Patents by Inventor Kenichi Niki
Kenichi Niki 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).
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Patent number: 6404084Abstract: A geared electric motor for driving, for example, a window glass or a sunroof lid of the motor vehicle, which is provided with a armature shaft, reduction gears for reducing rotational speed of the armature shaft, an output shaft connected with the final section of the reduction gears through a damper, speed increasing gears connected with the output shaft, a rotor connected with the final section of the speed increasing gears, and a rotation sensor for generating a signal according to rotation of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Jidosha Denki Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Niki, Nobuo Yoshioka
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Patent number: 6320342Abstract: A sunroof controlling device for controlling a sunroof lid in sliding and tilting directions without using a mechanical position switch, which is possible to automatically reset count value of the position counter of the sunroof lid according to an appearance of the error in the count value and comprises first and second switches, an actuator having an electric motor and an output shaft to be connected with the sunroof lid, and a control unit including first and second rotation signal generating means for generating first and second signals in response to rotation of an armature shaft of the electric motor, an output shaft rotation signal generating means and a roof position counting means for counting the signals generated from the first, second and output shaft rotation signal generating means, and the control unit executes an initial mode for resetting count value of the roof position counter when the count value is not a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2000Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Jidosha Denki Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuo Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Funaki, Kenichi Niki, Tokuhiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 6297606Abstract: A sunroof controlling device for controlling a sunroof lid in sliding and tilting directions without using a mechanical position switch, which comprises and actuator having an electric motor and an output shaft to be connected with the sunroof lid, a switch for generating a command signal, and a control unit including an armature shaft rotation signal generating means, an output shaft rotation signal generating means, and a counting means for counting the signals generated from the armature shaft rotation signal generating means and the output shaft rotation signal generating means, and the control unit starts current supply to the electric motor of the actuator in response to the command signal and interrupts the current supply according to the count value of the counting means.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2000Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Jidosha Denki Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuo Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Funaki, Kenichi Niki, Tokuhiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 5293262Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device with a drive circuit board connected to the peripheral portion of a liquid crystal display panel, the circuit board is disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel and also the circuit board is connected with the liquid crystal display panel by means of a connecting member in film form, whereby the liquid crystal display device is miniaturized and efficiency of the assembly work is improved. Further, the circuit board is made up of plural drive circuit modules of the same type whereby the efficiency in the assembly and inspection process is still improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1992Date of Patent: March 8, 1994Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohei Adachi, Hideaki Otsuki, Kenichi Niki, Hayato Takasago, Tetsuro Makita
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Patent number: 5278682Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display device includes a display element conductor pattern deposited on a matrix-addressed substrate and effects display by storing charges into liquid crystal held at the space between the matrix-addressed substrate and an opposing substrate by using a voltage supplied through the display element conductor pattern. The matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display device has a recovery conductor pattern for preventing a line-shape defect in a screen due to a breakage in the display element conductor pattern. The recovery electrode is located below the sealing material. The opposing substrate and the matrix-addressed substrate are aligned with each other at one side thereof, and an inlet for liquid crystal is provided at this aligned side. Liquid crystal is fed into the space between the matrix-addressed substrate and the opposing substrate from a liquid crystal reservoir through the inlet without immersing the substrates in the liquid crystal reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1993Date of Patent: January 11, 1994Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenichi Niki
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Patent number: 5202778Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display device includes a display element conductor pattern deposited on a matrix-addressed substrate and effects display by storing charges into liquid crystal held at the space between the matrix-addressed substrate and an opposing substrate by using a voltage supplied through the display element conductor pattern. The matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display device has a recovery conductor pattern for preventing a line-shape defect in a screen due to a breakage in the display element conductor pattern. The opposing substrate and the matrix-addressed substrate are aligned with each other at one side thereof, and an inlet for liquid crystal is provided at this aligned side. Liquid crystal is fed into the space between the matrix-addressed substrate and the opposing substrate from a liquid crystal reservoir through the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1991Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenichi Niki
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Patent number: 5029984Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device with a drive circuit board connected to the peripheral portion of a liquid crystal display panel, the circuit board is disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel and also the circuit board is connected with the liquid crystal display panel by means of a connecting member in film form, whereby the liquid crystal display device is miniaturized and efficiency of the assembly work is improved. Further, the circuit board is made up of plural drive circuit modules of the same type whereby the efficiency in the assembly and inspection process is still improved.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1989Date of Patent: July 9, 1991Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohei Adachi, Hideaki Otsuki, Kenichi Niki, Hayato Takasago, Tetsuro Makita
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Patent number: 4967261Abstract: A tape carrier for mounting and bonding an IC chip on substrate having an interconnection pattern is disclosed. The tape carrier comprises a peripheral and a central film portion made of an electrically insulating flexible material, and a set of leads carried at least one the peripheral film portion. The central portion covers the central area of the surface of the IC chip on which the bumps are formed. An aperture is formed between the peripheral and central film portion which has enough dimension to allow the leads to be bonded to the bumps of the IC chip therethrough. Some of the leads extend over the central film portion and, extending out of a side of the central film portion, reach the opposing area of the peripheral film portion across a strip of the aperture, thereby effecting electrical connection from the bumps to far-away portions of the circuitry on the substrate and between the bumps themselves.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1989Date of Patent: October 30, 1990Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Niki, Toru Kokogawa, Hayato Takasago
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Patent number: 4943768Abstract: In a testing device for testing electric circuit board having test terminals on the board parallel to each other, conductor strips are arranged in conformity with the test terminals, and a pressing member is provided for pressing the conductor strips on the test terminals.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1989Date of Patent: July 24, 1990Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Niki, Tohru Kokogawa, Akira Ishizu, Hayato Takasago
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Patent number: 4887030Abstract: In a testing device for testing electric circuit board having test terminals on the board parallel to each other, conductor strips are arranged in conformity with the test terminals, and a pressing member is provided for pressing the conductor strips on the test terminals.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1987Date of Patent: December 12, 1989Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Niki, Tohru Kokogawa, Akira Ishizu, Hayato Takasago
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Patent number: 4854230Abstract: A screen printing apparatus comprising a screen having an opening or openings of a desired print pattern and having a lower surface being positioned adjacent to a substrate to be printed, and a nonflexible squeegee comprising a cavity for containing a material to be printed on the substrate. The cavity is defined by the interior surfaces of surrounding walls extending generally vertically from the lower extremities at which the squeegee directly contacts the upper surface of the screen. While the squeegee travels with respect to the screen the material to be printed flows from the cavity into the openings of the screen, and thereby onto the substrate. The squeegee may be formed of stainless steel, a ceramic material or a synthetic resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1988Date of Patent: August 8, 1989Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Niki, Tetsuro Makita, Hayato Takasago