Patents by Inventor Toru Tanabe

Toru Tanabe 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: 4972140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a current detection device comprising a core skirt for accommodating therein a core, a core stopper for fixing the core and a magnetic-sensitive element mounted on a substrate, the substrate and the core skirt having engaging portions for locating the magnetic-sensitive element, respectively, provided thereon, and further provides a core for detection of a magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Okazaki, Toru Tanabe, Masashi Suzuki, Hideki Kitamura, Seiichi Sudo, Takao Seto
  • Patent number: 4808812
    Abstract: A composite type light sensor compriser of a sensor portion molded into a light-transmitting resin together with light receiving elements and a case portion mounted with light receiving means such as a lens for receiving the sensor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Shigeru Kimura, Toshiaki Ikeda, Toru Tanabe, Seiichi Suto, Takao Seto
  • Patent number: 4728861
    Abstract: A light control apparatus for a vehicle is integrated with headlamp driving relays, a light sensor, a lighting switch which selects a manual mode or an automatic mode, and a control unit which controls the relays in accordance with the light sensor output when the lighting switch selects the automatic mode and turns on or off the headlamps. Two power source systems and two headlamp driving systems are provided. The signal level of a given terminal of the control unit is detected and is input to the microcomputer of the control unit. The microcomputer judges whether or not trouble has occurred by detecting a level difference. An alarm indication is given by a lamp or a buzzer if trouble is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimitsu Kurihara, Yoshikazu Tsuchiya, Akira Kikuchi, Kunio Okazaki, Toru Tanabe
  • Patent number: 4486818
    Abstract: Apparatus for opening and closing a retractable head lamp which includes a hand operated switch for effecting lighting and unlighting of the head lamp and initiating opening and closing movements of the head lamp, motor for driving a retracting mechanism for opening and closing the head lamp and a detector for detecting a desired position (opened and/or closed) of the head lamp and for selectively stopping energization of the motor when the head lamp reaches a desired position. A control means is connected between the hand switch and the detecting means and is responsive to operation of the hand switch from a lighting position substantially instantaneously to an unlighting position to prevent energization of the motor, thereby preventing closing of the previously opened head lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenshiro Hashimoto, Kunio Okazaki, Toru Tanabe, Toshio Koguro
  • Patent number: 3933081
    Abstract: A fluid control circuit for a radio controlled vehicle for operating an engine, transmission, steering, movable elements of earth-moving machines and braking device of the vehicle by means of radio control. The control circuit has plural shuttle valves interposed between brake cylinders and solenoid operated valves for controlling the brake cylinders. A circuit changing valve is interposed between a conduit communicating with the source of fluid under pressure and conduits communicating with operating cylinders for the engine, transmission, steering, earth-moving machines and braking devices through respective solenoid valves and the shuttle valves. Circuit changing valve is manually operable for selectively feeding fluid in pressure from the source thereof to either conduit communicating with the respective operating cylinders. Thus, the remote control of the vehicle can be simply changed to a manual one or vice versa by a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Taki, Masanovu Ogura, Toru Tanabe, Hidenori Mizuguchi