Patents Assigned to Fujitsu Component Limited
  • Patent number: 11892328
    Abstract: A measuring instrument includes: a measure on which a code having color patterns is printed; a plurality of first readers that optically read colors of first ranges in first patterns corresponding to digits except a least significant digit among the color patterns, the first ranges in the first patterns being arranged in a second direction; and a plurality of second readers that optically read colors of second ranges in second patterns arranged in a first direction corresponding to patterns of the least significant digit among the color patterns, the second ranges being arranged in the first direction at an interval different from a width of the pattern in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Koichiro Fuji
  • Publication number: 20240027601
    Abstract: A detection device includes a transmitter configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave or a sound wave as a transmission signal, a receiver configured to receive a signal obtained by reflecting the transmission signal from an object, as a reception signal, a mixer configured to mix the transmission signal and the reception signal and output a mixed signal as an intermediate signal, and a detector configured to detect a motion of the object and a distance to the object from the intermediate signal, wherein the detector performs first sampling of the intermediate signal at a first sampling time in a first time interval when detecting the motion of the object, and the detector performs second sampling at a second sampling time in a second time interval smaller than the first time interval, between adjacent first sampling times when detecting the distance to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaru SAKURAI, Shunichi IIZUKA, Kimihiro MARUYAMA, Fumiya SHINOHARA, Ryohei OKADA
  • Patent number: 11862415
    Abstract: A keyswitch device which is provided with a support mechanism which supports a keytop in a movable manner, and a membrane sheet which has a plurality of upper electrodes and a plurality of lower electrodes which respectively correspond to the plurality of the upper electrodes and which form contact pairs with the corresponding upper electrodes. A plurality of contact pairs are arranged for a single keytop. The rubber cup pushes the plurality of contact pairs which are arranged for the single keytop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiromi Ohtsuka, Daisuke Taga, Takuya Saitou, Momosuke Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11812573
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a first conductive film having first and second regions, at least a part of the first conductive film between the first and the second regions being removed, a second conductive film laminated on the first conductive film across a gap, first and second terminals that output signals, a first electrode electrically connected to the first terminal, a second electrode facing the first electrode across the first region, a first resistor provided on the first conductive film in the second region and having a pair of electrodes, the pair of electrodes facing each other across a first resistance region in the first conductive film, one of the electrodes being electrically connected to the second electrode, the other of the electrodes being electrically connected to the second terminal, and a first switch electrically connecting the first conductive film to the second conductive film, in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichiro Akieda, Tatsushi Shibuya, Tamotsu Koike
  • Patent number: 11798765
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including a housing, a cover, an adhesive which is interposed between a side part of the housing and an inner surface of the cover and which secures the housing and the cover, and a projection which is formed in at least one of the side part and the inner surface. The adhesive is filled in a gap between the side part and the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Koyuru Kobayashi, Kazuaki Miyanaga, Katsuyuki Takahashi, Masahide Mochizuki, Shigeki Nakayama, Natsumi Sakai, Hiroaki Kohinata, Daishi Kitajima, Satoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11760114
    Abstract: A printer configured to cut recording paper with a fixed blade and a movable blade has a blade unit including the movable blade and a slider to which the movable blade is attachable, and the slider includes: a contact part configured to contact the movable blade; a flexible part formed thinner than the contact part; and a first protrusion provided on the flexible part and configured to engage with a first opening provided in the movable blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Yuji Yada
  • Patent number: 11742167
    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: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Daishi Kitajima, Kazuaki Miyanaga, Mitsuyoshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 11687113
    Abstract: A pointing device includes: a substrate; an operation member that is provided tiltably with respect to the substrate, and includes a protrusion protruded from one of an inner wall and an outer wall; and a rotation member that is provided rotatably on the substrate, and includes a hole which the protrusion enters when the rotation member overlaps the operation member; wherein the rotation member rotates in conjunction with the operation member when the protrusion contacts an edge of the hole according to rotation of the operation member, wherein the hole is formed in a range in which the protrusion is movable by tilt of the operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Arita, Tamotsu Koike
  • Patent number: 11650283
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency signal as a transmission signal; a receiver that receives a reception signal including a reflection signal formed by reflecting the transmission signal at a target; and a controller that detects the target based on a frequency of the reflection signal, and changes a frequency of the transmission signal based on a frequency of the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko Saito, Masaru Sakurai, Syunichi Iizuka, Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11619704
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency signal as a transmission signal; a receiver that receives a reception signal including a reflection signal formed by reflecting the transmission signal at a target; and a controller that detects the target based on a frequency of the reflection signal, and changes a frequency of the transmission signal based on a frequency of the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko Saito, Masaru Sakurai, Syunichi Iizuka, Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11614814
