Patents by Inventor Yoichi Sakuma
Yoichi Sakuma 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: 9650228Abstract: A roller guide according to the present invention includes a frame mount surface portion and a roller mount surface portion to be mounted to a car, which are formed by plastically deforming a single steel plate. Thus, the number of components is reduced to significantly shorten assembly time. In addition, processing costs are also significantly lowered.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20150232301Abstract: A roller guide according to the present invention includes a frame mount surface portion and a roller mount surface portion to be mounted to a car, which are formed by plastically deforming a single steel plate. Thus, the number of components is reduced to significantly shorten assembly time. In addition, processing costs are also significantly lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Patent number: 8946927Abstract: A control device includes a plurality of LED arrays connected to a ground and connected in parallel to one another, each of the plurality of LED arrays including one or more LEDs connected in series and a resistance element connected in series to the LEDs, a first switching circuit disposed between each of the plurality of LED arrays and a power source, a second switching circuit disposed between each of the plurality of LED arrays and the power source, a capacitor having one end connected to the first switching circuit and another end connected to the plurality of LED arrays, a voltage detection circuit having an end connected to the other end of the capacitor, and a control circuit that controls switching of conduction states of each of the first and second switching circuits, and reads a voltage from the voltage detection circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Omron Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Patent number: 8786129Abstract: A control device includes a plurality of LED arrays connected in parallel to one another, each of the plurality of LED arrays including one or more LEDs connected in series and a resistance element connected in series to the LEDs, a voltage application circuit that applies a voltage to the plurality of LED arrays, a switching element disposed between the plurality of LED arrays and a ground, a voltage detection circuit having an end connected between the switching element and the plurality of LED arrays, a capacitor having an end connected between the switching element and the plurality of LED arrays, and another end connected to the ground, and a control circuit that controls the voltage outputted from the voltage application circuit and switching of conduction states of the switching element, and reads a voltage from the voltage detection circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Omron Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20130241410Abstract: A control device includes a plurality of LED arrays connected in parallel to one another, each of the plurality of LED arrays including one or more LEDs connected in series and a resistance element connected in series to the LEDs, a voltage application circuit that applies a voltage to the plurality of LED arrays, a switching element disposed between the plurality of LED arrays and a ground, a voltage detection circuit having an end connected between the switching element and the plurality of LED arrays, a capacitor having an end connected between the switching element and the plurality of LED arrays, and another end connected to the ground, and a control circuit that controls the voltage outputted from the voltage application circuit and switching of conduction states of the switching element, and reads a voltage from the voltage detection circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20130241417Abstract: A control device includes a plurality of LED arrays connected to a ground and connected in parallel to one another, each of the plurality of LED arrays including one or more LEDs connected in series and a resistance element connected in series to the LEDs, a first switching circuit disposed between each of the plurality of LED arrays and a power source, a second switching circuit disposed between each of the plurality of LED arrays and the power source, a capacitor having one end connected to the first switching circuit and another end connected to the plurality of LED arrays, a voltage detection circuit having an end connected to the other end of the capacitor, and a control circuit that controls switching of conduction states of each of the first and second switching circuits, and reads a voltage from the voltage detection circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20120103731Abstract: A vibration damping device for suppressing transverse vibrations occurring in an elevating body of an elevator is configured so that a coil provided on the actuator moving part side can be held firmly to a bobbin, and a minute slippage occurring in the coil can be prevented reliably. For this purpose, a groove is formed in the wire direction of the coil in the bobbin of the moving part, and the coil is formed by winding the wire in the groove. The coil is integrated as a whole, and the adjacent wires forming the innermost layer of the coil are brought into contact with each other, and are brought into contact with a part of the groove in the transverse cross section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Patent number: 8143820Abstract: A motor control device operable to rotate a motor based on an actuated direction of an operation knob of an operation switch in a direction corresponding to the actuated direction has direction selector switches provided corresponding to respective actuated directions of the operation knob, and open/close elements provided between the direction selector switches and a power supply. Each of the open/close elements is turned on when a control current is supplied thereto. When the operation knob is actuated, the direction selector switch corresponding to the actuated direction is turned on, a control current is supplied from the power supply to the open/close element connected to the relevant switch, and the predetermined open/close element