Patents by Inventor Takashi Onimoto

Takashi Onimoto 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: 20250123166
    Abstract: A magnetostrictive torque sensor for detecting a torque applied to a magnetostrictive member having magnetostrictive properties, includes a detection coil arranged on an outer peripheral side of the magnetostrictive member; a magnetic ring composed of a ferromagnetic material arranged on an outer peripheral side of the detection coil; a housing having a facing portion facing the magnetic ring across the detection coil; a plug member closing an opening formed between the magnetic ring and the facing portion; a resin mold section covering the housing while exposing the magnetic ring and the plug member; a cable electrically connected to the detection coil and drawn out from the housing and the resin mold section; and a heat shrinkable tube covering the housing, a portion of the resin mold section, and an end portion of the cable exposed from the housing and the resin mold section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiming JIN, Takashi ONIMOTO, Akitoshi FUJIMORI, Seigou URAKAMI, Kota FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20240324467
    Abstract: A magnetostrictive torque sensor that is configured to be attached around a rotating shaft exhibiting a magnetostrictive effect and detects torque transmitted by the rotating shaft. The magnetostrictive torque sensor is provided with a holder being composed of a resin and including a cylinder portion with a hollow cavity in the center through which the rotating shaft is inserted, and a flexible substrate that includes a detection portion on which a coil group including a combination of a plurality of detection coils aligned in a predetermined direction is formed by a wiring pattern, and a signal line portion on which a plurality of signal lines electrically connecting the coil group to an external device are formed by a wiring pattern. The flexible substrate is arranged in such a manner that the detection portion is wrapped around an outer circumference of the cylinder portion of the holder and held by the holder, and a portion of the signal line portion is led out of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akitoshi FUJIMORI, Takashi ONIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240319029
    Abstract: A magnetostrictive torque sensor is configured to be attached around a rotating shaft exhibiting a magnetostrictive effect and detects torque transmitted by the rotating shaft. The magnetostrictive torque sensor includes a holder being composed of a resin and including a cylinder portion with a hollow cavity in a center through which the rotating shaft is inserted, a flexible substrate that includes a detection portion on which a coil group composed of a combination of a plurality of detection coils aligned in a predetermined direction is formed by a wiring pattern, and a signal line portion on which a plurality of signal lines electrically connecting the coil group to an external device are formed by a wiring pattern, and a cylindrical magnetic ring being composed of a soft magnetic material and being arranged around an outer circumference of the cylinder portion of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: Proterial, Ltd., NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Akitoshi FUJIMORI, Takashi ONIMOTO, Seigou URAKAMI, Takumi SHINOJIMA, Kota FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 12078514
    Abstract: A cable with sensor, including a cable including a plurality of electric wires and a sheath collectively covering the plurality of electric wires, and a sensor section provided at an end of the cable. The sensor section includes a plurality of magnetic sensors each including a detection section that includes a magnetism detection element and a cover covering the magnetism detection element, and a housing portion coating the plurality of magnetic sensors, the plurality of electric wires, and the sheath. The cable is extending out of the housing portion. The respective detection sections are arranged to be aligned with each other in a same direction as an extending direction of the cable from the housing portion of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Onimoto, Teruyoshi Shirota
  • Publication number: 20240247987
    Abstract: A magnetostrictive torque sensor that is configured to be attached around a rotating shaft exhibiting a magnetostrictive effect and detects torque transmitted by the rotating shaft in a predetermined operating temperature range. The magnetostrictive torque sensor is provided with a molded resin body including a cylinder portion with a hollow cavity in a center through which the rotating shaft is inserted, a flexible substrate that is wrapped around an outer circumference of the cylinder portion of the molded resin body and includes a plurality of detection coils composed of a wiring pattern, a cylindrical magnetic ring that houses the flexible substrate between the magnetic ring and the cylinder portion, and a filler composed of a curable resin filled between the cylinder portion, the flexible substrate, and the magnetic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi ONIMOTO, Kei KAWANO, Akitoshi FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20230296410
    Abstract: A cable with sensor, including a cable including a plurality of electric wires and a sheath collectively covering the plurality of electric wires, and a sensor section provided at an end of the cable. The sensor section includes a plurality of magnetic sensors each including a detection section that includes a magnetism detection element and a cover covering the magnetism detection element, and a housing portion coating the plurality of magnetic sensors, the plurality of electric wires, and the sheath. The cable is extending out of the housing portion. The respective detection sections are arranged to be aligned with each other in a same direction as an extending direction of the cable from the housing portion of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi ONIMOTO, Teruyoshi SHIROTA
  • Publication number: 20230280219
    Abstract: The torque measuring device includes: a casing made of a magnetic metal; a rotating shaft rotatably arranged inside the casing and having a magnetostrictive effect section whose magnetic permeability changes according to torque to be transmitted; and a torque sensor arranged around the magnetostrictive effect section and supported by the casing, the torque sensor including a coil unit formed in a cylindrical shape using a flexible substrate having a detection coil that changes voltage in response to changes in the magnetic permeability of the magnetostrictive effect section, and a holder made of rubber or synthetic resin, covering an outer peripheral surface of the coil unit, and having a portion that protrudes from the coil unit on both sides in an axial direction; and the torque sensor supported by the casing with an outer peripheral surface of the holder fitted into an inner peripheral surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: NSK LTD., Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro KOBAYASHI, Kota FUKUDA, Hisayoshi FUKUI, Takahiro ODERA, Akitoshi FUJIMORI, Takashi ONIMOTO, Yiming JIN
