Sony Corporation

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Kohei Haneishi

Kokichi Morii

Hisashi Suwa

Hajime Shichijo

A tuning apparatus includes a dial plate marked with broadcast frequencies thereon, a guide shaft provided in parallel with the dial plate, a substrate having a resistive layer thereon, the resistive layer having varying resistance values distributed therealong which correspond to the broadcast frequencies on the dial plate, the resistive layer being supplied with a DC voltage at opposite ends thereof, a plurality of markers, each slidably disposed with respect to the dial plate to indicate a predetermined broadcast frequency, and each having a first engaging portion and a first electrically conductive slide element for slidably contacting the resistive layer to detect a predetermined DC voltage in response to the location of the markers, a mounting member slidably disposed on the guide shaft in parallel with the dial plate, and including a display member extending therefrom toward the dial plate to indicate a manually selected broadcast frequency, a second electrically conductive slide element for slidably contacting the resistive layer to detect a predetermined DC voltage in response to the location of the mounting member, and a sleeve member slidably mounted on the guide shaft and including a projecting portion adapted to engage the engaging portions of the markers, and a switching circuit supplied with the DC voltages from the first and second slide elements and selectively supplying one of the DC voltages to a tuning circuit as a tuning control voltage.

Multi-band voltage variable capacitance tuner having automatic and

Tuning apparatus of the type including at least first and second tuners, such as AM and FM tuners, operable to be tuned over respective broadcast frequency bands. The tuning apparatus includes a dial scale calibrated in at least two sets of gradations to represent the particular frequencies in the respective frequency bands to which the tuners are tuned and an indicator movable across the scale to indicate the frequency to which a respective tuner is tuned. The apparatus comprises at least one first settable element associated with a corresponding frequency band to be set to a desired location along the scale and at least one second settable element associated with a different frequency band to be set to a desired location along the scale. Sensors are coupled to and movable with the indicator to sense each of the first and second settable elements as the indicator is moved across the scale. A control signal generator generates a respective control signal when the indicator is positioned such that the sensors sense a corresponding one of the settable elements. An output is derived from a respective one of the tuners when a control signal is generated corresponding to the sensing of a particular one of the settable elements.

Tuning apparatus with band-selection means

In a tuning apparatus for a broadcast receiver having a dial scale calibrated to represent broadcast frequencies over a predetermined frequency band, and along which an indicator is movable for indicating the broadcast frequency to which the tuning apparatus is actually tuned; a sensor is movable with the indicator, at least one presetting element is movable along the dial scale for indicating a respective preset broadcast frequency and each such element coacts with the sensor whenever the broadcast frequency to which the tuning apparatus is tuned corresponds to the respective preset broadcast frequency, a control signal generator produces a control signal in response to the coaction of the sensor with each of the presetting elements, and a control circuit is responsive to the control signal to control a function of the tuning apparatus, such as, a muting and/or automatic frequency control operation of the tuning Johnson 310 239

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Musashino, Japan

Kohei Haneishi