Patents by Inventor Akihiko Hayakawa

Akihiko Hayakawa 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: 5071488
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating an object with a liquid in which the object is immersed into the liquid in a tank which has overflow control members provided above faces of the tank with a predetermined space in an overflow area for said liquid, said space being structured to lead the overflow of said liquid by capillary action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Michio Takayama, Akihiko Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 4967777
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating an object with a liquid in which the object is immersed into the liquid in a tank which has overflow control members provided above faces of the tank with a predetermined space in an overflow area for said liquid, said space being structured to lead the overflow of said liquid by capillary action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Michio Takayama, Akihiko Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 4933523
    Abstract: A push-button switch including a switch base which is formed into two divisions each for mounting a switch mechanism thereon, the terminals of one circuit provided within the switch mechanism being molded in insertion in the respective division switch base, whereby the switch base is made smaller in size and simplified in assembly of the push-button switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Sueaki Honda, Mitsuji Hayashi, Takashi Niwa, Akihiko Hayakawa, Hideyuki Bingo
  • Patent number: 4910368
    Abstract: The push-button switch according to the present invention comprises a switch base, a plunger movable along a sliding portion thereof, an alternate cam pivotally provided with said plunger and guides for said alternate cam integrally formed with said sliding portion of said plunger. Therefore, the guides for the alternate cam are positioned with high accuracy with respect to the sliding portion achieving secured movement of the alternate cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Sueaki Honda, Mitsuji Hayashi, Takashi Niwa, Akihiko Hayakawa, Hideyuki Bingo
  • Patent number: 4873402
    Abstract: A push-button switch having a lamp portion and a switch portion. The lamp portion includes a lamp, a lamp holder, a lamp casing, and a housing. The lamp holder is fixed within the housing and the lamp casing moves up or down to turn off or turn on the switch. The switch portion of the push-button switch includes a switch base, a plunger, and a cam. The plunger moves in conjunction with the lamp casing and has a cam formed on one end. The cam is guided along guides that are formed on the switch base, and holds the lamp casing and plunger in a raised position in which the switch is turned off and a lowered position in which the switch is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Sueaki Honda, Mitsuji Hayashi, Takashi Niwa, Akihiko Hayakawa, Hideyuki Bingo
  • Patent number: 4851623
    Abstract: A push-button switch for turning on and off of a switch mechanism accommodated at one side in a housing through a plunger accommodated at the other side in the housing and moved in association with the pressure application thereto, wherein a partition wall is formed between said plunger and said switch mechanism so as to divide the interior of said housing into a plunger chamber and a switch mechanism chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Sueaki Honda, Mitsuji Hayashi, Takashi Niwa, Akihiko Hayakawa, Hideyuki Bingo
  • Patent number: 4816630
    Abstract: A push-button switch having a lamp portion and a switch portion. The lamp portion includes a lamp, a lamp holder, a lamp casing, and a housing. The lamp holder is fixed within the housing and the lamp casing moves up or down to turn off or turn on the switch. The switch portion of the push-button switch includes a switch base, a plunger, and a cam. The plunger moves in conjunction with the lamp casing and has a cam formed on one end. The cam is guided along guides that are formed on the switch base, and holds the lamp casing and plunger in a raised position in which the switch is turned off and a lowered position in which the switch is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Sueaki Honda, Mitsuji Hayashi, Takashi Niwa, Akihiko Hayakawa, Hideyuki Bingo
  • Patent number: 4701582
    Abstract: A switch comprising a cylindrical housing, an actuator mechanism disposed at one end of the housing for contacting an object to be sensed by the switch, a plunger slidably housed within the housing for receiving a displacement by the actuator mechanism, and a switching mechanism associated with the plunger for switching a circuit in accordance with the actuation by the plunger. The actuator mechanism includes a conical supporting member tiltably engaged with a flange member formed in the aforesaid one end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Mitsuji Hayashi, Takashi Niwa, Akihiko Hayakawa, Hideyuki Bingo, Shoji Kazusaka, Keisuke Konishi