Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Fufukawa

Yoshimi Fufukawa 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).

  • Patent number: 4557493
    Abstract: A steering device for a vehicle including a steering wheel, front wheels and a steering mechanism therefor, rear wheels and a steering mechanism therefor, a pair of rear wheel steering tie rods connecting the rear wheels with the rear wheel steering mechanism, and an operating shaft connecting the front wheel steering mechanism with the rear wheel steering mechanism, the rear wheels being steered along with the front wheels under a steering operation of the steering wheel. The rear wheel steering mechanism includes a crank member rotated under rotation of the operating shaft and extending in a radially outward direction of the operating shaft, and a connecting member having the ends thereof connected to the inner ends of the tie rods and extending in the width direction of the vehicle while being movable in such direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Sano, Yoshimi Fufukawa