Patents by Inventor Chikara Saitoh

Chikara Saitoh 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: 5229742
    Abstract: A control stick is supported in an outer case such that it can be swung in two orthogonal directions. A moving member is fitted to the lower portion of the control stick through a coil spring. The lower end of the moving member is urged by the coil spring to a rotation-symmetrical cup-shaped inside surface of a guide case so as to make pressure contact with the inside surface. The curvature of the inside surface is determined so as to provide such a relationship that a contraction length of the coil spring is proportional to a square root of a tilt angle of the control stick from its neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miyamoto, Chikara Saitoh