Patents by Inventor Masamitsu Sakai

Masamitsu Sakai 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: 4890683
    Abstract: A power steering apparatus in which a housing to contain a torque sensor for sensing seering torque, a small-sized motor for assisting steering, and a driving device for transmitting driving force of the motor to the steering shaft is made small-sized and disposed on the middle part of the steering shaft in the cab of the car, and, further, pressure angles of rack teeth engaging with a pinion shaft connected to the steering shaft reduce with the advance from the center of the toothed part of the rack to the end thereof so that steering assisting power is increased with the increase in the degree of steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinobu Matsuda, Masamitsu Sakai