Patents by Inventor Yuichi MITSUHASHI

Yuichi MITSUHASHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20210109122
    Abstract: An encoder device including: a position detection unit for detecting position information of a moving part; a magnet having a plurality of polarities along a moving direction of the moving part; an electric signal generation unit for generating an electric signal, based on a magnetic characteristic of a magnetosensitive part, the electric signal generation unit having the magnetosensitive part whose magnetic characteristic is changed by a change in magnetic field associated with movement of the moving part and a first magnetic body for guiding magnetic flux lines of the magnet toward the magnetosensitive part; and a second magnetic body for guiding magnetic flux lines of a part having one polarity of the magnet toward a part having other polarity of the magnet, the second magnetic body being disposed between the magnet and the magnetosensitive part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi MITSUHASHI
  • Patent number: 10948318
    Abstract: An encoder, including: a scale that has a pattern and is mountable to a rotary member of an object to be measured; a main body including a detector that detects the pattern, the main body being mountable to a non-rotating portion of the object to be measured; and a holding member including: an abutment portion that is removably provided to the main body from outside the main body and passes through the main body to abut the scale; and a pushing portion that is capable of pushing the abutment portion toward the scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Mitsuhashi
  • Patent number: 10444036
    Abstract: An encoder scale S includes a substrate 10 that rotates about a rotation axis AX and has an optical pattern along a rotation direction D on a first surface 10a crossing the rotation axis AX, of the substrate 10. The scale S also includes a first magnet M1 that is disposed on a second surface 10b of the substrate 10 different from the first surface 10a and has different magnetic poles (N-pole M1n, S-pole M1s) set therein with the rotation axis AX therebetween and a second magnet M2 that is disposed on the first surface 10a and generates magnetic fields with the N-pole M1n and S-pole M1s of the first magnet M1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Mitsuhashi
  • Publication number: 20170184425
    Abstract: An encoder, including: a scale that has a pattern and is mountable to a rotary member of an object to be measured; a main body including a detector that detects the pattern, the main body being mountable to a non-rotating portion of the object to be measured; and a holding member including: an abutment portion that is removably provided to the main body from outside the main body and passes through the main body to abut the scale; and a pushing portion that is capable of pushing the abutment portion toward the scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi MITSUHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160209241
    Abstract: An encoder scale S includes a substrate 10 that rotates about a rotation axis AX and has an optical pattern along a rotation direction D on a first surface 10a crossing the rotation axis AX, of the substrate 10. The scale S also includes a first magnet M1 that is disposed on a second surface 10b of the substrate 10 different from the first surface 10a and has different magnetic poles (N-pole M1n, S-pole M1s) set therein with the rotation axis AX therebetween and a second magnet M2 that is disposed on the first surface 10a and generates magnetic fields with the N-pole M1n and S-pole M1s of the first magnet M1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi MITSUHASHI