  • Patent number: 11692850
    Abstract: A cable with sensor, including a cable, and a sensor section provided at an end of the cable. The sensor section includes a plurality of magnetic sensors each including a detection section that includes a magnetism detection element and a cover covering the magnetism detection element, and a housing portion coating the plurality of magnetic sensors and the cable. The cable is extending out of the housing portion. The respective detection sections are arranged to be aligned with each other in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the cable from the housing portion of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Onimoto, Teruyoshi Shirota
  • Publication number: 20220252426
    Abstract: A cable with sensor, including a cable, and a sensor section provided at an end of the cable. The sensor section includes a plurality of magnetic sensors each including a detection section that includes a magnetism detection element and a cover covering the magnetism detection element, and a housing portion coating the plurality of magnetic sensors and the cable. The cable is extending out of the housing portion. The respective detection sections are arranged to be aligned with each other in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the cable from the housing portion of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi ONIMOTO, Teruyoshi SHIROTA
  • Patent number: 11346686
    Abstract: A rotation detection device that detects a rotational speed of a rotating member by using a magnetic sensor, includes a detected member mounted to the rotating member, and a sensor section mounted to a stationary member not rotating with rotation of the rotating member. A through-hole that penetrates in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of the rotating member is formed at the stationary member. The sensor section includes the magnetic sensors each including a detection section that includes a magnetism detection element and a cover covering the magnetism detection element, and a housing portion coating the magnetic sensors. The housing portion is inserted into the through-hole in the direction intersecting with the rotational axis. The detection sections are arranged at a position shifted from the rotational axis along the detected member in a direction intersecting with an inserting direction that inserts the housing portion into the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Onimoto, Teruyoshi Shirota
  • Patent number: 11060887
    Abstract: A magnetic detection sensor for being installed at an end of a cable with a pair of signal wires to detect a magnetic field from magnetic poles. The sensor includes a magnetic sensor including a detection section and a pair of lead frames, the detection section including a magnetic detection element for detecting the magnetic field from the magnetic poles, and the lead frames extending from the detection section and configured to output a detection signal of the detection section, a housing portion that houses the magnetic sensor, and a capacitor that is provided separately from the magnetic sensor and is housed in the housing portion. First joining portions respectively joining the pair of lead frames to the pair of signal wires and second joining portions respectively joining the pair of lead frames to a pair of lead wires of the capacitor are located inside the housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Tomita, Takashi Onimoto, Masaaki Imahori
  • Patent number: 10895583
    Abstract: A turbo rotation sensor, which is configured to be mounted on a turbocharger provided with a compressor including a rotary driven compressor wheel housed in a compressor housing, to detect rotation speed of the compressor wheel, is composed of a magnet rotatable integrally with the compressor wheel and having a plurality of magnetic poles in a circumferential direction of the compressor wheel, and a sensor section attached to the compressor housing and including first and second magnetic detection elements capable of detecting a magnetic field in a radial direction of the compressor wheel due to the magnet. The first and second magnetic detection elements are arranged side by side in the radial direction of the compressor wheel. The rotation speed of the compressor wheel can be measured based on a difference between detection results of the first and second magnetic detection elements resulting from a difference between their respective distances from the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Kawano, Takashi Onimoto, Yuta Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20210010826
    Abstract: A rotation detection device that detects a rotational speed of a rotating member by using a magnetic sensor, includes a detected member mounted to the rotating member, and a sensor section mounted to a stationary member not rotating with rotation of the rotating member. A through-hole that penetrates in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of the rotating member is formed at the stationary member. The sensor section includes the magnetic sensors each including a detection section that includes a magnetism detection element and a cover covering the magnetism detection element, and a housing portion coating the magnetic sensors. The housing portion is inserted into the through-hole in the direction intersecting with the rotational axis. The detection sections are arranged at a position shifted from the rotational axis along the detected member in a direction intersecting with an inserting direction that inserts the housing portion into the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi ONIMOTO, Teruyoshi SHIROTA
  • Patent number: 10816360
