Patents Assigned to FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20260120978
    Abstract: A key switch assembly includes a sliding member that is slidable by pressing of an operation member, a support member having a guide that guides the sliding member, a first elastic member provided between the sliding member and the support member, the first elastic member generating a repulsive force against a force pressing the operation member, a second elastic member that is attached to the sliding member, and an electrical contact disposed so as to have an air gap between the electrical contact and the second elastic member in a state before the operation member is pressed, the electrical contact being opened and closed by the second elastic member in accordance with sliding of the sliding member, wherein a spring constant of the second elastic member is larger than a spring constant of the first elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko ARIKAWA, Takeshi NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20260106094
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a sliding member, a first elastic member that elastically buckles and deforms, a second elastic member that opens and closes an electrical contact, a support member that guides the sliding member, a membrane sheet having a first surface pressed by the second elastic member and a second surface including a conductive member, a printed circuit board that faces the second surface, and includes a controller having an output port and a reception port, a first contact connected to the output port, a second contact connected to the reception port, and a diode connected between the reception port and the second contact, and a spacer that forms a space between the membrane sheet and the printed circuit board, wherein the conductive member is in contact with the first contact and the second contact in accordance with sliding of the sliding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko ARIKAWA, Takeshi NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20260086672
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are arranged to face each other with a space therebetween, a plurality of connection terminals provided on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, a wiring substrate arranged in a decoration region and between the first substrate and the second substrate, the wiring substrate having a plurality of wiring patterns electrically connected to the plurality of connection terminals, respectively, and at least one of a first dummy pattern that is separated from the plurality of wiring patterns, and has a thickness substantially the same as a thickness of each of the plurality of wiring patterns, and a second dummy pattern that is separated from the plurality of connection terminals, and has a thickness substantially the same as a thickness of each of the plurality of connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuya OZAWA, Yutaka UENO, Hideyuki HAGIHARA, Wataru MORI
  • Publication number: 20250390194
    Abstract: There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer connected to a resistive touch panel to execute a process. The process includes acquiring first data based on touch input of the touch panel, determining whether an input area of the touch input is equal to or larger than a threshold, converting the first data into second data for causing the touch panel to operate as an absolute coordinate input device when the input area is equal to or larger than the threshold value, and converting the first data into third data for causing the touch panel to operate as a relative coordinate input device when the input area is smaller than the threshold value, and outputting the second data or the third data to an application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Wataru MORI, Toshihiko SAKAI, Tatsunori OKUDA, Yutaka UENO
  • Patent number: 12505968
    Abstract: A base of a relay has a leg extending in a contact/separation direction between contacts, and the leg is configured to come into contact with a yoke when the base is incorporated into a case. The leg is spaced away from an upper part of an armature by a distance. This distance is determined so that an upper surface of the armature does not come into contact with the leg in a normal operation of the armature, but the upper surface of the armature comes into contact with a lower surface of the leg when the armature jumps up beyond a movable range thereof due to, for example, a strong impact applied to a vehicle on which the relay is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: FCL Components Limited
    Inventor: Takuji Murakoshi
  • Publication number: 20250377751
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first resistive film having a first electrode and a second electrode provided at both ends in a first direction, and a second resistive film having a third electrode and a fourth electrode provided at both ends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the touch panel detects contact between the first resistive film and the second resistive film caused by pressing the first resistive film, and outputs a pressed position. The touch panel further includes a first detector that detects a contact area between the first resistive film and the second resistive film in pressing the first resistive film, a second detector that detects a distance between two points when the two points are pressed on the first resistive film, and a corrector that corrects a detected distance between the two points in accordance with a detected contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Daisuke ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250355115
    Abstract: A photosensor driving device includes a plurality of photosensors each having a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and a controller that including an output port commonly connected to light emitting elements of the plurality of photosensors, and a plurality of input ports connected to light receiving elements of the plurality of photosensors, respectively, wherein the controller outputs signals having duty ratios corresponding to the plurality of photosensors to the light emitting elements in order through the output port, respectively, and the controller inhibits an input from a photosensor as a non-detection target in the plurality of photosensors during a period in which the signals are output, and inputs, via the input port, an output of the light receiving element obtained by light emission of the light emitting element in another photosensor as a detection target in the plurality of photosensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Taichi SAKAKURA
