decides that the vehicle has changed from the driven state to the drive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroji Taniguchi, Katsumi Kono, Kenji Matsuo, Hideki Yasue, Tadashi Tamura, Daisuke Inoue, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Hiroki Kondo, Isao Takagi, Zenichiro Mashiki, Hirofumi Kubota, Hiroya Tanaka, Shinichi Matani