Patents by Inventor Futoshi Shinmura

Futoshi Shinmura 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: 7952040
    Abstract: An inhibitor switch for detecting a shift position of a select lever is provided with: a terminal block fixed in a transmission case of an automatic transmission; a contact plate provided in the terminal block; an operating portion configured to cooperatively move with the select lever and to move along the contact plate; a movable contact formed on the operating portion and configured to slide on the contact plate to form an electric circuit according to a contact position between the contact plate and the movable contact; at least one disconnecting portion formed in the contact plate and cut at a plurality of positions after the contact plate is provided in the terminal block for interrupting electrical conduction; and at least one set of a plurality of disconnecting holes for cutting the disconnecting portion and formed in the terminal block by primary molding. The disconnecting holes respectively correspond to the plurality of positions at which the disconnecting portion is cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignees: Asahi Denso Co., Ltd., JATCO Ltd.
    Inventors: Sousuke Nakano, Futoshi Shinmura, Nobufumi Yamane, Hiroki Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20090133995
    Abstract: An inhibitor switch for detecting a shift position of a select lever is provided with: a terminal block fixed in a transmission case of an automatic transmission; a contact plate provided in the terminal block; an operating portion configured to cooperatively move with the select lever and to move along the contact plate; a movable contact formed on the operating portion and configured to slide on the contact plate to form an electric circuit according to a contact position between the contact plate and the movable contact; at least one disconnecting portion formed in the contact plate and cut at a plurality of positions after the contact plate is provided in the terminal block for interrupting electrical conduction; and at least one set of a plurality of disconnecting holes for cutting the disconnecting portion and formed in the terminal block by primary molding. The disconnecting holes respectively correspond to the plurality of positions at which the disconnecting portion is cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: ASAHI DENSO CO., LTD., JATCO LTD
    Inventors: Sousuke NAKANO, Futoshi SHINMURA, Nobufumi YAMANE, Hiroki TANIGUCHI