Patents by Inventor Shinichi Hikita

Shinichi Hikita 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).

  • Multiple contact switch
    Patent number: 4760221
    Abstract: A multiple contact switch having at least one elastically deformable contact spring that is deformed by means of projections from a plunger to initiate contact with normally-open electrical contacts within the switch. A normally-closed contact piece within the switch also confronts the normally-open contact. Upon deformation of the elastically deformable spring contact, contacts are made and interrupted by means of contacts affixed to the movable contact springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hatsuyoshi Yoshida, Mitsutoshi Higuchi, Minoru Nishio, Koji Hirai, Shigeo Nakamura, Shinichi Hikita
  • Snap switch
    Patent number: 4739127
    Abstract: A snap switch with a self-cleaning function having a switch body with a fixed contact and a movable contact for performing make-break operations. A knob, mounted on the switch body, operates a contact operation member causing the movable contact to abut the fixed contact when the knob is rotated by a predetermined rotational angle and further causing the movable contact to slide on the fixed contact when the knob is further rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Higuchi, Shinichi Hikita, Minoru Nishio, Shigeo Nakamura