Patents by Inventor Tamotsu Miyoshi

Tamotsu Miyoshi 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).

  • Vehicular automatic transmission shift device
    Patent number: 5768944
    Abstract: A shift device includes a shift lever with an operating knob provided on the top thereof, a gate plate that defines shift patterns for an automatic shift mode and a manual shift mode, and a first rotational center shaft and a second rotational center shaft for allowing the shift lever to be rotated in a front-to-rear direction and in a right-to-left direction, respectively, in accordance with the shift pattern of the gate plate. The gate plate is disposed apart from the knob of the shift lever, with the rotational center shafts passing between the gate plate and the knob. The length of the shift lever can be reduced so as to achieve a short stroke and a large shift lever pivot angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Inuzuka, Masashi Hattori, Tsutae Takeda, Akihiro Seki, Junichi Kurosaki, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Tamotsu Miyoshi