Patents by Inventor Yuuji Yokoya

Yuuji Yokoya 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: 5456330
    Abstract: A return-m-neutral mechanism for a rear wheel steering device for an electronically controlled four wheel steering vehicle, in which a spring provided in the return-to-neutral mechanism does not come into operation within a predetermined steering angle range corresponding to the most frequent occurrences in actual application, thereby achieving energy saving and improving response characteristics. In the return-to-neutral mechanism for the rear wheel steering device for restoring the steered rear wheel to its neutral position under the biasing force of the spring, a dead zone corresponding to a predetermined steering angle of the rear wheels is provided for the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumio Kojima, Shuuetsu Suzuki, Hideyasu Miyata, Yuuji Yokoya, Masahiro Yonetani
  • Patent number: 4194760
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wheel camber adjusting means for use with strut type suspension means for vehicles wherein a pair of arms of a bracket mounted on the lower end of a shock absorber strut are overlapped upon one end of a knuckle arm connected at the other end to a tip end portion of a lower arm through a ball joint. The pair of arms are pivotally connected to the knuckle arm by means of at least a connecting bolt arranged substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The bracket is connected to the knuckle arm at a position vertically spaced from the connecting bolt by means of an adjusting bolt arranged in substantially the lateral direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanao Shiomi, Yuuji Yokoya, Motowo Harata