Patents by Inventor Takashi Sasakura

Takashi Sasakura 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: 7604567
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a transmission, including a group of gears made to mesh with synchronizing mechanisms for attaining a predetermined change of gear; an internal combustion engine controller stopping the internal combustion engine when receiving a first control stop signal; a transmission controller, controlling the synchronizing mechanisms via an actuator actuated by a power source driven by the internal combustion engine, when a shift lever is in a drive force cut-off position, the transmission controller releasing the meshing of the synchronizing mechanism when receiving a second control stop signal; and a control stop signal controller, transmitting the second control stop signal to the transmission controller when detecting that an ignition switch of the vehicle is switched off, and transmitting the first control stop signal to the internal combustion engine controller after the transmission controller has released the meshing of the synchronizing m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Sasakura, Takao Kimura, Junji Takekoshi, Yukari Takahashi, Kunishige Hayashi, Ryo Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20090088292
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle, includes: an internal combustion engine, equipped on the vehicle; a transmission, including a normally open wet clutch for transmitting or interrupting drive force from the internal combustion engine, and a group of gears which are made to mesh with synchronizing mechanisms for attaining a predetermined change of gear; a shift lever, which can select through a manual operation thereof a drive force cut-off position where transmission of drive force from the internal combustion engine to drive road wheels is cut off; an internal combustion engine controller, controlling the internal combustion engine, and stopping the internal combustion engine when receiving a first control stop signal; a transmission controller, controlling the clutch and the synchronizing mechanisms via an actuator which is actuated by a power source driven by the internal combustion engine, when the shift lever is in the drive force cut-off position, the transmission controller disengaging the clutch and m
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Takashi SASAKURA, Takao Kimura, Junji Takekoshi, Yukari Takahashi, Kunishige Hayashi, Ryo Ogasawara