Patents by Inventor Muneyoshi Miyata

Muneyoshi Miyata 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: 11164710
    Abstract: A brush switch with resistors includes a case, a fixed contact point pattern that is fixed to the case, a lever that is supported by the case in an inclinable manner, and a movable contact point brush that is movable by an operation of the lever such that the movable contact point either contacts to or does not contact to the fixed contact point. Wherein the fixed contact point pattern has multiple fixed contact points that are disposed separated from one another in the case, and multiple terminals each of which is connected to the multiple fixed contact points, and the movable contact point brush has multiple contact point spring pieces that separate from or contact with the multiple fixed contact points, respectively, and multiple resistors, which have different resistance values, that are attached to spaces between the multiple contact point spring pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Mik Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Muneyoshi Miyata, Naoya Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10618432
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a power supply rail capable of continuing to stably supply electric power from a power supply of a vehicle to a slide seat. [Solving Means] A power supply rail 1 according to the present invention is configured by including a long tubular case 8, a flexible flat cable 11 accommodated in a hollow portion 9 in the case 8, a fixed terminal 12 fixed to the case 8, a movable terminal 13 movable in a longitudinal direction of the case 8, an actuator 16 that accommodates the movable terminal 13 and moves along a slit 20 of the case 8, and a guide plate 17 that guides the movement of the flexible flat cable 11 while pressing the flexible flat cable 11 in accordance with the movement of the actuator 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mik Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Muneyoshi Miyata, Hideaki Morishita
  • Publication number: 20200083006
    Abstract: A brush switch with resistors includes a case, a fixed contact point pattern that is fixed to the case, a lever that is supported by the case in an inclinable manner, and a movable contact point brush that is movable by an operation of the lever such that the movable contact point either contacts to or does not contact to the fixed contact point. Wherein the fixed contact point pattern has multiple fixed contact points that are disposed separated from one another in the case, and multiple terminals each of which is connected to the multiple fixed contact points, and the movable contact point brush has multiple contact point spring pieces that separate from or contact with the multiple fixed contact points, respectively, and multiple resistors, which have different resistance values, that are attached to spaces between the multiple contact point spring pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Muneyoshi MIYATA, Naoya NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180370389
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a power supply rail capable of continuing to stably supply electric power from a power supply of a vehicle to a slide seat. [Solving Means] A power supply rail 1 according to the present invention is configured by including a long tubular case 8, a flexible flat cable 11 accommodated in a hollow portion 9 in the case 8, a fixed terminal 12 fixed to the case 8, a movable terminal 13 movable in a longitudinal direction of the case 8, an actuator 16 that accommodates the movable terminal 13 and moves along a slit 20 of the case 8, and a guide plate 17 that guides the movement of the flexible flat cable 11 while pressing the flexible flat cable 11 in accordance with the movement of the actuator 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Muneyoshi MIYATA, Hideaki MORISHITA
  • Patent number: 9673002
    Abstract: A double seesaw switch has two seesaw switches arranged side-by-side inside a case. Each of the two seesaw switches has a central terminal arranged on a bottom surface inside the case, a pair of fixed contacts separately arranged, a moving contact supported pivotably with respect to the central terminal and has a contact portion for contacting one of the fixed contacts, an operation body supported rotatably with respect to the case, and pivots the moving contact by moving on the moving contact in correspondence with a rotation movement of the operation body, and a biasing part biasing the operation body towards a neutral position. The biasing part is a leaf spring piece formed in a U shape from a portion of a ceiling surface of the case, and to press against the operation body in a power storing state of a leading end portion compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Mik Denshi Kohgyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Muneyoshi Miyata, Nobuji Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20170032910
