Patents by Inventor Akihide Furukawa

Akihide Furukawa 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: 20220018722
    Abstract: A torque detection sensor includes first teeth and second teeth provided to protrude in staggered arrangement in an annular core and plural energizing circuits in which first coils and second coils wound around the first teeth and the second teeth are connected in series, in which plural magnetic paths having inclinations of ±45 degrees with respect to an axial center direction are respectively formed through an object to be detected between the first teeth and the second teeth by energization to the plural energizing circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Akihide FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220018723
    Abstract: A first torque detection part and a second torque detection part are stacked so that a first energizing circuit and a third energizing circuit as well as a second energizing circuit and a fourth energizing circuit are arranged in mirror symmetry with respect to a symmetry plane orthogonal to an axial center direction of an object to be detected, and a plurality of magnetic paths are respectively formed between teeth having inclinations of ±45 degrees in the first torque detection part and the second torque detection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Akihide FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220020522
    Abstract: A core for a torque detection sensor includes a first laminated core in which first teeth are provided to protrude in a radial direction at plural places from an annular first core back formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic sheet materials, and a second laminated core in which second teeth are provided to protrude in the radial direction at plural places from an annular second core back formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic sheet materials, in which the first laminated core and the second laminated core are stacked so that the first teeth and the second teeth are in staggered arrangement in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Akihide FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220003617
    Abstract: A plurality of teeth are provided to protrude in staggered arrangement in an annular core in a circumferential direction, coils are respectively wound around the respective teeth, and when the respective coils are energized, corresponding teeth are excited to thereby form a plurality of magnetic circuits having an inclination of +45 degrees or ?45 degrees with respect to an axial center direction of an object to be detected between the teeth and the facing object to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Akihide FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200284672
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetostriction type torque detection sensor capable of detecting a torque which is generated at the entire circumference of a side surface of a detected object, in a uniform manner and with an improved detection sensitivity, and also capable of being reduced in size of the sensor in the axial direction of the detected object. A plurality of cores having at least three or more leg portions connected to each other by a bridging portion located at an outer circumferential surface side of an insulating tubular body is arrayed while being inclined at a predetermined angle to the axis of a detected object and is attached in such a manner that a plurality of leg portion end surfaces face the detected object via an inner circumferential surface of the insulating tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Akihide FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10697842
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetostriction type torque detection sensor which is improved in torque detection sensitivity by increasing respective magnetic paths which are formed between a detected object and a plurality of cores attached to an insulating tubular body in such a manner that a magnetic path which is formed at the detected object is at a predetermined angle to an axis of the detected object. A plurality of cores is arrayed while being inclined at a predetermined angle to an axis of a detected object, and end surfaces of two-side leg portions are attached in such a way as to face the detected object via an inner circumferential surface of an insulating tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Wakiwaka, Akihide Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20190107449
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetostriction type torque detection sensor which is improved in torque detection sensitivity by increasing respective magnetic paths which are formed between a detected object and a plurality of cores attached to an insulating tubular body in such a manner that a magnetic path which is formed at the detected object is at a predetermined angle to an axis of the detected object. A plurality of cores is arrayed while being inclined at a predetermined angle to an axis of a detected object, and end surfaces of two-side leg portions are attached in such a way as to face the detected object via an inner circumferential surface of an insulating tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki WAKIWAKA, Akihide Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20070196654
    Abstract: The composite particle is capable of being firmly adhered to resin, etc. The composite particle of the present invention comprises: a nickel particle, in which a large number of stabber-shaped projections are provided in an outer surface; and a large number of microfine fibers being incorporated in the nickel particle. The nickel particles are deposited in an alkaline solution by a wet reduction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventor: Akihide Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20070196641
    Abstract: There is provided a production method of composite particles, by which the fine composite particles which contain fine fibers in the particles, are spherical and have a particle size of 1 ?m or less can be stably obtained. It is characterized in that when the composite particles containing fine fibers in the particles are produced, a water-soluble metal salt is dissolved in an aqueous solution in which the fine fibers have been dispersed, and that an alkali which reacts with a metal ion dissolved in the aqueous solution to deposit a metal compound is thereafter added to the aqueous solution while maintaining dispersion of the fine fibers, thereby depositing the composite particles containing the fine fibers and comprising the metal compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Ichiki, Akihide Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20070138446
    Abstract: The nickel powder includes nickel particles, in each of which stabber-shaped projections are integrally formed on an outer surface. The nickel particles have diameters of 0.1-10 ?m. Each of the nickel particles comprises: an outer surface; and a large number of stabber-shaped projections, whose heights are lower than a quarter (¼) of the particle diameter, being integrally formed on the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventor: Akihide Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20060021877
    Abstract: The method of producing metallic particles is capable of dispersing fine carbon fibers in an electrolytic solution without using a dispersing agent. The method of producing metallic particles comprises the steps of: electrolyzing an electrolytic solution, in which fine carbon fibers have been dispersed, so as to deposit metallic particles including the fine carbon fibers on a cathode; and separating the deposited metallic particles from the cathode. Vibrations or shocks are applied to the electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Kouichi Ichiki, Akihide Furukawa