Patents by Inventor Yuzou Shimamura

Yuzou Shimamura 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).

  • Automatic transmission apparatus and automatic transmission method for vehicle
    Patent number: 7694602
    Abstract: An automatic transmission apparatus (1) for a vehicle includes: a shift lever (11) for changing the range of an automatic transmission (50); a position gate (13) which restricts the position of the shift lever (11) and which releases the restriction to allow the position of the shift lever (11) to be changed when an operation button (14) provided on the shift lever (11) is pressed; a torque sensor (30) which detects an operation force of the shift lever (11); and a motor (M) for power-assisting the operation of the shift lever (11) based on a detected value of the torque sensor (30), wherein, when the shift lever (11) is operated and brought into contact with the position gate (13), and the detected value of the torque sensor (30) is reversed to any one of a positive value and a negative value, a driving force of the motor (M) is limited to prevent the shift lever (11) from being power-assisted in a reversed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Nagano, Yuzou Shimamura, Yukitsugu Hirota, Hitoshi Kidokoro
  • Automatic Transmission Apparatus and Automatic Transmission Method for Vehicle
    Publication number: 20080016978
    Abstract: An automatic transmission apparatus (1) for a vehicle includes: a shift lever (11) for changing the range of an automatic transmission (50); a position gate (13) which restricts the position of the shift lever (11) and which releases the restriction to allow the position of the shift lever (11) to be changed when an operation button (14) provided on the shift lever (11) is pressed; a torque sensor (30) which detects an operation force of the shift lever (11); and a motor (M) for power-assisting the operation of the shift lever (11) based on a detected value of the torque sensor (30), wherein, when the shift lever (11) is operated and brought into contact with the position gate (13), and the detected value of the torque sensor (30) is reversed to any one of a positive value and a negative value, a driving force of the motor (M) is limited to prevent the shift lever (11) from being power-assisted in a reversed direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Nagano, Yuzou Shimamura, Yukitsugu Hirota, Hitoshi Kidokoro