Patents by Inventor Michihiro Otaka

Michihiro Otaka 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: 5744961
    Abstract: A lamp disconnection detecting device includes a magnetic core with a gap; a plurality of detecting coils the number of turns of which are different from one another and are proportional to 2.sup.n (where n=0, or positive integers), and a magnetic response section provided in the gap of the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiro Otaka
  • Patent number: 5583429
    Abstract: Electric current, flowing through a penetration conductor extending through a main housing, is detected by a non-contact current detection unit incorporated in the main housing. Connector housings are provided respectively at those portions of opposite sides of the main housing through which the penetration conductor extends, and opposite end portions of the penetration conductor as connector terminals are disposed within the connector housings, respectively. Each of the connector housings and the associated connector terminal received therein jointly constitute a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiro Otaka