Patents by Inventor Nobuhisa Inoue
Nobuhisa Inoue 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).
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Patent number: 11796050Abstract: In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of the knob being displaced in a vertical direction, and also being rotated in one direction or in another direction. Here, the knob is disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of a supporting column. Because of this, the knob can be inhibited by the supporting column from being unnecessarily displaced downwards.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Ono, Nobuhisa Inoue
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Publication number: 20210317909Abstract: In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of the knob being displaced in a vertical direction, and also being rotated in one direction or in another direction. Here, the knob is disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of a supporting column. Because of this, the knob can be inhibited by the supporting column from being unnecessarily displaced downwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Hiroki ONO, Nobuhisa INOUE
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Patent number: 8881563Abstract: An electric steering wheel lock device including a lock bar which moves between a lock position, at which the lock bar prohibits rotation of a steering shaft, and an unlock position, at which the lock bar permits rotation of the steering shaft. An electric motor generates drive force for moving the lock bar. A motor holding member for holding the electric motor includes a motor fastening portion having two contact portions, which face toward each other, to clamp a casing of the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiro Fukatsu, Masanari Okuno, Nobuhisa Inoue
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Patent number: 7921684Abstract: A steering lock apparatus for locking a steering shaft of a vehicle. The steering lock apparatus includes a motor and a lock assembly that is moved by the motor. The lock assembly includes a lock bar that moves between a lock position at which the lock bar is engaged with the steering shaft and an unlock position at which the lock bar is disengaged from the steering shaft. A magnet receptacle portion is arranged on the lock assembly. A magnet is attached to the magnet receptacle portion and moved integrally with the lock assembly. A magnetic field detection element detects a present position of the lock assembly based on a magnetic field of the magnet. The magnet is magnetically held and positioned in the magnet receptacle portion by magnetic attraction force produced between the magnet and a part of the lock assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki SeisakushoInventors: Masanari Okuno, Hiroyasu Hasegawa, Nobuhisa Inoue
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Patent number: 7823426Abstract: A built-in step is conducted by building a drive part which generates a rotation drive power, a rotation shaft to be rotated by the rotation drive power of the drive part through a gear mechanism, a lock stopper to be screwed with the rotation shaft to move axially by rotating of the rotation shaft, a lock bar which moves between a lock position for locking a steering shaft by movement of the lock stopper and an unlock position for unlocking the steering shaft, and a first spring interposed between the lock stopper and the lock bar for giving a bias load, into a lock body to be installed in a mounting hole part of a steering column post of a vehicle from the same direction. Thereafter, a screwing step for screwing the rotation shaft and the lock stopper after the built-in step is conducted to assemble an electric steering lock device.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Tokai Rika Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanari Okuno, Hiroyasu Hasegawa, Nobuhisa Inoue
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Patent number: 7703309Abstract: An electric steering lock device has a lock body to be installed in a mounting hole part of a steering column post of a vehicle, a drive part which generates a rotation drive power, a rotation shaft to be rotated by the rotation drive power of the drive part through a gear mechanism, a lock stopper to be screwed with the rotation shaft to move axially by rotating of the rotation shaft, a lock bar which moves between a lock position for locking a steering shaft by movement of the lock stopper and an unlock position for unlocking the steering shaft, and a bush. The bush has a load receiving part to receive thrust loading of the rotation shaft at least at one side of the rotation shaft, an installation claw part to be installed by inserting in a hole part of the lock body, and a bearing claw part to receive radial load by fitting to be slidably rotatable with an external diameter of the rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Tokai Rika Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanari Okuno, Hiroyasu Hasegawa, Nobuhisa Inoue
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Publication number: 20100083716Abstract: An electric steering wheel lock device including a lock bar which moves between a lock position, at which the lock bar prohibits rotation of a steering shaft, and an unlock position, at which the lock bar permits rotation of the steering shaft. An electric motor generates drive force for moving the lock bar. A motor holding member for holding the electric motor includes a motor fastening portion having two contact portions, which face toward each other, to clamp a casing of the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiro Fukatsu, Masanari Okuno, Nobuhisa Inoue
