Patents by Inventor Shigetaka Akabori

Shigetaka Akabori 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: 5003482
    Abstract: An automotive constant speed cruise control system for a vehicle includes a controller for automatic speed change for automatically changing over a speed stage in a transmission in accordance with the relationship between a throttle valve opening degree and a car speed; a controller for constant speed traveling having a constant speed traveling control function for operating a car at a target car speed by controlling, based on a duty ratio, the throttle valve opening degree according to the actual car speed and a transmission limiting function for sending out a signal for prohibiting selection of the maximum speed stage in the transmission to the controller for automatic speed change for a specified time when the car speed lowers, and a transmission limiting function capable of being externally started by inputting a speed change signal representing that the transmission has been shifted down from a maximum speed to the controller for constant speed traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuo Teratani, Takeshi Tachibana, Shigetaka Akabori, Masumi Nagasaka, Hiroaki Tabuchi, Junji Takahashi, Akira Miyazaki, Masaki Hitotsuya, Minoru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4984166
    Abstract: An automotive constant speed cruise control system for a vehicle comprises a controller for automatic speed change for changing over automatically speed stage in a transmission by a relation between a throttle valve opening degree and a car speed, a controller for constant speed traveling having a constant speed traveling control function for cruising a car at a target car speed by controlling based on a duty ratio the throttle valve opening degree according to a traveling car speed and a transmission limiting function for sending out a signal for prohibiting selection of maximum speed stage in the transmission to the controller for automatic speed change for a specified time when the car speed lowers, and the transmission limiting function capable of being started from outside by inputting a speed change signal representing that the transmission is shifted down from a maximum speed to the controller for constant speed traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuo Teratani, Takeshi Tachibana, Shigetaka Akabori, Masumi Nagasaka, Hiroaki Tabuchi, Junji Takahashi, Akira Miyazaki, Masaki Hitotsuya, Minoru Takahashi