Patents by Inventor Satoshi Terashita

Satoshi Terashita 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).

  • Publication number: 20240097317
    Abstract: In order to ensure isolation between a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a narrow space while reducing a size of an antenna device for a vehicle, an antenna device (100) for a vehicle includes an antenna case (101), a base (102) forming an accommodation space together with the antenna case (101), and a first antenna element (122) and a second antenna element (123) that are accommodated in the accommodation space. The first antenna element (122) and the second antenna element (123) at least transmit or receive radio waves in different frequency bands. The first antenna element (122) at least partially has a meandering shape in a first direction that intersects polarization of radio waves transmitted or received by the second antenna element (123).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Motohisa ONO, Tomohiro HOSHI, Yusuke YOKOTA, Satoshi IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11325546
    Abstract: A rotary connector includes a case including a housing space and fixed to a vehicle body that includes a steering wheel including a steering-side electric component, a rotor that is rotatable around a rotational axis relative to the case, a first connector provided on the rotor and electrically connected to the steering-side electric component, a second connector provided on the case and electrically connected to a vehicle-side electric component in the vehicle body, a flexible cable that is provided in a wound state in the housing space of the case and electrically connects the first connector to the second connector, and a controller that is disposed between the first connector and the flexible cable and performs a predetermined process on an electric signal transmitted between the first connector and the flexible cable. The controller is configured to rotate together with the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hirohashi, Toshiaki Asakura, Hiroyuki Sato, Toshiyuki Hoshi, Hiroshi Hanzawa, Satoshi Terashita
  • Publication number: 20210070238
    Abstract: A rotary connector includes a case including a housing space and fixed to a vehicle body that includes a steering wheel including a steering-side electric component, a rotor that is rotatable around a rotational axis relative to the case, a first connector provided on the rotor and electrically connected to the steering-side electric component, a second connector provided on the case and electrically connected to a vehicle-side electric component in the vehicle body, a flexible cable that is provided in a wound state in the housing space of the case and electrically connects the first connector to the second connector, and a controller that is disposed between the first connector and the flexible cable and performs a predetermined process on an electric signal transmitted between the first connector and the flexible cable. The controller is configured to rotate together with the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto HIROHASHI, Toshiaki ASAKURA, Hiroyuki SATO, Toshiyuki HOSHI, Hiroshi HANZAWA, Satoshi TERASHITA
  • Publication number: 20150116800
    Abstract: The phase of laser light is modulated by a phase modulating array, and a hologram image is projected on a rotating screen. Light emission of the laser light is driven by PWM modulation so that a light emission period and a non-light emission period following the light emission period are repeated. In a case where the luminance of the hologram image is changed, the duty ratio of the light emission period is changed. In a case where the luminance is significantly reduced, the light emission intensity of the laser light is reduced without changing the duty ratio. Since the duty ratio is not reduced, a light diffusion condition on the rotating screen can be randomized even in a case where the luminance is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Toru Yoshida, Satoshi Terashita, Tsukasa Mizusawa, Yoshihiro Someno
  • Patent number: 6515879
    Abstract: The power source filter circuit is provided with a first inductor and a second inductor connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, a first capacitor connected between the input terminal and a reference potential point, a second capacitor connected between a contact point that connects the first inductor with the second inductor and the reference potential point, a third capacitor connected between the output terminal and the reference point, and a first resistance and a second resistance having a small resistance value connected to the second inductor in parallel respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Terashita, Satoshi Sakamoto, Hiroaki Nakaya, Takahiro Iwakiri
  • Patent number: 6476518
    Abstract: A low power consumption type automobile-mounted controller capable of switching so as not to continue power consumption of the automobile-mounted power source when the automobile has not been used over a long term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hoshi, Ken Mizuta, Satoshi Terashita
  • Publication number: 20020149952
    Abstract: The power source filter circuit is provided with a first inductor and a second inductor connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, a first capacitor connected between the input terminal and a reference potential point, a second capacitor connected between a contact point that connects the first inductor with the second inductor and the reference potential point, a third capacitor connected between the output terminal and the reference point, and a first resistance and a second resistance having a small resistance value connected to the second inductor in parallel respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Terashita, Satoshi Sakamoto, Hiroaki Nakaya, Takahiro Iwakiri
  • Patent number: 6426572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-reliability vehicle mounted device control apparatus capable of making a decision about functions of switch units with a simple structure and at a high processing speed and a low cost. Each of the switch units comprises a circuit substrate having a required circuit pattern formed to include a plurality of pairs of short-circuiting possible land portions, and a switch mounted on the circuit substrate so that any one of the plurality of pairs of land portions are short-circuited selectively to set a switching function inherent to that switch unit. Any one selected from the switch units is mounted in one of the unit mounting sections, and the switch of that switch unit is turned on. A switch unit decision section constituting a control section detects the land portions short-circuited to automatically make a decision about the kind of a switching function of the mounted switch unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Terashita, Satoshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6344719
    Abstract: The motor driving apparatus comprises a plurality of motors for displacing the position of the control object member, semiconductor switch pairs, a plurality of motor driving units for connecting the motors to the power supply and a control unit for ON/OFF controlling the semiconductor switch pairs. The motors form two sets of motors with each set being formed of two motors. One end of the motors and forming each set is connected to the common motor driving unit having the semiconductor switch pair and the other end of the motors and forming each set is connected to the motor driving units having the semiconductor switch pairs in each set. When the motors of each set are driven simultaneously, the control unit turns ON and OFF two semiconductor switch pairs and drives the motors of each set on the time division basis to provide inverse output polarities of the two semiconductor switch pairs connected to the motors of each set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Shibazaki, Masaaki Tanaka, Toshiyuki Hoshi, Satoshi Terashita, Ken Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20010015630
    Abstract: The motor driving apparatus comprises a plurality of motors 11 to 14 for displacing the position of the control object member, semiconductor switch pairs 4 to 8, a plurality of motor driving units 21 to 23 for connecting the motors 11 to 14 to the power supply and a control unit 3 for ON/OFF controlling the semiconductor switch pairs 4 to 8. The motors 11 to 14 form two sets of motors with each set being formed of two motors. One end of the motors 11 to 12 and 13 to 14 forming each set is connected to the common motor driving unit 23 having the semiconductor switch pair 8 and the other end of the motors 11 to 12 and 13 to 14 forming each set is connected to the motor driving units 22, 23 having the semiconductor switch pairs 4 to 5, 6 to 7 in each set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Shibazaki, Masaaki Tanaka, Toshiyuki Hoshi, Satoshi Terashita, Ken Mizuta
  • Patent number: 5265716
    Abstract: A seesaw type switch including a switch housing, a first lever pivotably connected to the switch housing about an axis, and a second lever pivotably connected to the switch housing about the axis. The first lever is pivoted independent of the second lever to press a movable contact against a fixed contact, and similarly the second lever is pivoted independent of the first lever to press a movable contact against a fixed contact. Also disclosed is a switch apparatus incorporating three seesaw type switches and includes a pair of interlocking members which are used to actuate two of the switches simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sawada, Satoshi Terashita, Hiroaki Takahashi