Patents by Inventor Sumitaka ITO

Sumitaka ITO 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).

  • Motor drive device
    Patent number: 11084371
    Abstract: A motor drive device includes: a trailing arm that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and includes a vehicle body-side attachment portion and wheel-side support portion, the vehicle body-side attachment portion formed on a forward portion side of the trailing arm and coupled to a vehicle body via a rubber bush, the wheel-side support portion formed on a rear side of the trailing arm and supporting a rear wheel; and a motor that is supported by the trailing arm and drives the rear wheel. The motor and the rubber bush are disposed in such a way that motor and the rubber bush are seen as being substantially aligned in a vehicle up-down direction when viewed in a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: SHOWA CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., F-TECH INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Fukasawa, Kenji Kato, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Yutaka Hozumi, Sumitaka Ito, Junichi Midorikawa, Masayuki Sasaki
  • MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200009959
    Abstract: A motor drive device includes: a trailing arm that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and includes a vehicle body-side attachment portion and wheel-side support portion, the vehicle body-side attachment portion formed on a forward portion side of the trailing arm and coupled to a vehicle body via a rubber bush, the wheel-side support portion formed on a rear side of the trailing arm and supporting a rear wheel; and a motor that is supported by the trailing arm and drives the rear wheel. The motor and the rubber bush are disposed in such a way that motor and the rubber bush are seen as being substantially aligned in a vehicle up-down direction when viewed in a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji FUKASAWA, Kenji KATO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Yutaka HOZUMI, Sumitaka ITO, Junichi MIDORIKAWA, Masayuki SASAKI