    Abstract: A double seesaw switch has two seesaw switches arranged side-by-side inside a case. Each of the two seesaw switches has a central terminal that is arranged on a bottom surface inside the case, a pair of fixed contacts separately arranged, a moving contact supported pivotably with respect to the central terminal and has a contact portion for contacting one of the fixed contacts, an operation body supported rotatably with respect to the case, and pivots the moving contact by moving on the moving contact in correspondence with a rotation movement of the operation body, and a biasing part biasing the operation body towards a neutral position. The biasing part is a leaf spring piece that is in a U shape by cutting into and raising a portion of a ceiling surface of the case, and is configured to press against the operation body in a power storing state in which a leading end portion that is compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Muneyoshi MIYATA, Nobuji HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 8344275
    Abstract: In a switching device 1 formed by integrating a connector 4 for coupling a flexible printed wiring board to a lever switch 2, the lever switch 2 comprises: a case 3; a fixed contact 20 and a movable contact 30 installed inside the case 3; and a lever 40 that deforms the movable contact 30 by tilt operation to switch contact with the fixed contact 20, the connector 4 covers a connecting terminal of the fixed contact 20 protruding from the case 3, and includes a connector cover 60 in which an insertion opening 62 to insert the flexible printed wiring board 100, and the terminal 101 of the board 100 is connected to the connecting terminal of the fixed contact 20 when the board 100 is inserted in the insertion opening 62.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Ariyoshi, Muneyoshi Miyata, Shinichi Tadano
  • Publication number: 20120048705
    Abstract: In a switching device 1 formed by integrating a connector 4 for coupling a flexible printed wiring board to a lever switch 2, the lever switch 2 comprises: a case 3; a fixed contact 20 and a movable contact 30 installed inside the case 3; and a lever 40 that deforms the movable contact 30 by tilt operation to switch contact with the fixed contact 20, the connector 4 covers a connecting terminal of the fixed contact 20 protruding from the case 3, and includes a connector cover 60 in which an insertion opening 62 to insert the flexible printed wiring board 100, and the terminal 101 of the board 100 is connected to the connecting terminal of the fixed contact 20 when the board 100 is inserted in the insertion opening 62.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji ARIYOSHI, Muneyoshi Miyata, Shinichi Tadano
  • Patent number: 7102091
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lever switch capable of reliably preventing intrusion of water or the like into a casing and maintaining smooth operation of a switch mechanism for a long period of time. A lever switch provided with a switch mechanism whereby an operation lever rotates from a neutral position on a base against a spring force of a coil spring to change the position of the switch, a gap between the operation lever and base is filled with a casing, the switch mechanism is accommodated in the casing and a waterproof/dustproof mechanism is provided to seal a sliding surface between the operation lever and casing and a contact surface between the base and casing with an upper lip packing and lower lip packing respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: MIK Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Muneyoshi Miyata, Satoshi Myoujin, Shinichi Tadano
  • Patent number: 6207908
    Abstract: A mode switch is provided that consists of a base, a rotor, a contact spring piece plate and an actuator plate. Movable contacts of contact spring pieces of the contact spring piece plate are relatively and separately mounted over stationary contacts on the base. Actuators of the actuator plate are placed over the contact spring pieces of the contact spring piece plate. The rotor is placed over the actuator plate and is rotatably attached to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denki Kogyo K.K.
