Patents by Inventor Hajime Komuro

Hajime Komuro 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).

  • Patent number: 8584790
    Abstract: A power steering apparatus including a steering shaft, a sensor coil disposed on an outer circumferential side of the steering shaft and detecting a change in impedance value to determine an amount of relative rotation of an input shaft and an output shaft of the steering shaft, a steering housing including a first housing and a second housing, a sensor substrate disposed on the first housing, a neutral point regulating circuit on the sensor substrate which includes a resistor connected to the sensor coil and variably regulates a resistance value of the resistor so as to regulate the impedance value at a neutral point at which the amount of relative rotation of the input shaft and the output shaft is zero, and an electric motor which is driven and controlled in accordance with an output signal of the sensor coil regulated by the neutral point regulating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Steering, Ltd
    Inventors: Teruyuki Ohnishi, Hajime Komuro, Kohtaro Shiino
  • Publication number: 20120073897
    Abstract: A power steering apparatus including a steering shaft, a sensor coil disposed on an outer circumferential side of the steering shaft and detecting a change in impedance value to determine an amount of relative rotation of an input shaft and an output shaft of the steering shaft, a steering housing including a first housing and a second housing, a sensor substrate disposed on the first housing, a neutral point regulating circuit on the sensor substrate which includes a resistor connected to the sensor coil and variably regulates a resistance value of the resistor so as to regulate the impedance value at a neutral point at which the amount of relative rotation of the input shaft and the output shaft is zero, and an electric motor which is driven and controlled in accordance with an output signal of the sensor coil regulated by the neutral point regulating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Teruyuki OHNISHI, Hajime Komuro, Kohtaro Shiino