Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Morishita

Akiyoshi Morishita 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).

  • Continuously variable transmission
    Patent number: 5050457
    Abstract: In the V belt type continuously variable transmission, after the output power from the prime mover has been transmitted to the input pulley shaft, two paths are operable to transmit the output power from the input pulley shaft to the output pulley shaft, two paths which are a main power transmitting path through a V belt engaged between the input pulley and the output pulley and a sub power transmitting path through the 2-way differential clutch. The drive ratio of the sub power transmitting path is set in a slightly smaller value than the maximum drive ratio of the main power transmitting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Aichi Kikai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsunao Takayama, Tsutomu Yasue, Akiyoshi Morishita, Kozo Yamauchi