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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106648 | Non-contact rotational angle detecting sensor There is provided a non-contact rotational detecting sensor comprising a ring-shaped permanent magnet which rotates integrally with a detection object of a rotational angle and of which a magnetic pole changes along the circumferential direction, a ring-shaped insid... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8089365 | Wiper control method and wiper control device A wiper control method and a wiper control device which can stabilize wiping rhythm of a wiper while ensuring required wiping and smoothly respond to change of a rainfall situation are provided. An adhesion cycle of a raindrop adhering on a detection surface is dete... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080749 | Switch and welding method of same A switch comprises a switch housing including a cover, a terminal block welded to the cover and a fixed contact point therein, a moving block provided with a boss for fitting a manual shaft of an automatic transmission and a movable contact point corresponding to th... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8033845 | Rotary connector device There are provided the body supported to the side of the combination switch and having the circular wall, the rotor connected rotatably to the body and coaxial with the wall section, the free motion spacer formed circularly between the body and the rotor and capable... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8022323 | Switch apparatus The present invention aims at achieving the object of keeping a contact housing portion liquid tight sealed and to improve the durability of a switch apparatus. A switch apparatus according to the present embodiment includes: a switch case 3 including a conta... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7956299 | Inhibitor switch for automatic transmission A movable contact board is engaged to a detent plate fixed and fastened to a manual shaft and a shaft support portion for supporting the manual shaft which is a turning center of the detent plate to the stationary contact board is formed integrally with the movable ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956298 | Inhibitor switch for automatic transmission A movable contact board is engaged to a detent plate and the movable contact board is provided with a plurality of support portions, for example, four legs for supporting a stationary contact board and, on the other hand, the stationary contact board is provided wit... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7847540 | Contactless rotation angle sensor There is provided a rotation angle sensor which does not require resin and an O ring for sealing and is applicable to such a structure that a rotating body to be detected passes through a center portion. A waterproof surface on the main body side 39 positione... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7811108 | Rotary connector device There are provided a body, a rotor, a free motion spacer including a group of spacer sections arranged circularly between the body and the rotor and a reverse guide section in which a guide face is provided to be opposed to a roller in the group of spacer sections i... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798816 | Rotary connector device A rotary connector device is provided for restraining an error of rotational transmission between a steering wheel and a steering-angle sensor and restricting an increase of a steering-wheel detection error, making it possible to perform timely vehicle control. The ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7772794 | Apparatus and method for controlling vehicular wiper A wiper controlling apparatus capable of discriminating between a signal change at the time of a wiper blade passage and that at the time of a raindrop impact so as to allow a wiper control promptly responding to the change in the condition of the sensing surface is... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767920 | Switch and welding method of same A switch comprises a switch housing including a cover and a terminal block coupled with the cover. The cover is formed of a colored, laser transmissive material and the terminal block is formed of a laser non-transmissive material. A thin part is circularly formed i... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7758362 | Rotary connector A rotary connector apparatus includes a body supported fixedly, a rotor supported rotatably by the body and rotatable together with a steering wheel, a floating spacer disposed between the body and the rotor, rotatably floating according to rotation of the rotor, an... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7592554 | Switch device A spherical portion of a shaft is provided with engagement projection portions at two locations to be arranged by intervals of 90° in the rotational circumferential direction and there is provided a guide portion including limiting faces for being engaged to the en... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7580057 | Vehicular image pickup device A position adjustment of the camera body 2 to a reference position can be performed by the position adjustment mechanism 4 with reference to a position relation between the mark 5 provided in the bottom portion 2a of the camera bod... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7572992 | Lever switch A lever witch comprises first and second rotary levers arranged in outer and inner peripheries of the non-rotary lever, a base mounted in a tip end side of the non-rotary lever and a rotary knob supported by a tip end side of the second rotary lever and rotating tog... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7511237 | Lever switch mounting structure To provide a structure in which a rotary connector, a turning signal switch and a wiper switch can be combined into a sub-assembly, and besides even when an unduly-large force acts on the turning signal switch or the wiper switch after the rotary connector and the t... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7476130 | Connection structure for resistive element Staking and soldering are eliminated to improve workability in assembly. A connection structure for a resistive element, in which the resistive element having lead wires at both ends is connected to a connection section of a base. A cover is fixably mounted on the b... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7466097 | Wiper control method and wiper control device A wiper control method and a wiper control device are provided which can smoothly respond to rapid change of a rainfall situation at passage of a rainfall shutoff environment such as a tunnel. A wiping state control part 42 determines entry of a vehicle into ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7332997 | Remote control device for vehicle A door lock drive controller, after outputting a drive signal to a drive circuit of a door lock actuator based on a signal from a remote control terminal, outputs an answer back signal in the form of pulses to a lamp drive circuit to light a hazard lamp. In a buzzer... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7180018 | Switch device In a switch device including: a push button disposed in an opening of a switch case and operable to be tilted in any one of a plurality of directions by being pushed at an outer edge side; a rubber contact that forces the push button to a position before pushing; an... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7154241 | Wiper control method and wiper control device There are provided a wiper control method and a wiper control device in which unnecessary wiping operation is not performed. When a fixed amount of water passing through a detection area 4, the water being carried by the wiping operation of a wiper 5 | 12/26/2006 |
| 7078638 | Inhibitor switch An inhibitor switch is joined to a manual shaft inside a mission case which can be readily positioned. The inhibitor switch in which a movable base is interlocked and linked to a manual shaft of an automatic transmission inside a mission case of the automatic transm... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7050949 | Signal processing method and device A signal processing method and a signal processing device are provided in which a signal obtained from an object as an input signal, a time lag signal is generated from the input signal, a difference between the input signal and the time lag signal, and the generati... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7034932 | Deposit detector and controller using the detector The present invention provides an object-sensing device capable of estimating the presence of an object attached on a sensing surface, the kind of the object and the state of the object. An image is formed by a lens with light via the sensing surface, and the light ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034326 | Laminated heat-reflecting windshield with detecting device The present invention provides a heat-reflecting windshield that includes a laminated glass sheet and a detecting device for optically detecting a target object such as water droplets. The laminated glass sheet includes a first glass sheet, a heat-reflecting film fo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7019321 | Sensing device and its sensing method, and wiper controlling apparatus using the same In a rain sensing device, a sensing device that can estimate the size of raindrops or the like without a large amount of hardware resources, and its sensing method, and a wiper controlling apparatus using the same can be provided. In a sensing device, light emitted ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002480 | Deposit detector and control device using it A deposit detector in which deposit on a detection surface has a surface shape effect, and generation of a flashing phenomenon caused by irregular reflection of the light incident on the deposit from the outside is estimated. In a deposit detection mode, light emitt... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6919961 | Adhering substance detector and controller using the same An object sensor is provided, which has a high object detection rate with respect to an object such as a raindrop adhering to a detection surface, and which is capable of detecting the presence/absence of an object with a high sensitivity. A light source 10, ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6897386 | Rotational sliding switch Increase in size can be controlled, manufacturing cost can be reduced, and accurate detection is possible even when the number of fixed contacts is increased. An inhibitor switch comprising a pole base on the fixed side supporting fixed contacts and movable bases th... | 05/24/2005 |
