Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Obara

Tetsuya Obara 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: 5642269
    Abstract: A circuit construction comprising a diode and a capacitor is connected to a secondary coil of a thin transformer such as a wire-type transformer. An excitation energy is discharged during a reset time of the transformer, and this excitation energy is accumulated in the capacitor, thereby output voltage is obtained through the capacitor. A direct current output voltages having two outputs is obtained through one transformer. A small volume and a light weight of the transformer, so that a compact and thin power supply apparatus can be obtained. Since a winding ratio of the transformer can be made small, a copper loss of the transformer can be reduced. It is unnecessary to select a higher switching frequency and a manufacturing cost of the power supply apparatus can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Mizusawa Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kanouda, Tadashi Takahashi, Kazuhiro Takizawa, Tetsuya Obara, Makoto Kawamura, Masami Joraku, Yoshio Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 5069502
    Abstract: A sunroof driving apparatus includes a motor unit having a forwardly and reversely rotatable motor shaft and an output unit for converting rotation of the motor shaft into opening and closing movements of a sunroof lid. The motor unit and the output unit are disposed away from a roof of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Jidosha Denki Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Shuji Sekine, Takeo Furuya, Tetsuya Obara