Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Shindo

Tsutomu Shindo 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).

  • External connection mechanism of temperature-measuring type for printed circuit board
    Patent number: 6048095
    Abstract: An external connection mechanism of a printed-circuit board 1 has a U-shaped elastic metal piece 2 having two parallel legs adapted to receive one edge of a printed-circuit board 1 therebetween. An insulating terminal base 3 holds both the metal piece 2 and an electric terminal 4 while keeping them in contact. The printed-circuit board 1 carries a temperature sensor 13 which is connected to a temperature-responsive circuit of the board 1. A contact lug 6 is formed by bending one of the two legs so as to be engageable with a conductive portion of the board 1, and a temperature-measuring station 7 is formed by bending root portion of the other one of the two legs toward close vicinity of the electric terminal 4 so as to be engageable with the temperature sensor 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Ohkura Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shindo, Kenjiro Hamada