Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki IWAZAKI

Yoshiyuki IWAZAKI 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: 9437357
    Abstract: A rotary input device includes a first annular magnetic body in which a plurality of outward protrusions protruding toward an outside in a radial direction are disposed along a circumferential direction, a second annular magnetic body in which a plurality of inward protrusions formed to oppose the outward protrusions of the first magnetic body are disposed along a circumferential direction, and a rotary knob configured to relatively rotate the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body. The first magnetic body includes a magnet in which opposing surfaces facing each other are vertically disposed and which is magnetized to two poles of an upper pole and a lower pole including the opposing surfaces, a pair of yokes that interposes the opposing surfaces of the magnet vertically, and the outward protrusion formed on the pair of yokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Furuki, Yukiharu Hayashi, Hiroshi Hashira, Yoshiyuki Iwazaki
  • Publication number: 20150221426
    Abstract: A rotary input device includes a first annular magnetic body in which a plurality of outward protrusions protruding toward an outside in a radial direction are disposed along a circumferential direction, a second annular magnetic body in which a plurality of inward protrusions formed to oppose the outward protrusions of the first magnetic body are disposed along a circumferential direction, and a rotary knob configured to relatively rotate the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body. The first magnetic body includes a magnet in which opposing surfaces facing each other are vertically disposed and which is magnetized to two poles of an upper pole and a lower pole including the opposing surfaces, a pair of yokes that interposes the opposing surfaces of the magnet vertically, and the outward protrusion formed on the pair of yokes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeru FURUKI, Yukiharu HAYASHI, Hiroshi HASHIRA, Yoshiyuki IWAZAKI