Patents by Inventor Showichi Miyago

Showichi Miyago 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).

  • Traction control apparatus in which a driving force is increased when a stalling condition is detected
    Patent number: 5459661
    Abstract: A traction control apparatus provided in an automotive vehicle includes a determining part for determining a slip ratio of driving wheels of the vehicle, a drive torque control part for performing a traction control process in which a driving force of the driving wheels is controlled such that the driving force is lowered to a smaller value when the slip ratio determined by the determining part is greater than a reference value, a detecting part for detecting a stalling condition of the vehicle, and a changing part for changing the traction control process performed by the drive torque control part when a stalling condition is detected by the detecting part, so as to increase the driving force of the driving wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Yagi, Hirohito Nishikata, Showichi Miyago, Kiyoyuki Uchida