Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Makigawa

Tsuyoshi Makigawa 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: 7999644
    Abstract: A central magnet of a plurality of magnets arranged to be different in polarities is detected by two hall ICs; therefore, reduction in size can be achieved by reducing the number of the magnets; and at the same time, the number of the hall ICs can be maintained and the reliability can be secured, as compared with a configuration in which the magnets and the hall ICs individually respond in one to one correspondence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Teruyuki Nakayama, Minoru Hashimoto, Takahiro Ide, Tsuyoshi Makigawa
  • Publication number: 20080224803
    Abstract: A central magnet of a plurality of magnets arranged to be different in polarities is detected by two hall ICs; therefore, reduction in size can be achieved by reducing the number of the magnets; and at the same time, the number of the hall ICs can be maintained and the reliability can be secured, as compared with a configuration in which the magnets and the hall ICs individually respond in one to one correspondence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Teruyuki Nakayama, Minoru Hashimoto, Takahiro Ide, Tsuyoshi Makigawa