Patents by Inventor Toru MUROFUSHI

Toru MUROFUSHI 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).

  • Vehicle controller
    Patent number: 9170770
    Abstract: A vehicle controller has multiple vehicle control modes that have different output characteristics of a travel power source relative to an accelerator operation amount. The vehicle control modes include a poor road travel mode used during travel on a poor road, and a first normal travel mode and a second normal travel mode that are used during travel other than on a poor road. A rate of increase in an output of the travel power source relative to a predetermined accelerator operation amount during an initial stage of an accelerator operation is set to increase steadily in order of the poor road travel mode, the first normal travel mode, and the second normal travel mode. When the poor road travel mode is selected, a mode transition to the first normal travel mode is permitted but a mode transition to the second normal travel mode is prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Murofushi
  • VEHICLE CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20140121929
    Abstract: A vehicle controller has multiple vehicle control modes that have different output characteristics of a travel power source relative to an accelerator operation amount. The vehicle control modes include a poor road travel mode used during travel on a poor road, and a first normal travel mode and a second normal travel mode that are used during travel other than on a poor road. A rate of increase in an output of the travel power source relative to a predetermined accelerator operation amount during an initial stage of an accelerator operation is set to increase steadily in order of the poor road travel mode, the first normal travel mode, and the second normal travel mode. When the poor road travel mode is selected, a mode transition to the first normal travel mode is permitted but a mode transition to the second normal travel mode is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru MUROFUSHI