Patents by Inventor Heiji Minami

Heiji Minami 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: 9010212
    Abstract: An accelerator pedal operation error resolution device has a stepping force conversion pendant body which depends from a pendant pin of a support pillar which is anchored to a brake arm, supporting a first rising member with a fluctuation fulcrum pin and a second rising member with an acceleration fulcrum pin. The stepping force conversion pendant body movably supports a guide member, one end wherein makes contact with a chassis. A conversion metal fitting houses the pendant pin in the upper part thereof, and has, in the lower protrusion part, a pin and a lock metal fitting. The lock metal fitting and a notch part of the guide member are either engaged or disengaged. When the guide member and the lock metal fitting are engaged, the movement of the brake arm is restricted, and is allowed when these are disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Heiji Minami
  • Publication number: 20140109711
    Abstract: (Problem) To reliably allow braking control, allowing control only by stepping on an accelerator pedal. (Solution) An accelerator pedal operation error resolution device (1) has a stepping force conversion pendant body (15) which depends from a pendant pin (13) of a support pillar (14) which is anchored to a brake arm (4), supporting a first rising member (10) with a fluctuation fulcrum pin (6) and a second rising member (17) with an acceleration fulcrum pin (16). The stepping force conversion pendant body movably (15) movably supports a guide member (18), one end wherein makes contact with a chassis (19). A conversion metal fitting (20) houses the pendant pin (13) in the upper part thereof, and has, in the lower protrusion part (20c), a pin (15e) and a lock metal fitting (21). The lock metal fitting (21) and a notch part (18a) of the guide member (18) are either engaged or disengaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventor: Heiji Minami