Patents by Inventor Masao Shimamoto

Masao Shimamoto 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).

  • Power transmission device for an automobile
    Patent number: 4736652
    Abstract: A power transmission device for an automobile, which is provided with a belt variable transmission and a direct coupling gear and capable of transmitting a power from a drive source to a differential gear selectively through the belt drive by the belt variable transmission or the direct coupling drive by the direct coupling gear, a counter gear engageable with an output shaft being provided on a counter shaft having a drive gear for transmitting the power to the differential gear so that the direct coupling gear engages with the counter gear to allow the gears during the direct coupling drive to engage with each other at two stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Daihatsu Motor Company Limited
    Inventor: Masao Shimamoto