Patents by Inventor Tamotsu Ota

Tamotsu Ota 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: 7211999
    Abstract: A rotation angle detector has a rotary member which is rotated in association with a steering shaft, detecting members each of which is rotated in association with the rotary member, magnets which are arranged in correspondence to these detecting members and rotated integrally with these corresponding detecting members, magnetic sensing devices which are arranged opposed to the respective corresponding magnets, and a controlling circuit for calculating a rotation angle of the steering shaft based on detection signals from the magnetic sensing devices, wherein at least one of the magnets has a first section on a side of the magnetic sensing device, and a second section on a side opposite to the magnetic sensing device, and the north pole and the south pole of the first section are arranged in a reversed manner to those of the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shozoh Shiraga, Koji Toyota, Tamotsu Ota
  • Publication number: 20050127907
    Abstract: A rotation angle detector has a rotary member which is rotated in association with a steering shaft, detecting members each of which is rotated in association with the rotary member, magnets which are arranged in correspondence to the respective detecting members and rotated integrally with the respective corresponding detecting members, magnetic sensing devices which are arranged as opposed to the respective corresponding magnets, and a controlling circuit for calculating a rotation angle of the steering shaft based on detection signals from the magnetic sensing devices, wherein at least one of the magnets has a first section on the side of the magnetic sensing device, and a second section on the side opposite to the magnetic sensing device, and the north pole and the south pole of the first section are arranged in a reversed manner to those of the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Shozoh Shiraga, Koji Toyota, Tamotsu Ota