Patents by Inventor Hisami Kato

Hisami Kato 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: 4805929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spring-constant variable type stabilizer device for a vehicle, the device comprising a stabilizer provided between left and right wheels of the vehicle and a control cylinder arranged between the stabilizer and a lower arm, wherein spring constant of the stabilizer is variably adjusted by controlling the control cylinder. An oil port of an oil passage in communication with a reservoir chamber in a position assuming a neutral position of a piston stroke region is formed in a cylinder body of the control cylinder, a piston within the cylinder body is always biased from both directions thereof by means of a pair of springs, and a locked state of the control cylinder is promptly attained always in a complete neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kayaba Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Shibata, Toshio Suzuki, Takashi Fujii, Junichi Arai, Hisami Kato
  • Patent number: 4593931
    Abstract: This height adjustment system includes: a source of pressurized working fluid; several fluid pressure actuated wheel suspension units, each of which resiliently pushes a one of the wheels of the vehicle downwards with respect to the body thereof, according to the amount of pressurized working fluid supplied to it; a passage means for conducting supply of working fluid from the source to the wheel suspension units; several valve means, provided at intermediate points of the passage means, for controlling flow of working fluid therethrough; and a flow divider means which has an inlet and two outlets, one of the outlets being communicated to a first set of the wheel suspension units for a first set of the wheels of the vehicle and the other of the outlets being communicated to a second disjoint set of the wheel suspension units for a second disjoint set of the wheels of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Harunori Shiratori, Masaru Ishikawa, Hisami Kato