Patents Assigned to Koyo Jidoki Company Limited
  • Patent number: 5148752
    Abstract: A rotatable vehicle turn-table device for use in connection with a multi-story parking garage includes a turn-table, a circular frame and four sets of wheel fixing rollers therein which are spatially positioned to receive the wheels of a car. On opposite sides of the rollers and parallel therewith are four guard plates (inward of the rollers) and four movable side plates (outward of the rollers). Contact sensors are on the guard plates and are electrically connected to a power source. The power source can move the rollers and side plates to adjust the position of the wheels of a car on the turn-table. The wheels of the car can be moved quickly and firmly against the plates. The turn-table can be easily used by even novice drivers and can quickly and safely hold and move cars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Koyo Jidoki Company Limited
    Inventor: Kyoichi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 5012745
    Abstract: A vehicle turn-table (10) comprises a detector (60), which has a device for calculating the position of a vehicle to be driven accurately onto a table (30), and a turning table (30) which turns in response to the calculating device of the detector. A pair of movable belts (40, 41) are provided on the table to lead the front (A, A') and the rear wheels (B, B') of the vehicle to the table, and if, when the front wheels of the vehicle are on the detector, the vehicle is out of position, the calculating device calculates a center point of the vehicle, and then computes the turning direction and range of the table from the center point. The table (30) is then caused to rotate until the wheels of the vehicle and the belts are in alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Koyo Jidoki Company Limited
    Inventor: Kyoichi Yamashita