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Publication number: 20080178643Abstract: A built-in step is conducted by building a drive part which generates a rotation drive power, a rotation shaft to be rotated by the rotation drive power of the drive part through a gear mechanism, a lock stopper to be screwed with the rotation shaft to move axially by rotating of the rotation shaft, a lock bar which moves between a lock position for locking a steering shaft by movement of the lock stopper and an unlock position for unlocking the steering shaft, and a first spring interposed between the lock stopper and the lock bar for giving a bias load, into a lock body to be installed in a mounting hole part of a steering column post of a vehicle from the same direction. Thereafter, a screwing step for screwing the rotation shaft and the lock stopper after the built-in step is conducted to assemble an electric steering lock device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: TOKAI RIKA CO., LTDInventors: Masanari OKUNO, Hiroyasu HASEGAWA, Nobuhisa INOUE
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Publication number: 20080178644Abstract: An electric steering lock device has a lock body to be installed in a mounting hole part of a steering column post of a vehicle, a drive part which generates a rotation drive power, a rotation shaft to be rotated by the rotation drive power of the drive part through a gear mechanism, a lock stopper to be screwed with the rotation shaft to move axially by rotating of the rotation shaft, a lock bar which moves between a lock position for locking a steering shaft by movement of the lock stopper and an unlock position for unlocking the steering shaft, and a bush. The bush has a load receiving part to receive thrust loading of the rotation shaft at least at one side of the rotation shaft, an installation claw part to be installed by inserting in a hole part of the lock body, and a bearing claw part to receive radial load by fitting to be slidably rotatable with an external diameter of the rotation shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: TOKAI RIKA CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanari OKUNO, Hiroyasu HASEGAWA, Nobuhisa INOUE
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Publication number: 20080047309Abstract: A steering lock apparatus for locking a steering shaft of a vehicle. The steering lock apparatus includes a motor and a lock assembly that is moved by the motor. The lock assembly includes a lock bar that moves between a lock position at which the lock bar is engaged with the steering shaft and an unlock position at which the lock bar is disengaged from the steering shaft. A magnet receptacle portion is arranged on the lock assembly. A magnet is attached to the magnet receptacle portion and moved integrally with the lock assembly. A magnetic field detection element detects a present position of the lock assembly based on a magnetic field of the magnet. The magnet is magnetically held and positioned in the magnet receptacle portion by magnetic attraction force produced between the magnet and a part of the lock assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masanari Okuno, Hiroyasu Hasegawa, Nobuhisa Inoue
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Patent number: 5128915Abstract: A device for processing optical data comprising:an optical waveguide formed on a substrate,a light source for the laser beam to be admitted into the waveguide,lens means provided on the waveguide for causing the beam propagating through the waveguide to emerge obliquely upward and focusing the emergent beam two-dimensionally,means for receiving the beam reflected obliquely from above,a base provided with the laser light source, the substrate and the light receiving means,a focusing drive mechanism for adjusting the position of the base upward or downward, anda tracking drive mechanism for adjusting the position of the base laterally.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1989Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronic Co.Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Nobuhisa Inoue, Shiro Ogata, Mitsutaka Katoh, Masaharu Matano, Kazuhiko Mori, Isao Taguchi
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Patent number: 5111447Abstract: A photo-pickup wherein a light emitting portion, a surface acoustic wave generating portion, a lens portion, a light receiving portion and a control portion are integrally integrated on a base plate formed on its surface with a light transmission path. The light emitting portion propagates a light beam to the light transmission path. The light beam propagating in the light transmission path is first deflected within a plane of the light transmission path by surface acoustic wave propagating on the light transmission path and propagated towards the lens portion. The lens portion is provided to project the light beam outside from the light transmission path and effect two-dimentional focusing of the projected beam and adjustment of focal position. The light receiving portion comprises a combination of a plurality of light receiving elements disposed at suitable intervals from the projected position of the light beam to receive a reflected light of the light beam.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 1990Date of Patent: May 5, 1992Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Nobuhisa Inoue, Mori Kazuhiko, Masaharu Matano, Isao Taguchi
