| Niles Co., Ltd. Patent applications |
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| 20110204206 | Rain sensor - There is provided a rain sensor capable of adequately detecting raindrops in a captured image. The rain sensor includes: a surface light source | 08-25-2011 |
| 20100299025 | Autowiper Controller - First and second temperature check portions | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295450 | Vehicle Light Controller - A first light on/off check portion | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100288612 | Caulking coupling device, switch and transmission switch - A punch includes a first caulking surface and a second caulking surface caulking margins of which axially differ in depth and sequentially formed in a peripheral direction, and includes a regulating surface opposing an outer peripheral surface of a caulking process portion to the first caulking surface of the first and second caulking surfaces, which has a deeper caulking margin, wherein the regulating surface regulates radial fillet movement by caulking of the caulking process portion to promote the fillet movement to the second caulking surface of the first and second caulking surfaces, which has a less deep caulking margin. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100270137 | SWITCH - A switch includes push knobs and a lens for guiding light from the light source on the pc board to illuminate the push knobs for changing the distance between the incident surface of the lens and the light source by moving the lens by operating the push knobs. The lens has a recess groove intersecting the light path of the incident light to the lens. The pc board has a protruding wall protruding toward the lens at a position corresponding to the recess groove. Upon movement of the lens directed to reduce the distance between the incident surface and the light source, the protruding wall is inserted into the recess groove by an amount corresponding to the lens displacement to shield the light path in accordance with the displacement. Light amount for illuminating the push knobs is kept constant irrespective of the lens movement. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100224472 | Push switch - A movable contact point board provided with contact points is urged in a direction of being away from stationary contact points by return springs each having the same size and the same characteristic, and is arranged as opposed to the stationary contact points. Return springs have the respective ends for supporting locations in the movable contact point board which are away from each other as having the contact points in the movable contact point board therebetween and support heights of the return springs at the stationary side differ with each other by D. When a plunger equipped with a holding portion having a flat surface as a bottom surface presses the movable contact point board, the contact point in the movable contact point board gets in contact with the stationary contact point at an inclined posture. Thereafter, while the movable contact point board becomes perpendicular to the axial direction, a contacting point between the contact point in the movable contact point board and the stationary contact point varies to perform the wiping function. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100224468 | 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 the fixed contact point and movable to the switch housing and elastic seal rings interposed between inner and outer peripheral surfaces of each of the terminal block and the cover, and the operation portion. One of the cover or the terminal block is formed of a colored, laser transmissive material and the other is formed of a laser non-transmissive material. The terminal block and the cover are automatically aligned with the moving block by an elastic force of the seal ring and a thermal welding part is circularly formed by means of a laser beam on the side of the outer periphery in each of the terminal block and the cover to be aligned for coupling the terminal block with the cover to fix the alignment. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100053613 | Rain sensor - To improve detection performance without requiring precise positioning of a light-emitting element and a lens, a rain sensor | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100001721 | Rotation angle sensor - A rotation angle sensor providing excellent output characteristics is provided. The rotation angle sensor has a structure in which a ring-shaped permanent magnet provided so as to be rotatable integrally with a rotor connected to a member to be detected; magnetic flux gathering yokes surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped permanent magnet with a certain clearance being formed between the outer circumferential surface and the magnetic flux gathering yokes; and Hall ICs | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090317995 | 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 of freely turning with rotation of the rotor, the first guide section and the roller constituting the second guide section which are provided in the free motion spacer, the first flat cable arranged along in the circumferential direction of the outer and inner peripheral sides of the free motion spacer in such a manner that both ends of the first flat cable are fixed to the body and the rotor respectively and the first flat cable is reversed by always making the convex side of the reversing section in the first flat cable contact the first guide section, and the second flat cable arranged along the circumferential direction of the outer and inner peripheral sides of the free motion spacer in such a manner that both ends of the second flat cable are fixed to the body and the rotor respectively and the second flat cable is reversed by always making the concave side of the reversing section of the second flat cable contact the roller. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090317994 | 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 rotary connector has: a body which is supported at a combination switch side and is adapted to pass a steering shaft; a rotor adapted to pass the steering shaft; and an attachment adapted to rotatably couple the rotor to the body and conjunctively rotate relative to the rotor, sensor-engagement recessed portions engaging with a steering-angle sensor to transmit a rotation, the recessed portions being provided at the attachment, wherein wheel-engagement protrusions engaging with a steering wheel are provided at the attachment. