Patents by Inventor Noboru Yanagiuchi

Noboru Yanagiuchi 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).

  • Arrangement for governing vehicle engine speed responsive to actual running speed of the vehicle
    Patent number: 4637270
    Abstract: A governor device for a vehicle having a speed detecting device adapted for detecting the speed of the input shaft of a transmission which is adapted to conduct a shift between power transmitting stage and neutral stage. The input shaft of the transmission is connected to the engine through an automatic stepless speed changer. The speed detecting means may be, for example, a centrifugal governor device meshing with the input shaft of the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Yanagiuchi, Shigeo Adachi, Masatoshi Inoue, Hiroshi Takata, Toyoshi Matsuda
  • Drive clutch for the V-belt type automatic transmission
    Patent number: 4051739
    Abstract: An improved drive clutch device for a V-belt type automatic transmission having a stationary sheave fixed to a driving shaft and a movable sheave slidable along the driving shaft and opposed to said stationary sheave, in which a cam weight having a cam surface and acting as a centrifugal weight and a roller in engagement with the cam surface of said cam weight are pivotally supported on said driving shaft and on said movable sheave respectively and said movable sheave is caused to slide toward said stationary sheave by the centrifugal force caused by rotation of said cam weight to vary the pulley diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Assignee: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi Takagi, Noboru Yanagiuchi