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 5278370
    Abstract: A push switch includes a sideway U-shaped spring element positioned in a recess of a holder which is precision-formed of plastic resin by molding while keeping upper and lower sections of the U-shaped spring element compressed. The lower section of the spring element being divided into an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion having a length larger than the upper contact portion. The contact spring element is then housed in a casing provided with fixed contacts. The contact spring element being pivotally supported though a support shaft in the casing while contacting the lower contact portion with a first fixed contact and striking an upper plate of the holder against a stopper to stop upward pivotal movement of the holder due to the restoring force of the spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Muneyoshi Miyata, Nobuji Hasegawa, Satoshi Myojin
  • Patent number: 5142113
    Abstract: A switch capable of significantly reducing the number of parts therefor and permitting the manufacturing and assembling to be carried out with high efficiency. Only four parts consisting of a casing, a top plate or a bottom plate, a cam lever and a leaf spring each simplified in structure are required to construct the switch. The cam lever causes pressing force acting in a small magnitude on its lever section to be changed to pressing force of an increased magnitude acting on its cam section in a lever-like manner about a support shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 5055642
    Abstract: A push button switch comprising a body, a cover, a push button and a diaphragm type movable contact. The casing body and cover (or the casing body, cover and push button, or the casing body and cover provided with a push button section) are concurrently formed by monolithic molding and are integrally connected to each other through a hinge section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 5028751
    Abstract: A leaf switch which includes a plurality of contact leaf springs (2a, 2b) embedded in an insulating base (1). The contact leaf springs (2a, 2b) are each held at a setting point (P.sub.1, P.sub.2) while being kept in a stressed state by being forcedly inflected by a bracket (4) of an inverted U-shape pivotally mounted on the insulating base (1). The bracket (4) bends the contact leaf springs (2a, 2b) when it is pivotally moved and is coupled to the insulating base when it is pivotally moved to its end point, thereby defining the setting point for each contact leaf spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 4972057
    Abstract: A push button switch comprising a body, a cover, a push button and a diaphragm type movable contact, fixed contacts in the casing and terminals. The casing body and cover (or the casing body, cover and push button, or the casing body and cover provided with a push button section) are concurrently formed by monolithic moulding and are integrally connected to each other through a hinge section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 4943692
    Abstract: Disclosed is a leaf switch having an integral cover, and including an insulating base (1), two leaf spring elements (3a, 3b) embedded in the base (1), and a cover (2) consisting of two cover halves (2a, 2b) integrally connected to each other through a hinge portion (2c). One of the cover halves (2b) is pivotable about the hinge portion (2c) to a position in which it engages the other cover half (2a), thereby forming the cover (2) which envelops the leaf spring elements (3a, 3b). The base (1) and cover (2) are formed from a plastic material by concurrent integral molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 4506122
    Abstract: A selection switch is disclosed which is capable of accomplishing a clearly defined and smooth switching operation and contributing to the miniaturization of an apparatus such as a tape recorder. The switch includes a guide member for guiding a cassette of a tape by bending one of spring-biased contact members and a selector having a triangular projection outwardly projecting from the guide member wherein the triangular projection is backwardly pushed by the cassette while bending the other spring-biased contact member as a function of the shape of the cassette to actuate contacts of the contact members, to thereby select the deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 4453058
    Abstract: A cover for a leaf switch comprises a cover body having defining a space which receives contact elements of the leaf switch. The cover body engages with a movable contact element to allow the leaf switch to be actuated as a result of movement of the cover body and receives a fixed contact element. The fixed contact element is kept still when the movable contact element is moved together with the cover body. The arrangement described had been found to be effective in preventing or reducing contamination of the contact elements of the leaf switch by dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 4151383
    Abstract: A leaf-spring switch comprising an insulating switch base having parallel upper and lower arms each having a claw on the inside of its free end, upper and lower leaf springs provided midway between and in parallel with the arms, the upper leaf spring being provided at its one end with a tongue-shaped projection and a first contact and at its other end with a terminal, the lower leaf spring being provided at its central portion with a finger plate surrounded by a U-shaped slit larger in width than the upper leaf spring, the finger plate having a second contact at its one end, the lower leaf spring being provided at its one end with a lug and at its other end with a terminal, the upper and lower springs being fixed by the switch base so that the first and second contacts may face each other, a semicircular toggle spring provided at its one end with a forked part which engages the lug and at its other end with a narrow section smaller in width than the U-shaped slit, and the narrow section of the toggle spring h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denki Kogyo K.K.
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 3978303
    Abstract: A switch comprising a pair of leaf springs having contacts and terminals at the both ends thereof, a base member supporting the leaf springs in a cantilever fashion in superposed relationship and a fulcrum member supporting one of the leaf springs so as to make the leaf spring moveable downwardly by pushing the end of the leaf spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Mitsuku Denshi Kogyo K.K.
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Miyata