Patents by Inventor Tatuo Katunuma

Tatuo Katunuma 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: 4259809
    Abstract: A rotating unit having a rotating wheel on the internal circumference of which a gear is formed, a drive motor to the rotating shaft of which a pinion gear is fixed, an intermediate gear in mesh with the gear of the rotating wheel and the pinion gear of the drive motor, and characterized in that the reduction gear mechanism is simplified by causing the drive motor to drive the rotating wheel via the intermediate gear with the consequence that the volume and weight of the rotating unit is reduced, and that the rotating shafts of the rotating wheel and the drive motor are adapted to be in alignment with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Mabuchi, Tatuo Katunuma
  • Patent number: 4197672
    Abstract: A model racing car having front wheels, rear wheels, drive motors and a radio control receiver and of the front drive type that is adapted to control a large steering angle of the front wheels by means of the output of the radio control receiver, wherein a plurality of the drive motors with reduction gear devices, mounted on each of the front wheels for driving the front wheels independently are caused to rotate in an interlocking fashion as a block by the output of the radio control receiver, whereby the steering angle of the front wheels is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Mabuchi, Tatuo Katunuma