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090317984 | 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 in the circumferential direction to form a reverse insert section and capable of turning with rotation of the rotor, and a flat cable which is reversed by inserting the reverse section into the reverse insert section in the free motion spacer and is wound around the outer and inner peripheral sides of the group of spacer sections where ribs | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090166166 | 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 engagement projection portions to lock a swing motion of the shaft and release recessed portions for releasing the engagement of the engagement projection portions at a switch operational position where the operational knob is rotated to allow an operation of the inclination motion by the operational knob in a plane direction due to the swing of the shaft. This construction thus prevents the operation of the inclination motion by the operational knob when the operational knob is at a neutral position. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090146649 | 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 inside magnetic flux collecting yoke for surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the ring-shaped permanent magnet in a constant gap, a ring-shaped outside magnetic flux collecting yoke for surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the ring-shaped inside magnetic flux collecting yoke in a constant gap, and a hole IC arranged in a gap formed in the ring-shaped inside magnetic flux collecting yoke, wherein an axial height of the ring-shaped inside magnetic flux collecting yoke is changed along a circumferential direction of the ring-shaped inside magnetic flux collecting yoke. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090134830 | 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 provided. An estimating part ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090127080 | 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 tothe present embodiment includes: a switch case | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090105909 | Rotational angle detecting device - In a steering angle detecting device for a steering shaft, gear tooth omission abnormality is detected with high accuracy without causing an increase in costs. A speed increasing side detecting gear and a speed reduction side detecting gear are rotated in conjunction with a rotor gear integral with a steering shaft, operation processing of sampling data from MR sensors | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090091317 | Contactless roration 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 | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090089955 | Wiper controller - A wiper controller which detects the raindrops adhered onto the windshield glass G of the vehicle to control the wiper based on the detected result is provided with a wiped water measurement unit for calculating an amount of water wiped by the wiper, a wiper operation time counter for counting the actual wiper operation time based on the ON/OFF signal of the wiper motor for driving the wiper, a delay time calculation unit which obtains the wiper operation delay time by comparing the actual wiper operation time with the reference wiper operation time, and an operation change determination unit for determining with respect to the need for changing the wiper operation based on the wiper operation delay time and the amount of water wiped by the wiper. The change in the rainfall state is derived from the wiper operation delay time and the amount of water wiped by the wiper to appropriately control the wiper in response to the change in the rainfall state. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090065332 | 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 contact board. Therefore, the detent plate, the manual shaft and the movable contact board cooperate integrally, leading to an improvement on relative position accuracy of the movable contact board to the stationary contact board. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090065331 | 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 with a plurality of guide grooves for reciprocally guiding the four support portions (legs) in the movable contact board along the rotational direction. Further, the plurality of the support portions (leg) are configured of the support portions, for example, four legs extending generally vertically from the movable contact board so as to straddle stationary contact points and bending portions provided in the four respective legs to penetrate through the pair of the guide grooves in the stationary contact board for supporting the stationary contact board from the backside. Thereby, an inhibitor switch preferable in view of reduction in the number of components and reduction in a plastic amount can be provided. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090020398 | 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 together therewith. A through bore is formed in the base for penetrating in a lever rotational axis direction between the rotary knob and the first rotary lever, a pair of contact balls are provided in the through bore to be respectively arranged exposed to both ends of the through bore to put a coil spring between the pair of the contact balls, and detent convex is provided in a rotational direction in the rotary knob to be exposed to one end of the through bore and resiliently contact the contact ball, and a contact edge section is provided along a rotational direction in the first rotary lever to be exposed to the other end of the through bore and resiliently contact the contact ball. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090007399 | Structure for interrlocking two members - A strength of engagingly locking a second member to a first member is remarkably improved without causing deterioration in workability, even when improvement in the locking strength between two members is attempted using a clip. In order to lock and fix a connector housing | 01-08-2009 |
