Patents by Inventor Shinya MUTO

Shinya MUTO 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: 10953750
    Abstract: An input device includes a base member, a motor, a rotation shaft, a worm gear, a first gear, a second gear, an elastic member, a rotor, an angle detection unit, and a controller. The rotation shaft is rotated by the motor. The worm gear is unitarily rotated with the rotation shaft. The first gear is rotatable and engaged with the worm gear. The second gear is coaxial with the first gear. The elastic member generates urging force. The rotor is rotatable relative to the base member, includes a third gear engaged with the second gear, and is rotated by an operator. The angle detection unit detects a first rotation angle of the first gear and a second rotation angle of the second gear. The controller performs drive control for the motor to change a sense of force applied to the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Uenomachi, Toshio Ogawa, Shinya Muto, Yoshitsugu Wakita, Ikuyasu Miyako, Wataru Kimura
  • Patent number: 10901451
    Abstract: An input device includes a base member, a motor, a rotation shaft, a worm gear, a first gear, a rotor, a movement member, an elastic member, a change amount detection unit, and a controller. The rotation shaft is rotated by the motor. The worm gear is rotated by the rotation shaft. The first gear is rotatable and engaged with the worm gear. The rotor is rotatable relative to the base member, includes a second gear engaged with the first gear, and is rotated by an operator. The movement member is moved as the worm gear is moved. The elastic member generates urging force. The change amount detection unit detects a change amount of a state that is changed in accordance with the movement of the movement member. The controller performs drive control for the motor to change a sense of force applied to the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Uenomachi, Toshio Ogawa, Shinya Muto, Yoshitsugu Wakita, Ikuyasu Miyako, Wataru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200379500
    Abstract: An input device includes a base member, a motor, a rotation shaft, a worm gear, a first gear, a rotor, a movement member, an elastic member, a change amount detection unit, and a controller. The rotation shaft is rotated by the motor. The worm gear is rotated by the rotation shaft. The first gear is rotatable and engaged with the worm gear. The rotor is rotatable relative to the base member, includes a second gear engaged with the first gear, and is rotated by an operator. The movement member is moved as the worm gear is moved. The elastic member generates urging force. The change amount detection unit detects a change amount of a state that is changed in accordance with the movement of the movement member. The controller performs drive control for the motor to change a sense of force applied to the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi UENOMACHI, Toshio OGAWA, Shinya MUTO, Yoshitsugu WAKITA, Ikuyasu MIYAKO, Wataru KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200376963
    Abstract: An input device includes a base member, a motor, a rotation shaft, a worm gear, a first gear, a second gear, an elastic member, a rotor, an angle detection unit, and a controller. The rotation shaft is rotated by the motor. The worm gear is unitarily rotated with the rotation shaft. The first gear is rotatable and engaged with the worm gear. The second gear is coaxial with the first gear. The elastic member generates urging force. The rotor is rotatable relative to the base member, includes a third gear engaged with the second gear, and is rotated by an operator. The angle detection unit detects a first rotation angle of the first gear and a second rotation angle of the second gear. The controller performs drive control for the motor to change a sense of force applied to the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi UENOMACHI, Toshio OGAWA, Shinya MUTO, Yoshitsugu WAKITA, Ikuyasu MIYAKO, Wataru KIMURA
  • Patent number: 8952281
    Abstract: In a slide switch device in which a tactile-feel generation portion generates a tactile feel when a slider is operated to slide via an operation knob, the tactile-feel generation portion includes cam portions formed at a back surface of a flat plate portion of the slider, coil springs held at a guide base, and driving bodies that are elastically urged to the coil springs and are pressed to the cam portions. Elastic arms that elastically contact a guide flat surface of the guide base are provided at the flat plate portion of the slider. The elastic arms and the cam portions are arranged by the same number at positions separated from a shaft portion of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Shinya Muto
  • Publication number: 20130068598
    Abstract: In a slide switch device in which a tactile-feel generation portion generates a tactile feel when a slider is operated to slide via an operation knob, the tactile-feel generation portion includes cam portions formed at a back surface of a flat plate portion of the slider, coil springs held at a guide base, and driving bodies that are elastically urged to the coil springs and are pressed to the cam portions. Elastic arms that elastically contact a guide flat surface of the guide base are provided at the flat plate portion of the slider. The elastic arms and the cam portions are arranged by the same number at positions separated from a shaft portion of the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya MUTO