Patents by Inventor Susumu Sukeda

Susumu Sukeda 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).

  • Power steering torsion bar biased to return to neutral
    Patent number: 5478059
    Abstract: A torsion bar device includes a torsion bar having a torsional portion, an upper connecting portion associated with an input shaft, and a lower connecting portion associated with an output shaft; a first cylinder for encompassing the torsional portion, one end of the first cylinder being connected to one of the upper and lower connecting portions, and the other end of the first cylinder extending in the longitudinal direction of the torsion bar to the other connecting portion of the torsion bar; a second cylinder for encompassing and being connected to the other one of the upper and lower connecting portions of the torsion bar; a first supporting member for supporting the torsion bar at the other end of the first cylinder in a circumferential direction of the torsion bar; a second supporting member for supporting the torsion bar in the circumferential direction at a portion of the second cylinder where the second supporting member is aligned with the first supporting member; and an elastic member for elastica
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Toyoshi, Morihiro Matsuda, Tomio Okamoto, Tsuguhiro Fujita, Susumu Sukeda