Patents by Inventor Yonehiro Kakuta

Yonehiro Kakuta 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).

  • Cant angle sensor assembly
    Patent number: 4811492
    Abstract: A cant angle sensor assembly, includes a pendulum pivoted on a supporting system adapted to be mounted on an object whose cant angle is to be sensed, for swinging movement in a direction of tilt of the object, a movable electrode provided on the pendulum and having a first and a second movable electrode plate, and a first stationary electrode plate fixedly mounted on the supporting system in an opposed relation to one of the first and second movable electrode plates of the movable electrode at a predetermined gap, with an area of the first stationary electrode plate opposed to one of the first and second movable electrode plates being invariable despite vibration of the pendulum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yonehiro Kakuta, Kouichi Takigawa, Akio Noji, Shigeaki Kuwabara, Tadashi Shimada, Michihiro Iida
  • Cant angle sensor assembly
    Patent number: 4700479
    Abstract: The present invention is a cant angle sensor assembly which senses the amount of tilt of an object in the longitudinal, transverse and oblique directions and which effectively exhibits a damper action in all directions by a single magnetic damper means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kaoru Saito, Akio Noji, Yonehiro Kakuta, Koichi Takigawa