Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Shinkai

Tetsuo Shinkai 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: 9123494
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including an electromagnet block having a rod-shaped iron core, a coil wound around the rod-shaped iron core, and a spool interposed between the coil and iron core. A yoke having one end section extends to a section at a side of a magnet pole section of the iron core. An end section of the yoke is arranged so that the magnet pole section has a gap on a base side. A moving iron is pivotably supported by an elastic support of a hinge spring. The electromagnet block is magnetized wherein a section drawn in the moving iron is drawn to the magnet pole section and pivoted to drive a contact switching unit. The hinge spring includes an elastic contacting portion extending toward an opposite side to the elastic support. The moving iron is integrated with a card member that comes in contact with the elastic contacting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shinkai, Yasuyuki Masui, Tsukasa Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9082575
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a contact switching unit having a pair of contacts. An electromagnet block drives the contact switching unit to open and close the contacts. An arc-extinguishing member includes a connection member and permanent magnets. The connection member is formed by connecting, via a middle part, opposing walls arranged in a direction perpendicular to the touch/separation direction of the contacts. Permanent magnets are disposed on opposing sections of the opposing walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Tetsuo Shinkai, Yasuyuki Masui, Masayuki Noda
  • Patent number: 9076617
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a contact switching unit formed by arranging at least two contact groups, in parallel with each other and perpendicular to the touch/separation direction of the contacts, each of the contact group includes a pair of contacts that can touch and separate; an electromagnet block that drives the contact switching unit to open and close the contacts; and an arc-extinguishing member comprising a connection member made from a magnetic material and formed by a connection of protrusions that respectively protrude from both sides of a middle part in the direction of the parallel arrangement of the contact groups and between the contact groups, and also comprising permanent magnets respectively disposed at least on the opposing positions of the protrusions located on both sides of the middle part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Tetsuo Shinkai, Yasuyuki Masui
  • Patent number: 8823474
    Abstract: To promptly extinguish an arc generated between contacts with a simple and inexpensive structure without negatively influencing the spring property of a movable contact piece. A contact switching mechanism includes a fixed contact piece with a fixed contact and a movable contact piece with a movable contact which faces the fixed contact in a contactable manner. At least either one of the contact pieces is provided with an extension which extends toward the contact of the remaining contact piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kakimoto, Tetsuo Shinkai, Yasuyuki Masui, Tsukasa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140028418
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a contact switching unit formed by arranging at least two contact groups, in parallel with each other and perpendicular to the touch/separation direction of the contacts, each of the contact group includes a pair of contacts that can touch and separate; an electromagnet block that drives the contact switching unit to open and close the contacts; and an arc-extinguishing member comprising a connection member made from a magnetic material and formed by a connection of protrusions that respectively protrude from both sides of a middle part in the direction of the parallel arrangement of the contact groups and between the contact groups, and also comprising permanent magnets respectively disposed at least on the opposing positions of the protrusions located on both sides of the middle part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Tetsuo Shinkai, Yasuyuki Masui
  • Publication number: 20140022035
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic relay, comprising a contact switching unit having a contact group which includes a pair of contacts in order to touch and separate; an electromagnet block which drives the contact switching unit to open and close the contacts; and an arc-extinguishing member having a connection member and permanent magnets, wherein the connection member is formed by connecting, via a middle part, opposing walls arranged in a direction perpendicular to the touch/separation direction of the contacts and permanent magnets are disposed on the opposing sections of the opposing walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Yamashita, Tetsuo Shinkai, Yasuyuki Masui, Masayuki Noda
  • Publication number: 20140015628
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including an electromagnet block having a rod-shaped iron core, a coil wound around the rod-shaped iron core, and a spool interposed between the coil and iron core. A yoke having one end section extends to a section at a side of a magnet pole section of the iron core. An end section of the yoke is arranged so that the magnet pole section has a gap on a base side. A moving iron is pivotably supported by an elastic support of a hinge spring. The electromagnet block is magnetized wherein a section drawn in the moving iron is drawn to the magnet pole section and pivoted to drive a contact switching unit. The hinge spring includes an elastic contacting portion extending toward an opposite side to the elastic support. The moving iron is integrated with a card member that comes in contact with the elastic contacting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shinkai, Yasuyuki Masui, Tsukasa Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8558647
