Patents by Inventor Takeo Kurihara

Takeo Kurihara 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: 20120098529
    Abstract: The present invention aims for providing a rotation angle detecting device which achieves both the reduction of a manufacturing cost and the elimination of the influence of a reverse magnetic field. A rotating magnet 12 is attached on a rotary shaft 11 and generates a rotating magnetic field by rotating together with the rotary shaft 11. A rotation angle detecting element unit 13 includes a magnetic detecting element and a quadrupole auxiliary magnet 160. The quadrupole auxiliary magnet 160 includes plural first pole pieces 161a to 161d arranged radially. Second pole pieces 162a and 162b are inserted between the first pole pieces 161a to 161d. The second pole pieces 162a and 162b erase a reverse magnetic field directed to a reverse direction of a composite magnetic field generated by the first pole pieces 161a to 161d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: TOMEN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeo Kurihara
  • Patent number: 7808234
    Abstract: A rotational angle detection device enables rotational angle detection for rotational angles ranging from 0° to 360° with an extremely simple configuration. The rotational angle detection device includes: a rotating magnet 12, which is mounted on one end of a rotating shaft 11; a four-pole auxiliary magnet 14, which is mounted on a substrate 13 opposed to the rotating magnet 12 without contact; and a magnetic sensor 15, which is mounted on the opposite side of the substrate 13. The four-pole auxiliary magnet 14 converts one rotating magnetic field of 0° to 360° provided by the rotating magnet 12 in a region where the magnetic sensor 15 is positioned into another rotating magnetic field of 0° to 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Tomen Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Takeo Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20090033321
    Abstract: A rotational angle detection device enables rotational angle detection for rotational angles ranging from 0° to 360° with an extremely simple configuration. The rotational angle detection device includes: a rotating magnet 12, which is mounted on one end of a rotating shaft 11; a four-pole auxiliary magnet 14, which is mounted on a substrate 13 opposed to the rotating magnet 12 without contact; and a magnetic sensor 15, which is mounted on the opposite side of the substrate 13. The four-pole auxiliary magnet 14 converts one rotating magnetic field of 0° to 360° provided by the rotating magnet 12 in a region where the magnetic sensor 15 is positioned into another rotating magnetic field of 0° to 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: TOMEN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeo Kurihara