Patents by Inventor Akihiro Hozumi
Akihiro Hozumi 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).
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Publication number: 20170093055Abstract: A terminal connection structure has a housing, a base housed in the housing, and a terminal unit having a pair of tab terminals disposed on the base, a pair of terminal portions disposed in the tab terminals in parallel, each of which is exposed from the housing and configured to be connected to an external terminal, and a terminal plate sandwiched between the pair of tab terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Taiki Koyama, Minoru Kobayashi, Akihiro Hozumi
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Patent number: 9553377Abstract: A terminal connection structure has a housing, a base housed in the housing, and a terminal unit having a pair of tab terminals disposed on the base, a pair of terminal portions disposed in the tab terminals in parallel, each of which is exposed from the housing and configured to be connected to an external terminal, and a terminal plate sandwiched between the pair of tab terminals.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Taiki Koyama, Minoru Kobayashi, Akihiro Hozumi
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Publication number: 20160365202Abstract: A pair of open/close and current-passing movable contact pieces is supported on a movable contact terminal such that the pair is rotatable along with the reciprocation of an operating element. An open/close movable contact is mounted on the open/close movable contact piece and is rotatably biased by a spring member. A current-passing movable contact is mounted on the current-passing movable contact piece. By moving the operating element, a restriction imposed on a position of the operating element is released so that the open/close movable contact piece is rotated by a spring force of the spring member whereby the open/close movable contact is brought into pressure contact with an open/close fixed contact mounted on a fixed contact terminal. The current-passing movable contact piece is rotated by the operating element so that the current-passing movable contact is brought into pressure contact with a current-passing fixed contact mounted on the fixed contact terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Taiki KOYAMA, Minoru KOBAYASHI, Akihiro HOZUMI
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Publication number: 20160358728Abstract: An operating-lever sealing structure has an operating lever turnably attached to a housing of a switch, a shaft portion projected immediately below a guard portion of the operating lever that is turnably supported in an operation hole made in a bottom surface of a fitting recess of the housing, and a sealing ring that is sandwiched between the bottom surface of the fitting recess and a ceiling surface of the guard portion of the operating lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Akihiro Hozumi, Taiki Koyama, Minoru Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20160351355Abstract: A switch, with enhanced operability and capable of changing control circuits independently by one hand, has a printed circuit board, first and second wiring patterns provided on one surface of the printed circuit board, first and second crank members supported for rotation above the printed circuit board, a first switching slider configured to rotate with the first crank member as the first switching slider slides an the first wiring pattern; and a second switching slider configured to rotate with the first crank member as the second switching slider slides on the second wiring pattern. The first and second crank members are positioned at respective positions where they are driven by one hand of an operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventor: Akihiro Hozumi
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Patent number: 9414492Abstract: A printed wiring board including a connection part that is connected to a projecting portion of an external member by soldering, the connection part including a first hole in which the projecting portion is inserted, a main land to which the projecting portion is soldered, a metallic pattern that is drawn from the main land, and a sub-land that is connected to the main land through the metallic pattern, wherein the main land is constructed with a metallic film configured to cover a peripheral region of the first hole in at least a front face of the printed wiring board including the front face and a back face, the front face to which the soldering is performed and the back face on a side opposite to the front face, and the metallic film is not formed on a sidewall forming the first hole, and where the sub-land is constructed with a metallic film configured to cover a sidewall formed by a second hole piercing the printed wiring board and a peripheral region of the second hole in both the front face and the bacType: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Akihiro Hozumi
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Patent number: 9373461Abstract: A switch unit including a case that has an opening and a switch, two terminals that partially project to an outside of the case from the opening, a gasket configured to seal the opening, the gasket including two through-holes through which the terminals extend, a base member, and a pressing member that is arranged between the terminals, where the gasket is in close contact with the terminals at the through-holes, a region between the through-holes of the gasket is pressed while nipped between the pressing member and the base member, and a surrounding region in the gasket is pressed while nipped between an inside surface of the case and the base member.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Akihiro Hozumi