    Abstract: A touch panel comprises: a first electrode substrate having a first conductive film; a second electrode substrate having a decorative portion facing the first conductive film; and a case configured to contain the first electrode substrate, wherein the first electrode substrate has a larger area than the second electrode substrate, and wherein the case is configured to cover an outer peripheral portion of the first electrode substrate outside the second electrode substrate, and not to cover the second electrode substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideyuki Hagihara, Yutaka Ueno, Masaya Morohashi, Takuya Ozawa, Yuta Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11521816
    Abstract: Provided is a relay having a structure for preventing deformation of a movable spring when it is caulked. A yoke of the relay has a protrusion for caulking inserted in the movable spring, and a bulge portion adjacent to the protrusion and having a height lower than a height of the protrusion. By providing the bulge portion to the yoke, the dimensional change in the caulking direction of the movable spring when the movable contact is caulked can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takaki Sunohara, Yuki Kakoiyama
  • Patent number: 11516651
    Abstract: A wireless communication device including: a memory that stores a setting content of a beacon terminal to be rewritten, identification information of the beacon terminal, and a flag indicating whether the setting of the beacon terminal has been already rewritten, the setting content, the identification information and the flag being associated with each other; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: acquire data broadcasted from the beacon terminal; and transmit the setting content to the beacon terminal, and cause the beacon terminal to change the setting when identification information of the beacon terminal included in the data acquired from the beacon terminal is identical with the identification information stored into the memory, changing the setting of the beacon terminal is not completed and a strength of a received signal from the beacon terminal is equal to or more than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Mamoru Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11515112
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnet unit, an armature supported so as to be pivotable relative to a yoke by a hinge spring, a contact including a first contact and a second contact, which can switch, in accordance with pivoting of the armature, between a closed contact state and an open contact state, an elastic member which elastically deforms in accordance with pivoting of the armature, and applies a contact force between the first contact and the second contact in the closed contact state, and a magnet which generates an attractive force for retaining the armature in an open contact position corresponding to the open contact state, wherein the armature is retained in the open contact position by a resultant force of a restoring force applied to the armature by the hinge springe, and the attractive force of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Daiei Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11504988
    Abstract: A sheet cassette configured to store a recording sheet and connectable to a printer includes a battery, a storage, a communication terminal, and an electrode terminal. The storage is configured to store information. The sheet cassette is configured to perform communications between the sheet cassette and the printer through the communication terminal. The sheet cassette is configured to supply the electric power of the battery to the printer through the electrode terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Patent number: 11509778
    Abstract: A communication system includes an information terminal, and a printing apparatus configured to perform intergroup communication with the information terminal belonging to a group. The printing apparatus includes a printing part configured to perform printing, a data receiver configured to receive print data from the information terminal via the intergroup communication, and a print controller configured to control the printing part using the received print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Patent number: 11467703
    Abstract: A touch panel includes first arrays of electrodes, second arrays of electrodes, and an output part where leads extending from triangular end electrodes of the first arrays and the second arrays are connected to an external device. At least one corner electrode of the end electrodes which is located in a corner on one of four sides of the detection part where the output part is located has an area that is less than an area of other end electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuo Yatsu, Masahiro Kaneko, Yayoi Tokuhara, Kohei Takahashi, Ying Li, Katsuaki Koshimura, Miki Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20220307810
    Abstract: A measuring device includes a measure, a reel around which the measure is wound, the reel rotating according to pulling-out of the measure and being provided with a code pattern that changes along a rotation direction, a reader configured to optically read the code pattern, and a calculator configured to calculate a measurement value of the measure from a reading result by the reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Koichiro FUJI
  • Patent number: 11456136
    Abstract: Provided is a relay, with which an insulation distance can be maintained while preventing an increase in size of the relay. The relay has a coil, an iron core, an armature which moves by excitation of the coil, a contact terminal which displaces in accordance with the movement of the armature, a pressing member which is attached to the armature and which presses the contact terminal, and a base block having a wall arranged between a first area in which the coil and the iron core are arranged, and a second area in which the contact terminal and the pressing member are arranged, wherein the armature comprises a first portion arranged in the first area and a second portion extending from the first portion and arranged in the second area, and the pressing member is affixed to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuo Kubono
  • Patent number: 11455068
    Abstract: A touch panel including a first electrode plate having a first conductive film, a second electrode plate having a second conductive film facing the first conductive film, an insulating layer disposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate and having an opening, and a touch plate having a pressing member disposed at a position corresponding to the opening. The pressing member transmits pressing force applied to the touch plate to the second electrode plate, to bring the second conductive film into contact with the first conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka Ueno, Satoshi Sakurai, Tatsuro Hamano, Masahiko Katayama