Patents by Inventor Kenji Niho

Kenji Niho 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: 8327722
    Abstract: There is provided a rotary torque detecting device in which a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body are formed in substantially band shapes and third magnetic bodies are formed in substantially rectangular shapes, respectively, by forming the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body in the substantially band shapes and arranging the plurality of substantially rectangular third magnetic bodies at predetermined intervals between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body, and the magnets. With this structure, in the rotary torque detecting device mainly used for detection of rotary torque of a steering of an automobile, it is possible to reliably detect the rotary torque at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Sasanouchi, Shinji Hirose, Kenji Niho
  • Publication number: 20110036182
    Abstract: There is provided a rotary torque detecting device in which a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body are formed in substantially band shapes and third magnetic bodies are formed in substantially rectangular shapes, respectively, by forming the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body in the substantially band shapes and arranging the plurality of substantially rectangular third magnetic bodies at predetermined intervals between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body, and the magnets. With this structure, in the rotary torque detecting device mainly used for detection of rotary torque of a steering of an automobile, it is possible to reliably detect the rotary torque at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Sasanouchi, Shinji Hirose, Kenji Niho
  • Publication number: 20030096086
    Abstract: An inexpensive touch panel securing a predetermined active area and yet being downsized is provided. The touch panel includes an upper substrate having an upper conductive layer beneath its lower face, and a lower substrate having a lower conductive layer on its upper face opposite to the upper conductive layer at a given interval. Pressing and heating a adhesive layer made from thermoplastic resin and hardener allows bonding the upper and lower substrates together. The touch panel is thus constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsumoto, Koji Tanabe, Toshiharu Fukui, Kenichi Takabatake, Kenji Niho