Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Washizu

Tomoyuki Washizu 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: 9336971
    Abstract: A switch has an actuating arm including an actuating portion and a driving portion, a base including a support that supports the actuating arm, and a recess having a first fixed electrode and a second fixed electrode arranged on the inner side face, and an electrically conductive elastic member that is housed within the recess of the base. The electrically conductive elastic member includes at least one driven part that is driven by the driving portion of the driving body and at least one stretching part that is extendable and compressible through input to the at least one driven part, at least one movable contacting member having a movable contact capable of being connected to the first fixed electrode, and at least one fixed contacting part having a fixed contact capable of being connected to the second fixed electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Morimoto, Tomoyuki Washizu, Takekazu Komori
  • Patent number: 9281137
    Abstract: A switch has a base having a frame portion disposed integrally with an outer peripheral portion of an upper surface of the base, a common fixed contact disposed at a corner of inside surfaces of the frame portion, and a fixed contact disposed on an inside surface of the base opposite to the common fixed contact, a spring member having elastic arm portions extending respectively from both ends of a bellows-like spring portion, wherein a free end portion of one of the elastic arm portions serves as a sliding movable contact, wherein a free end portion of another of the elastic arm portions serves as a rotationally movable contact, and wherein the rotationally movable contact is positioned so as to be in contact with the common fixed contact of the base, and an operation lever including an operation rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Arihara, Masaru Morimoto, Tomoyuki Washizu, Yutaka Okayasu
  • Patent number: 9251970
    Abstract: A switch has a base having a recess, and a plurality of fixed contacts mounted in an inner side face of the recess, an electrically conductive actuator disposed within the recess of the base, the electrically conductive actuator having a pair of movable contact portions and an elastically deformable elastic portion, the movable contact portions having movable contacts capable of being connected to respective fixed contacts, at least one engagement convex portion disposed on one of the base and the electrically conductive actuator, and at least one engagement concave portion disposed on the other of the base and the electrically conductive actuator and engageable with the at least one engagement convex portion. The elastic portion of the electrically conductive actuator is elastically deformed to break an engagement between the engagement convex and concave portions when the actuator moves between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Morimoto, Takeshi Arihara, Tomoyuki Washizu
  • Patent number: 9224556
    Abstract: A switch has a base having a frame integrally formed on a periphery of an upper face of the base, a fixed contact formed on an inner side face of the frame, and a support protrusion that protrudes from the upper face of the base that is integrally formed so as to expose a common fixed contact, an electrically conductive spring member whose connecting part arranged at a center of a spiral spring is nonrotatably supported by the support protrusion and that extends a driving piece from the free end of the spiral spring, and an actuating lever whose one end is rotatably supported by the upper face of the base and that integrally forms an actuating trigger that presses the driving piece of the electrically conductive spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Arihara, Tomoyuki Washizu, Takekazu Komori, Masaru Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20150060247
    Abstract: A switch has an actuating arm including an actuating portion and a driving portion, a base including a support that supports the actuating arm, and a recess having a first fixed electrode and a second fixed electrode arranged on the inner side face, and an electrically conductive elastic member that is housed within the recess of the base. The electrically conductive elastic member includes at least one driven part that is driven by the driving portion of the driving body and at least one stretching part that is extendable and compressible through input to the at least one driven part, at least one movable contacting member having a movable contact capable of being connected to the first fixed electrode, and at least one fixed contacting part having a fixed contact capable of being connected to the second fixed electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Morimoto, Tomoyuki Washizu, Takekazu Komori
  • Publication number: 20150047956
    Abstract: A switch has a base having a frame integrally formed on a periphery of an upper face of the base, a fixed contact formed on an inner side face of the frame, and a support protrusion that protrudes from the upper face of the base that is integrally formed so as to expose a common fixed contact, an electrically conductive spring member whose connecting part arranged at a center of a spiral spring is nonrotatably supported by the support protrusion and that extends a driving piece from the free end of the spiral spring, and an actuating lever whose one end is rotatably supported by the upper face of the base and that integrally forms an actuating trigger that presses the driving piece of the electrically conductive spring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi Arihara, Tomoyuki Washizu, Takekazu Komori, Masaru Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20150027866