  • Patent number: 12446176
    Abstract: A housing for housing an electronic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an upper case and a lower case which are formed so as to mate with each other, a gasket arranged between the upper case and the lower case, an elastically deformable cantilever which is formed on one of the upper case and the lower case and which has a hook, and an engagement portion formed on the other of the upper case and the lower case, wherein when an operation to mate the upper case and the lower case is performed, before the cantilever is completely engaged with the engagement portion, a gap between the upper case and the lower case is sealed by the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: FCL Components Limited
    Inventors: Shinichiro Akieda, Takuro Tanabe, Tamotsu Koike
  • Publication number: 20250218709
    Abstract: A switch unit includes a sliding member which is slidable by pressing operation of the operating member, and a supporting member that supports the sliding member. An electrical contact is opened and closed in accordance with sliding movement of the sliding member. The sliding member includes a pedestal, a first projection provided on a pressing operation side and capable of attaching the operating member, and a column provided on a side opposite to the pressing operation side from the pedestal along the sliding direction. The supporting member includes a plate and a first guide provided from the plate to the pressing operation side along the sliding direction. The pedestal has a first through hole through which the first guide passes, and the first guide has a second through hole into which the column is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko ARIKAWA, Takeshi NISHINO
  • Patent number: 12322564
    Abstract: A relay includes an electromagnet, a plurality of springs having contacts which open and close in accordance with operation of the electromagnet and terminals, and a base which supports the springs, wherein at least one of the plurality of springs has a locked part which is locked on the base using resilience of the spring, and the base has a lock part which locks the locked part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: FCL Components Limited
    Inventors: Daishi Kitajima, Kazuaki Miyanaga, Mitsuyoshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 12322232
    Abstract: A knob holding structure according to one aspect of the present disclosure has a holder, a pair of pinching members configured to hold a knob and arranged opposed to each other in the holder, and an elastic member configured to support the pair of pinching members so that each pinching member can be displaced relative to an inner surface of the holder, and to bias the pinching members in a direction so as to approach each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: FCL Components Limited
    Inventors: Yuji Yada, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12288657
    Abstract: A base of a relay has a leg extending in a contact/separation direction between contacts, and the leg is configured to come into contact with a yoke when the base is incorporated into a case. The leg is spaced away from an upper part of an armature by a distance. This distance is determined so that an upper surface of the armature does not come into contact with the leg in a normal operation of the armature, but the upper surface of the armature comes into contact with a lower surface of the leg when the armature jumps up beyond a movable range thereof due to, for example, a strong impact applied to a vehicle on which the relay is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: FCL Components Limited
    Inventor: Takuji Murakoshi
  • Publication number: 20250123643
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a first regulator that includes a first input terminal to which a first voltage is input, a first output terminal from which a second voltage is output, and a first adjustment terminal, and adjusts the second voltage based on a voltage of the first adjustment terminal, a second regulator that includes a second input terminal to which the first voltage is input and a second output terminal from which a third voltage is output, and a differential amplifier circuit that outputs, to the first adjustment terminal, a signal corresponding to a difference between the third voltage and a fourth voltage at a first node between a plurality of first resistors connected in series between the first output terminal and a reference potential lower than the second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi EBATA
  • Patent number: 12266493
    Abstract: A relay includes an electromagnet, a plurality of springs having contacts which open and close in accordance with operation of the electromagnet and terminals, and a base which supports the springs, wherein at least one of the plurality of springs has a locked part which is locked on the base using resilience of the spring, and the base has a lock part which locks the locked part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: FCL Components Limited
    Inventors: Daishi Kitajima, Kazuaki Miyanaga, Mitsuyoshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 12243701
    Abstract: A base of a relay has a leg extending in a contact/separation direction between contacts, and the leg is configured to come into contact with a yoke when the base is incorporated into a case. The leg is spaced away from an upper part of an armature by a distance. This distance is determined so that an upper surface of the armature does not come into contact with the leg in a normal operation of the armature, but the upper surface of the armature comes into contact with a lower surface of the leg when the armature jumps up beyond a movable range thereof due to, for example, a strong impact applied to a vehicle on which the relay is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: FCL Components Limited
    Inventor: Takuji Murakoshi
  • Publication number: 20240398242
    Abstract: A detection device includes a sensor configured to detect first information on motion of a human body of a user, and a processor configured to generate fourth information based on second information on biological activity of the user and third information on biological activity of the user acquired from another detection device, and transmit the fourth information to a server, the second information being generated based on the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: FCL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi EBATA