is turned on. A drive current that flows from the power supply into the motor through a current carrying path of the open/close element is controlled according to a ON/OFF status of each of the open/close elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Patent number: 7619381Abstract: The present invention provides an open/close member control apparatus capable of blocking entry of a ruffian even if forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of an open/close member by the forced closing operation and suppressing damage on an object which is erroneously caught. In the open/close member control apparatus for switching closing operation of a window to opening operation in the case where pinch of a foreign matter is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is not maintained and continuing the closing operation of the window in the case where pinch of a foreign matter is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, in the case where pinch is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, when the maintenance of the forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of the window, the window opening operation is performed so that an open amount of the window becomes smaller than that in normal times.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Omiron CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Kawai, Yutaka Fujiwara, Yoichi Sakuma, Noboru Ujigawa
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Publication number: 20090160374Abstract: A motor control device operable to rotate a motor based on an actuated direction of an operation knob of an operation switch in a direction corresponding to the actuated direction has direction selector switches provided corresponding to respective actuated directions of the operation knob, and open/close elements provided between the direction selector switches and a power supply. Each of the open/close elements is turned on when a control current is supplied thereto. When the operation knob is actuated, the direction selector switch corresponding to the actuated direction is turned on, a control current is supplied from the power supply to the open/close element connected to the relevant switch, and the predetermined open/close element is turned on. A drive current that flows from the power supply into the motor through a current carrying path of the open/close element is controlled according to a ON/OFF status of each of the open/close elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventor: Yoichi Sakuma
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Publication number: 20080036406Abstract: The present invention provides an open/close member control apparatus capable of blocking entry of a ruffian even if forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of an open/close member by the forced closing operation and suppressing damage on an object which is erroneously caught. In the open/close member control apparatus for switching closing operation of a window to opening operation in the case where pinch of a foreign matter is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is not maintained and continuing the closing operation of the window in the case where pinch of a foreign matter is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, in the case where pinch is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, when the maintenance of the forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of the window, the window opening operation is performed so that an open amount of the window becomes smaller than that in normal times.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicants: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Kawai, Yutaka Fujiwara, Yoichi Sakuma, Noboru Ujigawa
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Patent number: 6548980Abstract: An apparatus for driving a motor that opens and closes the window of vehicle, for example, is so adapted that when the vehicle becomes submersed in the sea, a lake or a river, etc., the window is prevented from being closed owing to malfunctioning of a relay caused when a leakage current flows into an operating switch for opening and closing the window. When submersion is sensed and it is sensed that the motor is being rotated by a malfunction in a direction that closes the window, a relay for rotating the motor in the forward direction is actuated. This prevents the occurrence of a situation in which the motor is caused to rotate (especially in the direction that closes the window) regardless of the fact that the operating switch has not been operated.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Yoichi Sakuma, Atsushi Kawano
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Patent number: 6157152Abstract: A highly dependable motor drive system capable of driving a motor with certainty even in a submersion accident and preventing overcurrent from flowing to the motor on the occasion of switching the direction of rotation. It is so arranged that, of a first and second relay for rotating the motor in the normal and reverse directions, respectively, in response to operation of associated switches, the first relay is selectively actuated and the second relay is de-energized. As the associated switch is operated, the energization of the coil of the second relay is maintained for a while by the function of a bypass circuit so that the actuation of the second relay is stopped only after actuation of the first relay with a transient motor stand-still time therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Takeshi Sekine, Tokihiko Sugiura, Yoichi Sakuma
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Patent number: 4957345Abstract: A light energy transmitting optical fiber cable, which comprises, in its cross-sectional structure, a high tensile strength wire coated with a fire-retardent resin, as a core material, one or a plurality of resin-clad glass core optical fibers disposed around the core material, a highly heat conductive material covering the optical fibers, and a fire-retartdant resin covering the heat conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1989Date of Patent: September 18, 1990Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Sakuma, Chieko Umezawa