    Abstract: A switch has a base having a recess, and a plurality of fixed contacts mounted in an inner side face of the recess, an electrically conductive actuator disposed within the recess of the base, the electrically conductive actuator having a pair of movable contact portions and an elastically deformable elastic portion, the movable contact portions having movable contacts capable of being connected to respective fixed contacts, at least one engagement convex portion disposed on one of the base and the electrically conductive actuator, and at least one engagement concave portion disposed on the other of the base and the electrically conductive actuator and engageable with the at least one engagement convex portion. The elastic portion of the electrically conductive actuator is elastically deformed to break an engagement between the engagement convex and concave portions when the actuator moves between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Morimoto, Takeshi Arihara, Tomoyuki Washizu
  • Publication number: 20150021150
    Abstract: A switch has a base having a frame portion disposed integrally with an outer peripheral portion of an upper surface of the base, a common fixed contact disposed at a corner of inside surfaces of the frame portion, and a fixed contact disposed on an inside surface of the base opposite to the common fixed contact, a spring member having elastic arm portions extending respectively from both ends of a bellows-like spring portion, wherein a free end portion of one of the elastic arm portions serves as a sliding movable contact, wherein a free end portion of another of the elastic arm portions serves as a rotationally movable contact, and wherein the rotationally movable contact is positioned so as to be in contact with the common fixed contact of the base, and an operation lever including an operation rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Arihara, Masaru Morimoto, Tomoyuki Washizu, Yutaka Okayasu
  • Patent number: 8143981
    Abstract: An input device has a housing having an operation hole formed therein, an operation member supported in a slidably moving manner in multi-directions within the operation hole, and at least two magnetic sensors, arranged at a periphery of the operation member, for detecting change in magnetic property by displacement of the operation member. The operation member includes a holder having a circular ring-shaped magnet incorporated in a fit-in hole and a central push button having a disc plate made of magnetic material integrated at a lower surface. The central push button is fitted in the circular ring-shaped magnet to adsorb, in a separable manner, the disc plate to the circular ring-shaped magnet and position-regulate the central push button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Washizu, Masahiro Abe, Takeshi Miyasaka, Masayuki Murota
  • Publication number: 20110261520
    Abstract: An input device includes a print substrate having a plurality of electrostatic electrodes arranged on an upper surface at a periphery of a fit-in hole and a rotation operating body turnably assembled by being fitted to the fit-in hole of the print substrate. A rotation plate of the rotation operating body elastically deforms in a plate thickness direction when the rotation plate is pushed, and returns when pushing is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Washizu, Takeshi Miyasaka, Masayuki Murota
  • Publication number: 20100079225
    Abstract: An input device has a housing having an operation hole formed therein, an operation member supported in a slidably moving manner in multi-directions within the operation hole, and at least two magnetic sensors, arranged at a periphery of the operation member, for detecting change in magnetic property by displacement of the operation member. The operation member includes a holder having a circular ring-shaped magnet incorporated in a fit-in hole and a central push button having a disc plate made of magnetic material integrated at a lower surface. The central push button is fitted in the circular ring-shaped magnet to adsorb, in a separable manner, the disc plate to the circular ring-shaped magnet and position-regulate the central push button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Washizu, Masahiro Abe, Takeshi Miyasaka, Masayuki Murota
  • Publication number: 20030116004
    Abstract: A hole punch has a punching unit with a rotatable punch for punching a hole through a paper sheet, a die which is rotatable in synchronism with the punch and a paper transporting device for transporting the paper sheet from an upstream side to a downstream side generally in a specified direction of paper transportation. The transporting device includes a paper supplying device and a paper discharging device respectively on the upstream and downstream side of the punching unit for supplying and discharging the paper sheet towards and away from the punching unit. The paper supplying device has a clamping device for clamping the paper sheet at a distance x1 away from the punching position where a hole is punched by the punch. The paper discharging device has another clamping device at a distance x2 away from the punching position. At least one of the distances x1 and x2 is made smaller than the distance of the first hole punched through the paper sheet by the punching unit from the front edge of the paper sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Masayuki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Koji Kirino, Tomoyuki Washizu, Masaaki Sumi, Takeshi Arihara
  • Patent number: D607851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyasaka, Tomoyuki Washizu, Masayuki Murota
  • Patent number: D615049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyasaka, Tomoyuki Washizu, Masayuki Murota