Patents Assigned to Alpha Corporation
  • Patent number: 10697206
    Abstract: An operation handle which is linked to a shaft body and which is configured to operate the shaft body, the operation handle includes a handle main body, and a linking clip. The handle main body includes a cylindrical shape shaft body retaining portion fitted over the shaft body. The shaft body retaining portion includes a pair of clip-holding grooves. The linking clip includes a base portion and a pair of elastic legs which face each other via the base portion. Each of the pair of elastic legs includes a locking portion. The pair of elastic legs are inserted into the pair of the clip-holding grooves and the shaft body retaining portion is interposed from both sides by the pair of elastic legs and the linking clip is mounted in the shaft body retaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Ikenoya, Koji Soya
  • Patent number: 10697208
    Abstract: A lever connection body includes a first lever; and a second lever rotating about a rotation center which is different from a rotation center of the first lever. A sliding long hole opened in the first lever and the second lever spaced apart with respect to the sliding long hole, are connected to each other via a rod. A rod holder including an inserting projection portion inserted into the sliding long hole of the first lever is mounted on an end portion of the rod which is a side of the first lever. A rectangular stopper is provided in a distal end portion of the inserting projection portion of the rod holder, the stopper has a short side length to be inserted into the sliding long hole and a long side portion locked to the sliding long hole to regulate withdrawn from the sliding long hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Nishizuka, Ryoya Ookuma
  • Publication number: 20200173205
    Abstract: A handle device includes an operation handle which is assembled to a door and serves as a handle during an opening/closing operation of the door, and a sensor electrode which is provided in the operation handle and which is configured to detect a change in capacitance in response to contact or approach of a human body to a detection region set on a surface of the operation handle. The surface of the operation handle includes the detection region and a decoration region surrounding all or a part of a periphery of the detection region. The detection region is electrically insulated from the decoration region, and the sensor electrode is disposed on a back surface of a substrate which is a part of the surface of the operation handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi ONO, Takao TOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10647291
    Abstract: A steering lock device includes a trigger that is displaced as a frame cover drops from a frame, an auxiliary lock device that holds a lock member in a locked position as the trigger is displaced under condition that the lock member is positioned in the locked position, housing components that are arranged in a housing chamber defined by the frame cover and the frame or in a guide hole, and a trigger coupling member that couples the housed components and the trigger. When the housed components are displaced, the trigger is displaced via the trigger coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Takano, Yusuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10650990
    Abstract: A rotary switch includes a rotation movable portion, a movable conductor held in the rotation movable portion, a base portion, a power supply terminal held in the base portion, and a plurality of fixed contacts held in the base portion. The fixed contact and the power supply terminal are connected and disconnected via the movable conductor by a rotational operation of the rotation movable portion. The power supply terminal is disposed at a rotation center position of the rotation movable portion. The plurality of fixed contacts are disposed on a plurality of concentric circles having different diameter dimensions around the power supply terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20200080352
    Abstract: A vehicle handle device configured to operate a door lock device via a cable device, the vehicle handle device includes an operation member connected to the cable device and a handle case housing the operation member. The handle case includes a cable fixing base in which the cable device is arranged, a cap portion configured to fix the cable device to the cable fixing base, and a hinge portion configured to engage an engaging piece provided on one of the cable fixing base and the cap portion with an engaged piece provided in another of the cable fixing base and the cap portion, and rotatably connect the cap portion to the cable fixing base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lan KIN
  • Publication number: 20200080347
    Abstract: A handle device for vehicle configured to operate a door lock device via a cable device, the handle device includes an operation member connected to the cable device; and a handle case housing the operation member. The handle case includes a cable fixing base in which the cable device is arranged, a cap part configured to fix the cable device to the cable fixing base, and a hinge portion provided between the cable fixing base and the cap part, and rotating the cap part from an open position at which the cap part is open with respect to the cable fixing base to a fixing position at which the cap part faces the cable fixing base and clamps the cable device between the cap part and the cable fixing base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lan KIN
  • Patent number: 10566152
    Abstract: A rotary switch device includes a terminal base to which a center portion contact and a fixed contact member are fixed, a movable contact member, and a support portion. The movable contact member includes a contact protrusion part which is pressed in contact with the center portion contact at one end of the movable contact member and a first contact surface which is in contact with the fixed contact member at another end of the movable contact member, and which is operated to rotate around the center portion contact so as to short-circuit between the center portion contact and the fixed contact member at a conductive rotation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20200040617
    Abstract: A door handle device for a vehicle includes a handle body configured to be rotationally operated, an output lever configured to be operated in a plane parallel to a rotation axis of the handle body, a clutch member; and a detection member. The clutch member is configured to move translationally in a plane parallel to an operating surface of the output lever, configured to be driven by the handle body in a rotational operation direction of the handle body, and configured to move between a connected location and a disconnected location along a rotation axis of the handle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryoya OKUMA
  • Patent number: 10508477
    Abstract: A handle device operating an inner cable inserted in an outer cable, the handle device includes a handle base fixing an operation handle to which the inner cable is connected and a cable holding portion provided in the handle base to hold the outer cable and configured to be fitted to a circumferential groove portion reduced in diameter in a radial direction in an outer circumferential surface of the outer cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryoya Okuma
