Patents by Inventor Kimiaki Yamada

Kimiaki Yamada 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: 6834688
    Abstract: A fuel gas filling system for a vehicle having a supply section and a fuel lid, which includes an opening operation section to which an opening operation for the fuel lid is applied, an operation wire, which is provided between the opening operation section and the fuel lid, for making the fuel lid respond to the opening operation applied to the opening operation section, and a locking device having a movable element, a fixed element, a lock pin, and an actuator. The actuator is adapted to make the lock pin to be engaged with the fixed element and the movable element when the vehicle is not in a stationary state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Ono, Masahiro Kawazu, Masami Ogura, Hiroyuki Abe, Kimiaki Yamada, Ken Kumagai, Katsumi Saito, Masanori Hayashi, Masaru Shibasawa
  • Publication number: 20040094230
    Abstract: A fuel gas filling system for a vehicle having a supply section and a fuel lid, which includes an opening operation section to which an opening operation for the fuel lid is applied, an operation wire, which is provided between the opening operation section and the fuel lid, for making the fuel lid respond to the opening operation applied to the opening operation section, and a locking device having a movable element, a fixed element, a lock pin, and an actuator. The actuator is adapted to make the lock pin to be engaged with the fixed element and the movable element when the vehicle is not in a stationary state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Ono, Masahiro Kawazu, Masami Ogura, Hiroyuki Abe, Kimiaki Yamada, Ken Kumagai, Katsumi Saito, Masanori Hayashi, Masaru Shibasawa
  • Patent number: 6315692
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for that automatic transmission of a vehicle which is provided with speed-change solenoid valves for regulating the hydraulic oil pressures in the hydraulic engaging elements through speed-change control valves corresponding to the hydraulic engaging elements, cleaning work to remove foreign matter in the solenoid valves is performed by varying the opening degree of the speed-change solenoid valves during running of the vehicle without affecting the hydraulic oil pressures in the hydraulic engaging elements. At the time of a line pressure control mode in which the line pressure is reduced below a maximum set pressure, the opening degree of the speed-change solenoid valve is varied within a range in which there is outputted a signal pressure higher than a minimum signal pressure required to fully open a speed-change control valve which corresponds to the hydraulic engaging element of the then-established speed transmission train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tooru Takahashi, Tadahiro Suzuki, Kimiaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 6236929
    Abstract: An auto-cruise controller to control the throttle angle of an engine so that the actual vehicle speed is equal to the target vehicle speed. In the controller, the pressure control of a lock-up clutch of an automatic transmission is conducted based on an amount of control of the lock-up pressure calculated corresponding to the traveling conditions of the vehicle when the throttle is fully closed, and when the vehicle is descending a slope during the auto-cruise control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Sen, Akira Itoh, Kimiaki Yamada