    Abstract: A rotation detection device includes a detected member that is mounted to a rotating member and has a plurality of magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction about a rotational axis of the rotating member, and a sensor section that is mounted to a stationary member not rotating with rotation of the rotating member and is arranged to face the detected member. The sensor section includes plural magnetic sensors each including a plate-shaped detection section that includes a magnetism detection element for detecting a magnetic field from the detected member, a signal processing circuit for processing a signal output from the magnetism detection element, and a cover collectively covering the magnetism detection element and the signal processing circuit, and wherein the detection sections are stacked in a direction along which the sensor section and the detected member face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Onimoto, Teruyoshi Shirota
  • Publication number: 20190368896
    Abstract: A magnetic detection sensor for being installed at an end of a cable with a pair of signal wires to detect a magnetic field from magnetic poles. The sensor includes a magnetic sensor including a detection section and a pair of lead frames, the detection section including a magnetic detection element for detecting the magnetic field from the magnetic poles, and the lead frames extending from the detection section and configured to output a detection signal of the detection section, a housing portion that houses the magnetic sensor, and a capacitor that is provided separately from the magnetic sensor and is housed in the housing portion. First joining portions respectively joining the pair of lead frames to the pair of signal wires and second joining portions respectively joining the pair of lead frames to a pair of lead wires of the capacitor are located inside the housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Tomita, Takashi Onimoto, Masaaki Imahori
  • Publication number: 20190361043
    Abstract: A turbo rotation sensor, which is configured to be mounted on a turbocharger provided with a compressor including a rotary driven compressor wheel housed in a compressor housing, to detect rotation speed of the compressor wheel, is composed of a magnet rotatable integrally with the compressor wheel and having a plurality of magnetic poles in a circumferential direction of the compressor wheel, and a sensor section attached to the compressor housing and including first and second magnetic detection elements capable of detecting a magnetic field in a radial direction of the compressor wheel due to the magnet. The first and second magnetic detection elements are arranged side by side in the radial direction of the compressor wheel. The rotation speed of the compressor wheel can be measured based on a difference between detection results of the first and second magnetic detection elements resulting from a difference between their respective distances from the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kei KAWANO, Takashi ONIMOTO, Yuta SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10487680
    Abstract: A turbo rotation sensor includes a magnet magnetized with two different magnetic poles along a circumferential direction about a rotating shaft of a compressor wheel and provided at an end portion of the compressor wheel on the air intake side, and a sensor portion that is housed in a sensor hole formed on the housing, is arranged to face the magnet in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and includes two magnetic field detecting elements capable of measuring variation in magnetic flux density caused by the magnet. The two magnetic field detecting elements are aligned in a direction parallel to the rotating shaft so that the respective detection axes are parallel to an axial direction of the rotating shaft. The rotational speed of the compressor wheel is detected based on a difference between the magnetic field strengths detected by the two magnetic field detecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Kawano, Takashi Onimoto, Yuta Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20190094044
    Abstract: A rotation detection device includes a detected member that is mounted to a rotating member and has a plurality of magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction about a rotational axis of the rotating member, and a sensor section that is mounted to a stationary member not rotating with rotation of the rotating member and is arranged to face the detected member. The sensor section includes plural magnetic sensors each including a plate-shaped detection section that includes a magnetism detection element for detecting a magnetic field from the detected member, a signal processing circuit for processing a signal output from the magnetism detection element, and a cover collectively covering the magnetism detection element and the signal processing circuit, and wherein the detection sections are stacked in a direction along which the sensor section and the detected member face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi ONIMOTO, Teruyoshi SHIROTA
  • Patent number: 10144162
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cable with resin molded body, wherein the cable with resin molded body includes a cable and a resin molded body formed by resin molding, wherein the resin molded body includes a main body to cover the tip portion of the cable and a flange integrally molded with the main body, and wherein the flange includes a bolt hole through which a bolt is inserted so as to fix the flange to the attachment object. The method includes molding the resin molded body by injecting a resin into a mold, the mold including a main body-molding portion for molding the main body, a flange-molding portion for molding the flange and an outlet formed behind the flange-molding portion in relation to the main body-molding portion, and draining the resin through the outlet during the molding of the resin molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Kataoka, Yukio Ikeda, Takashi Onimoto
  • Publication number: 20180230846
    Abstract: A turbo rotation sensor includes a magnet magnetized with two different magnetic poles along a circumferential direction about a rotating shaft of a compressor wheel and provided at an end portion of the compressor wheel on the air intake side, and a sensor portion that is housed in a sensor hole formed on the housing, is arranged to face the magnet in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and includes two magnetic field detecting elements capable of measuring variation in magnetic flux density caused by the magnet. The two magnetic field detecting elements are aligned in a direction parallel to the rotating shaft so that the respective detection axes are parallel to an axial direction of the rotating shaft. The rotational speed of the compressor wheel is detected based on a difference between the magnetic field strengths detected by the two magnetic field detecting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Kei KAWANO, Takashi ONIMOTO, Yuta SUGIYAMA