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Publication number: 20150188242Abstract: A terminal connection structure has a housing, a base housed in the housing, and a terminal unit having a pair of tab terminals disposed on the base, a pair of terminal portions disposed in the tab terminals in parallel, each of which is exposed from the housing and configured to be connected to an external terminal, and a terminal plate sandwiched between the pair of tab terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Taiki Koyama, Minoru Kobayashi, Akihiro Hozumi
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Publication number: 20150014043Abstract: A printed wiring board including a connection part that is connected to a projecting portion of an external member by soldering, the connection part including a first hole in which the projecting portion is inserted, a main land to which the projecting portion is soldered, a metallic pattern that is drawn from the main land, and a sub-land that is connected to the main land through the metallic pattern, wherein the main land is constructed with a metallic film configured to cover a peripheral region of the first hole in at least a front face of the printed wiring board including the front face and a back face, the front face to which the soldering is performed and the back face on a side opposite to the front face, and the metallic film is not formed on a sidewall forming the first hole, and where the sub-land is constructed with a metallic film configured to cover a sidewall formed by a second hole piercing the printed wiring board and a peripheral region of the second hole in both the front face and the bacType: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventor: Akihiro HOZUMI
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Publication number: 20150014006Abstract: A sealed casing that is used in an electrical instrument has a first member, a second member, and a burr reservoir in which a burr generated by ultrasonic welding is reserved. The burr reservoir is located in a burr outflow direction in which the burr flows out from a welding part of the first member. The burr reservoir is a gap between the first member and the second member. The sealed casing is formed by welding the welding part and the second member by the ultrasonic welding. The welding part has a surface oblique to an ultrasonic vibration direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventor: Akihiro Hozumi
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Publication number: 20150001055Abstract: A switch unit including a case that has an opening and a switch two terminals that partially project to an outside of the case from the opening, a gasket configured to seal the opening, the gasket including two through-holes through which the terminals extend, a base member, and a pressing member that is arranged between the terminals, where the gasket is in close contact with the terminals at the through-holes, a region between the through-holes of the gasket is pressed while nipped between the pressing member and the base member and a surrounding region in the gasket is pressed while nipped between an inside surface of the case and the base member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiro HOZUMI
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Patent number: 8860339Abstract: Embodiments of a trigger switch circuit are described. In some embodiments of the trigger switch circuit wasteful power consumption is suppressed without increasing the number of components by providing a changeover switch. In some embodiments, a trigger switch circuit operates in conjunction with a trigger of an electric instrument and comprises a main switch, a sliding switch, a light-emission control unit, and a rotation control unit. In some embodiments, when the trigger is in a first position, the sliding switch is connected to one of the fixed contact points, and electric power is fed to the light-emission control unit without interposing the main switch to emit light in an LED. When the trigger is in a second position, the main switch is turned on to feed the electric power into the trigger switch circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Omron CorporationInventor: Akihiro Hozumi
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Publication number: 20140225331Abstract: An operating-lever sealing structure has an operating lever turnably attached to a housing of a switch, a shaft portion projected immediately below a guard portion of the operating lever that is turnably supported in an operation hole made in a bottom surface of a fitting recess of the housing, and a sealing ring that is sandwiched between the bottom surface of the fitting recess and a ceiling surface of the guard portion of the operating lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Hozumi, Taiki Koyama, Minoru Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20140202277Abstract: A trigger switch has a case member, a cover member, and an operation member configured to be used to carry out an operation. The case member and the cover member are combined with each other to form a waterproof case. When the operation member is operated, the operation member is displaced inward of the waterproof case. An internal pressure of the waterproof case changes in accordance with displacement of the operation member. The case member has a case base that is made from an inelastic body. The case base does not deform in accordance with a change in internal pressure of the waterproof case. The case base has at least one hole part. The case member has at least one deformation section that seals the at least one hole part. The deformation section is made from an elastic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicants: MAKITA CORPORATION, OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Hozumi, Yoshiyuki Baba, Jiro Suzuki, Junichi Nishikimi
