Patents by Inventor Kinji Tanikoshi

Kinji Tanikoshi 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: 4163182
    Abstract: A D.C. motor control circuit including a wheatstone bridge type speed regulating circuit with a transistor arranged for detection of the counter-EMF developed across the motor armature to control operation of a drive control circuit. In one embodiment of the invention, an actuating circuit comprises a constant voltage source formed from a constant current circuit connected parallel to an electrical power supply source for the motor and a variable resistor connected in series to the constant current voltage source. A diode applies the output of the variable resistor to the base of the transistor to thereby effect conduction of this transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinji Tanikoshi
  • Patent number: 4051420
    Abstract: This specification discloses a Hall motor control system in which Hall elements detect the position of a rotor comprising a permanent magnet to switch over driving currents flowing to driving coils. Induced voltages produced in the driving coils or the voltage detecting coils by rotation of the motor are synthesized by a diode, and the resultant voltage is level-shifted by a level shift circuit including a transistor, and then compared with a reference speed voltage. To control the input to the Hall elements by the comparison output and provide a constant speed of rotation, there are provided temperature compensating means formed by diodes in the base circuit of the transistor of the level shift circuit and in the reference speed voltage circuit, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinji Tanikoshi
  • Patent number: 4039911
    Abstract: A DC motor is controlled by a Hall generator provided in a control circuit which detects the voltage equivalent to the terminal voltage of a driving means connected to the flux-producing windings positioned in torque-producing relation to the rotor, and regulates to always keep the terminal voltage of the driving means constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinji Tanikoshi
  • Patent number: 4023082
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a comparator circuit for a control circuit of a Hall motor having a compensation function for correcting variation in reference voltage and in temperature and power source voltage, etc. by impressing an induction voltage which corresponds to the rotation speed of a motor and a reference voltage which corresponds to the reference number of rotation to the both input terminal of a differential type circuit in a control circuit for a Hall motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinji Tanikoshi
  • Patent number: 3999108
    Abstract: A speed regulation system for DC motors of the type comprising a rotor having magnetic poles of opposite polarities, a stator having at least one pair of flux-producing windings positioned in torque producing relation with the rotor, and Hall generators positioned in fixed relation to the stator and angularly spaced apart from each other in magnetic relation to the rotor so as to sense the magnitude of the rotor flux density as a function of the angular position of the rotor. The speed regulation system comprises a circuit for detecting the frequency of the output signals of the Hall generators so as to generate the pulse signals representing the peak values of the output signals, a phase shifter for shifting the phase of the pulse signals, and a wave shaping circuit for generating the signals with a desired waveform in response to the output signal of the phase shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinji Tanikoshi
  • Patent number: 3946292
    Abstract: A driving system for reversibly rotating a D.C. brushless motor is disclosed. The system comprises Hall generators for detecting positions of a rotor, and a drive circuit for controlling conduction and interruption of current applied to stator windings making use of output of said Hall generators. The system further comprises an inversion control circuit including a switch for reversibly switching polarities of an applied power source in order to reversibly rotate the D.C. motor thereby reversibly inverting the D.C. motor in response to signals from the power source whose polarities vary alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinji Tanikoshi
  • Patent number: 3940670
    Abstract: A speed control apparatus for use with a brushless direct current motor having Hall elements, which permits the associated motor to quickly regain the reference speed, or permits more uniform speed control of the motor than was conventionally possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinji Tanikoshi
  • Patent number: 3936710
    Abstract: A system is provided to synchronously operate a DC motor in response to the frequency of a reference signal. The system includes a first feedback loop having a reference signal generator, a speed signal generator in relation to speed of the motor, and a flip-flop circuit for producing a rectangular wave pulse for supplying to the DC motor current corresponding to a phase difference between two signals from these generators. The system further includes a second feedback loop for speed control having a forced synchronization circuit which processes the output of the speed signal generator and brings the motor speed into a synchronization condition in order to prevent the motor from erroneously synchronizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kinji Tanikoshi