Patents by Inventor Kinji Shono

Kinji Shono 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: 4215593
    Abstract: The invention concerns a transfer case having an input shaft and two output shafts. The transfer case comprises a planetary gear set operatively connected between the input shaft and the two output shafts. With a manipulation of a single shift lever operatively connected to a slide member, the transfer case can be shifted into one of the following three conditions, first condition in which input rotation speed on the input shaft is transmitted to both output shafts at a reduced rotation speed without any differential action between these output shafts; second condition in which the same rotation speed as that on the input shaft is transmitted to both output shafts without any differential action; and third condition in which the same rotation speed as that on the input shaft is transmitted to both output shafts with a differential action between the output shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kinji Shono, Kunihiko Suzuki