  • Publication number: 20190366927
    Abstract: A vehicle monitoring device mounted on a vehicle includes an imaging unit for capturing images of a vehicle body side surface, a rear side and a diagonally backward of the vehicle, a storage unit that stores a reference image defining a reference state of the vehicle body side surface, and an image comparison unit that detects an abnormal state of the vehicle body by comparing the captured images captured by the imaging unit with the reference image read from the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAKURA, Kazuhiko KANIWA, Soh SAITO, Teruhisa KATO
  • Publication number: 20190368236
    Abstract: A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes a first imaging unit that captures an image of a rear side and a diagonally backward, a distance detection unit that detects a distance from the vehicle to an object present in the rear side and the diagonally backward, based on the image captured by the first imaging unit, a course prediction unit that predicts a course of the object, based on transition of the distance to the object detected by the distance detection unit, and an entry prediction unit that predicts whether the object enters a door opening and closing area, based on the course of the object predicted by the course prediction unit and the door opening and closing area which is set on sides of the vehicle and defines a movable range in which side doors of the vehicle are opened and closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAKURA, Kazuhiko KANIWA, Soh SAITO, Teruhisa KATO
  • Publication number: 20190344751
    Abstract: A steering lock device includes a motor configured to rotate a motor shaft, a worm attached to the motor shaft of the motor, a main gear configured to rotate along with rotation of the worm, a cam member integrally provided with the main gear, and a rod including an insertion and extraction portion. The insertion and extraction portion is configured to be inserted into and extracted from an opening provided on a steering shaft side in accordance with an operation of the cam member along with rotation of the main gear. At least a part of at least one member of the worm and the insertion and extraction portion is configured to be accommodated in a circumferential region of the main gear when the main gear is viewed in a plan view along a rotation axis direction of the main gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro OKADA
  • Publication number: 20190284846
    Abstract: A handle device includes a handle case disposed on a member on a vehicle body side, a cylindrical in supported by the handle case, and an operation member housed in the handle case and pivotally supported by the pin so as to be rotatable. The handle case includes a pin insertion hole into which the pin is configured to be inserted from an outer side of the handle case, and a rib which is provided to face a head portion of the pin inserted into the pin insertion hole and prevents the pin from slipping off. The rib extends from the handle case along as in-plane direction of a case region around the pin insertion hole, and includes an elastic piece elastically deformed in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lan KIN
  • Publication number: 20190249464
    Abstract: An inside handle device for vehicle includes a handle unit and a cable unit. In the handle unit, an operation handle including a connecting recess is rotatably connected to a handle base. The cable unit is connected to the handle unit while holding one end of an operating force transmission cable in which an inner cable is movably inserted into an outer cable. The connecting recess is locked to a connecting body formed at a tip end of the inner cable in a state where the handle unit is connected to the cable unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichiro SUGIMOTO, Takao TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190249465
    Abstract: An inside handle device of a vehicle includes a handle unit and a cable unit. In the handle unit, an operation member including an operation handle is rotatably connected to a handle base. The cable unit movably holds one end of a cable device configured to connect the operation member to a latch device fixed to a door on a cable cover. The cable cover has a first locking portion formed at a cable introduction edge and a second locking portion formed at an opposite-end edge. The first locking portion is rotatably locked to the handle base with the opposite-end edge as a rotating end. The second locking portion is elastically locked in a state of being rotated around the first locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichiro SUGIMOTO, Takao TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190178013
    Abstract: A vehicle door outside handle device includes a through hole opening toward a vehicle rear side in a protrusion portion from a door side wall. An optical lens and an imaging element disposed in the through hole toward the vehicle rear side captures a vehicle rear side image including a vehicle side wall image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao TOYAMA, Kouichirou SUGIMOTO, So SAITO, Teruhisa KATO
  • Publication number: 20190119957
    Abstract: A handle device operating an inner cable inserted in an outer cable, the handle device includes a handle base fixing an operation handle to which the inner cable is connected and a cable holding portion provided in the handle base to hold the outer cable and configured to be fitted to a circumferential groove portion reduced in diameter in a radial direction in an outer circumferential surface of the outer cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryoya OKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190088429
    Abstract: A rotary switch device includes a terminal base to which a center portion contact and a fixed contact member are fixed, a movable contact member, and a support portion. The movable contact member includes a contact protrusion part which is pressed in contact with the center portion contact at one end of the movable contact member and a first contact surface which is in contact with the fixed contact member at another end of the movable contact member, and which is operated to rotate around the center portion contact so as to short-circuit between the center portion contact and the fixed contact member at a conductive rotation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro OKADA
  • Publication number: 20190066948
    Abstract: A rotary switch device includes a terminal base to which a center portion contact and a fixed contact are fixed, a rotation operation member which is operable to rotate around the center portion contact with respect to the terminal base, a plate-like movable contact member which includes a contact protrusion part and a contact surface and which is held in the rotation operation member so as to short-circuit between the center portion contact and the fixed contact at a conductive rotation position, and a compression coil spring of a barrel type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro OKADA