Patents by Inventor Yoshiko Mineta

Yoshiko Mineta 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).

  • Continuously variable transmission
    Patent number: 8506433
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission configured to transmit a rotational driving force of one pulley to another pulley by a driving-force transmitting means wound between the two pulleys, wherein each of the two pulleys is configured to vary a groove width thereof, the continuously variable transmission including: an engagement-receiving portion provided to the driving-force transmitting means, in a side of the driving-force transmitting means on which the driving-force transmitting means is wound on the pulleys; and a movable engaging portion provided to a shaft portion of at least one of the two pulleys, wherein the movable engaging portion is movable in a radial direction of the shaft portion to protrude from and escape into the shaft portion, wherein the movable engaging portion is configured to protrude from the shaft portion so as to engage with the engagement-receiving portion at least one of when a pulley-ratio region is in a setting for highest speed and when the pulley-ratio region is in a setting f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Miura, Masashi Yoshino, Yoshiko Mineta, Akihiko Iwasaki, Yuki Matsushita
  • CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20110053717
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission configured to transmit a rotational driving force of one pulley to another pulley by a driving-force transmitting means wound between the two pulleys, wherein each of the two pulleys is configured to vary a groove width thereof, the continuously variable transmission including: an engagement-receiving portion provided to the driving-force transmitting means, in a side of the driving-force transmitting means on which the driving-force transmitting means is wound on the pulleys; and a movable engaging portion provided to a shaft portion of at least one of the two pulleys, wherein the movable engaging portion is movable in a radial direction of the shaft portion to protrude from and escape into the shaft portion, wherein the movable engaging portion is configured to protrude from the shaft portion so as to engage with the engagement-receiving portion at least one of when a pulley-ratio region is in a setting for highest speed and when the pulley-ratio region is in a setting f
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Miura, Masashi Yoshino, Yoshiko Mineta, Akihiko Iwasaki, Yuki Matsushita