Patents by Inventor Kouzi Kobayashi

Kouzi Kobayashi 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).

  • Hydraulic circuit system for automatic transmission
    Patent number: 4385531
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit system in the automatic transmission has a hydraulic line or passage through which a hydraulic fluid delivered from a hydraulic power source or a hydraulic fluid output provided by a regulator valve is directly supplied to a torque converter, so that the overheat that may otherwise occur in the hydraulic fluid within the torque converter during the low engine output can effectively be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: Aisin-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouzi Kobayashi, Keizo Kobayashi
  • Control apparatus for torque converter direct coupling clutch in automatic transmissions
    Patent number: 4367812
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a torque converter direct coupling clutch in an automatic transmission of a type which permits the shift pattern selectively to be switched over between the three forward speed shift ranges and four forward speed shift ranges according to the desire of a car driver, wherein the improved control apparatus controls the torque converter direct coupling clutch so as to be engaged at the highest speed gear ratio (shift range) in each shift pattern gear ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: Aisin-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouzi Kobayashi, Keizo Kobayashi