Patents by Inventor Numaya Hiroyasu

Numaya Hiroyasu 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: 6538423
    Abstract: Provided is a coil instrument which can maintain a compact configuration even when a rotary shaft at a pointer side is subjected to a deceleration rotation by way of gears. The coil instrument includes a rotor shaft having a rotor magnet and a first gear, a pointer shaft having a second gear connected with the first gear, a housing which pivotally supports the pointer shaft and the rotor shaft in parallel, and a pair of coils which are arranged such that coils opposedly face an outer peripheral surface of the rotor magnet where the second gear is not arranged and give a rotational force to the rotor magnet upon energization thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Numaya Hiroyasu, Koichi Jinushi, Yoshihiro Kamimura