Patents by Inventor Kiyonari Kato

Kiyonari 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).

  • Failure diagnosis system, and vehicle-mounted ECU for use in the failure diagnosis system
    Patent number: 7865281
    Abstract: A failure diagnosis system that erases diagnostic information applied to a vehicle that includes an ECU for that stores a vehicle identification number (VIN) and diagnostic information (hereinafter, referred to as “VIN storage ECU”), and an ECU that does not store the vehicle identification number but stores the diagnostic information (hereinafter, referred to as “other ECU”) is characterized by being constructed so as to erase the diagnostic information stored in the VIN storage ECU and also erase the diagnostic information stored in the other ECU in connection with the writing of the vehicle identification number stored in the VIN storage ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Iwai, Kiyonari Kato
  • FAILURE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED ECU FOR USE IN THE FAILURE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090287370
    Abstract: A failure diagnosis system that erases diagnostic information applied to a vehicle that includes an ECU for that stores a vehicle identification number (VIN) and diagnostic information (hereinafter, referred to as “VIN storage ECU”), and an ECU that does not store the vehicle identification number but stores the diagnostic information (hereinafter, referred to as “other ECU”) is characterized by being constructed so as to erase the diagnostic information stored in the VIN storage ECU and also erase the diagnostic information stored in the other ECU in connection with the writing of the vehicle identification number stored in the VIN storage ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Iwai, Kiyonari Kato