Patents by Inventor Tohru Mabuchi

Tohru Mabuchi 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).

  • Slave driving force-transmitting mechanism for vehicle
    Patent number: 5951401
    Abstract: Tripod joints, each of which includes revolvable rollers to be directly fitted to outer circumferential surfaces of spider shafts, are provided respectively at both ends of an input-side shaft to which slave driving force is transmitted. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a slave driving system from transmission of unnecessary torque, and obtain a slave driving force-transmitting mechanism which is compact and light in weight, having a structure simplified as compared with those of the conventional technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kanji Kita, Shigeo Kurita, Yasuhiro Kawashima, Tohru Mabuchi, Takeji Shino