Patents by Inventor Ryuji Honma

Ryuji Honma 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).

  • Operating device for manual transmission apparatus
    Patent number: 8342053
    Abstract: An operating device for a manual transmission apparatus includes: a plurality of operation shafts, supported at a housing to move in an axial direction thereof and selectively engaging one of a plurality of shift gear sets by one of the plurality of the operation shafts being moved in the axial direction thereof; a shift-and-select shaft, supported at the housing, selecting one of the plurality of the operation shafts by rotating in a circumferential direction of the shift-and-select shaft and moving the selected operation shaft in the axial direction of the selected operation shaft by moving in the axial direction of the shift-and-select shaft; an operating portion for manually operating the shift-and-select shaft; and an inertia unit, including an engagement portion, which is engageable with the shift-and-select shaft, pivotably supported at the housing, and pivoting in response to a movement of the shift-and-select shaft in the axial direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin AI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Matsushita, Kazuo Yoshida, Ryuji Honma, Yoshinori Nishi
  • OPERATING DEVICE FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090301250
    Abstract: An operating device for a manual transmission apparatus includes: a plurality of operation shafts, supported at a housing to move in an axial direction thereof and selectively engaging one of a plurality of shift gear sets by one of the plurality of the operation shafts being moved in the axial direction thereof; a shift-and-select shaft, supported at the housing, selecting one of the plurality of the operation shafts by rotating in a circumferential direction of the shift-and-select shaft and moving the selected operation shaft in the axial direction of the selected operation shaft by moving in the axial direction of the shift-and-select shaft; an operating portion for manually operating the shift-and-select shaft; and an inertia unit, including an engagement portion, which is engageable with the shift-and-select shaft, pivotably supported at the housing, and pivoting in response to a movement of the shift-and-select shaft in the axial direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ryuichi Matsushita, Kazuo Yoshida, Ryuji Honma, Yoshinori Nishi