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Publication number: 20120327637Abstract: Embodiments of a trigger switch circuit are described. In some embodiments of the trigger switch circuit wasteful power consumption is suppressed without increasing the number of components by providing a changeover switch. In some embodiments, a trigger switch circuit operates in conjunction with a trigger of an electric instrument and comprises a main switch, a sliding switch, a light-emission control unit, and a rotation control unit. In some embodiments, when the trigger is in a first position, the sliding switch is connected to one of the fixed contact points, and electric power is fed to the light-emission control unit without interposing the main switch to emit light in an LED. When the trigger is in a second position, the main switch is turned on to feed the electric power into the trigger switch circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Omron CorporationInventor: Akihiro Hozumi
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Patent number: 8276685Abstract: In view of the above problem, the present invention is to provide an electrical power tool which enables a user to intuitively grasp a rotation direction and a rotation speed of a tip tool. The electrical power tool 1 comprises a chuck 2 provided at a tip of a tool body 3, and rotatable with a tip tool held, and an operation switch 7 having operation protrusions 6 exposed to both side surfaces of a tool body 3 so as to be able to operate, respectively bilaterally symmetrically protruded with a rotation axis of the chuck 2 therebetween, coaxially rotatable with the chuck 2, and urged so as to be self-restored to a neutral position. The chuck 2 is rotated in a direction according to a rotation direction of the switch 7 at a speed according to a rotation angle from the neutral position of the operation switch 7.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignees: OMRON Corporation, Makita CorporationInventors: Akihiro Hozumi, Koji Omori, Hiroyuki Miyaura, Yoshiyuki Baba, Junichi Nishikimi, Akira Tomonaga
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Patent number: 8193458Abstract: An electric tool switch has an operation member turnable in both directions and biased to self-return to a neutral position, a circuit substrate arranged to be orthogonal to a turning shaft of the operation member, a slidably moving element which is pressed against the circuit substrate and which is turned with the operation member to slidably contact the circuit substrate, and an inversion mechanism for switching a polarity between output terminals according to the turning direction of the operation member from the neutral position. The circuit substrate is formed with two sets of variable resistor circuits, which close a circuit when the slidably moving element slidably contacts and which resistance value changes according to a contacting position of the slidably moving element, electrically connected in parallel on both sides in the turning direction from a position corresponding to the neutral position of the operation member.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Akihiro Hozumi, Koji Omori
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Publication number: 20100163384Abstract: An electric tool switch has an operation member turnable in both directions and biased to self-return to a neutral position, a circuit substrate arranged to be orthogonal to a turning shaft of the operation member, a slidably moving element which is pressed against the circuit substrate and which is turned with the operation member to slidably contact the circuit substrate, and an inversion mechanism for switching a polarity between output terminals according to the turning direction of the operation member from the neutral position. The circuit substrate is formed with two sets of variable resistor circuits, which close a circuit when the slidably moving element slidably contacts and which resistance value changes according to a contacting position of the slidably moving element, electrically connected in parallel on both sides in the turning direction from a position corresponding to the neutral position of the operation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Hozumi, Koji Omori
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Publication number: 20100163265Abstract: In view of the above problem, the present invention is to provide an electrical power tool which enables a user to intuitively grasp a rotation direction and a rotation speed of a tip tool. The electrical power tool 1 comprises a chuck 2 provided at a tip of a tool body 3, and rotatable with a tip tool held, and an operation switch 7 having operation protrusions 6 exposed to both side surfaces of a tool body 3 so as to be able to operate, respectively bilaterally symmetrically protruded with a rotation axis of the chuck 2 therebetween, coaxially rotatable with the chuck 2, and urged so as to be self-restored to a neutral position. The chuck 2 is rotated in a direction according to a rotation direction of the switch 7 at a speed according to a rotation angle from the neutral position of the operation switch 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicants: OMRON CORPORATION, MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Hozumi, Koji Omori, Hiroyuki Miyaura, Yoshiyuki Baba, Junichi Nishikimi, Akira Tomonaga
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Patent number: D598398Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Omron CorporationInventor: Akihiro Hozumi