Patents by Inventor TAKABUMI OIKAWA

TAKABUMI OIKAWA 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).

  • Touch sensor unit and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10756733
    Abstract: A first separator that prevents a pair of electrodes from short-circuiting each other is provided on end parts of the pair of electrodes in a longitudinal direction thereof, a first molded resin part that covers the first separator is provided on an end part of an insulation tube in a longitudinal direction thereof, a part of the first separator) on one side in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction and another part of the first separator on the other side in the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction are each exposed to outside. When the first separator is embedded in the first molded resin part through insert molding, the first separator can be supported by a lower mold and an upper mold, portions of the first separator supported by the pair of molds at this time are portions exposed to outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okada, Hideki Kubota, Minori Shoda, Koji Yamauchi, Yasuhiro Orihara, Takabumi Oikawa
  • TOUCH SENSOR UNIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190149151
    Abstract: A first separator that prevents a pair of electrodes from short-circuiting each other is provided on end parts of the pair of electrodes in a longitudinal direction thereof, a first molded resin part that covers the first separator is provided on an end part of an insulation tube in a longitudinal direction thereof, a part of the first separator) on one side in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction and another part of the first separator on the other side in the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction are each exposed to outside. When the first separator is embedded in the first molded resin part through insert molding, the first separator can be supported by a lower mold and an upper mold, portions of the first separator supported by the pair of molds at this time are portions exposed to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: MITSUHIRO OKADA, HIDEKI KUBOTA, MINORI SHODA, KOJI YAMAUCHI, YASUHIRO ORIHARA, TAKABUMI OIKAWA