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Patent number: 4763973Abstract: A plurality of modulating elements are provided on a substrate to modulate the intensity of input light in dependence upon an applied physical quantity. Intensity-modulated output optical signals from these plural modulating elements propagate in parallel along the substrate. These parallel optical signals are successively diffracted by a pulsed surface acoustic wave, and the diffracted light is then focused. Since parallel optical signals from a plurality of modulating elements can thus be converted into a serial optical signal, the signal can be transmitted by a single optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1986Date of Patent: August 16, 1988Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.Inventors: Nobuhisa Inoue, Masaharu Matano, Tsukasa Yamashita
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Patent number: 4762383Abstract: A two-dimensional light beam deflector for deflecting a light beam by a first deflector in a direction parallel to the plane of a thin film optical waveguide formed on a substrate, and also for deflecting the light beam, already deflected once by said first deflector, in a direction perpendicular to the plane of said thin film optical waveguide by a second deflector.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1986Date of Patent: August 9, 1988Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Masaharu Matano, Kazuhiko Mori, Nobuhisa Inoue
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Patent number: 4747090Abstract: A photo-pickup wherein a light emitting portion, a surface acoustic wave generating portion, a lens portion, a light receiving portion and a control portion are integrally integrated on a base plate formed on its surface with a light transmission path. The light emitting portion propagates a light beam to the light transmission path. The light beam propagating in the light transmission path is first deflected within a plane of the light transmission path by surface acoustic wave propagating on the light transmission path and propagated towards the lens portion. The lens portion is provided to project the light beram outside from the light transmission path and effect two-dimentional focusing of the projected beam and adjustment of focal position. The light receiving portion comprises a combination of a plurality of light receiving elements disposed at suitable intervals from the projected position of the light beam to receive a reflected light of the light beam.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1983Date of Patent: May 24, 1988Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Nobuhisa Inoue, Kazuhiko Mori, Masaharu Matano, Isao Taguchi
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Patent number: 4737946Abstract: A device for processing optical data comprising:an optical waveguide formed on a substrate,a light source for the laser beam to be admitted into the waveguide,lens means provided on the waveguide for causing the beam propagating through the waveguide to emerge obliquely upward and focusing the emergent beam two-dimensionally,means for receiving the beam reflected obliquely from above,a base provided with the laser light source, the substrate and the light receiving means,a focusing drive mechanism for adjusting the position of the base upward or downward, anda tracking drive mechanism for adjusting the position of the base laterally.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1985Date of Patent: April 12, 1988Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Nobuhisa Inoue, Shiro Ogata, Mitsutaka Katoh, Masaharu Matano, Kazuhiko Mori, Isao Taguchi
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Patent number: 4604707Abstract: An optical comparator for comparing, bit by bit, corresponding bits of two optical digital signals which are identical in the number of constituent optical bit signals, includes an optical waveguide layer made of an acousto-optical material. A surface acoustic wave generator generates a surface acoustic wave propagating on the waveguide layer, and a photocoupler directs the constituent bit signals to be of the two optical digital signals incident on the waveguide layer so as to satisfy the Bragg diffraction condition with respect to the surface acoustic wave propagating on the waveguide layer. A photosensor detects diffracted light and/or undiffracted light which has passed through a surface acoustic wave interaction region.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1983Date of Patent: August 5, 1986Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Nobuhisa Inoue, Kazuhiko Mori, Masaharu Matano
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Patent number: 4568911Abstract: A surface acoustic wave generator is provided on an optical waveguide layer of an acousto-optical material. A group of parallel light beams each made significant according to the position of the path of propagation of light are made incident on the waveguide layer at an angle satisfying the Bragg diffraction condition with respect to a surface acoustic wave, and are successively diffracted by the wave, whereby a digital amount represented by the presence of light beams of the group is converted to an analog amount in terms of the power of light.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1982Date of Patent: February 4, 1986Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.Inventors: Ysukasa Yamashita, Masaharu Matano, Kazuhiko Mori, Nobuhisa Inoue