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which has a simple structure, is easy to manufacture, and does not increase cost. A terminal member to be press-fitted into a terminal hole formed in a base, includes a press-fitted portion which is to be press-fitted in the terminal hole, and a terminal portion extending from the press-fitted portion and protruding from the base. The terminal portion is formed by folding a plate-like body such that folded portions overlap a planar portion. At least one of the folded portions has a cut-away portion extending from the base, respectively at an edge near the press-fitted portion. A sealing agent can be injected into the terminal hole via the cut-away portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shinkai, Toshiyuki Kakimoto, Yasuyuki Masui, Tsukasa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130069744
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which has a simple structure, is easy to manufacture, and does not increase cost. A terminal member to be press-fitted into a terminal hole formed in a base, includes a press-fitted portion which is to be press-fitted in the terminal hole, and a terminal portion extending from the press-fitted portion and protruding from the base. The terminal portion is formed by folding a plate-like body such that folded portions overlap a planar portion. At least one of the folded portions has a cut-away portion extending from the base, respectively at an edge near the press-fitted portion. A sealing agent can be injected into the terminal hole via the cut-away portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shinkai, Toshiyuki Kakimoto, Yasuyuki Masui, Tsukasa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20080036688
    Abstract: In order to provide a radio device which enables reducing its size regardless of the shape of a radio device antenna, a radio device includes a radio device antenna having a transmission/reception face A for transmitting and/or receiving signals, and a signal processing circuit for conducting predetermined processing on signals received at the radio device antenna and/or converting signals to be transmitted into signals adaptable to outputting from the radio device antenna. Further, in the radio device, a straight line (II)-(I) starting from a predetermined point (I) on the radio circuit board and extending from the predetermined point (I) in the direction opposite from the direction from the predetermined point (I) to a predetermined point (II) on the radio device antenna passes through a predetermined point (III) on the radio device antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kawamura, Shinji Hashiyama, Yuzo Okano, Tetsuo Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20080024369
    Abstract: A chip antenna according to the present invention includes a dielectric board, a power supplying conductor having a terminal part having a power supplying terminal and a conductor part that conducts to the terminal part, and a grounding electrode provided apart from the power supplying conductor, and the conductor part is inclined so that a width thereof becomes larger as it goes away from the terminal part, and distances from ends of the conductor part to the grounding electrode are asymmetric with respect to a center axis (S) of the conductor part. According to this, the chip antenna that is easy to manufacture, has a favorable antenna characteristic, and is applicable to a wide band can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20070216595
    Abstract: A mono-conical antenna serving as a dielectric-loaded antenna includes: (i) a electricity supply electrode, which has a conical surface; (ii) an earth electrode, which has a flat surface that is so positioned as to face an apex of the conical surface; and (iii) a dielectric member, which is provided between the conical surface and the flat surface. The dielectric member has an outer circumferential surface which has such a slope that extends from a side of the conical surface to a side of the flat surface. This allows the dielectric-loaded antenna to have a small size, and to handle a wider frequency band in which the maximum value of the VSWR is restrained to be small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicants: OMRON Corporation, Tokyo Denki University
    Inventors: Shinji Hashiyama, Tetsuo Shinkai, Yuzo Okano, Takehiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070013590
    Abstract: An antenna which can be reduced in size and which can widen the band of a VSWR without changing the shape of a ground pattern but while retaining a wide space for electronic parts to be mounted. The antenna 1 has a feeding electrode portion 4. This feeding electrode portion 4 includes a conductive flat plate, which is cut away at its one corner of a rectangle such that the cut-away portion 15 is defined by an arc joining two sides making a corner and bulging inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Shinkai
  • Patent number: 5759668
    Abstract: The invention provides an improved heat seal structure for electronic devices. A heat seal structure comprises a base of synthetic resin formed integrally with an outwardly extending projection, with a gas vent running through the base and projection, the gas vent being sealed off by melting the projection, the improvement that the gas vent is configured generally in the shape of the letter V or Y bifurcating in the outward direction. In another embodiment, the projection has an annular extension disposed on the outward side of the base and adapted to be melted for a double seal effect. In another version of the structure, heat-sealing is performed with a sealing member or composition interposed in the gas vent. In still further embodiments, heat sealing is performed using a sealing member melting at a temperature below the melting point of the resin forming the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Sagawa, Kiyoji Inoue, Tetsuo Shinkai, Atsushi Kamizasa