Manual Patents (Class 73/115.03)
  • Patent number: 11474002
    Abstract: A pedal actuator (41) of an automatic vehicle driving device (1) is supported by a pedal actuator support (51) by mounting a pedal actuator support bracket (61) to the pedal actuator support (51) and fixing the pedal actuator support bracket (61) with a lock pin (67). In the automatic vehicle driving device (1), when mounting the pedal actuator support bracket (61) to the pedal actuator support (51), by connection between a support-side connector (53) and a bracket-side connector (63), electrical connection between the pedal actuator support (51) and the pedal actuator support bracket (61) is also completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Kodama, Nobuo Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11022211
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle shift control device. A shift mechanism is configured to shift and transmit rotation of a crankshaft extending in a width direction of a vehicle to a driving wheel. A shift pedal is configured to receive a shifting operation for the shift mechanism. A shift detection mechanism is configured to detect a shift instructed via the shift pedal. A shift actuator is configured to perform a shift operation of the shift mechanism, in response to a detection content of the shift detection mechanism. The shift detection mechanism includes a detection unit configured to rotate in response to the shifting operation of the shift pedal and a sensor configured to detect rotation of the detection unit. A rotary shaft of the detection unit and a rotary shaft of the sensor are arranged at different positions, as seen from a side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10113642
    Abstract: A rotation detecting device has a junction body, and a rotation sensor. A rotor of the rotation sensor is spaced from a change drum in the axis direction, and is rotatable about the rotational axis. The rotating position of the rotor is detected by a detector of the rotation sensor. The junction body is separatable from the change drum and the rotation sensor, is rotatable about the rotational axis, and transmits the rotative movement of the change drum to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keisuke Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 8671745
    Abstract: A method for testing a transmission gear shift device includes using an electric machine and a primary mechanism to place the device and a secondary mechanism, latched to the primary mechanism, in a park position, using a motor to delatch the secondary mechanism from the primary mechanism, using the electric machine to absorb energy released by a spring when delatching, and using the electric machine to relatch the secondary mechanism to the primary mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Tehnologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Deurloo, William R. Goodwin, Christopher L. Danks, Louis A. Nagy
  • Patent number: 7669464
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for reading off the position of the gear lever in a gear selector in a vehicle, in which a sensor arrangement includes a first sensor component and a plurality of second sensor components that can interact with the first sensor component to detect the position of the first sensor component. The first sensor component is arranged to move with the gear lever to read off the position of the first sensor component in relation to the plurality of second sensor components, where the first sensor component can cover at least two of the second sensor components. Further, a detected position of the first sensor component can be relayed to a control device, which is configured to evaluate the presence of faults in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kongsberg Automotive AB
    Inventor: Frank Dankbaar
  • Patent number: 7530262
    Abstract: A method for determining an actuating pressure of an operating element (1), for example in a motor vehicle, where the element is displaced as a result of the application of the actuating pressure. The actuating pressure of the operating element is determined without the use of a pressure sensor by way of deformation measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Rainer Petzold, Robert Ingenbleek, Mario Steinborn